SummerSlam Ticket Sales Picking Up After WWE's Big Announcement

Highlights

Ticket sales for SummerSlam have soared after WWE announced a new wrinkle for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso.
The storyline of the match, approved by the Elders, has sparked intrigue among fans as it is a concept WWE has never explored before.
There is speculation that the increased ticket sales could also be influenced by rumors of possible appearances by big names like The Rock and the potential for WWE to have something significant planned for LA Knight.

Likely to be a sell-out (if not close) regardless, ticket sales started to pick up recently for SummerSlam as WWE officially started booking the card and one specific match in particular. WWE's recent announcement of the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso at SummerSlam has sent ticket sales soaring. That's apparently because the match has been billed as a "Tribal Combat Match" and fans are eager to see exactly what that means.

According to insider Dave Meltzer, ticket sales have significantly increased since the official confirmation of Reigns vs. Uso this past week. The much-anticipated event was rumored to be taking place at the Summer's biggest event, but with the added wrinkle that the match is now a Tribal Combat Match and was approved by the Elders in a storyline WWE has never touched before, the WWE Universe is extremely intrigued by what might come next.

The match between Reigns and Uso was always the most logical next step for this storyline. After Jey's impressive victory over Reigns in a tag team match at Money in the Bank, it was clear he was going to target his cousin and the leader of The Bloodline when Reigns, alongside Solo Sikoa, took out Jimmy Uso. As expected, Jey challenged Reigns for the title at SummerSlam. What wasn't expected was that WWE would come with a match no one has ever seen before.

During last week's SmackDown, Reigns and Jey hinted at what exactly the stipulations for their match would be, but it was never officially announced by the commentary team or WWE. The only thing that is known is that the match is anything goes, but there are hints that there is more tradition involved as the match itself seems to have a long backstory. Jey revealed that the elders of their family called for it to be Tribal Combat and there might be a ceremonial element to it.

SummerSlam Is Shaping Up To Be Big

This isn't likely the only reason ticket sales have shot up recently. With the Hollywood strike, while not confirmed, there are rumors that names like The Rock and others might be available. There is also talk that WWE might be planning something big for LA Knight, whose merchandise sales have gone through the roof with his newfound popularity skyrocketing. It will be intriguing to see how quickly WWE starts confirming other things.

With the event scheduled to take place at Ford Field in Detroit on August 5th, WWE has a vast number of seats to offer. The stadium's capacity for a Detroit Lions football game stands at 65,000, but WWE could potentially accommodate even more spectators with floor seating arrangements.