Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jul 4, 2023 18:08:04 GMT -5
It's honestly unreal how many people are going to pay tickets to see wrestling this year. I wonder what the record is for "Most wrestling tickets sold" worldwide in a year because this year feels like it could be in the top 3 with stuff like Mania, WrestleKingdom, Wembley, Puerto Rico, London, Summerslam, Arthur Ashe, etc.
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Post by Dub H on Jul 4, 2023 18:17:19 GMT -5
It's honestly unreal how many people are going to pay tickets to see wrestling this year. I wonder what the record is for "Most wrestling tickets sold" worldwide in a year because this year feels like it could be in the top 3 with stuff like Mania, WrestleKingdom, Wembley, Puerto Rico, London, Summerslam, Arthur Ashe, etc. By the definition of Sold, it would be WM III with 90k (even then back then numbers were always overblown and hard to verify), but Silverdome also back up this claim. There is Collision in Korea but c'mon..we know that wasnt ticket solds.
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Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jul 4, 2023 18:18:51 GMT -5
I wonder what the record is for "Most wrestling tickets sold" worldwide in a year because this year feels like it could be in the top 3 with stuff like Mania, WrestleKingdom, Wembley, Puerto Rico, London, Summerslam, Arthur Ashe, etc. By the definition of Sold, it would be WM III with 90k (even then back then numbers were always overblown and hard to verify), but Silverdome also back up this claim. Nah Im talking about tickets sold worldwide in entirety by major wrestling promotions in a year combined, might not be a number that's easy to tally though
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Post by Dub H on Jul 4, 2023 18:20:18 GMT -5
By the definition of Sold, it would be WM III with 90k (even then back then numbers were always overblown and hard to verify), but Silverdome also back up this claim. Nah Im talking about tickets sold worldwide in entirety by major wrestling promotions in a year combined, might not be a number that's easy to tally though Send a dm to meltzer he might be crazy enough to get the number
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Post by Kalmia on Jul 4, 2023 18:53:27 GMT -5
So, I had a look at the Ticketmaster website to see if it said more about the start times and started to go through the procedure of buying tickets in case more information was posted. It doesn't.
But, the tickets for the pre-show parties are back on sale for both Saturday and Sunday. So, if you wanted the pre-show party tickets and didn't get any, maybe try contacting TicketMaster as they do have them for sale again.
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Post by raymondo316 on Jul 4, 2023 19:33:42 GMT -5
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Post by ssdrivin on Jul 4, 2023 19:52:11 GMT -5
Kinda went off the boil a bit because I got tickets so far ahead of the show, but that's hype. It's going to be absolutely mental.
74k seats filled is crazy, I wish them luck with the next milestone at 80k!
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Post by darbus alan on Jul 4, 2023 20:59:59 GMT -5
That they're only 100 and change away from 75k is absolute bonkers. And there's still a bit under two months to go, too.
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Post by Dub H on Jul 4, 2023 22:24:58 GMT -5
Wembleys shows how Aew putting amazing after absolutely amazing Ppvs helped a lot in the long hall.
No way they would sell this much tickets ,without a card, if they had just okay ppvs even with TV shows doing well.
They built their ppv reputati9n.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 5, 2023 4:28:43 GMT -5
Have to say, though, imagine not deleting this on the first couple of weeks of sales when they sold 40k+, never mind now when there’s potential to hit 80k or more by showtime. Zero reason for him to still be taking body blows right now.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jul 5, 2023 5:44:11 GMT -5
Have to say, though, imagine not deleting this on the first couple of weeks of sales when they sold 40k+, never mind now when there’s potential to hit 80k or more by showtime. Zero reason for him to still be taking body blows right now. You're forgetting the tens of thousands if not more tickets that Tony Khan bought or gave away or something
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 5, 2023 5:57:03 GMT -5
It's honestly unreal how many people are going to pay tickets to see wrestling this year. I wonder what the record is for "Most wrestling tickets sold" worldwide in a year because this year feels like it could be in the top 3 with stuff like Mania, WrestleKingdom, Wembley, Puerto Rico, London, Summerslam, Arthur Ashe, etc. I don't think we'd ever have accurate enough data to know for sure. Taking the top 10 cards in a year it has to be up there. However all the smaller ones add up, multiple companies in the past that were able to run several shows a week (or even the same day) drawing a 1000 people over a long time adds up to more than one super show. Most notably when WWE had a huge number of house shows but several different periods around the world would be up there.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Jul 5, 2023 6:04:49 GMT -5
So, I had a look at the Ticketmaster website to see if it said more about the start times and started to go through the procedure of buying tickets in case more information was posted. It doesn't. But, the tickets for the pre-show parties are back on sale for both Saturday and Sunday. So, if you wanted the pre-show party tickets and didn't get any, maybe try contacting TicketMaster as they do have them for sale again. The pre show tickets were always for sale, just that when you get to checkout they're sold out.
