Highlights From Today’s WWE 3rd Quarter Earnings Call
Following today’s earnings report, WWE hosted a conference call for the media. A few highlights are below:
Vince McMahon was asked about #WWECrownJewel on today's 3Q Conference call; he said they won't talk about that much, noting the statement in the published report earlier this morning (https://t.co/MF7Z79yANd), and called it a sensitive subject.
— Bill Pritchard (WrestleZone.com) (@bpritchard152) October 25, 2018
George Barrios: WWE Network tiers are addressed, saying they want to do it right. They are hard at work, and not to be flippant, but it might be a 2019 event and they are working on it and excited.
— Bill Pritchard (WrestleZone.com) (@bpritchard152) October 25, 2018
Michelle Wilson on new in-ring shows, possibly adding a one hour women's show: In-ring content drives the WWE Network, thinks NXT UK will help localization. They've talked about a new women's show, saying it's nothing formal but it's on the road map.
— Bill Pritchard (WrestleZone.com) (@bpritchard152) October 25, 2018
In addition to breaking down statistics in the report, the call also addressed the ‘re-imagining’ WWE live events and other new projects, as well as talking about the the continued globalization of the brand. Upcoming tryouts in Germany and Chile were cited, as well as NXT UK being another step in that direction of localizing content worldwide.
Michelle Wilson said Mixed Match Challenge season two was expanded due to season one not being long enough, and also said they are still working on bringing in traffic to Facebook Live. Vince McMahon also cited WWE Super Show-Down as the largest attended non-US show in 25 years and said the company is pleased with their performance.
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