Posted by Cheryl
on 10/28/2009, 11:32 am, in reply to "Re: USWO STANDING ROOM ONLY"
Message modified by user Cheryl 10/28/2009, 11:43 am
The number of people in this town that even know there's wrestling every week is pitifully small. Because the door is so weak for every league, there isn't money to promote the events. The problem isn't that there aren't a lot of wrestling fans, but that no one knows it's even going on.
For what it's worth, this debut match exposed 80 people who had never been to a wrestling match before to a live wrestling show. We promoted the hell out of the event. If you go anywhere downtown, you will probably see a flyer for it. We put up 600 color flyers on lamp posts all over town.
What did the people think who attended? They LOVED it. The crowd was going crazy, and not just for the match of the person they came to see.... but for the entire show. It was a huge night not just for this individual wrestler, but for the USWO league.
As for a storyline, this match actually had one. It has been building for weeks. "Jocephus" is a camera operator for some of the local wrestling shows, and if you have seen the USWO episode with Chase Stevens and Chris Michaels on the roof of the Stadium Inn, it was him who filmed it. He has been filming regularly for SAW as well. The story started with him filming Damien Payne too closely, and Damien ripping the camera from his hands and throwing it to the ground. The camera was very obviously broken from the fall. The match was to avenge the broken camera, and the storyline isn't over yet, as the rivalry will continue on.
I'm not saying this is a definite change in anything at this point, but the people that came will tell their friends, and they said they'd be back. Will they become fans to the point where they will come out when their friend isn't in the ring? It really depends on the show itself. Can it grab these people every week? The talent in the ring will decide whether or not the new fans continue to return.
We will continue to promote the USWO league and continue to try to get people out that have never been to a wrestling match, and hope they love it enough to return again and again. Because there isn't money for the promoters to properly advertise the leagues, this is the only way to do it. If every wrestler worked half as hard to get people out to their shows as we did on this one, then perhaps people will know about Nashville wrestling and it will become more popular. It's in the hands of the fans and the wrestlers to get the word out, and of course the promoters to continue to put on a good show for the fans every week.
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