Hey guys, listen to this:
WWE has created two new policies that are intended to protect their product but may be turning fans away and eating into company profits.
At last weekend's Royal Rumble PPV, the company adopted a new policy that any fans caught taking photos or video with their cell phones at WWE events will be ejected from the building. WWE has had its staff specifically instruct building employees to be on the lookout for people using their cell phones during the events. According to live reports, many fans were were confronted at the PPV and threatened with ejection. Strangely enough, digital and film cameras are still allowed.
WWE's Pay-Per-View buyrates have been going downhill for months. A contributing factor to this trend is that the company has made it nearly impossible for sports bars to show their PPV events. WWE instructed cable and satellite providers to charge sports bars by the square foot if they want to carry WWE PPVs. As a result, the cost for these establishments to carry WWE PPVs has skyrocketed to over $5,000. By comparison, those same sports bars pay less than $1,000 to carry UFC PPVs.
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Full Version: Two New WWE Policies Revealed
If they want people or sportsbars to buy the pay-per-views, just charge a general addmission. Then pay the wwe a percentage out of that.
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That's stupid.
QUOTE (tnalockdownfan @ Jan 29 2008, 07:08 PM) 
At last weekend's Royal Rumble PPV, the company adopted a new policy that any fans caught taking photos or video with their cell phones at WWE events will be ejected from the building. WWE has had its staff specifically instruct building employees to be on the lookout for people using their cell phones during the events. According to live reports, many fans were were confronted at the PPV and threatened with ejection. Strangely enough, digital and film cameras are still allowed.
That's stupid.
QUOTE (tnalockdownfan @ Jan 29 2008, 08:08 PM)
Hey guys, listen to this:
WWE has created two new policies that are intended to protect their product but may be turning fans away and eating into company profits.
At last weekend's Royal Rumble PPV, the company adopted a new policy that any fans caught taking photos or video with their cell phones at WWE events will be ejected from the building. WWE has had its staff specifically instruct building employees to be on the lookout for people using their cell phones during the events. According to live reports, many fans were were confronted at the PPV and threatened with ejection. Strangely enough, digital and film cameras are still allowed.
WWE's Pay-Per-View buyrates have been going downhill for months. A contributing factor to this trend is that the company has made it nearly impossible for sports bars to show their PPV events. WWE instructed cable and satellite providers to charge sports bars by the square foot if they want to carry WWE PPVs. As a result, the cost for these establishments to carry WWE PPVs has skyrocketed to over $5,000. By comparison, those same sports bars pay less than $1,000 to carry UFC PPVs.
credit: wrestlingattitude.com
WWE has created two new policies that are intended to protect their product but may be turning fans away and eating into company profits.
At last weekend's Royal Rumble PPV, the company adopted a new policy that any fans caught taking photos or video with their cell phones at WWE events will be ejected from the building. WWE has had its staff specifically instruct building employees to be on the lookout for people using their cell phones during the events. According to live reports, many fans were were confronted at the PPV and threatened with ejection. Strangely enough, digital and film cameras are still allowed.
WWE's Pay-Per-View buyrates have been going downhill for months. A contributing factor to this trend is that the company has made it nearly impossible for sports bars to show their PPV events. WWE instructed cable and satellite providers to charge sports bars by the square foot if they want to carry WWE PPVs. As a result, the cost for these establishments to carry WWE PPVs has skyrocketed to over $5,000. By comparison, those same sports bars pay less than $1,000 to carry UFC PPVs.
credit: wrestlingattitude.com
That whole thing has to be the dumbest thing i have read in a while. The WWE is incredibly stupid in promoting their product. The sports bars thing is the dumbest of all. While the UFC is getting exposure in the sports bars (and picking up fans of the sport) the wwe is losing exposure by essentially banning pvv's in bars. All the sports bars around here aren't going to shell out 5 grand just to have a fricken wrestling ppv.
QUOTE (NatalieDisher @ Jan 29 2008, 08:45 PM)
If they want people or sportsbars to buy the pay-per-views, just charge a general addmission. Then pay the wwe a percentage out of that.
Sure like a cover charge or something. Sometimes I don't know what WWE is thinking with their policies.
Well tell that to Vince McMahon, he's the one that always have the final say over mostly everything.
Like for example:
The WWE Creative Team wanted to bring back Paul Heyman to run ECW, but Vince said no and he decided to hire Umaga's Manager
Armando Alejandro Estrada
and so far, he is NOT doing a great job w/ECW, especially after Vickie Guerrero told him to make it a NO DQ Match a couple of weeks ago.
Like for example:
The WWE Creative Team wanted to bring back Paul Heyman to run ECW, but Vince said no and he decided to hire Umaga's Manager
Armando Alejandro Estrada
and so far, he is NOT doing a great job w/ECW, especially after Vickie Guerrero told him to make it a NO DQ Match a couple of weeks ago.
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