WWE News: WWE Super SmackDown was a great success at Madison Square Garden, makes highest gross at box-office
WWE SmackDown MSG: WWE Super SmackDown was a success. Madison Square Garden in New York hung the “no tickets” sign for the blue brand show that took place yesterday at the venue.
Michael Cole announced an attendance of 14,425 spectators. Although the real figure would be around 10,847 according to the WrestleTix portal, in charge of monitoring ticket sales.
Journalist Ariel Helwani has reported that the episode of SmackDown held at Madison Square Garden recorded the highest grossing at the box office in the history of the blue brand. It has taken into account gross income from ticket sales. However, this was WWE’s return to the iconic New York venue since December 2019.
Ticket prices ranged from $ 91 to $ 1,154.
WWE, satisfied with the celebration of the show
Beyond the numbers, WWE would be very satisfied with the celebration of the show.
As reported by the specialized portal Fightful, the company executives would have been “unanimously optimistic” at the end of the show. The only complaint being the fact that they had to cut segments, such as the planned fight that Zelina Vega was going to face and Carmella against Toni Storm and Liv Morgan.
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A source contacted by the media close to the creative team stated that some of the workers “firmly” believe that the company is capable of holding this type of event on a regular basis. And that now it is trying to convince people of influence that this type of shows are the ones that the audience “wants to see”.
Vince McMahon was present
Fightful and PWInsider confirm that Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon were in the Gorilla Position during the SmackDown telecast. The WWE head of brand spoke with fans for a while before the start of the event with the president of the company, Nick Khan.
WWE returns to Madison Square Garden in December
As rumors have already advanced, WWE will return to the mythical New York venue on Sunday, December 26 to host the traditional Christmas special.
At the time of making the announcement, the company did not specify the brand of the event, so it could be a joint show.
