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Post by The Captain on Nov 22, 2023 17:30:06 GMT -5
As far as financials go, it means the CW is paying Billy Pumpkins for the show on the app. And he seriously needs the money. As far as exposure, viewership numbers, etc? Absolutely nothing. If anything it might be worse in that regard. Yeah it’s really weird since the app for the specific channel. Companies usually only use their website for next day free reruns. First run programming, you’d think they’d put it on paramount or max since cw is owned by cbs and Warner brothers The CW is now majority owned by Nexstar, which is why the budget on the average CW show has cratered even worse compared to the last few years. WBD and Paramount only own a 12.5% stake each in the channel since the sale. |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Nov 23, 2023 3:18:09 GMT -5
I'm not American so don't quite get this. What's the advantage of being on this app compared to YouTube? CW pay, while YouTube doesn't for wrestling content. A bunch of promotions got burned when YouTube changed their policy on monetisation a few years back now and they lost a major revenue source overnight. They may not pay him much, but something beats nothing. |
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Post by oknazevad on Dec 13, 2023 0:34:40 GMT -5
This is the first time I've heard this to be the case. What's the source?
Yeah, I never heard that, either. From 1994 up to today, ECW, TNA, and any other company that used the NWA tied it to the NWA that formed in 1948. I remember reading about it many years ago (I mean like two decades at least) that part of the settlement when WCW left was that WCW could refer to former NWA champions as explicitly as former WCW champions. Meaning that WCW could claim the entirety of the NWA lineage for their title (which for all practical purposes was the true continuation of the title). And then, the other thing that I skipped over, was that the NWA name was signed over to the WWF during the 1997 "invasion" angle with Cornette. Corny mentioned that as part of his comments about Corgan buying the rights. He and others questioned whether the NWA even still owned its own name, including former NWA president Howard Brody. www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/former-president-claims-nwa-is-wwe-property/ |
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Post by cjh on Dec 13, 2023 14:55:33 GMT -5
Yeah, I never heard that, either. From 1994 up to today, ECW, TNA, and any other company that used the NWA tied it to the NWA that formed in 1948. I remember reading about it many years ago (I mean like two decades at least) that part of the settlement when WCW left was that WCW could refer to former NWA champions as explicitly as former WCW champions. Meaning that WCW could claim the entirety of the NWA lineage for their title (which for all practical purposes was the true continuation of the title). And then, the other thing that I skipped over, was that the NWA name was signed over to the WWF during the 1997 "invasion" angle with Cornette. Corny mentioned that as part of his comments about Corgan buying the rights. He and others questioned whether the NWA even still owned its own name, including former NWA president Howard Brody. www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/former-president-claims-nwa-is-wwe-property/Like I said, from 1994 to now, the NWA hasn't acted like such a deal with WCW happened. For 29 years, they've acted like the title Chris Candido, Dan Severn, the guys in TNA 2002-2007, and everyone since then has held is the same title that was created in 1948. WWE also acts like the WCW World Title was created in 1991. According to Cornette, WWE got permission to use the NWA name going forward in 1998 when using their footage archives. They've never owned the TM, though, and have never released NWA merchandise. In one recent WWE video game, they recreated the name graphics Jim Crockett Promotions used but replaced the NWA logo with the 1989-1999 WCW logo. |
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Sept 24, 2024 14:08:43 GMT -5
And NWA is leaving the CW App next week  |
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Post by neilc on Sept 24, 2024 18:03:35 GMT -5
And NWA is leaving the CW App next week So back to YouTube? |
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Post by CeilingFan on Sept 24, 2024 18:11:17 GMT -5
The real NWA died at Starrcade 87. This is just any Indy league.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 24, 2024 19:00:56 GMT -5
The real NWA died at Starrcade 87. This is just any Indy league. It died in 1987 and then was briefly exhumed just so Shane Douglas could piss on its corpse. Now it's just a shambling zombie covered in Franchise pee. |
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Sept 24, 2024 20:12:57 GMT -5
The NWA will have name value but I hope WWE just buys it out and retires the name so it can't be further exploited.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 24, 2024 20:23:47 GMT -5
And NWA is leaving the CW App next week So back to YouTube? I don't know what is going but they still have TV tapings for Oct. The bring in Primo and Epico Colon form where ever they been. |
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Post by markymark on Sept 25, 2024 15:21:46 GMT -5
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 27, 2024 4:45:05 GMT -5
Yeah it for sure, they are gone from the CW app when NXT launched. It was like the NWA was just a place holder until NXT starts up for wrestling but than that PPV happened almost a year ago and got reduced for the drug spot.
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Post by booty2shoes on Sept 27, 2024 11:35:09 GMT -5
I mean, that drug spot was either so hilarious or such an essential piece of pro wrestling storytelling that they just HAD to risk it all, and follow through with it.
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Post by chrom on Sept 27, 2024 11:38:14 GMT -5
I mean, that drug spot was either so hilarious or such an essential piece of pro wrestling storytelling that they just HAD to risk it all, and follow through with it. They couldn't have him smoking a Cigar instead? |
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 30, 2024 15:46:31 GMT -5
Look like they are taking the WWE Speed route and airing it on X.
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Post by Bo Rida on Oct 1, 2024 2:48:56 GMT -5
Elon and Billy, what a combination.
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Oct 1, 2024 2:58:23 GMT -5
Look like they are taking the WWE Speed route and airing it on X. How is that better than YouTube? Is Elon actually paying them for this product ? |
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Oct 1, 2024 4:41:32 GMT -5
Elon is definitely not paying Billy for this. If I had to guess, Youtube has gone poorly enough over time for the NWA that Billy is hoping the novelty of being live on twitter might stir some views. Or even maybe to get Elon's attention and potentially get paid for it, because just about any company standing beside Elon Musk without already being paid to is a rarity right now. It's not a greaty move either way and the tweet's gotten startlingly little engagement or traction, so I don't expect much coming out of this.
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Post by Dead2009 on Oct 1, 2024 5:13:34 GMT -5
Wow, so they didn't even get one full calendar year to be on the app lol. Was anyone even watching it on the app in the first place? Makes you wonder if Twitter is the last stop for them airing shows since they essentially told YouTube and Triller to kick rocks.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Oct 1, 2024 5:27:41 GMT -5
Wow, so they didn't even get one full calendar year to be on the app lol. Was anyone even watching it on the app in the first place? Makes you wonder if Twitter is the last stop for them airing shows since they essentially told YouTube and Triller to kick rocks. I figured CW was only allowing them to be there until the WWE started up. You notice they leaving CW the same time as NXT started up. Kind of showing that WWE doesn't share networks with any other wrestling company as it seems. The app I don't know who uses it. Its also of notice while they have tapings coming, that it looks bad using NWA 76 footage as "TV" when it was filmed back in August. While the show itself did well from attendance stand point for the venue. It also of notice it seems they don't do PPVs anymore. Just big events more for the live crowds. |
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