FINAL COUNT: WWE Smackdown & WWE Backlash [Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR]
Added 2023-05-16 23:54:44 +0000 UTCBrandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics acquired the records pertaining to both shows in San Juan, PR and reported the following:
WWE Backlash on May 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico drew a $1,447,558 live gate from 15,145 paid attendees. An additional 1,351 tickets were comped for a total of 16,496 tickets distributed for the event at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. After 3% in service fees, the net revenue from ticket sales for Backlash was $1,404,266.
Smackdown the previous night at the same venue achieved another million-dollar gate, of $1,048,295 based on 14,282 tickets sold. For the Friday TV event, 1,270 tickets were comped, bringing tickets distributed to 15,552. After fees, net sales came to $1,016,955.
A few days ago WWE announced through a press release the following:
16,896 for Smackdown
17,944 for Backlash.
Smackdown ended up with 15,552 tickets distributed (I estimated 16,000) and Backlash with 16,496 tickets distributed (I had them at 17,000+). Those were difficult (and limited) maps to work with so I figured I could end up on the high end.
Backlash ended up with 8% of tickets comped, Smackdown at 8%. That's just a bit down from how my numbers compare to the quarterly reports (which reports paid numbers only).
All the credit to this goes to Brandon. Go to https://wrestlenomics.com/2023/05/15/monday-update-wwe-backlash-smackdown-tv-ratings/ for the full post if you're a member of Wrestlenomics Patreon and check out some of the other information in the report (like merchandise sales, suite sales, avg ticket prices for both shows and more).
