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All data represent tickets distributed estimates by WrestleTix.
Note: AEW in this period has started more frequently running multiple events at the same venue consecutively, which complicates our usual market-to-market analysis.
“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.
Note: “AEW Collision” events below are defined as events that taped Collision but not Dynamite. Events defined as “AEW Dynamite” include events that taped Dynamite only as well as both Dynamite and Collision at the same event.
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All data represent tickets distributed estimates by WrestleTix.
-32% on 3/1/2025 in Oakland, CA for Collision: 2,918 (from 4,274 on 11/10/2023)
-48% on 3/5/2025 in Sacramento, CA for Dynamite: 2,869 (from 5,468 on 3/8/2023)
-37% on 3/12/2025 in Fresno, CA for Dynamite: 3,220 (from 5,111 on 1/18/2023)
-33% on 3/15/2025 in Las Vegas, NV for Collision: 2,058 (from 3,080 on 5/25/2024)
+102% on 3/1/2025 in Toronto, ON for PPV: 37,538 (from 18,555 on 7/6/2024)
+40% on 3/3/2025 in Buffalo, NY for Raw: 13,861 (from 9,905 on 7/10/2023)
-7% on 3/7/2025 in Philadelphia, PA for Smackdown: 16,810 (from 18,150 on 4/5/2024)
+37% on 3/10/2025 in New York, NY for Raw: 18,290 (from 13,379 on 7/25/2022)
-17% on 3/28/2025 in London, UK for Smackdown: 14,628 (from 17,604 on 6/30/2023)
“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.
