WWE is two weeks away from the SummerSlam PLE event and is now at 44,447 tickets out; over 40,000 of them are being paid.
Top matches on the card that have been announced include Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso in a Tribal Combat Match, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor, Brock Lesnar vs. Cody Rhodes, and more. For more on the reported card, click here.
As previously reported, WWE is bringing in a big name for SummerSlam weekend. WWE has several matches listed on its internal card for the show. For more on the reported card, click here.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted how this year’s SummerSlam will likely be the highest-grossing event ever in the United States for a non-WrestleMania event due to high ticket prices. He also talked about people downplaying the success of SummerSlam with AEW All In selling over 75,000 tickets at Wembley Stadium a few weeks later.
“As far as the idea of this giant crowd, I mean, this will probably be legitimately the biggest gross in the United States for a non-wrestling, non-WrestleMania show in the history of pro wrestling in the United States since the beginning of time, which is an incredible accomplishment. But because of All In, it’s almost like anything they announce is almost gonna make some people try to go, ‘Oh, you’re losers. You lost to,’ You know, which is ridiculous. That thing where, you know, like they’ll go in there and I mean, legitimately, if they end up with 50,000 people, which is a giant success, you know, you’re gonna have those people go, you didn’t even sell it out. Like there was a chance of selling out Ford Field, there was no chance of this for SummerSlam. It’s a disaster because we had all those people with Wembley when I was going, like, man, if they do 30,000 people, they’re doing great. What are you talking about? If they don’t do it, at least, if they don’t sell out, it’s a failure. You know, if they do 70,000, it’s a failure. You know what I mean? Because that’s the fight that people wanna have, which is ridiculous.”
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