WWE PLE’s headed to ESPN starting in 2026

[InstantKlassik]

Why do y’all pretend to care about the entire library so much? What they are doing with the Vault channels is dope and should suffice. This shyt with wanting access to everything is all in your head. You’re not gonna watch half of that old shyt on top of the weekly television between companies.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Just saw someone point out that you now have to:

- Pay for Netflix to watch RAW
- Pay for either cable or Peacock to watch Smackdown
- Pay for ESPN+ with an additional fee to watch PPVs

The only WWE programming that's free is NXT. Huge difference from Cokeboy's vision

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Why do y’all pretend to care about the entire library so much? What they are doing with the Vault channels is dope and should suffice. This shyt with wanting access to everything is all in your head. You’re not gonna watch half of that old shyt on top of the weekly television between companies.

I'm not pretending. Often times the new shyt is background noise and I'm laughing in here with some brehs like we always did. The library is full of gems.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Why do y’all pretend to care about the entire library so much? What they are doing with the Vault channels is dope and should suffice. This shyt with wanting access to everything is all in your head. You’re not gonna watch half of that old shyt on top of the weekly television between companies.

Fake outrage. People always wanna be upset about something.

 

[jerniebert]

There's no way having cable ESPN will get you the streaming service for free. I think people are misreading. The new ESPN + will have a live stream of the cable network and all the content, and you can with the service you can get full ESPN without having to have cable or Hulu/Disney+/Youtube TV. Not that if you have cable with ESPN, you'll get the streaming on the house.

They don't want people to cut out cable, so if you have cable then you authenticate yourself with your cable company at no extra charge.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

They don't want people to cut out cable, so if you have cable then you authenticate yourself with your cable company at no extra charge.

If they follow through on that it's a good deal for cable subscribers. I already have a YouTube TV account so we'll see how that goes.

 

[Norrin Radd]

What does Hunter mean by "more spectacle"? They just had a 2-night 'SummerSlam' and maybe one or two special entrances and hardly any fireworks....

Celebrities and YouTubers having matches and hosting I bet

 

[DANJ!]

Why do y’all pretend to care about the entire library so much? What they are doing with the Vault channels is dope and should suffice. This shyt with wanting access to everything is all in your head. You’re not gonna watch half of that old shyt on top of the weekly television between companies.

People did this when the Netflix deal happened too... everybody thought all the PPVs from 2007, WCW Saturday Night and Mid-South was going up in smoke... they still available and who's watchin' em?

 

[jerniebert]

If they follow through on that it's a good deal for cable subscribers. I already have a YouTube TV account so we'll see how that goes.

Yeah if you have cable and like WWE then this is great news. I still won't watch, but I wish AEW offered this.

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[Da_Eggman]

Depressing not just this but football too will be ridiculous to watch

fukk you paul

 

[stro]

Why do y’all pretend to care about the entire library so much? What they are doing with the Vault channels is dope and should suffice. This shyt with wanting access to everything is all in your head. You’re not gonna watch half of that old shyt on top of the weekly television between companies.

Because the library is the most complete library in American wrestling history and has pretty much everything great from the late 60s to today. I don't want to watch the current shyt. I don't even want to watch the last 20 years of shyt. shyt, I don't even really want to watch pre 1995 at this point. Take me back to the 80s and 70s, big dawg.

 

[Wolfpac]

Fans are killin me today A post I saw on SquaredCircle. In other words, "Dre Day only meant Eazy's payday...."

- The NFL made a deal where in exchange for their live games, network content, and the Red Zone channel, they would receive a 10% ownership stake in ESPN

- The NFL media rights revenue sharing system means all 32 teams get an equal share of the profits. Last season the NFL got about $14 billion dollars total from their media partners -- so every team got about $432M each.

- It will now cost $30 a month if you want to watch WWE PLE's on ESPN+.

Rough Math:

- 10% of $30 divided by 32 is $0.09375 per month

- So if 1M WWE fans subscribe to ESPN+, the Khan family will get $93,750

 

[stro]

They don't want people to cut out cable, so if you have cable then you authenticate yourself with your cable company at no extra charge.

That's the opposite of what the press release and wiki and articles about it say. They all make it clear that it is an OTT service that will include ESPN linear channels, not the other way around.

 

[O.Red]

Vince’s last fukk you to the fans

It wasn't a fukk you to the fans it was a fukk you to H and Stephanie

That whole situation was some Game Of Thrones shyt