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WWE ON USA

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oldvnewschool

When World Wrestling Entertainment returns to the USA Network

after a 5 year absence Monday October 3rd, 2005 Not only

will RAW come home but a new show will debut the following

saturday 9-10am eastern standard time

Which means the othere three shows Sunday Night Heat, Velocity, & Experience

are set to be cancelled effective the weekend of September 24th to 25th.

Do you think the new show should focus on the Raw brand?

And there is a new wrestling company debuting on October 1st

called Total Nonstop Action and the show is called Impact

It will take over the Velocity time slot!
 
> So TNA is moving to SPIKE?
>
It has been confimred Total Nonstop Action will be part of the

Slammin Saturday Night package that will include The Ulitmate Fighter

And maybe a Chuck Norris or Jean Claude Van Damme movie

They signed the deal in July.
 
WWE and NBC-Universal agreed back in March or April to a deal which puts WWE Raw on USA Network, as well as a weekend one hour show. The show will air at 10 am on Saturday Mornings. Also in this deal, NBC will air two Saturday Late Night Specials per year. While I am not really too surprised with the deal to move WWE back to USA and the reduction in programming, I am surprised at the Saturday Morning 10 am slot. Sunday Night Heat was great as a live lead-in to a PPV once a month. My guess will be that the Saturday Morning show will be a weekend recap show of both Raw and Smackdown since other normal WWE Syndicated Programming is also getting the axe.

TNA Wrestling will debut on Spike TV in October, and will take a Saturday Night slot at 10 pm. This is a HUGE MOVE for TNA. They were paying Fox Sports Net $120,000 a month to air Impact in the Friday Afternoon 3 pm time slot. Since TNA is no longer on FSN, they have been streaming Impact on their website. I am not too sure of the nature of the deal between TNA and Spike TV, but anything is big for them if they want to become somewhat competitive.<P ID="signature">______________

Moderator of Charlotte Board</P>
 
Re: WWE On USA

Although UPN is moving "Smackdown!" to Friday nights in a couple of weeks, isn't "Smackdown" supposed to leave UPN's program schedule at the end of the 2005/2006 television season to move to either NBC, USA or Bravo??
 
Re: WWE On USA

> Although UPN is moving "Smackdown!" to Friday nights in a
> couple of weeks, isn't "Smackdown" supposed to leave UPN's
> program schedule at the end of the 2005/2006 television
> season to move to either NBC, USA or Bravo??
>
Interesting I never thought of that

I doubt NBC would take a chance on it.

Batista is ok as World Heavyweight Champion

but he isn't strong enough or make that

NBC isn't desperate enough to take a chance

at it. Unless the Law & Boredom (URRH!) Order franchises

doesen't make it pass this season you will not see any

other wwe programs on NBC.

Bravo is too up scale for WWE anyway.

USA IS DEFINITELY THE PERFECT FIT for Smackdown.
 
Re: WWE On USA

> > Although UPN is moving "Smackdown!" to Friday nights in a
> > couple of weeks, isn't "Smackdown" supposed to leave UPN's
>
> > program schedule at the end of the 2005/2006 television
> > season to move to either NBC, USA or Bravo??
> >
> Interesting I never thought of that
>
> I doubt NBC would take a chance on it.
>
> Batista is ok as World Heavyweight Champion
>
> but he isn't strong enough or make that
>
> NBC isn't desperate enough to take a chance
>
> at it. Unless the Law & Boredom (URRH!) Order franchises
>
> doesen't make it pass this season you will not see any
>
> other wwe programs on NBC.
>
> Bravo is too up scale for WWE anyway.
>
> USA IS DEFINITELY THE PERFECT FIT for Smackdown.
>
Also that would be silly if the WWE doesen't have at least one or 2 syndicated

shows out there to sell their house shows.

I mean it's not 1996 right ?

Why would they cancel BottomLine & Afterburn
 
Re: WWE On USA

>
> Why would they cancel BottomLine & Afterburn
>


Simple... to save money. WWE has to pay local stations to air the syndicated programming.

As for Smackdown once the contract is up with UPN, I have heard <U>RUMORS</U> that the show could end up on FX or even FSN. I doubt NBC Universal will jump on it. The deal for Smackdown is seperate from the deal for Raw. I also expect that come March of next year, Ted Turner might throw his hat into the ring and come up with come competition since that would be the end of his five year non-compete that was put on him after the sale of WCW.<P ID="signature">______________

Moderator of Charlotte Board</P>
 
Re: WWE On USA

Ah! The olden days of "WWF Superstars" and "WWF Wrestling Challenge" in syndication, circa the late 1980s and early 1990s! I've been flashing back lately by dubbing material off of my old VHS tapes to DVD. Thanks to UPN, WB, digital cable and satellite TV, it's obvious that we'll never get back to the old school way of syndication ever again. That's too bad, because nothing beat either Sean Mooney in the "Event Center" or the late Lord Alfred Hays doing the "Update" segment! (LOL)

By the way, what happens with WWE programming on USA during the US Open tennis tournament (starting in 2006) and the Westminster Dog Show? Weren't those some of the reasons WWF/E left USA Network to begin with in 2000?
 
