WWE/UFC merged to TKO Holdings

[Dale]

fuck me that would probably make the company a killing. I would imagine they keep UFC away from Mania and WWE away from their major show. But I mean if WWE gets $3M to run their own show they'll probably get about $10 to run UFC and WWE the same weekend. Or they run package deals where one city gets 2 weekends, 1 WWE 1 UFC.

Only potential worry with this is that they move WWE PLE's back to Sunday and that would majorly blow. Unless they really aren't bothered and run WWE & UFC on the same night but that seems like it would fuck WWE's ticket sales.

 

[Dale]

—Bill asks if WWE and UFC can combine on weekends for a mega-weekend. Conversations about that are just beginning. Had to worry about DOJ, SEC, and international approval for the merger first. But what everyone envisions is an all-star weekend with Smackdown on Friday, UFC PPV on Saturday, and WWE Premium Live Event on Sunday from the same city. Nick mentions cost efficiencies and revenue efficiencies that look promising.

—Bill asks about big picture decisions and who gets to make the call. Nick doesn’t foresee big decisions needing to be made that hurt one entity while helping the other. WWE and UFC are already talking about their PPV and PLE calendars for next year and potentially there can be dates where WWE or UFC airs a premium show overseas in the afternoon and the other company airs a premium show domestically that same night. Khan doesn’t think that UFC and WWE will interfere with each other domestically.​

2 points that stood out since we were discussing them here already.​

 

[Comrade Khan]

sounds like some PLEs will be going back to Sundays. bummer. Saturday PPVs rule

 

[Smart Marx]

#MakePPVSundayAgain

 

[Brandon Blaze]

#MakePPVSundayAgain

Nooo! Then I can’t go watch them with my cousin anymore..

 

[Smart Marx]

Nooo! Then I can’t go watch them with my cousin anymore..

It seems to be just me, but when you grow up having Sunday be PPV night for 25 years it’s a tradition. It would be like Raw moving to Wednesday for me.

I doubt too many will actually be on Sunday, though. Just whenever they do these two-shot weekends.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

It seems to be just me, but when you grow up having Sunday be PPV night for 25 years it’s a tradition. It would be like Raw moving to Wednesday for me.

I doubt too many will actually be on Sunday, though. Just whenever they do these two-shot weekends.

If my cousin didn’t have to go to bed early to wake up for work at like 4 am on Monday morning, I’d totally be fine with Sunday PPVs haha. I just like Saturday for the times I go watch and smoke with him for the shows.

 

[Deezy]

 

[Jimmy King]

PPVs back on Sunday?

 

[Smart Marx]

Preferences aside I do think it would be a great benefit for the forum to not have to choose between watching collision or a WWE pay-per-view on a Saturday night.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Good for collision ratings 4 sure no doubt there

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Preferences aside I do think it would be a great benefit for the forum to not have to choose between watching collision or a WWE pay-per-view on a Saturday night.

Don’t bring in facts like that to a discussion. We don’t like facts around here pal

 

[Storm Trooper]

Only potential worry with this is that they move WWE PLE's back to Sunday and that would majorly blow. Unless they really aren't bothered and run WWE & UFC on the same night but that seems like it would fuck WWE's ticket sales.

I'm not too pissed about moving back to Sunday for some of the shows. In a perfect world they run Saturday nights but if they did Sundays it would be a Matinee show (or they do the international shows Sunday so it's Matinee's for us here in the US). But as has been previously said PLE's have run on Sunday night for pretty much ever.

But one thing is I doubt that'll hurt WWE ticket sales. PLE Ticket sales have been on a level hitherto unseen.

 

[Chris]

 

[Dale]

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