WWE and SpikeTV done?

[SpicyMcHaggis]

From BackstageWrestling.com:

In a press statement released this week, SpikeTV announced, "After several months of negotiations, we have decided to end our discussions about extending our relationship with WWE beyond September 2005. Moving forward, Spike TV will expand its investments in original programming and new acquisitions for its core audience."

Wherever RAW winds up, With WWE leaving SpikeTV in September, that leaves a HUGE opening in Spike's Monday night primetime slot. There is a lot of speculation that TNA representatives will be meeting with SpikeTV and Viacom very shortly about the possibility of TNA taking over RAW's timeslot.

At this time, it is unknown whether or not WWE and SpikeTV have a no-complete clause whereas SpikeTV could not air another wrestling program in RAW's timeslot for a certain period of time. If this is not the case, SpikeTV can begin airing a weekly Monday night TNA show immediately and steal the momentum left behind from RAW. As hard as WWE would try to alert their fans that they were switching networks, there would still be a large portion of their audience that would tune into SpikeTV the week after RAW was gone out of habit.

Theoretically, if WWE's contract with Spike ended immediately following the end of the last RAW broad cast, TNA could air "Monday Night Impact" RIGHT AFTER RAW was over. This would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for TNA to seize that opportunity and reignite the Monday Night Wars.

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[walking joint]

i doubt it...they are probably going a totally different direction. it would be like Fox replacing NFL football with the Arena league. it will bring in so many less viewers.

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[Kevin]

Yea.... There is a new head hancho in Spike and he probably wants to go another direction.

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[torker]

it would be like Fox replacing NFL football with the Arena league.


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[HelghastElite]

This is bad news for Spike because WWE is responsible for most of their ratings.

I don't see TNA getting a spot there. It's still an awful climate for wrestling programming in this day and age and TNA, much as I want them to succeed, hasn't really done anything in the ratings that would warrant a network like Spike taking the chance of giving them a primetime show.

Oh, and if they ever ran head to head, Vince would slaughter them.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

If WWE goes to a new network, I think it will return to USA network like the old days

I dont care, I just don't care, I really dont care. F U Howard Stern!!!!!

[WindowSill]

Apparently JJ and Spike TV officials have met to discuss the departure of the WWE... (http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_12567.shtml)

According to the article there is also another network involved that would be able to clear a weekday timeslot...


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[Evilpete]

<FIELDSET style="WIDTH: 450px"><LEGEND><FONT color=#3175bd size=2><STRONG>QUOTE</STRONG><BR></FONT></LEGEND><A href="http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_12567.shtml" target=blank>Apparently JJ and Spike TV officials have met to discuss the departure of the WWE...</A> <BR><BR>According to the article there is also another network involved that would be able to clear a weekday timeslot...<BR><BR>
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<P>So I guess "the all man's network" is reverting back to the "all hick's network"????
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[Snoogans]

good riddance if they do, i hope they fill the time with CSI and MXC like they fill all the other time


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[HBox]

<p> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7380373/<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="Navy"><font size="2">RAW will return to USA Network in a deal that WWE signed woith NBC Universal. There's nothing about Smackdown in the article.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="Navy"><font size="2"> And so ends my cameo in the Wrestling Forum.</font></font></font><br />
<br /></p><p><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="Navy"><font size="2">EDIT: How the hell do I insert hyperlinks?</font></font></font><br />
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[JustJon]

<p>&lt;a href=&quot;<font size="0" face="verdana" color="black"> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7380373/&quot;&gt;The above link, for the lazy&lt;/a&gt;</font></p><p>WWE returning to USA was a no brainer once Spike said no.&nbsp; Probably won't affect the product either way.&nbsp;</p><font size="0" face="verdana" color="black" />

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[RF Godfather]

<p>I read about the USA move in the Daily News today! I think it was a wise decision.</p><p>Let's see what SPIKE will do without the WWE, they are sooo screwed! Like anyone watches anything else on their station? BE SERIOUS!</p>

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[Abrasive Dean]

They are also chasing the Internet market and are offering free streaming content to Cable Internet companies. This is to promote the Video on Demand product.

WWE is moving on from Spike who apart from high rating WWE shows were pretty much in the "the channel I flick through on the way to some good channel".

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