WWE announces they've had their all-time best financial quarter in history

[LurkNowitzki]

It's going to be very interesting to see how these TV contracts get paid out. I think that NBC Universal will re-up with them one more time (I'd be very surprised if they gave them more than the current contract.)

 

[richaveli83]

 

[FRIED MASON]

Product still trash.

 

[Momentum]

Indy smucks killed the TV show, that's not even debatable. AJ, Dean, and Seth were all champions during the lowest rated RAWs and Smackdowns ever.

Running two PPVs a month with a big Indian guy as your champion and cutting costs everywhere possible is going to make you money, I think we all can agree on this.

 

[cartierhoe]

But the coli trolls said catering to “smarks” killed the biz! Uh oh

If ya'll gon bring this up you can't complain about Brock either

 

[NYChase718]

When you're selling a video game for

60 bucks
90 bucks and
100 sumthin


If merchandise counts

 

[TransJenner]

UFC is being offered more $ than current with worse ratings than WWE

Well yeah it's the UFC

 

[NYChase718]

Indy smucks killed the TV show, that's not even debatable. AJ, Dean, and Seth were all champions during the lowest rated RAWs and Smackdowns ever.

Running two PPVs a month with a big Indian guy as your champion and cutting costs everywhere possible is going to make you money, I think we all can agree on this.

No pyro...using the same LED stage on everryy fukkin show including ppvs. No individual stages like back in the day.
Not paying big named people to make themesongs

Of course theyre saving and its making numbers bigger

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

No pyro...using the same LED stage on everryy fukkin show including ppvs. No individual stages like back in the day.
Not paying big named people to make themesongs

Of course theyre saving and its making numbers bigger

Also the changes in payout that Punk and a few other express because of the Network, but got quickly swept under the rug.

 

[John Reena]

This is why I laugh at supposed "experts" like Meltzer n Alvarez who always try to shyt on Vince way of doing business. If Vince did business by their neckbeard logic, he'd be outta business like WCW & ECW.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Based on what? More money generated or budget over spending. If the latter, then its a bs number attributed to budget cuts and more shows.

 

[John Reena]

Vince n WWE is and always WILL be successful if they don't listen to smark/neckbeards. Remember how WCW tried that "smark" booking? Went outta business. ECW always catered to smarks too. Went outta business.

 

[Prince Akeem]

UFC is being offered more $ than current with worse ratings than WWE

UFC/MMA doesn't have the stigma with advertisers that wrestling does.

 

[CM_Burns]

Not surprising. For over 6 months the champions on both brands have been big guys that look like stars.

 

[Prince Akeem]

It's going to be very interesting to see how these TV contracts get paid out. I think that NBC Universal will re-up with them one more time (I'd be very surprised if they gave them more than the current contract.)

They will. USA is not producing enough hits to act funny with WWE.