Wrestling Thread

[American Dragon]

 

[American Dragon]

 

[American Dragon]

WrestleMania business this year was dreadful compared to last year, yikes. No, I am not saying it was dreadful overall, just in comparison to last year’s WrestleMania.

Lower ticket sales for WrestleMania 42 drove a $33.7 million year-over-year decline in WWE’s live events and hospitality revenue.

TKO’s second-quarter results show that the category generated $152 million, down from $185.7 million in the same period last year.

The company said the decrease came from lower ticket revenue and was “almost exclusively” related to WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas.

TKO did not disclose a gate for this year’s two-night event at Allegiant Stadium.

WrestleMania 41 generated $66,074,558 in ticket sales across its two nights in 2025. Pollstar data showed that 113,412 tickets were sold in total.

The $33.7 million decline cannot be subtracted directly from last year’s WrestleMania gate to calculate the 2026 figure. This is because WWE’s live events and hospitality category covers all events during the quarter and also includes hospitality and financial incentive packages.

However, TKO’s attribution indicates that WrestleMania ticket revenue fell significantly from the record set one year earlier.

 

[Laparkafan]

WrestleMania business this year was dreadful compared to last year, yikes. No, I am not saying it was dreadful overall, just in comparison to last year’s WrestleMania.

Ya I think Cena definitely boosted a lot of tickets last year so no surprise there’s a decline this year.

 

[GeraldV]

Is that like a real movie or a WWE films type of movie?

 

[Laparkafan]

 

[tcurtis75]

 

[American Dragon]

lol at the Busted Open crew out here acting like they are entitled to be gifted front row tickets because they got a radio show. Bunch of fanboy clowns openly begging to be bribed.

 

[American Dragon]

So when is Kairi debuting in AEW?

 

[Laparkafan]

So when is Kairi debuting in AEW?

Who cares she won’t go over and the roster is already bloated - Toni/Mone/Willow are the chosen ones not even Jaime Hayter can get any traction. Megan Bayne should get a singles push but she’s stuck in the tag thing.

 

[American Dragon]

MCMG’s band did their own AEW entrance theme.

 

[American Dragon]

Who cares she won’t go over and the roster is already bloated - Toni/Mone/Willow are the chosen ones not even Jaime Hayter can get any traction. Megan Bayne should get a singles push but she’s stuck in the tag thing.

Lena Kross > Megan Bayne

 

[Laparkafan]

Lena Kross > Megan Bayne

Regardless there’s like 20 women on the main roster there so they need more? Not to mention stuffing some down in roh.

Does TK develop talent? Edge hasn’t put over one person nor has Lashley.
Fletcher getting shoved down our throats doesn’t mean he’s developed he already ended Adam Cole’s career.

 

[American Dragon]

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Regardless there’s like 20 women on the main roster there so they need more? Not to mention stuffing some down in roh.

Does TK develop talent? Edge hasn’t put over one person nor has Lashley.
Fletcher getting shoved down our throats doesn’t mean he’s developed he already ended Adam Cole’s career.

lol

 

[Laparkafan]

l

lol

Waiting for a page long response otherwise you agree

 

[American Dragon]

Waiting for a page long response otherwise you agree

Sometimes things are too stupid to warrant the energy.

This is one of those cases.

 

[tcurtis75]

Brock officially announced his retirement.

 

[Laparkafan]

Sometimes things are too stupid to warrant the energy.

This is one of those cases.

Tell me when I’m telling lies - just b/c you’re an AEW mark doesn’t mean I’m wrong

 

[American Dragon]

Tell me when I’m telling lies - just b/c you’re an AEW mark doesn’t mean I’m wrong

How you know?

 

[American Dragon]

Brock officially announced his retirement.

He'll be retired when Saudi says he's retired.

 

[American Dragon]

 

[American Dragon]

Silver Lake, the private equity company that owns Endeavor/TKO/WWE, was already massively in debt from buying UFC and now they even more massively in debt. If you thought the ads were bad before…

 

[Laparkafan]

Silver Lake, the private equity company that owns Endeavor/TKO/WWE, was already massively in debt from buying UFC and now they even more massively in debt. If you thought the ads were bad before…

We already knew that

 

[Nightwish]

Thought Raw was pretty good last night. Got welcomed returns, a Bron vs Oba tease, a Roman in AAA tease possibly for Triplemania or the show in Chicago, Fatu looked strong, and they put the ball in Knight's court against Roman.

