Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Tonight(Battlegorund) was furthermore proof of what I have been saying lately.
This buisness model is poor, and these "B" ppvs are really and truly turning into glorified episodes of RAW. EVerything on this show was something from a RAW episode. I would have been fucking HEATED had I paid 55$ for that piss poor show.
A countout finish for their most built up match, a non-match that had lots of brawling and basktage segments, a wildly predicatable main event, that had nothing in it that we havent seen a thousand times before....the fucking set wasnt even different.
Its high time the WWE goes down to 6 - 8 big shows (would-be PPV) to save money on production costs, AND make them almost entirely network exclusive. You have to give people more bang for their buck, and shit like this isn't doing it....Unfortunately, its kind of a necessary evil with so many PPVs to put on.
But since you have already slashed your PPV revenue possibilities in half (I would be shocked if this show did more than 100K buys. Only people who love WWE enough to have the network want to watch this) but you are still footing the production costs, and, as it appears, bleeding money significantly. its time to look at a fresh model.
Cut down the shows to make them more must-see, but at the same time, save yourself some money, ALSO at the same time giving people more incentive to subscribe to the network. Obviously you still offer these 6-8 on PPV internationally, but also avoid the free network broadcasting of them with companies like Sky and the like.
This buisness model is poor, and these "B" ppvs are really and truly turning into glorified episodes of RAW. EVerything on this show was something from a RAW episode. I would have been fucking HEATED had I paid 55$ for that piss poor show.
A countout finish for their most built up match, a non-match that had lots of brawling and basktage segments, a wildly predicatable main event, that had nothing in it that we havent seen a thousand times before....the fucking set wasnt even different.
Its high time the WWE goes down to 6 - 8 big shows (would-be PPV) to save money on production costs, AND make them almost entirely network exclusive. You have to give people more bang for their buck, and shit like this isn't doing it....Unfortunately, its kind of a necessary evil with so many PPVs to put on.
But since you have already slashed your PPV revenue possibilities in half (I would be shocked if this show did more than 100K buys. Only people who love WWE enough to have the network want to watch this) but you are still footing the production costs, and, as it appears, bleeding money significantly. its time to look at a fresh model.
Cut down the shows to make them more must-see, but at the same time, save yourself some money, ALSO at the same time giving people more incentive to subscribe to the network. Obviously you still offer these 6-8 on PPV internationally, but also avoid the free network broadcasting of them with companies like Sky and the like.