How much money...

[Mikey]

Do you think it takes to run WWE Inc. a year?

[ilt_undertaker]

<font color=Silver>Probably over $1 Million dolloars</font>

[Rob]

<font color=Silver>Probably over $1 Million dolloars</font>

Do you seriously realise how small $1 million is for a huge international company like WWE? They have to spend obscene amounts of money just to make $1 million. It costs something like $700,000 just to run two TV tapings a week.

[The Mackem]

I bet they spend a lot on tea and coffee as well.

[Rob]

Vince does. Do normal people drink 5 cups of coffee an hour?

[Paranoid Rattlesnake]

Probably over $1 Million dolloars
You've just signed the Big Show WELL DONE

[jessica rocks]

You've just signed the Big Show WELL DONE

LOL agreed 1 million is a start. It takes a massive amount of money to run the operations when you get down to it. First you have to pay the wrestlers. I couldn't even imagine what the total talent costs are per year, then you have management staff, bookers, ring crw, trainers, etc that get paid. Then you've got the wear and tear on equiptment. Factor in travel expenses and the cost of the McMahons living expenses, you're looking at a fortune being spent a year to run the company.

It blows my mind to think about how much money Vince McMahon has.

[Rob]

Vince McMahon's living expenses don't cut into the WWE budget. They are a public company remember. All the McMahon's have salaries as well as stock and huge bonus schemes as legal ways to have them make big money.

[The Mackem]

and of course...free coffee.

[Shaggy]

Crap if I could find the paper I could tell you. For my birthday present a year ago my grandparents gave me WWE Stock. Every few months we get the report which tells how much the WWE spends and where all the money goes to. Damn it, Where Did I put it.

[Savio]

Not to mention all the crap they break cars, limos, buses, supermarkets, necks, and cameras.

[The Mackem]

and coffee cups

[Rob]

What's that about coffee?

[Pegasus Crawford]

Don't they have to buy like snacks and pastries for the wrestlers to dine on during television tapings as well?

[Rob]

They put on a buffet. Including coffee

[The Mackem]

As far as the eye can see.

[Rob]

You think Vince has a Starbucks in his house?

[The Mackem]

Maybe his own Xtreme brand. Probably not as good though.

[Rob]

Probably a lot stronger though. He has been walking weird ever since he starting drinking all this coffee.

[ilt_undertaker]

Do you seriously realise how small $1 million is for a huge international company like WWE? They have to spend obscene amounts of money just to make $1 million. It costs something like $700,000 just to run two TV tapings a week.


<font color=Silver>Thats why I said over $1million</font>

[VonErich Lives]

Didn't I read once Big Show has in his contract he gets a limo everywhere because of his size/confort...

I think he should drive a mini-cooper... ever see Mcgilla Gorilla?

[Iceman90]

I would say it would take about 1 billion dollars annually.

[Rob]

ilt_undertaker was closer with $1 million dude.

[thuganomicalcrippler]

How much money does it take?

Probably MILLIONS AND MILLIONS....................

Seriously, I would think its definitely over a billion. I'm sure there was a point in the Attitude Era that Vinnie Mac was a billionaire. He's just a multi-multi-millionaire now.

[The Mackem]

Yeah I think he lost a few million through that XFL thing.

But wait, Steph is the billionaire princess, does she have more money than Vince? Does this mean she gets her coffee first?

[Rob]

Does it fu</>ck! Do you know how hyper Vince is without coffee?

[Fabien Barthez]

it costs something like $20k just for the shitty pyro's at the start of shows. Im guessing including salaries about $250m outgoings.

[PureHatred]

Well, according to Yahoo Finance, the WWE's annual operating cost for the financial year ending in April 2003 were over $109 million.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=WWE&annual

[Xen0ciDe]

XFL... that was sooo bad.

[The Naitch]

they waste money on the space JR sits in. Ie. the chair

[Savio]

<font color=Silver>Thats why I said over $1million</font>
You said probably.

[Mikey]

Well, according to Yahoo Finance, the WWE's annual operating cost for the financial year ending in April 2003 were over $109 million.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=WWE&annual

That sounds right

[c4g2]

Probably over $1 Million dolloars
This doesn't even cover the stunts WWE do, eg crashing limos, pyros, dropping cars from cranes...

[ilt_undertaker]

<font color=Silver>Damn people, leave me alone with the cost thing</font>

[CBright7831]

Alot of wrestler do drink alot of coffee. Austin, Benoit, Flair, and apparently Vince does also. Imagine what Foldgers makes off the WWE alone.

[OssMan]

I believe they spend over $100,000 for Pyro each show.

[Rob]

I believe they spend over $100,000 for Pyro each show.

I'd be shocked if it was that much and not much shocks me with that company.

[The Mackem]

Don't worry Rob, fireworks shock a lot of people.

[Rob]

Good tip :y:

[Lamuella]

mmm... coffee

[Gerard]

I believe they spend over $100,000 for Pyro each show.


Probably 5$ on the goldberg entrance pyro..his wwe entrance looks so cheap compared to the wcw version. :(

[OssMan]

I think I added an extra zero. But with all the missiles and stuff, yeah. I saw the website for the company that does it, it's like Howard & Sons or something.

[The CyNick]

I believe revenues are around the $300 million mark. Recently they've been doing a profit each quarter. I could actually look up the numbers but I'm lazy, so say it costs them around $270 million to make $30 million in profits.