WWE TV Megathread

[The Thread Killer]

Great debut for Ethan Page on RAW. Long overdue.

[sek69]

I know a lot of things suck both in wrestling and the world at the current time, but Roxanne getting a win in her hometown and it clearly showing in her face how much it meant to her reminded me why I love this stupid fucked up business. 

[sek69]

It feels wild to type this sentence, but I think Roman may be at that level where you just won't get the fans to boo him at all anymore. 

[JRH]

The NXT PLEs are now going to air on the CW. At least they're throwing a bone to those who cant afford streaming services.

[El-P]

7 minutes ago, JRH said:

The NXT PLEs are now going to air on the CW. At least they're throwing a bone to those who cant afford streaming services.

They're absolutely not throwing a bone. They could not get a streaming deal for them, as showed by the fact Stand & Deliver was showed on Youtube. So CW is getting them for free, as part of the pre-existing deal.

[The Thread Killer]

It only applies to the United States, from what I understand. NXT weekly TV and PLE’s have been, and will continue to be available on Netflix internationally. Which is weird to begin with, since we get the CW here in Canada as part of basic cable, but whatever. Just means less commercials.

Not that I have a ton of interest in NXT PLE’s anyhow, considering over the past 6 months or so, pretty much every single watchable talent has been called up to the Main Roster. Je’Von Evans, Trick Williams, Oba Femi, Jordynne Grace and now Blake Monroe, Ethan Page, Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints, Sol Ruca and all 3 members of Fatal Influence. The pickings are starting to get mighty slim in NXT.

[JRH]

At least we still have Tatum Paxley.

[JRH]

Another interesting wrinkle in this situation is that the Roku channel has picked up next-day streaming rights for CW programming, including NXT (Roku Channel is free, so it's free whether you watch it on tv or stream the next day):

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/cw-network-sets-partnership-roku-140000613.html

[NotJayTabb]

NXT almost feels like it's been rebooted for the 3rd time, big old turnover of talent in the past few weeks with a lot of big names leaving for the main roster and a bunch of debuts coming up from Evolve and elsewhere, which I guess is the nature of developmental. There's still things there I'm interested in though: Tavion Heights finally looks to be getting a renewed push and the current Myles Borne title run feels like a good next step for 2 guys who've been bubbling under for a while. Will Kroos debuting was a big surprise, he doesn't look like a typical WWE signing, but he can move for a big lad. Lizzy Rain is a good worker and will hopefully add some meat to the bones of her admittedly one-dimensional gimmick, and Kali Armstrong from Evolve feels like a future star. It might take a month or so to click, but there's stuff to be excited about for sure.

[sek69]

The CW and ESPN struck a deal for all of CW's sports (including NXT) to also be on ESPN Unlimited, which is pretty impressive.

 

Also I saw John Cena putting over Will Kroos on social media, so that's surely a sign WWE sees something in him. 

[El-P]

I'm hearing Ricky Saints finally debuted on the infamous "main roster" after two years of nonexistent hype, culminating with the top tier embarrassing "Tony Fumbled" chant on NXT. Here he is, back alongside Royce Keys. You know what it means right ? THIS IS RAMPAGE BABY !

[The Thread Killer]

If Danhausen doesn’t pick Mr. Iguana to be his partner at Backlash, I’m calling this whole thing a big missed opportunity, I’m just saying.

[JRH]

So Evil's new name is Naraku. That's,,actually a pretty cool name.

[The Thread Killer]

That vignette they showed introducing him was pretty well done. He’s got a great look and aura. 

[sek69]

He's actually pretty good in the ring when not saddled with HOT bullshit.

[sek69]

Vic asking Booker if he ever got a match moved mid show, and I'm over here like "he worked in WCW, so probably"