Some unlucky information for WWE followers has emerged following this week’s episode of RAW. The promotion is now on the highway to Survivor Collection 2025 later this month in San Diego, California.
President of WWE, Nick Khan, spoke through the TKO 2025 Third Quarter Financials Name right now and supplied an replace on the corporate’s elevated ticket costs. Khan instructed that the promotion appropriately elevated the costs as a result of market and boasted about WWE’s success.
“We’ve elevated costs appropriately with {the marketplace}. That’s for the PLEs, Uncooked, SmackDown, Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion, and each different ticketed program that WWE has. We stay bullish on it. A few years in the past when TKO was put up, one of many first issues we collectively did was cut back the non-televised reside occasions, which created extra shortage within the market for our televised occasions and our continued worldwide enlargement solely furthered that,” he mentioned.
Khan additionally mentioned the promotion’s plans for the long run and instructed that it was factor that there have been fewer occasions in the USA for the corporate.
“In January, you’ll see us on a European tour for Uncooked and SmackDown, main into Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia. Tickets already on fireplace for that occasion and it creates extra shortage in the USA, which is an efficient factor by way of our general gauge,” he added. [H/T: Fightful]
The promotion topped two new champions at Saturday Night time’s Primary Occasion earlier this month. CM Punk captured the World Heavyweight Championship on the occasion, and Jade Cargill defeated Tiffany Stratton to change into the brand new WWE Girls’s Champion.
Former WWE star reacts to the corporate’s ticket costs
Wrestling legend Rob Van Dam lately shared his ideas on the promotion’s extremely excessive ticket costs.
Talking with Invoice Apter in an unique interview with Sportskeeda Wrestling, RVD questioned how followers have been purported to afford the tickets, however famous it was good enterprise and will result in the popularity {of professional} wrestling bettering.
“I’m amazed on the ticket costs that I’ve heard that they’ve already achieved with the latest couple of them. I do not see how folks can afford 60-70 thousand {dollars} to sit down within the entrance row. I do not know what the costs are. A few of them I heard it is two days and also you get to fulfill Cena, no matter. I imply, I see what they’re doing and if it really works, then it is good enterprise. If it turns into one thing that is only for the elite and the rich, then possibly wrestling may have a minute the place it is picture is cleaned up a bit bit. On the similar time, it is turning into extra of a secure, working atmosphere versus the boys membership, closed-door society,” he mentioned.
You’ll be able to take a look at RVD’s feedback within the video under:
Solely time will inform if WWE decides to scale back the worth of tickets sooner or later.
Edited by Robert Lentini
