‘Phenomenal’ PPV Buys For WWE Money In The Bank 2023 Revealed

Published: Jul 21, 2023 by Dave Adamson | Last Updated: Jul 21, 2023 by Dave Adamson

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‘Phenomenal’ PPV Buys For WWE Money In The Bank 2023 Revealed

WWE Money in the Bank was the first major PLE to emanate from the United Kingdom in decades and its performance has been revealed.

The show took place at The O2 in London, England on July 1, 2023, with WrestleTix reporting thing 17,617 tickets had been distributed for the sold-out event.

It was previously reported that the show was the highest-grossing arena show in WWE history, as announced by Triple H in the post-show press conference.

He would also state that the June 30 edition of SmackDown, also from The O2, was the highest-grossing SmackDown in WWE history.

Dave Meltzer has provided further insight into the performance of the show in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, writing:

Money in the Bank ended up doing 17,600 buys on PPV, which is a phenomenal number of late buys.

It was up 82.0 percent from last year’s Money in the Bank even during a period when streaming has gotten stronger and TV PPV has gotten weaker.

The number was lower than WrestleMania but blew away everything since WrestleMania.

Keep in mind that this show was also an afternoon show from the U.K. and not in prime time, and it nearly doubled last year’s show that was in prime time.

With the WWE Network airing premium live events as part of the monthly subscription, PPV buys are naturally considerably lower than they would have been historically.

In January 2023, Dave Meltzer considered the possibility of WWE moving to a base subscription model for the WWE Network with PPVs having a separate purchase price.

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