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WrestleMania in Philly is Already Breaking Records

By Kyle Pagan

Published: Aug 18th, 2023 · 4:13 PM EDT

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WrestleMania tickets went on sale today. Five hours later they sold 90,000 and broke the all-time gate record:

WrestleMania XL tickets went on sale today at 10 AM ET.

WWE has already broken its all-time gate record of $21.5M — and over 90,000 tickets have been sold for next April's event in Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/4O0N690Yk7

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) August 18, 2023

 

Folks this is what we call the “Spuds Effect”. You know how many tix were sold before Spuds cut this promo? Zero.

Eagles reporter Dave Spadaro interviews — and regretfully taunts — WWE stars Trick Williams, Grayson Waller, and Gunther.

"What a flop!"

He was asking for it. 🏈🤼‍♂️😂 pic.twitter.com/h5OqWACeRx

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 18, 2023

You know how many were sold after? Enough to break records.

Nobody puts up numbers like Spuds does in August besides Ben Simmons:

Spuds delivered the hardest hit you’ll see today https://t.co/JOIwhCn1M3

— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) August 21, 2022

The last time WrestleMania was in Philly it was awesome! Butterbean knocked the shit out of Bart Gunn and the Undertaker hung the Big Boss Man:

The Attitude Era was fucking WILD!