The Orlando Business Journal first reported that the Orange County (FL) Commissioners approved millions of tourism tax sports “incentive funds” to lure big events such as the UFC and WWE to the area. Per SBJ: You may recall that this past year’s Wrestlemania at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas was to take place in Minneapolis. […]
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WWE Smackdown (04.18) draws 1.74M
Wrestlenomics reports that WWE Smackdown drew an average of 1.741 million viewers on the USA Network Friday night. The telecast was the go-home show heading into Saturday’s first day of Wrestlemania. The telecast drew 0.55 in the A18-49 demo. It was the second-highest A18-49 Prime Time TV rating on Friday night to the NBA Playoffs […]
Wrestlemania hits Vegas
The Sports Business Journal reports that WWE expects 180,000 visitors attending the various company events over the weekend. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority granted a $5M sponsorship to the WWE for it to come to its city. It appears, on its face, that it is paying off with wrestling fans descending on Sin […]
Getty Images and WWE agree to sponsor deal
WWE and Getty Images have entered into a deal which makes the company the Worldwide Photographic Licensing Partner of the WWE. As part of the deal, Getty Images will have access to archival footage from past WWE events available to license. Getty Images will have the exclusive right to distribute and license WWE footage for […]
Raw’s 11th episode on Netflix draws 3.1M views
Netflix reports that the 11th episode (3/17) of WWE Raw on its streaming service drew 3.1 million views for its Monday afternoon episode from Brussels, Belgium. The website Tudum reported the results. The web site ranks the top 10 shows on Netflix which it calculates by dividing the time all subscribers spent watching a program […]