{"id":161263,"date":"2023-06-30T19:23:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T00:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=161263"},"modified":"2023-06-30T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T00:24:50","slug":"wwe-smackdown-on-site-report-6-30-what-happened-off-air-top-crowd-pops-more-in-person-observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/06\/30\/wwe-smackdown-on-site-report-6-30-what-happened-off-air-top-crowd-pops-more-in-person-observations\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN ON-SITE REPORT (6\/30): What happened off-air, top crowd pops, more in-person observations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-104408804\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE SMACKDOWN ON-SITE REPORT<br \/>\nJUNE 30, 2023<br \/>\nLONDON, ENGLAND<br \/>\nREPORT BY ARJUN, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Top of the Pops (British TV show reference)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Sami\/KO &#8211; first act on the main show. Crowd was singing throughout<\/p>\n<p>2. LA Knight &#8211; initial pop explosion and LA Knight chants throughout until he showed up<\/p>\n<p>3. Roman Reigns &#8211; was a long entrance, not much cheering\/booing but people were standing throughout and arms up &#x261d;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p>Special mentions: Big pop for the Usos and Logan Paul was booed a lot. Wade Barrett also got a nice pop when he entered. Bayley got her usual British chants!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Merchandise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apologies, I forgot to take a photo, but they had MITB briefcases, mini briefcases, MITB &#8220;I was here&#8221; t-shirts with Seth Rollins on the front, a few commemorative t-shirts including &#8220;London 3:16.&#8221; A Bloodline Civil War t-shirt. A KO shirt (a lot of people wearing those). Bloodline hats. Title belts, WWE necklaces.<\/p>\n<p>The t-shirts were \u00a335 ($45) each. It&#8217;s more than I&#8217;d prefer to pay. But I expected it to be a lot more. So I suppose it&#8217;s reasonable?<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3047175699\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Attendance\/View<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve attached a photo but it was pretty full by the time the show started. The arena is split into Ground, 100 level (where I was), VIP 200 level, and 400 level. It was packed. Even at the 400 level.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine there would have been a bad view in the whole arena really.<\/p>\n<p>I paid about \u00a3300ish ($380) for both SD and MITB in a combo ticket. Same seat for both nights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Demographics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>55% men. 40% women. 5% kids (mainly boys).<br \/>\nI&#8217;d say it was mostly adults who were 25+ and the kids were 11 or younger. Didn&#8217;t see many teenagers or university students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre-TV Dark Matches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) The LWO beat The OC<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1869515923\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Post-TV Dark Matches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sheamus vs. Austin Theory<\/p>\n<p>Karrion Kross vs. A.J. Styles<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t stay for the post show matches, but they seemed to be practice matches for the upcoming MSG show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only one backstage recording to explain Ridge Holland vs Austin Theory. The show actually started at 8 p.m. in the UK (preshow at 7:40), and ended at 9:45 minus the post show dark matches. So it flowed really well because of the lack of screen watching.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>(If you attend a live event from WWE, AEW, or any other wrestling promotion, please send a report formatted like the above report with as much detail and analysis as you like to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2400817690\"><div id=\"pwtor-3054151813\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE SMACKDOWN ON-SITE REPORT JUNE 30, 2023 LONDON, ENGLAND REPORT BY ARJUN, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT Top of the Pops (British TV show reference) 1. 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