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WWE Statistics

STARTENDATTENDANCE EVENTS PPV BUYS RAW RATING PPV REV 1/1/2014 12/31/2014 1,931,000 318 2,292,000 3.4 45.2 1/1/2013 12/31/2013 1,924,100 321 3,838,000 3.4 82.5 1/1/2012 12/31/2012 1,854,100 314 4,023,000 3.3 83.6 1/1/2011 12/31/2011 1,976,500 321 3,842,100 3.6 78.3 1/1/2010 12/31/2010 2,155,700 327 3,631,100 3.5 70.2 1/1/2009 12/31/2009 2,383,800 342 4,490,200 3.7 80.0 1/1/2008 12/31/2008 2,203,300 319 5,034,400 3.4 91.4 1/1/2007 12/31/2007 2,115,300 308 5,200,800 3.7 94.3 5/1/2006 12/31/2006 1,312,180 246 3,287,300 3.9 53.4 5/1/2005 4/30/2006 1,713,840 300 6,241,100 4.0 94.8 5/1/2004 4/30/2005 1,616,875 325 5,280,800 3.7 85.5 5/1/2003 4/30/2004 1,646,974 329 5,604,000 3.8 95.3 5/1/2002 4/30/2003 1,815,177 327 5,378,100 3.7 91.1 5/1/2001 4/30/2002 2,032,754 237 7,135,464 4.6 112.0 5/1/2000 4/30/2001 2,449,800 212 8,010,400 5.0 128.2 5/1/1999 4/30/2000 2,485,100 206 6,884,600 6.2 106.4 5/1/1998 4/30/1999 2,273,701 199 5,365,100 5.0 81.0 5/1/1997 4/30/1998 1,576,112 218 2,936,100 3.1
5/1/1996 4/30/1997 1,060,740 199 2,252,200 2.4
5/1/1995 4/30/1996 931,954 247 2,831,700 3.0
5/1/1994 4/30/1995 1,163,259 347 1,868,900 3.0
WWE Attendance per Event
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Average Revenue per PPV Buy
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Essentially, WWE was getting about half of the PPV revenue prior to the WWE Network launch.
From a monthly basis, WWE PPVs stats were:
STARTRATINGPRICE AVG MONTHLY 1/1/2013 3.4 $42.99 5,994 319,833 1/1/2012 3.3 $41.56 5,905 335,250 1/1/2011 3.6 $40.76 6,157 320,175 1/1/2010 3.5 $38.67 6,592 302,592 1/1/2009 3.7 $35.63 6,970 374,183 1/1/2008 3.4 $36.31 6,907 419,533 1/1/2007 3.7 $36.26 6,868 433,400 5/1/2006 3.9 $32.49 5,334 410,913 5/1/2005 4.0 $30.38 5,713 520,092 5/1/2004 3.7 $32.38 4,975 440,067 5/1/2003 3.8 $34.01 5,006 467,000 5/1/2002 3.7 $33.88 5,551 448,175 5/1/2001 4.6 $31.39 8,577 594,622 5/1/2000 5.0 $32.01 11,556 667,533 5/1/1999 6.2 $30.91 12,064 573,717 5/1/1998 5.0 $30.20 11,426 447,092
If we look at these variables, we can regress on Rating, ln(price), avg attendance and estimate average monthly PPV buys.
2015 Stats Rating = 3.3 (first 9 months of 2015) ln(Price) = ln($9.99) = 2.30 Avg Attendance = 5,770 (first 10 months of 2015) Estimated Monthly PPV Buys at $9.99 = 1,057,840
Actual average paid subscribers for WWE Network in 2015? 1,106,000. Error? -4.3%.
The concept of 3M to 4M monthly paid subscribers for WWE Network seems very difficult without a huge increase in the event attendance and Raw ratings.