Maven regrets the price increase in WWE: "Vince McMahon understood families"

Maven Huffman, former WWE superstar, has spoken out against the high cost of attending the company's events, pointing out that the product is no longer as accessible to families as it was in the days of Vince McMahon. In an interview with TMZ Sports, the winner of the first season of Tough Enough explained that McMahon always understood that the family audience was the heart of the business.

“Vince knew exactly where his bread was buttered. He knew that in order to create generational fans, he had to make his product accessible. Accessible every week, every month, and at a price that a family could afford,” he stated.

I remember when six or eight friends would pool some money to buy a pay-per-view. Back then, with $12 from each one, you could enjoy the show. It's not like that anymore. When I first went to a live event, I was seven years old, and my father told me it cost him about $300 in total: the tickets, parking, food... everything. Today, you can't even get a good ticket for that price.

The former wrestler pointed out that this trend is not limited to wrestling: "They are leaving out lifelong fans. And it's not just happening in wrestling: football, baseball... they're all the same. I worked for the Brooklyn Nets, and there they told us not to call families, but corporations. Because they are the ones who can pay $150,000 for a front-row seat”.

For Maven, the cause of this reality is clear: “It's sad that we live in a society like this, but I firmly believe that the answer to all questions is money”, he concluded.

Over the past few months, we have seen WWE prices increase significantly, especially since their merger with TKO Group Holdings Inc. The company's management has justified this change in recent interviews by Nick Khan and Triple H.