WWE records most profitable quarter ever

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

TV is their main source of income. And yes, WWE doing everything wrong regarding their product and how they treat their talent can't be sustainable.

BUT, they've done everthyng wrong with their product for years now. They've been losing their core audience for a while now too. And yet they've found ways to not only keep their business steady but actually keep growing

Biggest reason for this quarter's profit was how much they saved by not doing what they always do in terms of traveling for House shows, renting Arenas and taping shows.

Any other wrestling company would be in a dire situación or already closed if they did what WWE did in terms of their product this past decade. But these fukkers keep getting away with it and not only that, they winning more money

Its strange because im not sure how much merch and tangible stuff we see factors in but from an outside glance, the Saudi deal and the TV deal are the only income they could have possibly had in Q2 with no live gate so either A) money is coming in from somewhere else or B) Those venues were too costly for the lackluster shows they put on. Either way this kinda changes and possibly stretches the definition of "success" in from a fan point of view.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Its strange because im not sure how much merch and tangible stuff we see factors in but from an outside glance, the Saudi deal and the TV deal are the only income they could have possibly had in Q2 with no live gate so either A) money is coming in from somewhere else or B) Those venues were too costly for the lackluster shows they put on. Either way this kinda changes and possibly stretches the definition of "success" in from a fan point of view.

Option B is the more likely explanation. A lot of those venues that they traveled to for Raw/Smackdown aren’t worth the expenses incurred that it takes to run the show. It’d be really interesting to see each individual city and the amount of money that it actually brings in compared to what it actually costs to perform there.

Those MISC expenses add up that they don’t have to pay now since they are performing in house.

 

[dogavi]

the cost of lives shows is even the reason they don't tape at MSG anymore and have adapted barclays as their home venue in NYC. renting the garden is crazy expensive and televising or broadcasting any event from there is astronomical.

 

[MenacingMonk]

The only company that could fail upwards. How?

 

[mannyrs13]

house shows should have been scrapped a long time ago

Maybe during covid but not in general. WWE only goes to major cities for Raw and SD and there are plenty of fans out there who enjoy the product and will gladly go to a house show especially on a Saturday night when they don't have work the next day or school for the kids. Plus it's usually a cheaper ticket than going to a tv or ppv show. Not to mention the international tours they do.

 

[jadillac]

This man is practicing fuzzy math

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Vinnie seen the pandemic and ran through Titan Towers to this shyt

 

[Jmare007]

Its strange because im not sure how much merch and tangible stuff we see factors in but from an outside glance, the Saudi deal and the TV deal are the only income they could have possibly had in Q2 with no live gate so either A) money is coming in from somewhere else or B) Those venues were too costly for the lackluster shows they put on. Either way this kinda changes and possibly stretches the definition of "success" in from a fan point of view.

The TV money can only hide their problems for so long especially considering that no one really knows what the TV contracts say or if there is an out clause in them.

They don’t seem to have any long term plans of how to fix the ratings and even if it did, it likely wouldn’t help. Wrestling is dying in the mainstream audience and FOX didn’t realize it before they made the TV deal.

WWE was already fukking things up before the USA and FOX deals though. The fact they got those huge contract made little sense. If there was one company that should've burst the TV deal bubble, it was WWE. But they managed to get a stupidly high number that they are now eating from.

And before these current TV deals they had managed to pivot from the PPV business going under (which was their main source of income up until 2012) by doing other shyt too.

Look, I'm not saying this company will be fine forever. As I said, losing viewers, their core audience and every traditional wrestling metric going to shyt can't be sustainable. But we all gotta take the L when we've been saying "they can only hold on for so long" for more than 6 years now and not only have they kept afloat, they are making even more money

At this pace they might fukk around, get lucky as shyt and strike gold with an angle/wrestler in 2026 before all their mistakes come bite them in the ass. Or they might just find another new sources of income that will save their asses

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

WWE was already fukking things up before the USA and FOX deals though. The fact they got those huge contract made little sense. If there was one company that should've burst the TV deal bubble, it was WWE. But they managed to get a stupidly high number that they are now eating from.

And before these current TV deals they had managed to pivot from the PPV business going under (which was their main source of income up until 2012) by doing other shyt too.

Look, I'm not saying this company will be fine forever. As I said, losing viewers, their core audience and every traditional wrestling metric going to shyt can't be sustainable. But we all gotta take the L when we've been saying "they can only hold on for so long" for more than 6 years now and not only have they kept afloat, they are making even more money

At this pace they might fukk around, get lucky as shyt and strike gold with an angle/wrestler in 2026 before all their mistakes come bite them in the ass. Or they might just find another new sources of income that will save their asses

They mainly lucked into the deal from FOX as they were pivoting towards live sports after the sell to Disney, so they needed content. It was rather an overpay as WWE more than likely weren’t getting even close to the amount of money anywhere else.

With the rise of streaming platforms, they might be able to strike up another lucrative deal when its time renegotiations, but the continuous ratings drop isn’t doing them any favors.

It should be worrisome on their part even if they won’t admit it as they don’t have any global superstars or storylines to help increase ratings. Part of that is on them as they haven’t done a good job of creating stars, but The Rock, Stone Cold and even Cena were rare breeds of superstars that very rarely come around.

 

[Norrin Radd]

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

WWE was already fukking things up before the USA and FOX deals though. The fact they got those huge contract made little sense. If there was one company that should've burst the TV deal bubble, it was WWE. But they managed to get a stupidly high number that they are now eating from.

And before these current TV deals they had managed to pivot from the PPV business going under (which was their main source of income up until 2012) by doing other shyt too.

Look, I'm not saying this company will be fine forever. As I said, losing viewers, their core audience and every traditional wrestling metric going to shyt can't be sustainable. But we all gotta take the L when we've been saying "they can only hold on for so long" for more than 6 years now and not only have they kept afloat, they are making even more money

At this pace they might fukk around, get lucky as shyt and strike gold with an angle/wrestler in 2026 before all their mistakes come bite them in the ass. Or they might just find another new sources of income that will save their asses

Its hilarious to because they are literally in the same state TNA was in for a decade where no one knew how the hell they kept going but if there is one universal truth about the United States, its that rich white people are in a system designed for them to fail upward. That being said, Vince may not understand the wrestling business AT ALL but honestly I think that really helps him succeed oddly enough.

 

[Busby]

Meltzer told y’all from jump that WWE was doing good financially and they didn’t need to fire nobody.

Y’all called him crazy....now look

it’s funny how this thread is only 2 pages long because the bootlickers aren’t in here..

 

[TheGodling]

The cost saving due to no house shows and taping everything at the Performance Center can not be understated. That's a lot of money not spent on travel, renting arenas, personnel to build up the stage and ring, etc. Especially since they ran a show like every day.

 

[Ripp]

“WwE Is iN troUble!”

“AEw iS tHe sUpEriOr pRodUcT!”

“RAtInGs”

They've been wishing death on wwe and Vince himself for over 15years now... ol "any minute now" looking ass

 

[TL15]

Hopefully it makes sense why they bloat the roster when it’s feast time, only to cut the roster when it’s famine time to adjust how revenues look. Smart business practices