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WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS HISTORY
Year Total Revenue Profit/Loss
1994-95 $87,352,00 -$4,431,000
1995-96 $85,815,000 $3,319,000
1996-97 $81,863,000 -$6,505,000
1997-98 $126,231,000 $8,446,000
1998-99 $251,474,000 $56,030,000
1999-00 $373,100,000 $68,973,000
2000-01 $456,043,000 $15,987,000*
2001-02 $409,622,000 $42,233,000**
2002-03 $374,364,000 -$19,455,000***
2003-04 $374,909,000 $48,192,000
2004-05 $366,431,000 $39,147,000****
2005-06 $400,051,000 $47,047,000*****
2006 (5/06 to 12/06) $262,937,000 $31,617,000
2007 $485,655,000 $52,137,000******
2008 $526,457,000 $45,416,000
2009 $471,161,000 $50,303,000
2010 $477,655,000 $53,452,000
2011 $483,921,000 $24,832,000*******
2012 $484,000,000 $31,400,000********
2013 $508,000,000 $2,800,000*********
2014 $542,600,000 -$30,100,000
2015 $658,768,000 $23,927,000
2016 $729,216,000 $33,725,000
Note: WWE operated on a fiscal year from May 1 to April 30 until changing to January 1 to December 31 in 2006. The 2006 numbers reflect the period from May 1 to December 31, or an eight month total
*Wrestling profits for the year were $84,981,000, but the WWF’s share of the 50% of the XFL losses was $68,994,000. Total XFL losses for 2001, the only season of the league, were $137,988,000, half of which were covered by NBC.
**Wrestling profit for the year was $42,948,000. Also figured in was a tax break of $4,638,000 for shutting down the XFL, offset by losses of $4,903,000 from operation of The World restaurant.
***Wrestling profits were $16,362,000; offset by $35,557,000 in losses due to the operation and closing of The World restaurant.
****Wrestling profits were $37,778,000; also figured in was a tax break of $1,369,000 for shutting down The World restaurant.
losing 6 million in 1996 and then making 56 million profit 2 years later
Austin really did save wrestling from Shawn Michaels
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yes we all knew diesel and hbgay were antidraws this isnt news
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>>2310786
its crazy that adjusted for inflation that 456,043,000 dollars in 2000-2001 is a bit more than 2016's profit, but wrestling and WWF has just nowhere near the cultural or social cache it once enjoyed. What was once a hip, edgy, popular company has been turned into a boring, lifeless cog in a bigger machine by the step-by-step number crunchers and corporate stooges where turning profit is the bottom line.
Sucks. For all the shit Hollywood and television and music get for being sell-out corporate junk, at least they produce interesting art once in awhile. WWE is just truly awful.
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Based no dimes Michaels trying to kill man drama so we all do something better in our lives
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Who has been in the most stables in WWE history? I'm thinking Randy has to be up there.
>evolution
>legacy
>the authority
>wyatts
4... anyone got him beat?
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DX
Evolution
Authority
Corporation
if hhh forms the rumored stable with joe and others he will have more
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>>2310767
If you count the corporate ministry then he wins
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>>2310770
I think if you were in the Corporate Ministry it has to count as one with the Corporation/Ministry.
X-Pac
>million dollar corporation
>nWo
>DX
>X-Factor
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f-fuck b-b-bros, i kn-know it doesnt start f-for another few hours... b-but we lost again... why is SmA+ck so much better than us? Old Day Rocks btw...
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kek the state of RAMettys
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>>2310718
this should be fucking good
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The only saving grace for the RAWtists is the possible Chris Jericho response promo.
If he wasn't competing against the most unexpected angle of all time (Hogan heel turn), could he have drawn some dimes?
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No because he didn't draw his second run either and his retirement match at WM26 did the lowest buyrate since WM19.
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>>2310660
no, his spectacular talents don't register to the greater population. his kinda like a prestige wrestler, you'd rather have him than let WCW or someone else have him, same thing with Taker.
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Shawn apparently did good numbers on house shows.
>>2310662
>blaming HBK for 26's buyrate
Why do Cena, Batista, Edge, Jericho & Undertaker get a pass?
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>Hey guys RAW is about to come on who wants to watch?
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About a million more people than Cuckdown
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>>2310633
Girl in the top left feels bad and makes a "can you believe these assholes?" face to relieve the tension. Raw and chill with that one.
