WWE PLE’s to air on ESPN

[O-Blaze]

Hey I'm being nice to him. But since he isn't taken the info I'm providing, that's grounds for me to be rude to him, if I wanna be.

 

[3:10 to Booty]

Makes sense that Disney wants it only on Hulu+ and not YTV since they own Hulu. Fucking sucks

 

[Hoss]

Honestly, if anything this tweet makes it seem more believable that at least a handful of significant cable providers won't be in the mix.

 

[Jacob Fox]

Wow... well I have a migraine after reading all of that.

I'm not speaking to either side, but this would be pretty terrible for me. I do not have espn through any service. So with Raw on Netflix, PLE's on ESPN and POTENTIALLY the old content somewhere else, it would be way too much money for me. But even if ESPN took the old content, I would still have to add the streaming service as adding cable would cost me much more and I am not doing it just to watch WWE. But I am also not going to spend $30 a month for a new streaming service, so who knows...

I'll guess I will have to watch it in an available free method and they won't get any money from me at all.

 

[Chris]

I saw some people talking about the PPVs would only be partially on linear and it seems to come from this quote today from Mark Shapiro on today's WWE earnings call. Fron Fightful:

These PLEs are purpose-built for direct-to-consumer services. We will stream all 10 PLEs over the course of a year… The idea of having a Money in the Bank, a SummerSlam, a WrestleMania, take your pick from our PLEs, with the first hour or even two simulcast on ESPN linear and the D.T.C. which is a handoff to their direct-to-consumer. You just can’t beat that proposition, and of course, that’s driven by the fact that ESPN’s linear platform is absolutely unmatched in the industry.”

That's not in any of the other messaging they've released today so he either slipped or spoiled

 

[Warhawk8492]

I have ESPN+ on the Disney bundle hopefully that includes the PLEs as part of this service if so I am good and can cancel Peacock.

 

[O-Blaze]

I have ESPN+ on the Disney bundle hopefully that includes the PLEs as part of this service if so I am good and can cancel Peacock.

It's a different service than ESPN +

 

[Warhawk8492]

It's a different service than ESPN +

Well to quote Homer Simpson, DOH!