WWE released new data that shows the 2014 SummerSlam pay-per-view drawing between 140,000 and 150,000 preliminary buys. This would be around 60,000 domestic buys and approximately 80,000 international buys.
These numbers are up from the WWE Battleground pay-per-view, which drew around 99,000 buys — 31,000 domestic and 68,000 international. It’s also up from the Money In The Bank show, which drew around 122,000 buys on pay-per-view.
By comparison, the 2013 SummerSlam pay-per-view drew around 298,000 buys prior to the launch of the WWE Network, with 168,000 of those coming from domestic orders on pay-per-view and 112,000 being international.
