WWE SummerSlam Sets Record Gate and Viewership Record for Event

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com
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WWE announced Monday that Saturday's SummerSlam at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas was both the highest grossing and most viewed SummerSlam event in company history.

The announced sellout of 51,326 is now the record holder for both indoor attendance and gate revenue in the event's 33-year history and was more than 4x the gate revenue of the 2019 event at Toronto's ScotiaBank Arena. That show drew 16,904 and was headlined by Seth Rollins regaining the Universal title from Brock Lesnar.

WWE did not release the actual gate number.

Peacock and WWE Network numbers were up 55% over last year's show and 29% over the 2019 show. They didn't give the total viewership but said it was a "seven-figure global audience."

Merchandise sales were up 155% over 2019's SummerSlam while sponsorship was up 18% over last year and 25% over 2019.

Lesnar's return was viewed more than four million times on WWE's Instagram account, their highest of all time. It beat out another recent surprise return: John Cena at Money in the Bank.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

and this here, despite how bad their shows can be, they aren't in any trouble right now.

 

[Jimmy King]

It’s like some guy from Chicago said, “Vince McMahon will make money despite himself.”

 

[Samoa Looch]

Just too bad it was actually one of the worst camera jobs (throughout the whole PPV) they did in a long time.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Raw did great ratings too. Good ppvs + good weekend for wresrling over all. A rising tide raises all ships.

 

[Chris]

Raw did great ratings too. Good ppvs + good weekend for wresrling over all. A rising tide raises all ships.

Gotta be one of the best overall wrestling weekends in awhile, maybe non-Mania weekend should be a qualifier too tho idk I never keep up with this side as much lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

Gotta be one of the best overall wrestling weekends in awhile, maybe non-Mania weekend should be a qualifier too tho idk I never keep up with this side as much lol

Even just on the wwe side , 2 returns n a excellent nxt ppv (imo) is great stuff . Outside the Becky squash no real blunders.

Really was a fantastic weekend of wrestling for every possible type of fan wasn't it

 

[Comrade Khan]

I expect dynamite rampage and smackdown to all have high viewership this week as well. Dynamite and smackdown especially with who they have advertised. Friday going to be a huge night for sdl I predict for sure

 

[Lethal]

Hopefully with the momentum gained this past weekend (the Sasha shit aside it was pretty awesome), everyone keeps shooting for the stars and increases quality. We fans all win then.

 

[Alexa]

Really was a fantastic weekend of wrestling for every possible type of fan wasn't it

The only thing that got me was Ilja winning the belt from WALTER and that is it. Other than that this weekend was alright to me

 

[Marty McFourth]

Even just on the wwe side , 2 returns n a excellent nxt ppv (imo) is great stuff . Outside the Becky squash no real blunders.

Really was a fantastic weekend of wrestling for every possible type of fan wasn't it

I can't complain. A lot of options out there at the moment. It's not like I hated Summerslam either aside from some questionable booking choices, which is the norm for WWE these days.

 

[Necro]

SummerSlam was pretty good despite the hate on Facebook and Twitter


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[Comrade Khan]

The only thing that got me was Ilja winning the belt from WALTER and that is it. Other than that this weekend was alright to me

Gcw was only ok i take it ?

 

[Alexa]

Gcw was only ok i take it ?

I watched some of it, and it was alright to me

 

[Buffy]

With those numbers it is a win for WWE and a win for the fans of wrestling. Yeah, the shows may suck and some are rarely good. WWE keeps on getting the pay per view numbers up and keeps gaining profits.