This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a copyright infringement lawsuit from a musician that claimed that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. used a version of his song without his permission at Wrestlemania 24. By denying musician Anthony Dash’s request for the Court to review his claims, it upholds a ruling that the musician […]
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The Wrestling Post – 03.23.14
Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. This week we look Total Divas ratings, WWE stock and Dish Network plays hardball with the WWE. Total Divas Ratings for Season 2 The first episode of the second season of Total Divas on E! debuted last Sunday with an average viewership of 1.07 million viewers. The […]
WWE announces earnings for Q4
The WWE announced its fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and despite not beating loss per share estimates, its stock reached a 52 week high during the day. In addition, Vince McMahon spoke about the CM Punk situation. As it relates to Punk, when asked about his abrupt departure from the WWE, McMahon indicated that he […]
UFC 169: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at the Super Bowl Weekend card taking place at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Barao handles Faber To paraphrase Richard Sherman, “Barao is the best fighter in the game, when you put up a mediocre turtle defense like Faber, that’s […]
DirecTV not happy with WWE Network
LA Times reports that DirecTV may no longer carry WWE PPVs as a result of its announcement that it is launching a new over the top network. Pay-TV distributors and the WWE usually split the cost to consumers 50-50 on PPVs thus making it a “solid revenue source,” according to the Times article. WWE contends […]