5 things we learned from Cody Rhodes on E&C's Pod of Awesomeness
This year, we could see a huge change in the landscape of the wrestling business. Wrestlers from different promotions are coming together to be a part of a huge indy supershow.
An ambitious project turned into a potential glowing success for Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks. They promoted a show in a 10,000 seat arena, which is a huge number for independent wrestling. Having set the foundation for it and announced the venue for it, Cody and the Bucks were hopeful of selling out the arena for the show.
Tickets went on sale last Sunday and within half an hour, yes half an hour, every single ticket was sold out. They never expected it to happen so quickly. It is a remarkable achievement for Cody Rhodes, who took a huge gamble on this show. This was his idea, and it was working. This makes him an even bigger star than what he already was on the indies. He is possibly the biggest wrestling star who isn't currently in WWE.
Cody appeared on Edge and Christian's Pod of Awesomeness this week, and it was a really fun podcast to listen to. They spoke about many things ranging from All In to his WWE career and his departure from the WWE. It's a really good listen, and here are five things we learned from Cody's chat with Edge and Christian.
#1 All In ticket day was the second best day of his life
When tickets went for sale on Sunday, 13th May, everybody who had promoted the show expected a steady increase in ticket sales. Cody was hoping for around 4,000 tickets to be sold within the first month before announcements of matches on the card would gradually help to increase the sales over time.
What happened blew everyone's mind. Cody, along with the Young Bucks were sitting in a jeep when the tickets went for sale online. He tried to purchase a ticket, but couldn't because of the heavy traffic on the site. As soon as the box office called him to inform that the tickets were sold out, it became one of the best days of his life.
Cody said that the only day better than this was his wedding day. An overwhelming response from the fans completely shattered his expectations for All In ticket sales. They had set an advertising budget for the show but now, having sold out all the tickets, they have additional funds to focus on other elements of the show. Don't be surprised if you see some pyrotechnics on September 1st, the promoter himself has teased it.