Wrestlemania on NBC?

[Simple Fan]

Was thinking about this the other day theses post sparred this thread.

Originally Posted by Theo Dious Wrestlemania is like the Superbowl. It draws on its own regardless of who participates.

Originally Posted by Simple Fan I was just thinking the other day if WWE are willing to give away Mania free(to an extent) and they are doing better now than ever with advertisers what are the chances that eventually they air Mania on NBC and have a set up like the Super bowl with commercials.

Originally Posted by Theo Dious I was about to laugh that off, but at this point I'd be willing to entertain anyone who had numbers to present.

Originally Posted by road doggy dogg Maybe not Wrestlemania but I could see them trying a lesser PPV on a major network perhaps. Maybe Summerslam? Networks are always looking for summertime filler

Ok figured I'd just make a thread if I was going to dig up some numbers. WWE Network reached 1.8 million subscribers for Wrestlemania. Only 1.4 million was paid subscribers.

Wresltlemania subsribers Total Subscribers (thousands) April 4th, 2016 WrestleMania 32 Total (Paid + Free Trial) 1,824 Total Paid 1,454 Total Domestic (Paid + Free Trial) 1,390 Domestic Paid 1,109 Total International (Paid + Free Trial) 434 International Paid 345

That adds up to just over $14.5 million . Not including PPV buys or money sponsors like Snickers and Mtn Dew. They genearated

NBC's broadcast of Superbowl 50 generated over $375 million. Not sure how you could work it out but NBC could purchase the rights to Mania for example $20 million and NBC would get all the add revenue. Might be a really good way to grow WWEs fan base and make Wrestlemania an even bigger event than what it is.