– Shane McMahon, who is no longer a WWE employee, still owns 675,249 shares of WWE stock, worth $10,810,736. He also has another 631,761 shares, worth $10,114,493, earmarked for him in a 2004 trust set up by his father Vince.
Speaking of Vince, he’s not doing too bad himself. His 4.5 million shares of stock are currently worth a staggering $720,450,000.
(Stock values based on 5/25 stock price of $16 per share)
– Tuesday’s episode of WWE NXT drew a 0.8 cable rating and averaged 1.191 million viewers – down a bit from last week. The NXT winner will be crowned next week – the remaining contestants are Wade Barrett, David Otunga and Justin Gabriel.
– While this year’s WrestleMania pay-per-view buyrate likely took a hit due to the fact that the UFC ran an event the night before, WWE won’t have the same problem next year. WrestleMania 27 takes place on Sunday, April 3rd, while UFC’s closest event takes place a week prior, on Saturday March 26th. (Source: Wrestling Observer)
