As has been the case for seemingly five years, the WWE Network dominated the Q&A portion of WWE’s quarterly conference call with investors. For three years, it was questions about The Network. Now, for the past […]
The deeper into the WWE Network introduction, the more questions arise about whether WWE’s media business is better before or after the Network. The First Quarter 2016 results indicate the media business is better from […]
In the Fourth Quarter 2015 earnings release, WWE stopped releasing official PPV buy figures for individual events. Now, WWE is completely doing away with reporting individual PPV figures in their monthly business reports. WWE financial executive […]
During WWE’s First Quarter conference call on Tuesday, WWE CEO Vince McMahon addressed the status of his son, Shane McMahon, after returning to WWE for a WrestleMania program. McMahon said Shane has “come back as […]
WWE First Quarter 2016 Conference Call Opening Remarks WWE CEO Vince McMahon’s opening remarks in the quarterly conference call with investors included a review of what’s important to WWE right now. In order: – Pro Forma […]
WWE reported First Quarter 2016 revenue of $171.1 million, down from Q1-2015 when including the effect of WrestleMania, but up from Q1 if excluding WrestleMania for comparability. TV Rights Revenue continues to be the company’s […]
There are numerous ways to poke and prod the latest official WWE Network subscriber count released Tuesday in WWE’s First Quarter 2016 earnings results. The key numerical figure is WWE had 1.357 million total paid subscribers […]
WWE’s traditional Pay-Per-View business is nearly extinct, as WWE reported only $2.1 million in revenue for the First Quarter 2016. However, PPV revenue should uptick in the Second Quarter when WrestleMania PPV revenue is reported. The only […]
WWE reported First Quarter 2016 revenue of $171.1 million, which is in-line with investor expectations. This compares to: $176.2 million in last year’s first quarter, which included WrestleMania $151.3 million in last year’s Q1 excluding the […]
WWE reports First Quarter 2016 earnings on Tuesday morning (as opposed to the standard Thursday timeslot every three months). The First Quarter results (January through March business) will include the official WWE Network subscriber count […]
During Monday’s Raw, WWE advertised a huge double main event for their return to Hawaii in June. The advertised matches are Brock Lesnar vs. Kevin Owens and John Cena vs. Shinsuke Nakamura on June 29 […]
Monday Extreme Rules Updates – Prior to Monday’s Raw, WWE announced the U.S. Title match for the Extreme Rules PPV on May 22. Kalisto will defend against Rusev, who won a #1 contender battle royal last […]
Monday night during Raw, WWE ran a new promo spot for the Shane McMahon live podcast interview hosted by Mick Foley on May 23 following Raw. *** WWE announced Tuesday (May 3) that Shane McMahon […]
WWE star John Cena said Monday morning on NBC’s “Today” show that he felt he was ready to get back in the ring last month, but doctors would not clear him until May. Cena jokingly […]
Update: WWNLive released footage of the angle Monday morning. *** TNA wrestler Ethan Carter III joined TNA Hvt. champion Drew Galloway in the main event of the EVOLVE 61 event Saturday night in New York. Galloway, […]
Two more independent wrestlers qualified for WWE’s Global Cruiserweight Series at Saturday’s EVOLVE 61 event in New York. Drew Gulak beat Tracy Williams in one qualifier, while T.J. Perkins (TJP) beat Fred Yehi in the […]
WWE Quick News Hits – Week of May 2, 2016 Friday, May 6 – Full Coverage of WWE’s eight roster cuts announced Friday. – There was speculation over Lilian Garcia’s WWE standing after her absence […]
WWE Roster Cut Updates May 6 Damien Sandow Damien Sandow, now going by Aaron (Damien Sandow) on Twitter, spoke about his release on Friday night after being a Top 5 U.S. Twitter trend most of Friday afternoon. Wow! […]
This week’s WWE Smackdown got back some of last week’s TV viewers, but still ranked in the Bottom 3 this year. WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking May 5: Thursday’s Smackdown scored a 1.65 TV rating on […]
American Grit Viewership Tracking May 5: John Cena’s “American Grit” TV series continued to fall in Week 4 on Fox. This week’s episode drew 1.88 million viewers in the overnight TV ratings reported by TVbytheNumbers.com. The actual viewership […]
WWE Stock Track 2016 Week 17 – May 2-6 – Friday, May 6: Closing Price of $17.13 per share, up two percent from Thursday. WWE was down early to $16.58 per share, but rallied in the afternoon to a […]
WWE announced Friday (May 6) several roster cuts. – On Friday afternoon, WWE announced Damien Sandow has been released. Sandow was brought back to TV last week to be fed to Baron Corbin on the […]
“King” Wade Barrett (Stu Bennett) announced his official departure from WWE on Friday. WWE then included Barrett in their list of Friday releases. Barrett has been off TV since being fictionally kicked out of the […]
Last year, WWE executive Triple H said Chyna (Joanie Laurer) deserves to be in the WWE Hall of Fame, but there were too many obstacles to overcome. Now that Laurer has died, WWE brand executive […]
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