Dolph Ziggler Talks Title Win Brian Soscia interviewed World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler to promote Saturday’s WWE Smackdown live event in Reading, PA. Ziggler put over Big E Langston and AJ Lee and they talked about Balls Mahoney being banned [...]
WWE held a conference call with investors to discuss their 2013 First Quarter Earnings on Thursday morning. Michael Weitz opened the call by reading a prepared statement. He handed over the call to Vince McMahon. Vince said they had mixed results this [...]
WWE issued their 2013 First Quarter Results Thursday morning before market open. The release is available in its entirety below: WWE® Reports 2013 First Quarter Results Company Release – 05/02/2013 08:30 STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results [...]
WWE filed their 2012 Annual Report ahead of Thursday’s quarterly earnings report and investor conference call. I compiled the bullet points from the beginning of the report and have included them below: While existing television properties maintained their lasting popularity, [...]
WWE Shareholders Meeting WWE held their annual shareholders meeting at Titan Towers in Stamford, Connecticut on Friday. There weren’t any major developments coming out of it as Vince McMahon answered questions as did WWE CFO George Barrios. McMahon laughed off [...]
Randy Orton Comments on Raw Crowd Randy Orton checked in with his thoughts on the wild crowd at this week’s WWE Raw from East Rutherford, New Jersey. Orton Tweeted: Just watched back some of Raw from last Monday night. That [...]
WWE has updated their Key Performance Indicators with the preliminary Elimination Chamber buyrate. The show did an estimated 210,000 buys, which is up from the 178,000 the show drew in 2012 and 199,000 in 2011. The company also solved the [...]
- WWE released their 2012 Annual Report. You can read through it in PDF format at this link. - Former WWE writer Court Bauer, who broke the news of the termination of Eric Pankowsi, has broke the news of a [...]
Michael Weitz opened the call by reading a prepared statement where he acknowledged Thursday’s earnings report and Business Plan & Potential Path To Significant Earnings Growth release. Vince McMahon got on the call and put over social media growth and [...]
February 28, 2013
WWE News
In addition to reporting their earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 and full year results, WWE issued a press release titled the following: WWE® Announces Business Plan and Potential Path to Significant Earnings Growth STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (WWE) [...]
February 28, 2013
WWE News
The official WWE pay-per-view buy rates for every show in the fourth quarter of 2012 were released on Thursday as part of the company’s earnings report. The buy rates are as follows: Hell in a Cell – 199,000 buys (compared [...]
February 28, 2013
WWE News
- WWE released their 2012 fourth quarter and year end results prior to the stock market open on Thursday. Below is the detailed release: WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012. Revenues totaled $115.1 [...]
February 28, 2013
WWE News
- WWE announced on Friday they have declared their quarterly dividend. Below is the official release: WWE® Declares Quarterly Dividend STAMFORD, Conn.– WWE (NYSE:WWE) announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per [...]
February 22, 2013
WWE News
WWE announced on Thursday they’ll report their 2012 fourth quarter earnings on February 28, 2013 before market open. Vince McMahon will host a conference call with investors to discuss the earnings at 11 AM EST. We’ll have full coverage here [...]
February 7, 2013
WWE News
- WNW reader Dave L sent word The New York Times reported that WWE has received $16.5 million from the state of Connecticut in corporate income tax credits, rebate or reductions from 2010-2011. You can view the full chart for [...]
December 2, 2012
WWE News
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November 14, 2012
Backstage News
The following is today's edition of Ask WNW. Ask WNW is the most popular feature on the website where Richard Gray answers four questions daily, Monday through Friday. To submit your question for the next installment of Ask [...]
Vince McMahon and WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios hosted a conference call on Thursday morning with investors to discuss the company’s 2012 quarter three earnings. I was on the call on behalf of WrestlingNewsWorld.com. Below are the highlights: Michael [...]
November 1, 2012
WWE News
WWE released the official pay-per-view buyrate numbers for all shows in the third quarter of 2012 in their earnings release Thursday morning. They are as follows: Money in the Bank – 188,000 buys (compared to 195,000 buys in 2011) SummerSlam [...]
November 1, 2012
WWE News
- WWE announced their 2012 third quarter earnings Thursday morning prior to the stock market open. Below is the release in its entirety: WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012. Revenues totaled $104.2 million [...]
