Originally Posted by Robbie

The WWE just changed everything this last week.

They released "The WWE Network".

While a lot of you have been (foolishly) saying that the "subscription model" is dead...The WWE Network is $9.99 a month. It's an app. And it already is working on apple, android, roku, apple tv, playstation, xbox and many other devices. Samsung smart tv's will get the app in a couple of months and chromecast is in the mix as well in the near future.

And you get every Pay Per View (starting with Wrestlemania coming up) as part of your subscription. Plus you get every PPV from the past from the WWE, WCW, ECW, etc.

And they have original "series" that they have as well on there.

The beauty of it is that Vince McMahon keeps 100% of the money (gross of course).

The cable and satellite companies are going apeshit over this. Dish has already dropped WWE PPV's because of it.

But The WWE will actually make more money with the $9.99 subscription than they ever did on the PPV's airing on cable and satellite. (because the satellite and cable companies took a BIG piece of the pie on PPV's..now they won't be needed)

It's gonna change everything.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the UFC do something very similar. As well as boxing and other PPV sports.

Think what you will, but pro wrestling is a huge business. And the actual "art" of being a really good pro wrestler is not easy to do (there aren't many Ric Flairs, or The Rock or Hulk Hogan, or Steve Austin's in this world who know how to work a crowd)

I think the new WWE Network subscription is the wave of the future.

Think of how many millions of people worldwide are WWE fans. And at only $9.99 they will be jumping on this (the Wrestlemania PPV alone is $69.95).

If McMahon gets 10 million subscribers, he will be making 100 Million dollars a month every month JUST on the WWE Network.

Then factor in his television deals, the huge merchandise sales, the action figure deals, the video game deals, etc.

Big money.