Thread 18632142

On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer, Dave Meltzer broke down the concerning trend plaguing WWE’s domestic shows. The company’s early ticket sales—often used as a key gauge of fan enthusiasm—are starting to crash.

>“There are more low advances than I’ve seen since Cody Rhodes got them hot three years ago.”

Meltzer clarified that while overall attendance still looks decent thanks to last-minute purchases and walk-up crowds, the advance numbers are slipping in a way that hasn’t been seen since early 2022—before Cody Rhodes returned and sparked WWE’s recent boom.

So what’s driving this shift? Meltzer pointed to fan frustration over inflated ticket prices and inconsistent value. He explained how the word has spread among fans who bought tickets early, only to find out they were sitting beside others who paid significantly less:

>“Too many people bought early and were next to someone who paid one-third the price. That got around.”

Who asks the stranger sitting next to them what they paid for their ticket?

WWE IS FUCKING DYING LMAO

>>18632142 (OP)
>not one example using real numbers or examples
More Daveslop because AEW is in the shitter, yawn

TKO is the tick that is killing WWE. You love to see it

DIE EVIL FED, DIE

>>18632153
WHO AM I
TO KILL A STRANGER
AFTER ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH

>>18632153
Shoot autistic people like Dave.

Do you think Dave really thinks if he lies and makes up enough shit about WWE dying it will actually manifest itself somehow, or is he just truly so far gone he actually believes all this

>>18632142 (OP)
See the pendulum that's actually swinging is the "optimal price" pendulum. Right now it's swinging into the "Rockefeller" side of things, but once that becomes so expensive that they start losing money from lack of sales, it'll swing back until it ends up settling at a price where they can maximize the combination of attendance and ticket price.
Of course that's just wishful thinking and in practice prices will just keep fluctuating without ever reaching an equilibrium.

>>18632185
WWE is dying though, just like their fat retarded fanbase.

Just kick the fucking Samoans out and see ratings skyrocket. Coconut community theater has been going on for nearly 7 years now. Enough is fucking enough

All hot streaks end and with how ass WWE has been this year, how expensive the shows are and the adds, we're probably going to enter the cooling off period.

>>18632142 (OP)
this kike has lost all credibility and runs stories he knows to be untrue or is tricked into running stories without doing any research himself because they either make wwe look bad or gay e w look good. dude is a liar and a complete moron

>>18632142 (OP)
AEW Dynamite actually gets 40 gazillion viewers just trust Dave.

Lots of angry aew fans ITT. Vince is gone, he can't hurt you anymore. But your hatred of him has simply transferred to WWE as a whole. VDS is now WweDS.

Please seek professional help.

>>18632142 (OP)
Meltzer suggested WWE start offering free tortas and fajitas with every ticket purchase, because it's done wonders for AEW ticket sales and TV ratings.

>>18632185
>Dave really thinks if he lies and makes up enough shit about WWE dying it will actually manifest itself somehow
Yes, he’s no different than his legion of smark paypigs.

>>18632142 (OP)
They're gonna have to lower the prices, although luckily for them there's a lot of room for them to do so because they charge so much. They're not dying but they are cooling off.

>>18632142 (OP)
>Meltzer WON

>>18632142 (OP)
Grimmy

>>18632142 (OP)
yea no shit, the tko jews are just rampant cranking up the prices, whatever you think about vince even he didnt went full retard on prices

>>18632201
everyone is saying this

>>18632142 (OP)
Tickets for Smackdown in Dublin were going for €450. They’ve really overpriced their shows but people are still paying so

>WWE can't sell tickets for 450€
>AEW can't sell tickets for 15€
>thus, AEW won
This is what the crippled swine in the wheelchair is saying

>>18633835
you need a whole board just for your asspain over a figment of your imagination

>>18632142 (OP)
>People is paying high prices to see WWE shows, this is bad!
Memeltzer is retard

>>18632142 (OP)
>Bro what if we just kept raising ticket prices in this ever fluctuating economy

>>18632421
Aew really did convert big bang and modern family fans, they get a bazingillion viewers weekly.
And they purchase from the shows sponsors which is really all that matters.

>>18632142 (OP)
>”There are more low advances than I’ve seen since Cody Rhodes got them hot three years ago.”
Hold up, why is Rock not getting any credit here?

>>18632185
Why would Dave lie? He’s an edrone like the rest of the wrestling podders

>>18634481
Rock is pro Vince pro Roman adjacent and the iwc has been engineering a lie that Cody is responsible for the boom even tho everything has gone lower since he became the guy

>>18632142 (OP)
>WON
so they didn't actually hit a low

WWE in the fucking mud, you love to see it.

The ESPN machine hasn't even started up yet.

jericho will fix this

>>18633822
The building was literally sold out. If anything, it suggests that tickets were underpriced.

>>18632142 (OP)
Meltzer WON
AEW WON
WWE LOST

>>18634963
Delete this

>>18632142 (OP)
That's what I hear on YouTube. Whenever someone talks about the high ticket prices, someone comes in to save wwe by stating that the people that buy tickets on the day of the event spend much less money. As if that's some defense for this bs.

>>18632142 (OP)
>low advances
>still sellout
>aew plays in a taco bell parking lot for a month
>everything is fine