Overview
- Timothée Chalamet said on Cody Rhodes’s podcast that Triple H told him it is basically impossible to make money at Hammerstein due to loading constraints, including a single elevator.
- Rhodes backed the assessment, describing the venue’s back-of-house as cramped with open windows and freezing conditions, leaving little room for operations.
- WWE has not held an event at the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom since August 2006.
- AEW is booked to run holiday shows at the venue on December 20 (Dynamite on 34th Street) and December 21 (Christmas Collision).
- AEW’s December 2024 run at Hammerstein featured three sold-out events—ROH Final Battle, Dynamite on 34th Street, and Christmas Collision—prompting this year’s return.