PROGRESS Wrestling in the United Kingdom announced today that they will be hosting two qualifiers of the WWE Global Cruiserweight Series which will start airing on the WWE Network in July. The two qualifiers will be held at their Chapter 29 event on April 24 which will take place at the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London. Tickets for the show go...
Funaki, the former WWE Cruiserweight and Hardcore champion, will be doing play-by-play Japanese commentary for NXT Takeover: Dallas, the Hall of Fame ceremony, and WrestleMania 32 for the WWE Network. The 47 year old Tokyo native spent 12 years with the WWE, first as part of Kai En Tai and then moving ahead with a singles career. He was released...
WWE announced that on April 4 there will be a conference call starting at 3PM EST to reveal the new WWE Network subscribers number just a day following WrestleMania 32. Chief Strategy and Financial Officer George Barrios will be hosting the conference call and the press release does not mention that Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon will be present...
The WWE app for iOS and Android devices got an update pushed out yesterday which revolves mainly around enhancing the WrestleMania experience. Perhaps the most important part of the update is multi-lingual support for upcoming WWE pay-per-view events starting with WrestleMania. Apart from English, WrestleMania will be offered in five different...
WWE Network unveiled its WrestleMania week programming which will kick off on Monday, March 28. Following Raw, the new WWE 24 episode titled Thank You Daniel will air, looking at Daniel Bryan’s farewell with behind-the-scenes look at what happened on that day leading up to his Raw announcement. On Tuesday at 8PM EST it will be Legends with JBL...
EVOLVE, the indie company who has some good ties with WWE, announced that they will be hosting part of the WWE Global Cruiserweight Series which will air on the WWE Network this Summer. The announcement was made yesterday at EVOLVE 56, held in Brooklyn, and attended by NXT General Manager William Regal. The qualifying matches of the U.S. portion...
On Friday, March 25, the WWE Network will present the premiere of Sting: Into The Light, the documentary about the former WCW champion which was released on home video towards the end of last year. The documentary – which follows Sting as he signs with WWE, making his debut, and his match at WrestleMania 31 against Triple H – will air...
The newest WWE 24 Network special will air on Monday, March 28, right after Monday Night Raw and will be titled Thank You Daniel Bryan. WWE is urging fans to send in their personal video messages via social media using the hashtag #THANKYOUDANIEL for a chance to appear on the upcoming broadcast. The Daniel Bryan special will feature new and...
Stone Cold Steve Austin’s next guest on his Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network will be WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley and the episode will air on Thursday, March 31, immediately following Smackdown. WWE.COM is promoting the interview as a live broadcast although it’s not known if the two will actually be taping it live. In the past...
The Roadblock WWE Network event for Saturday, March 12, is being advertised as a three hour show on the WWE Network. Formerly known as March to WrestleMania, Roadblock will take place at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Canada, and will only be available on the WWE Network, similar to the Elimination Chamber and King of the Ring shows that WWE...
In a move that may raise some eyebrows and question the sanity of those making the decisions, WWE announced that WrestleMania 32 will be free for new WWE Network subscribers who sign up this month. WWE is using the #FreeWrestleMania hashtag to promote this news on their social media. This will be the first time that the show will be offered for...
Two more matches were added to the upcoming Roadblock WWE Network event which will air on March 12 from Toronto at the Ricoh Coliseum. The first match announced is for the NXT Tag Team titles with current champions The Revival – Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder – taking on the popular duo of Enzo Amore and Big Cass. In addition to that...
WWE today announced that starting today the WWE Network is available for fans in Thailand and Philippines and the first month of service will be free. WWE Network in Thailand and Philippines will cost $9.99 per month, with no commitment and the ability to cancel any time. Subscribers will have access to the U.S. English language version of WWE...
The March to WrestleMania WWE Network event which will take place on March 12 from Toronto, Canada, has been renamed to Roadblock, and will now feature the main event of Triple H versus Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight title. The show – from the Ricoh Coliseum – will kick off at 8PM EST and will also feature Brock Lesnar...
A WWE.COM article regarding the upcoming WWE Network special March to WrestleMania revealed that Triple H will be wrestling and defending his WWE World Heavyweight title on the show however the article has since been deleted from the website. The preview stated, “Just three weeks shy of WrestleMania, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H will...
The WWE Network turned two years old today, currently standing at just over 1.2 million paid subscribers with data provided until December 31, 2015. WWE officially unveiled the WWE Network to the media and fans worldwide at CES 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 9 live from the Wynn Hotel with Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H, Shawn...
Edge and Christian will return on WWE television tonight, first at Fastlane, and then with their own show on the WWE Network. The dynamic duo welcome WWE tag team champions The New Day to The Cutting Edge Peep Show during Fastlane to continue something that started back in September of last year. During the September 7 edition of Raw, a few hours...
The WWE Network made up of the bulk of the risk factors that WWE outlined that could harm their business and their income going forward as a company. “The Company has spent, and plans to continue to spend, substantial amounts to produce content, build infrastructure and market our WWE Network which launched domestically in early 2014 and began...
Speaking with Channel Guide Magazine, Triple H said that the new WWE Network show titled Global Cruiserweight Series has been long coming and logistics for the show kicked in around eight months ago. HHH called the lighter, faster guys as “sometimes, if not more, exciting than anything else you see” and while they usually put cruiserweight on...
WWE has announced a new show that will be joining the WWE Network lineup – Global Cruiserweight Series – which will debut on July 13 at 9PM EST. The series will see 32 of the greatest in-ring competitors under 205lbs who will spend 10 weeks in Orlando, Florida, competing against each other at Full Sail University to earn the right to...
