NOTES & NEWS FOR JANUARY 7, 2010
- 01/07/2010 (12:20:12 pm)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
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Just received word that Superstar Billy Graham in now in Phoenix, recuperating from his cancer surgery. He had 5 spots removed from his nose, all sun related. Also Billy and Valerie are back together. More surgery is expected to be performed on his finger.
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"The Rock" Dwayne Johnson will be appearing on the following shows to plug his latest movie The Tooth Fairy.
Letterman.............1/19
Kimmel................1/21
Regis...................1/20
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Raw did a 3.6 rating and 5.6 million viewers, which is the same number that they did last week. The show did hours of 3.51 and 3.73.
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Thanks to Mike Informer for these links:
The Ladies of the WWE: Idea Makers
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We confirmed that Ric Flair has signed a one year deal for guaranteed money. The deal allows him to work outside the company and take on endorsement and sponsorship opportunities. His first storyline will be as the mentor of A.J. Styles. Flair did so well with the Lottery tickets, I'm sure more will be coming. I won $20 with my tickets. LOL
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BG James was interviewed at www.carnagecrew.net.
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UFC destroyed all the PPV records in 2009, doing an estimated 7,755,000 buys (and given most of the numbers are first estimates, and that the nature of domestic PPV is numbers will usually increase 8-12% from the original estimate, the number could very conceivably approach 8.5 million.
Using the 7,755,000 figure, that would mean a $349 million PPV gross. The all-time record for a single company was set last year by UFC of an estimated $283 million. The all-time record for boxing was set in 2007 at $255 million, while the all-time record for pro wrestling was set by WWE in 2001 at $260 million.
What is most amazing about this is that if it wasn’t for extremely bad luck, that figure would have been significantly higher. Losing the Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin fight from UFC 106 cost the company 500,000 buys, and you could argue more. Losing Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans from UFC 107 cost 300,000 buys, and perhaps more.
UFC 100, headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, ended up as the fourth biggest PPV event in history, trailing only boxing matches with Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield and Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis. UFC topped the 500,000 mark six times in its 13 PPV shows of the year, the same number of times as last year."
Using the 7,755,000 figure, that would mean a $349 million PPV gross. The all-time record for a single company was set last year by UFC of an estimated $283 million. The all-time record for boxing was set in 2007 at $255 million, while the all-time record for pro wrestling was set by WWE in 2001 at $260 million.
What is most amazing about this is that if it wasn’t for extremely bad luck, that figure would have been significantly higher. Losing the Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin fight from UFC 106 cost the company 500,000 buys, and you could argue more. Losing Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans from UFC 107 cost 300,000 buys, and perhaps more.
UFC 100, headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, ended up as the fourth biggest PPV event in history, trailing only boxing matches with Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield and Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis. UFC topped the 500,000 mark six times in its 13 PPV shows of the year, the same number of times as last year."
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DDP's appearance on Good Morning Atlanta promoting his Yoga system is
online at YRG Fitness Program | FOX 5 Atlanta | myfoxatlanta.com
online at YRG Fitness Program | FOX 5 Atlanta | myfoxatlanta.com
JR is new to twitter: http://twitter.com/JRsBBQ
So is Tommy Dreamer: http://twitter.com/THETOMMYDREAMER
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