AEW Double or Nothing, PPV Buys are in... :scust: :mjcry:

[Jmare007]

I think they were averaging around 125K per B show before the Network, when ratings were higher and more people were watching in general. I think sub 100k for most PPVs throughout the year is a reasonable assumption of where they'd be at today if they didn't start the Network when they did.

I had to check back on the 2013 to 2015 numbers. Up until the Network debut they were doing 190-170k for B shows. Once the Network debuts most PPVs go to shyt immediately, Battleground is the last show that gets more than 100k without being a "Big 4".

Royal Rumble 2013: 579,000 buys
Elimination Chamber: 241,000
Wrestlemania XXIX: 1,104,000
Extreme Rules: 245,000
Payback - 198,000
Money In The Back - 223,000
Summerslam - 332,000
Night Of Champions - 196,000
Battleground - 114,000
Hell In A Cell - 228,000
Survivor Series - 177,000
TLC - 181,000
Royal Rumble 2014 - 517,000
Elimination Chamber 2014 - 203,000

NETWORK ERA

Wrestlemania 30 - 684,000
Extreme Rules 2014 - 107,000
Payback 2014 - 66,000
Money in the Bank 2014 - 121,000
Battleground 2014 - 116,000
SummerSlam 2014 - 169,000
Night of Champions 2014 - 56,000
Hell in a Cell 2014 - 83,000
Survivor Series 2014 - 100,000
TLC 2014 - 39,000

Royal Rumble 2015 - 145,000
Fastlane 2015 - 46,000
WrestleMania 31 - 259,000
Extreme Rules 2015 - 56,000
Payback 2015 - 54,000
Elimination Chamber 2015 - 41,000
Money in the Bank 2015 - 57,000
Battleground 2015 - 80,000
SummerSlam 2015 - 121,000
Night of Champions 2015 - 77,000

@trick That's still a lot of people spending on PPV (most of the time, half of them were from North America) but 2019 feels like the product is so much colder than 4 years ago that breaking 100k would seems highly unlikely for any non-Big 4 show. Though 40-50k seems like a was lowballing it.

 

[stro]

Are there numbers of actual PPV buys in the past 2 years? Even those numbers in 2015 seem crazy high for traditional PPV buys for them. There's no way those numbers have stayed that high, not that they really matter anymore because really why the fukk would you buy a traditional WWE PPV after 5 years of all access for $10 and it's never been easier to pirate on top of that.

 

[trick]

I had to check back on the 2013 to 2015 numbers. Up until the Network debut they were doing 190-170k for B shows. Once the Network debuts most PPVs go to shyt immediately, Battleground is the last show that gets more than 100k without being a "Big 4".


@trick That's still a lot of people spending on PPV (most of the time, half of them were from North America) but 2019 feels like the product is so much colder than 4 years ago that breaking 100k would seems highly unlikely for any non-Big 4 show. Though 40-50k seems like a was lowballing it.

There is no point in getting a non Big 4 PPV when the same matches will be on TV a few weeks later. It's all a waste of money. I wonder if AEW will have shorter, less restrictive contracts for that reason. If watching boxing and MMA regularly has taught me anything, it's that people always want fresh and new match-ups. Doesn't matter about the match quality, it's all about generating anticipation and excitement

 

[stro]

Remember in the first year or so of the Network they actually took time out on PPVs to tell people who bought on traditional PPV how stupid they were for wasting their money

 

[CBoz]

98k is the estimate.

AEW Double Or Nothing Draws Nearly 100K PPV Buys, Online Interest Tops WWE Shows - Wrestling Inc.

 

[SpacelySprockets]

That number is really impressive all things considered, just imagine how much they couldve done if they werent charging $60 for a PPV in 2019

 

[Cartier Murphy]

That number is really impressive all things considered, just imagine how much they couldve done if they werent charging $60 for a PPV in 2019

The flip side is that number is pretty impressive for a $50 PPV in 2019 they gambled on if they had an audience willing to pay that kind of bread and it worked out

 

[Rell84shots]

I honestly wonder how many buys would WWE be getting these days without the Network format. 40-50k for any non-big 4 PPV?

Stop, They would get around 100k at worst for their b-list ppvs.

 

[THE 101]

98k is pretty damn impressive.

 

[MenacingMonk]

They did close to half of the Metlztales number.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Yeah, Dave NEVER said it did 200k. He was talking google searches. It's incredible how often his audio gets spun. And people blame Dave for this

But 98k is a great achievement anyway

 

[The Ruler 09]

Very good number for first ever show. That ends up translating in to a good amount of money. Promising, interested to see how far they can take it, am willing to keep supporting them on the journey as long as they keep delivering and improving.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

plus the ticket sales had to average about $200+ being that it was in Vegas

may have been 16,500 tickets if it was sold out

that's approx 3 million at the gate
and 4.9 million for PPV buys

successful show that delivered

NJPW better start making money moves

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

That's an impressive number. People want change, AEW gave it to them

 

[Brad Piff]

plus the ticket sales had to average about $200+ being that it was in Vegas

may have been 16,500 tickets if it was sold out

that's approx 3 million at the gate
and 4.9 million for PPV buys

successful show that delivered

NJPW better start making money moves

Analytics isn’t your strong suit.