{"id":15817,"date":"2016-04-07T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T16:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2016-04-07T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T16:14:45","slug":"wwe-announces-wm32-stats-social-media-interest-record-merchandise-sales-data-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/07\/wwe-announces-wm32-stats-social-media-interest-record-merchandise-sales-data-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces more WM32 stats &#8211; Social Media interest, record merchandise sales, data usage, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3743661801\" 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 issued a press release Thursday morning announcing more stats and information from WrestleMania 32 at AT&amp;T Stadium in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WrestleMania 32 was the &#8220;most social event in WWE history,&#8221; generating 2.5 million mentions on Twitter during the day and 1.3 million mentions during the broadcast. WWE said this was an increase of 50 percent and 18 percent, respectively, compared to WM31 last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE Network subscribers viewed 21.7 million hours of programming during WrestleMania Week, or 12 hours per subscriber.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WrestleMania generated $4.55 million in WrestleMania merchandise revenue, blowing away\u00a0$1.2 million at WM31 last year. The wide variety of merchandise\u00a0and\u00a0use of the iconic Texas state shape\u00a0for &#8220;WrestleMania Texas&#8221; helped sales.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE could have made even more money at the Smackdown TV taping in Houston two nights later, but they did not have WM32 merchandise\u00a0for sale at the Merchandise Truck outside of the Toyota Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; WrestleMania data usage at AT&amp;T Stadium totaled 8.6 TB, setting a new stadium record. 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