{"id":124002,"date":"2021-07-29T18:03:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=124002"},"modified":"2021-07-29T18:03:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:03:14","slug":"nick-khan-highlights-wwe-ppv-viewership-growth-on-q2-earnings-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/29\/nick-khan-highlights-wwe-ppv-viewership-growth-on-q2-earnings-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Khan highlights WWE PPV viewership growth on Q2 earnings call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1360595771\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE&#8217;s distribution partnership with Peacock has been a fruitful one thus far according to WWE CRO and President, Nick Khan.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/news\/2021\/07\/live-recap-from-wwes-second-quarter-2021-earnings-call-with-vince-mcmahon-others\/\">today&#8217;s 2021 Q2 earnings call<\/a>, Khan touted the partnership and highlighted significant viewership growth for PPV events. Khan said viewership was up 26% for WrestleMania Backlash, 25% for Hell in a Cell, and 46% for Money in the Bank over prior year that saw the events stream on WWE&#8217;s owned WWE Network platform. WrestleMania was not mentioned. Khan confirmed that the numbers were up compared to pre-pandemic benchmarks and that he expected them to continue growing as Peacock gains more traction and gets in more homes.<\/p>\n<p>The WWE Network launched on Peacock in March of 2021 with WWE Fastlane as the first PPV event on the platform. Peacock announced that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/29\/peacock-surpasses-54-million-total-signups-to-launch-in-europe\/\">has surpassed 54 million subscribers<\/a> and that it would be launching in Europe soon.<\/p>\n<p>Special h\/t to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/\">Wrestling Inc.<\/a> for the earning call transcription.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/29\/natalya-provides-update-after-injury-on-monday-night-raw\/\">Natalya provides update after injury on Monday Night Raw<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2683478028\"><div id=\"pwtor-1753748150\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE&#8217;s distribution partnership with Peacock has been a fruitful one thus far according to WWE CRO and President, Nick Khan. On today&#8217;s 2021 Q2 earnings call, Khan touted the partnership and highlighted significant viewership growth <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/29\/nick-khan-highlights-wwe-ppv-viewership-growth-on-q2-earnings-call\/\" title=\"Nick Khan highlights WWE PPV viewership growth on Q2 earnings call\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":76837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[6501,71],"class_list":["post-124002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-peacock","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/03\/WWEheadquarters-TitanTower_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124003,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124002\/revisions\/124003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}