WZ will be providing a complete, live recap of the Vince McMahon and George Barrios hosted WWE conference call which will be taking place at 12pm EST.
WWE is holding a conference call this afternoon to discuss the latest WWE Network subscriber numbers and to announce/promote new WWE Network content set to debut in the near future.
WWE’s Michael Weiss welcomed everyone to the conference call, and it began with Vince McMahon:
-Vince said Wrestlemania was a huge success with nearly 77.000 attendees and over 140 worldwide trends on Twitter.
-Vince said that the Network is now at 1.3 million subscribers and WrestleMania’s driving numbers contributed largely to that number.
-Vince described the new “Camp WWE” series as “Think South Park with WWE….with WWE Superstars as children….at camp.”
-The Johnny Knoxville “Swerved” series will be a practical jokes show with pranks pulled on WWE personalities. Vince added this was a series concept they had discussed doing for some time.
-The new Diva Search series will be exclusive to the WWE Network. Vince passed it over to George Barrios who began reading from a prepared statement. Barrios said the series will “span the globe” to find the next Diva.
-Barrios said they will be adding another 1,000 hours of VOD material to the Network.
-77% of the free subscribers in February turned into paid subscribers for March.
They are doing a promotion where if you sign up for the Network in April, you will get April for free and not be charged until May.
As of now, WWE’s long-term goal is to get to 3-4 million subscribers.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
