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WWE Q3 revenue up 19%

WWE has announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30th 2022. “We generated strong financial results in the quarter, highlighted by record revenue and Adjusted OIBDA for a third quarter, and remain firmly on track to deliver record revenue and Adjusted OIBDA for the full year” said Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan, WWE […]

November 3, 2022

Australia: WWE expands Foxtel deal

The Foxtel Group and WWE have announced a new multi-year partnership that will see Foxtel Group’s portfolio of entertainment brands become the home of WWE in Australia. The new deal will deliver the biggest line-up of WWE’s live and on demand content to Foxtel Group’s 4.5 million subscribers on Foxtel, as well as via the […]

September 28, 2022By Nik Roseveare

WWE promotes HHH and Riddick

WWE has announced that Paul ‘HHH’ Levesque has been elevated to Chief Content Officer. Additionally, the company has promoted Frank A. Riddick III to President & Chief Financial Officer. Since taking over creative for WWE, Levesque has architected a 15 percent spike in Monday Night Raw viewership and double-digit increases in social media engagement. He was also in […]

September 6, 2022By Nik Roseveare

WWE’s Doudrop talks Clash at the Castle

Ahead of WWE’s premium live event, Clash at the Castle, in Cardiff on September 3rd, WWE Superstar Doudrop has revealed how she feels about the first stadium show in the UK for 30 years. You are now living in the US as a WWE Superstar on RAW. What have been the biggest differences from living […]

August 18, 2022

WWE, MBC sign MENA broadcast partnership

WWE and MBC Group have announced a major broadcast partnership that will see MBC’s VoD streaming service, Shahid, become the new home of WWE in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the MENA region. The partnership includes all WWE premium live events, kicking off with WrestleMania 38 on April 3rd and April […]

March 23, 2022By Nik Roseveare

WWE terminates Russian broadcast partnerships

WWE has ceased broadcasting in Russia and has also halted the availability of its SVoD platfrom, WWE Network, in the country following the invasion of Ukraine. WWE confirmed the move is a  statement saying: “WWE has terminated its partnership with Russian broadcaster Match and shut down WWE Network in Russia effective immediately.” “The move eliminates […]

March 4, 2022By Nik Roseveare

WWE reports $1bn+ annual revenue

WWE has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31st 2021. “In 2021, we reached a significant milestone of over $1 billion in revenue, for the first time in the Company’s history. We ended the year with strong performance across each of our business lines that reflected the engagement of a […]

February 4, 2022

WWE Special Tribute to Dr Martin Luther King Jr

On January 17th, WWE will honour Dr Martin Luther King Jr with a special tribute set to John Legend’s Never Break across all its platforms, including the broadcast of Monday Night RAW on USA Network. Legend describes this song as “the idea of resilience, the idea of commitment to something greater than yourself, and the […]

January 14, 2022

Xia Li to make WWE Smackdown debut

WWE has announced that Xia Li will make her much-anticipated debut during this Friday’s SmackDown (December 10th), live on BT Sport. Xia Li is the first female Chinese WWE Superstar on SmackDown – and the first Chinese woman to ever compete in a WWE ring. This Friday will be her on-screen debut since being drafted […]

December 8, 2021By Nik Roseveare

WWE Q3 revenue beats guidance

WWE has announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30th 2021. The entertainment juggernaut reported Q3 revenue was $255.8 million (€222m), an increase of 15 per cent or $34.2 million, primarily driven by higher ticket sales and, to a lesser extent, venue merchandise sales, resulting from the company’s return to ticketed live events, […]

November 5, 2021By Nik Roseveare