Largest Crowd In Nearly 5 Years For Monday’s Raw from Chicago

[Kemo]

WWE is having an incredible run heading towards its milestone event, WrestleMania 40, next month. Ahead of the 'Grandest Stage Of Them All,' the company will hold WWE Monday Night Raw tonight in the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. It is on track to be a sold-out show, and it's expected to have the brand's biggest crowd in five years.

Wrestlevotes shared on Twitter that tonight's show is on pace to have the highest attendance since the April 8, 2019, episode of WWE Monday Night Raw. It's worth noting that the event occurred that night after WWE WrestleMania 35 and had an attendance of 15,741.

Tonight's episode is not expected to surpass the episode from 2019 but is on track to have over 15,000 in attendance. WrestleTix reported on Twitter that 61 tickets were left at noon, and they distributed 14,961 tickets. However, as of this writing, Ticketmaster has 25 standard admission tickets.

WrestleTix also noted that the last time the company hosted the venue was for WWE Survivor Series on November 25, 2023. However, the show had a higher attendance, with 17,102.

If the rest of tonight's tickets are bought, the attendance for tonight's show would be 15,022. On Ticketmaster, tickets are available for resale for as low as $70 and as high as $535. The tickets that aren't on resale are on the side of the entrance area, so it's unclear if fans will want to purchase them. However, tonight's show may be intriguing enough to be a completely sold-out show.

One of the big selling points of the episode is the promoted return of CM Punk. The WWE superstar has been off TV rehabbing a torn tricep that he suffered at WWE Royal Rumble on January 27. It's expected he will have a segment on the episode with Drew McIntyre, who has been taunting him for weeks.

The episode also announced three matches, including one between Jey Uso and Shinsuke Nakamura. Uso hopes to build momentum for his match against his brother, Jimmy Uso, at WWE WrestleMania 40. Another bout on the card has Candice LeRae taking on Ivy Nile. LeRae is being positioned as a 'Heel,' and the contest will likely continue her storyline with Maxxine Dupri.

Tonight's episode is another indicator of the company's momentum toward its biggest event of the year. Fans attending the show may be in store for a great episode that continues to set the stage for next month's WWE milestone event.

[LionDen]

That was a very lucky crowd, it got a great RAW event.