All data represent tickets distributed estimates by WrestleTix.

AEW: same-market, same-event type comparisons for January 2025

-23% on 1/4/2025 in Charlotte, NC for Collision: 2,941 (from 3,802 on 1/6/2024)
-41% on 1/15/2025 in Cincinnati, OH for Dynamite: 1,570 (from 2,667 on 9/13/2023)
+23% on 1/25/2025 in Jacksonville, FL for Collision: 2,986 (from 2,421 on 4/27/2024)
-32% on 1/29/2025 in Huntsville, AL for Dynamite: 2,305 (from 3,413 on 2/28/2024)

WWE: same-market, same-event type comparisons for January 2025

+36% on 1/3/2025 in Phoenix, AZ for Smackdown: 10,804 (from 7,966 on 7/1/2022)
-9% on 1/10/2025 in Portland, OR for Smackdown: 9,239 (from 10,116 on 4/7/2023)
+9% on 1/13/2025 in San Jose, CA for Raw: 13,301 (from 12,218 on 2/26/2024)
+20% on 1/20/2025 in Dallas, TX for Raw: 14,324 (from 11,949 on 10/23/2023)
+61% on 1/24/2025 in Austin, TX for Smackdown: 9,953 (from 6,199 on 6/24/2022)
+1% on 1/27/2025 in Atlanta, GA for Raw: 12,098 (from 12,014 on 7/17/2023)
+36% on 1/31/2025 in Indianapolis, IN for Smackdown: 12,433 (from 9,119 on 11/11/2022)

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.

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