 

[Laparkafan]

 

[Laparkafan]

Incredible just keep bloating the roster

 

[Laparkafan]

 

[MegaBlue05]

New gimmick: Dick Dancer.

He dances while being an a-hole.

 

[Laparkafan]

New gimmick: Dick Dancer.

He dances while being an a-hole.

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[American Dragon]

Incredible just keep bloating the roster

How you know?

 

[American Dragon]

I'm struggling to find how that's considered a "bold" vision as stated in the graphic.

 

[CrimeDawg18]

Dynamite: Grand Slam from Arena Mexico this evening. FYI the show is scheduled for 2.5 hours.

AEW International Champion Kyle Fletcher vs. Speedball Mike Bailey.
AEW Women's Champion Willow Nightingale & The Brawling Birds vs. Mercedes Mone & AEW Women's Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion.
Mark Davis vs. Will Ospreay - Street Fight.
AEW Tag Team Champions Adam Copeland & Christian Cage & The Young Bucks vs. The Death Riders.
AEW Trios Champions The Demand vs. Hangman Page & ROH Champion Bandido & Brody King.
Andrade el Idolo vs. Komander vs. Tommaso Ciampa - Winner enters All In: Wembley Casino Gauntlet Battle Royal at #1.
Kris Statlander vs. Persephone.
Kazuchika Okada & Kevin Knight & Hechicero vs. Chris Jericho, & Darby Allin & Místico.

 

[Laparkafan]

Dynamite: Grand Slam from Arena Mexico this evening. FYI the show is scheduled for 2.5 hours.

AEW International Champion Kyle Fletcher vs. Speedball Mike Bailey.
AEW Women's Champion Willow Nightingale & The Brawling Birds vs. Mercedes Mone & AEW Women's Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion.
Mark Davis vs. Will Ospreay - Street Fight.
AEW Tag Team Champions Adam Copeland & Christian Cage & The Young Bucks vs. The Death Riders.
AEW Trios Champions The Demand vs. Hangman Page & ROH Champion Bandido & Brody King.
Andrade el Idolo vs. Komander vs. Tommaso Ciampa - Winner enters All In: Wembley Casino Gauntlet Battle Royal at #1.
Kris Statlander vs. Persephone.
Kazuchika Okada & Kevin Knight & Hechicero vs. Chris Jericho, & Darby Allin & Místico.

Man that’s going 3 hours isn’t it?

 

[American Dragon]

They really got Roman working a regular tv singles match as 9/14 is the Raw date. Guess they told him he’s got to put on his working boots and earn his paycheck after delivering an underwhelming house for SummerSlam

 

[American Dragon]

Now this is the type of signing TNA should make. Now book her regularly so she can get paid instead of asking for her release in two months.

 

[billCgmx_]

Incredible just keep bloating the roster

I remember Meltzer whining some time around the late 90s about WCW having a bloated roster with just over 100 wrestlers filling TV for three hours of Nitro, 2 hours of Thunder, 2 hours Saturday Night and an hour of WorldWide tapings each week.

Now AEW has double that amount of wrestlers on their roster and Meltzer doesn't say a word.

That guy is a grade A chode.

 

[Nightwish]

There's a site that keeps track of rosters. Grain of salt but they've got AEW with 217, including MCMG. Potential signings like New Day, Sheamus, etc. aren't included. Safe to say by year's end they'll top 220. WWE sits at 197 but that includes LFG, Evolve, and their ID program.

 

[Laparkafan]

Why does the bell sound different in Mexico?
TK can’t bring the regular bell with him?

 

[rick64]

 

[GeraldV]

There's a site that keeps track of rosters. Grain of salt but they've got AEW with 217, including MCMG. Potential signings like New Day, Sheamus, etc. aren't included. Safe to say by year's end they'll top 220. WWE sits at 197 but that includes LFG, Evolve, and their ID program.

Is ROH rolled into the AEW numbers?