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Updated WWE Network Subscriber Count, Why WWE Stock Dropped, More

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As noted earlier, WWE today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31st. The company announced revenues of $176.2 million, making it the highest quarterly revenue in WWE history. Benzinga has an article here about WWE shares dropping nearly 7% today, despite the record quarter. They noted that the stock originally jumped, but fell when “less-than-anticipated WWE Network subscriber numbers were released later in the day.”

In the quarterly earnings release, WWE revealed that the Network had 1.327 million paid subscribers as of March 31st, nearly double the number of subscribers reported on the day after last year’s WrestleMania. Here are more numbers regarding the Network from the release:

* Through Match 31st, the WWE Network had attracted nearly 1.8 million unique subscribers with 74% of these subscribers active as of that date.

* During Q1 2015, 94% of total subscribers accessed WWE Network at least once per month. WWE Network subscribers watched an estimated average of 53 hours of content per household over the quarter.

* WWE Network added 511,000 subscribers to reach 1,327,000 paid subscribers at March 31, 2015, representing a 63% increase from year-end 2014. The subscriber growth reflected the acquisition of 795,000 subscribers, which was 13% above the gross subscriber additions in the prior year period from the network’s launch through WrestleMania (February 24, 2014 – April 6, 2014).

* WWE Network attracted an average of approximately 927,000 paid subscribers for the first quarter 2015, representing a 29% increase from the fourth quarter 2014 average.2 The network’s February free promotion contributed to that growth, attracting approximately 201,000 trial subscribers, of which 154,000, or 77%, converted to paying subscribers in March.

* At quarter-end, WWE Network had approximately 196,000 international subscribers.

Smackdown Results For 4/30/15

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Below are results for tonight’s WWE SmackDown in Moline, IL.

* Roman Reigns defeated Kane by countout. Kane walked out on his match after randomly surprising Roman after his opening promo with an impromptu match.

* Damien Sandow pinned Curtis Axel. Sandow has a new shirt, which is his stunt double shirt, with the term “stunt double” crossed out. Mizdow has the Miz part replaced with “San” taped over it.

* Ryback defeated Luke Harper. After the match, Bray Wyatt attacked Ryback and delivered Sister Abigail.

* Cesaro & Tyson Kidd defeated The New Day via DQ. Woods interfered when Cesaro was hitting the big swing to cause the DQ and save the titles.

– There was a backstage promo between Cameron and Summer Rae in which they were talking about Brie and how Naomi had taken her out on Monday. Nikki walked in on the conversation, which set up Nikki vs. Cameron.

* Nikki Bella defeated Cameron.

– There was a dark segment backstage where Seth appeared on the screen and talked crap about the city, since its his home town, to try and get heat. It did not work at all and he was still cheered.

* Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose in the main event. Rollins won fairly clean with his new finisher. Kane and J&J Security beat down Dean until Reigns made the save for Ambrose at the end of the show.

Ethan Carter III Talks His Feelings On Bill DeMott, If Talent Is Happier With Jason Albert

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Bill DeMott resigned from his position as head NXT trainer amid criticisms of bullying last month, as several former trainees came out of the woodwork to share their experiences. One of the most outspoken was TNA star Ethan Carter III, who spent years working for WWE. We had the chance to speak with EC3 about DeMott, and Matt Bloom taking his place.

“I think Matt Bloom is going to be a great trainer for them. I’ve never met the guy, but I’ve heard he’s a passionate, great guy. About DeMott, it is what it is, and that’s what Bill would say a lot—’it is what it is.’ I know that about 85 people are a lot happier now, and I guess that’s cool,” EC3 said.

Bloom, formerly known as Jason Albert, A-Train and Tensai took over immediately before NXT’s presence in Columbus at the Arnold Classic. The company was performing live tryouts at the event, and Bloom was an integral part of the show.

During a Reddit AMA last month, EC3 was asked if he had any fun Bill DeMott stories, to which he replied “Yea, him being forced to resign last week.”

Starting tomorrow, we’ll have much more on our interview with EC3. He goes on to talk about working through his injury, transitioning from WWE to TNA, Hardcore Justice, working with Bram and Mr. Anderson, as well as TNA being influenced by popular TV shows.

