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The topic of WWE ticket prices in the TKO era has been a big part of the discourse among the online wrestling fanbase, and one longtime veteran believes that things have gotten out of control.
On the latest episode of The Wrestling Time Machine, host Mac Davis brought up the topic of ticket prices in the sports entertainment juggernaut. With WrestleMania tickets now selling for tens of thousands of dollars, the consensus appears to be that most fans are getting completely priced out.
Longtime wrestling veteran journalist Bill Apter said that under the TKO era, the ticket prices in WWE have gotten completely out of control, and also said that the ESPN deal that will require fans to pay $30 per month for Premium Live Events is another layer to price fans out:
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"It's out of control as far as I'm concerned. The wrestling fan is being priced out. Even on TV, just by streaming ESPN for WWE's PLEs. People can't afford this kind of money."
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Bill Apter says the situation is a "fine mess" for WWE fans
Bill Apter continued on about the ticket price issue as host Mac Davis criticized TKO, stating that they are coming off as money-hungry with the overall pricing.
In response, Apter said that for the average wrestling fan, this entire situation is a "fine mess" when talking about the ESPN deal as well as ticket prices.
"The world is changing, and the wrestling world, the streaming world, and for the wrestling fan, this is another fine mess."
It seems as though the company is going to continue to push towards more expensive tickets, at least if TKO executive Mark Shapiro is to be believed. He explicitly stated that Vince McMahon was too focused on making ticket prices affordable for families to the point that he wasn't able to maximize the potential of it.
Time will tell how this all plays out in the long run.
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