While WWE is making big numbers happen all the time, its not all rose colored glasses. WWE may like to flex on even the likes of Taylor Swift, but new data shows that ticket sales have actually gone down a bit.
WWEs end-of-year numbers paint an interesting picture, because new data from Wrestlenomics shows both SmackDown and RAW have cooled off in the final stretch of 2025. The outlet provided charts that lay out the whole year, and its clear the last quarter didnt land the same way the earlier ones did.
SmackDown started the year strong, hanging around the eleven-thousand mark through the first three quarters before slipping to about seventy-eight hundred in the fourth quarter of 2025. Its a big drop from the steady run it had going, and it stands out when you look at how consistent the show had been through most of 2025.
RAWs path looked a little different, but it still ends with a dip. The longest-running weekly episodic television show opened 2025 with its strongest quarter, drew solid crowds through the middle of the year, and then finished the final quarter with fewer tickets distributed than any of the earlier quarters in 2025. The drop wasnt as steep as SmackDowns, but it still marked a clear step back from the momentum Raw carried through most of 2025. It should also be noted that, unlike SmackDown, RAWs 2025 ticket sales were up in the fourth quarter compared to previous years.
The market-to-market comparisons back this up. Over the past year, some cities grew while others slipped, but the recent quarter leaned slightly negative. The earlier quarters saw much bigger jumps, including several stretches where the numbers climbed more than forty percent from the previous visits. By the time the fourth quarter of 2025 hit, that momentum had mostly leveled out, leaving only a small bump instead of the big gains from before.
All of this adds up to a year that started hot for WWEs live events and cooled off right at the end. We will have to see how they start 2026, because that will also be the kickoff for the Road to WrestleMania Vegas.
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