As you may know, tickets went on sale yesterday for Cody Rhodes & The Young Bucks – ALL IN Event, which is being held at the Sears Centre just outside of Chicago, Illinois. Tickets for the 10,000 seat arena event sold out in less than an hour, 29 minutes and some change to be exact.
Dave Meltzer discussed ALL IN selling out yesterday on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. Meltzer went into detail comparing ALL IN’s ticket sales to that of WWE’s last event in Chicago.
Regarding ALL IN & WWE’s last shows in Chicago, Meltzer said:
“This was a real unique thing. The last Chicago show [NXT did] was 8,000 people in the All State Arena which was May 20th, 2017 show that was the one the TakeOver with Bobby Roode and Hideo Itami, Authors of Pain against Ciampa and Gargano in a ladder match, Tyler Bate/Pete Dunne which was maybe the best match in WWE all last year. That was an exceptional show too.”
Meltzer went on to discuss the potential reason that ALL IN sold out so quickly, and added that WWE is now obviously going to be interested in bringing in Cody Rhodes and/or The Young Bucks, if for no other reason that to cut the momentum out from under the indy wrestling scene and their competition.
Meltzer added:
“The reason [indie wrestling] got so strong is because it is a star-driven business. If that star power leaves, if they get hurt, if the go to WWE and there’s no replacements it could make a big difference.”
“Some of these guys are not easily replaceable as fas as the star power goes. WWE’s going to be after all of them. So that’s the situation. I’ll tell you what as far as Cody and The Young Bucks go, I don’t know how long Cody’s contract is but obviously the Youg Bucks’ contract ends at the end of this year.”
“But they’re sure in great shape as far as when their contracts are up. They can probably get themselves a nice raise right now if it’s a contract year because this is a pretty good time to look like stars and that’s what it’s all about.”
While there is no indication that Cody or The Young Bucks would be interested in jumping to the WWE once their contracts are over. But it will be interesting to see if they use this as an opportunity to get more money out of their current deals, or if they take the bait and sign with WWE.
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