May 8, 2023 Observer Newsletter: AEW All In ticket sales shattering records, 2023 WWE Draft results

The 8/27 AEW All In show at Wembley Stadium in London became one of the fastest-selling tickets in pro wrestling history this past week.

As of late Thursday in the U.K., the night before tickets went on sale to the general public, the show had sold 50,000 tickets for $6.5 million. It will likely break the record for the largest non-WrestleMania first-day ticket sales set for the 1992 SummerSlam event at the old Wembley Stadium, which was 55,000. It will likely beat the total paid attendance WWE got for Clash of the Castle last year on the first day of general public sales, which is the big shocker.

Granted, AEW has advantages, never having been to Europe and Wembley Stadium was a larger metropolitan area to draw from by far than Cardiff. The total paid attendance for each night of WrestleMania this year was about 60,000, so there is a good chance this will be the largest paid attendance for a pro wrestling event not only this year but the largest since 2016 at AT&T Stadium.

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