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Maybe he is making money in the merchandise ? Maybe its political they have to put in the guy that supports the American troops!?

It doesn't make sense if its not for the money. I am guessing they are maybe trying to make him bring the higher PPV buy-rates he used to bring in earlier years.

WWE product sucks because there is not competition I said this before, its the only wrestling show on planet earth. Others might exist, but you have to hunt them around. Just look at TNA's arenas after 10 years in the business and that is considered a successful fed . One thing I don't understand about the wrestling business is that every business in the world gets competition when it is successful except in business. The WWE has a billion dollars in market capital and has almost 0 competition . No one wants to gain a 100 or 200 million out of that business ?

What is the WWE Network supposed to be?
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Brock Lesnar may be the beast, but Paul Heyman is a beast on the mic! One of the few Legends (can we call him that, yet?) that didn't come off as washed-up on Old-School Raw.

Although you can't deny that Too Cool and the New Age Outlaws didn't put a smile on your face.
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BurningDoom wrote:Brock Lesnar may be the beast, but Paul Heyman is a beast on the mic! One of the few Legends (can we call him that, yet?) that didn't come off as washed-up on Old-School Raw.

Although you can't deny that Too Cool and the New Age Outlaws didn't put a smile on your face.
New Age Outlaws, Too Cool, Rikishi, and Jake (except when he French kissed the snake) were all outstanding moments.

Why put Daniel with the Wyatt's only to have them feud internally? If WWE screws up the Wyatt Family I'm done forever. So states We the People!!!
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jmbarnes101 wrote:
BurningDoom wrote:Brock Lesnar may be the beast, but Paul Heyman is a beast on the mic! One of the few Legends (can we call him that, yet?) that didn't come off as washed-up on Old-School Raw.

Although you can't deny that Too Cool and the New Age Outlaws didn't put a smile on your face.
New Age Outlaws, Too Cool, Rikishi, and Jake (except when he French kissed the snake) were all outstanding moments.

Why put Daniel with the Wyatt's only to have them feud internally? If WWE screws up the Wyatt Family I'm done forever. So states We the People!!!
According to lots of inside sources, they're high on Bray Wyatt. They're basically tossing Daniel Bryan (who Vince McMahon hates for becoming more over than Cena) under the bus as a way to get Bray Wyatt more over while simultaneously killing Bryan's heat. Two birds, one stone. Those are the facts, so I wouldn't worry about Bray Wyatt
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That's right WWE, keep burying the guy who is responsible for this kind of mainstream exposure:

http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publ ... 5172.shtml
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TNA tonight, especially the last match, was a complete and utter piece of crap. I'm done with them.
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This might be old news to you guys, but it looks like the WWE Network is going to bring in some serious loot for the WWE. Ten smackers a month gets you all the PPV's, plus round the clock wrestling.
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Luke wrote:This might be old news to you guys, but it looks like the WWE Network is going to bring in some serious loot for the WWE. Ten smackers a month gets you all the PPV's, plus round the clock wrestling.
If the network replays old episodes of Tuesday Night Titans, Nitro, Thunder, Raw, and Smackdown in the order of the original airings then I'm ordering it in heartbeat.

If not, then meh. WWE isn't what it used to be. $120 a year isn't worth it if they are relying solely on stuff from their current shows and it's YouTube programming.
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BurningDoom wrote:
Luke wrote:This might be old news to you guys, but it looks like the WWE Network is going to bring in some serious loot for the WWE. Ten smackers a month gets you all the PPV's, plus round the clock wrestling.
If the network replays old episodes of Tuesday Night Titans, Nitro, Thunder, Raw, and Smackdown in the order of the original airings then I'm ordering it in heartbeat.

If not, then meh. WWE isn't what it used to be. $120 a year isn't worth it if they are relying solely on stuff from their current shows and it's YouTube programming.
It's not my place to tell you what to do with your money, but personally, I don't care what they offer or how much it is, WWE doesn't deserve your money or anyone else's right now in my opinion. Not only is the product crap, but they have been giving a big, fat middle finger to fans lately in a way I don't think I've ever seen before. I wish I could post a link to an article by PWTorch writer Bruce Mitchell about how WWE is trying to force fans to submit to their will rather than them actually caring about what we want, but the article is only accessible to paying members of that site.
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BurningDoom wrote:
Luke wrote:This might be old news to you guys, but it looks like the WWE Network is going to bring in some serious loot for the WWE. Ten smackers a month gets you all the PPV's, plus round the clock wrestling.
If the network replays old episodes of Tuesday Night Titans, Nitro, Thunder, Raw, and Smackdown in the order of the original airings then I'm ordering it in heartbeat.

If not, then meh. WWE isn't what it used to be. $120 a year isn't worth it if they are relying solely on stuff from their current shows and it's YouTube programming.
From what I have read the network isn't going to be your traditional network with set programming. It's more like on demand, so you will have a list of all the Nitros and you can go through and pick which one you want to watch. The same with Sumerslams, ECW shows, etc.
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