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[Kiffy Lube]

Only new name I see is Hacksaw. I was sure the other two were pretty much already announced.

 

[Troy]

I hope this doesn't cost too much. I have a feeling it will.

I think it would be between $5 and $10 a month anymore than that and they wouldn't get many people signing up. If they are running PPVs on there then you will be saving a lot just by getting the Network.

 

[Troy]

Hall of Famer Tony Atlas has been confirmed for the WWE Legends House reality show. We know that the Legends traveled to a local Gold’s Gym to tape footage there. Names confirmed include Atlas, Roddy Piper, Jim Duggan, Gene Okerlund and Jimmy Hart.

Good name to add to the show. He was entertaining when he was Mark Henry's manager on ECW and he would fit in well with this show.

 

[Heisenberg]

Nice, I can't wait for the Legends House. Should be an entertaining show.

Latest News on WWE Network
WWE officials are still negotiating with cable companies for the WWE Network, according to F4Wonline.com.

These negotiations will then help determine where the Network is available and the cost of it. There is no set date yet for when it will launch, but it is still expected to launch before the end of 2012, likely sometime around November.

 

[The New F'n Show]

If he acts himself and doesn't try to go for too much comedy he is a good add.

 

[AZUCAR!]

The WWE Legends House case is:

*Roddy Piper
*Hacksaw Duggan
*Tony Atlas
*Jimmy Hart
*Hillbilly Jim
*Pat Patterson
*Howard Finkel
*Gene Okerlund

 

[Heisenberg]

What? Where's Iron Sheik?

TMZ.com has posted the following video, which features the cast of the upcoming reality show WWE Legends' House "dance floor humiliation" in a Palm Springs dance studio:

WWE Legends -- Booty Shaking for New Reality Show ... ON TAPE! | TMZ.com

 

[Troy]

Would have preferred Iron Sheik over Hillbilly Jim. That video on TMZ is pretty bad, hopefully the quality footage is being saved for the show.

 

[Troy]

The latest on the planned WWE Network launch is that internally, it's being planned for the Network to debut sometime during "November sweeps" but no hard launch date has been set yet. The company wants the Network on the air before the end of the year.
November is also the latest word on the potential Cruiserweight series. Talents who had been talked with about working that show were told that plans to sign anyone had been pushed back to the Fall. WWE is looking for wrestlers in the 200 lb. range for the series.

Surely they will be ready by November since they had originally planned for an April 1 launch.

I look forward to seeing who WWE signed for the crusierweight show.

 

[rcoot93]

Crusierweight show should definatley be intesting, also I imagine they should be going by november.

Are any of these shows or the network itself going to air internationally?

 

[Heisenberg]

Na, I think these are all WWE Network exclusive and the WWE Network will most likely only be in the USA for the first couple years but I'm pretty sure Legends House might be airing on USA Network which is the same channel RAW is on because the WWE Network won't start til around the end of the year.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

The Legends House was announced that if they ended up filming the series before the network launches it would be on SyFy.

 

[John McHenry]

Thought it was supposed to launch in April near Mania?

 

[Heisenberg]

The New York Post has a new article up looking at the WWE Network launch. The Post reports that WWE has yet to sign a single cable or satellite deal with providers to carry the Network. WWE has also been lacking on hiring experienced cable executives as they were initially expected to hire 200 employees including a general manager for the Network.

One cable executive told The Post:
"WWE has the programming and marketing muscle, but they just have no one with cable experience who can execute for them."

Gerri Dinini, senior Vice President at media buyers RJ Palmer told The Post that a whole channel of WWE content might be a long shot:

"Given the content issues, I think a whole channel would be a stretch. It is very limited in who it reaches."

Shame that they haven't got a deal yet.

 

[Troy]

Thought it was supposed to launch in April near Mania?

A month or two back WWE announced that they were pushing it back to the end of the year (November) because they didn't have everything ready for a WM launch. They didn't want to start the Network when they weren't fully prepared so they pulled the plug and gave themselves another six months.