Tony Khan Seemingly Vindicated as ‘Embarrassingly’ Low Clash at the Castle Ticket Sales Emerge

Tony Khan has been called out on numerous occasions by wrestling fans for not being able to fill the seats during AEW’s domestic shows. His competitors, on the other hand, rarely face such problems. In the UK, as WWE is getting ready for Clash at the Castle, new ticket sales information has emerged, showing that the promotion may not be doing as well as it did two years ago.

The PLE will take place on the 15th of June in OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland. The ticket sales are out with only a few days left before the eventful day and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture.

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AEW went to the Wembley Stadium in England for its biggest PPV of the year 2023, ‘All In’. And the attendance figures proved for good reading. Around 80,000 people attended the event inside the arena. This year, when WWE decided to join Scotland for ‘Clash at the Castle’, it kept a significantly low seat capacity for its show. According to WrestleTix on ‘X’, the leading wrestling promotion set up only 11,119 seats for the upcoming PLE. Seven days ago, 10,512 of them were sold and 495 more sold out by the time these stats surfaced.

This was an enormous step down from the 2022 Clash at the Castle which took place in Cardiff, Wales. The capacity for the show was 67,580, with 62,594 tickets sold merely a few days before the PLE. Although WWE technically didn’t fail to meet the attendance because they kept the capacity low, it was still a big change from the time when they hosted a vast audience in the UK.

In this regard, AEW had proven to do better in 2023. However, we are yet to see what the company will do this year to attract such a large audience. Despite the low attendance that AEW has suffered in the past, Tony Khan’s business seems brighter than ever.

Tony Khan recently earned praised from a leading broadcaster

AEW’s Collision and Dynamite air on TNT and TBS. Warner Bros Discovery owns both these channels. Some rumors online had suggested that WBD is about to lose the rights to the NBA and it may result in them ending AEW’s contract as well. However, things turned around when Tony Khan’s business took a U-turn and proved itself with improving numbers in the first quarter of the year 2024.

Shortly after, reports suggested that WBD appreciates the progress in AEW, hinting that the multi-million dollar deal could end up in Tony Khan’s favor after all.

Is this where AEW’s dominance era starts? Do you think it will leave behind WWE? Comment your thoughts below.