AJ Styles talks SummerSlam tickets.
After multiple years of record-breaking business, WWE has been on a downturn for the past few months. This is evident by the ticket sales for marquee events. After struggling to sell tickets for WrestleMania 42, the company has sold a little over 20,000 tickets for each night of SummerSlam as per last update. This is a huge decline from last year’s show, which sold over 50,000 tickets per night.
The former WWE Champion talked about the slow ticket sales for the upcoming PLE on the latest edition of his The Phenomenally Retro Podcast. AJ Styles noted that while WWE does not seem to be doing very well, they will still be able to turn a profit on the show:
Well, it doesn’t sound like they’re doing very well. But it is 20,000 people. That is a lot as well, to have a two-day event where 20,000 people are coming. But again, it is not a sellout. So is this being successful? I don’t know. I mean, I’m sure they’re going to make money on this regardless, or they wouldn’t be doing it.
Let’s Make Them Freaking Cheap: AJ Styles
AJ Styles mentioned how 20,000 is still a huge crowd, but perception is reality in the business and WWE is unlikely to be able to sell out the show completely. When asked what he thinks is the reason behind the lagging ticket sales, the Phenomenal One noted that the expensive price tag is one of the major reasons and suggested that at least some tickets should be in reach of the general public:
Well, I don’t know how much the tickets are, but they haven’t been known to be cheap. It’s not one of those things where even the nosebleeds are a little expensive. So I think that might have something to do with it.
I could be wrong. I would think that big shows like this, you definitely have your tiers of where you’re going to sit and how much they are. But I would say, when you get the nosebleeds, let’s make them freaking cheap, dirt cheap. Sell a bunch of those. Why not?
The WWE Hall of Famer also noted that he is a fan of PPVs being a one-night affair but suggested that with the success of two-night WrestleManias, officials could be using SummerSlam as a trial to see if other PPVs can be turned into two-night events as well.
