WRESTLEMANIA XL SETS PEACOCK RECORD AS TOP ENTERTAINMENT EVENT OF ALL TIME
· 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.
· Based on average minute audience, WrestleMania XL on April 6 saw a 26% vs. last year's day one performance and the April 7 registered a 30% increase vs. last year's day two performance.
· Saturday and Sunday combined to mark Peacock's #2 usage weekend all-time, trailing only the weekend of the exclusive NFL Wild Card game and following day (Jan. 13-14).
· WrestleMania XL highlights included Cody Rhodes defeating Roman Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on Sunday, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Roman Reigns defeating Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" Rollins on Saturday.
· The Peacock special "Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal" is the most-viewed original sports WWE documentary through its first seven days on the platform.
· At yesterday's closing night of WrestleMania XL, Peacock announced the July 18 premiere date and released the first teaser trailer for Roland Emmerich's upcoming action-packed drama series THOSE ABOUT TO DIE, starring two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins and ensemble cast including Iwan Rheon, Sara Martins, Tom Hughes, Jojo Macari and Moe Hashim.
· Peacock is NBCUniversal's streaming service, providing audiences a singular, unmatched content destination. As one of the most complete streaming products on the market, Peacock offers exclusive breakout original series; more than 8,000 hours of live sports and entertainment programming; hit movies right after theaters from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation and Illumination; next-day access to all new shows from NBC and Bravo; fan-favorite library content; daily live news; as well as live channels from brands including Hallmark and WWE.
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