Rossy confirming that Io's farewell was the biggest house Stardom has ever drawn at Korakuen Hall
She sells her merch independently of Stardom, keeping 100% of the profit. You can assume every last one of the people who attended spent
at least $30 on average at her merch table. I posted a pic of her merch line above, they were lined up around the block.
So she must have easily cleared >$40k just in merch alone for that one show
Idk if I believe Meltzer that she'd accept less than that as a yearly salary to join NXT.
Sidenote: Io selling her shyt independently meant that literally the only way to get your hands on any of her merch was to attend a Stardom show in person and wait in line. There are a TON of international stans thirsting to buy an Io Shirai t-shirt. Watch WWE fukk that up by releasing some ugly bullshyt and/or one of those damn oil painting t-shirts they keep spamming.