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Post by johncasey on Jul 5, 2023 9:38:00 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure 7 is the start time for the main show. With Tony likely wanting to give a lot of the roster a chance to wrestle at Wembley I wouldn't be surprised if the pre show starts at 5-5.30
Don’t really think they can change that considering the advertised start time. As long as they give sufficient notice, it shouldn't be a problem.
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Post by johncasey on Jul 5, 2023 9:40:22 GMT -5
Don’t really think they can change that considering the advertised start time. I was actually wrong, I was sure I read that the show starts at 7. Now after looking on Ticketmaster it is a 6pm start.
Going by that the pre show could start at 4-4.30.
With that many people, I'm sure that they don't want all of us arriving near the start time, so they will probably do a few Dark Matches (Would be perfect if they still did Dark and Elevation) Maybe they do some ROH content beforehand
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Post by champchumpchange on Jul 5, 2023 9:49:08 GMT -5
I hope they sell-out.
AEW thriving is good for the wrestling business and its workers.
Then I hope WWE goes to Wembley and sells it out too.
Two companies on fire is good for the wrestling business and its workers.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 5, 2023 11:42:38 GMT -5
Going to be a great visual. Interesting that Meltzer has still been reporting 66K+ sold, so I wonder if that means there’s 8K in comps already or if Meltzer has outdated info.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jul 5, 2023 12:20:56 GMT -5
I wonder what the record is for "Most wrestling tickets sold" worldwide in a year because this year feels like it could be in the top 3 with stuff like Mania, WrestleKingdom, Wembley, Puerto Rico, London, Summerslam, Arthur Ashe, etc. I don't think we'd ever have accurate enough data to know for sure. Taking the top 10 cards in a year it has to be up there. However all the smaller ones add up, multiple companies in the past that were able to run several shows a week (or even the same day) drawing a 1000 people over a long time adds up to more than one super show. Most notably when WWE had a huge number of house shows but several different periods around the world would be up there. 1998 must be up there. A year earlier WWF was struggling and a year later WCW would be but in 98 they were both hot and selling out almost every single week for TV and selling out their PPVs every month. Even WWF house shows that year were doing big numbers. No stadium shows outside of the Goldberg/Hogan Georgia Dome Nitro but the sheer volume of shows consistently doing 10,000+ all year long I think likely beats out even years with stadium PPVs but maybe had a lower average across the year. Japan was doing great too. In 98 AJPW had their biggest crowd ever for their 25th anniversary show (58,000). And NJPW also had 2 of their 3 biggest ever attendances that year with around 70,000 for Inoki's retirement show and 65,000 for their Jan 4 show.
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Post by Kalmia on Jul 5, 2023 12:50:13 GMT -5
Going to be a great visual. Interesting that Meltzer has still been reporting 66K+ sold, so I wonder if that means there’s 8K in comps already or if Meltzer has outdated info. I'd imagine both. Meltzer's info isn't going to be as up to date as someone that is pulling data from the TicketMaster website and then reporting it shortly after. But that data only says what tickets have gone and I presume it doesn't differentiate between sales and comps.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jul 5, 2023 12:58:12 GMT -5
Going to be a great visual. Interesting that Meltzer has still been reporting 66K+ sold, so I wonder if that means there’s 8K in comps already or if Meltzer has outdated info. I'd imagine both. Meltzer's info isn't going to be as up to date as someone that is pulling data from the TicketMaster website and then reporting it shortly after. But that data only says what tickets have gone and I presume it doesn't differentiate between sales and comps. The WrestleTix is purely what’s been taken and doesn’t know whether it’s paid or comp. I assume Meltzer is getting the paid number from somewhere else. But as of the Observer on Friday, he was reporting 66,618 paid.
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