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| WWE Pay-Per-View Price $5 Increase; LOL @ WWE, this is absurd! | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 6 2009, 04:26 PM (424 Views) | |
| Stinger | Nov 6 2009, 04:26 PM Post #1 |
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
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http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/WWE/article1008704.shtml
This is obviously good news. 13 is still too many, but it is nevertheless a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, they take two steps back with this next tidbit...
Uh  Have they not seen the recent buyrates? Who in the company could possible hear this suggestion and think it makes enough sense to run with? People aren't buy their shitty events now, what makes them think we're going to dish out an extra $5 to watch it. I shudder to even see the WrestleMania price this year, which will no doubt be absurd considering you can get the 3-disc DVD the next month in that nice tin can with the HOF ceremony. Of course, it was also announced TNA is raising their prices by $5, which is even more absurd. |
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| Dr. Monkey | Nov 6 2009, 05:37 PM Post #2 |
Sings of Only Blood Or Love
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Wrestlemania is 55.95, it may seem trivial to some but honestly the five dollar increase just swayed me from "hmmm think I may actually order Survivor Series this year" "nope, not paying 45 bucks" They are trying to get away with charging Boxing and MMA prices and while I don't watch much boxing I can ensure you that I've yet to buy a MMA event that I felt I got jipped on my money. Whereas WWE almost regularly delivers a product that even when it's good leaves you saying that it wasn't worth the price. Wrestlemania has been a tradition of mine for years even when I don't buy any other events but as it keeps creeping up on $60 I may even pass on that. EDIT: Then again neither article I read mentions the changes happening immediately so maybe I'll luck out. Either way, my WWE PPV buying days are certainly numbered. Not only that, but what kid is able to come up with that type of money. I remember being a kid and having to save my entire allowance for over a month just to get a PPV. I can't even imagine trying to save up $40-$55 Edited by Dr. Monkey, Nov 6 2009, 06:05 PM.
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| The Sandman | Nov 6 2009, 09:26 PM Post #3 |
You Got a Hall Pass Brah?!?!
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Have these people gone insane??? I haven't watched an entire RAW in over two years, but when I do happen to flip past every couple months, I stop and see crap, then go back to flipping, and they think they can charge $45 a ppv? I call shenanigans!!! |
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| Q | Nov 6 2009, 09:36 PM Post #4 |
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As if these Pay Per Views haven't been obscenely overpriced as is. This makes as much sense as raising taxes in a bad economy (or any economy for that matter.) Completely out of touch with reality. |
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| Snowman | Nov 6 2009, 09:52 PM Post #5 |
“Abashed the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.”
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Screw that won't watch em...Vince is an idiot. |
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| Dr. Chad Matthews | Nov 7 2009, 07:54 AM Post #6 |
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Well, that pretty much limits the number of PPVs I'll watch per year down to 2...the RUmble and Mania Even if you have a lot of money, it's tough to justify THAT kind of money on a wrestling PPV, especially if you are fans like us that remember when PPVs were 30 bucks |
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| Q | Nov 7 2009, 08:12 AM Post #7 |
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Chad, it's been tough to justify for years if you're honest about it. $30 should have long ago been the ceiling, and frankly, even that was pushing it. Really...for what? Pro wrestling? Give me a break. Boxing and some of the other stuff is laughably expensive, too. What the hell is it so expensive for? I don't know how a lot of people can really afford these PPVs every month and especially if they follow more than one brand. I've wondered that for years except I guess that's what piling up debt on credit cards is for, which is how I suspect most of these people do it. Not to put too fine a point on it, but the last time I checked most of your typical wrestling fans didn't have the latest names of "Gates" or "Buffett" but I guess that's what a credit card is for. What a rip off. The PPV rates for years have been past any point of rationalizing or defending anyways. This just makes it even more insulting and absurd. I was annoyed at myself last year when I had a bad itch and I was generous to myself by ordering Rumble, NWO, and Mania. I was very angry at myself when I saw the bill but I did it anyways. That's not going to happen again no matter how much "extra" money I may or may not have. No more. Back to hard zero for me and frankly, it won't matter what the card or lineups are. And people really wonder why piracy and the like are on such are on such an uprise? Are they kidding? I'm not saying I condone it but let's get real here. It's not hard to figure out. |
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| Dr. Chad Matthews | Nov 7 2009, 11:35 AM Post #8 |
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I won't go that far with it, Q... |
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| X'ie | Nov 7 2009, 03:56 PM Post #9 |
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This is why I have not ordered a ppv in years. I dont believe that I should spend an entire weeks worth of lunches and gas for 3 hours of non enteretaining wrestling. I sont even watch Raw anymore to be honest. And even though Taker is the champion I never remember to watch Smackdown. 25 dollars is the peprfect amount for a ppv. Maybe 35 for mania since that is usually an hour longer and the best show of the year. But until they do that, i refuse to pu any more money to the wrestling industry. |
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| Q | Nov 7 2009, 06:05 PM Post #10 |
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These rates would be just fine with me. About the most I'd consider reasonable. |
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| Dr. Monkey | Nov 7 2009, 06:26 PM Post #11 |
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I miss the true In Your House events, I used to get those all the time. 15 bucks for 2 hours worth of wrestling was very reasonable. |
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| Q | Nov 7 2009, 06:27 PM Post #12 |
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VERY reasonable. |
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| civilwarboy90 | Nov 12 2009, 11:01 PM Post #13 |
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I could see them keeping the price at 45....if they went back to the good old days when they only had the rumble, mania, sumerslam/king of the ring and survivor series. It would also be nice if they brought back some of the old matches like the elimination tag matches and coffin matches. |
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| Q | Nov 13 2009, 08:09 AM Post #14 |
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You make a good point that goes to a discussion we've had many times around here which is: They just have way too many damned PPVs. If they had the big 4 or even the big 6 or 7 that price becomes a little more tenable although it's still absurdly expensive when you get down to it. |
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| Dr. Chad Matthews | Nov 13 2009, 08:33 AM Post #15 |
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Jim Ross made a comment on his blog recently that pretty summed up the reason why they do so many PPVs...MONEY... I decided to do some basic math. I figured that if the WWE did five PPV/year...four of the five would average 500,000 buys. Mania would draw close to a million. Then, I figured the same 500K average for the big 3, along with the million that Mania draws. When you add in 8 other PPVs, averaging right around 200,000 buys...and consider that PPVs cost $40...that's an extra $64 million they are getting from the PPV department. So, there's 64 million reasons why our "too many PPVs waters down the product" argument doesn't hold water |
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