The WWE is reporting that the preliminary PPV buy rate for Wrestlemania 28 is 1.3 million buys worldwide. It also is reporting that global gross sales exceeded $67 million including the live event. If I am reading the WWE’s release correctly, the gross sales includes the live gate which was originally reported as $8.9 million. […]
UFC coaching certain fighters in interviews?
Cageside Seats reports on an interesting part of the job for the UFC fighter that is somewhat glossed over: the post-fight interview. Dave Metzler suggested on his radio show that the UFC assists certain wrestlers with talking points for their interviews. The discussion of the post-fight interview comes from Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 2 […]
The pro wresting post: WWE-Discovery team up, Wrestlemania buy rate and Hall arrested
Welcome to another edition of the pro wrestling post where he cover some business headlines from the world of pro wrestling. WWE and “Deadliest Catch” team up for show premiere The Discovery Channel’s “The Deadliest Catch” and the WWE have teamed up where WWE stars are promoting the show’s premiere. The debut promo occurred […]
Fox Sports to run Saturday prime time
The Sports Business Journal reports that Fox Sports will have programming on Saturday night prime time for the next 28 of 32 weeks. This will include NASCAR, Major League Baseball, College Football as well as the UFC on Fox The UFC will only cover 3 of the next 28 Saturday night events for Fox on […]
UFC on Fuel TV 2 attendance, gate and bonuses
UFC on Fuel TV 2 this afternoon (for those in the states) drew 15,428 fans and a record gate of $2.23 million. According to MMA Junkie, it ranked among the top five all-time UFC European shows of all time. The event took place at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. It set attendance and […]