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WWE Network gains 33k new subscribers since Wrestlemania (Q2 results)

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Officerrob

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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Don't believe everything you see on dirt sheets. That was clearly bullshit.

Nah, he's just not that good. He can't talk. He can bounce around, but he does the exact same spots in nearly every match, so it comes off so fake. I couldn't tell you what his actual offensive moveset is. He definitely puts his heart into it, though.
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Can't talk...
Does the exact same spots in nearly every match...

Are we talking about Roman Reigns? No, we can't be, because he's yet to have as good a singles match as Ziggler had with the fucking Miz on Raw
 
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FStop7

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Avon Barksdale said:
Linda conceding her failed Senate race.
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For the second time.

To the tune of $40 million.


I'll sub to the network once Nitro and the Attitude era stuff is up. I want to see DDP, dressed up as La Parka, beat Randy Savage. I think it was actually an episode of Thursday Thunder, but you get my drift. I want to enjoy those moments and reminisce about watching wrestling with my friends.
 
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TemplaerDude

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Welp, months of waiting for the network only to get jobbed by the CRTC and fucking Rogers. Sorry Vince, you won't be getting my money!
 
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kirblar

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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
Nah, he's just not that good. He can't talk. He can bounce around, but he does the exact same spots in nearly every match, so it comes off so fake. I couldn't tell you what his actual offensive moveset is. He definitely puts his heart into it, though.
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For once, we agree. He's very good at making his opponent look good.
 
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Tawney Bomb

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I'd be surprised this isn't doing the numbers they want, but considering the expectations I had for this from how they originally said it would be and the final product is a let down for sure. I subbed before Mania, but recently set it to not renew. I like NXT, but it's not worth it and even with cheap PPVs, I can't justify it.
 
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FStop7

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Lothar said:
I'm saying RVD comes out to silence in ECW, at least on the network. Fans mostly chanted along with the song when he came out. But now that the song's removed, the fans singing is also removed. So it looks like no one cared about him.

It would be a bad thing if anyone ever experienced ECW this way.

Can anyone tell me if the fans are muted in every theme song switch, or is it just when the fans were singing along? Do you hear any the crowd in a New Jack match?
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Oh my God, I didn't even think about all of the music that ECW used. Wow. Watching RVD enter without Walk? Or Justin Credible enter without Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck? That's just... so not the same. I went to an ECW house show in ~1998 and it was easily the best wrestling event I've attended - including RAW is WAR and Nitro in their prime. New Jack, RVD, Sabu, Justin Credible, Dudleys, Candido, Shane Douglas - their entrances were all insane.
 
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Kaladin

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Here's a good thread recap....

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I can't find a gif of people leaving a WWE event....so I used TNA.
 
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RBH

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The final issue of WWE Magazine will be the October issue, which hits newsstands on September 16th. The magazine could possible continue with an outside publisher but WWE itself will no longer be producing it.
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HIGH DEF JEFF

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Mr. Sandman said:
I'm canceling my sub too. I got the service through Summerslam. I'm probably going to drop it until the Royal Rumble comes up.
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(I said this earlier in the thread)..I am doing the exact same thing, I was a day 1 subscriber and I have it set to not auto-renew.
By re-subbing in January it will carry me to Money in the Bank 2015. Thats all I need.
 
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TheXfactor

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We noted earlier today that WWE is planning a 7% decrease in staff as part of the ongoing budget cuts. According to The Wrestling Observer, reportedly around 55 people were let go from WWE headquarters today.
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http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news...s-several-office-workers/#O1fDFZzXpxCuVShP.99

Vince McMahon has ordered more budget cuts in 2014, with the attempts to lower the blow of the $45-$53 million dollar loss this year. Some of the cuts could include several wrestlers changing their first-class travel to coach. There is also talk of scaling back catering at WWE events, not necessarily eliminating it completely.
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http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/492205-wwe-budget-cuts-to-continue

Today's purge of almost a dozen expendable WWE performers (including Brodus Clay, Evan Bourne, Teddy Long, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal, Aksana and JTG) caught everyone by surprise, even though the writing should have been on the wall that major cuts were imminent.

After many years of relative prosperity where WWE could afford to carry a bit of deadwood in their ranks, their wrestlers had been lulled into a false sense of security. Releases only occurred when contracts expired or sackable offenses were committed. As long as you played by the rules, your job was safe. Until today.

