WWE Worried Over WrestleMania

Source: Rajah.com


Internally, no one has any confidence that Wrestlemania will do a buyrate anywhere close to the past two events. Most company officials predict the show doing somewhere in the 500k range, which would be the lowest since WrestleMania XIX in 2003.

If the "25th Anniversary of WrestleMania" experiences the same percentage drop as the Royal Rumble did (23 percent), the number would be around 800,000 buys. However, it would cost the company approximately $4,000,000 as compared to last year, and will more than likely lead to more cost-cutting measures from the company. So much of the company's financials are tied into the revenue that WrestleMania produces, so a number of jobs are on the line with this year's event.

WWE will be releasing their 1st quarter report featuring the numbers from WrestleMania in May, so that's when you can probably expect another storm of company layoffs to hit providing things don't turn around creatively within the next few weeks.

The economy sucks right now and people are having to cut expenses, just to survive and Mania is probably going to be less then last year and the record setting WM 23.

Rock vs Austin would save the WWE...but that doesn't seem likely. So yeah..they're screwed

babaganoosh wrote:

Rock vs Austin would save the WWE...but that doesn't seem likely. So yeah..they're screwed

They are not screwed, they just need to lower their expectations a little...and the price point.

And with people having more streams...

babaganoosh wrote:

Rock vs Austin would save the WWE...but that doesn't seem likely. So yeah..they're screwed

Rock vs. ANYONE would save the WWE. Even The Rock vs. Santino Marella in a squash (hell, that could be better than Rock vs. Austin just due to the pre-Rock Bottom banter between the two).

But yeah, they're screwed.

A lower buy rate doesn't mean a lack of interest in Mania, it is just a sign of the times. I am very excited about Mania, but I can't afford to buy it. I will see it someplace where I pay general admission.

Well I don't think WWE cares if there's still interest if nobody pays what they want for it. It'd be like I have interest in the Superbowl, but I can't afford a TV to watch it. That doesn't help the NFL at all, even though my interest is there.

babaganoosh wrote:

Well I don't think WWE cares if there's still interest if nobody pays what they want for it. It'd be like I have interest in the Superbowl, but I can't afford a TV to watch it. That doesn't help the NFL at all, even though my interest is there.

I am sure that you are correct, but raising the price in a shitty economy is no going to help.

Yeah, anytime you turn ECW into an all diva show and don't add an ECW Title Match to Mania because you don't have faith in your champion...you're fucked.

Period.

stl311 wrote:

Yeah, anytime you turn ECW into an all diva show and don't add an ECW Title Match to Mania because you don't have faith in your champion...you're fucked.

Period.

Noting having confidence to put Jack Swagger on the WM card doesn't mean that they are fucked. It is time that you let the ECW anger go man because the old ECW is long gone.