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WWE fans slam ‘extortionate’ prices for Scottish clash – BBC News

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WWE fans slam ‘extortionate’ prices for Scottish clash – BBC News

Image caption, Ayrshire wrestler Drew McIntyre is a fan favourite heading into the Glasgow event

Wrestling fans have hit out at “extortionate” ticket prices for WWE’s first ever Scottish pay-per-view show, Clash at the Castle.

The “premium live event” comes to Glasgow’s OVO Hydro venue on 15 June.

The cheapest tickets cost £300, with premium tickets more than £2,000.

Several fans told BBC Scotland News they have been priced out of the event, and will miss the chance to see Scottish wrestling talent like Piper Niven, Alba Fyre, Nikki Cross and Drew McIntyre.

Wrestling fan Lewis McLean, 18, had hoped to attend the show in his home city with his dad Craig.

He said: “We don’t make all that much money and my dad, he’s quite ill so we’re not able to travel a lot.

“To be able to get one of these live events in Scotland is quite a big deal to us. We were planning on getting me, my dad and my cousin.

“Over all it would be £900 for us all to go an watch WWE with the worst possible seats. It’s just far too much.”

Image caption, Wrestling fan Lewis McLean said “its just far too much” for him to afford a ticket for the WWE event in his hometown

Glasgow’s Hydro venue has a maximum capacity of 14,300 people. Hundreds of seats are still on sale.

A WWE spokesperson told BBC Scotland News that some tickets had been on sale at lower price point across two nights at the venue.

However, they declined to give details of how many of these tickets were available or how many had sold.

Journalist Ross Brady, who has followed WWE to events in London, Cardiff and New Orleans, said he was not able to find a ticket for less than £300.

He said: “The first prices that went up were for combo tickets of around £330, so I waited for the event on the Saturday and it was £303.50 for just the single ticket.

“I’ll have to watch it on TV – save myself some money.

“I am a proper fan of this but I’ll need to miss the one that’s 20 minutes down the road because I’m just not paying extortionate prices.”

Image caption, Ross Brady and wife Dana travelled to New Orleans to see Wrestlemania

Scottish wrestling fans are excited for the Glasgow pay-per-view to support Ayrshire wrestler Drew McIntyre.

The WWE veteran is currently embroiled in a feud with fan favourite CM Punk.

He taunted McIntyre this week, saying: “If you make me go to Glasgow, Scotland, I’m gonna be hiding in a bowl of haggis and I’m gonna pop out and break your face.”

Image caption, Ayrshire wrestler Drew McIntyre is currently feuding with CM Punk

Former wrestling promoter Mark Dallas, founder of Scotland’s Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) said it was a “massive deal” for the event to be held in Scotland.

He said: “It’s fantastic that finally, WWE are bringing one of their big events to Glasgow – it’s long overdue.

“I think it’s a real shame that there’s not more affordable tickets towards the back of the venue at least.”

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