Then you could have every unedited section of the rise of Stone Cold and then his rivalry with Vince right up until he's run down at Survivor Series. Just watch every second of build and it would be fantastic.
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WWE Network |OT| $9.99 PPVs, that's gonna put some butts in the seats
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Then you could have every unedited section of the rise of Stone Cold and then his rivalry with Vince right up until he's run down at Survivor Series. Just watch every second of build and it would be fantastic.
Ken Masters
Banned
So there won't be replays of RAW?
There will be, we just don't know how long after the live showing they'll be up.
What is the source for the $120M quote to MLB media for streaming? That seems rather high and a price the WWE.
cr_blah_blah
Member
I didn't know WWE was using MLB Network to take care of this. All the MLB streaming works incredibly well on all devices and looks great.
BillRiccio
Member
Meltzer gave the figure on one of his radio shows a couple of weeks ago.
We also don't know, for sure, which version of RAW will be posted - the edited Hulu version or the complete broadcast version.
HerbertFish
Member
Other sports ratings are also going down too like mlb and nba but they are signing for insane amounts of cash. It'the live tv premium, something WWE will be able to benefit from.
BillRiccio
Member
They're able to sign those huge deals because the advertising dollars that the networks get while airing them have increased exponentially. Unfortunately for WWE they just don't get that kind of ad money for their programming. Major sports leagues get Budweiser, Apple, Google, and Car Companies to advertise during their games. WWE get's candy companies, Auto Zone, and kids toy's on their show's. The money just isn't the same. Vince could pull a rabbit out of his hat and double his contract but I just don't see someone paying it when they won't make it back.
I willing to bet they make that happen eventually. They're probably hesitant because it will hurt their DVD / Blu-ray comp business and force them to provide more original content with their collection of matches.
Ken Masters
Banned
So will WWE Network have this Sundays PPV next week?
The complete list only goes up to the Royal Rumble PPV. I'm assuming they have to wait for Elimination Chamber to give PPV providers their time to run replays like they normally do. It's the last PPV on the current PPV format and they probably have a contract for it to be PPV exclusive for X # of days....you'll probably get Elimination Chamber in March.
http://www.wwe.com/inside/every-pay-per-view-on-wwe-network-26179147
HerbertFish
Member
Of course but these sports leagues are making billions a year on tv deal. We're talking a fraction of that for 300 million. Forbes thinks it's worth up to 850 million so they will definitely get more than 175 million.
That was my hope as well. To go through their roster, pick a wrestler and just watch their matches from the beginning of their career to where ever they ended up or whatever.
I was also glad to see that the Hall Of Fame ceremony will air live, uncut, on the network.
And, recently, it was announced that you could have a main account and a second account you could give to a friend. So, officially, one price for two people. Unofficially, it'll probably be a lot more.
Did the WWE do this to themselves by making the show PG? Can't we sell to the parents? I'm coming to this as a new fan at the ripe age of 34, give me the December to Remembers and Diamonds are Forever nonsense.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Why do people just make things up?
ElRenoRaven
Member
So they can feel important. Future WMs will be part of it. Anyone saying other wise is a moron.
I agree that they definitely could benefit off of trimming the fat. They could probably still do 12 months of PPVs, but they should have one weekly show, RAW, that's it. It would be a lot easier for the writers, it would give talent more recovery time, it would give WWE more focus and for hardcore fans who need their wrestling fix more than once a week, there is now WWE Network with original programming and the ability to play back classic shows.
Back then, Raw was a 1 hour show. By the time the show was 2 hours long in 1997, they were already running monthly In Your House PPVs. There was just a lot less wrestling back in the day, which is why PPVs seemed important- it was the only time you got to see guys like Hogan work anything more than a squash match on TV!
Now, we are in an era of 3 hour Raws, 2 hour Smackdowns, and 1 hour Main Event making 6 hours of first run programming every week. If you cut down to anything less than 12 PPVs a year now, it would be brutal- feuds already seem to drag out, it would be so much worse with fewer PPVs.
Not if they knew how to book them right and actually bothered writing things for the top and bottom of the card. I mean just look at the Shield V Wyatts build. Other than that stupid brawl at the end of Raw, it was going on perfect and you quite easily could have dragged that out 3 months or so just with their promos and interactions. Hell, even if they still had 12 month PPVs, they could build 2 things for one guy/group at a time if the booking was up to scratch. You could have one long game and one short PPV game.
They should have been doing this with Cena and the Wyatts really, but they've ignored each other until after Elimination Chamber, which seems silly.
Here is the thing- what is left for the Wyatts and Shield to do before the match? It's way harder to book 12 weeks of this where neither team touches each other and not have it come across as boring than you think it is.
I would love this so much.
I have highlighted the important parts. The talent needs a bit more breathing room, and the storylines could definitely use some actual direction.
Yeah, that's been the rumor all along.
However, if multiple services don't end up offering it for order then I could easily see WWE posting the PPV when it launches as freebie to make up for people not being able to order it the night before. They certainly wont announce that before the PPV though, so who knows.
Damn that's a bummer. Guess I'll be driving to my friend's house on Sunday.
Cesaro get's a massive rub. Bryan get's buried. IWC fans don't know whether to cheer or cry.
Keyser Soze
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Perspicacity
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The Albatross
Member
Basically when they finish the Windows 8 WWE app.
Oh god, it takes them long enough to explain how to download the app on iOS and Android as it is.
Just wait until the network launches and there's a tutorial between matches and promos. I'm also expecting it to be plugged during matches as well, like if during Cena vs Orton #243 Cole says "John Cena and Randy Orton have been in many fierce matches in the past, relive them all now on the WWE Network for just $9.99 a month."
Hype building, going to add to the OP.
serenewarfare
Banned
This press release has me beyond hyped for this. Can't wait until Monday.
Very nice.
Arrowgigantic
Member
What they were saying before is that you could sign up starting at 9AM and then the first live event would be after Raw. I'm guessing you can still access the back catalog of content starting as soon as you sign up.
ShabbadooJr
Member
Yeah, the programmed stream doesn't begin until the Raw after show but the VOD content is available at 9:00 am.
But even THAT isn't true as the PR clearly says there will be a Raw pre-show that day.
As well as several sneak peaks starting at 10am.
ShabbadooJr
Member
ps3/ps4/360 day one.
Mr. Enigma
Member
PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 will have it on day one. Xbox One is coming "later".