NBC Universal has til Valentine's Day to accept WWE's offer

[Milk N Cookies]

So anyone know if they had come to an agreement ?

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

NASCAR brings in far more advertising dollars than wrestling, the cars themselves are billboards. NHL as well. If wrestling brought in the ad dollars, there'd be 3-4 major companies rather than 1.

OK so they're number six behind part time sports. I think there are more networks in the running but they just aren't being spoken about, WWE runs year round and is a cash cow for whatever network they're on...shyt whichever network it goes to automatically becomes the number 1 cable network.

 

[FreshAIG]

If USA lost RAW they'd go from number 1 to like 4

 

[DaHNIC82]

I know a 3.01 is still pretty good in terms of cable ratings, but holy shyt at that plummet

Wrestling stop being the "cool thing"

 

[trick]

Wrestling stop being the "cool thing"

that's part of it but they really fukked up with the Invasion...they disappointed a ton of people with the way they handled it

 

[DaHNIC82]

that's part of it but they really fukked up with the Invasion...they disappointed a ton of people with the way they handled it

Exactly. They also slowly showed signs of truly not knowing what they were doing but lucky for them, They had a strong amount of star power and deep talent pool for us to overlook the flaws

 

[spoiled]

OK so they're number six behind part time sports. I think there are more networks in the running but they just aren't being spoken about, WWE runs year round and is a cash cow for whatever network they're on...shyt whichever network it goes to automatically becomes the number 1 cable network.

Porn gets a lot of traffic in the internet but no reputable company is going to advertise on it. Wrestling has the stigma of being only watched by kids and nerds, so no matter how high the ratings, it's not gonna make as much through advertising.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

Porn gets a lot of traffic in the internet but no reputable company is going to advertise on it. Wrestling has the stigma of being only watched by kids and nerds, so no matter how high the ratings, it's not gonna make as much through advertising.

Keep telling yourself that...why you think USA doesn't give a shyt about a 3 rating and where the ones who pushed for the third hour so hard? MORE ADVERTISING MONEY

 

[Kang Deezy]

They need to get something resolved ASAP.

 

[Jmare007]

Source: Bloomberg

WWE Chief Financial Officer George Barrios revealed to Bloomberg in a telephone interview that WWE will announce their new television deal at the end of April or the beginning of May.

While Barrios would only state that the company was in talks with "with multiple parties," Bloomberg reveals that WWE has held talks with AMC, Viacom, Time Warner and FOX. The story noted that a renewal with NBCUniversal is also a possibility.

Of course, Viacom is the parent company of Spike TV, which airs TNA programming. While Viacom does own many channels, if Viacom were to strike a deal with WWE, they would almost certainly be on Spike TV leaving TNA without a home.

 

[jackswstd]

WWE on AMC

 

[Momentum]

When Hulk walked out in Green Bay it was the nail in the coffin for TNA.

WWE going back to Spike would just be the dirt on top

 

[I-Hate-You]

TNA would just get picked up by USA and