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Alfred Konuwa's latest blog at Forbes looks at WWE reportedly recently putting in a bid to purchase TNA. He noted that a TNA reboot on the WWE Network "could create the type of simulated competition the promotion is currently seeking through the brand split. Like the CWC and NXT, WWE could give TNA a whole new look, separate from all other programming, that builds its own niche following."
www.forbes.com/sites/alfredkonuwa/2016/09/18/tna-would-thrive-as-an-exclusive-show-on-the-wwe-network/#51fc43e84822
TNA Would Thrive As An Exclusive Show On The WWE Network
If the WWE Network has taught us one thing, it’s that WWE knows wrestling.
According to reports, WWE has put in a bid to purchase TNA. The NY Post estimated that TNA is worth $40 million, which is an extremely generous valuation given the company’s tumultuous existence since its launch in 2002. If WWE winds up purchasing its distant competitor, it would likely be for a fraction of that figure.
WWE has already raided the entire independent wrestling scene of some of its biggest stars only to make them even bigger stars. Keeping TNA’s operations alive through the WWE Network would be the best case scenario.
WWE has shined in its presentation of live wrestling on the Network. Even live specials under the WWE brand, like WWE’s live special from Madison Square Garden which drew the most viewers in Network history, have proved that WWE has no equal in pro wrestling.
With WWE on pace to add 300 hours of programming in 2016, original content has been a staple on the Network, featuring everything from docu-series to countdown shows. Reviews for WWE’s original content have been mixed. Wrestling DVD Network noted the hidden-camera show Swerved “isn’t the type of show which will set the WWE Network ablaze with new subscribers.”
Forbes Contributor Luke Thompson seemed less than thrilled with new reality series Holy Foley! as he criticized Mick Foley for coming off as “the world’s most inept stalker” who “lacks the stubborn a-hole gene” seen in fellow abrasive fathers in Al Bundy and Clark Griswold.
WWE’s original content in the live wrestling department, however, has been groundbreaking if not masterful.
NXT, which was launched on the WWE Network has grown into its own mini-empire. Through an intimate setting that mirrors the rawness an independent wrestling promotion while encouraging unique chants and crowd participation like a Rocky Horror Picture Show, NXT quickly went from a Full Sail startup to a globally touring brand.
Like most of its content, NXT’s most recent live special, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II, drew universal praise. Jason Powell of Prowrestling.net called it a “fantastic show.” Mike Metzger of PWTorch called it a “fun show that was to-the-point and worth watching.”
Following NXT’s lead of high-quality wrestling in Full Sail University, WWE once again rewrote wrestling through the critically acclaimed Cruiserweight Classic. The CWC served as comfort food for wrestling addicts, and one would be hard-pressed to find one negative word about it. Even on Twitter TWTR -3.92%.
Do you all see what a Tournament, when built up correctly does? Half of us had no clue about anyone here. They are now Superstars #CWC
— #BROKEN JD (@jdfromny206) September 15, 2016
DetroitSportsOutlet @detroitsport11
Mauro Ranallo & Daniel Bryan have already become one of the best commentary teams in the history of #WWE. #WWECWC #CWC
8:52 PM - 14 Sep 2016
517 517 Retweets 290 290 likes
David J. McCutcheon @zoopsoul
#CWC is my favorite wrestling thing in a few years. Never a bad episode. Loving every second of it.
10:17 PM - 7 Sep 2016 · Kirkwood, MO, United States
Retweets 4 4 likes
WWE has the hot hand when it comes to all things wrestling. By shrewdly adding the finest indy talent around, there’s really nothing outside of Final Deletion that any promotion can do to be edgier than the world wide leader. Now, more than ever, pro wrestling is just WWE and everybody else.
TNA has shown flashes of brilliance for over a decade as WWE’s closest semblance of competition, even through a short-lived run on Monday nights. But TNA has never put it all together long enough to be taken seriously as a threat.
With WWE reportedly expressing interest, a reboot on the WWE Network could create the type of simulated competition the promotion is currently seeking through the brand split. Like the CWC and NXT, WWE could give TNA a whole new look, separate from all other programming, that builds its own niche following.
WWE may not be a one-stop shop for reality shows or cartoons, but wrestling is literally its middle name.
