WWE’s business overall is stronger than ever thanks to its guaranteed media rights deals from NBCU and FOX in addition to the Peacock deal. However, its live event business is picking up and ratings have slowly risen since last summer when Triple H took over main roster creative.
WWE held a live event on Sunday night from Ball Arena in Denver, CO, and drew a ton of fans.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted the show will end up doing close to 10,000 fans in attendance, which is unheard of for a house show these days. To make it more impressive, most of WWE’s top stars weren’t on the card.
“WWE business is so strong right now. They did a house show in Denver, I didn’t get the gate yet, but I’ll probably get that in a day or so. There were over 9,000 tickets out this morning, and this is a house show. The last time that they did TV there, they were like 5,500 paid for a Raw I think it was. And you come back with a house show, and you’re doing well over 9,000. With the walk-up it could have hit 10,000. They did it with a lineup that…there was no Sami Zayn, no Kevin Owens, no Roman Reigns. Cody was there, but many of the top guys weren’t even on the card.….They’re freaking…when you’re drawing like that for a house show on a Sunday night before Mania when there’s all these big shows coming this week and I know Vegas was big on Friday night for SmackDown. I’m trying to figure out how many years it’s been since WWE was out there able to do 10,000 people in a city like Denver, or 9,000 people for a house show. It’s been years, I think,” Meltzer stated.
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