10 Secrets Nobody Has Told You About WWE Yet
6. And They're PAID For Them!
Clash At The Castle and Backlash 2023 will live long in the memories of fans that attended and/or watched on television, but WWE was sitting pretty before bums were even in seats on either glorious night.
The highly-regarded Wrestlenomics recently did some backward maths on the Cardiff show specifically, noting that after WWE reported a 1:10 return on investment from the Welsh government, meaning that said government paid approximately £2.18million against the £21.8million that went back into the economy.
Wrestlenomics also reported that the Puerto Rico Convention District Authority in conjunction with Puerto Rico Tourism Company paid WWE a subsidy of $1.5 million in cash, and an additional $300,000 to run the phenomenally successful SmackDown and Backlash events there in April 2023.
Again, these are seen as investments by the locales, safe in the knowledge that they'll make more back in terms of the benefits they'll receive for WWE bringing the one-ring circus to town. These figures also don't take into account the money made by the market leader while they're there - huge gates and merchandise sales stats only strengthen the win-win situation for every side.