– WrestleMania has once again made the top 10 of Forbes’ “Fab 40: The World’s Most Valuable Sports Brands” events list for the third year in a row. WrestleMania came in at number five, behind the Super Bowl, the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and FIFA’s World Cup.
Forbes valued WrestleMania at $180 million, a 5.9% Âchange from one year ago. #5 is a very impressive showing for WWE, with Forbes valuing WrestleMania higher than the World Series, college football playoffs, the college basketball Final Four and the Daytona 500.
According to Forbes, WrestleMania 32 in Dallas generated $29.4M in live event, WWE Network and stadium merchandise revenue, 18% more than the previous year’s event in Santa Clara. For more information, click this link.
– WWE has announced that the November 16th NXT Live Event from The Theater at Madison Square Garden will be headlined by NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura teaming with Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano to take on Samoa Joe and the NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival. Other stars being advertised for this enormous event include NXT Women’s Champion Asuka, Roderick Strong, Eric Young, Ember Moon, Bobby Roode, No Way Jose, Tye Dillinger, Cedric Alexander, and Nikki Cross.
– Below are clips featuring WWE Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler discussing Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the US Presidential Election:
#YourRight
Public Service Announcement#Election2016
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part 1 of 2 pic.twitter.com/PlYwH044ZP— Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) November 2, 2016
#YourRight
Public Service Announcement#Election2016
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part 2 of 2 pic.twitter.com/9HMnZ8yLfy— Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) November 2, 2016
