The AEW WrestleDream PPV was thought of an enormous success on display, however when it comes to attendance, it set a brand new file low for the corporate.

AEW WrestleDream passed off on the Local weather Pledge Enviornment in Seattle, which is the house of the NHL’s Kraken. It’s an enviornment that’s comparable in dimension to most NBA/NHL arenas in North America that may maintain over 18,000+ folks for sporting occasions, which implies it may maintain anyplace from 13,000 or extra for professional wrestling.

A motive why AEW probably selected Seattle is as a result of they’ve a number of superstars from the town or close by within the state of Washington. These wrestlers included Bryan Danielson, Swerve Strickland and Nick Wayne. Danielson beat Zack Sabre Jr. in a Dream Match on the present that was rated an unimaginable 5.5 stars by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer.

Swerve Strickland additionally had what was arguably the perfect match of his profession when he defeated “Hangman” Adam Web page in a terrific match that Meltzer rated simply 1/4* shy of 5 stars.

Darby Allin can be a Seattle man who wrestled in the principle occasion of the present as he tried to regain the TNT Championship from Christian Cage in a 2/3 Falls Match. The devious Cage discovered a strategy to win by utilizing Nick Wayne to activate his mentor Allin. In the course of the match, Christian destroyed Allin by slamming him back-first onto the metal stairs.

Attendance for AEW WrestleDream set a brand new low

Whereas AEW WrestleDream was critically acclaimed for having many nice matches, the attendance in Seattle was disappointing for an AEW PPV. It was the bottom attendance for an AEW PPV that doesn’t embrace the pandemic period. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Publication revealed what the paid attendance was.

“The present drew 7,300 complete followers with 6,500 paid. Apart from the pandemic exhibits in Jacksonville, this could be the bottom numbers for an AEW PPV present in is historical past. Some have tried to make the excuse that they’d two exhibits available in the market with the Saturday Collision present. However virtually each time AEW does a PPV present, they’ve two exhibits available in the market and sometimes three, and final yr they had been doing constant $1 million gates.”

“That is additionally a market they haven’t run to demise (one present beforehand which outdrew this one) and a market the place three folks in prime matches (Danielson, Darby Allin and Swerve Strickland) had been from the market. A detrimental was that even in tight pictures of ringside, you may see plenty of empty seats only a few rows down. They saved making an attempt to vary digital camera angles from normal to keep away from taking pictures them. WWE covers that utilizing seat fillers. It was noticeable even deep into the present.”

Subsequent up on the AEW PPV calendar is Full Gear on November 18th on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles.