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WWE taped Smackdown from Tampa on Tuesday, and the attendance was not great. Check out this video showing the emptiness on the non-camera side of the Amalie Arena in Tampa. Need some more looks? Check out the image then.
https://twitter.com/brianecorley/status/692161789543477248/photo/1
Why wouldn’t people come out when they get to see great matches the likes of AJ Styles vs Curtis Axel. Seriously, I am not surprised that attendance on a Tuesday Smackdown taping isn’t all that great. The Amalie Arena holds about 19,000 but to think that the WWE is on the Road to Wrestlemania and have this type of turnout right after a successful RAW is tough. It just goes to show that the WWE is having trouble getting people excited enough to come to the shows.
Of course it’s Smackdown and fans know they aren’t getting the best show. Maybe if they had better matches and consistently bigger stars on Smackdown more fans would show up? If it was me, I would split the brands and bring back the WWE Heavyweight Championship. The WWE World Champion is HHH and he probably won’t set foot to wrestle until Wrestlemania. It’s kind of difficult to have the number one guy doing nothing but promo work for two months.