Lana: TKO has ‘really strict rules and regulations’ for WWE tickets
Under the TKO Group umbrella, complimentary WWE tickets are no longer as freely available to talent and former wrestlers as they once were.
Lana — who is under a Legends contract with WWE — appeared on TMZ’s Inside the Ring podcast and noted that she bought her own ticket to Survivor Series: WarGames this past weekend. She has no problem doing so and — along with going to Survivor Series to support her friend Liv Morgan — has needed to purchase a ticket every time she’s gone to watch her husband Rusev perform since his WWE return.
“It’s a little weird situation. I think that’s all TKO,” Lana said about the ticketing process. “You know, when TKO came on, a lot of these changes, like, you have to buy tickets. Everyone has to buy tickets. Yeah, like everyone. Liv had to get all the tickets for her whole family and everything. My husband had to buy — it was like, to bring his whole family in at WrestleMania when he debuted and me, it was $5,000, like, had to buy for the suite.
“And it’s all TKO. This isn’t [Triple H], this isn’t Bruce [Prichard], this isn’t — I mean, John Cohn, you’re the best, I love you so much. And so, like, John Cohn is always trying to give us a deal, you know? He’s talent relations, he was a ref for a long time, he’s literally the best. So there’s all these really strict rules and regulations.”
Lana said she loves going to wrestling shows and has so much fun at them. She admits that the TKO process is a “little crazy,” but she has no problem showing support for her friends or the product itself.
“I don’t have a problem paying for tickets, because I believe in these people. I believe in Liv Morgan. Of course I’m going to buy a ticket for her return,” Lana said. “I love her. I love wrestling in general. Of course we’re going to go see Miro, you know? He’s had to buy tickets numerous amounts of time. Every time I’ve gone to see Rusev, he’s bought the ticket. So those are the new TKO [rules].”
Former WWE talent Scarlett Bordeaux also noted last month that it became more difficult to get comp tickets during the TKO era. Bordeaux said TKO’s increased ticket prices were a point of discussion in the WWE locker room as well.
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