This past Saturday Night’s Main Event from San Antonio drew 1.494 million viewers per Wrestlenomics. The telecast drew a rating of 0.33 in the A18-49 demo. It was the second event of the WWE reboot from the 1980s. The telecast was down from December’s re-debut by 21% in the A18-49. The telecast went up against […]
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WWE-TNA announce partnership
On Thursday, the WWE announced a multi-year partnership with TNA. According to the WWE press release, the agreement will enable talent to garner additional exposure across WWE and TNA programming including NXT and TNA iMPACT! The release also noted that the crossover may include WWE PLEs and TNA PPVs. The crossover started last year at […]
McMahon settles with SEC
ESPN reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has settled with former WWE CEO Vince McMahon over his failure to disclose two sexual misconduct settlement agreements worth $10.5 million. The settlement agreements were brokered by McMahon in order to have the issues remain outside the purview of the public so as not to reveal potential […]
WWE, Netflix using different measurement for viewership
The Sports Business Journal reports that the WWE and Netflix are opting for another form of measurement when it comes to viewership for Raw programming. According to Netflix, its internal data showed 4.9 million global views for the debut of Raw Monday night January 6th. Per SBJ: Netflix and WWE claim “views” are the “total […]
WWE programming coming to COSM venues
The WWE and Cosm announced a multi-year partnership to air programming at COSM venues in LA and Dallas. Terms of the deal were not announced. Cosm two venues feature an immersive screen that makes viewers feel as though they are right next to the action. The deal will begin with WWE Premium Live Events, the […]