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[Kaladin]

WWE Universe, come to WWE.com or tap into the WWE App tonight (Jan. 8) at 9:30 p.m. ET for a groundbreaking announcement.

Join WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon — along with WWE COO Triple H, 11-time WWE Champion John Cena, and WWE Hall of Famers "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels — for the announcement, which will be streamed LIVE from Las Vegas.

Watch LIVE tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET on WWE.com, the WWE App, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo!, Google+, Pinterest and Pheed. Get ready for the biggest revolution in sports-entertainment history.

Stay with WWE.com and the WWE App for more regarding this blockbuster announcement that will change WWE forever.

We know this will likely be the WWE Network. We don't know many specifics about content, launch date or pricing for certain, but all signs point to tonight being the night.

Join WrassleGaf tonight at 9:30 PM EST for a moment that WWE promises will make history.

Promo: Triple H promises that tonight will change the WWE forever.

Watch via Youtube

 

[Battlezone]

WTF is Pheed?

 

[bjb]

Why would anyone pay for this?

 

[Perspicacity]

WUB WUB

 

[notworksafe]

Why would anyone pay for this?

Cheaper than DirecTV

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Why would anyone pay for this?

Because they want to watch old wrestling matches?

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

How will the WWE Network change the WWE forever?

 

[Ithil]

Why would anyone pay for this?

Why would anyone pay for access to possibly the entire library of WWE, who have the largest tape archive of wrestling (not just WWE wrestling, dozens of promotions) in the world? That seems a silly question.

 

[Kaladin]

How will the WWE Network change the WWE forever?

Depending on how much content they provide, it will change things completely.

 

[bigkrev]

12.99 a month is probably the most i'm willing to spend, but i'll crack at 14.99 after the first week or so if people like it.

15 dollars or more= fuck no, unless I get live video feeds of production meetings Monday afternoons

How will the WWE Network change the WWE forever?

If this is a success, this could signal the end of PPV as a whole for a company. Wrestling has been booked on the concept of Monthly PPVs to blow off angles for over 20 years. This could be a big change in booking philosophy if it takes off.

 

[Ithil]

How will the WWE Network change the WWE forever?

Potentially it would completely alter their model and focus in business. The PPV business would be completely changed, and their approach to television would be radically altered.

 

[TheXfactor]

Depending on how much content they provide, it will change things completely.

eh..not really

 

[pants]

Live sex celebration.

 

[Jado]

Why would anyone pay for this?

I'm not a wrestling fan and even I think this is a dumb question. People pay subscription fees for much smaller video libraries. WWE's collection of content is massive.

 

[SpideySenses]

Vince McMahon has the worst haircut in that photo, beating Shawn Michaels, what the Hell happened to it?

 

[krae_man]

WUB WUB

IT'S NOT JIM IT'S GENE!

 

[strikeselect]

Does this really deserve it's own thread?

Freakin' marks.

 

[infiniteloop]

Linda McMahon's running for Senator again?

 

[Battlezone]

Why isn't Triple H in a suit? He's not an in-ring performer anymore.

Wait, this whole announcement is about Triple H coming out of retirement, isn't it?

 

[BFIB]

Looking forward to the announcement, though the only thing that really has me wondering is how edited the old stuff is going to be.

Will Benoit even exist in this library? Because his match against 2 Cold Scorpio at SuperBrawl III is one of my personal top 5 matches ever.

 

[Kano on the Phone]

Ready for the Apex™ Video Streaming Service.

Looking forward to the announcement, though the only thing that really has me wondering is how edited the old stuff is going to be.

Will Benoit even exist in this library? Because his match against 2 Cold Scorpio at SuperBrawl III is one of my personal top 5 matches ever.

It's been rumored that his matches will be included with a warning.

 

[FallingEdge]

Looking forward to the announcement, though the only thing that really has me wondering is how edited the old stuff is going to be.

Will Benoit even exist in this library? Because his match against 2 Cold Scorpio at SuperBrawl III is one of my personal top 5 matches ever.

Every event with Benoit in it will have some sort of advisory that is played before the show but yes, he will be there.

 

[Ithil]

Looking forward to the announcement, though the only thing that really has me wondering is how edited the old stuff is going to be.

Will Benoit even exist in this library? Because his match against 2 Cold Scorpio at SuperBrawl III is one of my personal top 5 matches ever.

We just had a report last week that Benoit will be in all the footage, unedited. They're getting around this by showing a disclaimer at the start of any footage he appears in.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Potentially it would completely alter their model and focus in business. The PPV business would be completely changed, and their approach to television would be radically altered.

Yeah, that is interesting. They should do away with PPVs, except the big ones like RR, WM, Summer Slam, and Survivor Series.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Why would anyone pay for this?

Because people are free to do whatever they please with their money, and, shockingly enough, not everyone has the same interests that you do.

On topic: Here's hoping for a PS3/4 app, and that it's not just browser only.

 

[Carnby]

Please Please Please let the WWE Network app include access to PPVs.

