“Will CM Punk return on June 17?”, the question that was roaming in every wrestling fan’s mind for the last few weeks was finally answered. AEW did their best and milked every single thing surrounding Punk’s return rumors. And when his return was confirmed, everyone expected that it will skyrocket the ticket sales AEW Collision.
However, nothing went as AEW expected. There was no significant effect on ticket sales even after this confirmation. And this has led to a big debate over social media among wrestling fans and has divided them.
The ticket sale after CM Punk’s return announcement
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The moment AEW announced their new show AEW Collision, the rumors regarding CM Punk’s return started to spread. After maintaining the mystery for weeks, the company finally announced that ‘The Best in the World’ will be there on June 17. Tony Khan had high expectations with this announcement.
However, according to the latest figures, only 500 (approximately) tickets have been sold since this announcement. This figure has divided the fans. They are coming online and sharing their conflicting views via tweets.
Fans divided as the return of CM Punk didn’t affect ticket sales much
Some fans are in shock as CM Punk failed to enhance ticket sales, while others are arguing that fans already knew that Punk will be there so they already confirmed their seats.
Here are some of the top fan reactions:
a lot of people already knew he was returning and bought a ticket before the announcement
— Teridax (@Teridax) June 2, 2023
People saying “that’s it?” about 500 tickets moving since the Punk announcement: yeah dummies, “that’s it.” Because 90% of the tickets they’d already sold were people assuming Punk would be there. The 500 new ones are the few people who waited for the official announcement to buy
— A.M.MO, The Lowest of the Low. (@fromAMMO) June 1, 2023
But he ain’t a draw pic.twitter.com/j12S12DwRm
— IS (@Mritzreal) June 1, 2023
These fans are defending ‘ the Best in the World’, saying that fans always knew about Punk’s return.
500 lmao
— ELITE (@ELITE_FFFORLIFE) June 1, 2023
That’s it?
— Fran1432021 (@fran14320211) June 1, 2023
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The rumors of CM Punk’s return were strong. And, when the star himself hyped the AEW show, fans become certain about his return. Not only this but Punk’s close friend Dax Harwood also revealed that ‘The Straight Edge Superstar’ is missing the squared circle and wants to return soon.
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All these things combined made fans believe that their favorite superstar will surely return at AEW Collision. And it could be a potential reason that ticket sales didn’t increase much after the official announcement.
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But no matter what, the fans will finally witness CM Punk inside the ring after almost ten months. And since the event is two weeks away, there is still a possibility that the ticket sale could boost further.
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