All data represent tickets distributed estimates by WrestleTix.
AEW: same-market, same-event type comparisons for May 2024
-27% on 5/1/2024 in Winnipeg, MB for Dynamite: 5,377 (from 7,361 on 3/15/2023)
-20% on 5/8/2024 in Edmonton, AB for Dynamite: 4,572 (from 5,746 on 7/5/2023)
-19% on 5/26/2024 in Las Vegas, NV for PPV: 8,575 (from 10,550 on 5/28/2023)
-42% on 5/29/2024 in Inglewood, CA for Dynamite: 5,553 (from 9,636 on 1/11/2023)
WWE: same-market, same-event type comparisons for May 2024
+6% on 5/6/2024 in Hartford, CT for Raw: 9,554 (from 9,011 on 6/5/2023)
+5% on 5/10/2024 in Wilkes-Barre, PA for Smackdown: 7,935 (from 7,581 on 6/2/2023)
+5% on 5/13/2024 in Greenville, SC for Raw: 8,326 (from 7,959 on 10/30/2023)
+50% on 5/17/2024 in Jacksonville, FL for Smackdown: 10,093 (from 6,724 on 9/3/2021)
-1% on 5/20/2024 in Greensboro, NC for Raw: 9,898 (from 10,012 on 5/15/2023)
+1% on 5/27/2024 in Savannah, GA for Raw: 6,716 (from 6,633 on 6/26/2023)
+12% on 5/31/2024 in Albany, NY for Smackdown: 7,747 (from 6,938 on 4/22/2022)
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).
Averages by event type
Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He’s also worked as an independent wrestler and trainer.
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