WWE: 7 Things You Should Know If You Are Attending Your First House Show

1. Title Changes Are Very Rare

This is something that has really changed over the years. In the 1980s and even the 1990s there were some title changes at house shows, but these days you'll almost never see a title change at a house show. The last one occurred in January 2012 when Primo & Epico defeated Air Boom and that was largely because Evan Bourne had a lot of heat on him at the time. The advantage to doing title changes at house shows is that fans may be more inclined to go if they think there might be a title change. Most likely, though, fans know better than to expect a title change because of how much TV time WWE has in a week. They want a title change to mean something, so they're going to do it on Raw, Smackdown or a PPV. That's how it is in today's wrestling environment. Don't go to a house show expecting a title change. Even when a guy like Randy Orton defends the WWE Title against John Cena in a cage match like he did this weekend, Orton gets the win in a match like that. Cena may get his revenge in a post match attack, but the heel is still going to win a match like that because he's not going to lose the title there. A lot of times they do the DQ finish if there's no stipulation on a match like that. It makes sense that WWE has shied away from title changes on house shows. They want the titles to mean something. The best way to do that is to show the global audience the title changes on TV or PPV rather than talk about house show results.