Dolfan in NYC Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 US Pro Wrestling is Vince's world, we're just watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Somewhere Colin Cowherd is going to Costco to get Chapstick in massive bulk supplies 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 So if it airs on Fox does that make Smackdown the "A" show? Because the smackdown mark in me feels like we just won the war. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 So the brand split is basically over then. No way FOX or NBC is gonna be year "nah it's cool if half the roster isn't on our network". Let the unifications begin! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, CSC said: So the brand split is basically over then. No way FOX or NBC is gonna be year "nah it's cool if half the roster isn't on our network". Let the unifications begin! I don't know. I could see Fox not wanting to promote a USA show and USA not wanting to promote a Fox one. Given the way the story carries from show to show, the only way to avoid that might be with separate brands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Enjoy the picture in picture commercial breaks while you still can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, Matt D said: I don't know. I could see Fox not wanting to promote a USA show and USA not wanting to promote a Fox one. Given the way the story carries from show to show, the only way to avoid that might be with separate brands. This is more the NFL license, where you have to mention games on NBC or ESPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Victator said: This is more the NFL license, where you have to mention games on NBC or ESPN. I'm not 100% convinced yet. I think it could go either way and a lot of it might come down to Fox potentially wanting its own thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Wish Raw was going to Fox. 3 hours is too long for a weekly wrestling show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 There's an updated story on the Hollywood Reporter. 5 years, $200 million per year. FOX is paying WWE 1 BILLION dollars for the rights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 And to piggyback off of this, Meltzer just talked about on WOR that if WWE gets an offer for SDL in the $60 to $100 million range then WWE is basically completely and totally set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, sydneybrown said: There's an updated story on the Hollywood Reporter. 5 years, $200 million per year. FOX is paying WWE 1 BILLION dollars for the rights. 3 minutes ago, Web Conn said: Wish Raw was going to Fox. 3 hours is too long for a weekly wrestling show. 1 Billion is an awful lot for just a 2 hour show. Just sayin..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Stock is up over 6%. I haven't seen details on the deal in terms of money, but haven't been paying attention. Stock is up 174% for the year. Company now has a value of over $4.6 billion. I'm going over their last quarterly earnings review right now. Net profit for its media division (rights fees, ad sales, network subscriptions) was up by 136% from the previous year. For all of the criticism Vince/WWE takes for the books and etc., the company sure knows how to make a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 HR article says they had an even bigger offer from another party but went with Fox because of the tie-in opportunities with the NFL and MLB. I really do think the WWE is a perfect product for the current age we're in. The WWE Network beat out HBO and all sorts of other entities in streaming. It still has a program that is consumed first and foremost live, but with easy ways to still keep up. We might get bent out of shape over storylines or whatever, but in terms of the long and macro view -- none of that matters at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, joseph2112 said: 1 Billion is an awful lot for just a 2 hour show. Just sayin..... 3 Billion is an awful lot for 11 weeks of football, but FOX is dropping that much on Thursday nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, sydneybrown said: 3 Billion is an awful lot for 11 weeks of football, but FOX is dropping that much on Thursday nights. My point is, what's to say Smackdown isn't going to be 3 hours? (Don't shoot the messenger, I'm not hoping for that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Joe Buck is going to plug SmackDown during the World Series next year and I'm going to find that hilarious. That's all I have to offer. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I fully expect Brock and Ronda to be pushed as the faces of the Fox era which would effectively kill the brand split. Raw is still Vince's baby, he isn't going to want to compensate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 LOL apparently SDL will be moved to Fridays on Fox. Really smart. Pay out the ass for WWE programming and then schedule it to air on the worst day of the week for viewership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, joseph2112 said: My point is, what's to say Smackdown isn't going to be 3 hours? (Don't shoot the messenger, I'm not hoping for that) Oh, I see what you're saying. FOX only runs two hours of prime time. Obviously football is going to be an exception, but I don't see FOX suddenly adding another hour of programming at the risk of upsetting their affiliates who run their local news at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, joseph2112 said: My point is, what's to say Smackdown isn't going to be 3 hours? (Don't shoot the messenger, I'm not hoping for that) All Fox affiliates have local news on at 10 PM except for Saturdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Craig H said: LOL apparently SDL will be moved to Fridays on Fox. Really smart. Pay out the ass for WWE programming and then schedule it to air on the worst day of the week for viewership. Could be they are trying to get Friday numbers up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rick said: I fully expect Brock and Ronda to be pushed as the faces of the Fox era which would effectively kill the brand split. Raw is still Vince's baby, he isn't going to want to compensate. Honestly, I would be surprised if Vince hasn't sold by October 2019 and focuses entirely on the XFL. He just made at least $1.5 billion dollars in the past week. As far as wrestling goes, he WON. What else is there for him to possibly accomplish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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