According to attendance analyst Lavie Margolin, “Ring of Honor had another record setting year. The attendance average of 1,215 was a nearly 10% increase over last year’s record of 1,106. The total attendance of 49,840** was a 7% increase over last year’s record of 46,457.”

**As you can see above, Ring of Honor did not hit 50,000 tickets sold for the year. These are numbers mainly from the Wrestling Observer. There were two shows in which totals were not reported: 5/26 in London and 5/27 in Doncaster. I did a visual count of tickets sold online on 5/4 and had 889 and 938 sold 3 weeks out. Between these shows, were 160 more tickets moved? It is likely but I need verification to declare 50,000 sold.

You can read his entire analysis HERE but here are some major points from it:

13 shows sold out (32%) in comparison to 26 shows last year (62%).

The first half of 2018 averaged 1,412 and totaled 32,484 for 23 shows.

The second half averaged 964 and totaled 17,356 over 18 shows.

Outside of Supercard of Honor (5,879), highlights for the year included Baltimore in June (2,500), Lowell in May (1,800), Chicago in May (1,800 but down from 2017’s last show). New York sold out 2 of 3 times (1,800 each) but broke a long Hammerstein sellout streak with 1,600 for a tv taping.

Lowlights included the quick return to the UK in August- drawing between 400-600 fans per shows. The year started off hot with six of seven shows sold out (albeit Nashville setup using only a small part of the venue). Generally things cooled off significantly post Supercard of Honor. Things picked up again for War of the Worlds. Then dipped (outside of Baltimore in June) and picked up again for Global Wars.

Global Wars would have to be considered a mild disappointment. A large venue in a new market, Lewiston drew 700, Lowell dipped to 1,250, Buffalo sold out with 1,200 but Toronto broke a sellout streak in a larger venue drawing 1,306.

While the presence of The Elite certainly helped to create record-breaking numbers, business was under 1,000 per show in the second half.

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