Royal Rumble 2023 To Break Even More WWE Records

Royal Rumble 2023 To Break Even More WWE Records WWE

It’s been a great few weeks for WWE when it comes to breaking records and it looks like that won’t stop with WWE Royal Rumble.

The January 16 episode of WWE Raw set a record for the highest-grossing episode in Cincinnati, with the January 20 episode of WWE SmackDown being the highest-grossing SmackDown in Detroit.

With Royal Rumble taking place on January 28, Dave Meltzer took a dive into the numbers in the current issue of Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription required), saying:

“Due to the increase in Peacock subscribers, which hit 20 million at the end of 2022 (just over double the number of one year ago and roughly 48 percent more than at WrestleMania), it is a virtual lock that more Americans will watch this PPV than any Royal Rumble in history.

“It will very likely beat either day of last year’s WrestleMania, which are the two record holders for most Americans watching a WWE PPV show in history. The record will also almost surely be broken for both days of WrestleMania.”

“In addition, the live gate record for the Rumble was broken some time back. As of press time there were 42,972 tickets distributed with a live gate that has topped $7 million.

“It was the largest live gate for any U.S. WWE event in history that wasn’t called WrestleMania, and beat most WrestleManias.

“There was hope of hitting $8 million, a number that would equal or surpass Clash at the Castle ($8,020,000) for the largest non-WrestleMania live gate in pro wrestling history.

“The secondary market get-in price is $36. They will announce a figure in excess of 50,000 since they’ve already used that number on television.

“With the current advance, the show trails only WrestleManias from 2012 to 2019 as well as both shows in 2022 and will also trail both shows from 2023 when they are over. For now, it will wind up being either the 11th or 12th largest gate in the history of pro wrestling, depending on if it tops the Clash at the Castle number.”

Following the success of WWE Clash at the Castle, the company announced another UK show, this time taking place in London, England, bringing Money in the Bank to the country for the first time.

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1 year ago by Dave Adamson

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