Unfortunately such niceties can't continue in a company projected to lose a whopping $45-52 million this annum and whose cash-in-hand is rapidly running out to fund such heavy red ink. This is clearly a time where any excessive or unnecessary spending by WWE had to be ruthlessly eliminated regardless of the lives ruined in the process.
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http://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/20...r-roster-cuts-corporate-bloodletting-expected


what an awful year, things could get very ugly for them, but its whats best for business
 
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Entropia

No One Remembers
Some potential good news for Canadians..

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/498...r-potential-wwe-network-subscribers-in-canada


WWE announced a huge networking deal with Rogers today that will see the WWE Network come to Canada, in conjunction with their shareholders meeting which announced the Network coming to dozens of international countries this August.

In a major update for potential subscribers, the internet-based version of the WWE Network – the complete version the U.S. has had since February – is expected to be rolled out at some point in 2015. What Canadians will be getting is closer to what people thought the WWE Network was going to be many years ago; a premium television station. Rogers will be broadcasting the live feed on their network – including monthly PPV events – and viewers will have limited access to on-demand content.
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Mortimer Brewster

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firehawk12 said:
Wait, does that mean you can only get WWE Network through Rogers Cable in Canada? What's the point of that??
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Without the on demand back catalogue material its pretty much useless. It will likely be a major dud for Rogers since most big WWE fans in Canada have figured out the work arounds to get the Network.


Vince gets a nice big lump sum payment that he would not have gotten if he had just launched the online version up here.
 
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firehawk12

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Showaddy said:
The point is Vince get's more money?
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Mortimer Brewster said:
Without the on demand back catalogue material its pretty much useless. It will likely be a major dud for Rogers since most big WWE fans in Canada have figured out the work arounds to get the Network.


Vince gets a nice big lump sum payment that he would not have gotten if he had just launched the online version up here.
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Oh I understand why Vince would do it. I just don't understand why any Canadian fan would subscribe to this channel given that it is automatically inferior to the US version.
 
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Sir_Crocodile

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RBH said:
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Pulling the magazine is quite surprising. It gets good distribution in the uk and is something kids have been seeing in newsagents and supermarkets for over 25 years. One of the most visible things in the entire brand here, since all their programming is on subscription channels.
 
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Burai

shitonmychest57
Sir_Crocodile said:
Pulling the magazine is quite surprising. It gets good distribution in the uk and is something kids have been seeing in newsagents and supermarkets for over 25 years. One of the most visible things in the entire brand here, since all their programming is on subscription channels.
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Doesn't WWE.com fulfil everything the magazine does but quicker and for free?
 
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Sir_Crocodile

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Burai said:
Doesn't WWE.com fulfil everything the magazine does but quicker and for free?
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You've got to know to go there though.

Since wwf isn't on free broadcast in any shape or form in the UK, seeing the wwf magazine in the shops is one of the main ways to begin to know it even exists.

I guess they'll have to rely on the terrible yukes video games now
 
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Mortimer Brewster

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firehawk12 said:
Oh I understand why Vince would do it. I just don't understand why any Canadian fan would subscribe to this channel given that it is automatically inferior to the US version.
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Canadian fans won't. Rogers were really dumb here since Canadian fans already have gotten access to the US version and simply won't be compelled to switch over.
 
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RBH

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--It is not a good day at WWE HQ in Stamford as 7% of the work force (roughly 55 people) were let go.
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--Largely due to cost cutting and lowering overhead, WWE stock rose 39 cents per share to $12.48 on four times the usual volume on a day where the market overall was down.
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--Regarding Canada and the Rogers deal, an update from our audio is that there will be no Internet component of the WWE network in Canada at first. It will be strictly a television station distributed by Rogers. It will be available through Rogers cable. Other cable providers in Canada will have it offered and will have to go through Rogers for the fights. The live stream will air the same as everywhere else. There will be a video-on-demand component but it have less content that the streaming network library. Exactly what will be available is not known yet. The plan is to introduce the network on the Internet at some point in 2015.
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--Something to look out for is how SummerSlam is promoted on Monday, if it's promoted as both a PPV and network event or just the network event being hyped. WWE did say today that they expect the PPV business go to away in 2015, so that would indicate not moving big shows off the network and back to PPV.
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http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-...-event-tna-signging-major-tna-tv-show-tonight
 
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Sir_Crocodile

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Yuck.

