THE WRESTLING THREAD: BROCK LESNAR HAS ENTERED THE CHAT!!!
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If TK was a better booker, I would disagree. Mercedes is a great talent and should bring eyes to the product, but I don't know if she would move numbers where other names failed to do so.... She'll pop a rating....but like Edge and others, will be forgotten before too long.
Raw on Amazon would be bad for WWE. A lot of households don't have Amazon prime and are not familiar with how to stream it. The NFL got a lot of complaints this season because all the Thursday night games were on Amazon prime and people didn't want to spend the extra money to watch the games.
It could be good and bad for WWE and their audience, but I looked at some numbers and Amazon Prime subscribers are well over 200 million worldwide (167 million in the US alone).
US cable subscribers are expected to drop below 50 million in the US by 2027.
WWE might see the future being brighter on the subscription service deal and giving them a full year to promote their show on Prime video, on a service many already subscribe to (Amazon Prime).....this may not be as bad a deal.
NFL fans were mad that games that were on broadcast TV were exclusive to Prime. Raw has always been on pay cable, so I don't think this will be the same as the issues Prime (may have) had with showing NFL games.
Whoa, Raw going on Amazon Prime!!...That's something new!!..Good luck to them over there!!..
The way Jaguar Yokota executes the Tiger Driver 91 and the way Akira Hokuto executes the Northern Lights Bomb!Nasty! I hope they allow Guilia to continue using the Northern Lights Bomb as her finisher in WWE.
The Kudome Valentine/Kudo Driver is my favorite move ever.
This will be lovely!
Not sure what you're talking about, but WWE landing on Amazon would be a homerun for WWE.
Most people I know have Amazon Prime already.
Amazon has DEEP pockets and can offer the most cash, while a lot of these other streaming services like Peacock and Paramount+ are losing money hand over fist and may not even be around in a couple of years.
People always complain at first when their favorite sport or TV show moves to a new channel or streaming platform, but they eventually adjust to it and get over it.
The only people still complaining are the boomers who don't know how streaming works.
Yup! Like I said above, cable subscriptions are falling and projected to fall even further in the years ahead. Amazon is in a good position because if you pay for Prime, you have Prime Video built into your subscription, unlike Paramount and Peacock (and others not mentioned).
Raw will be available in more households if they go to Prime.
WWE will have a presence on Network TV (CW/NXT), Cable TV (USA/Smackdown), and On Demand and Live Streaming (Peacock/PPVs/PLEs) and (Raw).
This is huge.
You're not wrong.
I just hope Amazon updates their UI before WWE gets there. The current layout and navigate on Prime streaming is absolute shit.
Hell naw! lol
The UI on their own Amazon devices is fine and has been updated recently, however, the UI of the Prime app on other devices does look like crap.
Yeah but is the NFL hurting is the question? I’ve seen nothing to suggest they regret going there. I’d also question how many homes have Amazon Prime as opposed to how many have U.S.A.
These fools want to die and ain’t even at a PPV or nothing lol.
Yeah I think it’s outdated thinking to think you can’t move to streaming. I would say it’s the future but it’s really the present. Especially with everyone having a smart TV and having these streaming apps on their TV. Like you said they will complain at first. People complained about cable initially. But you will find what you want. I think this is a smart move. NFL is trying it too. They all know where TV is heading.
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Amazon Prime video statistics: 57% of the people subscribed to prime as it has video content. Primevideo.com has around 99.3M backlinks
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Cable numbers going down. Prime subscriptions are on the rise ...
Exactly that’s what I figured. I haven’t had cable in…..8 years.. but what I can’t do without is internet lol. And that’s where most of this programming will be…..v
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Cable numbers going down. Prime subscriptions are on the rise ...
I would LOVE for you to be wrong...but you won't.
So would I.
Ehhh, I have to disagree as it isn't the same as 20years ago when a show moved from Tuesday to Thursday or from ABC to USA Network. A basic cable package and you're not missing your show. Moving from Netflix to Amazon or another streaming platform, means I have to pay for another service. and it isn't like adding a 5$ cable package. You're looking at 15+ and that's if you have a TV that will support the app on your TV. Samsung is KNOWN for abandoning their store that would work on older TV's that doesn't support their new store. So you're buying a new TV or a ROKU/Google device.
Also moving to streaming is the future...WWE HAD A STREAMING SERVICE ALREADY THAT THEY ABANDONED!!!! They just didn't want to pay that bill.
Like I mentioned before, almost everyone has Amazon Prime already if for nothing else, the free 2-day shipping.
We're not talking about Peacock or Paramount+ where you have to beg people to sign up.
WWE (just like the NFL) is clearly looking to the future, so they're not worried about the boomers with old "dumb" TVs who have to call their kids/grandkids to show them how streaming works.
And WWE didn't "abandon" their network. They still produce plenty of content for the network.
They just were able to license it off to another company for a bunch of money, which they will do again once their current deal expires.
You can get a fire stick for 19 dollars one time fee if need be.
But this is why I said what I said earlier about the NFL on Thursday Night. It hasn't hurt their brand. And it's the same with WWE. I'm assuming Smackdown would still be on regular TV?
This right here.....Smackdown is going to cable though.
WWE is doing exactly what the NFL does. While some wrestling promotions are trying to work out deals for one TV home, WWE has numerous. Just like the NFL.
Like I mentioned above, WWE shows will show up on broadcast TV, cable and streaming.
NFL has broadcast TV deals (NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC), cable rights (ESPN) and streaming rights (Prime Video and Paramount).