Podcast: The TMPToW Presents An Interview With DDP

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The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast is going to help you feel the bang and maybe possibly the burn as DDP, Diamond Dallas Page joins us for a look at the future of the DDP Yoga Performance Center and reflections on his wrestling career.

You can download the full episode here: http://tmptow.podoma…T21_00_00-07_00

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DDP on feuding with Macho Man Randy Savage in WCW

Awareness of DDP Yoga and the benefits:

About five years ago I was doing a show with Bryan Alavarez. Bryan and I have been buddies since he first started writing for (Dave) Meltzer. Bryan has done DDP Yoga and he said where do you see Diamond Dallas Page in five years? I said bro, Diamond Dallas Page will be the next Jack LaLanne and Tony Robbins meets the great Richard Simmons. I said I honestly believe that DDP Yoga will dwarf my wrestling career and Bryan said well you have had an amazing wrestling career. Even though I did, Arthur (Boorman) had already begun his transformation and I knew what was possible.

Being recognized for his out of the ring work and his feelings on his WCW run:

When the Cauliflower Alley Club called me and said that they were going to give me the Jason Sanderson award aka the Humanitarian Award I realized that people were really seeing the difference. When I accepted the award I was thinking, do I really want all this to dwarf my wrestling career? I worked so hard for the wrestling part and nobody believed in the 35 year old wrestler who was starting up and that my career didn’t take off until I was 40 in 1996 so between 1996-2000 it was an unbelievable and unprecedented career.

The impact of his appearance on ABCs Shark Tank:

I’ve got this brand new Performance Center behind my house and I call it the house that Shark Tank built because the amount of people that were driven to DDP Yoga from Shark Tank was unbelievable. They literally built this place for me. Everyone says that when I was on the show it was so stupid that I didn’t get a deal and I tell him or her, I didn’t want a deal. I would have like to have charged them one dollar because I wasn’t giving them 5% percent of my company. The producers told me you are not going to get a deal at 5% and I said well I still get to be on your show? They told me that it won’t create any buzz if you only want to charge a dollar and I said at that rate they will all be fighting over me for what could be the next P90x and they said that if you can’t use the money we can’t use you on the show and I told them emphatically I can use the money (laughs) but it was all pretty funny how it went down.

His match with Goldberg at Halloween Havoc 98:

Goldberg was only wrestling about a year and a half at that time and what’s funny about it is one of the things that happened in that match, was I told Bill to miss the spear because he never had missed the spear at that point. I told him I’ve got a good way to do it where you miss it and he simply did not want to do that. It took me three weeks to convince him that this is the way we should go. During the match at one point he runs into my boot and staggers back, turns and goes to spear me while I’m up against the turnbuckle, so with my arm up on the rope I throw myself over the top and onto the apron and he was coming so hard and fast he missed me by a millimeter if it was event that and he hit his shoulder hard on the post. So when we get to the end of the match and he is going to hit the spear, I know he is coming like a freight train and I am going to be like a napkin, that light so I don’t take the impact and Billy (Goldberg) would try to hit me with his spear so hard he could crack his sternum and when he hit me he hit his head so hard he knocked himself out.

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Podcast: The TMPToW Presents An Interview With George “The Animal” Steele

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George The Animal Steele shoots on the Kliq and talks origins of the green tongue, turnbuckle bite and Bruno Sammartino

The legendary, WWE and Pro Wrestling Hall of Famer, Jim Myers aka George “the Animal” Steele joins the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling for a fun conversation about his legendary career and his greatest memories from a lifetime in the wrestling business. From his heated rivalry with Bruno Sammartino through his lovable cartoon character persona of the Rock N’ Wrestling era, Myers describes in great detail that while all of that was fun and very pleasing, he found his greatest success as a long time football coach and teacher in his home state of Michigan. Jim Myers is a true great of the pro-wrestling business and his pull no punches style makes this a TMPToW to remember.

