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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on May 3, 2023 11:32:22 GMT -5
"Imagine if WWE lied about attendance figures." Boy, have I got news for you. AEW selling nearly 50k at Wembley in a presale is impressive, dude, but it's nothing compared to when the Hulkster powerslammed a thousand-pound giant in front of 19 billion people at the Pontiac Silverdome, brother.
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Post by jm on May 3, 2023 11:39:31 GMT -5
How were they able to sell 43k tickets if the building was only set up for 40k? Hmmmmmm. /s
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 3, 2023 11:39:56 GMT -5
I did not expect them to reach 43K today. This could blow up and do monster numbers. Same. I expected maybe 40k at most by the end of today but 43k right now is surreal. And remember, there's two more pre-release sales before we get to the general sale on Friday so that number's only going to get bigger.
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Post by jm on May 3, 2023 11:40:48 GMT -5
All of the IcyHot in the US is gonna sell out by this weekend because all of the anti-AEW/pro-WWE fanatics are gonna need to heal their backs after all the goalpost moving they are gonna be doing this week.
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Post by Fake Jesus on May 3, 2023 11:41:54 GMT -5
Make All In a UK show each year I say. No chance AEW could run Wembley every year. But a yearly stadium show in general definitely seems possible.
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Post by Kalmia on May 3, 2023 11:41:56 GMT -5
I really was not expecting an extra 7k already. I thought they'd pick up a couple of thousand more in the O2 sale (especially as some level 1 and level 2 tickets were on sale) but that is far more than I expected.
They could be at 50k by the end of the week without a single match or wrestler announced. That's nuts.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 3, 2023 11:44:58 GMT -5
How were they able to sell 43k tickets if the building was only set up for 40k? Hmmmmmm. /s Ha!
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Post by lucaslawless on May 3, 2023 11:48:07 GMT -5
Make All In a UK show each year I say. No chance AEW could run Wembley every year. But a yearly stadium show in general definitely seems possible. Oh I agree, I didnt mean at Wembley Stadium but they could hold it in different regions each year to still capitalise on sales. I wonder if they'll announce anything match wise on Dynamite to increase more sales - Id like them to do it and sell out without announcing anything though. Surely a Stadium Stampede has to happen!
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Post by markymark on May 3, 2023 12:20:26 GMT -5
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Post by repomark on May 3, 2023 12:42:35 GMT -5
I have a mate who told me not to buy as there was no way it was doing anywhere near 40,000 and prices would drop. Throwing those words back in his face has been an enjoyable experience over the past 24 hours. I could have been the bigger man, but nah.
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Post by darbus alan on May 3, 2023 12:48:31 GMT -5
I can't believe that Twitter Vincel really said "Imagine if WWE lied about tickets sold how people would react" like it hasn't already happened lol.
Also, with 43k tickets sold, this officially makes All In the most tickets sold for a non-WWE American company for a single wrestling event, surpassing the July 1998 WCW Nitro in the Georgia Dome (which sold about 41,400 tickets). This isn't counting the infamous North Korean WCW/NJPW Collision in Korea show.
