Now that the tour has concluded, I have all my numbers finalised. This tour, while short performed quite well. In this, I will look at how well the tour did compared to last year, with a heavy focus on venues that were returned to from last year.
The Misc.
Night #1 in Yoyogi drew a large crowd, 2022 people to be exact. This crowd is the largest in the history of Fantastica Mania shows held in Japan.
Overall, the tour performed better than last year, drawing 8924 people over 7 nights. This is a 5.32% (475 people) increase over last year's tour, with one fewer night.
Mistico, as people may expect, main evented six of the seven nights of the tour
Night #4
Venue: Aichi Budokan
Attendance: Down 23.62% (1287 fans total)
Main Event: Desperado & Mistico vs SHO & Soberano Jr.
This was a house show, so I cannot comment on the action; however, the venue drop compared to last year can be attributed to the shift from a Saturday show to a Monday show. Despite the way this number may look, it was still the 4th best drawing show of the tour.
Night #5
Venue: EDION Arena Osaka #2
Attendance: Up 1.99% (905 fans total)
Main Event: Averno & Magnus vs Dorada & Mistico (Tournament Final)
This show was the first of three sellouts on the tour, and despite last year's EDION show being held on a Friday, this show had the benefit of being a live show, with stakes in the tournament final.
Night #6
Venue: Korakuen Hall
Attendance: Up 1.55% (1480 fans total)
Main Event: Dorada vs Hechicero
The first of the two Korakuen Hall shows and the second sellout of the tour, both Korakuen shows were held on the same days as last year (Thursday and Friday), and all four sold out; however, this show sold out more? Dorada got his 5th main event of the tour, and Hechicero his 2nd
Night #7
Venue: Korakuen Hall
Attendance: Up 2.47% (1499 fans total)
Main Event: Mistico vs Soberano Jr
The final night of the tour and the second in Korakuen, this show was the tour's second-largest draw (behind Yoyogi) and was held on a Friday. Mistico capped off his 6th main event with a win, and Soberano had his 3rd main event with a loss.
Conclusion
This tour outperformed last year's, propped up by the large number in Yoyogi, it outdrew last year's 8 show tour with only 7 shows. The average gain/loss for returning venues is a loss of 4.40%; however, this number is skewed by a large dip in Aichi and relatively small gains in Korakuen and Osaka.
by moagrieve