WWE’s CBO (Chief Brand Officer) Stephanie McMahon was recently interviewed by R. Thomas Umstead of Multichannel News. She spoke on a wide variety of topics about the business side of the WWE and the challenges that the company faces in 2017.
One of the highlights of the interview was when she was asked if the company is concerned about their competition in wrestling.
Stephanie says she doesn’t think that other ‘organizations’ are competition for the WWE. Here is what she said:
“Well I think imitation is the truest form of flattery, but I don’t think the viewership with some of those other organizations at this point is competition for us. If anything I think it just drives more interest in the genre itself. When you look at reality shows like Total Divas or Total Bellas, and when you look at films like our partnership with MGM for [theatrical film] Fighting With My Family, the story of [WWE wrestler] Paige’s life, I think we’re really just scratching the surface of the deeper stories that these individuals, as well as their characters, have to tell”
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You can read the full interview here.
