So it looks like the Network isn't happening...

[Todd's crazy , Man.]

but remember kids , Don't worry about low tv ratings or small ppv buyrates. This company is run like a fine oiled occasionally promises things it can't deliver machine.

[kidglov3s]

Those DVDs with Network ads will now be even funnier. However, I still refuse to believe that any good decision, such as pulling the plug, has been made regarding WWE Network until I see it.

[Mayonnaise]

Well, 3rd quarter info and conference call should happen what next month? Probably have a better idea then.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

I don't if they even had a big enough variety of programming to sustain a decent channel. I think people probably would have tuned out by the third replay of "Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling."

[jimmyjames]

Cable and satellite companies don't want to pay money for stations they already carry, look at Viacom and Directv or the lawsuit by the Tennis channel against Comcast. A new channel is only going to pay out big time if a cable/satellite company as a piece of the action or its from a major company and none of those those applied to the WWE channel.

Also, wrestling is such a small segment of the entertainment industry that it's questionable if they would have had enough shows and viewers for those shows. Let's face it, the only matches that would draw well, are some from 1993-present and 1980s Hogan matches. Old match reruns, roundtable interview shows, and busted reality shows starring wrestlers are no going to draw the big advertisement money or even large number of viewers.

[héad.casé]

Earlier this evening, WZ reported that plans for the upcoming WWE Network had been halted indefinitely.

Subsequently, Brian Flinn, WWE's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, reached out to the site with the following statement:

"This report is a complete fabrication and totally inaccurate."

When asked by WZ, Mr. Flinn would not offer any further details than the statement given. Therefore, no new information has been provided on this developing story.

Just an update

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They should scrap the concept of a network and expand their on demand offering to be a standalone online subscription service, make apps for things like xbox 360 and ipad etc, charge around 5-10 bucks a month and I think it would work. alot less start up costs and hassle than getting a channel launced on cable, much larger potential subscriber base, only thing lucrative about cable tv is the providers will pay the WWE upfront for the channel so it would be a guranteed income with WWE not having to convince people to subscribe

[The Dark Order Inferno]

It would have killed them, the financial drain would be huge with little reward, just ask Oprah, with the added benefit of upsetting the channels that actually pay good money for their content. Could anyone see the USA network or SyFy being happy with the WWE plugging the heck out of a rival channel during programs they're paying a lot of money for should it ever get off the ground? I can't. They really should bend over backwards to keep the channels hosting Raw and Smackdown happy while making a major push into video on demand, that's the future, not a vanity cable network that will never top 200,000 subscribers.

If they had to go ahead for whatever wrongheaded reason, they should have done what Hasbro did when they launched the Hub, bought into an existing channel and rebranded it over time, mixing the WWE stuff in with syndicated reruns and other niche sports as all the hard work would have already been done for them.