Re: WWE On USA

> Ah! The olden days of "WWF Superstars" and "WWF Wrestling
> Challenge" in syndication, circa the late 1980s and early
> 1990s! I've been flashing back lately by dubbing material
> off of my old VHS tapes to DVD. Thanks to UPN, WB, digital
> cable and satellite TV, it's obvious that we'll never get
> back to the old school way of syndication ever again. That's
> too bad, because nothing beat either Sean Mooney in the
> "Event Center" or the late Lord Alfred Hays doing the
> "Update" segment! (LOL)
>
> By the way, what happens with WWE programming on USA during
> the US Open tennis tournament (starting in 2006) and the
> Westminster Dog Show? Weren't those some of the reasons
> WWF/E left USA Network to begin with in 2000?
>
4 words Saturday Night's Main Event

During the weeks of the US Open and The Westminster Dog Show

The 2 Raw specials will air on NBC filling in for Saturday Night Live

Just like the 1980's all over again.
 
Re: WWE On USA

> I also expect
> that come March of next year, Ted Turner might throw his hat
> into the ring and come up with come competition since that
> would be the end of his five year non-compete that was put
> on him after the sale of WCW.
>

Yes, Billionaire Ted has been sitting around his Montana ranch counting the days till he can get back into the rasslin' business.

Not gonna happen. WCW was a money pit for most of its existence.
 
Re: WWE On USA

> > Ah! The olden days of "WWF Superstars" and "WWF Wrestling
> > Challenge" in syndication, circa the late 1980s and early
> > 1990s! I've been flashing back lately by dubbing material
> > off of my old VHS tapes to DVD. Thanks to UPN, WB, digital
>
> > cable and satellite TV, it's obvious that we'll never get
> > back to the old school way of syndication ever again.
> That's
> > too bad, because nothing beat either Sean Mooney in the
> > "Event Center" or the late Lord Alfred Hays doing the
> > "Update" segment! (LOL)
> >
> > By the way, what happens with WWE programming on USA
> during
> > the US Open tennis tournament (starting in 2006) and the
> > Westminster Dog Show? Weren't those some of the reasons
> > WWF/E left USA Network to begin with in 2000?
> >
> 4 words Saturday Night's Main Event
>
> During the weeks of the US Open and The Westminster Dog Show
>
>
> The 2 Raw specials will air on NBC filling in for Saturday
> Night Live
>
> Just like the 1980's all over again.
>


I'm pretty sure there will be more than 2 NBC specials per year, but you can bet on those weeks being covered.

Smackdown will probably have to find a new home in 2006 ("i", if it still exists? OLN or whatever Comcast rebrands it as?), but will continue to exist. Two separate live tours = more gate receipts. Also, it's not losing its timeslot in Canada, where WWE owns part of the cable network it airs on. In fact, with all the international markets they air TV in (and in most cases actually get paid to do so), they'll continue to produce just as much TV as they do now, even when both B-shows go away, we just won't see it in the US (except on Video on Demand and as DVD extras, anyway)

The Saturday morning show will likely be all-recap just like the current awful WWE Experience show. Or possibly the new ECW, an idea that just won't die.

TNA is putting on some great shows right now and as long as they can keep it together through the first month or so on Spike, they'll get a big boost.
 
