WWE Making Big Money To Hold WrestleMania Backlash In Puerto Rico

WWE is taking WrestleMania Backlash to Puerto Rico on May 6th. The event is a 100% sell out, mostly thanks to Bad Bunny. After all, the Grammy Award-winning rapper will host the event. It turns out that WWE had some extra money to play with for the big show.

WWE has passionate fans from all over, and those diehards in Puerto Rico have wanted another event for years. It’s been a long time since WWE was back in the U.S. territory, since 2005’s New Year’s Revolution event.

According to a report from Fightful’s paywall, WWE is banking $1.5 million just to hold WrestleMania Backlash in Puerto Rico. The report went on to note that WWE has made an effort to reach new locations for years now.

WWE is getting paid a handsome amount of money to bring the Backlash premium live event to Puerto Rico, as well as Smackdown.

In recent years, WWE has made an effort to bring more of their premium live events and television shows to international arenas and stadiums across the globe. This trend started when the company began their partnership with Saudi Arabia in 2018, a place where they now host two PLEs every year.

According to sources familiar with the situation, WWE is being paid a handsome fee of .5 million dollars to bring the Backlash PLE to San Juan, Puerto Rico in May. The fee is being paid out by the Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority (PRCDA) and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. Backlash will be the first PLE/PPV that has been held in the country since New Year’s Revolution back in 2005.

It was also noted in the report that, “WWE is also speaking to various locations domestically and around the world about the economic impact (hotels, bars, restaurants) and spotlight (broadcast and social promotion in the area) that WWE brings to a city and its venue.” Obviously, they are going to keep making the most money they can from the deal.

WWE knows how to make a fine deal, and it seems that their arrangement to bring WrestleMania Backlash and SmackDown to Puerto Rico was a fantastic one for the company. Only time will tell how often they will return to Puerto Rico, but they did a lot of business this time around.

What’s your take on WWE’s huge success in Puerto Rico? Is Bad Bunny to thank for all of it? Sound off in the comments!