Paul Walter Hauser On WWE Ticket Prices: You’re Getting Greedy

Paul Walter Hauser is speaking his mind about WWE ticket prices going up.

WWE ticket prices have risen significantly since the worldâ€s biggest wrestling promotion merged with UFC to form TKO Group Holdings. Mark Shapiro recently noted that the company still has work to do to maximize ticket revenue.

WWEâ€s ticket pricing strategy, along with Shapiroâ€s comments, has drawn criticism from both fans and wrestlers. Former WWE superstar MVP remarked that the company was pricing out longtime fans with its current business approach.

Acclaimed actor Paul Walter Hauser seems to share that sentiment. During a recent appearance on TMZâ€s Inside The Ring podcast, the actor and MLW star referenced the villainous banker Henry F. Potter from the classic film Itâ€s a Wonderful Life to draw a comparison between WWEâ€s rising ticket prices and corporate greed.

“Times are tougher than they used to be, but the prices are going up. Thereâ€s no real humanity from a corporate perspective,†he said. “To me, thatâ€s like Mr. Potter in Itâ€s a Wonderful Life. Youâ€re getting greedy. Ugly. Youâ€re being ugly by doing that.â€

Paul Walter Hauser proposes wrestling mega show against WWE WrestleMania 43

Elsewhere in the interview, Hauser proposed a joint effort — a wrestling mega show featuring promotions such as AEW, New Japan, CMLL, MLW, and GCW — to counterprogram WWE WrestleMania 43, which is set to take place in Riyadh in 2027.

“I would love to see WrestleMania weekend in freaking Riyadh or wherever it is,†he said. “I would love to see MLW, CMLL, New Japan, AEW, Progress Wrestling, DEFY, GCW, whoever, come together and do a mega show, and sell out a 20,000-30,000-seat place. If all egos can go away… thereâ€s a lot of big business to be done somewhere.†[H/T WrestlingNewsCo]

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