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World Wrestling Entertainment has begun promoting the upcoming "WWE Superstars" series, which is set to debut next month on WGN America.
The program will be based around first-run interpromotional bouts between members of all three WWE brands. The tag line for the series is "Expect Everything."
The company's biggest stars are featured in the series' promotional campaign including John Cena, Triple H, Undertaker, Batista and Jeff Hardy. According to their promotional campaign, the series will feature "the biggest Superstars from Raw, SmackDown and ECW."
The official blurb on the series reads: "The biggest Superstars from Raw, SmackDown and ECW debut on "WWE Superstars" – a one-hour exclusive weekly television show – featuring original matches between any WWE Superstar from any brand, at any time. "WWE Superstars," the only place to see it all! Expect everything. WWE Superstars premieres Thursday, April 16."
WWE.com has launched a section promoting the series, which you can see at the this link.
Company officials do actually plan on putting forth effort into the program and having big names on it. They plan on having the regularly featured stars from RAW and SmackDown appear, as well as it's own set of storylines. However, many believe that will only last as long as the program draws adequate ratings to make the extra creative effort worthwhile. WGN isn't even a top 50 cable station.
If the ratings aren't high enough to warrant the extra workload on the already fatigued creative team, it will likely become another show like "Metal" or "Jakked".
24wrestling.com
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So, basically another brand? While I'm glad that it's not going to be just a highlights show or something, I do smell failure. If they actually want it to have ratings, they won't be getting away with like, The Highlanders on there. They'd have to put credible guys on there, and if they do that, it's basically another brand, which is th elast thign they need.
The program will be based around first-run interpromotional bouts between members of all three WWE brands. The tag line for the series is "Expect Everything."
The company's biggest stars are featured in the series' promotional campaign including John Cena, Triple H, Undertaker, Batista and Jeff Hardy. According to their promotional campaign, the series will feature "the biggest Superstars from Raw, SmackDown and ECW."
The official blurb on the series reads: "The biggest Superstars from Raw, SmackDown and ECW debut on "WWE Superstars" – a one-hour exclusive weekly television show – featuring original matches between any WWE Superstar from any brand, at any time. "WWE Superstars," the only place to see it all! Expect everything. WWE Superstars premieres Thursday, April 16."
WWE.com has launched a section promoting the series, which you can see at the this link.
Company officials do actually plan on putting forth effort into the program and having big names on it. They plan on having the regularly featured stars from RAW and SmackDown appear, as well as it's own set of storylines. However, many believe that will only last as long as the program draws adequate ratings to make the extra creative effort worthwhile. WGN isn't even a top 50 cable station.
If the ratings aren't high enough to warrant the extra workload on the already fatigued creative team, it will likely become another show like "Metal" or "Jakked".
24wrestling.com
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So, basically another brand? While I'm glad that it's not going to be just a highlights show or something, I do smell failure. If they actually want it to have ratings, they won't be getting away with like, The Highlanders on there. They'd have to put credible guys on there, and if they do that, it's basically another brand, which is th elast thign they need.