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WWE HOF’er George The Animal Steele shoots on the Kliq

Origins of the infamous green tongue:

Today the WWE sits down and come up with all these ideas and different gimmicks and they didn’t do that back then. I had a couple of drinks at a TV taping and I didn’t want the promoter to know it, so I put some Clorets in my mouth and went on television. Now back in the late 60s – early 70s, color TV had just come out, so here I come out there looking like a clown with a green tongue and I didn’t even know it was green, I was just trying to get rid of the breath and about 3 months later I said I wanted to try the green tongue thing again but just for my own laughs. When I did it again, the place went nuts and the next day had signs all over the place with green tongues hanging out so from then on I had the very best breath in wrestling.

From the tongue to the turnbuckles, how did the turnbuckle bite originate?

In Pittsburg back in 1967, they would give away different gifts to get fans to come to the TV shows and on this one particular time they gave away these small little couch pillows. They had probably given away about 250 of them. One of the ladies in the crowed had gotten mad at me and threw her pillow at me. So I get the pillow in the ring and what am I going to do with it? I can throw it back and then have 250 pillows then coming back at me or I can take a bite out of it. So I take a bite out of it and it tore and popped because it was so packed with the stuffing, it just exploded so I started throwing the stuffing in the air and it was sticking in my hair like an abominable snowman, then I took the pillow wrapped it around my opponents head and started choking him. It was Bruno’s (Sammartino) wrestling “cousin” Tony Marino that said maybe you should start tearing the turnbuckles and everybody laughed. Two or three weeks later I go and fight (Chief Jay) Strongbow and even though its hard to have a boring match with Strongbow the people just weren’t reacting to this match. I looked at the turnbuckle pad and I went over took a bite out of it and it tore really easy and started rubbing his eyes with that and for a very flat match, we had a riot. So the two things that I am known for the green tongue and the turnbuckles and they both happened by accident.

Working with Bruno Sammartino:

The whole WWWF promotion was about Bruno Sammartino, everything else was secondary. Bruno was such a different kind of talent because he was over so strong. I’ve worked on shows with Hulk Hogan who was over pretty strong worldwide but nothing like what Bruno was in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and the whole Northeast. I was the heel so I would go to the ring first so the people would go crazy and he would wait and start to come down and he was watching. Just about every time he was ready to come down, the crowd would calm down and they would start to make his announcement, so I would start to work the crowd again. Bruno was in such great shape and worked so hard that you had to be in shape to keep up with him.

The feeling of the crowd during a match with Bruno:

Fans in Madison Square Garden would rush the aisles and try to kill you because they loved him so much. I still have a picture of 15-20 of New York’s finest Police surrounding me just to get me to and from the ring. They just loved him so much. People in New York were trying to kill me. Wrestling back then was always pre-determined and we always knew who was going to win but we didn’t know how we were going to get there. None of this dance stuff like they have now where everything is so choreographed. We actually wrestled until we felt like it was time for the finish and our matches would last anywhere between 30-45 minutes with an hour time limit. Everything was real so when you are going that long and tough and you are actually doing wrestling it’s very believable.

George Steele also discusses his legendary feud with Macho Man Randy Savage, not wrestling at WrestleMania 3, his time as a road agent, how he got into the wrestling business and his very accomplished teaching and coaching career.

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The “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW In Staten Island, NY 12/21/96

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1996-12-21 at Sportsfest in Staten Island, NY

Champions

World: Raven

TV: Shane Douglas

Tag Team: Eliminators

Balls Mahoney vs. Louie Spicolli, ref Jim Molineaux
Opps about a minute passes and I realize I’m on eBay and not watching the match. Spicolli with a drop kick that sends Balls to the floor and he follows. Balls goes into the guard rail and ring post. Back in the ring Louie ducks a cross body attempt and grabs a chin lock. Balls ducks a line and delivers a spin kick that sends them both over the top rope. Back in the ring Louie moves on a corner charge and hits a nice release german suplex. Louie misses a knee drop and Balls takes back over. Balls goes up top but Louie cuts him off and hits a superplex and both men are down. Louie back up and he hits a pile driver for 2. Balls comes back but then misses a top rope leg drop. Louie ducks a clothesline and hits the DVD for the win in 8.36. Louie has some words after the match for TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas and his boys.

