Felix Upton on October 8, 2023
AEW opened their doors in 2019 with a ton of momentum. We are approaching half a decade with the company, but things have stalled considerably, to say the least.
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A video is floating around social media showing exactly how many fans were at AEW Collision this week. Needless to say, the turnout was quite bad, as a ton of seats were vacant.
According to Wrestle Tix, the October 7th episode of AEW Collision saw 2,245 tickets distributed. It was also noted that, “Some of the corner sections I had questions about (121-124) had next to nobody in the top rows (and in the rows that dropped off in those sections). A few people wrote to say the poor house was visible on TV at times. This would be the lowest number for a TV taping outside of Daily’s Place.”
During Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez noted that AEW does hire seat-fillers for television shows. Those people are on hand to sit in empty seats that would normally appear vacant on television. Alvarez noted that he was asked upon entrance through the media door while the company was in Washington that he was asked if he was press or a seat filler.
Although AEW hires seat fillers, they obviously didn’t use them during Collision. If they did, then that was not a good look considering the turnout they received this week in Salt Lake City.
It should be noted that seat fillers are normal in pro wrestling. WWE also employees people for each show to sit in seats on camera. That being said, the company didn’t need anyone for those jobs at WWE Fastlane, because they had a sold out house in Indianapolis.
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October 8, 2023 12:16 pm
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