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Quentin Taranbino

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The build up to Raw in Liverpool next week should be no network, we riot, would be hilarious watching WWE trying to handle 15,000 angry scousers for 3 hours.

They handled an angry Chicago crowd, a city already notorious for their fucking horrendously smarky crowds, very well indeed.

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The WWE Network launch officially in the U.K. was called off at the last minute due to the same reason that the original 10/1 date of the launch was moved back, which is ongoing negotiations.

We will have more on this story tonight on our radio show.

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Pretty embarrassing stuff from WWE. I assume they tried to call Sky's bluff and Rupert called in the lawyers. Not only has the network been a complete disaster, but Vince could now have ruined one of his most lucrative and secure overseas TV deals. I'm sure the investors will be chuffed with that. TNA might outlast them at this rate.

Hopefully the UK crowds shit on every mention of the network when they are over here.

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The Network has been a comical shambles since it was thought of. They were supposed to release it at least 2 years ago remember.

They seem to have MASSIVELY overestimated the number of subscribers they were going to get. They were apparently assuming at least a million folk, from America alone, were going to sign up within the first month. They are seemingly only at about 750000 worldwide just now.

Because it's actually a great 'product' and fantastic value for money, they're losing shitloads of cash over it. They should have offered 3 or 4 PPVscfor free on the Network to start with and priced the others at about £5 if you were a subscriber.

The PPV companies are raging and loads have stopped carrying the shows.

They should never have delayed the UK launch so long after the US one. They've had years to talk to companies like Sky to sort things out but are scrambling around at the last minute causing more delays.

The main issue of not enough subscribers is down mainly to the shite served up on Raw and Smackdown most weeks and more often than not on the PPVs. It's a stale, crappy product all too often with the same shit (Cena especially) over and over. As we all point out all the time, they have loads of great talent but are shitebags who won't push them. And of course the writing is horrendous.

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They seem to have MASSIVELY overestimated the number of subscribers they were going to get. They were apparently assuming at least a million folk, from America alone, were going to sign up within the first month. They are seemingly only at about 750000 worldwide just now.

The casual audience that makes up the vast majority or Raw viewers and Wrestlemania buys have no interest in having any more wrestling in their lives. Three hours on a Monday is more than enough for most. That's why nobody (including WWE) cares about Smackdown or their other shows.

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Update from prowrestling.net:

A Sky Sports customer service representative informed Prowrestling.net reader Craig Beavis that WWE Network will be launched as a Sky Sports channel. "Yes, we will launch it as a channel with Sky TV," the customer service rep wrote in a one-on-one chat. "Currently we don't have any details but it will be going to be soon... And you will will be notified by adv, email or call."

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