Mark Shapiro talks cutting back on WWE house shows
Added 2023-12-05 20:52:45 +0000 UTCTKO COO Mark Shapiro spoke yesterday at the UBS media conference had the following to say on WWE house shows: "While there's a reason to have them because it's good for the brand , we're building audience, we're putting them on in C and D counties, so we're really stretching the brand and we're amassing a greater array of eyeballs from all demos so it's good for our long-term growth. Through a margin perspective, they are dilutive. So there's probably an opportunity as we go through our efficiencies and our synergy opportunities to cut back on some of those non televised events which of course will push our margin up so we are going through that exercise now."
Link to post with full 2 minute audio clip: https://x.com/BrandonThurston/status/1732135017394868403?s=20
Comments
TV attendance is already huge, so I'm not sure how much more running fewer house shows would help.
Michael W Rickard II
2023-12-06 14:21:42 +0000 UTCAew needs anything right now. They are in a bad place ticket sales wise. This will also make wwe even bigger. Less shows means more people attending the live (T.V.) shows π€·ββοΈ
Ryan Dinges
2023-12-06 12:16:24 +0000 UTCThis would help AEW less WWE shows would really help AEW in a lot of markets imo.
Joel Allison
2023-12-05 20:54:34 +0000 UTC
