Cappy2020 t1_j91r63k wrote on February 18, 2023 at 4:01 PM

Reply to comment by SFHalfling in Vince McMahon Wants $9 Billion for His WWE Wrestling Media Empire by Sisiwakanamaru

Are you kidding? WWE has similar, if not greater, reach and popularity in the world versus Man Utd. And this coming from a Brit who has supported the club ever since I was a kid.

SFHalfling t1_j91ti8b wrote on February 18, 2023 at 4:18 PM

3.2Billion people watched at least some of the premier league in 2019/2020.

Of those the vast majority are going to know a team that has been in the top 5 for 26 of the 30 years its been running and won it 13 times.

Cappy2020 t1_j91yc3x wrote on February 18, 2023 at 4:51 PM

It’s a massive and illogical leap to go from 3.2bn people watched at least some of the Premier League (so certainly not even a whole game and no guarantee it was a Man Utd game at that), and then deduce from that the majority of those people know about Man Utd, let alone support it financially (through ticket or merchandise purchases etc), which is what accrues such big value to these brands.

Moreover, albeit according to WWE themselves, their programming reaches over 1.2bn people a year worldwide.

> According to WWE's own statistics, its programming reaches over 1.2 billion homes globally in over 28 languages.