According to Meltzer, the only edits will be for music they no longer have the rights to. Also, these PPVs are straight from the archive. They are not the home video versions. So things like Hogan being booed at Rumble 92 for pulling Sid out will be untouched . And, attitude era nudity!
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WWE Network |OT| $9.99 PPVs, that's gonna put some butts in the seats
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According to Meltzer, the only edits will be for music they no longer have the rights to. Also, these PPVs are straight from the archive. They are not the home video versions. So things like Hogan being booed at Rumble 92 for pulling Sid out will be untouched . And, attitude era nudity!
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Thanks for the heads up.
No problem. It's also up on Roku.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Downloaded and ready to go. Monday morning can't come soon enough. It will be interesting if their site can handle the sign up.
sketchsanchez
Member
This may have been asked already but obviously Elim Chamber wont be live on the app but have they said if it will be available as an encore on Monday? Cuz if so ill just avoid spoiler until the app launches.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I doubt it. Probably won't come till after all the PPV replays are done and they usually have replays for about a week afterwards. So I'd probably not expect it till about a month out at the absolute earliest.
Last we heard, it wouldn't arrive until mid-March, but who knows
They change their minds often.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Wonder if this will extend to their most recent stuff that still has an effect on storylines, will they mute the vitriol batista received in the rumble for instance...
They have to honor their PPV contacts with the cable companies. They aren't uploading EC right away because the companies want to sell the replay.
Do we know if the ones shown live on the network will be uploaded straight after? I barely watch live PPV due to having a job and being in the UK,
Can't see why they wouldn't, but there might be weird contractual things.
I don't really believe this. Maybe for Raw's, Smackdowns, and lots of the archival footage that exists due to the amount of time it would take to edit thousands of hours of footage. The WWE PPV's however have already been censored and released on VHS or DVD. I fully expect One Night Stand to be a dubbed over pile of crap instead of completely unedited minus Enter Sandman.
Yes, new PPV's can be watched from the beginning even as they are still streaming live, so even if you come home 15 minutes after it starts you can already watch it from the beginning.
The entire library on the network comes from the master footage and will be uncensored aside from music, rated TV-14 or TV-MA with disclaimers shown before where appropriate.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Where can I sign up for the Network? Is registration not up until tomorrow?
ElRenoRaven
Member
Registration isn't up till 9AM EST tomorrow. Just go to WWE.com links will be there.
BoboBrazil
Member
What's to stop someone from getting a prepaid Visa for $10 and signing up to get a month and Mania for $10? They wouldn't be able to charge you for the next 5 months.
Because you have to pay the whole $60 upfront.
Tragicomedy
Member
That information is completely wrong.
I think they could probably do a $60 hold/authorization?
BoboBrazil
Member
Nope, you pay the $10 a month.
Can they do a hold for 6 months in advance? Doing this means you might as well have to pay the $60 up front.
It's the same way any other website forces a minimum-term commitment, isn't it? I seriously doubt they're going to get people to actually sign legally binding contracts for this.
How does that work for PayPal? I don't think they do holds.
Tragicomedy
Member
My point is they don't charge the $60 up front, like you had indicated. In theory, yes, you could use a Visa prepaid and just pay for one PPV.
Not sure what they'd do other than ban your (presumably fake) account.
Carnby
Member
"click YES to accept the Terms of Service".
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Thanks.
Wrestlemania
Banned
Sounds like they're accepting Paypal as well. Bodes well for anyone who is going to try to subscribe outside the US, right?
Hardly enforceable. I could just put in a load of fake info, couldn't I? Guess we'll find out tomorrow.
TheAbsolution
Member
They can do it like how Xbox does it. Lock your account until you pay up?
Yeah but so what? If that's it, I see a lot of people dumping temp accounts for Mania.
As long as they don't cock block us like Netflix does
You'll almost certainly need a VPN.
But it's Vince, so I can see him just putting up the bare minimum geo-restrictions.
Carnby
Member
It was the 'tonight' bit that got me. I thought it was 9a ET?
Or maybe that's the only place where you can sign up for the free trial. Then you're able to access it wherever the network is offered?
Even if this is not the case, you're trying way too hard. That's not a deal breaker.
I think it's confusion because you have to sign up on the site
Like if you go to the Ps3/Ps4 app it tells you to go to wwe.com to register.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Soon!
Guessing that you can sign up for the trial tonight, but it won't officially launch until 9a et tomorrow?
Carnby
Member
Buddy, I'm not trying to do anything. I hope that I am wrong. Otherwise I am holding off until next week to sign up. I want my monthly bill to be near the first of each month.
What's wrong with WWE.com?
Carnby
Member
It's not ideal. Why can't I spend my week trial on the PS4 dedicated app. It's a pointless limitation.