- WWE CEO Linda McMahon was on CNBC's Mad Money with Jim Cramer to talk
about the company, the dividend increase and their international business.
The host of the show called WWE the "diamond in the rough" and said that
Wall Street keeps ignoring the company because they're a bunch of snobs who
don't watch professional wrestling. Before bringing McMahon out, Cramer went
over some of the impressive numbers WWE pulled for their last quarter. A
very positive piece for WWE, who as of this writing, is trading at 18.60, a
4.49% increase over yesterday's closing. Today the stock hit the 52 week
high of 18.65. Before the segment ended, Linda McMahon presented Cramer with
a shiny spinning WWE championship replica.
- The 3/11 edition of ECW on Sci Fi did a 1.2 cable rating.
- Goldberg and Headbanger Mosh both signed for Jakks Classic Superstars line.
- For the week of 3/3 to 3/9, Raw finished in fourth and fifth place in the weekly cable ratings. The North Carolina vs. Duke college basketball game on ESPN finished in first place, followed by Spongebob, and Project Runway.
- Recent WWE attendance figures:
- 2/29 Raw in Cape Girardeau, MO drew 5,000 fans for a $160,000 gate.
- 3/1 Raw in Louisville, KY drew a sell out crowd of 5,500 fans and a $165,000 gate.
- 3/1 Smackdown in Ft. Wayne, IN drew 4,500 fans.
- 3/2 Raw in Danville, IL drew a sellout of 3,500 fans paying $120,000.
- 3/2 Smackdown in Muncie, IN drew 3,000 fans paying $100,000.
- The UFC PPV on 3/1 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio drew a nearly full house of 16,431 paid for a reported $2.2 million gate.
