PPV Buy Rates Released for WWE Royal Rumble, Fastlane & WrestleMania 31

April 30, 2015

In total, WrestleMania 31 brought in 1.326 million viewers with Network subscribers and PPV buys included. This number is up from the 1.185 million total viewers WrestleMania 30 brought in.

WWE reported a total of $9 million in PPV revenue for the first quarter of 2015. This includes the Royal Rumble, Fastlane and WrestleMania.

Other buys include:

-The Royal Rumble was updated from 141,000 to 145,000 buys. This is down from last year’s 467,000 buys but the Rumble was not available on the Network last year.

-The Fastlane pay-per-view drew 46,000 buys. This is down from last year’s 183,000 buys for Elimination Chamber, which also was not available on the Network.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.