Saraya isn’t surprised to see ticket sales continue to rise for AEW All In.
Upon the announcement of AEW All In, AEW President Tony Khan revealed that the event would be held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, which has a maximum seat capacity of 90,000. While this news drew obvious excitement from the wrestling world, many pundits were also skeptical about the company’s ability to fill the massively sized Wembley Stadium. As of last week, All In had reportedly generated about 70,000 ticket sales, which equated to about $9 million USD in revenue.
During a recent appearance on Inside The Ropes, AEW star Saraya weighed in with her thoughts on All In’s ticket sales. Though some of her colleagues may have had some initial doubts about the ticket sales, the England native always felt confident the All In event would sell out Wembley Stadium.
“When we heard about Wembley, I was one of the people that said it would sell out,” she said. “I was like, ‘You don’t understand the Brits. They’re very passionate. They love a good time. Even if they don’t like wrestling, they’ll turn up because they love like a good atmosphere. They love a good time.’ And then a stone throw away is Europe. Just right around the corner, literally just a flight or the tunnel away and you’re in like France or whatever. The surrounding countries are so close, and the flights are so cheap. They have Ryanair over in the in Europe, which is one of the cheapest airlines you can get.”
“Then, people from America will probably fly over because they always say like, ‘This is AEW’s WrestleMania.’ It’s a 90,000 seater stadium, and we’ve already done over 70 [thousand] pretty much, right? And that’s without announcing one match, and I kept saying that. People thought, ‘There’s no way. They’re going to cut the stadium in half, they’re going to do they’re going to like sell half the tickets. They’re going to do this, they’re going to do that.’ But people underestimate AEW so much. And that’s what makes the company so special, is it’s classified as the underdog all the time. They never thought they would sell out an arena and look at them doing it nearly every week.”
Despite AEW’s label as an “underdog,” Saraya urges fans to be more open-minded to them.
“Don’t underestimate an underdog, because they always come out on top,” she said. “People have to really start paying attention more to AEW. I get there is tribalism, and they’re going to be hardcore team WWE, but they shouldn’t even be there. They should just be happy that there’s another platform for wrestlers that can earn a living and do what they love and be on TV. And if God forbid, anyone gets fired from WWE, they have a home somewhere else too. You don’t have to dread anything anymore.”
“I just think it’s a very special time in wrestling. The fact that, again, we have so many different platforms now where you can wrestle. I just feel so fortunate to be a part of [it]. Making history and just doing our first ever stadium show, the first time in the UK and it’s like, go big or go home. We definitely went big, and it’s a success and that’s really awesome.”
Should Saraya wrestle at All In, it will mark her first match in front of the United Kingdom since 2016, back when she worked for WWE. With this possibility in mind, Saraya is even more determined to secure a spot on the card.
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