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Old 07-28-2016, 10:02 PM   #161
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Originally Posted by Observer
The key takeaways from the WWE financials are that the company took in $199 million in revenue for the WrestleMania quarter, an all time record. Profits for the quarter were only $800,000, but they had projected only breaking even so that wasn't a surprise. For the Mania quarter, they actually lost money in the network division (network, PPV) due to the costs of programming and WrestleMania costs. They spent $21.5 million on WrestleMania in total.

WWE also generated $21.5 million in revenue on WrestleMania. On 6/30, they had 1,511,000 network subscribers broken down as 1,130,000 in North America and 381,000 outside North America. They plan on adding more than 300 hours to the network between now and the end of the year. We'll have a lot more on WWE financials in the next issue.
Lost around 300k from Mania although overall still up by around 25% compared to same fiscal quarter last year. In terms of profits, down by almost $4 million compared to last year's quarter.

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In the new Observer, in the article about Brock Lesnar, there was something we missed regarding the Wellness policy on the corporate web site which reads: "This policy, as it may be amended from time to time, is applicable to and binding upon all WWE Talent under contract to WWE who regularly perform in-ring services as a professional sports entertainer." It is not applicable to Lesnar because they classify that he doesn't regularly perform in-ring services as a professional sports entertainer.
Besides not getting suspended for failing tests, WWE actually doesn't have any power to suspend him regardless of the situation due to how his contract was written. Only option they have for punishing Lesnar due to roids, PR issues, or legal issues is to fire him.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Based on what we were told, the Sin Cara-Gotch story was that Sin Cara flipped out and threw an unopened soda at Gotch's face and Gotch went down hard. Another report said it was a punch, but Gotch had a black eye when he was shown in background shots at the PPV, and was off the weekend house shows. No disciplinary action was announced. Sin Cara worked over the weekend. Three different performers and employees told us this week that Gotch has heat with some wrestlers (a few saying a lot of heat). Allegedly Gotch and Sin Cara had some issues in the past. We didn't get anyone to elaborate past that Gotch's mouth sometimes gets people mad at him.
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Regarding the loss of the title on Monday night by Charlotte, it was a booking decision made to try to make the first new era Raw show big. The title change had been booked to take place at SummerSlam all along. Now a rematch is scheduled for SummerSlam. Last night on the show it was brought up that there was a story going around that it was because Charlotte was taking time off, but that isn't the case. In fact, her schedule over the next six weeks is pretty brutal.
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We are also told that the decision to switch the belt came from two distinct reasons. One, the creative team wanted to open the first Raw of the "New Era" with a big surprise by having Sasha Banks "accomplish her dream."

Second, we are also told that Vince McMahon felt that Charlotte's run as champion helped to establish the championship as legitimate. Now that there was a foundation for the Women's championship, the company is more open to switching the belt and using it to help fuel Raw storylines. McMahon is a huge fan of Charlotte's work and has been since he saw her wrestle Sasha Banks at the WWE NXT event several years ago in San Jose, CA, issuing an edict after her bout that night that she was to be featured more in WWE's Tapout promotional campaign.

We are told the decision was made to go with Banks because Triple H is a huge proponent of her work and since the two were already planned to face off at Summerslam, the title switch would add another dimension to their PPV bout.
Some details regarding the Women's title change on RAW.

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Originally Posted by Observer
ZZ Loupe, Josh Woods and Tom Kingdon were released today from WWE developmental. Loupe was from the Tough Enough show. He had charisma, but didn't progress to their satisfaction. Woods was an MMA fighter and former college wrestling champion from University of Central Florida (the same college Tom Lawlor went to) and Kingdon was a tall bodybuilding champion who was signed about a year ago
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The El Rey Network announced the following:

El REY NETWORK’S ORIGINAL WRESTLING SERIES ‘LUCHA UNDERGROUND’ RETURNS FOR SEASON 3

ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 AT 8PM ET

Austin, TX – July 28, 2016 – “Lucha Underground,” El Rey Network’s exhilarating, lucha libre wrestling series from Emmy AwardŽ-winning producer Mark Burnett, MGM, Robert Rodriguez and FactoryMade Ventures will return for an all-new 40 episode, third season on Wednesday, September 7 at 8PM ET, it was announced today.
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Cody Rhodes tweeted that he will be wrestling against Colt Cabana for Heavy on Wrestling on 9/1.

In a twitter Q & A, he was asked if he will be making any additional appearances for ROH besides Final Battle: "It's probably not a one time thing. . . Bay bay"

As for any additional EVOLVE appearances beyond next month, Rhodes said, "I hope. They were the first organization to seek me out. That's special to me."
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Originally Posted by PWI
On last night's WWE NXT, it was officially announced that Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura will headline the 8/20 Takeover event. WWE NXT Women's champion Asuka vs. Bayley is also set for that show,
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Speaking of Summerslam, if you missed it, the show will start at 7 PM and be a four hour broadcast. Ticketmaster lists the show starting at 6 PM and advised ticketholders of an earlier start time, likely so fans are entering and seated in time for the beginning of the broadcast.
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The company now has a rule that they will not sign anyone under the age of 21. In the past, they've signed people younger than that. The story came out in Australia as Demi Bennett, 19, of Adelaide was contacted 18 months ago for the upcoming tryout camp in a few weeks in Melbourne. When she filled out a questionnaire, which naturally included her date of birth, officials pulled her from the camp and told her that they were not allowing anyone under 21 to try out, but told her once she turned 21 she will be given a tryout.
Prior to the new rule, the WWE had a soft rule of no wrestler under 20-21 would be allowed to debut on regular tv with Paige being the recent example.

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Originally Posted by Observer
Bound for Glory was moved from 9/11 to 10/2, and will be held at Universal in Orlando, as opposed to an arena. As noted, the date was moved when WWE decided to add PPVs and picked 9/11 as the date. Because of that, to save money and get all the tapings done before Bound for Glory, the August set of tapings has been extended. They will be taping from 8/11 to 8/17, which will be Impact, One Night Only and assorted other stuff. They'll tape on six of those seven days and have one day off the way things are scheduled now. They'll probably tape again starting around 10/3 with everyone in for Bound for Glory, and won't have to tape in September, as the original idea was to start taping on 9/11.
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Regarding Del Rio, there has been talk from a few weeks back that he's got an out clause from his deal in September. TNA has had a lot of interest in him. He's making big money but they aren't doing anything with him and he can make big money working Mexico and Lucha Underground or Mexico and/or TNA and have a lesser schedule. He wouldn't be able to make the same money and when he was in India doing P.R. work for WWE he kind of put down TNA.

Some other sheet news includes:
  • In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, debates about wrestling isbeing fake or real actually stretches back to the mid-1800s with news articles written about matches, shows, and incidents involving wrestlers. http://wrestlingperspective.com/working.html
  • Recent rumor online involves Bret Hart currently dealing with some health issues related to post-concussion syndrome.
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