If you have not subscribed to the WWE Network before, today, January 14 would be a good day to trigger your free month as you will get four free shows within a 30 day period. The action starts tonight with the launch of the WWE United Kingdom tournament live from Blackpool, England. The tournament continues tomorrow, January 15, and a winner will...
Downloadable content and offline viewing are on the to-do list for the WWE Network according to WWE Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer Michelle Wilson. Wilson, who was at the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES in Las Vegas, told Todd Spangler in an interview that the features would be included sometime this year however there’s no specific...
A new show on the WWE Network will debut tonight following Monday Night Raw hosted by ESPN radio host Peter Rosenberg. The show is titled Bring it to the Table and will see Rosenberg being joined by Paul Heyman and John “Bradshaw” Layfield to debate controversial WWE topics. It’s scheduled to start at 11:08PM EST with a 30-minute running...
Next week’s NXT show on the WWE Network will be a 2-hour special that was taped at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan, a couple of weeks ago. Only one match was screened from that show – when Nakamura regained the title from Samoa Joe – but the rest will now make it on television after Triple H made the announcement on Twitter. Five...
W-O reader Frank Smith sent in word that WWE is now selling WWE Network pre-paid cards in the United Kingdom and Ireland as well. The pre-paid cards are available at GAME stores in the UK and include a 3-month subscription for the price of £29.97. In Ireland, they are available at GameStop for €38.97. With the pre-paid cards, you can sign up...
For the first time ever, a Chinese commentary duo were present at a WWE pay-per-view last night to provide commentary for the WWE Network alternate audio streams. Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, and Portuguese commentary teams are always present for the shows and last night the Chinese team joined for the Chinese voice overs, described on the...
A quick background on this show: Most of the competitors in this division participated in the Cruiserweight Classic (CWC) that ran all summer on the WWE Network. The finals were held on a live broadcast, where Triple H declared that the winner of the tournament would become the first WWE Cruiserweight Champion. In an incredible bout, TJ Perkins...
Before the 900th episode of Smackdown, Paul Heyman, Tommy Dreamer, The Dudley Boyz, and Taz filmed an ECW special for the WWE Network. Titled the Authentic Untold Story of ECW and hosted by Corey Graves, the show promises to “go beyond extreme” with “a unique look at ECW” as recounted by the men who lived it. Notably absent from the line...
A new original series, titled Story Time, will debut on the WWE Network tomorrow night immediately following the Survivor Series. Story Time paints an animated picture of some of the most entertaining stories in WWE, as recounted by the Superstars and Legends who lived them. As history is retold with imagination and illustration, these tales that...
WWE is sending out e-mails to former WWE Network subscribers urging them to resubscribe to the service and in return get the next five major events for free up until the end of January 2017. The e-mail notes that the offer will include NXT Takeover: Toronto, the Survivor Series, TLC, Roadblock, and even the Royal Rumble next year. WWE runs a free...
As expected, the WWE Network subscribers count dipped a little bit for the third quarter following the free WrestleMania promotion in the second quarter. WWE reported a total of 1.44 million paid subscribers till September 30, down from the 1.56 million it had by June 30. Out of these 1.44 million subscribers, a total of 1.07 million are...
WWE is expanding the availability of the WWE Network gift cards by adding another major retailer: Best Buy. The gift card sells for $29.97 and you will have three months worth of WWE Network access with it, allowing subscribers to join without needing to input any credit card details. The WWE Network gift card is available also at Walmart...
A survey issued by Intellisurvey on behalf of the WWE sent to thousands of WWE Network subscribers revealed four different plans that WWE are looking into, including “access to independent wrestling content such as TNA and Ring of Honor.” This would be the first time that WWE has somewhat acknowledged the interest in the TNA video library and...
The WWE Network gift card is now available at 7-Eleven stores across the United States, the third store that the card is available in. The gift card originally launched at Walmart stores in October 2015 and then in February it was also available at GameStop locations. It sells for $29.97 and it gives you three months access to the full WWE Network...
There’s no denying that Mick Foley is one of the most popular and beloved WWE Superstars in the history of the company. And there’s no denying that his daughter Noelle is one of the most beautiful women in the WWE family. So you would think that a “reality show” featuring the two of them would be a great thing, right? But…Holy Foley...
The WWE Network will have a packed week with several new episodes leading up to SummerSlam. On Tuesday, August 16 at 10:30PM EST, a new episode of WWE 24: The Women’s Revolution will air immediately following Talking Smack. The synopsis for the show reads, “This episode of WWE 24, The Women’s Revolution, details the confluence of forces that...
There’s another class action lawsuit thrown at WWE, filed on August 9 in the district of Connecticut by Marcus “Buff” Bagwell regarding unpaid WWE Network royalties. The lawsuit states that plaintiff Marcus Bagwell brings this action on behalf of himself and all similarly situated individuals under similar form contracts, who have not...
As of June 30, 2016, the WWE Network has a total of 1,560,000 subscribers which is up from the 1,227,000 subscribers the service had the prior year quarter. Out of that 1.56 million subs, there are 1,511,000 paying subscribers, with 1,130,000 subscribers in the United States and 381,000 International subscribers. The paying subscribers is an...
The Lunatic Fringe will meet the Rattlesnake on August 8 as WWE announced that the current WWE champion Dean Ambrose will be the next special guest on the Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network. The interview will happen live immediately following Monday Night Raw which means Ambrose has to go “behind enemy lines” on that particular day...
WWE will be producing two 30-minute brand-exclusive pre-shows for Raw and Smackdown live every Monday and Tuesday night. The shows will start at 7:30PM EST and will be airing on the WWE Network, the WWE App, WWE.COM, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and Google+. Raw and Smackdown pre-shows will be led by Jerry “The King” Lawler...
