9 Things You Notice Attending WWE Live

9. Not Every Seat Is Available

It's all about supply and demand. Back in the Attitude Era, many WWE shows were selling out every seat in the building. With superstars like Steve Austin, The Rock, DX and The Undertaker on every show, it's easy to see why. Once that boom period ended and the decline began, WWE began changing their floor plans up and, nowadays, the seats that are sold to the public for a WWE event will differ greatly from the seats sold in the same arena during a healthier time for the industry. Many sections of the larger arenas today are blocked off and not made available for purchase. The curtain and entrance area is a good place to highlight the difference. During the Monday Night Wars in 1998, fans would be seated behind the big staging area and gorilla position. While these seats were likely the cheapest and offered an obstructed view, it didn't stop avid WWE fans from shelling out their cash to grab one of the seats. Now that the business isn't a huge pop culture phenomenon like it was in the late 90s, people aren't willing to pay for partially obstructed seating for a Monday Night RAW, or even a PPV. Instead, the larger arenas with 20,000 seats are hardly ever filled to that capacity with big black drapes covering the many rows of empty seats. On TV, the WWE production team does a great job at making every arena look full, but for the fans attending the show live, they are seeing a much different picture.