The Wrestling Observer reports that the WWE has once again lowered the reported buy rate for this year’s Wrestlemania. The WWE now reports that WM28 garnered between 1.1 and 1.2 million PPV buys worldwide. Initially, the WWE reported 1.3 million PPV buys and then lowered it again to 1,214,000 buys. For the second time, its […]
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The Pro Wrestling Post: WWE announces new show on ION network
Television By Numbers reports that the WWE will debut a new one hour show on the ION Network starting October 3rd. “WWE Main Event” will feature WWE superstars from the Raw and Smackdown rosters according to a press release from the WWE. As MMA fans recall, ION was the home for a couple UFC Prelims […]
The Wrestling Post: WWE Twitter partnership and a new strategy for its studios
In this week’s wrestling post we take a look at WWE Studios and its partnership with Twitter to deliver expanded tweets. WWE becomes Twitter partner Earlier this week it was announced that the WWE and Twitter have entered into a partnership in which it would enable the WWE to embed content previews, view images, play […]
The Pro Wrestling Post – Paper files grievance against WWE
Welcome to another edition of The Pro Wrestling Post. This week we focus on the WWE’s battle with the press in Connecticut. “Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” — attributed to Mark Twain The WWE is finding out that throwing around its legal weight is backfiring. As you may […]
The pro wrestling post: More on TNA-WWE lawsuit, Updated WM28 PPV buys and WWE’s misstep
Welcome to another edition of the pro wrestling post. This week we learn a little more on the TNA lawsuit, updated PPV numbers for Wrestlemania 28 and Linda McMahon’s Senate campaign is off to a bad start. More on TNA-WWE lawsuit As reported last week, TNA Wrestling filed a lawsuit against its former employee Brian […]