John Cena proved his drawing power once again for WWE, not only in TV ratings but also in ticket sales.
Cena returned on the September 1st episode of SmackDown, where he did a segment with Jimmy Uso, leading to him laying out the former Tag Team Champion. The show drew 2.443 million viewers and 0.65 rating in the all-important 18-49 demographic on FOX.
Cena appeared at last Saturday’s Payback PLE, where he did a promo segment with The Miz before serving as a special guest referee for The Miz vs. LA Knight.
The former WWE Champion will go to India with the company for Friday’s WWE Superstar Spectacle show at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium, where he will team with World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins against Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci of Imperium.
WWE has also confirmed Cena for SmackDown events on the following dates:
Friday, September 15 – Denver – Ball Arena
Friday, September 22 – Glendale, Ariz. – Desert Diamond Arena
Friday, September 29 – Sacramento, Calif. – Golden 1 Center
Friday, October 6 – St. Louis – Enterprise Center
Friday, October 13 – Tulsa, Okla. – BOK Center
Friday, October 20 – San Antonio – AT&T Center
Friday, October 27 – Milwaukee – Fiserv Forum
WrestleTix, which does a great job tracking ticket sales, analyzed Cena’s drawing power for the company and how many tickets he moved after WWE advertised him for shows.
The Denver show sold 856 tickets in the few days after the announcement of his being on the show, while they quickly sold 1,469 tickets in Glendale, 1,541 in St. Louis, 997, in San Antonio, 622 in Tulsa, and 1,489 in Milwaukee.
