WWE Smacked Down as Online Subscribers Short of Estimates

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“WrestleMania” didn’t lure enough fans into the ring.

After airing the annual slugfest’s 30th edition yesterday, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. reportedBloomberg Terminal 667,287 subscribers for a new online-video service it’s counting on for growth. That fell well short of the average estimate of at least 800,000 compiled by Benchmark Co.