November 1, 2012
WWE News
Next Thursday, November 1, 2012 WWE will report their 2012 quarter three earnings before the stock market open at 9:30 AM ET. A conference call with investors hosted by Vince Mahon will follow at 11:00 AM EDT. While earnings are [...]
October 27, 2012
WWE News
- Sheamus was on HLN Morning Express to surprise Georgia National Guard Staff Sgt. Clay Ragsdale, who was injured serving the United States in Afghanistan in 2009. Not only did Sheamus surprise Ragsdale and let him hold the World Heavyweight [...]
October 26, 2012
WWE News
- John Layfield will work this week’s Smackdown in Memphis, Tennessee as a color commentator. As previously noted, he’s not at this week’s WWE Raw. - WWE Raw will return to Nashville on Monday, February 11th from the Bridgestone Arena. [...]
October 15, 2012
WWE News
Vince McMahon and WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios hosted a conference call with investors on Thursday morning to discuss the company’s second quarter earnings for 2012. I was on the call on behalf of WrestlingNewsWorld.com, below are the highlights: [...]
In their 2012 second quarter earnings, WWE released the official buyrate for every pay-per-view in the quarter. The numbers are as follows with the previous year in parenthesis: Wrestlemania XXVIII – 1,217,000 buys (compared to 1,059,000 last year) Extreme Rules [...]
- WWE reported their 2012 quarter two earnings on Thursday morning. Below is the press release with full details: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE today announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Revenues totaled $141.6 million as compared to [...]
- WWE will report their earnings for quarter two of 2012 on Thursday morning. DailyFinance.com has an article online with recent performance and an estimate of what to expect for this week’s earnings release. You can read it at this [...]
The plummeting stock price of WWE hasn’t been easy for investors (even with someone like me with a small position currently down over 37%) but the Greenwich Time reported today Vince and Linda McMahon are down $500 million. Critics of [...]
- WWE announced Friday they had declared a quarterly dividend. Below is the official press release: STAMFORD, CT., July 27, 2012 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per [...]
- WWE has launched an official Twitter account for their Investor Relations Department. You can follow the account at Twitter.com/WWEInvestor. - Evan Bourne posted the following injury update on Twitter: Another follow up appt with my surgeon today. The foot [...]
WWE held a conference call with investors this morning to discuss the company’s first quarter earnings for 2012 that were reported this morning. Vince McMahon and Chief Financial Officer George Barrios were on the call. Below are the highlights: It [...]
Earlier this morning WWE reported their earnings for the first quarter of 2012. In the report, the official buyrates for Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber were announced. They were reported as follows: Royal Rumble – 443,000 buys (compared to 446,000 [...]
- WWE announced their 2012 first quarter earnings this morning. Below is the official press release: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2012. Revenues totaled $123.1 million as compared to $119.9 [...]
- WWE declared their quarterly dividend yesterday. Below is the official release: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE:WWE – News) announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A [...]
WWE held their annual shareholders meeting yesterday in Stamford, Connecticut. While meetings such as this can produce several newsworthy tidbits, they can also be very boring. I have recapped the points that are of interest and saved you from the [...]
- WWE will report their first quarter earnings for 2012 on May 3, 2012. There will be a conference call hosted by Vince McMahon beginning at 11 AM EDT with investors to go over the results. Below is the official [...]
WWE has updated their key performance indicators and have revealed the preliminary buyrate for Royal Rumble 2012. According to their numbers, the show did 438,000 buys with (272,000 being in North America and 166,000 being international). In comparison, Royal Rumble [...]
The following is today's edition of Ask WNW. Ask WNW is the most popular feature on the website where Richard Gray answers four questions daily, Monday through Friday. To submit your question for the next installment of Ask [...]
February 24, 2012
Ask WNW
WWE held a conference call with investors this morning to discuss their disappointing quarter four and overall earnings for 2011. WWE CFO George Barrios and Vince McMahon handled the call. Unfortunately I had to miss the call due to a [...]
February 23, 2012
WWE News
For those that missed it in today’s WWE earnings report, below are the official buyrate numbers for the following pay-per-views: WWE Hell in a Cell – 182,000 (compared to 210,000 in 2010) WWE Vengeance – 121,000 (compared to 137,000 as [...]
February 23, 2012
WWE News