All data represent tickets distributed estimates by WrestleTix.
AEW: same-market, same-event type comparisons for November 2024
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-13% on 11/13/2024 in Bridgeport, CT for Dynamite: 2,727 (from 3,141 on 11/16/2022)
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-12% on 11/23/2024 in Newark, NJ for PPV: 10,639 (from 12,106 on 11/19/2022)
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-11% on 11/27/2024 in Chicago, IL for Dynamite: 4,709 (from 5,291 on 7/3/2024)
WWE: same-market, same-event type comparisons for November 2024
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-11% on 11/6/2024 in Sheffield, UK for House show: 6,120 (from 6,908 on 6/29/2023)
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+97% on 11/8/2024 in Buffalo, NY for Smackdown: 12,938 (from 6,570 on 12/2/2022)
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+21% on 11/11/2024 in Grand Rapids, MI for Raw: 8,997 (from 7,447 on 11/20/2023)
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-5% on 11/15/2024 in Milwaukee, WI for Smackdown: 10,690 (from 11,253 on 3/22/2024)
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-25% on 11/22/2024 in Salt Lake City, UT for Smackdown: 8,394 (from 11,233 on 2/16/2024)
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).
Note that a small number of events did not have ticket maps available and therefore WrestleTix did not provide an estimate for those events.
Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.