WWE’s Super Show-Down event from Melbourne, Australia is the first ever live broadcast from ‘down under.’ The show starts with a Smackdown Tag Team title bout between Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston of New Day and The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro).
Michael Cole revealed the attendance as the show began, citing a number of 70,309. WWE COO Triple H tweeted yesterday that the expected attendance would be “over 65,000.” ‘The Game’ tweeted the following “Dropped by the Melbourne Cricket Ground this afternoon on the way to speak at Bastion Collective in Melbourne. This city is abuzz about #WWESSD. Spoke with the Herald Sun about what it’ll feel like with over 65,000 fans in the stadium … tomorrow night is gonna be LOUD.”
Melbourne Cricket Ground is the largest Australian Football League ground by capacity, the stadium has a maximum capacity of 100,024. The actual highest attendance set for an event came in the 1970 VFL (Aussie Rules Football) Grand Final, with 121,696 fans in attendance.
The number touted by WWE may of course be inflated. Numerous occasions in history have seen actual attendance numbers questioned, including WrestleMania 3’s 93,173 reported number. The actual number for the third ‘Mania show is believed by many to be around 78,000. Another disputed number is WrestleMania 32’s reported gate. WWE announced the number as 101,763, but according to local police 80,709 fans went through the turnstiles.
