AEW, WWE live events market-to-market comparison for March and April 2024

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All data represent tickets distributed estimates by WrestleTix.

AEW: same-market, same-event type comparisons for Mar and Apr 2024

-39% on 3/6/2024 in Duluth, GA for Dynamite: 3,246 (from 5,343 on 8/23/2023)
-3% on 3/13/2024 in Boston, MA for Dynamite: 8,714 (from 8,956 on 7/19/2023)
-12% on 3/20/2024 in Toronto, ON for Dynamite: 6,505 (from 7,394 on 10/12/2022)
-41% on 4/3/2024 in Worcester, MA for Dynamite: 3,607 (from 6,143 on 7/27/2022)
-18% on 4/10/2024 in Charleston, WV for Dynamite: 3,403 (from 4,168 on 8/17/2022)
+0% on 4/17/2024 in Indianapolis, IN for Dynamite: 3,012 (from 3,006 on 9/6/2023)
-32% on 4/24/2024 in Jacksonville, FL for Dynamite: 2,177 (from 3,183 on 1/10/2024)

WWE: same-market, same-event type comparisons for Mar and Apr 2024

+1% on 3/1/2024 in Glendale, AZ for Smackdown: 12,426 (from 12,325 on 9/22/2023)
-17% on 3/2/2024 in Palm Desert, CA for House show: 7,497 (from 8,983 on 9/23/2023)
+40% on 3/3/2024 in Bakersfield, CA for House show: 5,254 (from 3,747 on 9/17/2022)
+73% on 3/4/2024 in San Antonio, TX for Raw: 13,748 (from 7,958 on 7/11/2022)
+17% on 3/8/2024 in Dallas, TX for Smackdown: 14,001 (from 12,011 on 4/1/2022)
+0% on 3/11/2024 in Houston, TX for Raw: 12,962 (from 12,921 on 7/31/2023)
+36% on 3/15/2024 in Memphis, TN for Smackdown: 12,435 (from 9,119 on 1/6/2023)
+50% on 3/16/2024 in Augusta, GA for House show: 6,385 (from 4,260 on 5/13/2023)
+23% on 3/17/2024 in North Charleston, SC for House show: 4,919 (from 4,011 on 5/14/2023)
+59% on 3/18/2024 in Raleigh, NC for Raw: 12,682 (from 7,956 on 9/20/2021)
-2% on 3/22/2024 in Milwaukee, WI for Smackdown: 11,253 (from 11,476 on 10/27/2023)
+18% on 3/23/2024 in Springfield, IL for House show: 4,794 (from 4,059 on 3/19/2023)
+14% on 3/24/2024 in Rockford, IL for House show: 5,519 (from 4,827 on 2/26/2023)
+19% on 3/25/2024 in Rosemont, IL for Raw: 15,464 (from 12,952 on 4/24/2023)
+10% on 3/29/2024 in Uncasville, CT for Smackdown: 7,074 (from 6,449 on 2/10/2023)
+20% on 3/30/2024 in Manchester, NH for House show: 5,978 (from 4,991 on 6/4/2023)
-13% on 3/31/2024 in Syracuse, NY for House show: 4,672 (from 5,395 on 3/4/2023)
+25% on 4/1/2024 in Brooklyn, NY for Raw: 13,545 (from 10,818 on 2/13/2023)
+58% on 4/5/2024 in Philadelphia, PA for Smackdown: 18,150 (from 11,506 on 9/24/2021)
+415% on 4/6/2024 in Philadelphia, PA for PPV: 70,057 (from 13,599 on 10/8/2022)
0% on 4/7/2024 in Philadelphia, PA for PPV: 70,057 (from 70,057 on 4/6/2024)
+28% on 4/8/2024 in Philadelphia, PA for Raw: 18,486 (from 14,451 on 1/23/2023)
+17% on 4/12/2024 in Detroit, MI for Smackdown: 14,659 (from 12,480 on 1/20/2023)
+3% on 4/18/2024 in Cardiff, Wales for House show: 4,984 (from 4,834 on 7/2/2023)
+111% on 4/19/2024 in London, England for House show: 16,410 (from 7,772 on 4/29/2022)
+24% on 4/19/2024 in Pittsburgh, PA for Smackdown: 12,787 (from 10,283 on 3/10/2023)
+31% on 4/20/2024 in Erie, PA for House show: 4,251 (from 3,256 on 1/21/2023)
-9% on 4/21/2024 in Fort Wayne, IN for House show: 5,638 (from 6,186 on 4/22/2023)
+28% on 4/22/2024 in Columbus, OH for Raw: 9,385 (from 7,321 on 2/28/2022)
+47% on 4/29/2024 in Kansas City, MO for Raw: 10,152 (from 6,919 on 9/5/2022)

Methodology

“Same-market, same-event type comparison” here means we’re looking at the estimated tickets distributed and comparing that number against the last time the same event type was in that market. This is the most meaningful way I’ve found to assess live event business. It allows us to avoid problems with comparing different markets to one another (e.g., New York, NY tends to have bigger crowds than Huntsville, AL) and different event types (e.g., PPVs draw better than Raw or Smackdown, which draw better than house shows). brandon@wrestlenomics.com