Former WWE stars Killer Kross and Scarlett have confirmed that WWE’s rising ticket prices under the TKO-era are a frequent topic of conversation and frustration within the company’s locker room.
The spike in ticket prices has been a hot topic, with WWE reporting high profits despite slowing ticket sales. Speaking on the Coach and Bro podcast, Scarlett and Kross detailed how the changes were felt by the talent.
Scarlett on ticket prices being discussed backstage:
“Constantly. We noticed it also with the comp tickets. We used to have no issues in different cities if we wanted to get comp tickets for friends and family… day of, there’s no tickets for people. But they’re deciding to sell them instead. So, like, little things like that we would notice. We noticed the ticket prices going higher, the fans would tell us. But it was definitely a topic of discussion amongst the locker room.”
Kross spoke about the performer’s mindset, noting that wrestlers give up their entire lives for the business they love. He explained that when talent hears about “billions coming in,” they expect fair renegotiations.
“People who get involved with wrestling really, really love wrestling. And it’s a principle in their mind they’re attempting to preserve that, ‘Hey, I should make a fair deal while I’m doing this. Because I’m giving away a lot to do this thing that I love.’ So… you could just imagine when a lot of a lot of the talent are hearing ‘billions coming in,’ of course they’re happy… But when it comes time to have conversations about renegotiating and the conversations aren’t fair, you could imagine how people would feel, right?”
