General WWE Discussion: Roman Weeps, Taker Retires, MNK/SAM/RDM LFP

[Kalmado]

So remember that Adrian Neville mighty mouse gimmick? Kalisto might have one in the works too now. The long awaited rehash of the Billy and Chuck's Rico gimmick of a gay hair stylist.

Yep the rumor is they'll take the colorful and most likely highly profitable piece of merchandise he currently wears on his head and make him into a gay hair stylist.

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[Krandor]

They have the network now. They could just end the raw partnership on hulu and put the show on live on the network. Right now I only get to watch the 90 minute version of raw on hulu plus as I refuse to give comcast any more money then i absolutely have to.

The Network is not doing that well. I believe it's at the numbers to maintain a profit, it's still small potatoes compared to their broadcasting rights shared with other companies.

[Anoat]

They have the network now. They could just end the raw partnership on hulu and put the show on live on the network. Right now I only get to watch the 90 minute version of raw on hulu plus as I refuse to give comcast any more money then i absolutely have to.

No, that's actually not how it works at all. They are making literally hundreds of millions of dollars on their TV deals that reach 4-6 million people. The network allegedly has 1 million subs at best. That's nowhere near the exposure they need, plus losing out on additional advertiser revenue. There is also the issue of international TV deals. Main Event was recently pulled off the Network because of a contract with SKY Sports in certain European countries. They also have similar deals for Raw and Smackdown. There is a reason you don't get episodes on the network until a month after they air.

Losing a TV deal in North America would be a literal deathblow.

[Melena]

I don't think it would be the literal death blow you think it is. Also putting Raw on the network in the US wouldn't affect the international stuff if they could actually assemble a decent IT team. That main event crap is mind boggling at best.

[arus2001]

Yeah, if this went Network only, I'd be out. I can't bring myself to pay $15 for a MMO sub anymore, and not only do I get more time out of such things, it's way more interactive.

[Kalmado]

I only watch NXT once in awhile. Rarely do I watch the old stuff because I swear half the time it doesn't work anyways. Only reason I keep it is for when friends come over. If they put raw/smackdown on the network and charged more I'd drop it immediately.

[Xno Kappa]

It still boggles my fucking mind they can't make shows like Main Event region-locked so it doesn't get pulled off altogether.

[ArchDizzle]

I only watch NXT once in awhile. Rarely do I watch the old stuff because I swear half the time it doesn't work anyways. Only reason I keep it is for when friends come over. If they put raw/smackdown on the network and charged more I'd drop it immediately.

Thats weird, almost everything me and my friends watch on the network is the old stuff and none of us have ever had an issue.

[Kalmado]

Thats weird, almost everything me and my friends watch on the network is the old stuff and none of us have ever had an issue.

I can say as of yesterday it's been fine. Around the rumble and a few days after, anything that wasn't on the schedule wouldn't play. Other weird glitchy crap like that has happened before.

[Anoat]

Network hasn't been working on my 360 for a few days now. I'll probably try deleting the app and reinstalling to see if that works. Also, I can't get the web version of the network to work at all with Firefox, but Chrome seems to work just fine.

[Krandor]

It's sometimes acts touchy on my computer, but the Juan version rarely has issues.

[ArchDizzle]

I usually watch the network on PS4 or mobile with no issues, I have watched it once on PC in Firefox and it sucked

[Xno Kappa]

Network hasn't been working on my 360 for a few days now. I'll probably try deleting the app and reinstalling to see if that works. Also, I can't get the web version of the network to work at all with Firefox, but Chrome seems to work just fine.

It's weird. It's flat-out given up on Firefox and Chrome for me. I'd have to use Internet Explorer to watch it on my laptop.

[Doombear]

I will usually have NXT going in my second monitor at work when it is slow and never have issues. This week though, Monday, I couldn't watch thw two latest episodes in Firefox. Updated Flash Player... fixed. The odd thing was it was only a few episodes that wouldn't work until I did that.

[Krandor]

Just read a funny point about NXT. Next week we'll have an Irishman (who just defeated a Japanese wrestler) facing off against a Geordie for the right to fight one of two Quebecois for the title.

For WWE that's pretty damn impressive.

[Trigun]

NXT is where the party is at.

[noblemountain]

I've never had any issues streaming anything on the network at all. I have to log out/in sometimes to get the page to refresh for some reason, but never really even any stutters except during PPV's about 5 minutes before air it will usually stutter for a minute or two and then kick back in. I had a couple instances of the signal going to SD while watching NXT last night, but that was the first I noticed it.

[Krandor]

Taken from Squaredcircle (Fast Lane/Wrestlemania spoilers)

Spoiler: show

I have been told and it has been 100% confirmed that Roman Reigns is indeed defeating Daniel Bryan at WWE Fast Lane.
I was also told the only reason this match was made was to quiet the "marks" for a few weeks while they try to get Roman over. Regardless of the reaction in the next few weeks, Roman is the man and will be headlining WrestleMania and defeating Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship.
I've also been told that despite his smaller size, Bryan is considered one of the more physical in ring workers in the WWE. Thus he has been picked to work with Roman to get him ready for the physicality that is Brock Lesnar. It is comparing Bryan to Curtis Axel. Bryan is the Curtis Axel to Roman's Rock.
The last reason I was given is that WWE knows full well that people are going to watch WrestleMania no matter what. I was told they could've put Doink vs. Brock Lesnar and the fans would be watching. At this point, WWE considers the WrestleMania name bigger than any of the superstars on the show.

So, WWE/Vince literally thinks that the best way to get Reigns over is have him beat the most over babyface in the company. This will not end well.

[Tyrath]

Lol like I had said, if thats what they wanted to do, they needed to have Rollins beat DB by cheating and then Reigns "avenge" him by beating Rollins. Beating the guy who is the reason you're being booed...uhh Vince just stahp.

[Anoat]

It's gonna be awesome watching the crowd cheer on mega heel monster Brock Lesnar. Hell they have already been doing it since the week before the Rumble when Brock went all Oprah on everyone. You get a suplex! You get a suplex! You get a suplex!