Highlights of an interview with the Hollywood Reporter:
On weaker TV ratings going into WrestleMania 25:
"Quite frankly our TV ratings have been very good. We averaged over a 4, I think, three weeks ago. Last week and the week before it was a bit less so because of a number of factors: how many people watched TV and one-off events. What you have to look at is our overall reach in the course of a week. On TV, we reach over 15 million people each and every week, 52 weeks a year."
If he sees TNA as a competition or a cause for concern:
"My concern with TNA is not in terms of competition. My concern with TNA is that they are TV-14, and we are PG. They have to change with the times. I think some of the things they do on television are reprehensible, but it is a TV-14 rating. That's the only bone I have to pick with them. Their TV ratings are a fraction of ours."
If the success of UFC has affected WWE business:
"Most people thought at one point that we would be competitors. But it turns out they are not competition to us at all, or hardly at all. They are sport, we are entertainment; it's a huge difference. The revenue they have cut into is that of boxing."
March 25, 2009
Interview with Vince McMahon
This Day in Wrestling History
The WWF(E) held their draft on RAW, where they split their roster into two separate brands.
March 25, 2002
March 24, 2009
ECW Results: Red is the Color of Money
Kane stood tall at the end of the VIP Lounge on ECW on Sci Fi this week. Full results.
Kizarny Questions WWE Release
When the call came that he had been released by WWE, Kizarny (real name Nick Cvjetkovich) was dumbfounded. As far as he knew, everything was rolling along fine...More?
source: slam wrestling
The Women of the WWE take Center Stage at the NYSE
On Fri., March 27, the women at the forefront of World Wrestling Entertainment® – CEO Linda McMahon; COO Donna Goldsmith; EVP, Creative Development & Operations Stephanie McMahon Levesque; and EVP, Marketing Michelle Wilson will visit the New York Stock Exchange and ring The Opening BellSM to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania and WWE’s fourth theatrical release “12 Rounds” starring WWE Superstar John Cena.
Silence of the McMahons... Err... Lambs
Now that was RAW. That was an episode you did not want to miss. Though it's almost the last minute, the storylines leading up to this year's WrestleMania finally hit their stride in one of the most compelling episodes of RAW in recent memory...More?
source: buddytv.com
Rumor Mill - Stephanie McMahon Injured?
A Wrestling News World fan sent word that Stephanie McMahon was legitimately shaken up after she took a stiff shot from Randy Orton on Monday's Raw. Reportedly, after the show went off television, the referee gave the "x" signal and Stephanie was stretchered out by WWE training staff.
This is possibly a work to further the Triple H/Randy Orton storyline. A similar "Finlay Finish" was used with Umaga a few weeks ago. It was reported that he was injured when he really wasn't. Take this with a grain of salt.
This Day in Wrestling History
Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF(E) Heavyweight title.
March 24, 1991
Goldberg signs with the WWE. Goldberg had been inactive in wrestling after WCW went out of business.
March 24, 2003
Happy Birthday to The Undertaker (Mark Calaway)
March 24, 1965
March 23, 2009
Raw Results: Kiss of Death
