WWE touts financial success of WrestleMania 40

As expected, WWE WrestleMania 40 was a massive financial success for TKO in their first such one under the new ownership regime.

The company sent out a release Tuesday pointing to several key highlights in what they are saying is the "most successful and highest-grossing event in company history."

In the release, TKO stated this year's WrestleMania broke last year's gate record by 78% but did not provide the actual gate revenue. The company reported last year's two-night event brought in more than $21.6 million in gate revenue which would mean this year's two-night event generated nearly $38.5 million in gate revenue. 

They did not provide a per-night breakdown of the gate number, but Paul "Triple" Levesque said Saturday that night one broke the company's single-night gate record in WWE history which was previously held by WrestleMania 32's $17.3 million.

They announced 145,298 in total attendance at Lincoln Financial Field which has yet to be independently corroborated. 

Other reported highlights:

• Viewership was up 41%. A breakout of Peacock vs. international WWE Network viewers was not provided, nor a definition of what "viewership" means to TKO.
• Merchandise sales hit a new record, up more than 20% over last year's WrestleMania 39. No financial specifics were provided.
• In its first year, the company's WWE World fan event, in partnership with Fanatics Events, was the highest-grossing and most-attended fan event in company history.
• They reiterated the strength of the go-home SmackDown (largest gate in SD history), Raw after WrestleMania (largest gate in Raw history) and Saturday's NXT Stand & Deliver which was the most attended NXT ever with an announced 16,545. However, they did not announce that the NXT gate was the largest ever.