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VIP AUDIO 7/5 – WKH – The News: Wall Street Journal presents deceptive slices of key WWE stats, Ellsworth-MITB disagreements internally, NJPW 2018 US plans, 205 Live, Styles on Gable (20 min)

July 5, 2017

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller covers the latest news including these topics: An in-depth look at the Wall Street Journal article this week that presents deceptive […]

VIP AUDIO 7/5 – WKH – The News: Wall Street Journal presents deceptive slices of key WWE stats, Ellsworth-MITB disagreements internally, NJPW 2018 US plans, 205 Live, Styles on Gable (20 min)

July 5, 2017

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller covers the latest news including these topics: An in-depth look at the Wall Street Journal article this week that presents deceptive […]

WWE Q2 2016 – WWE Network Churn – Inside the Numbers on latest churn & what it indicates

July 28, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor The Churn. It’s the key to WWE’s Network business after reaching the break-even point last year. WWE reported the latest churn figures in their Second Quarter 2016 financial report, […]

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WWE Q2 2016 Conference Call – McMahon addresses why the Brand Split was re-implemented & credits NXT/Hunter, why China remains big for WWE going forward, Network library, VR

July 28, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor WWE’s Second Quarter 2016 quarterly conference call went much shorter than recent calls that included multiple Network-related questions. This quarter’s call was divided between Network trends, the brand extension […]

WWE Q2 2016 – WWE reveals new stance on outside buyer, like UFC deal

July 28, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor WWE is now open to listening to a pitch on buying the company, WWE management revealed in the latest quarterly conference call on Thursday. During the Q&A portion of […]

WWE Financial Report – First Half of 2016 vs. 2015 comparison – Revenue, Profit, Domestic vs. Int’l

July 28, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor With WrestleMania 31 occurring in First Quarter 2015 and WM32 occurring in Second Quarter 2016, a look at the first six months of both years is the best comparison […]

WWE Q2 2016 – Full Revenue & Profit Break Down – TV, Network, Admin Expenses eating into profits, comparison to WM31

July 28, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor Full Second Quarter 2016 Revenue / Profit Break Down WWE’s WrestleMania 32 event helped produce $199.0 total revenue in the Second Quarter 2016, but it also ate away at […]

Latest WWE Network Subscriber count released for WrestleMania Quarter, including flat domestic number

July 28, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor WWE reported their latest WWE Network subscriber count as part of the Second Quarter 2016 financial report released Thursday. The total number of paid subscribers at the end of […]

WWE Q2 2016 – WrestleMania 32 Revenue Report & high cost of Live Event

July 28, 2016

WWE’s WrestleMania 32 event produced $29.4 million in revenue contributing to the Second Quarter 2016 financial results. Last year, WrestleMania 31 contributed $24.9 million to First Quarter 2015 revenue. However, WM32 was so expensive to produce that […]

WWE Q2 2016 – WWE reports Revenue & Earnings for WrestleMania Quarter

July 28, 2016

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor WWE reported Second Quarter 2016 revenue of $199.0 million, a record for the company. Concerning last year’s WrestleMania quarter, WWE reported then-record quarterly revenue of $176.2 million in First Quarter […]

WWE Q2 2016 – WWE to report WrestleMania Quarter business & Network subs Thursday morning

July 28, 2016

Nearly four months after WrestleMania 32 occurred, WWE will report official business from their signature event on Thursday. WWE reports Second Quarter 2016 financial results on Thursday morning, followed by the quarterly conference call hosted […]

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