Re: WWE On USA

> > > Ah! The olden days of "WWF Superstars" and "WWF
> Wrestling
> > > Challenge" in syndication, circa the late 1980s and
> early
> > > 1990s! I've been flashing back lately by dubbing
> material
> > > off of my old VHS tapes to DVD. Thanks to UPN, WB,
> digital
> >
> > > cable and satellite TV, it's obvious that we'll never
> get
> > > back to the old school way of syndication ever again.
> > That's
> > > too bad, because nothing beat either Sean Mooney in the
> > > "Event Center" or the late Lord Alfred Hays doing the
> > > "Update" segment! (LOL)
> > >
> > > By the way, what happens with WWE programming on USA
> > during
> > > the US Open tennis tournament (starting in 2006) and the
>
> > > Westminster Dog Show? Weren't those some of the reasons
> > > WWF/E left USA Network to begin with in 2000?
> > >
> > 4 words Saturday Night's Main Event
> >
> > During the weeks of the US Open and The Westminster Dog
> Show
> >
> >
> > The 2 Raw specials will air on NBC filling in for Saturday
>
> > Night Live
> >
> > Just like the 1980's all over again.
> >
>
>
> I'm pretty sure there will be more than 2 NBC specials per
> year, but you can bet on those weeks being covered.
>
> Smackdown will probably have to find a new home in 2006
> ("i", if it still exists? OLN or whatever Comcast rebrands
> it as?), but will continue to exist. Two separate live
> tours = more gate receipts. Also, it's not losing its
> timeslot in Canada, where WWE owns part of the cable network
> it airs on. In fact, with all the international markets they
> air TV in (and in most cases actually get paid to do so),
> they'll continue to produce just as much TV as they do now,
> even when both B-shows go away, we just won't see it in the
> US (except on Video on Demand and as DVD extras, anyway)
>
> The Saturday morning show will likely be all-recap just like
> the current awful WWE Experience show. Or possibly the new
> ECW, an idea that just won't die.
>
> TNA is putting on some great shows right now and as long as
> they can keep it together through the first month or so on
> Spike, they'll get a big boost.
>

Let's not forget the Spanish simulcast of RAW on mun2 Television (which is one of the Telemundo channels owned by NBC Universal), and a weekly show on Telemundo Network as part of the WWE deal with NBC Universal)
 
Re: WWE On USA

B. Hayes wonders:

> By the way, what happens with WWE programming on USA during
> the US Open tennis tournament (starting in 2006) and the
> Westminster Dog Show? Weren't those some of the reasons
> WWF/E left USA Network to begin with in 2000?

During the two Mondays of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, "Raw" could air on USA from 5 to 7 P.M. EDT (in-between the daytime and prime-time coverage) and 8-10 P.M. PDT (assuming the tennis airs live on the West Coast; otherwise, "Raw" would air from 5 to 7 P.M. PDT).

And during the week of the Westminster Dog Show, "Raw" could follow the Dog Show at about 11 P.M. EST. "Raw" could originate that week from the West Coast, which would allow (on the East Coast) a live broadcast.
 
Re: WWE On USA

> During the two Mondays of the U.S. Open tennis tournament,
> "Raw" could air on USA from 5 to 7 P.M. EDT (in-between the
> daytime and prime-time coverage) and 8-10 P.M. PDT (assuming
> the tennis airs live on the West Coast; otherwise, "Raw"
> would air from 5 to 7 P.M. PDT).
>
> And during the week of the Westminster Dog Show, "Raw" could
> follow the Dog Show at about 11 P.M. EST. "Raw" could
> originate that week from the West Coast, which would allow
> (on the East Coast) a live broadcast.
>


Let's hope that the WWE is that smart. In the past, they aired either a late Friday Night or a Saturday Evening broadcast of Raw. Late Friday Night would work but would be kind of an overload with Smackdown being moved to Fridays. If the WWE would want to run a 5-7 EDT show, the show would have to be taped the day before or eariler. Not only would it get sunk in the ratings, people would know the results of the show in advance thanks to the spoilers at these wrestling websites. Honestly, I think that is one of the reasons why Smackdown doesn't do any better in the ratings because they tape the show on Tuesday to be aired the following Thursday.<P ID="signature">______________

Moderator of Charlotte Board</P>
 
Re: WWE On USA

During the two weeks of the U.S. Open Tennis tournament, "Raw" could go "on tour" in Europe, and USA could air the show live from 5-7 P.M. EDT (if the card is held in the United Kingdom) or on a one-or-two-hour delay (if held elsewhere on the continent).

Even if it is taped, it at least would be a couple of hours before the show is seen, which will be almost as good as a live telecast.

I hope that "Smackdown!" will go live every week.
 
Re: WWE On USA

> B. Hayes wonders:
>
> > By the way, what happens with WWE programming on USA
> during
> > the US Open tennis tournament (starting in 2006) and the
> > Westminster Dog Show? Weren't those some of the reasons
> > WWF/E left USA Network to begin with in 2000?
>
> During the two Mondays of the U.S. Open tennis tournament,
> "Raw" could air on USA from 5 to 7 P.M. EDT (in-between the
> daytime and prime-time coverage) and 8-10 P.M. PDT (assuming
> the tennis airs live on the West Coast; otherwise, "Raw"
> would air from 5 to 7 P.M. PDT).
>
> And during the week of the Westminster Dog Show, "Raw" could
> follow the Dog Show at about 11 P.M. EST. "Raw" could
> originate that week from the West Coast, which would allow
> (on the East Coast) a live broadcast.

I don't think RAW ever aired on dog show week when they were on USA in the past, but they did do a show at 11 PM EST during the first week of the US Open in 2000 (I think it was live from California, although it may have been taped on the weekend), so there is a precedent.



>
 
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