In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer broke down all of the details from WWE SummerSlam 2026, which had nowhere near the amount of fans that WWE would have originally expected. Meltzer spoke earlier in the week about how WWE had tried to downplay the attendance figure by not announcing it publicly, something that happens at virtually every WWE PLE, particularly stadium shows. The figure of 35,000 people has been referenced since, but only one of the SummerSlam night reached that number as WrestleTix had night one at 35,654 tickets sold, while night two was at 33,719. However, sales once again stalled, and even on the secondary market, SummerSlam was considered the weakest major event of the year in all of sports. On the bright side, Meltzer confirmed that the fan fest that took place over SummerSlam weekend did sell out, which would have generated millions in revenue.