-Barrios said they expect growth “from almost all our businesses” in 2015.
-The opened up the phone lines to callers.
-The first caller asked about which remaining markets have the most upside potential for WWE Network. Barrios said they were going to stay away from making predictions, but even they were surprised in a positive way in the UK.
-A caller asked whether they will continue to offer free months of WWE Network for new subscribers. Barrios said they aren’t ready to commit yet.
-Barrios was asked about pricing for WrestleMania and availability. He said they expect to be on all the outlets they are on, and he said they don’t set the pricing.
-The next caller asked whether WrestleMania will be included on WWE Network. Barrios said it will be included in the network subscription “and will continue to be.”
-Barrios said most of the network subscriptions are on a month-to-month basis at this time (there may be some holdovers from the previous pricing plans that will convert once those subscriptions expire).
-Barrios said live programming has done well for the network. He said NXT is only on the network (in the U.S.), yet it trends on Twitter regularly and is popular, especially when it’s live.
-A caller asked reaching MMA fans and whether signing talent from MMA is the approach. Barrios spoke about how they are different than MMA and didn’t address the talent question.
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.
