KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[DarksideEric]

Has a legitimate injury ever changed the outcome of a match? If so, which ones? Who was injured and how?

 

[scomvp316]

It looks like within the next few weeks WWE will announce their new tv deal. The latest rumor is they have a deal in place with Spike. I am sure if they were to re-sign with Comcast that announcement would of been made the week after WM. Some people as in business people believe the deal could be worth as much as WWE makes a year which would be around 600-700 mill. That would cover all of their losses for the Network and then they could fully invest into their hollywood aspirations. My question is do you think they will sign with Spike and a ballpark figure for how much? Also I was thinking about the WWE Studios and the perfect company they should work with which would fit WWE's demo would be Bay Films. Would that be a great investment for both?

 

[Punkanomics]

Does the Miz/Cena main event get too much heat for being a bad match? I watched it live and several times after that and I don't find it to be as awful as it's made out to be.

 

[Alex]

How much wrestling merchandise do you own??

 

[klunderbunker]

Has a legitimate injury ever changed the outcome of a match? If so, which ones? Who was injured and how?

SuperBrawl VIII. Rick Martel was supposed to win the TV TItle but ripped his knee to shreds by hitting the ropes wrong. Booker T won instead and immediately had to face Saturn. They called the whole match on the fly and made up the ending as it went.

It looks like within the next few weeks WWE will announce their new tv deal. The latest rumor is they have a deal in place with Spike. I am sure if they were to re-sign with Comcast that announcement would of been made the week after WM. Some people as in business people believe the deal could be worth as much as WWE makes a year which would be around 600-700 mill. That would cover all of their losses for the Network and then they could fully invest into their hollywood aspirations. My question is do you think they will sign with Spike and a ballpark figure for how much? Also I was thinking about the WWE Studios and the perfect company they should work with which would fit WWE's demo would be Bay Films. Would that be a great investment for both?

I think they wind up with USA still. No idea how much.

Nah. They need to stay with the movie stuff they're doing now.

Does the Miz/Cena main event get too much heat for being a bad match? I watched it live and several times after that and I don't find it to be as awful as it's made out to be.

It's the fact that it's the main event of Wrestlemania and ended in a double countout more thana nything else.

How much wrestling merchandise do you own??

Almost none actually.

 

[Alex]

Almost none actually.

Is that because you're just really picky??

I mean when it comes to t-shirts for me I'm rather particular

 

[scomvp316]

Do you or will you purchase WWE Stock in the future

I have been a hardline critic of certain aspects of their balance sheet especially their high operational costs

Lets see if you agree on my next point:
By SummerSlam if the network numbers are in the range of 1.5 million subscribers and their new tv deal is around $800 million their operational costs will drastically go down and their stock price will be $30-40

 

[klunderbunker]

Is that because you're just really picky??

I mean when it comes to t-shirts for me I'm rather particular

1. It's too expensive save for some of the clearance stuff.

2. I don't like having to defend being a wrestling fan to everyone that asks why I wear that stuff.

Do you or will you purchase WWE Stock in the future

I have been a hardline critic of certain aspects of their balance sheet especially their high operational costs

Lets see if you agree on my next point:
By SummerSlam if the network numbers are in the range of 1.5 million subscribers and their new tv deal is around $800 million their operational costs will drastically go down and their stock price will be $30-40

I have.

I'm not much of a financial guy but I can almost guarantee it won't be 1.5 network buys by then.

 

[scomvp316]

I am a huge optimists
Despite some of my posts I am a pro-wwe guy
With WWE missing the 1 million mark on their first report they have to go over 1 million subscribers by the end of the year but I think by the end of the summer they could reach that number with ease

My question is do you think the Network will eventually squash their DVD business

 

[klunderbunker]

Not without expanding internationally it won't.

Nah. People still like having physical copies of stuff. Also they like having it in one place instead of jumping around to get it.

 

[scomvp316]

Other than UK I think Germany and France could be the big winners of having alot of subscribers

when WWE launches this Network to the international consumer and they reach Asia would it be wise for WWE to strike a soft deal with some Japanese Promotions to air their programming on the network or is this network always going to be WWE exclusive

with a certain "sabatical" superstar in limbo whats the % of that star being a part of the PayBack PPV in Chicago. Recent report is alot of wwe management want to involve him in some capacity because they feel a PPV response show is alot different than a taped live event show

 

[klunderbunker]

I doubt it'll happen.

 

[Punkanomics]

If you had to pick two midcarders in WWE to form a tag team, who would they be?

 

[klunderbunker]

Damien Sandow and Aiden English.

 

[Thriller Ant]

Damien Sandow and Aiden English.

My body is ready.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

You're charged with improving the ratings of Smackdown. What do you do?

 

[klunderbunker]

Simple: put important stuff on it.

It's really not much harder than that. Oh and get it on a better network in a better timeslot if you can.

 

[DarksideEric]

Who would make a great heel and face faction in WWE that have never been together before?

 

[klunderbunker]

As in the group?

 

[DarksideEric]

As in the group?

Yeah, a group of heels or faces that have never been together before.

So like, not Orton + Batista + Someone new.

 

[klunderbunker]

I'm not really big on factions. They don't accomplish much for the most part.

 

[scomvp316]

Would you be interested in a DVD Series called WWE vs WCW
The idea would consist of volumes being released such as Saturday Night's Main Event vs Clash of Champions and Raw vs Nitro. It would air a WWE show and the following would be a WCW show and it would be in chronological order so a little history involved

 

[klunderbunker]

A series? No.

 

[Blade]

How highly do you rate Lex Luger's World Title run from 1991/92?

 

[klunderbunker]

Not very highly. He won it in an awful match and only successfully defended it once on PPV in 6 months.