All data represent tickets distributed estimates by WrestleTix.
AEW: same-market, same-event type comparisons for September 2024
-29% on 9/4/2024 in Milwaukee, WI for Dynamite: 2,313 (from 3,273 on 4/12/2023)
-4% on 9/7/2024 in Hoffman Estates, IL for PPV: 8,660 (from 9,039 on 9/4/2022)
-47% on 9/11/2024 in Lexington, KY for Dynamite: 2,911 (from 5,494 on 1/25/2023)
-22% on 9/25/2024 in Flushing, NY for Dynamite: 8,834 (from 11,263 on 9/20/2023)
WWE: same-market, same-event type comparisons for September 2024
+86% on 9/2/2024 in Denver, CO for Raw: 11,396 (from 6,138 on 2/7/2022)
+40% on 9/13/2024 in Seattle, WA for Smackdown: 13,732 (from 9,814 on 9/9/2022)
-3% on 9/16/2024 in Portland, OR for Raw: 10,013 (from 10,294 on 1/8/2024)
+9% on 9/20/2024 in Sacramento, CA for Smackdown: 13,789 (from 12,632 on 9/29/2023)
+6% on 9/23/2024 in Ontario, CA for Raw: 8,616 (from 8,132 on 9/25/2023)
+67% on 9/27/2024 in Oklahoma City, OK for Smackdown: 8,196 (from 4,912 on 2/4/2022)
-7% on 9/28/2024 in Columbus, GA for House show: 5,317 (from 5,747 on 2/4/2023)
+21% on 9/29/2024 in Huntsville, AL for House show: 5,492 (from 4,548 on 8/27/2023)
+17% on 9/30/2024 in Evansville, IN for Raw: 6,586 (from 5,653 on 5/23/2022)
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).
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.