PWTorch Newsletter #1443 Cover-dated February 10, 2016 –PWTORCH NEWSLETTER #1443PDF LINK –LIST OF ALL LATEST NEWSLETTERS SUMMARY: Wade Keller’s cover story presents an overview of the Daniel Bryan retirement announcement… Sean Radican writes a personal article about what Bryan’s […]
Update: Bret Hart underwent a surgical procedure on Thursday (February 11) as part of his prostate cancer treatment. The surgery was performed at Rocky View Hospital in Alberta, Canada, where Hart is expected to spend the weekend […]
2/11 WWE Smackdown News & Notes – A.J. Styles suffered his first singles WWE TV loss to Chris Jericho on this week’s Smackdown. Styles and Jericho were set to face off in the opening match of […]
The heavily-hyped rematch between A.J. Styles and Chris Jericho takes place on this edition of WWE Smackdown. Also, The Dudley Boyz will speak after their attack on The Usos Monday night on Raw. WWE Smackdown […]
Week 3 of Lucha Underground on El Rey Network rebounded from a dip in Week 2 to match the season premiere. Lucha Underground Viewership Tracking – February 10: Lucha Underground drew a combined audience of 217,000 […]
Week 2 of Lucha Underground on El Rey Network maintained about 90 percent of the audience from the season premiere. Lucha Underground TV Viewership Tracking – February 3 (Week 2): The total combined audience was […]
WWE’s four-show tour of Germany continued Thursday in Cologne… WWE Germany Tour Results February 11, 2016 (Night 2) Cologne, Germany Results submitted by Wrestling-Infos.de (1) Dolph Ziggler beat Kevin Owens via superkick. Injured Cesaro came […]
– WWE is sending about 30 NXT wrestlers to this year’s Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio as part of the “WWE Experience.” Top champions Finn Balor, Bayley, and Dash & Dawson are scheduled. Plus, Samoa […]
After a two-year transformation period, WWE’s core business is now driven primarily by TV Rights Revenue and WWE Network. This follows a period of TV re-negotiations for both domestic and international markets, plus the switch-over from […]
WWE Fourth Quarter 2015 Business Break Down – Total Revenue: $166.2 million, up 18 percent from $140.5 million in Q4-2014. Adjusted Business Profit was $11.1 million, doubling $5.1 million in Q4-2014 during the Network ramp-up phase. […]
One of the interesting subplots to WWE’s Fourth Quarter & year-end 2015 financial report is how individual elements of “WWE Network” is affecting the perception of WWE’s overall business. Investors and analysts seem mixed on how […]
WWE CEO Vince McMahon is not worried about the injury bug affecting WWE’s roster heading into WrestleMania 32. Asked during WWE’s fourth quarter conference call how WWE plans to address the situation to deliver revenue and […]
WWE Fourth Quarter 2015 Conference Call February 11, 2016 Hosts: Vince McMahon & financial executive George Barrios Vince McMahon’s opening remarks – McMahon stressed record annual revenue and WWE becoming the #1 sports channel on […]
During Thursday’s quarterly conference call with investors, WWE CEO Vince McMahon was asked to address the yearly decline in TV ratings for top programming Raw and Smackdown in 2015. McMahon said, “Ours are down, but not as […]
WWE reported Full-Year 2015 revenue of $658.8 million, which WWE said was the highest in company history. Total revenue was up more than $100 million (18 percent) from 2014 annual revenue of $542.6 million. WWE […]
WWE reported Fourth Quarter 2015 revenue of $166.2 million, surpassing analyst expectations of $161.3 million. However, WWE reported a net loss in the quarter of $1.2 million ($0.02 per share). WWE noted this was an […]
WWE did not report individual PPV buys for their Fourth Quarter 2015 events in their quarterly financial report released Thursday. WWE simply noted that PPV business was $3.6 million in the quarter off 274,000 total […]
WWE’s latest WWE Network count declined in the Fourth Quarter 2015 due to a loss of domestic subscribers. (WWE Q4-2015 Financial Report) The Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2015 total was 1.217 million total paid subscribers. […]
New Japan “New Beginning” Night 1 Results February 11, 2016 Osaka, Japan Full Results reported at PuroresuSpirit.net (1) David Finlay, Jr. beat Jay White. (2) Ryusuke Taguchi & Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV beat […]
SUMMARY: PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell, with host Wade Keller, discusses the Tim White suicide and the rationale for the lack of follow up… Analysis of Vince McMahon’s on air character with a particular focus on […]
WWE reports Fourth Quarter & year-end 2015 financial results on Thursday morning. WWE CEO Vince McMahon and financial executive George Barrios will then host the quarterly conference call at 11:00 a.m. EST. What To Look […]
– The next edition of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s WWE Network podcast will be this Monday after Raw. Austin’s guest will be Big Show. Monday’s Raw takes place in Anaheim, Calif., which is within driving range […]
The quarter-hour and minute-by-minute TV ratings obtained by PWTorch for Monday’s Raw (February 8) captures the psychology of the average Raw viewer. The conclusion from the numbers is (a) Raw is too long and (b) […]
SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller looks at the latest news including Titus O’Neal suspended over strange incident with Vince McMahon, C.M. Punk’s UFC fight debut delayed again, Impact ratings […]
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