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That was a GREAT show. Court has been on fire lately man. You need to listent o the last MLW show. When Court Met Konnan. Some deep info there too
Wrestling Thread Jan 27-Feb 9 | 2/3 RAW - New Age Outlaws v Rhodes Brothers for Titles in a STEEL CA
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To keep numbers simple, let's say WWE was doing on average 200,000 buys per PPV (WM on the high end, Battleground on the low end). At $50 a pop, WWE gets half of that at $25. That's $60,000,000 a year from PPV.
Now granted, there are a lot of other costs associated with the Network, but I am not taking those into account right now.
WWE has thrown out some huge numbers, but let's say realistically they can get 1 million subscribers for the Network at $9.95 a month. WWE pockets all of that (yes, I know there are other costs like paying MLB Media, but there are also other costs with producing PPVs in their current form). That's $119,400,000 a year, basically doubling what they make off PPV now.
PLUS, their television contracts are up this year and WWE is expecting (and rightfully so), very large increases in rights fees.
There are a lot of unknowns and booking may be terrible, but financially, WWE is setting themselves up to be in the best position they've ever been in.
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I agree that going home on basically 30 minutes notice before Raw was completely unprofessional. He should have worked through Elimination Chamber where he could properly be written out.
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Numbers don't lie but I think it was more of a one time interest thing than a sustained star draw. We won't know for a few more weeks what Batista really means for WWE. He's definitely not a Rock or Lesnar though.
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"According to Dave Meltzer, the WWE offer Prince Devitt has on the table is for an immediate main roster position."
With Zayn, Neville, and (possibly) KENTA on the roster, I'm in 1999 levels of wrestling dorkery right now. Shoemaker alluded to the E having a show focused on the LHW division on the network, so this kind of cheers me up after having CM leave to find his smile or whatever.
With Zayn, Neville, and (possibly) KENTA on the roster, I'm in 1999 levels of wrestling dorkery right now. Shoemaker alluded to the E having a show focused on the LHW division on the network, so this kind of cheers me up after having CM leave to find his smile or whatever.
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It is true that Punk took a concussion test on Monday. He passed the test. I cannot speak on the last line about Punk yelling about it.
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That's my whole point..I have zero problem with Punk wanting to take a break or even quit if that's his desire..I have a problem with him doing it in the wrong way..Leaving the company that made you all that money you're frugal with and hanging the guys in the locker room out to dry is not something that should be praised, IMO..
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The Extreme Rules PPV, which will be in seattle, will be built around Daniel Bryan.
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^ If that's true Punk coulda handled it a lot better. What's the problem with taking time off cuz of a fake concussion? It's better than packing your **** up and leaving outta nowhere.
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Punk did not want to wrestle hhh at mania because he felt it wasn't a big feud and match. VKM wants him back but hhh feels disrespected and really doesn't care if he comes back. F4wrestling.com reports.
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I think I'm gonna listen to these more. I've been listening to the post Raw one for awhile, and I'm
at everything, cause a lot of it is so true, especially in regards to Batista and the crowds reception to him. It's clear his conditioning isn't wrestling-ready, and you've basically confused the crowd as he's supposedly a face, but is hugging and shaking hands and acting so gracious with HHH. Add on his post-Rumble win antics, you should be going full blown heel with him at this point. It's like when Goldberg was ripping up crowd signs during (I think) his feud with Jericho. Who wants to cheer that 
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trust me the only reason why raw was rated so high was because of 2 reasons.dbry and interest in seeing what the crowd reaction was gonna be like after the rumble the night before,honestly havent watched raw in year and that were the only reason i was interested monday night.and only because i streamed the royal rumble because of boredom the night before.i was interested because of the whole 90s theme they did recently,which i missed.but heard about from this thread.which made me watch the rumble because as a kid i loved the rumble.but anyway NO batista was not the reason at all.batista always sucked.i just hope they use dbry right and make people that wrote off wrestling such as myself start watching again.but thats going to take a lot of work.sorry for the rant.just a saddened former diehard fan of the wrestling talking.
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KENTA is still at the Developmental Center, but let's not get ahead of ourselves with him actually signing.
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I don't see why he wouldn't; NOAH is in the dumps and obviously he's at the center for a reason. I wonder what his moveset WOULD be like if he were to sign though, seeing as CM Punk & Bryan stole his finishers.
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Hmm... their differing philosophies has me worried for the future.
Vince has always been a 'forgive and forget' type of man.
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Don't forget Ryback will steal some of punks move sets and shaemus will steal the rest so kenta got dbry punk Ryback AND shaemus
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Read to somewhere from one of the sites fans complaining that Punk can't have it both ways to be main eventing Mania while have Bryan be successful.
An original plan was for Bryan to face Punk. I don't think Punk has said he has to win the Main Event at WM, he just wants to be in it.
An original plan was for Bryan to face Punk. I don't think Punk has said he has to win the Main Event at WM, he just wants to be in it.
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Christians are opposed to Plan B.
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Probably shouldn't have named his finisher "Killswitch" then ... ;P
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He should have left it as the unprettier.
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How about Phil's ego too? Why shouldnt HHH feel disrespected ? How is a feud with HHH and the Authority not a big feud?
Look at Cena being booked against Wyatt for WM, if it was gonna be Punk instead of Cena how much more pissed would he be
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Cena's main evented every single WM for damn near 10 years though
I think he's good.
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Cena's main evented every single WM for damn near 10 years though
It wasn't really about Cena but I guess I could have picked a better comparison
