The OS WWE 'Dirt' Thread

[ubernoob]

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I don't know if they'd put it on FS1, but I could see FX airing it.

Erm... why wouldn't they?

It's a sporting event, JR now works for the website and it pulls ratings just as good (or better) than anything else they have - and it's year round.

NASCAR was on FS1 before the the last fight night, and that averaged around 3.5 million viewers.

That's around RAW numbers. RAW is a guaranteed ratings generator, you have at least a solid baseline to work off of and know what you're expecting.

I'd just be interested to know which channel Fox would shuttle SmackDown! to if they wanted to split them up for business purposes.

[jmillhimes]

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Erm... why wouldn't they?

It's a sporting event, JR now works for the website and it pulls ratings just as good (or better) than anything else they have - and it's year round.

NASCAR was on FS1 before the the last fight night, and that averaged around 3.5 million viewers.

That's around RAW numbers. RAW is a guaranteed ratings generator, you have at least a solid baseline to work off of and know what you're expecting.

I'd just be interested to know which channel Fox would shuttle SmackDown! to if they wanted to split them up for business purposes.

Think we would ever see Smackdown come back to lets say basic cable tv such as FOX local channels?

[Bellsprout]

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Erm... why wouldn't they?

It's a sporting event, JR now works for the website and it pulls ratings just as good (or better) than anything else they have - and it's year round.

NASCAR was on FS1 before the the last fight night, and that averaged around 3.5 million viewers.

That's around RAW numbers. RAW is a guaranteed ratings generator, you have at least a solid baseline to work off of and know what you're expecting.

I'd just be interested to know which channel Fox would shuttle SmackDown! to if they wanted to split them up for business purposes.

I'm not sure how attached with a fake sport you want your legitimate sporting network to be.

I know ESPN used to show wrestling, but there's a good reason that if Disney bought the WWE rights it would never sniff being on ESPN.

[WWF80sKid]

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People know what wrestling is nowadays.

And Raw is a big ratings getter. Why wouldn't you want them on your sports net?

[jmillhimes]

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[ubernoob]

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I'm not sure how attached with a fake sport you want your legitimate sporting network to be.

I know ESPN used to show wrestling, but there's a good reason that if Disney bought the WWE rights it would never sniff being on ESPN.

I think, as a business society, we're past the point of wrestling being "fake." It's a legitimate athletic event.

It's proved over the past few decades that it's more than a legitimate sporting business, in terms of the business numbers they do.

If ABC bought the WWE, they would put it on a channel that needs it. ESPN already pulls ratings - they don't need RAW to do that for them. How many businesses have ESPN on their TVs in their establishments? How many of those businesses have Fox Sports on?

Foxsports.com ran an article on the Royal Rumble before it aired. The UFC helped launch their foray into semi-mainstream with TUF 1 piggybacking off WWE's ratings in 2005 when they were both on Spike.

At this point, we go back to the silly phrase that gets uttered too much. "Best for business."

[almostbobsaget]

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My first guess for a long time has been the new Fox Sports network.

I don't know, they already have UFC and I wonder if that will strain that relationship. Though that would be pretty awesome.

I'm assuming they will either stay with NBC/Universal or go back to Viacom.

[ubernoob]

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I don't know, they already have UFC and I wonder if that will strain that relationship. Though that would be pretty awesome.

I'm assuming they will either stay with NBC/Universal or go back to Viacom.

Dana talks a lot of **** about everything, but I guarantee that if they air something after WWE and it sees higher ratings (like the original TUF did on Viacom) he won't give two ****s.

He might not openly say/support it, but he knows the business.

If not going back to NBC, Fox is the only spot I can see welcoming them and giving Vince and the company the treatment he thinks they deserve (rightfully so.)

[almostbobsaget]

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Dana talks a lot of **** about everything, but I guarantee that if they air something after WWE and it sees higher ratings (like the original TUF did on Viacom) he won't give two ****s.

He might not openly say/support it, but he knows the business.

If not going back to NBC, Fox is the only spot I can see welcoming them and giving Vince and the company the treatment he thinks they deserve (rightfully so.)

Fox would be awesome with the depth they have as far as channel lineups.

[PVarck31]

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I'm gonna guess they will come to a new deal with NBC at some point.

[jmillhimes]

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Rey
Mysterio
's contract is the next major WWE
deal to expire, in about two months or so. Rey has one of the highest downsides
but is also one of the biggest merchandise movers for the company.



Usually at this point WWE officials would be aggressively trying to get Rey
to sign a new deal but that has not really been the case.
Speaking of Mysterio, the reason he was booked on Northern California shows
last weekend instead of his hometown San Diego is because officials felt he's
been booked too often in San Diego. San Diego ended up drawing the worst crowd
of last week.<!--INFOLINKS_OFF-->

SO LONG REY

[WWF80sKid]

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I think that Dana is a closet wrestling fan. He hangs out and talks with all the wrestlers at UFC shows.

He's a business man like Vince. If he knew that having WWE on the same channel would help his ratings, he would be fine with it.

I've been waiting for some kind of cross promotion between the two for years. I believe eventually it'll happen. It would only make them both more money.

[TheShizNo1]

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I have no desire to see a cross promotion. Keep them separate.

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[soltrain]

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I am guessing we will be seeing Raw on FX. And a live Smackdown on Fox Sports 2 or something.

Which I hope is the case. I work for Fox Sports.

[TracerBullet]

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Vince says that CM Punk is on a sabbatical and is hopeful he will return.