August is formally right here, which implies AEW is just some weeks away from invading London, England for the All In pay-per-view on August 25. 5 matches have formally been introduced, with many extra prone to be added, and within the newest Wrestling Observer E-newsletter, Dave Meltzer broke down a few of the current updates when it comes to ticket gross sales.
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Meltzer famous that there was good motion over the previous week, with a complete of 44,646 tickets bought as of July 31. Apparently, AEW had initially acknowledged that 45,000 tickets had been bought up to now. Meltzer famous that a couple of thousand tickets moved because of loads of native promotion from the likes of Mariah Could and Nigel McGuinness. Extra AEW stars can be doing native promotion over the following few weeks, with the ultimate week earlier than the occasion being seen as a key a part of the corporate’s huge push for ticket gross sales, contemplating AEW can be within the UK rather a lot sooner than final 12 months because of the “AEW Dynamite” and “AEW Collision” occasions in Cardiff, Wales that week.
AEW might want to attain the 54,000 mark in paid attendance to position third on the UK wrestling all-time checklist behind WWE SummerSlam 1992 and final 12 months’s All In occasion. Nonetheless, Meltzer believes that may very well be a longshot, as the corporate would wish to promote round 10,000 tickets within the span of three weeks. Meltzer additionally famous that the shortage of tickets on the secondary market is a stark distinction to WWE SummerSlam on August 3.
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Will Bryan Danielson’s Potential Retirement Be A Draw?
The current motion in tickets came about earlier than the large announcement that Bryan Danielson would by no means wrestle once more if he misplaced his AEW World Championship match in opposition to Swerve Strickland, however will the concept of probably seeing the “American Dragon” retire deliver extra individuals in?
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Meltzer believes the announcement of Danielson’s potential retirement would have been a giant enhance in gross sales in one other period, however followers have virtually been taught to not take these types of stipulations critically over the previous few years, particularly in WWE. This could have an effect on the draw of the stipulation, which provided that Danielson remains to be anticipated to stay round in AEW within the speedy future, in addition to the truth that the corporate may add time on his contract to make up for the months he missed by damage, the actual draw ought to arguably be the concept of Danielson probably profitable his final main title on a giant stage, not his potential retirement.
General, Meltzer sees the following few weeks as an important indicator on how AEW’s pay-per-view buyrate can be, because the attracts of it being not simply AEW’s first huge stadium present however AEW’s first main occasion exterior of North America aren’t there for the 2024 occasion. He believes that the corporate is not as sturdy because it was a 12 months in the past, however the matches introduced up to now have had extra construct put behind them, so everybody should wait and see when it comes to what the info and figures can be after August 25.
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