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Post by Boo! on Jan 13, 2015 20:38:39 GMT -5
They can't show the Main Event next week due to "contractual obligations", rumours strongly link this with the launch of the Network in the UK. It'll instead be replaced by that Santino draw thing for the Rumble.
Main Event is part of the new UK deal with Sky. It would be funny if after all their efforts to launch the Network in the UK it means they can no longer broadcast Main Event on the Network because it would infringe upon their exclusivity agreement with Sky TV.
EDIT: Updated title due to tweet in later post
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Post by BorneAgain on Jan 13, 2015 20:46:13 GMT -5
In its place will be a one hour weekly show of people playing WCW Main Event for the Game Boy.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 13, 2015 20:56:57 GMT -5
If nothing else they get around it by calling it something else on the Network. It's the Mane Event... it's all about hair... <_< >_>
Or showing something else on the UK Stream.
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Post by Spiderf 4 on Jan 13, 2015 20:57:17 GMT -5
A Rumble special? I'd watch that. In its place will be a one hour weekly show of people playing WCW Main Event for the Game Boy. I'd watch this too. |
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Post by Boo! on Jan 13, 2015 21:03:50 GMT -5
The official WWE Network Twitter account seems to indicate that Main Event has finished on the Network
...so I guess...that's it? But they still have to supply it to the UK.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Jan 13, 2015 21:19:25 GMT -5
If nothing else they get around it by calling it something else on the Network. It's the Mane Event... it's all about hair... <_< >_> Or showing something else on the UK Stream. WWE brought back Superstars, so why not Wrestling Challenge? Or just run old episodes of WCW Main Event in that timeslot. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 13, 2015 21:19:32 GMT -5
f***ing tear down these walls already.
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Post by Richard on Jan 13, 2015 21:23:02 GMT -5
It'll probably morph into what Superstars has become, 1 match, maybe 2 short ones, followed by a 30 minute Raw recap. Hell, Superstars might start showing a Smackdown recap depending on what day it was moved to.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 14, 2015 1:05:37 GMT -5
If nothing else they get around it by calling it something else on the Network. It's the Mane Event... it's all about hair... <_< >_> Triple H picked the wrong time to get a crew cut in that case. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 6:23:49 GMT -5
Main Event is playing on the live stream now.
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Post by Boo! on Jan 14, 2015 9:24:53 GMT -5
Main Event is playing on the live stream now. It will but the contract with Sky doesn't kick-in until next next week. When the Network was supposed to officially launch even though it seems up an running already. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 9:26:55 GMT -5
Main Event is playing on the live stream now. It will but the contract with Sky doesn't kick-in until next next week. When the Network was supposed to officially launch even though it seems up an running already. Do not get why the world loses Main Event because of Sky in the UK. |
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Post by Abdullah on Jan 14, 2015 9:29:55 GMT -5
So, Main Event will become irrelevant.
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Post by Boo! on Jan 14, 2015 9:35:37 GMT -5
It will but the contract with Sky doesn't kick-in until next next week. When the Network was supposed to officially launch even though it seems up an running already. Do not get why the world loses Main Event because of Sky in the UK. The world isn't losing Main Event. Main Event will remain and be broadcast wherever television deals exist for it to be so. In the US no television deal exists so it isn't going to be shown unless they make a deal with Sky. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 9:37:44 GMT -5
Do not get why the world loses Main Event because of Sky in the UK. The world isn't losing Main Event. Main Event will remain and be broadcast wherever television deals exist for it to be so. In the US no television deal exists so it isn't going to be shown unless they make a deal with Sky. Does the US and Canada keep it on the Network? |
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Post by Boo! on Jan 14, 2015 9:39:07 GMT -5
The world isn't losing Main Event. Main Event will remain and be broadcast wherever television deals exist for it to be so. In the US no television deal exists so it isn't going to be shown unless they make a deal with Sky. Does the US and Canada keep it on the Network? No |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 9:45:09 GMT -5
Does the US and Canada keep it on the Network? No I don't get why not. Network does not appear overflowing with new content from what I see and the live stream is a four hour loop. They need more stuff like Main Event, not less. |
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Post by Boo! on Jan 14, 2015 9:47:31 GMT -5
I don't get why not. Network does not appear overflowing with new content from what I see and the live stream is a four hour loop. They need more stuff like Main Event, not less. because the network is streamed in the uk and sky have exclusive rights to show that event in that territory |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2015 10:41:49 GMT -5
I don't get why not. Network does not appear overflowing with new content from what I see and the live stream is a four hour loop. They need more stuff like Main Event, not less. because the network is streamed in the uk and sky have exclusive rights to show that event in that territory This affects the whole Network because of a UK channel? I am a technophobe it seems. |
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Post by Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer on Jan 14, 2015 11:21:41 GMT -5
Well, like all WWE one-hour shows, we knew the importance of Main Event was going to decrease at some point. Surprised its lasted this long. When it moved to WWE.com, Heat was an afterthought until its dying days.
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