WWE Financials: WWE Buyrates vs. The Last Five Years

Things will be changing due to the WWE Network and the move in business model to the PPVs becoming special events and airing on the WWE Network. Unfortunately WWE saw a decline in PPV business in the final quarter before all PPV heads to the WWE Network. The Royal Rumble PPV, Extreme Rules PPV and buys from prior events were down a total of 67,000 buys from 2013. Here is a look at the PPV buys for both events from the past five years…

Royal Rumble
2014: 467,000 buys
2013: 512,000 buys
2012: 443,000 buys
2011: 446,000 buys
2010: 462,000 buys

Average: 466,000 buys

Elimination Chamber
2014: 183,000 buys
2013: 213,000 buys
2012: 178,000 buys
2011: 199,000 buys
2010: 285,000 buys

Average: 211,600 buys

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