Figure Four Online reported over the weekend that the WWE has officially released its first Wrestlemania 29 buy rate. The worldwide buy rate for this year’s annual event was 1,048,000 which is lower than Wrestlemania 28. The Wrestlemania 28 PPV buy rate was lowered a couple times from an initial 1.3M buys down to somewhere […]
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The Wrestling Post – Memorial Weekend Edition
Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. In this post, we take a look at Hulk Hogan’s ongoing battle with Gawker, the WWE donates money to head trauma research and a Court denies a WWE Motion to Dismiss in a Copyright Infringement lawsuit. Hogan versus Gawker continues Hulk Hogan is seeking to eliminate all […]
The Wrestling Post – 05.14.13
The Wrestling Post: WWE First Quarter Earnings
The WWE announced results for its first quarter for 2013 on Thursday via conference call. The WWE’s revenues were flat from last year thanks to the film business. There is no word on the launch of the WWE Network although it spent $500,000 on it in the first quarter. The WWE revenues were up modestly […]
The Wrestling Post: Post-Wrestlemania 29 Edition
Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. In this edition we take a look at the post-Wrestlemania 29 numbers and problems with its live stream during the event. Wrestlemania 29 Attendance 80K plus According to The Wrestling Observer (subscription required), attendance at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey was announced at 80,676. The […]