WWE PLE’s headed to ESPN starting in 2026
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Mordy4Life
All Star
T’Challa’s Heir
Superstar
Welp. Guess I’m back to only watching Raw. It was fun while it lasted.
Jim Cornette
The Cult of Meat with Extra Cheese...
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
The funniest thing about the upcharge is that ESPN's streaming quality is ass compared to Peacock. It's never been addressed on ESPN+ to this point
InstantKlassik
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Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
This is going to be happening more and more. Enjoy your free and cheap programming while you can. Once these big corporation hedge funds asset management companies get its hands on something its all down hill.
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
ESPN has NOTHING wack ffs arguing over wack topics. They don't carry enough sports year around to warrant that price point.
Their female talent would need to do updates and news in lingerie and bikinis before id consider it.
This sounds fukking stupid for various reasons.
1. WWE has made it a point for 10 years now to kill the PPV platform. First it was $9.99 per month with WWE Network, and when that was launching, they were actively calling fans who paid full price for normal PPV through cable providers fukking idiots on TV weekly. Then the move to Peacock, which was even cheaper, and is included free for most Xfinity internet packages.
2. Money wise, its the about the same as the Peacock deal....for WWE/TKO. For fans that want to watch WWE that have been trained for a decade to not pay more than $10 a month for PPVs and the back catalogue (and then all the catalogue on Peacock PLUS all the NBC Universal programming over a dozen channels, tons of live sports, big movies, big TV, etc) for half that, now expected to pay triple for....shytty ESPN programming that everyone has hated for 15 years? The same ESPN that has been on the verge of going under for years and has fired nearly all their on air talent besides SAS and for some reason the worst hot taker I've ever seen in my life in Perk?
3. I'm sure TKO will end up using the UFC model and doing pay for ESPN streamer and then PPV costs on top of that.
They're gonna make their money, shareholders gonna be happy, but a bunch of fans and especially younger fans that they need to keep the thing going for years are not going to be able to get their parents to spring for $30 a month for ESPN The Ocho+ AND the what, almost $20 a month for Netflix just for their mark ass kids to watch WWE. Over 5 years, that will make a negative impact on business. They just keep making shyt harder and worse to seek out and watch with every new deal. They've basically abandoned back catalogue on Netflix and I would not imagine they'll be uploading anything beyond Hogan and Attitude Eras on ESPN.
1. WWE has made it a point for 10 years now to kill the PPV platform. First it was $9.99 per month with WWE Network, and when that was launching, they were actively calling fans who paid full price for normal PPV through cable providers fukking idiots on TV weekly. Then the move to Peacock, which was even cheaper, and is included free for most Xfinity internet packages.
2. Money wise, its the about the same as the Peacock deal....for WWE/TKO. For fans that want to watch WWE that have been trained for a decade to not pay more than $10 a month for PPVs and the back catalogue (and then all the catalogue on Peacock PLUS all the NBC Universal programming over a dozen channels, tons of live sports, big movies, big TV, etc) for half that, now expected to pay triple for....shytty ESPN programming that everyone has hated for 15 years? The same ESPN that has been on the verge of going under for years and has fired nearly all their on air talent besides SAS and for some reason the worst hot taker I've ever seen in my life in Perk?
3. I'm sure TKO will end up using the UFC model and doing pay for ESPN streamer and then PPV costs on top of that.
They're gonna make their money, shareholders gonna be happy, but a bunch of fans and especially younger fans that they need to keep the thing going for years are not going to be able to get their parents to spring for $30 a month for ESPN The Ocho+ AND the what, almost $20 a month for Netflix just for their mark ass kids to watch WWE. Over 5 years, that will make a negative impact on business. They just keep making shyt harder and worse to seek out and watch with every new deal. They've basically abandoned back catalogue on Netflix and I would not imagine they'll be uploading anything beyond Hogan and Attitude Eras on ESPN.
RammerJammer
#RollTide #TSC #RiseUp #BullsNation #RIPKobe
I shouldn’t have laughed at WWE shamelessly plugging the WWE Network 11 years ago 
If you’re strictly streaming wrestling in the US it’ll cost over $120 a month to watch all of WWE’s weekly shows plus PLEs (Netflix, ESPN, and either YouTube TV or Hulu plus Live TV) and if you’re a fan of any other sports or wrestling promotions? Yeahhh
Streaming is the new cable in more ways than one and you not really saving by cord cutting anymore fr.
If you’re strictly streaming wrestling in the US it’ll cost over $120 a month to watch all of WWE’s weekly shows plus PLEs (Netflix, ESPN, and either YouTube TV or Hulu plus Live TV) and if you’re a fan of any other sports or wrestling promotions? Yeahhh
Streaming is the new cable in more ways than one and you not really saving by cord cutting anymore fr.
avon barksdale
i want my corners
30 dollars for a WWE Ppv
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
In between time you get watch Mina Kimes play with her hair on Zoom.30 dollars for a WWE Ppv
