WWE pushing to get an Emmy

[woof]

That's entirely misleading. Previous TV deals were worth less because WWE had competition, first from the WCW and then from TNA. WWE wasn't seen as must-have content because there were plenty of shows that brought an audience and for cheap without having to deal with the logistics of live TV and of stars getting injured/sick.

Now with television viewership dwindling, WWE is seen as a must-have because it comes with an audience that will always tune in. They can always expect to get a 1.5 rating, maybe a 2.0 on a good day, and with it moving to network TV that will be regular occurrence. The live TV format also now works towards its favor because it forces people to tune in.

There is nothing to suggest WWE's previous audience was just hicks and people who don't buy stuff.

TNA as competition.

You obviously don’t follow this closely because WWE absolutely underperformed relative to expectations and what non-wrestling programming with their weekly live viewership would have received with both the move back to USA and the first renewal after — well after they bought out their actual competition in WCW.

How little a wrestling viewer used to be worth compared to the worth of a viewer of other programming is straight up fact. You can argue networks/advertisers/sponsors had it all wrong, that they shouldn’t have looked at it that way, but the numbers showed it over and over again to be true. WWE accepted what they needed to do to fix it, even if it was going to take them some time, and they did it. The results were showing up even before the recent TV billions came through, with the deals they were cutting and who was willing to touch them.

 

[September]

so they brag about an award they gave themselves?

you serious or you just cracking jokes

The funniest part is that they’re so delusional you can’t really tell

 

[MoneyBags]

A slammy ain't good enough?

 

[straightcash]

TNA as competition.

You obviously don’t follow this closely because WWE absolutely underperformed relative to expectations and what non-wrestling programming with their weekly live viewership would have received with both the move back to USA and the first renewal after — well after they bought out their actual competition in WCW.

How little a wrestling viewer used to be worth compared to the worth of a viewer of other programming is straight up fact. You can argue networks/advertisers/sponsors had it all wrong, that they shouldn’t have looked at it that way, but the numbers showed it over and over again to be true. WWE accepted what they needed to do to fix it, even if it was going to take them some time, and they did it. The results were showing up even before the recent TV billions came through, with the deals they were cutting and who was willing to touch them.

I used to follow it very closely until 2009-ish. Switching to PG isn't the sole reason they making more money. I already pointed the reasons above. WWE is the sole major wrestling promotion on TV, and with a guaranteed audience. So networks want them, that's why TV fees going up because of the bidding. That wouldn't have been the case in the decades prior because you had WCW, and even TNA even though their ratings were piss poor. WWE was not must-have content because there was plenty of scripted or reality television that brought in ratings. That's changed now, and not because of the PG rating.

Let's say you're right though, PG is king...so what? How does PG help you as a fan? It don't even help the wrestlers that much because they still don't have a major pay bump and with less competition like in the WCW and TNA days they can't even jump ship for a raise. You doing too much corporate spokesperson and trying to see the positive from Vince's angle instead of the oldschool fans (who outnumbered today's audience by 3x).

 

[woof]

I’m not spokesmanning anything. The product is, creatively, shyt. I flat out said that. I barely watch and I don’t send a dime Vince’s way.

I just don’t need to pretend they haven’t been making damn smart business and brand moves in order to justify my opinion that it’s shyt. PG isn’t the only reason they’re eating, but it’s absolutely been very significant to their image clean up that has been critical to much of their gains. Choosing to go that route was the clear right move for them as a company and, again, it’s not the reason they’re creatively bankrupt. If they ever get their head out their ass and build a product that can draw outside of their base, that can actually grow the number of consumers instead of just sucking them dry, the amount of money they’d now be open to make is damn obscene (spoiler: they won’t).

Impact (TNA) is still on TV, on a channel that most HHs with cable have, BTW; it’s just pared down from when they were losing millions. And guys like The Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes are making good money on the indy circuit these days and just sold out a 10K show. There are viable non-WWE options still, for all parties.

 

[September]

Event pics



That purple hair looks so dope







He got a tailor :noahroman:





The Rock opened with a taped ( ) message but I can’t find it.

 

[HipHopStan]

I'm going to laugh if this does not work.

 

[James Dean]

The Rock opened with a taped ( ) message but I can’t find it.

50 min in

 

[HipHopStan]

50 min in

Did Dwyane have to go into the backwoods forest to film that?

 

[NYChase718]

Stephanie bringing this business to the graveyard

Stephanie asked Triple H about how it is transitioning from WWE superstar to heading the talent relations and creative department in WWE.

"I think that when you're a WWE superstar, obviously the greatest part of what we get to do, putting smiles on people's faces," Triple H said. "We're doing all this stuff, but there's this, it's hard to even put it into words. There's a picture of me out front from WrestleMania this year. I noticed when I walked in today. And, what I noticed about the picture, with HD television and camera work now, I noticed that it's a shot of Steph and I from WrestleMania, and my legs are covered with goosebumps. I immediately took a snapshot of it and sent it to The Rock to say, 'dude, look at my legs.' We used to talk about this all the time, the passion for what we do when you have that moment in front of 80,000 people where your whole body, it's electric. There's no other way to describe it, but it just goes into automatic and you're covered with goosebumps and it's just this insane adrenaline thing.

"Rock sent me a note back like two seconds later and was like, 'oh my God. If it wouldn't be totally weird, I would blow this up right now and put this on my trailer wall as an inspiration.' I said, I know, that's why I trimmed it a certain way just to show my leg, 'cuz it was cold at WrestleMania(smiles), but [Rock] said that nobody can understand that like we can, it's something of the WWE. So at that point in my life, nothing greater than that. I can honestly say that step into where I am now, that pales in comparison to seeing a person with a dream."

These losers always bring up the rocks name

And hhh acting like him and dwayne are best friends whenever they need mainstream publicity



Desperate thirsty and pathettic

 

[MenacingMonk]

They should've won for this....

 

[StatUS]

Michaels/Jericho feud coulda won it all

 

[Yessir_Araphat]

#FYC

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Can you imagine if they won? Cole and crew would be shilling it worse than the $9.99 deal from a few years ago. "WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE EMMY AWARD WINNING - WWE RAW."

He got a tailor :noahroman:

"HERE COMES THE EMMY AWARD WINNING BIGG DAWG!!!!"-Collie Cole

 

[mrken12]

Several WWE Programs Included In Emmy Prelim Ballots - WrestlingInc.com

It is a rather long journey to actually get nominated for an Emmy Award. You must pass a couple different stages in the selection process first but it looks like a few WWEprograms could be on their way to making the final nomination list.

The Emmy Prelim Ballot was recently released and it includes WWE programming in several categories. As we previously reported, WWE attended the For Your Consideration event and brought a lot of star power to the show. Not only did they have skits designed to entertain but they also brought a couple heavy-hitting programs to put up for a nomination.

The WWE Network's 24 Special "Empowered" is listed on the Prelim Ballot for Best Documentary or Non-Fiction Special. HBO and WWE Studio's joint project Andre The Giant is also in the same category.

WrestleMania 34 is getting some attention in the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category. Both Raw and Mixed Match Challenge are also listed in the Emmy Prelim Ballot for Outstanding Structured Reality Program. The Unstructured Reality Program category includes some WWE representation in the form of both Total Divas and Total Bellas.

Only time will tell if those WWE programs actually make it into the small list of nominees for an Emmy Award, but it's certainly a good start to see them on the list at this point.