Mikey Whipwreck vs. “GQ” Gorgeous Quartermaine, ref Billy Caputo
Billy Caputo used to referee on WWF Championship Wrestling back in the early 80’s. If you don’t know by now, GQ is the future Chris Chetti. Mikey hits some awful looking drop kicks then a somersault plancha from the apron to the floor. GQ hits a powerslam as Mikey charges. Mikey ducks a line but gets hit with a spin kick. Elbow drop gets a 2 count for GQ. GQ spends the next few minutes on offense but then misses a top rope leg drop. Mikey with a la magistral cradle and he gets the win in 6.10.

Chris Candido vs. Spike Dudley (w/ Sign Guy Dudley), ref John Finnegan
We get a quick glimpse off a backstage area and see that Sunny is in attendance tonight hanging out. Candido on the mic before the match starts can’t really understand what he’s saying though. Some back and forth action to start things off. Candido ends up taking over and whips Spike chest first into the turn buckle. Spike flips out of a belly to back and goes for a top rope cross body. Candido catches him and plants him with a power slam followed by a suplex for 2. Candido begins to work over the shoulder of Spike. Gut wrench power bomb as the crowd has now spotted Sunny and is done paying attention to the match. Candido goes up top and misses a diving head butt. Spike able to being a come back that’s really nothing more then a bunch of roll ups. He finally hits his tornado bulldog but only gets 2. A top rope cross body follows for another 2 count. Spike again goes up but Candido cuts him off he goes for a super bomb but they slip and fall. Crowd gives them the “You fucked up” chant but Candido plays to them and just does some push ups getting them back on their side. Candido puts Spike but up top and nails the super bomb for the win in 11.02.

Brian Lee vs. Buh Buh Ray Dudley (w/ Sign Guy Dudley), ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
They start brawling before the ring intros and go right to the floor and into the crowd. They brawl all over the place including fighting into the middle of a roller hockey game with Buh Buh getting thrown through the goal. Chris Candido comes out for a brief moment and gets some shots on Buh Buh. Back to the ring they eventually go after a real fun brawl. Buh Buh hits a flying clothesline and a cutter for 2. Lee back drops Buh Buh onto the apron and then chokeslams him off it through a table on the floor. Lee rolls Buh Buh back into the ring and covers him for the win in 6.48.

Tag Team Champion Saturn vs. Sabu, ref Jim Molineaux
As Saturn is coming to the ring Taz’s music hits. Taz pushes right past Saturn and then Sabu dives out of the ring onto Taz. Security forces Taz to the back and Saturn goes to work on Sabu. Sabu fights back and hits a DDT then a triple jump moonsault for 2.5. Sabu goes up top with the chair but Kronus comes out and pushes him off the top rope. Rob Van Dam comes out and goes after Kronus and they fight on the floor. Saturn goes to the floor and Van Dam gets in the ring. Saturn gets on the mic and puts the titles on the line.

Tag Team Champions Eliminators vs. Sabu & Rob Van Dam, ref Jim Molineaux
About a minutes of the two teams going at it passes when the former champions The Gangstas hit the ring.

Tag Team Champions Eliminators vs. Sabu & Rob Van Dam vs. Gangstas, ref Jim Molineaux
All six men brawl in the ring. Mustafa hits a drop kick! Kronus gets a NES and nails everyone with it. It’s pure chaos as everyone is just all over the place. Sabu puts Mustafa through a table. Fans are going crazy. There’s to much action to call as everyone hits their big moves. Van Dam turns into a spin kick from Kronus and is pinned in 12.12. New Jack hits 187 on Kronus but then Saturn drop kicks the chair into the face of New Jack and pins him at 12.25 to retain. Everyone shakes hands after the match.

As we are set to begin the second half of the show Taz hits the ring with Bill Alfonso and calls out Sabu. Sabu hits the ring but is held back by security as the fans chant “Let him go”. Taz continues to taunt Sabu from the ring. Sabu continues to break away but is grabbed as he is sliding into the ring each time. Paul E. Dangerously comes out to calm Sabu down and helps get him to the back. A very loud “Fuck you Taz” chant fills the arena. Taz goes into the crowd and tries to get people to fight him. He’s a very angry man.

