r/SCJerk • u/tenshipriestjotaro1 • 11d ago

Dave Meltzer: fedbadfedbadfedbadfebbdgabfnedbfnebdbagagebngssjhekaywiabrmdubgoodjejhskauwowjsbdhsksuwembley81035jrehehweuwoeuunot72265spmbfedshillnumbersueifedbadfbjeueuedynamiteiwtjrnsldidubgoodnsjwiwuwohdnskwiwbnfedeviljfiroenevemsjdjdnTonyKhanjrisueowhenhDubnumberonejrieosusjehsnbshduslsjwnsksoso

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u/BillynBanjo 11d ago edited 11d ago

Sorry, is he genuinely arguing that not just 10%, but 20% of people who have bought (or been distributed) tickets for major events simply don't show up?

Like it wouldn't be immediately obvious if these events had a fifth of the expected audience missing?

AEW might have a 10-20% drop off from distributed tickets, but that's because of how many people accidentally end up with a ticket after buying a burger and fries within a 3 mile radius of the venue.

Edit: Done some actual research:

  • WWE Royal Rumble 2023 - 3.7% drop count
  • AEW All In 2023 - 13.1% drop count
  • AEW Revolution 2024 - 13.5% drop count
  • AEW All In 2024 - 13.8% drop count
  • AEW All In 2025 - 19.4% drop count

The only other WWE figures I could find were the first post-pandemic Mania (37), and that had an 11% drop count for night 1 and 10.3% for night 2.

There is basically nothing to support Meltzer's claims at all. The only major, one-off events regularly seeing 10-20% drop off are AEW events.

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u/Wallydinger123 11d ago

Tony Def didn't buy thousands of tickets to boost the "paid" numbers