{"id":8948,"date":"2010-11-04T17:10:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T22:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=8948"},"modified":"2010-11-04T17:12:23","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T22:12:23","slug":"wwe-stock-rises-on-earnings-ppv-buyrates-disappoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/11\/04\/wwe-stock-rises-on-earnings-ppv-buyrates-disappoint\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Stock Rises on Earnings, PPV Buyrates Disappoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While investors saw enough to like in WWE&#8217;s third-quarter earnings announcement to send the stock up 2.22% Thursday, the wrestling media was quick to point out that pay-per-view buyrates again disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming figures strongly in line with earlier estimates, WWE revealed that all three of its Q3 pay-per-views were down in comparison to last year&#8217;s numbers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/wwe-monday-night-raw-las\/image\/6162132?term=vince+mcmahon\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/6162132\/wwe-monday-night-raw-las\/wwe-monday-night-raw-las.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=6162132\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"WWE Monday Night Raw In Las Vegas\" height=\"162\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"LAS VEGAS - AUGUST 24:  (L-R) Wrestler Triple H, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon and wrestler Shawn Michaels appear in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Most disappointing was Money in the Bank, which drew a mere 165,000 buys in July of 2010.  Down significantly from the 267,000 buys garnered by Night of Champions in July of 2009, the show is particularly disappointing given the perceived value of the MITB gimmick and strong industry optimism about the show.<\/p>\n<p>Summerslam, featuring the big Nexus vs. WWE RAW match, was down from 369,000 buys to 350,000.  While a decline like that year-over-year is not uncommon for WWE&#8217;s portfolio, given the fact that last year&#8217;s Summerslam was considered a bomb, August was a month in which many were expecting WWE to post pay-per-view growth.<\/p>\n<p>September&#8217;s Night of Champions garnered 165,000 buys, down from 169,000 from Breaking Point in September of 2009.  This comparison is complicated; one can choose to either admire the fact that WWE&#8217;s September was basically on par or criticize Night of Champions for its loss of more than 100,000 buys from when the show aired in July of 2009.  As Breaking Point was considered a weak pay-per-view, the latter comparison is probably more logical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WWE Stock Rises on Earnings, PPV Buyrates Disappoint<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While investors saw enough to like in WWE&#039;s third-quarter earnings announcement to send the stock up 2.22% Thursday, the wrestling media was quick to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/11\/04\/wwe-stock-rises-on-earnings-ppv-buyrates-disappoint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WWE Stock Rises on Earnings, PPV Buyrates Disappoint\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While investors saw enough to like in WWE&#039;s third-quarter earnings announcement to send the stock up 2.22% Thursday, the wrestling media was quick to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/11\/04\/wwe-stock-rises-on-earnings-ppv-buyrates-disappoint\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-11-04T22:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-11-04T22:12:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/view3.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/6162132\/wwe-monday-night-raw-las\/wwe-monday-night-raw-las.jpg?size=234&imageId=6162132\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/11\/04\/wwe-stock-rises-on-earnings-ppv-buyrates-disappoint\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/11\/04\/wwe-stock-rises-on-earnings-ppv-buyrates-disappoint\/\",\"name\":\"WWE Stock Rises on Earnings, PPV Buyrates Disappoint\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-04T22:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-11-04T22:12:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"While investors saw enough to like in WWE's third-quarter earnings announcement to send the stock up 2.22% Thursday, the wrestling media was quick to\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/11\/04\/wwe-stock-rises-on-earnings-ppv-buyrates-disappoint\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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