Pitbull 2 vs. D-Von Dudley, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Crowd gets on D-Von from the beginning as he turns and jaws with them. They lock up and Pitbull pushes him back into a corner. Full nelson into a side headlock by Pitbull. D-Von takes control but misses a corner charge. Pitbull scoops him up and plants him with a running powerslam for 2. Pitbull now with a corner charge but D-Von gets the boot up and starts hammering away on Pitbull. Irish whip is reversed and Pitbull press slams D-Von. Pitbull though ducks his head after an irish whip and D-Von kicks him and drops him with a clothesline. D-Von with a suplex but Pitbull bounces right back up and clotheslines D-Von over the top rope and to the floor. Pitbull with a chair to the back but then he gets sent into the guardrail. D-Von blast Pitbull with a chair to the head now. Back in the ring D-Von with a neck breaker as we head into minute number 10. D-Von with a slam and he comes off the top with a head butt for 2. D-Von grabs a chair and tries to come off the top with it but Pitbull drop kicks it back into his face. D-Von though reverses an irish whip and hits a powerslam. D-Von back up top but Pitbull catches him and places him up top. A super fallaway slam finishes D-Von off in 11.51. Joel Gertner is out and he announces D-Von as the winner on points. Pitbull goes after him but D-Von nails him with a chair from behind. The bWo come out and they help Pitbull fight off D-Von and he hits Joel with a super bomb. Stevie gives Pitbull a bWo shirt. Nova nails a leg drop on Gertner and covers him as Stevie and Pitbull make the count. The fans go absolutely crazy for all this.

TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas & Francine vs. Tommy Dreamer & Beulah, ref John Finnegan
Douglas on the mic, the audio is terrible but I’m sure he cursed a lot. Finnegan finds a chain on Shane during the pat down. Dreamer pulls a much bigger chain out of his pants and I’m guessing makes a penis size joke but again awful sound system. Dreamer and Shane go to the floor and fight down the aisle. Douglas gains control and suplexes Dreamer back into the ring. Douglas stays on Dreamer whipping him into the corner and working over the back. Dreamer though fights back and hits a belly to belly. Francine breaks up the pin which starts a cat fight between the girls. Douglas grabs Beulah but Dreamer stops him by trapping him in a school boy for the pin in 6.38. Douglas hits a single arm DDT after the match. Beulah tries to pull him off Dreamer so he elbows her. Douglas gets the chain from the ref and nails Dreamer with it. Pitbull 2 makes the save and Dreamer hits Francine with a piledriver.

World Champion Raven (w/ Lori Fullington) vs. Sandman, ref Jim Molineaux
Raven is out sans belt. Lori sits on the mat with Raven picking at her arm. She was so creepy and strung out looking. Haha the fans chant “One more beer” and “Chug” at Sandman. The announcers tells us that if Sandman doesn’t go to the back and get the title he stole last night he will forfeit the match. Sandman wonders if he should go back and get it and the fans chant “Get more beer” Sandman leaves and is gone FOREVER. I’m not even kidding it’s like he actually went backstage looked for more beer, couldn’t find any so went to the store to get it, drank some of it and THEN came back. Any way he finally returns but Raven is hiding with a chair and nails him from behind. In the ring Raven with a drop toe hold on the chair and then right back to the floor. Sandman though gains the advantage. Some fan in the background can be heard screaming about how he just get a great picture. I find this amusing. Sandman bleeding as they brawl into the crowd and towards the hockey rink. Raven with a piledriver through a table. They have been brawling all over the place for 5 minutes now. In the ring Sandman goes low but Lori comes and breaks up the pin. Sandman rips her dress off and then spanks her. Raven nails Sandman with the cane and covers but the bWo’s music hits!!! The crowd erupts as this is the first time we have seen Raven with the bWo. Sandman spits something in Ravens face and then Raven nails all the bWo guys. Stevie pushes Raven put then hits Sandman with a super kick. Raven covers and gets the pin in 10.24. Stevie gets into the camera and says that yet again he has saved Raven and his title. Stevie lets Raven know that the next time he pushes him he’s going to get his teeth kick down his throat.

