Say goodbye to Live PPVs on the WWE Network brehs

[MushroomX]

You know Hunter and Stephanie must be loving this shyt right now. Just waiting for Vince to die because he's got this company in a nosedive.

You can spin it all you want, but WWE Network came FIRST and the fact they are giving out their primary, non-televised asset says a lot.

 

[jadillac]

Strongly agree with the bolded, the last WrestleMania I thoroughly enjoyed from beginning to end was WM 31, that shyt was 5 years ago, the quality of PPVs (minus Takeovers) have been going down since 2015, I jokingly call them Sunday Night Raws now cause they don't feel like PPVs at all. Big mistake if they do this.

Those first 2 Wrestlemanias on the Network, 30 and 31 were incredible events.

Especially 30 bc they had a pre-show every day before the show. Really showed the possibilities of the Network. They scaled it back a little for 31, then eliminated it altogether since then

 

[jadillac]

Also, they're actin like we haven't been patient in waiting years for them to upload Nitro, years for some less obscure wwe shows, years for other feds footage.

And now they wanna turn their back when they STILL dont have all the stuff uploaded that fans want.

 

[RammerJammer]

Also, they're actin like we haven't been patient in waiting years for them to upload Nitro, years for some less obscure wwe shows, years for other feds footage.

And now they wanna turn their back when they STILL dont have all the stuff uploaded that fans want.

There's a WCW Saturday Night from 1996 that was in Montgomery that I'm STILL trying to see cause it's the only TV taping ever done in Montgomery from WWF/E or WCW, had Sting, Liger, DDP, and Benoit on the card but they've barely uploaded the Episodes .

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Word, like we were saying in the other thread only wrestling nerds like us give a fukk about the back catalogue. For everybody else the Network would have NO draw whatsoever.

i'd say its the other way around.

the WWE is a nostalgia company that relies heavily on past stars.

the vast majority of their longtime fans support them out of a habit they established as kids. its their past-time.

 

[DickAlmighty]

All this means is that instead of watching them on the WWE Network, I'll be watching them through IPTV.

 

[richaveli83]

What a stupid idea. TV ratings are down and live attendance is down but they want to try to get people to pay more than $10 for ppvs again?!

 

[NYChase718]

60 bucks for great balls of fire

 

[richaveli83]

Actually, Vinny Mac always over promises and under delivers, so he could trick Fox Sports into using their app to stream the Big 4 ppvs for a hundred mil or so. Then once they realized they got fleeced cuz nobody is spending major money on a ppv anymore, they end it and Vince goes elsewhere. A traveling circus indeed.

 

[VegetasHairline]

60 bucks for great balls of fire

You can make fun of that PPV name all you want but the actual show itself was one of the best PPVs they've had in awhile.

 

[richaveli83]

You can make fun of that PPV name all you want but the actual show itself was one of the best PPVs they've had in awhile.

I agree. It was one their best ppvs in years.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

You can make fun of that PPV name all you want but the actual show itself was one of the best PPVs they've had in awhile.

Very true, but I can’t wait for WWE Get Some Crunk In Yo System in 2035

 

[Hey_zeus]

The Network failed, safe to say.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

The Network failed, safe to say.

They bet on the PPV industry dying but as we see with UFC, Boxing and Jake Paul vs KSI, PPV is still kicking.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

Again, if they're smart, they should let ppl pay for a full year for $100. If you sign up for that, you should get Mania included in your account.

They tried to get people to commit for 3 months and the community complained.