Watching Ohio St. losing last night and the Cubs winning the pennant, I had this thought in my head.
WWE will eventually go FULL network, and this isn't on the product itself. This is mainly because of the concept of cord cutting. Within the last few years ESPN has had to fight the NFL/NCAA for programming rights, but what has happen is that many people don't need ESPN to view football or its highlights; so ESPN has released or let people like Skip and Simmons go because the return on investment is so low they are losing money. Even the Cubs who won, they didn't play their game on FOX, but instead FOX Sports 1, another cable venture because the ratings are not as good as they once were.
USA Network is NBC affiliate, and while they get NBC money to support, I think NBC/USA is thinking how much money it has lost by having WWE programming if the ratings are low but they have to pay for exclusivity. I also think at times there is tension tween Vince/HHH about their product where HHH wouldn't have people like the Crissley family on a Wrestling show as a means to promote USA's product. You can knock HHH all you want but its very clear that he prefers a authentic wrestling product, versus Vince's mixing of Entertainment value.
So either when Vince becomes a vegetable or he actually retires, I think HHH will push the product to full Network.
WWE will eventually go FULL network, and this isn't on the product itself. This is mainly because of the concept of cord cutting. Within the last few years ESPN has had to fight the NFL/NCAA for programming rights, but what has happen is that many people don't need ESPN to view football or its highlights; so ESPN has released or let people like Skip and Simmons go because the return on investment is so low they are losing money. Even the Cubs who won, they didn't play their game on FOX, but instead FOX Sports 1, another cable venture because the ratings are not as good as they once were.
USA Network is NBC affiliate, and while they get NBC money to support, I think NBC/USA is thinking how much money it has lost by having WWE programming if the ratings are low but they have to pay for exclusivity. I also think at times there is tension tween Vince/HHH about their product where HHH wouldn't have people like the Crissley family on a Wrestling show as a means to promote USA's product. You can knock HHH all you want but its very clear that he prefers a authentic wrestling product, versus Vince's mixing of Entertainment value.
So either when Vince becomes a vegetable or he actually retires, I think HHH will push the product to full Network.
