1) What Vince McMahon Originally Wanted For The WWE Network
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Vince McMahon originally pushed for a different subscription plan for the WWE Network.
Meltzer says that Vince originally wanted a 6-month (minimum) commitment for subscribers. Here is what he said (h/t to Ringside News for the quotes below):
“I think a lot of that was Michelle Wilson and George Barrios and obviously with Vince there’s been a series of things, but George Barrios and Michelle Wilson, you know the Network was their baby and they are the ones who convinced Vince to put WrestleMania on it which turned out to be a bad move which after all these years he got mad about it and also every year we should make WrestleMania for free.”
“We’ll get all of these free people and some of them will become new subscribers and it’s the best time to get new subscribers and you know, Vince was the one who wanted nothing less than a 6 month commitment so at least everyone who committed got the price of a pay-per-view, but they told him to go $9.99 a month so essentially WrestleMania is $9.99 whereas in Vince’s eyes it should have been $60, but you would have gotten six months out of it. Now you can get WrestleMania for less than $60 so, you know things can always change.”
My Take:
- I think that WWE would have been in trouble with a 6-month subscription plan because of the success of Netflix. Still, $60 for 6 months would be a steal if you were used to paying $30+ for a PPV each month.
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