LA Knight and Roman Reigns’ Face-Off Has Reportedly Increased the Stakes for WWE SmackDown

The LA Knight versus Roman Reigns match at WWE Crown Jewel 2023 is gaining massive amounts of fanfare. The title matches for the undisputed WWE Universal Championship always generate a lot of hype due to Roman Reigns’ scant availability. The interest of fans in seeing the popular LA Knight go against Reigns is reaching its peak and it is evident after a recent report came out.

PLEs are designed with the purpose of holding sold-out shows. Comparatively, regular episodes of SmackDown, RAW, and NXT, usually make average sales. However, according to the latest social media post, the upcoming iteration of WWE SmackDown has made an insane number of sales. In fact, over 95 percent of the seats for the episode have already been sold out.

LA Knight and Roman Reigns’ contract signing invokes massive attendance

WWE has established itself as the highest profit-grossing pro wrestling outfit in the world. The company usually has its own devices and tools to increase fan attendance at the shows, especially during PLEs. WWE’s marketing was completely on-point for Crown Jewel. However, the spillage of the hype has already begun to favor its weekly shows, with the next edition of SmackDown a prime example.

This week’s SmackDown will witness the high-profile contract signing between Reigns and LA Knight to make their match at Crown Jewel official. As with such WWE segments, sparks are bound to fly and the show’s ticket numbers display a fan interest to witness this anticipated clash.

According to a tweet on X social media, the SmackDown episode scheduled for 27 October has made astounding ticket sales. The tweet carried the caption, “WWE has sold over 11,000 tickets for Smakcdown this week.” The tweet credited Wrestletix as the source of its information. WWE is hosting the episode in the Fiserv Forum arena of Milwaukee with a seating capacity of 11,377 fans. 

So far, 10,824 tickets have been sold, resulting in a 95 percent sold-out show. Moreover, the episode is just 553 seats short of a complete full-house attendance. 

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Although the wrestlers won’t be exchanging blows officially, fans still decided to show up in droves for the match contract signing. If this is the attendance for a regular episode preceding a PLE, what would the response be like in Saudi Arabia?

Crown Jewel 2023 to witness gigantic fanfare in Saudi Arabia

The Crown Jewel 2023 PLE in Saudi Arabia initially faced certain issues that hinted towards a possible reduction in attendance. After all, WWE is moving to Riyadh without its usual template of having big time part time stars like Brock Lesnar and Goldberg.

Despite this, the event now looks in a very good position because of some of the matches booked for the night including the marquee, LA Knight versus Roman Reigns match. LA Knight fans had been demanding a big break for their favorite superstar for ages.

A title match against the Tribal Chief himself is more than what any LA Knight fan had asked for.

Now, the WWE Universe eagerly awaits to witness the ultimate clash between the two wrestlers and see if Reigns is able to extend his historic title run.

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