Maven Feels That Current WWE Event Ticket Prices Are ‘Pricing Out Loyal Fans’, Says Vince McMahon ‘Knew Where His Bread Was Buttered’

Maven feels like current WWE event ticket prices are currently ‘pricing out loyal fans’ and something Vince McMahon would not do.

As of late, WWE has faced much criticism for their raising ticket prices for wrestling events, from Premium Live Events, major shows like WrestleMania and weekly television tapings.

While speaking to TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast, Maven was asked for his thoughts about the current prices for WWE tickets, noting that he feels like they are pricing out loyal fans.

“I feel like they’re pricing out loyal fans, and a lot of people believe that as well. It’s one of the things that angers me the most. I wish- You can say what you want about Vince McMahon. Vince knew that the everyday family was where his bread was buttered. He knew that in order to create generational fans… He was going to have to make his product accessible, accessible on a weekly basis, accessible on a monthly basis at an affordable rate. I remember the day when, you know, guys would be scrounging together. You know, you bring six to eight people together, ‘here I got twelve dollars’ and then you could buy the pay-per-view. It’s not like that anymore. I remember also going to my first show when I was, I think, seven years old. I asked my dad how much that cost. He told me it was about $300 for everything. The tickets, the parking, the food, everything. $300 for everybody. That was his whole investment, Matt. That right now, you’re not even getting one ticket, one good ticket for that. They’re pricing out loyal fans. But wrestling isn’t the only one doing it. Football is doing it. Baseball is doing it. I used to work for the Brooklyn Nets and they encouraged us to sell to corporations. ”Don’t, don’t call families because they’re not the one.’ They’re like, you know, ‘our courtside tickets, you know, run 150,000 people, regular people don’t have that kind of money as far as disposable income, corporations do.’ and it’s sad. It’s sad that we live in that society, but I’m a firm believer that, that the answer to every question is money.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Maven spoke about how he believes that Bron Breakker should be John Cena’s final opponent. You can read more about that here.

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