Money In The Bank Pulls Impressive Numbers For Afternoon Per-Per-View Event

WWE held their Money in the Bank event, and fans in the UK can’t wait for their next big showcase now. It seems that fans from all around the world were eager to watch the event go down as well.

Money in the Bank saw the Bloodline Civil War close out the show. That was an incredible showing, and stole the show as well. Fans also bought the event on pay-per-view, as well as watching on streaming services like Peacock and the WWE Network.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that WWE sold 17,600 buys for Money in the Bank. Although these are the massive numbers the company used to see on a monthly basis, as streaming sources took a chunk of that revenue away, but the number is far greater than any other WWE show, except WrestleMania.

Money in the Bank ended up doing 17,600 buys on PPV, which is a phenomenal number of late buys. It was up 82.0 percent from last year’s Money in the Bank even during a period when streaming has gotten stronger and TV PPV has gotten weaker. The number was lower than WrestleMania but blew away everything since WrestleMania. Keep in mind that this show was also an afternoon show from the U.K. and not in prime time, and it nearly doubled last year’s show that was in prime time. 

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WWE doesn’t go for afternoon pay-per-views very often. This success could give them all the more reason to keep doing this when the occasion calls for it.

An intriguing observation is that although the number of people using satellite dishes to access stations has decreased, the buys from satellite dish homes for both Money in the Bank and Forbidden Door events were more than double compared to the previous year. On the other hand, cable buys followed the expected trend, being down for Forbidden Door and up for Money in the Bank, but not nearly as high as that of satellite dish owners. Additionally, late buyers of Money in the Bank were significantly less inclined to have also purchased Forbidden Door compared to those who watched the events live.

Only time will tell when London gets another pay-per-view event. After all, there is a big call for them to host a WrestleMania show. For more news on this, and many other stories, please stay tuned with us here at Ringside News.