There is allegedly “a lot of internal criticism” towards Triple H over plans for WWE WrestleMania 42
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com stated the following in regards to the WWE WrestleMania 42 card…
“Everything is up in the air. Essentially, the way it was described to me is—and this makes no sense, but this is how I was told—that they’re very disappointed with the advance. It’s down about 18% from last year at the same time. I think they’ll still fill it, but they are disappointed.
The problem is that they think changing a card that nobody knows—because literally people only know one match—will help. Changing the card isn’t like having a bad card out there and people aren’t buying tickets. If that was the case, sure, think about changing the card. They don’t have a card out there.
There’s been a lot of internal criticism of Paul Levesque [Triple H], as far as not keeping plans. They keep changing the plans, essentially like Vince. They have a plan, then they change the plan. Right now, everything is up in the air because of the feeling that attendance is down. The advance may be down more because comps are included in that number, and you don’t know how many are comps. WrestleMania isn’t going to have a lot of comps—there will be some for businesses and things—but not a lot. Maybe a few thousand, which is more than a regular show, but still.”
Meltzer continued…
“I wouldn’t call 36,000 tickets struggling. They’re going to fill it, but they’re not as sure as they used to be. They’ve had worse advances and worse sales in other years. They’ve just gotten used to WrestleMania being an insanely hot ticket the last few years. It’s still a hot ticket considering the prices, but everything is up in the air.
Even Cody Rhodes and Drew isn’t a sure thing right now. All the other matches aren’t sure things either. The only sure thing is CM Punk and Roman Reigns. That’s not changing, and they have no interest in changing it.”