Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 7:00 PM EST

World Wrestling Entertainment reported its 2006 transition period results today. The company covered the last eight months and compared it to the same eight months at the end of 2005. Revenues were up $247.7 million to $262.9 million, while profits were up from $29.8 million to $31.6 million.

The company also released recent pay per view buyrate figures for events in November and December of 2006. Survivor Series drew 383,000 buys (up from 375,000 buys in 2005), ECW December to Dismember drew 90,000 buys (which is probably one of the lowest buyrates in a very long time for the WWE and maybe ever) and Armageddon drew 239,000 buys (down from 280,000 buys in 2006).

During the Conference Call, Linda McMahon talked about a number of things. Linda stated that average live attendance and DVD sales have all increased, while WWE Films' "See No Evil" and "The Marine" have remined in line with WWE's profit projections. She added that WrestleMania 22 was the best-selling DVD in WWE history. Linda stated that WWE intends on holding 68 international events in 2007 after holding 61 last year. When asked about competition from UFC or IFL, Linda described UFC as a group that was growing and had a good product. She felt MMA didn't have an effect on WWE's PPV buy numbers and is glad to see the sport doing well.

Source: Buck Woodward @ PWInsider.com