10 Things That Would Happen If WWE Held A Pay-Per-View In The United Kingdom
9. Capital Gains
As part of the relationship fostered with whichever location hosts their major shows, WWE take over places for the better part of a week with endless streams of shows, signings, events and attractions as localised 'universes' of fans descend upon the city.
For WrestleMania 33, WWE will return to New Orleans after boasting an estimated $142million in 'economic' impact for the area before, during and immediately after WrestleMania XXX. The company has smartly built this into the supershow experience, with wraparound content such as NXT, Raw, SmackDown Live! and Axxess, as well as no longer waging a war against the countless independent rivals that pitch up nearby to take a small slice of the unassailable profits for themselves.
It has taken an acknowledgement of a thriving scene in the UK for WWE to take notice in the last eighteen months, and a convergence of those various organisations across England's capital would pay fitting tribute to the additional spotlight they've recently received.
For WWE specifically, the relatively small size of the UK in comparison to certain sprawling United States host areas could allow superstars and events to stretch the length and breadth of the entire country. With talent stationed in Britain a full week, the potential media circuses they could now stir up from Land's End to John o'Groats as well as London itself could see WWE make unprecedented moves into a host of smaller communities to secure house show business for generations to come.