 

[Askani]

Derp. Didn't know there was another thread. As I said there:

"Didn't have any idea this was a thing until right now. I've been asking for this for years. I want mid to late 80's WWE and Attitude/NWO content. If I have that from day one and it's all On Demand, I'd spend $8-10 for that easy. If it includes WCW and ECW, I'd spend $12 no problem. Give it to me."

Also, a Roku channel. I will be needing this on Roku please.

 

[BFIB]

That's great news about Benoit being included. WrassleGAF on it!

 

[Kaladin]

Triple H: "I promise you I won't pull a Michael Bay"

Be a star.

 

[Batigol]

Is it pick and choose?

So can I just watch the Raw where Jericho debuted? Or when he beat* HHH for the title?

Or that Raw where Kane just interfered in every match and killed everyone

 

[Kano on the Phone]

That's great news about Benoit being included. WrassleGAF on it!

That was definitely top 5 on my list of things I never thought I'd see typed again.

Is it pick and choose?

So can I just watch the Raw where Jericho debuted? Or when he beat* HHH for the title?

Or that Raw where Kane just interfered in every match and killed everyone

How would anyone know?

 

[Indrid Cold1]

Most important and world-shattering announcement since the "Higher Power" reveal. Can't wait.

 

[VoxPop]

We just had a report last week that Benoit will be in all the footage, unedited. They're getting around this by showing a disclaimer at the start of any footage he appears in.

Lol, whats the big fucking deal about Benoit?

Who's gonna complain that he's acting on TV with other wrestlers because he did whatever in his personal life. He wasn't even that big of a star to begin with.

Not like they would put a big mosaic on top of Aaron Hernandez or OJ Simpson in past football game footage.

 

[BFIB]

Most important and world-shattering announcement since the "Higher Power" reveal. Can't wait.

Nah, TNA has a "earth shattering" announcement pretty much every week.

 

[Batigol]

That was definitely top 5 on my list of things I never thought I'd see typed again.



How would anyone know?

Just lie to me

 

[NameGenerated]

Vince McMahon has the worst haircut in that photo, beating Shawn Michaels, what the Hell happened to it?

It's better than his weird side comb thing he did for a while.

 

[Steve o 3000]

Why would anyone pay for this?

from the rumor thread on this same subject:

if it was real i'd pay the sub

change your mind?

 

[Ithil]

Lol, whats the big fucking deal about Benoit?

Who's gonna complain that he's acting on TV with other wrestlers because he did whatever in his personal life. He wasn't even that big of a star to begin with.

Not like they would put a big mosaic on top of Aaron Hernandez or OJ Simpson in past football game footage.

His murder/suicide did immense damage to WWE as a company and ended up greatly changing their direction, so it's a very big deal.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Why would anyone pay for this?

There was a point when wrestling was still entertaining. Granted, its all child nostalgia.

 

[FyreWulff]

Lol, whats the big fucking deal about Benoit?

He murdered his wife and kid?

That's kind of a big fucking deal.



Also, I wonder if this is them forgoing the usual PPV model. In this day an age, it really seems to hurt storylins more if millions of people see the storyline build, then only say 400,000 can see it advanced at a pay per view.

 

[Angry Grimace]

He murdered his wife and kid?

That's kind of a big fucking deal.



Also, I wonder if this is them forgoing the usual PPV model. In this day an age, it really seems to hurt storylins more if millions of people see the storyline build, then only say 400,000 can see it advanced at a pay per view.

Sure, but they didn't take OJ Simpson out of the Hall of Fame, either.

 

[VoxPop]

His murder/suicide did immense damage to WWE as a company and ended up greatly changing their direction, so it's a very big deal.

Did more damage to the company because of the exposure of Vince's boner for big guys and giving out roid sandwiches to all of them. I don't think anyone even knew who Benoit was.

 

[joelseph]

If they include future PPV for free wouldn't they try and charge $9,000 a month or something ridiculous? I would happily jump on something sub $15 if it got us free future PPV.

 

[studyguy]

WE'RE NOW CALLED THE WW.
I don't know why being called WWE vs WWF bothered me so much.

 

[Petrie]

Subscribing for later.

 

[Ithil]

Did more damage to the company because of the exposure of Vince's boner for big guys and giving out roid sandwiches to all of them. I don't think anyone even knew who Benoit was.

Not really. The steroid thing came out in the early 90s.
One of their performers murdered his wife and kid, and killed himself. That is kind of a big deal.

Vince did an interview mentioning this a few years back, and he doesn't think it's right to pretend Benoit never existed, but it is right to not promote him.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

Include WCW stuff and I'll be there day one. It'd be awesome to watch the old Raws and Nitros back to back from the same night

 

[alr1ght]

Neutered and censored. Call it the WWENC.

 

[Aiii]

Won't come to Europe anyway (unless severely crippled).

I wouldn't bank on that, I've been able to order every WWE PPV for 15 Euro's on wwe.com for ages. They've been pretty good on that end, so I'm hoping they continue that with the network and make it available everywhere.

 

[Savitar]

You know what's going to happen.

They'll start to announce they got a big thing.....and then Triple H comes out and sledge hammers everyone saying nothing is bigger than him and it's now called the Triple H Power Show.

No announcement is going over him!