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WWE SELLING PPVS TO A TV NETWORK, ROYALTY CHECKS, CATERING AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2018-10-09 10:00:00

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As we keep hearing WWE’s main source of income is the TV deals. With that being said, wouldn’t they make more money from trying to sell, say 12 PPV’s (or special events as they would have to be called) inc Wrestlemania to a TV network instead of keeping them on the WWE Network?

It would depend on how much someone would pay them for it.  If they move those shows to another outlet, it would surely affect subs for the Network, unless they could get someone to agree to let them air the shows live on the Network as well.  Even if they could get that, to a lot of people the PPVs are the reason the buy the Network. If they aired on basic cable or broadcast TV, that would surely cost WWE subs.  So, it would depend on how much they could sell the shows for as to whether they would do it.

How does WWE pay out royalties for the use of Doink the clown likeness with so many wrestlers constantly playing the role?

Royalties are paid solely at the discretion of WWE.  They decide how much the talents get.  In that case, it would probably be a case of whoever was playing the character in the scenario in question.

Can you explain what it's like at WWE catering and what it takes to feed a roster of men over 250? The Big Show alone would cost a small army to feed. I couldn't imagine how much food has to be ordered.

It’s really not that big of a deal.  There are companies in every market that can handle events like that.

Jessie Ventura said that Vince McMahon hated having to deal with him because he was in the actors Union so McMahon had to go through his agent to get to him. Is that the case now with so many current roster Superstars doing TV and Movies. And if a large majority of the roster is now in the Actors Guild, are the non acting wrestlers upset they can't take advantage of the health insurance benefits?

WWE strongly discourages talent from joining the union.   The talent pays heed to that suggestion.

Ronda Rousey's T-shirt is an exact replica of Rowdy Piper's T-Shirt and WWE licensed Kevin Owens "Yep" T-shirts to mirror Daniel Bryan's "Yes" shirts. Did Rousey and Owens have to split the profits with Piper and Bryant due to copying their licensed branded shirts?

In the case of Bryan and KO, it’s WWE march so they get whatever WWE decides that they get.  I am not sure what the logistics of Rousey/WWE’s deal with the Piper family is.

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