I was somewhat afraid this would happen with UFC and EPSN+ having their insanely expensive PPV deal which is also up this year, so maybe they are moving. I’m actually shocked they haven’t used the UFC PPV model for WWE, but from reading it this looks like WWE thinks their fans will follow them from $7 Peacock to $30 ESPN without batting an eye to get them hooked into EPSN’s new service… I am of the opinion that eventually WWE rejoins the PPV model.
I balked and went sailing when Peacock announced a hike to $11 or some shit, I’m certainly not going to $30 ESPN, fuck that.
NBC Univseral (Peacock, Comcast, NBC, etc) - SmackDown
Netflix - RAW
ESPN (Disney, ABC, FX, etc…) - PLE’s (probably not too far off of them being PPV again)
The CW (and most affiliates) - NXT
That means independent (aka small and likely to close) channels and Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN, TNT, TBS, HGTV, Food Network, etc) are the only TV partners left for AEW and leaves TNA and anybody else thinks they have a shot out in the cold.
I guess Prime Video is still out there and they’ve been buying up sports, if anybody wants to test them, they did a great job with NASCAR this year, although I think NASCAR’s in house production studio handled a lot of that.
I was somewhat afraid this would happen with UFC and EPSN+ having their insanely expensive PPV deal which is also up this year, so maybe they are moving. I’m actually shocked they haven’t used the UFC PPV model for WWE, but from reading it this looks like WWE thinks their fans will follow them from $7 Peacock to $30 ESPN without batting an eye to get them hooked into EPSN’s new service… I am of the opinion that eventually WWE rejoins the PPV model.
I balked and went sailing when Peacock announced a hike to $11 or some shit, I’m certainly not going to $30 ESPN, fuck that.
NBC Univseral (Peacock, Comcast, NBC, etc) - SmackDown
Netflix - RAW
ESPN (Disney, ABC, FX, etc…) - PLE’s (probably not too far off of them being PPV again)
The CW (and most affiliates) - NXT
That means independent (aka small and likely to close) channels and Warner Bros. Discovery (CNN, TNT, TBS, HGTV, Food Network, etc) are the only TV partners left for AEW and leaves TNA and anybody else thinks they have a shot out in the cold.
I guess Prime Video is still out there and they’ve been buying up sports, if anybody wants to test them, they did a great job with NASCAR this year, although I think NASCAR’s in house production studio handled a lot of that.
Very anti-trusty, more so than ever, IMO.