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WWE Signs Three Top Executives To New Contracts, Details On Their New Deals

According to a new SEC filing, WWE has signed George Barrios, Kevin Dunn and Michelle Wilson to new deals this week that will see the three top company executives earn 174,095 shares of WWE stock each, as long as they stay with the company through July 2018, and as long as the company reaches certain financial goals.

The 174,095 shares of WWE stock is worth approximately three million dollars.

The new deal also gives each executive a one-year non-compete clause in their new deals, if they do decide to leave the company.

WWE Executive Talks WWE Network Commercials, Subscription Prices & More

WWE executive Michelle Wilson recently spoke to The Street website’s Chris Ciaccia about the company deciding to add commercial content to the WWE Network. “For $9.99 per month, WWE Network is an extraordinary value proposition, which includes all 12 pay-per-views live, and we have no plans to change that or raise the price,” Wilson said.

When asked which advertising partners they will be working with, Wilson replied, “WWE Network has opened up conversations with new partners and expanded relationships with existing partners,” she responded. “So far, the companies that will be advertising on WWE Network in 2014-2015 include Pepsi Mt. Dew, Mattel, Kmart, 2K Sports, and Pure TalkUSA.”

For more, visit TheStreet.com.

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  • Backstage News On A Power Struggle Involving HHH, Steph & Key Executives

    Inside WWE right now, people are discussing a current power struggle going on involving Triple H and Stephanie McMahon on one side and WWE executives George Barrios and Michelle Wilson on the other.

    For those wondering, Barrios and Wilson were the key executives in charge of both the WWE Network launch and the new WWE cable television deal, neither of which were anywhere near as successful as the company had hoped for.

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  • Details On WWE’s New Randy Savage Documentary, SummerSlam Marketing

    – WWE’s new Randy Savage documentary DVD project is expected to be released on November 18th.

    – Multichannel News has a new article up with comments from WWE executive Michelle Wilson, focusing on the marketing of this Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view. You can check that out at Multichannel.com.

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  • Huge WWE Executive Pay Breakdown: Vince, Stephanie, HHH Earnings Revealed

    The following is a breakdown of WWE executive pay. Senior management within the company currently consists of Vince McMahon (CEO), George Barrios (CFO & Chief Strategy Officer), Michelle Wilson (Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer), Stephanie McMahon (Chief Branding Officer), Paul Levesque (Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events and Creative), Kevin Dunn (Executive Producer), Casey Collins (Executive Vice President of Consumer Products), Michael Luisi (President, WWE Studios), Gerret Meier (Executive Vice President, International), Laura Brevetti (Senior Vice President, General Counsel) and Basil DeVito Jr. (Senior Advisor, Business Strategy).

    The current base salaries are Vince McMahon at $1,184,500, George Barrios at $700,000, Triple H at $550,000 (as well as a $1 million per year contract as a talent), Kevin Dunn at $700,000 and Michael Luisi at $600,000.

    Actual total compensation, which includes stock grants, for the top WWE executives in 2013 saw Vince McMahon end up with $1,724,958 (McMahon doesn’t receive additional stock grants since he owns so much company stock to begin with). In 2012, McMahon’s earnings were $2,456,359, and in 2011 were $1,111,395. The difference in 2011 was mainly because McMahon earned no additional compensation from profit incentives in 2011. The profit levels needed for incentives to begin for senior management lowered in 2012, so he ended up earning an additional $1.3 million that way.

    Also in 2013, Barrios earned $1,378,197. Triple H earned $2,511,331 in 2013. His actual earnings as a talent between match payoffs, as well as merchandise and licensing money was $1,868,639. In 2012, HHH made $2,912,231, which was $488,482 in executive salary, $305,000 in profit sharing incentive bonuses and $2,118,769 as a talent. In 2011, Triple H earned $336,538 as an executive, $74,100 in stock grants and $2,074,042 as a talent, for a total of $2,484,680 for the year.

    In 2013, Dunn earned $1,744,184. Luisi earned $1,403,228. Stephanie McMahon earned $778,394 in 2013, $325,000 of which was as a television talent.

    As far as WWE stock goes, Vince McMahon is obviously the top earner, with 39,272,641 shares, which has a current value of approximately $1.21 billion. Linda McMahon, who has 9,066,770 shares, which is currently valued at $280.2 million. Stephanie McMahon has 2,511,071, so despite her selling off so much stock last year, with the recent stock increase, she’s still worth about $77.6 million in stock alone. Triple H owns 50,764 shares, which is currently valued at $1.57 million.

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  • Backstage News On Who Would Take Over WWE If Vince McMahon Was Gone

    Despite the rumor that AMC Networks was interested in purchasing controlling interest in WWE, investors don’t believe that Vince McMahon would be willing to sell controlling interest in his company. However, there is apparently some concern over what would take place if something were to happen to McMahon.

    The general feeling is that Stephanie McMahon has taken a step back lately, and that Paul Levesque (Triple H) is not someone who could legitimately take over the role as CEO of a public company. Basically, while HHH has great knowledge of the wrestling business itself, his actual years of experience in management, as well as the non-wrestling obligations that a CEO has to deal with, is not something he has expertise in.

    This would pretty much leave current WWE executives Michelle Wilson and/or George Barrios in the lead. The question on Barrios is his knowledge of the modern media landscape, as well as the wrestling side of things. In the case of Wilson, her knowledge of the wrestling aspect is also a question.

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  • Senior WWE Management Receive Stock Grants, Recent WWE Attendance Figures

    WWE senior management received a number of stock grants on February 24th. The breakdown of these stock grants are as follows:

  • Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Michelle Wilson received 33,493 shares to make her total 107,694.
  • Chief Strategy and Financial Officer George Barrios received 33,493 shares to make his total 216,992.
  • The President of WWE Studios, Michael Luisi, received 33,493 shares to make his total 123,809.
  • Executive Producer Kevin Dunn received 44,326 shares to make his total 290,574.
  • Senior Adviser of Business Strategies Basil DeVito Jr. received 8,334 shares to make his total 76,882.
  • Executive Vice President of Consumer Products Collins Casey received 10,166 shares to make his total 19,541.

    The following are some recent WWE attendance figures:

  • WWE live event on March 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada drew approximately 6,500 fans.
  • WWE live event on March 8th in Salt Lake City, Utah drew approximately 3,500 fans.
  • WWE live event on March 8th at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York drew approximately 14,000 fans.
  • WWE live event on March 9th in Jonesboro, Arkansas drew approximately 5,000 fans.
  • WWE live event in Jackson, Tennessee drew approximately 2,000 fans.
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    (Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)