AJ Styles Reacts To SummerSlam's Low Ticket Sales

The topic of ticket sales and the SummerSlam 2026 PLE has been a hot one in recent weeks, especially as we draw nearer and nearer to the event itself, which comes on both August 1 and August 2 inside the 73,000 seater US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The most recent figures from WrestleTix showed a worrying 22,364 tickets distributed for SummerSlam 2026 Sunday, and 22,069 for SummerSlam 2026 Saturday. 

WWE Hall Of Famer AJ Styles has shared his view on WWE’s ticket situation, speaking on the Phenomenally Retro podcast. 

“Well, it doesn’t sound like they’re doing very well. But it is 20,000 people. That is a lot as well, to have a two-day event where 20,000 people are coming. But again, it is not a sellout. So is this being successful? I don’t know. I mean, I’m sure they’re going to make money on this regardless, or they wouldn’t be doing it or is it something that they’re trying out and go, ‘Okay, we can run an arena.’ The fact that the arenas usually only go for about what, 12,000, 14,000, something around in there, so they’re still able to fit more people in the stadium. So they are doing better than an arena show. But what do you want to get out of it? Is it one of those things where perception is reality, and we want that to be the case here. Or is it all about, which I know the answer to this, the money and having a two-day event where it’s not sold out, but there are 20,000 people there each day, and they’ll probably pick up at least another 5,000 to 10,000 that’s my guess.” 

Styles pondered over whether the price of tickets could influence and impact the number of sales. It was reported in recent weeks that there was internal worry within WWE over the status of SummerSlam’s slow uptake in attendance. 

H/T Fightful