John Cena is not the only one who can move tickets as CM Punk helped WWE sell nearly 2,000 tickets for tonight’s WWE Raw and he’s not even advertised for the show. Since Punk’s return to the company last week, he has been a top trend on social media, a strong merchandise seller, and helped boost Raw’s ratings last week.
The lineup
Although Punk is not advertised for tonight’s Raw, he is advertised for this Friday’s episode of SmackDown. The company has loaded up Raw.
Matches confirmed include WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins vs. Jey Uso, Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn, Nia Jax vs. Shayna Baszler, Cody Rhodes addressing Shinsuke Nakamura, DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) vs. Imperium (Giovanni Vince & Ludwig Kaiser) in a Two-Out-Of-Three Falls match, and more.
Ticket mover
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted WWE sold 1,700 tickets in a week because fans think Punk will be at Raw and he’s not expected to be there. WrestleTix reports Raw has sold 6,599 tickets.
“There’s going to be a lot of upset people because they sold almost 1700 tickets in the last week for Albany for Raw, and that’s for Punk,” Meltzer said before Bryan Alvarez guessed Punk would be announced for the show today.
Meltzer continued, “They never advertised him. The people just bought the tickets, assuming he would be there. Tickets moved. That’s a lot of tickets to move in a week, and that’s the reason they moved.”
It should be noted that there have been no reports about Punk being at Raw or spotted in the city. He may be added to the show at the last minute, but one would think WWE would want to get the word out as early as possible, something they did for his SmackDown appearance, to sell more tickets.
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