{"id":27226,"date":"2016-07-28T10:45:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27226"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T15:46:30","slug":"wwe-q2-2016-wwe-reveals-new-stance-outside-buyer-like-ufc-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/28\/wwe-q2-2016-wwe-reveals-new-stance-outside-buyer-like-ufc-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Q2 2016 &#8211; WWE reveals new stance on outside buyer, like UFC deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-462194127\" 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><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WWE is now open to listening to a pitch on buying the company, WWE management revealed in the latest quarterly conference call on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>During the Q&amp;A portion of the call, financial executive George Barrios revealed that WWE is &#8220;always willing to listen&#8221; to a buy-out pitch, similar to the UFC deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will always do what&#8217;s best for the audience and shareholders and employees. 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