10 Clues That WWE Network Has Been A MAJOR Error

10. They've Stopped Releasing Subscriber Figures

Regardless of exactly how they acquired them, WWE used to be more than happy to report rising numbers of $9.99s landing in the coffers as the Network appeared to go from strength to strength in its early days. This was volunteered rather than an obligation, and the news was generally noteworthy.

How quickly could they break a million punters on the service? Two million? Netflix as of writing has 158.3m subscribers and if this is wrestling's Netflix it won't be long until WWE is pocketing (grabs calculator)..one billion five hundred seventy-eight million four hundred twenty thousand dollars a month, right?!

The figure matters too - WWE absorbed huge startup costs to get the Network off the ground and cannibalised what remained of a sagging pay-per-view market in the process. Stockholder reports (rather than prideful gestures) have highlighted a downturn in numbers, with that 2017 peak (hovering around 2,100,000) now dipping to around 1,500,000 in accordance with television ratings and house show attendances falling.

WrestleMania 36 may temporarily (and artificially) spike the graphs, but we'll not hear about it unless the company are forced to out of law or necessity. This, for worse, has changed from whatever the "glory" days were.