Conference Call Highlights: PPV Sales Increase, Tout’s Success, WWE Network Update, and More

Posted on 08.02.12 | Category: WWE News

As noted earlier, Vince McMahon and George Barrios hosted a conference call with investors on Thursday morning. Here are a few highlights.

* WWE has spent $5-million on production of ‘Legend’s House.’

* Vince McMahon said the writing has gotten much better and presenting the shows in a PG manner.

* The Tout app was downloaded over 30,000 times after the airing of WWE Raw.

* Vince said they may have gone too far to ‘G’ rather than ‘PG’ in the past.

* “No Holds Barred” starring Hulk Hogan, which cost less than $100,000, is expected to make $300,000.

* There are three models still being considered for the WWE Network which include broad/basic distribution, a pay TV format and a third “over-the-top” format.

* Monday Night Wars is expected to be one of the shows on the WWE Network.

* WWE has seen a 27% to 34% buy increase over the past year in High Definition pay-per-view buys, which carry a $10 up charge.
  • ExtremeWrestlingFan

    The writting got much better? It’s gotten worse! Hey Vince! Do you recall being fired by your son in law, only to somehow have power to fire Johhny Ace? John Cena’s random Star Wars referrence? How the hell did Zack Ryder and Cena became friends again (even after the fact during the time with Eve), Cena said “I lost a good friend in Zack Ryder!”? AJ being General Manager despite her being crazy? After finding out who the hell the Annonymous Raw GM is, we have Hornswoggle which during that time didn’t even speak one word of English? Seriously Vince? Seriously!?

  • Th_Mssngr

    Good news on the PPV buys, but that Tout app number of downloads is nothing to shout about, with millions of viewers each week; that’s about 2% of all US viewers, if my maths is correct (probably not). He really needs to see the light on this.