Black guy looks like he wants to say yes but has read the room.
Dude in the sunglasses isn't even looking the right way.
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You now remember WCW Nitro parties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQbZzfiGhc
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the attitude era was only successful because of Rock and Austin
both were once in a lifetime talents and they came along at the same time
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>>2310621
Rock had little to do with it. Austin was a paradigm shift, same with NWO, which helped fuel WWF as much as it fueled WCW.
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>>2310628
this
if the nWo angle didn't happen, both companies would have continued getting 2.0-2.2 ratings and kept declining. The nWo angle forced a change in content from WWF, even if it took them a year to do so
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>>2310631
WWF was doing terrible before Nash and Hall left
even without the NWO Vince had to change things eventually
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>joined one of the hottest, most marketable stables in wrestling today
>poised for success in NJPW
>TNA has access to him
>could book him as a top star to leech off of his future star power
>TNA decides to book him in a LITERALLY A KEK storyline
What the literal fuck is wrong with TNA?
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based moose reclaiming what is rightfully the black man's
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>>2310499
lol this bum is a talentless boring lisping faggot, nobody could do anything with him
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>>2310504
Cody Rhodes is a miracle of the universe you tasteless faggot.
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Why has she been so shit since her call up?
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Her NXT matches were extremely choreographed and she's a cunt irl trying to place some god awful babyface/tweener thing
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>>2310291
They hid her several weaknesses in NXT where everything is prerecorded and rehearsed
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The Oscar ends in a Dusty finish! How hard did you mark?
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Such a work.
>people blaming Beatty
>Snatchy producer throwing a fit
> perfect angel Gosling recieves nothing
>Bullshit Narrative tomorrow about black excellence and harrowing win to drum up attention for a failing award show
>Sad
I'm pretty happy though that they worked themselves into a shoot trying bashing Trump all night
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I think award shows are garbage on principle and never watch them.
I especially have no interest in a night of rich liberal celebrities sniffing each others farts for how brave they are for being rich and famous.
I spent this whole time fapping to asian bitches and listening to obscure noise metal
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>Beattynetty
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when did bullet club stop being cool?
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literally at the moment GFW and JJ joined. thats why LOS is based af now
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Why don't people like Jeff?
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When the young cucks joined
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cuck man phil strikes again
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>>2310232
What did he mean?
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>>2310232
Phil is so cringe. No wonder the smark base went wild for him
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>>2310238
Like honestly, what the fuck did he mean?
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Was this the natural conclusion to wrestling?
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no
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>>2310229
Actually both of these are just part of the falling action
The torch has been passed from Austin to Rock to HHH to cena to lesnar
Lesnar vs reigns II where reigns goes over will be the end
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>>2310237
>brock
absolutely wasted the biggest rub of all time
banned by ufc for roiding
He's a meme, totally devoid of ring psychology. He's the big man's equivalent to manlets spamming flippy shit.
Put Kevin Nash and one of those aforementioned vanilla midgets and you get fucking Brock.
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WWE Champion: Undertaker
Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair
WWE Tag Champs: Randy Orton and Edge
World Tag Champs: Triple H and Steve Austin
IC Champion: Triple H
US Champion: Lance Storm
Cruiserweight Champion: Chavo Guerrero
Hardcore Champion: Kane
Women's Champion: Torrie Wilson
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WWE 2K17:
WWE Champion
>Braun Strowman
World Heavyweight Champion
>Baron Corbin
US Champ
>Roman Reigns
IC Champ
>Karl Anderson
Divashit
>Asuka
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WWE Champion:
>Roman Reigns
IC Champion:
>Dean Ambrose
US Champion:
>Braun Strowman
Tag Team Champions:
>The Gay Cops
Cruiserweight Champion:
>Neville
Womens Champion
>Nia Jax
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>>2310153
very nice list
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HE'S COMING BACK BOYS
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Please no. I dont need his fans jizzing all over my WWE
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>>2310049
>Never Drew Galloway
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Fuck this guy. Couldn't even get over in TNA. What a loser. Can't wrestle. Galletty
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JBL Mexican border promo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9y5LSRCc04
>Mexicans who come to our country and pay NO TAXES (breaths heavily)
Legendary but doesn't ever get talked about
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GOAT
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WWE really should bring back a gimmick similar to JBL
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>>2310047
Couldnt get away with it in the current political climate
Not to mention, part of what made JBL great is that he was playing an exaggerated form of himself