WWE promotes success of the Royal Rumble at Lucas Oil Stadium

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WWE is touting the success of Saturday’s Royal Rumble event.

The company staged one of its most successful events in company history at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

On Saturday, the announced attendance from WWE was 70,342 (although in a comical moment at the press conference, when Paul Levesque stated that figure, a graphic appeared listing 65,470).

Michael Cole stated on the broadcast that the event generated WWE’s third-highest gate in history, behind both nights of WrestleMania last year at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Last year, Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics obtained records from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission listing gate figures of $17.7 million and $18.4 million for each night. Neither gate figure from 2024 includes ticketing fees, which WWE traditionally included when a gate was disclosed.

If it is the third largest gate, it was higher than the WrestleMania 32 figure at AT&T Stadium in Texas in 2016, which was $17.3 million (including fees).

WWE noted the following markers in a press release on Monday:

  • GATE: Royal Rumble 2025 generated the largest gate for any single-night event in WWE history. Saturday’s PLE, which drew 70,342 fans to Lucas Oil Stadium, is only behind WrestleMania® 40 Saturday & Sunday for any single-night gate.
  • VIEWERSHIP: Royal Rumble 2025 set the event’s all-time viewership record, up nearly 14 percent domestically, distributed on Peacock, from last year’s record-setting audience. International viewing numbers are up even higher year-over-year with Royal Rumble shifting to Netflix globally.
  • MERCHANDISE: In partnership with Fanatics, merchandise sales were up more than 95 percent versus the previous Royal Rumble record set last year in 2024, making Royal Rumble 2025 the highest-grossing non-WrestleMania event of all-time.
  • SPONSORSHIP: Sponsorship revenue was up 94 percent versus the previous record set in 2024. Royal Rumble featured 14 total partners, with 100 percent of the matches sponsored.
  • SOCIAL: Royal Rumble 2025 set a record for the most social video views in Royal Rumble history. WWE Superstar Bron Breakker spearing popular streamer IShowSpeed became the most-viewed Royal Rumble social post of all-time, generating more than 300,000,000 social views in less than 24 hours.

This year’s Royal Rumble was part of an eight-year deal between WWE and the Indiana Sports Corp. and will include future editions of WrestleMania and SummerSlam.

Next year’s edition of the event has already been announced for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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