Denver, CO
ONE 168 in Denver event topped WWE figures with ‘mind boggling’ US$1m+ revenue
ONE Championship’s Denver event in September earned more than US$1 million in revenue, beating that of wrestling promotion WWE from five days earlier.
Superlek Kiatmoo9 beat Jonathan Haggerty to win the bantamweight Muay Thai world title belt in ONE 168’s hotly anticipated main event on September 6.
And, according to figures reported by the Wrestling Observer – the go to source for viewership and attendance figures across the combat sport spectrum – it was a smash-hit at the box office.
It even outperformed WWE NXT, which also took place in the Ball Arena on September 1.
“The September 9 ONE FC show in Denver had 8,583 paid (viewers), 10,331 total and US$1,280,335 (revenue),” industry insider David Meltzer wrote. “That’s an amazing number for that promotion.
“It was way above what the NXT show five days earlier did, which would be about 6,000 actual paid at much lower prices”