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Post by raymondo316 on May 2, 2023 12:48:06 GMT -5
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Post by markymark on May 2, 2023 12:50:44 GMT -5
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Post by polarbearpete on May 2, 2023 12:58:26 GMT -5
Looks like they only opened up half the building for the presale with some scattered tickets sold in the other half. Which means if the demand is there, they could be looking at over 70K sold after Friday’s public on-sale date.
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Post by jm on May 2, 2023 13:16:02 GMT -5
That sound you hear is anti-AEW/pro-WWE fanatics across the internet furiously moving the goalposts to try to justify saying why this is a bad presale number.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 2, 2023 13:23:37 GMT -5
That sound you hear is anti-AEW/pro-WWE fanatics across the internet furiously moving the goalposts to try to justify saying why this is a bad presale number. Can’t imagine anyone in good faith saying it’s a bad number, why care what Twitter trolls think?
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 13:40:06 GMT -5
You can almost bet that 133, 134 will be used for the hard cam possibly. Obviously its that side but I dont know how much they will use of the sections.
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Post by chronocross on May 2, 2023 13:42:06 GMT -5
If I had the funds, I'd go myself.
Great news so far and definitely going to catch this on TV or PPV.
Did they say if All In was a PPV event?
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Post by stoptheclocks on May 2, 2023 13:45:10 GMT -5
Anyone who thought this was going to fail was always going to be wrong. We only have the occasional rough idea of how popular AEW is in the UK, but Tony Khan and AEW have all of the figures. TV ratings, Fite TV subscriptions, AEW Shop sales, etc. There's no way AEW went into booking Wembley without being confident they could pull it off. 100%. Plus, even if they 'only' sold 40k, that's still enough people to make it look great on TV and have a great atmosphere. Anyone who thought this was going to be a failure (i.e moved to Wembley Arena due to lack of interest) is an idiot. It's the biggest wrestling event in England in most of the audience's lifetimes.
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on May 2, 2023 13:49:20 GMT -5
That sound you hear is anti-AEW/pro-WWE fanatics across the internet furiously moving the goalposts to try to justify saying why this is a bad presale number. Can’t imagine anyone in good faith saying it’s a bad number, why care what Twitter trolls think? Bad faith arguments are the anti-AEW troll stock in trade on twitter or otherwise so….it’s a fair statement I think. Potentially Half the building with no card? On a pre-sale with Ticketmaster’s extra buggy system?? It’s OG All In all over again…and the bad faith arguments are gonna be flying for sure. Maybe not here, per se, but elsewhere. Me? I’m gonna do what I do (ignore them) but not everyone approaches those moments like I do 🤷🏼♂️
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Post by Bo Rida on May 2, 2023 13:50:08 GMT -5
Seems a long time ago that the big planned summer show was Wesuk, NFT scammers Authors of Pain's fronted failed promotion. They didn't sell so many.
For comparison these were their original prices for the Nottingham arena: VIP Meet & Greet (includes signed merchandise and meet your favourite stars): £348 VIP Floor Seats & Merch: £228.00 Price A Seats: £166.92 Price B Seats: £110.92 Price C Seats: £84.93 Price D Seats £63.46 Price E Seats £44.25 Price F Seats £37.47
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 13:59:49 GMT -5
There are another 3 pre-sales before the regular ticket sale on Friday. If Tony Khan secure's a couple of big names before now and Wembley I can see this getting to the 80k mark. Sure, the die hard fans have purchased their tickets now but wait until the families / casuals realise, the parents with pestering kids wanting to go. The 500 section is affordable for everyone. Even people who dont watch wrestling and want to just give it a go. I think the ringside prices of £1500+ was the only bad move they've made. If they were £750 I think they would be full, though like any event they will adjust people to better seats and fill the stadium by other means if needed.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on May 2, 2023 14:08:09 GMT -5
Just posting to say, me and my mates got ours, can't freaking wait!
Anyone here fancy a drink before, let's try to make it happen, been around here so long it'd be great to see some real faces.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on May 2, 2023 14:22:04 GMT -5
Anyone who thought this was going to fail was always going to be wrong. We only have the occasional rough idea of how popular AEW is in the UK, but Tony Khan and AEW have all of the figures. TV ratings, Fite TV subscriptions, AEW Shop sales, etc. There's no way AEW went into booking Wembley without being confident they could pull it off. Yeah, you don't just casually book Wembley freakin' Stadium on a whim and a fantasy, that would be incredibly stupid. No matter what dirtsheet reporters and non-AEW fans think about AEW being small-time or lame, TK's clearly not stupid. If he was then AEW would've TNA'd itself already. He absolutely knew it wouldn't be an attendance of 23 fans, a couple of confused football fans who got the wrong date, the guy selling hotdogs, and a life-sized cardboard cutout of Mr Blobby. Hey now, you'd expect the real Blobby after his battle royal appearance a few weeks ago.
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Post by salz4life on May 2, 2023 14:22:27 GMT -5
I was thinking 50-60,000 would be the attendance.
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Post by Ryushinku on May 2, 2023 14:23:24 GMT -5
Should be a killer atmosphere. Very good to see it selling so well.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 14:33:18 GMT -5
Judas is going to be deafening.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on May 2, 2023 14:48:38 GMT -5
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 14:50:29 GMT -5
Was this legit? deleted now. Ha! What an ass though
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on May 2, 2023 14:52:09 GMT -5
Holy hell that’s a real tweet. Get em, TK!
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Post by markymark on May 2, 2023 14:52:15 GMT -5
Was this legit? deleted now. Ha! What an ass though
Both tweets are still there, so they are using the whole stadium.......
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