Such a legendary arena in such a big city for a so called 'major event' with so much 'big name talent' and this was the best they could scrape up.
It's been noted that last night at Code Red pegged the Friday taping attendance at 350-400 (more than the estimate we received from multiple people) and Saturday at 450-500, which is about the same estimate. Code Red had in the 500-600 range last night.
Of course someone in Anthem Sports will boast and claim that that low attendance was a 'success' when the reality is, it isn't, it's fucking disappointing especially when the place can hold 1300 people in it. THAT.. Says it all about the product of Impact Wrestling right there and that they didn't something wrong when it came to the actual 'promoting' of the show. Half filled building for TV tapings and an event like Code Red shows that these 'changes' Callis has made isn't resulting in people buying tickets.
But of course you KNOW, they'll spin and avoid the obvious of that at all costs.
For LAX, the push to sign them by Impact to a new, long-term deal continues. It was apparent last night in NYC they were the most popular act on the show and are very much in a position where it's the right time and place for them as given the nuclear arms race to sign talents right now, they will very much be in demand. Last night was very much a homecoming for them and they had a lot of family members in attendance at Code Red.
Last night's iPPV was titled Code Red because the original plan for the United We Stand event last month over Wrestlemania weekend was for The Amazing Red to capture the X in the Ultimate X match and challenge Rich Swann for the title in his home promotion and building. Red announced on 4/1 that he has been advised by doctors that he needed to retire immediately. We are told it's a neck issue. Red was not at the show last night. Johnny Impact ended up with the Ultimate X match win instead.
The big talk of the locker room over the weekend was Sabu's performance at the TV taping this past Saturday in Philly, where he was on fire and worked like it was 1995. There was a moment in the six man tag he worked where Sabu hit an insane DDT and the entire Impact locker room exploded backstage. We are told that Sabu was very emotional backstage after the match as it was in the 2300 Arena and it was the highest profile match he's had in some time. We are told Sabu is not back with Impact full-time but the door is open for future appearances.
The 6/8 Philadelphia and 6/9 Long Island Impact iPPV and Twitch broadcasts are very much still House of Hardcore shows, with Impact talents appearing and Impact getting the broadcast rights for the show. They remain HOH events officially.