My thoughts on the show…
Some fun brawls tonight. bWo got a HUGE pop each time they came out. Stevie Richards was very fired up and seems like he is coming after Raven! Hoping that wasn’t just some house show thing that will never play out on TV.

Live Coverage Of WWE’s Q1 FY15 Earnings Call

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We’ll have updated coverage of the call live as it happens. Credit to Sean Ross Sapp for the updates.

* George Barrios mentions they released their quarterly financial results on their website earlier.

* WrestleMania happened in quarter 1 of 2015, as opposed to quarter 2 2014. This has an effect on the huge profits.

* WrestleMania was the highest grossing live event in WWE history.

* Total Divas was E! network’s number one show. Vince McMahon says this is because the Kardashians were on hiatus.

* McMahon mentions Smackdown will move to USA, and thinks that will improve viewership alone.

* McMahon jokingly invites listeners to join Tough Enough.

* 196,000 WWE Network subscribers were international. 94 percent of subscribers access the Network at least once a month.

* “From inception to 3/31/15, WWE Network had attracted nearly 1.8M unique subscribers w/ 74% of subscribers active as of that date”- George Barrios. They aren’t going to update subscriber numbers on this call.

* Barrios repeatedly mentioned that WrestleMania was in Q1 this year instead of Q2.

* WWE video game profits improved over 30 percent. WWE Supercard is mentioned as a contributor. PPV revenue was also ahead of expectations.

* The Q&A portion starts. WWE says they’re always looking at expanding the advertising model for the Network, but doesn’t think it’ll be in 2015.

* McMahon says it’s possible they could change the price of the Network for WrestleMania or Summerslam, but have to look at the info. He says as of now they’re not, but it’s possible in the future.

* Most of the WrestleMania PPV buys were international, according to Barrios.

* “Advertisers aren’t interested in simple rating. Our programming is engaging. Not just an experience, but immersive.”- McMahon

* Laura Martin calls Vince McMahon the best business man of anyone she covers.

* Someone’s phone goes off, and their alert tone was Michael Cole yelling “Oh my!”

* Barrios is asked what they’ve learned incrementally about the sources of churn. Barrios says he doesn’t think they’ve learned anything.

* CableVision in Canada is targeting for cutters. This could open up the possibilities for more deals with Rogers, but they say the Canadian model is different.

* CableVision in Canada is targeting for cutters. This could open up the possibilities for more deals with Rogers, but they say the Canadian model is different.

* They thank everyone for calling in and listening as we close the call.

WWE Reports Record Quarterly Revenue, Vince McMahon Comments

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WWE issued the following:

WWE® Reports Record Quarterly Revenue

First-Quarter 2015 Highlights

* Revenues increased 40% to $176.2 million, the highest quarterly revenue in WWE history
* OIBDA of $21.0 million increased $28.2 million from the prior year quarter
* Financial results surpassed the Company’s public guidance
* WWE Network reached 1.3 million total subscribers, representing a 99% increase from the prior year WrestleMania (which was held on April 6, 2014)

STAMFORD, Conn., April 30, 2015 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2015. For the quarter, the Company reported Net income of $9.8 million, or $0.13 per share, compared to a Net loss of $8.0 million, or $0.11 per share, in the first quarter last year.
“During the quarter, we generated record quarterly revenue and strong earnings growth, reflecting our strategy to realize greater value from our content across multiple platforms,” said WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon. “We believe that we are on a path to significant growth as we continue to expand WWE Network and innovate faster than ever.”

“Our strong earnings growth was driven primarily by the escalation of our television rights fees and the expansion of WWE Network subscribers. For the quarter, our OIBDA surpassed our public guidance,” added George Barrios, Chief Strategy & Financial Officer. “WWE Network subscribers watched an estimated average of 53 hours of content per household over the quarter putting it among Netflix and the top cable and broadcast networks in terms of viewer hours per household. Additionally, WrestleMania 31 was viewed in more homes globally than ever before. Our ability to engage our global fan base reinforces our view that successful execution of our WWE Network strategy can generate meaningful economic returns.”

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