Harrington's B/R, WC, Wrestlenomics Articles

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Awhile ago, Bix had a thread where he posted all of his B/R articles. This week I started writing for Bleacher Report, so I figured that I might start a similar thread.

 

8/6/14 - Wrestlenomics: Updated 2014 WWE Win-Loss Analysis Through Aug. 5

 

8/5/14 - Triple H and Stephanie McMahon Discuss Creative at Needham Fireside Chat

 

8/5/14 - WWE Confirms It's Shutting Down Magazine Division

 

8/4/14 - Breaking Down Biggest Ramifications of Latest WWE Network Subscription Numbers

 

7/31/14 - WWE 2nd-Quarter Conference Call Announces Global WWE Network Launch

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Previously, I'd been writing exclusively over at WhatCulture. Here's an overview of the 46 pieces that I published there.

 

8/1/2014: How Did WWE Answer those Q2 Questions?

7/28/2014: Important Questions the WWE must answer During Q2 Call

7/15/2014: 10 Remedies For An Ailing WWE Network

6/28/2014: 7 ECW Stars That Failed In WWE

6/25/2014: WWE Reveals Surprising Numbers For Extreme Rules

6/23/2014: 12 WWE Stars Who Got Lost In The Mix

6/17/2014: Has WWE Killed Their PPV Business?

6/14/2014: Is WWE TV Becoming Stagnant?

6/9/2014: 6 Things You Need To Know About ECW’s Wrestlenomics

6/3/2014: Is WWE Becoming Stagnant?

6/3/2014: WWE WrestleMania 30 Buys Has Shocking Implications For Network

5/29/2014: 10 Least Successful WWE Tag Teams Of The Last 20 Years

5/28/2014: 33 Wrestlers That Have Appeared In The Most Video Games

5/28/2014: 3 Big Dilemmas WWE Network Must Face

5/24/2014: Calculating Global Demand For WWE Network

5/18/2014: 10 Key Questions To Ask Monday’s WWE Conference Call

5/16/2014: WWE’s New TV Deal: What We Know

5/13/2014: Surprisingly Large MLS Deal Fuels Speculation On WWE TV Rights

5/7/2014: WWE Investors Remain Confused Over Domestic TV Rights Negotiation Delays

5/1/2014: WWE’s Q1 Conference Call – Everything We Learned

4/29/2014: What WWE Investors Want To Learn At Thursday’s Q1 Update

4/26/2014: What Is The Future Of Domestic WWE PPV?

4/22/2014: WWE Wrestler Death Rates Investigated

4/18/2014: WWE Analysis: Is Daniel Bryan A Weaker Live Event Draw Than John Cena?

4/16/2014: WWE Reports 400,000 Domestic Buys For WrestleMania 30

4/15/2014: WWE Network: Does Another Free Trial Week Suggest Desperation?

4/14/2014: The Ultimate Warrior: 4 Incredible Secrets & Facts About His Career

4/8/2014: Reaction To WWE Network Subscriber Number Misses Real Story

4/7/2014: What Does 667,287 Subscribers Mean For WWE Network?

4/2/2014: WWE Network And TV Rights: The Waiting Game

3/27/2014: WWE: Fact Checking Forbes’ Article On Vince McMahon

3/26/2014: 6 Jobs That WWE Must Create

3/25/2014: WWE WrestleMania 30: Why Dish Network Relented And Will Now Carry It

3/21/2014: WWE Royal Rumble & Elimination Chamber 2014 Buy Estimates

3/19/2014: WWE: John Cena Has Not Had 3,500 Matches

3/18/2014: WWE: Analysing The 5 Networks WWE Is Negotiating TV Rights With

3/15/2014: 5 Companies That Would Want To Buy WWE

3/13/2014: AMC Want To Buy WWE? – Merger Rumours Drive Stock Spike

3/10/2014: 10 Ways WWE Can Maintain Their Current Business Success

3/5/2014: 14 WWE Network Risks That WWE Worries About

3/5/2014: WWE’s Current 15 Year Stock High Is Tied To Their Domestic TV Future

2/28/2014: WWE: 20 Most Prolific PPV Wrestlers Of All Time

2/27/2014: WWE Network Launch: All The Key Questions Answered

2/25/2014: WWE: 8 Modern PPVs That Performed Miserably

2/20/2014: 10 Controversies Of The WWE Network

2/18/2014: WWE RAW: 16 Biggest Ratings Movers (2011-2013)

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Thanks for putting these in one place. I hope you'll continue to update!

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8/10/14: Wrestlenomics of Alberto Del Rio's WWE Career

 

8/12/14: Analyzing WWE's Ambitious Global Network Launch

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8/14/14: Analyzing Brock Lesnar's value to the WWE in the era of the WWE Network

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8/18/14: Breaking Down WWE's Hard Sell of $9.99 Price Point for WWE Network

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Today's piece was deceptively straight-forward.

 

8/22/14: Analyzing Brock Lesnar and WWE's History of Young Champions

 

Disclaimer: I don't really analyze Brock Lesnar. However, I did a ton of work to try and look at young champions. This included pulling birthdays for 900+ wrestlers, looking at 20 years of wrestling results, and trying to figure out how WWE magically keeps their roster always in that 32-33 sweet spot.

 

You can get a taste of what I calculated over at: https://sites.google.com/site/chrisharrington/avg_age_wwe_1993_2014

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8/25/14: Evaluating the Strategy of the WWE Network roll-out thus far

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I wrote a tome as the follow-up to Monday's piece: 8/29/2014: Breaking Down what WWE must do to Improve WWE Network adoption rates

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Two new pieces which are related to one another:

 

9/2/2014: Examining the Keys to Successfully Repackaging WWE Superstars

9/3/2014: 5 WWE Superstars Who need to be Repackaged Immediately

 

I can save you the clicks.

 

The three important elements: youth, talent, programming.

My five suggestions: Emma, Justin Gabriel, Zack Ryder and Big E. I also pitch Christian as a new manager.

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WWE SmackDown Continues to Struggle with Remaining Relevant

 

Reasonable and Unreasonable Solutions to Curing an Ailing WWE SmackDown

 

Wrestlenomics: Breaking Down Glenn Jacobs' WWE Career

 

Biggest Takeaways from WWE House Show Attendance

 

Delay of WWE Network in U.K. Underscores the Importance of WWE's TV Rights Deals

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I haven't been updated this lately, but here are three things I did in the last two weeks:

 

Things I've published recently:

 

* Will WWE be bringing WrestleMania to Minneapolis? (WhatCulture)

* Comprehensive WWE/NXT 2014 Stats (IndeedWrestling.com)

* WWE Again Announces Plans to Launch the WWE Network in UK and Ireland (Bleacher Report)

 

I've got a big piece (5 Keys for WWE in 2015) for SeekingAlpha which I'm working on this week.