{"id":135398,"date":"2023-08-07T09:26:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=135398"},"modified":"2023-08-07T09:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:26:48","slug":"wwe-touts-new-summerslam-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/08\/07\/wwe-touts-new-summerslam-records\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE touts new SummerSlam records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3241260983\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><i>WWE issued the following press release on Monday to tout new records that were set by Saturday&#8217;s SummerSlam event.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>STAMFORD, Conn., August\u00a07, 2023\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 WWE<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(NYSE: WWE) today announced that\u00a0<em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0which emanated from Ford Field in Detroit became the most-watched and highest-grossing\u00a0<em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0in company history. The premium live event set new records for viewership, gate, sponsorship and merchandise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 59,194 in attendance in the Motor City,\u00a0<em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0generated a record gate of $8.5 million, the largest gate for any non-<em>WrestleMania<\/em>\u00a0event ever. It was the most-watched\u00a0<em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0in company history and among the top three audiences in the history of WWE on Peacock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0generated the most sponsorship revenue for any non-<em>WrestleMania\u00a0<\/em>event ever with $7 million, up 23 percent versus 2022. Slim Jim<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, C4 and Rocket Mortgage were among WWE\u2019s sponsors for the premium live event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In partnership with special event retail partner Fanatics, merchandise sales were up 60 percent versus the record set in 2021, marking the best performance in company history for any premium live event outside of\u00a0<em>WrestleMania<\/em>. On Location packages set a new\u00a0<em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0record, up 47 percent versus 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition,\u00a0<em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0became the most-viewed social\u00a0<em>SummerSlam<\/em>\u00a0of all time with over 230 million views and four million hours of video consumed, a 26 percent increase over last year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> The 2023 WWE premium live events continue to set new records.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2375986336\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":134128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[198,101],"class_list":["post-135398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe_news","tag-summerslam","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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