WWE’s SummerSlam PLE will take place on 5 August at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
After tickets went on sale last week, WWE has already sold 32,000 for the show, which takes place four months later.
During the April 14th 2023 edition of WWE SmackDown, Michael Cole said the following regarding ticket sales:
“We made history today. This is the 36th annual Summerslam and never before have we sold as many tickets in one day for this event as we sold today for Detroit.”
According to the Sports Business Journal, SummerSlam had the most day-one ticket sales of any WWE event staged in a stadium, except WrestleMania.
Dave Meltzer explained on Wrestling Observer Radio that this is only true for stadium events staged in the United States, as WWE did better numbers with the 1992 SummerSlam and last year’s Clash at the Castle.
“32,000, not a US record. It’s a US non-WrestleMania record. There are WrestleMania shows that have beaten that number. None of the Royal Rumbles or SummerSlam in the United States have ever beaten that number. It’s actually the third biggest first-day sales…is kind of a weird term now because the first day of sales is actually the third day of sales. But after the quote ‘first day of sales,’ it was the biggest for any non-WrestleMania WWE show with the exception of Clash at the Castle and Wembley Stadium. So, actually two shows in the UK. So, it’s a great number,” Meltzer stated.
(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
