PPV's being dropped in UK and Oz

NeroTheExtreme

Yep folks is true I'm afraid.
NWA:TNA PPV's were dropped in Oz due to the falling numbers.

Meanwhile Sky Box Office will no longer be showing PPV's, They have already stated that they're not showing Armageddon nor Royal Rumble.

Wonder what this leaves in store for Sky Sports then?
Here's hoping SOMEONE shows them!
Nero

whosurpaddy

the numbers must be seriously down, for em to be dropping em altogether.do u reckon these will now be shown on regular sky sports or will sky just not show em at all?surely if sky sports drop them, channel 4, or maybe the new wrrestling channel will pick up the ppvs

all this happens just after i get sky sports in. im destined to never have full access to ppv's

Mossy Monk

it wouldnt surprise me if Channel 5 got the PPV's not on Sky

NeroTheExtreme

Nah, from what i've checked out so far, Sky's contract was only for two years. They'll probably renew it.

I'm hoping Channel 4 DON'T get it. Ads in the middle of the PPV's and ****? Unless they threw it on E4.

Who the fsck wants ads at 2 in the morning anyway?
Nero.

whosurpaddy

would the channels have to pay a serious amount to show these? i mean if they werent hugely expensive then there isnt any drawback in having them from what i can see, as their bound to be the most watched thing at 2am on a sunday night/monday morning.

NeroTheExtreme

Which is exactly the reason why i don't understand why Sky didn't renew the contract. I mean, they could even stick em back on Sports 1!

On an unrelated note, Croker gave a licence to hold 5 shows outside of GAA per year. I'd love to see a ring in the middle of it. Granted it'll probably never happen again (Hard to believe but they let Muhammad Ali box in there once upon a time!)

Nero

whosurpaddy

id say if we had better weather/ croker had a dome, then wwe would be here once a year. while they wouldnt fill it id reckon there would be enough interest to justify a show while there over here doin insurrextion . hey mayb they might even throw us a ppv every now an again.


on a completely differant note, y did they stop doin ppv's/as many shows (i mean proper ppv's not insurrextion) outside of the US after summerslam 92?

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
would the channels have to pay a serious amount to show these?

dunno but Channel 4 managed it and ****ed it up big time. Mossy remembers when they pixellated blood on X Pacs face yet showed a film featuring gang rapes at 10pm the same evening

anyone but Channel 4. as long as its available over here as well, so not on ITV2 either please

NeroTheExtreme

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
dunno but Channel 4 managed it and ****ed it up big time. Mossy remembers when they pixellated blood on X Pacs face yet showed a film featuring gang rapes at 10pm the same evening

All the censoring, but they still couldn't censor Mae Youngs saggy tits at the 2000 Rumble! *gets sick*

Nero

NeroTheExtreme

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
on a completely differant note, y did they stop doin ppv's/as many shows (i mean proper ppv's not insurrextion) outside of the US after summerslam 92?

Summerslam 92 was an experiment, it was originally meant to be held in Washington. Don't know why they didn't bother.

As for being outside the US? Survivor Series 97, Wrestlemania X8 and No Way Out 2003 to name 3 were all held in Canada.

Nero

whosurpaddy

when i say outside the us i mean a little further afield than canada. they had global warning in australia but again thats just a show created specially to have abroad.

didnt know wm x8 was in canada. thought it was in texas? although i may be thinking of x7.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by NeroTheExtreme
All the censoring, but they still couldn't censor Mae Youngs saggy tits at the 2000 Rumble! *gets sick*

the 2nd time you have reminded me of that horrible moment :eek:

shinzon

I wouldnt worry to much, knowing sky theyll just plonk them back on Sky Sports

Shin

smiaras

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Mossy Monk

Originally posted by smiaras
Thats cause mae young's breasts weren't on show, it was a piss take of the There's something about Mary moment.

it is the image of it all

Washout

So whos gonna be showing Royal Rumble? Will it just move to sky sports? its the PPV i look forward ot every year

Nolimits

at least if sky or anyone else dont show it we can still watch it online at wwe.com....it costs money but its better than nothin

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by Nolimits
at least if sky or anyone else dont show it we can still watch it online at wwe.com....it costs money but its better than nothin

not on my connection i wont

James R

They should still be on Sky Sports 1 so I hear. I think they just can't be arsed trying to charge people for them because so few people want to pay 20 odd euro to stay up and watch what could be a poor/very predictable wrestling show til 4am.

NeroTheExtreme

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
when i say outside the us i mean a little further afield than canada. they had global warning in australia but again thats just a show created specially to have abroad.

didnt know wm x8 was in canada. thought it was in texas? although i may be thinking of x7.

X7 Was in Houston Texas at the Astrodome
X8 Was in the Skydome in Toronto, Canada, same as VI except the place was lit up like a fsckin' christmas tree for X8!

Nero

NeroTheExtreme

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
the 2nd time you have reminded me of that horrible moment :eek:

Too right, if i'm to be reminded of it each time i play that DVD then EVERYONE's to be reminded of it!

Nero

Big Ears

i never saw that royal rumble .Lucky lucky me

Cianan2

The way i see it,Box office dont get enough wrestling interested customers. They are wasting their time with WWE,so they dropped it. C4 were showing these events,what,2 years ago? Their contract with WWE expired,so SBO picked up on it. Sky Sports probably wont get the rights to show these because they have their own contract for a certain amount of PPV's a year......and if they do try and get a deal,it prob wont be in time to show armaggedon.

Thats the way i see it anyway.

Did anyone sign that petition??

And I missed that royal rumble as well......thank god!!!!!!

NeroTheExtreme

Originally posted by Big Ears
i never saw that royal rumble .Lucky lucky me

I dunno about being lucky. It was a pretty good tables match between the Dudz and the Hardyz as well as the street fight between Cactus Jack and HHH.

Nero.

Cianan2

Well,i was quite pissed off at missing the table match,and the street fight,but at least i dont have the scar in my brain that is Mae Young's tat's.

P.S. Nero,can you get a mental picture?

cooker3

I don't think they will armageddon bu they have to get the royal after mania that is the best one. Sky don't usually let wrestling fans down so I have faith in them.

NeroTheExtreme

Originally posted by Cianan2
Well,i was quite pissed off at missing the table match,and the street fight,but at least i dont have the scar in my brain that is Mae Young's tat's.

P.S. Nero,can you get a mental picture?

I don't need to dude, I own the DVD

Nero

Davey Devil

Everyone get their sig on that, never know it might help the cause.




http://www.petitiononline.com/skywwe/petition.html

NeroTheExtreme

I put my name to it, but if anything in the past has taught me, if you really wanna get to Vince, hit him where it hurts... in the wallet.

WWE has had a good fan contention in the UK, if nobody can get the shows, it'll hit Vinces wallet, hopefully in time to rectify the situation before the Rumble.

Nero