WrestleMania® Available Live in China for the First Time
28 March 2017 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
WWE® (NYSE: WWE) and PPTV today announced that WrestleMania will
be available live in China for the first time on PPTV Sports via
pay-per-view at 7:00 AM Beijing time on Monday, April 3 with a
choice of Mandarin or English commentary.
PPTV customers can go to WWE.PPTV.com starting at 3:33 PM
Beijing time on Thursday, March 30 to subscribe to WrestleMania for
a one-time payment of RMB 30 using Alipay, WeChat or Bank Card.
Subscribers will be able to stream WrestleMania live on Web iOS,
Android devices and digital media players. WrestleMania will also
be available for purchase on demand for 30 days after the live
broadcast.
WrestleMania 33 will be held at Florida’s Orlando Citrus Bowl
and will feature WWE Universal Champion Goldberg™ vs. Brock
Lesnar™; WWE Champion Bray Wyatt™ vs. Randy Orton™; Raw® Women’s
Champion Bayley™ vs. Charlotte Flair™ vs. Sasha Banks™ vs. Nia
Jax™; Roman Reigns™ vs. The Undertaker™; and John Cena® and Nikki
Bella™ vs. The Miz™ and Maryse™.
“We are thrilled to expand our partnership with PPTV and
distribute WWE’s biggest pay-per-view event, WrestleMania, live in
China for the first time,” said Jay Li, Vice President &
General Manager, WWE Greater China. “In addition to watching Raw®
and SmackDown® on PPTV every week, fans in China can now watch
their favorite WWE Superstars compete live on the grandest stage of
all, WrestleMania.”
“I am extremely excited that PPTV Sports is able to launch a
sports pay-per-view event for the first time in China,” said
Yicheng Lou, Vice President of PPTV Sports. “Equally exciting is
the fact that we can launch this feature with WrestleMania, one of
the world’s most valuable sports and entertainment events. This is
a solid step towards developing the largely untapped sports
pay-per-view market in China.”
WrestleMania is one of the world’s top five most valuable sports
events, according to Forbes, alongside the NFL’s Super Bowl, Summer
Olympics, Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup. Over the past 10
years, WrestleMania has had a cumulative economic impact of nearly
$1 billion for the cities that have hosted the event.
Visit WWE.PPTV.COM or WWE China Weibo for more information.
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