Fox reaches agreement to air WWE's 'SmackDown Live' (Update: 5 Years, 1 Billion Dollars)
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Smackdown is still some weak shit, but don't worry, for Da Big Dawg will correct that next year.
Raw: 93-2000 on USA, 2000-2005 on TNN/Spike, 2005-current on USA
Smackdown: UPN/CW: 1999-2008, MyNetworkTV 2008-2010, Syfy 2010-2015, USA 2016-
First run on USA was 1993-2000, before briefly moving to TNN/Spike TV
Second run on USA has been from 2005-2018.
20 years total with USA.
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Lol breaten. Also I missed the part where you asked about Smackdown as well
Is this a secret Trump money laundering scheme? Ludicrous amount of money. Too bad wwe has no real competition.
Unlike Trump, Vince is actually a good businessman, even if he does often make big screwups.
*Two weeks before the move to Fox*Paid 1 billion for the brand AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan is on and Roman Reigns isn't....
Seriously though who tf knows what WWE is like come Fall 2019. Hell even what THE WORLD is like in Fall 2019.
Vince - "I'm here to announce that Roman Reigns has a special contract stipulation that allows him to compete on both shows. Meanwhile, we've traded Daniel Bryan from Smackdown to Sunday Night Heat"
If Vince worked FOX into a billion dollars what is NBC/USA paying for RAW? Who knew these companies were run by a bunch of marks.
They were wise not to take those offers. Especially Facebook's. Stuff streaming exclusively on there has been a death sentence.
RAW rumor is 200-250 a year
Vince didn't do shit, this is broadcast channels trying to hold onto viewers through "live" content. Sports teams contracts should have shown this was likely to happen with some of the deals that went down in the last 3-5 years
Rumored to be more than 3x the old deal.
Which is either 3x 80m (Raw potion of old deal) or 3x 150m (total old deal). Former makes more sense.
Either way, it's raining in Stamford.
Guess that explains why they want Hulk Hogan back. Who better to appeal to the average Fox viewer?
Jesus at least no one is gonna get fired on the roster. Can we have pyro back!?
NXT is the best and most consistent thing they've had over the last 5 years
They cancelled those shows basically to make way for Smackdown, mostly because Smackdown's audience is A: steady and B: there every week for the whole year
For live sports content, WWE is surprisingly cheap/a well oiled machine at it
Turns out that if you actually get ratings above the 1.0 mark, networks want to actually air your show. Wild.
No. There is another.
Tbh, post-season two LU has been pretty bad overall
Don't worry. They already have AJ Styles. He's got plenty of opinions about the Muslins and the gays, I'm sure.
I stopped at season 2 for this very reason as everyone was telling me to.
Pentagon was fucking robbed in Ultima Lucha Dos.
It's no wonder they have little incentive to actually be interesting considering people will watch no matter what.
Some day we'll get another alternative that won't step all over it's own balls like TNA did.
Some day.
Never. ;_;
Lol they are not a major company.No. There is another.
First two seasons for LU though are fucking incredible.
Trying to dunk on LU is weird too because even though the ratings in general are low, they're basically the flagship show for El Rey
Now I'm trying to think of Vince as president and I literally cannot imagine him not trying to settle international conflicts at Hell in a Cell.
There's only one major brand to choose from. If you're into pro wrestling, you usually follow WWE. Especially now that they vacuum up a large portion of major indie and international talent.
Mmmm yes.Memories of what once was
god, it was good
Also that's a mighty fine avatar you have there.