I want to say it's going to be the most for any single event from any non-WWE company, but I don't know if any of the Tokyo Dome shows or major Mexican lucha libre shows did even better. I know Wrestle Kingdom regularly does in the high 30k-low 40k range per night at least, but not sure what their record attendance for a single night was.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on May 3, 2023 12:48:33 GMT -5
The whole "only scalpers are buying tickets" argument is silly and circular, because scalpers are businesspeople. Shady, unethical, businesspeople, but businesspeople nonetheless. They wouldn't be buying tickets that aren't in demand. The whole idea is to sell the tickets at significantly higher than face value.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on May 3, 2023 12:48:37 GMT -5
I have a mate who told me not to buy as there was no way it was doing anywhere near 40,000 and prices would drop. Throwing those words back in his face has been an enjoyable experience over the past 24 hours. I could have been the bigger man, but nah. How I'm picturing you today:
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 3, 2023 12:53:28 GMT -5
The whole "only scalpers are buying tickets" argument is silly and circular, because scalpers are businesspeople. Shady, unethical, businesspeople, but businesspeople nonetheless. They wouldn't be buying tickets that aren't in demand. The whole idea is to sell the tickets at significantly higher than face value. Also, like...scalpers are going to be getting rid of the tickets no matter what. It's not a thing for them to do to keep their stock by the time the event comes around because they want to make money from it. And even then, AEW's got the money regardless on who gets the tickets. The same for any other promotion, music act, theatre performance etc.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 3, 2023 12:56:49 GMT -5
I can't believe that Twitter Vincel really said "Imagine if WWE lied about tickets sold how people would react" like it hasn't already happened lol. Top of my head that time they had to explain on a shareholder call that Mania 32 selling out was a work.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on May 3, 2023 13:06:10 GMT -5
The whole "only scalpers are buying tickets" argument is silly and circular, because scalpers are businesspeople. Shady, unethical, businesspeople, but businesspeople nonetheless. They wouldn't be buying tickets that aren't in demand. The whole idea is to sell the tickets at significantly higher than face value. Also, like...scalpers are going to be getting rid of the tickets no matter what. It's not a thing for them to do to keep their stock by the time the event comes around because they want to make money from it. And even then, AEW's got the money regardless on who gets the tickets. The same for any other promotion, music act, theatre performance etc. Yeah, I honestly think the Twitter Vincels have their canned criticism of non-WWE companies confused. I think what they believe they're getting at is that AEW may be selling the tickets at an extremely low (or nonexistant) profit margin to inflate the number of tickets sold. But, like...people still have to want to go to the show.
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Post by polarbearpete on May 3, 2023 13:13:06 GMT -5
I did not expect them to reach 43K today. This could blow up and do monster numbers. It’s probably going to be a near sell out or a sell out completely.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on May 3, 2023 13:15:55 GMT -5
Also, like...scalpers are going to be getting rid of the tickets no matter what. It's not a thing for them to do to keep their stock by the time the event comes around because they want to make money from it. And even then, AEW's got the money regardless on who gets the tickets. The same for any other promotion, music act, theatre performance etc. Yeah, I honestly think the Twitter Vincels have their canned criticism of non-WWE companies confused. I think what they believe they're getting at is that AEW may be selling the tickets at an extremely low (or nonexistant) profit margin to inflate the number of tickets sold. But, like...people still have to want to go to the show. And there are good reasons to set lower ticket prices to fill an arena even at the minor cost of less ticket revenue overall (although clearly this show is going to do a huge gate). You want a large crowd like this to make a statement and show that you're a major player. WWF did the same thing with the 1997 Royal Rumble. They desperately wanted to put on a massive show in front of a record crowd and they sold tickets at very low prices accordingly (to quote the Observer - "in the final few days they sold 20,000 tickets, mainly at $5 and $7 with discount coupons from Taco Bell that according to locals were being picked up as fast as they were printed"). But to your point, you still need people who want to attend the show.
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on May 3, 2023 13:17:53 GMT -5
Despite my issues with not being able to specify what sections you wanted, I’m glad they didn’t make all the ticket sections available in the presale and gave others the chance to get good seats
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Post by kingoftheindies on May 3, 2023 13:22:39 GMT -5
I have a mate who told me not to buy as there was no way it was doing anywhere near 40,000 and prices would drop. Throwing those words back in his face has been an enjoyable experience over the past 24 hours. I could have been the bigger man, but nah. I mentioned it a few pages ago. Just how many people were smug and outwardly arrogant about how AEW would fail? I want Tony, Jericho, MJF, and anybody else in the company who wants to to rub in in everyone's face... Speaking of which MJF had a tweet yesterday that was oddly reserved for him in regards to this show saying no matter what people will move goal posts.
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