CMLL Sets Incredible Attendance Record At Arena Mexico

CMLL’s attendance numbers at Arena Mexico continue to impress.

In modern wrestling, a lot is often made of attendance numbers. Focusing on the amount of people who pay for entry, ticket sales are often newsworthy regardless of whether it’s AEW, TNA, WWE, or any major promotions. However, as of late, it’s been documented recently that CMLL has been outshining all of them for a long period, and it now seems the company have set a record for attendance figures.

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that CMLL has broken sellout record with its most recent Arena Mexico show.

“They broke the all-time record for a building of that size, 10,000-or-more building, for the most sellouts of a 10,000-seat building in a single arena for a calendar year of any company ever. That was the 22nd sellout. Last year they did 21 in 12 months. They did 22 sellouts of Arena Mexico in seven months this year. We’ve looked up, there’s not another example ever anywhere in the history of wrestling of a sellout in a building that large that many times during the calendar year. They are to be congratulated. It’s actually an amazing feat. It’s almost taken for granted because they do it every week now, but I remember when there’d go years between sellouts. Even anniversaries, there were anniversary shows that did 6,500 in the down years, but they’re on fire.”

-Dave Meltzer

When you hear numbers like that, it’s hard to deny their success. Just as important, though, is that CMLL is likely to add to that number many times over with five months remaining in the year. For example, they are having a big event in Arena Mexico on Wednesday via AEW Grand Slam: Mexico, which sold out last year, and might do the same this year, particularly with its strong match card.

Another positive aspect of CMLL’s current state is that more people are watching them than ever before, thanks to their deal with MyAEW, which allows viewers to watch their promotion for a relatively low price. Plus, new promotions have been added to the service recently, which you can read about here.

As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on the CMLL attendance figures as soon as we hear more.

H/T to F4WOnline for the transcription.