If sky do that (no internet component) I'm cancelling my sub. A lot of the football's already been nicked by BT, so I'm fairly close to doing so anyway
 
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ElRenoRaven

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infinityBCRT said:
Good news? Its the worst fucking news ever. Guarantees I'm not giving a cent to WWE for the network in the next 10 years.
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Yup no doubt. I feel for our Canadian brothers and sisters. You folks are getting royally screwed. That would be like WWE launching it here in the USA and then going but it's going to be on TV and only on comcast's cable systems.
 
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jred2k

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Aiii said:
Just get unblock-us and don't bother with your canadian tv shit deal.
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That's what I do and will continue to do, but I really don't think it should be considered a solution. It's extremely shitty to tell a large fan base to sign up for an additional service so that they can have an experience on par with most of the rest of the world. It sets a shitty precedent in a country where this is happening more and more and ends up fucking the consumer at every turn. This is just going to lead to a future where you need a Rogers account/cable subscription to access anything WWE.
 
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JKRMA

Banned
Yeah again fuck this Canadian deal. To have basic cable at minimum and then to have to pay rental fees for the tv terminals you want to watch the channel on thennnnnn not having as much content thennnnn*10 not having it available on devices like smartphones/pc's/tablets/consoles thenmnmmnnnnn*100000 to the power of infinity having to pay for the network is sooo not worth it. Why doesn't WWE want my money?
 
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PaulLFC

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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
How can this Canadian deal even be spinned? They're delivering a totally dated and objectively much worse product for no real fucking reason.
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Money. Pretty sure the actual quote was "The deal was too good to turn down". Presumably they don't particularly care about the fans as long as they get paid.
 
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bigkrev

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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
How can this Canadian deal even be spinned? They're delivering a totally dated and objectively much worse product for no real fucking reason.
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"Our attempt in the US was such a fucking failure that we are going to be cutting tons of jobs, so instead of repeating that same failure, we are trying something different?"
 
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BoboBrazil

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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
How can this Canadian deal even be spinned? They're delivering a totally dated and objectively much worse product for no real fucking reason.
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Made stockholders happy. They are going to make more money off being a premium channel from the money Rogers is paying plus cut of subscribers. Also, this is what Vince wanted in the US too, but US cable companies didn't give a shit and told him to fuck off.
 
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RBH

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The WWE Network has launched in Canada, but the stripped down bare bones version has many loyal fans crying foul.

Available at launch are a handful of SummerSlam pay-per-views, the Great American Bash from 1989, three WCW Bash at the Beach shows, two ECW Heatwave pay-per-views and the One Night Stand show from 2005.

The content is not labeled by name, just meaningless numbers, titles and there are missing logos and images.

All told, the content on the Canadian version of the WWE Network amounts to approximately 39 hours of content, a drop in the bucket compared to the enormous library available on the online version which has each and every WCW, ECW and WWE pay-per-view available, most episodes of WCW’s Clash of Champions, Saturday Night’s Main Event, ECW Hardcore TV, the original Legends’ House and Total Divas reality shows, an archive of old school WWE house show cards and a multitude of specials, past DVD releases which have been transferred to digital media and much more.


Many Canadian fans are expressing their disappointment online.


“This sucks, it sucks so bad. How could you defend this,” posted user “teambates” on Wreddit.

“Well, it looks like the first day of the WWE Network in Canada went over like a lead balloon. Good work, guys,” wrote user Al Creed on Twitter.

Canadian wrestling superstar Lance Storm took to Twitter to voice his dismay.

“Did some research just less that 20% of Canada uses Rogers, so 80+% still can't get @wwenetwork It's also a partial version for $11.99 :-(,” he wrote.

“Also, it seems the only archive we'll get is Max Moon and Bastion Booger matches,” joked Marc Poitras in reply.

One popular Internet unblocking service took advantage of the discontent to entice Canadians by stating, ”Watch SummerSlam on WWE Network no matter where in the world you are (even Canada).”
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http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2014/08/13/21871016.html


This is all the Canadian version is getting at the moment:


-SummerSlam 1992
-SummerSlam 1998
-SummerSlam 2000
-SummerSlam 2002
-SummerSlam 2005
-Great American Bash 1989
-Bash at the Beach 1994
-Bash at the Beach 1996
-Bash at the Beach 1998
-ECW Heatwave 1998
-ECW Heatwave 1999
-ECW One Night Stand 2005
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