AEW Collision Ticket Sales Continue Struggling In Canada

CM Punk is set to return to AEW on the premiere episode of AEW Collision, set to emanate from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 17th. And while ticket sales for Punk’s hometown have been doing well, the same cannot be said for other venues hosting Collision.

With AEW set to embark on an ambitious tour of Canada soon, headlined by Forbidden Door II, ticket sales have been very slow for the Dynamite and Collision tapings all over Canada. On the other hand, Forbidden Door sold out very quickly. Writing in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer has provided a rather concerning update on the matter. He said,

“They’re bad. Punk has been moving tickets in Chicago but not in the other places. Not in Toronto which is not a good sign because Toronto is one of the greatest markets in North America. They sold out Forbidden Door in a snap of the fingers. And then for the Collision show, they’re still under 2,000 tickets in Scotiabank Arena.

“I was told ahead of time that Regina and Saskatoon, which is actually a Dynamite, would be very tough because people in Saskatchewan, because they don’t get good weather very much, they head out of town and go to the lake and stuff.”

“They [AEW] really picked a bad time to go to Saskatchewan…Edmonton (a Dynamite taping) will do very well. I’ve had people in Calgary tell me that that one is a little bit struggling for Saturday. With the Saturday night, they should do okay, but Hamilton and Regina are gonna be very, very tough.”

Meltzer also noted another reason for why the Collision tapings, despite being a brand-new show, has been unable to generate interest among the Canadian Realm of the AEW Galaxy.

“They’re at 700 tickets for the Collision in Hamilton. I also think part of it is that in Canada they only get Dynamite on television. They don’t get Rampage and there’s been no announcements of Collision.”

AEW will need to pull out all the stops to make the debut episode of Collision in Chicago a grand success, which could certainly influence ticket sales over in Canada.

Alongside CM Punk, Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, Miro, Andrade El Idolo, Scorpio Sky, and Thunder Rosa have been advertised as the headline talents on Collision, definitely suggesting that the show will have an altogether distinct feel than Dynamite.

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