Alfred Konuwa's latest blog at Forbes looks at WWE reportedly recently putting in a bid to purchase TNA. He noted that a TNA reboot on the WWE Network "could create the type of simulated competition the promotion is currently seeking through the brand split. Like the CWC and NXT, WWE could give TNA a whole new look, separate from all other programming, that builds its own niche following."
www.forbes.com/sites/alfredkonuwa/2016/09/18/tna-would-thrive-as-an-exclusive-show-on-the-wwe-network/#51fc43e84822
TNA Would Thrive As An Exclusive Show On The WWE Network
If the WWE Network has taught us one thing, it’s that WWE knows wrestling.
According to reports, WWE has put in a bid to purchase TNA. The NY Post estimated that TNA is worth $40 million, which is an extremely generous valuation given the company’s tumultuous existence since its launch in 2002. If WWE winds up purchasing its distant competitor, it would likely be for a fraction of that figure.
WWE has already raided the entire independent wrestling scene of some of its biggest stars only to make them even bigger stars. Keeping TNA’s operations alive through the WWE Network would be the best case scenario.
WWE has shined in its presentation of live wrestling on the Network. Even live specials under the WWE brand, like WWE’s live special from Madison Square Garden which drew the most viewers in Network history, have proved that WWE has no equal in pro wrestling.
With WWE on pace to add 300 hours of programming in 2016, original content has been a staple on the Network, featuring everything from docu-series to countdown shows. Reviews for WWE’s original content have been mixed. Wrestling DVD Network noted the hidden-camera show Swerved “isn’t the type of show which will set the WWE Network ablaze with new subscribers.”
Forbes Contributor Luke Thompson seemed less than thrilled with new reality series Holy Foley! as he criticized Mick Foley for coming off as “the world’s most inept stalker” who “lacks the stubborn a-hole gene” seen in fellow abrasive fathers in Al Bundy and Clark Griswold.
WWE’s original content in the live wrestling department, however, has been groundbreaking if not masterful.
NXT, which was launched on the WWE Network has grown into its own mini-empire. Through an intimate setting that mirrors the rawness an independent wrestling promotion while encouraging unique chants and crowd participation like a Rocky Horror Picture Show, NXT quickly went from a Full Sail startup to a globally touring brand.
Like most of its content, NXT’s most recent live special, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II, drew universal praise. Jason Powell of Prowrestling.net called it a “fantastic show.” Mike Metzger of PWTorch called it a “fun show that was to-the-point and worth watching.”
Following NXT’s lead of high-quality wrestling in Full Sail University, WWE once again rewrote wrestling through the critically acclaimed Cruiserweight Classic. The CWC served as comfort food for wrestling addicts, and one would be hard-pressed to find one negative word about it. Even on Twitter TWTR -3.92%.
Do you all see what a Tournament, when built up correctly does? Half of us had no clue about anyone here. They are now Superstars #CWC
— #BROKEN JD (@jdfromny206) September 15, 2016
DetroitSportsOutlet @detroitsport11
Mauro Ranallo & Daniel Bryan have already become one of the best commentary teams in the history of #WWE. #WWECWC #CWC
8:52 PM - 14 Sep 2016
517 517 Retweets 290 290 likes
David J. McCutcheon @zoopsoul
#CWC is my favorite wrestling thing in a few years. Never a bad episode. Loving every second of it.
10:17 PM - 7 Sep 2016 · Kirkwood, MO, United States
Retweets 4 4 likes
WWE has the hot hand when it comes to all things wrestling. By shrewdly adding the finest indy talent around, there’s really nothing outside of Final Deletion that any promotion can do to be edgier than the world wide leader. Now, more than ever, pro wrestling is just WWE and everybody else.
TNA has shown flashes of brilliance for over a decade as WWE’s closest semblance of competition, even through a short-lived run on Monday nights. But TNA has never put it all together long enough to be taken seriously as a threat.
With WWE reportedly expressing interest, a reboot on the WWE Network could create the type of simulated competition the promotion is currently seeking through the brand split. Like the CWC and NXT, WWE could give TNA a whole new look, separate from all other programming, that builds its own niche following.
WWE may not be a one-stop shop for reality shows or cartoons, but wrestling is literally its middle name.