WrestleMania 40 Shatters Multiple WWE Records to Become Highest-Grossing Event in Company History

WWE WrestleMania to London, should he be re-elected as mayor for a third term.On Thursday (April 25), Khan took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce his plans, adding that the nation’s capital will also attempt to attract the Super Bowl and NBA, as well as launching another bid for the 2040 Olympics.“London is already the sporting capital of the world. If I’m re-elected next Thursday – we’ll go even further,” he wrote.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ari Emanuel, in his capacity as CEO of TKO Group Holdings — the parent company of UFC and WWE — had a compensation package last year that hit nearly $65 million. TKO granted Emanuel, who also is CEO of Endeavor, a base salary of $911,538, plus a $24 million cash bonus and stock awards worth $40 million in 2023, per a regulatory filing by TKO. All told, the exec’s pay package totaled $64.91 million.

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BBC's The Apprentice harbours plenty of off-screen secrets - one being that multiple endings are filmed to keep the winner a surprise! As viewers await tonight's grand finale, where Phil Turner and Rachel Woolford will battle it out for Lord Sugar's hefty £250,000 investment, the suspense also hangs heavily for the finalists. Despite the show being all pre-prepared and recorded, Phil revealed through an Instagram Q&A session with fans that even they are left in the dark until the very end. According to him, "The only person who knows who has won is Lord Sugar.

electrifying set on Saturday night proved, No Doubt were Coachella 2024’s secret weapon. Sure, people were excited when the band presence at the festival — their first concert in nine years — was first announced, but the run-up to it was pretty low-key.

EXCLUSIVE: The Vampire Diaries alum Matthew Davis and Alexander Hodge (Insecure) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Melissa Fumero, AnnaSophia Robb and Ben Rappaport in Grosse Pointe Garden Society, NBC‘s drama pilot from Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown!” has been an institution in the wrestling world since it first debuted in 1999. Now, a quarter-century later, the pro wrestling show continues to rope in fans both old and new, with millions of people tuning in each week to see the action-packed drama unfold. The show has even featured the likes of Bad Bunny, who’s a noted WWE super fan.

The grapplers hit it big on Peacock. WrestleMania XL, which took place April 6-7 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, is now Peacock’s most-streamed entertainment event ever with 1.3 billion live minutes across both nights.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter WrestleMania 40 is the most-streamed entertainment event ever on Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively. Per the NBCUniversal streamer, the two night event at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia was viewed for 1.3 billion minutes over the weekend of April 6 & 7. Based on the average minute audience, night one of this year’s show was up 26% over night one from last year, while night two was up 30% over last year.

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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Fresh off his win at WrestleMania 40, WWE star Damian Priest has signed with Paradigm for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. Paradigm will work to build his business across books, acting, marketing, unscripted and more. Priest, who was born Luis Berrios (Martinez), most recently won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship during Night 2 of WrestleMania 40 by cashing in his Money in the Bank contract against Drew McIntire, who himself had just won the championship from Seth Rollins.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine alumna Melissa Fumero, AnnaSophia Robb (The Act) and Ben Rappaport (For the People) are set as leads in Grosse Pointe Garden Society, NBC‘s drama pilot from Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After a big night for wrestling fans at WrestleMania 40, all eyes will be on the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia tonight for the latest episode of “WWE Raw.” Also known as “Monday Night Raw,” the weekly wrestling program is already one of the marquee WWE events, but the “Raw” episode after WrestleMania has traditionally been a can’t-miss affair. Want to watch “WWE Raw?” Here’s what you need to know.

Worldwide gross: $2,923,706,026Domestic gross: $785,221,649 James Cameron’s sci-fi fantasy epic “Avatar” smashed records and remains the reigning box office champion. Sam Worthington stars as paralyzed former Marine Jake Sully, who finds a new life on the planet Pandora when he begins inhabiting an avatar version of its native people.

Shaheem Reid Imagine being Fat Joe, a fan of wrestling since boyhood. You used to watch the likes of Mil Mascaras, Chief Jay Strongbow and your absolute favorite, Don Muraco, on WWF programming with your grandfather every week on TV. You grew up to become a hip-hop star — and before you know it, WWF has invited you to be their guest at the sport’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania.

Months after the post-Super Bowl parties in Vegas, Jason Kelce has put the luchador mask back on! 

More of former TKO Group Executive Chairman Vince McMahon‘s large stake in the company is changing hands, with Endeavor and TKO agreeing to buy a combined $311.2 million of his stock.

Michaela Zee Stephanie McMahon opened the second night of WrestleMania 40 during a surprise appearance Sunday in Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field. “Every WrestleMania is special for its own reason,” Stephanie McMahon told the crowd at the WWE event. “But I think Wrestlemania 40 might be the one I am most proud of, because this is the first WrestleMania of the Paul Levesque era.” Her husband Levesque, also known by his ring name Triple H, is the chief content officer and head of creative at WWE.