WWE press release confirms multiple record-breaking feats at SummerSlam

2023 is looking to be a good year for WWE. This year’s WrestleMania was the highest-grossing event in the company’s history, which broke several records. Now SummerSlam, which took place this Saturday in Ford Field, Detroit, has also broken a whole bunch of company records, as stated by a press release.

Yesterday, WWE declared in a press release that the 36th annual SummerSlam event has broken several records and is now the most watched SummerSlam in company history. The show featured a number of high-stakes and thrilling matches, especially Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso in a Trial Combat match and Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

WWE shatters multiple records at SummerSlam

This year’s SummerSlam generated about $8.5 million, which is the highest rate recorded for any non-WrestleMania event. It was also disclosed that this year’s edition of the Biggest Party of the Summer is the most-watched SummerSlam event in the company’s history. It has now also reached the top three most-watched WWE events on the streaming platform, Peacock. 

It also generated the most sponsorship revenue for a non-WrestleMania event with about $7 million, which is up 23 percent from last year. The merchandise sales were also up 60 percent from the record set in 2021, which again, is the best performance in company history outside of WrestleMania.

Additionally, it is also the most viewed SummerSlam online, with over 230 million views and 4 million hours of video watched. It’s also worth noting that there were approximately 59,194 people were in attendance for the Motor City event. These are pretty impressive numbers for this year, as WWE continues to break records and set several milestones that will become more difficult to topple in the years to come. 

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