{"id":165213,"date":"2023-09-05T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=165213"},"modified":"2023-09-05T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:01:41","slug":"wwe-touts-record-setting-payback-statistics-in-various-categories-gate-merchandise-attendance-social-views-including-most-watched-video-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/05\/wwe-touts-record-setting-payback-statistics-in-various-categories-gate-merchandise-attendance-social-views-including-most-watched-video-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE touts record-setting Payback statistics in various categories &#8211; gate, merchandise, attendance, social views &#8211; including most watched video clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-618760504\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE announced today via press release that Payback last Saturday night was &#8220;the most-watched and highest-grossing <em>Payback<\/em> in company history&#8221; and &#8220;set new records for viewership, gate and merchandise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Key stats listed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Viewership of <em>Payback<\/em> was up 36 percent versus the previous record set in 2016<\/li>\n<li>Attendance of 12,468 was the largest gate ever for any <em>Payback<\/em>, up 13 percent versus the prior record set in Chicago in 2016<\/li>\n<li><em> Payback<\/em> also became the highest-grossing WWE event ever held in Pittsburgh.<\/li>\n<li>Merchandise sales were up 182 percent versus the previous record set in 2017, setting a new Payback record. They touted their retail partner, Fanatics.<\/li>\n<li>A combined 146 million social views set a new record, up 44 percent from the previous record set in 2020. The most-viewed moment across social platforms was Cody Rhodes announcing Jey Uso would be joining the <em>Monday Night Raw <\/em>roster which generated more than seven million social views across all platforms in one day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/02\/leclairs-wwe-payback-2023-report-alt-perspective-detailed-coverage-of-rollins-vs-nakamura-ko-sami-vs-balor-priest-ripley-vs-rodriguez-more\/\">LECLAIR\u2019S WWE PAYBACK 2023 REPORT: Alt perspective, detailed coverage of Rollins vs. Nakamura, KO &amp; Sami vs. Balor &amp; Priest, Ripley vs. Rodriguez, more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/02\/leclairs-wwe-payback-2023-report-alt-perspective-detailed-coverage-of-rollins-vs-nakamura-ko-sami-vs-balor-priest-ripley-vs-rodriguez-more\/\">Powell\u2019s WWE Payback Hit List: Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the World Heavyweight Championship, Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez for the Women\u2019s World Championship, LA Knight vs. The Miz<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-592591710\"><div id=\"pwtor-1289295159\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE announced today via press release that Payback last Saturday night was &#8220;the most-watched and highest-grossing Payback in company history&#8221; and &#8220;set new records for viewership, gate and merchandise.&#8221; Key stats listed: Viewership of Payback <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/05\/wwe-touts-record-setting-payback-statistics-in-various-categories-gate-merchandise-attendance-social-views-including-most-watched-video-clip\/\" title=\"WWE touts record-setting Payback statistics in various categories &#8211; gate, merchandise, attendance, social views &#8211; including most watched video clip\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-11.50.35-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165215,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165213\/revisions\/165215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}