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Wrestling
2017 Google Shopping Search Leaders for WWE and more
Fightful analyst Brandon Howard looks at which wrestling stars get the most searches on Google Shopping Like in 2016, when it comes to worldwide Google Shopping searches, John Cena was head and shoulders above the others in the wrestling industry in…
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Brandon Howard: XFL Relaunch Sounds Like A Political Football League, Despite What Vince Says
Weighing in on the undeniable politics of Vince McMahon’s planned relaunch of the XFL The football league that failed 17 years ago is coming back in 2020, according to Vince McMahon, who held a press conference Thursday to officially make…
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WWE Executive Talks Talent Contracts, Says WWE Was “Shocked” Network Subscribers Wanted More In-Ring
WWE CFO George Barrios made some surprising comments about the WWE Network and talent in two corporate talks recently WWE Chief Financial and Strategy Officer George Barrios gave two public talks recently where he made some interesting comments about the…
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Brandon Howard: Credit Okada-Naito More For Wrestle Kingdom 12 Attendance, Jericho-Omega More For NJPWWorld
Fightful analyst Brandon Howard looks at who drew Wrestle Kingdom 12’s economic success among Jericho, Omega, Okada and Naito. Gedo and Kazuchika Okada stood in the middle of the Tokyo Dome to close Wrestle Kingdom 12. Perhaps there are no two…
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Brandon Howard: Post-Wrestle Kingdom 12 NJPW Business Update
Fightful analyst Brandon Howard breaks down the business of Wrestle Kingdom 12, looking at attendance, NJPWWorld subscribers and annual revenue. Wrestle Kingdom Attendance New Japan drew a paid attendance of 34,995 fans to the Tokyo Dome for Wrestle Kingdom 12…
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Brandon Howard: What Okada-Omega And Steamboat-Savage Tell Us About The Wrestling Audience
Brandon Howard unpacks how the wrestling audience’s expectations have changed over the years, citing Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage and Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada as examples. “History beckons the Macho Man” Despite the hype and grandiosity, Randy Savage’s go-home…
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Exclusive: WWN’s Video Sales Revenue Based On Its Email To FloSports
WWNLive grossed hundreds of thousands of dollars in video sales annually from its events such as EVOLVE, if the data it gave FloSports is accurate. The data implies EVOLVE events grossed somewhere between $10,000 and $16,000 on average per event…
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WWE Conference Call Notes: Talent Development, WWE Network, Female Talent, More
WWE held their Q3 conference call today for investors, as covered by Brandon Howard of Fightful.com. Below are his notes on the call, and he'll have several stories coming out of it. WWE's investor presentation https://t.co/7IEAgt3RV1 — Brandon Howard (@BrandonThurston)…
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WWE Upgrades Profit Projections; Network Subs, Attendance Update
WWE is saying it’ll be even more profitable than previously thought. In the company’s third quarter earnings report released today, it raised its adjusted OIBDA (a measurement of profit) projection for full year of 2017 from a record-setting $100 million…
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Brandon Howard: How Wrestling Media Creates Stars
Up to this point in the post-Monday Night War era of U.S. professional wrestling, it’s been uncool to be anti-WWE. Gone are the angsty sentiments Barry Blaustein documented for Beyond the Mat outside the ECW Arena in the mid-90s: voices…
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