WWE will be returning to regular touring in July, with the company heading to Texas for SmackDown and the Money in the Bank pay-per-view on July 16 and 18 respectively.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained how the ticket sales are going so far for both those shows, saying:
“I don’t have the exact number for Houston, but it was probably, for a SmackDown on a Friday, a little better than you would expect because it’s the first time (back), but not close to sold out either. It wasn’t like UFC, UFC in Houston sold out immediately, and they’re going right back in August with another UFC in Houston at the Toyota Center on August 7. But, they (WWE) sold the floor and the 100s, so it’s decent, decently good.
“Fort Worth for Money in the Bank is pretty close to full. Very good for that one, that’s been the star with AEW and with WWE, that’s been the star is that one, that pay-per-view.”
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However, Meltzer notes that WWE will be a little “disappointed” with the ticket sales for the episode of Raw in Dallas on July 19, but he did go on to say that the sales weren’t actually too bad.
He added:
“And then Dallas for Raw, it’s better than Garland for the Wednesday. It’s ahead of the Wednesday AEW show. But it looks to me like 6500-ish sold for the Dallas show. I think they would be disappointed in that, but it’s not what I would call bad.”
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Meltzer also notes that both WWE and AEW are selling tickets at a similar rate to that of before COVID-19, meaning while neither company is “on fire”, both “haven’t run-off the fanbase”:
“They’re not doing terrible, it’s not like people aren’t buying tickets. They’re not a hot product either, not like people can’t wait, selling the building out in advance, it’s not like it’s UFC by any means. It’s about where WWE was before the pandemic honestly. And AEW is as well, AEW is doing about what I would have expected them to do. So I guess what we could say is in the past year-plus, they haven’t run-off the fanbase. But, neither product is on fire either.”
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