WWE PLE’s headed to ESPN starting in 2026

[Rell84shots]

Talking to yourself over the course of 1700 posts

Anyway....




Who could he be talking about? Only Netflix was in the conversation and Netflix has a much wider reach than ESPN does....

ESPN gives them access to Disney, plus as much as we rag on them ESPN is still the worldwide leader in sports.

 

[daemonova]

ESPN gives them access to Disney, plus as much as we rag on them ESPN is still the worldwide leader in sports.

Not enough year round sports to warrant the price.

 

[Reality Check]

Again, show me the posts where I'm "mad" ....


Also....



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This isn’t the flex he thinks it is.

 

[Norrin Radd]

 

[VegetasHairline]

Price of The Cock goin up!

 

[jadillac]

Telling the truth isn't glazing, glazing would be to act like Vince never fukked up. The truth is that he did run the company better than TKO, and that's because he's a wrestling guy. Vince never wanted ads on the mat for old school reasons plus being tacky, and he knew you couldn't price out the fans.

I'm just saying, Vince didn't even like the terms, wrestler, belt, etc. And we dealt with Super Cena, and Big Dog Roman eras. And some other awful PG era stuff. BUT, yes, Vince did value certain things TKO doesn't give a sht about.

Slim Jim tables, tv attorney ads center ring.....absolutely not. Vince would lose money before doing that and he was a loyal guy to the fans in the business sense. In short TKO has no soul in the body of wrestling

 

[Norrin Radd]

I'm just saying, Vince didn't even like the terms, wrestler, belt, etc. And we dealt with Super Cena, and Big Dog Roman eras. And some other awful PG era stuff.

This is why I always find the suggestion that things would be better with Vince in control again laughable

 

[Easy-E]

Time and time again, WWE is becoming a mark product.

Like, who's this damn obssessed with the WWE to pay this much and consume this much product?

Just kidding, do what u want

People are working overtime to tell us; it's just an extra $30? BTW WTF is dis?

 

[VegetasHairline]

I'm just saying, Vince didn't even like the terms, wrestler, belt, etc. And we dealt with Super Cena, and Big Dog Roman eras. And some other awful PG era stuff. BUT, yes, Vince did value certain things TKO doesn't give a sht about.

Slim Jim tables, tv attorney ads center ring.....absolutely not. Vince would lose money before doing that and he was a loyal guy to the fans in the business sense. In short TKO has no soul in the body of wrestling

 

[Rell84shots]

This is why I always find the suggestion that things would be better with Vince in control again laughable

Outside of delusion what's better now than before? We're still seeing the same stuff that people complained about under Vince, except now banana nose and the neckbeards are telling us how great everything is.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

So is this the equivalent of an erection in Peacock terms

 

[Reality Check]

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

Phrase sums up perfectly TKO and where they are taking WWE.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I'm retired from interacting with 99% of this board and really IWC as a whole. The only exception being pics threads. It's made viewing wrestling a lot better not being part of echo chambers or reading shyt daily by people with mental needs. But when I saw the news I had to come here and...y'all didn't disappoint

Wrestling fans have this innate ability, whether here, Reddit, Twitter, doesn't matter where, to be completely and totally wrong on anything and everything outside the bubble of wrestling. Including the business of wrestling. Then double down on the mental gymnastics and conclusions that only ever existed in their heads. It's like you all have opinions you think these company need to follow on TV weekly, now you know better than execs handling billion dollar grossing entities for a living. It isn't just a TKO, you all did the same thing with Vince.

This guy and a lot of the rest of you thinking you have one brain cell to offer Nick Khan about his handlings is wild. IWC said the Netflix deal was bad, they'll cancel the deal because of Vince, other shyt you came up with hyperventilating off scenarios you made up. Raw is consistently a top viewed program for Netflix. Let the IWC tell it, wrestling fans have been priced out, they're still selling out venues and hitting near sellouts. At the very least the shows are fuller than 2019 while costing more, while a depression is coming off of Trump. How can Nick Khan be wrong about so much and the IWC be right about it all, yet Nick's the one signing these billion dollar deals and the price structures so far are working, while IWC ain't been asked to sign shyt. They just keep waiting for the next boogeyman that'll "sink the ship". Thought that kind of shyt was supposed to stop with Vince...yeah

Anyway man, carry on. I just thought it was crazy reading comments here and elsewhere about things nobody outside Nick/Ari have the data or enough insight to be having opinions on, having opinions. Not even defending money hunger, if the shyt ain't for you cool then let them know and not watch. Let the ones that actually have an idea about 2030 in 2025 worry about what things look like in 5 years.

If things don't work they'll feel it. They seem to think they'll be fine and if I'm honest they most likely will be. People in the "just watching WWE" category on Netflix & Peacock are most likely few and between. This is aimed to hook more casuals by putting wrestling right next to real sports and further legitimize wrestling as sport instead of just the carnival with steel chairs. But until then when things stop working, take the rest of the summer off and kick your feet up tiger.

Not for a second gonna waste time reading this whole post - but quoting you because you've fallen hook line and sinker for this talking point that's being run by Ariel and other puppets in the media.

You don't have to pay $30 if you've already got ESPN in your cable package right?

How many carriers in 2025 offer ESPN in their basic package?

Because as it stands now, Comcast/Xfinity already upcharges for ESPN and I believe DirectTV does too. Same for Cox.

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[jerniebert]

This is why I always find the suggestion that things would be better with Vince in control again laughable

Exactly. The uptick in ticket sales and viewership started after Vince was forced out. People were happy to see Vince gone. The only problem was all his enablers were left to run the business, but everyone over looks that part.