4. The Pay Per View Companies
Sky may be secure here in the UK, but over in the States, the Dish Network which had distributed WWE PPVs in the US for years, dropped them from it's schedule this year. This was their way of protesting WWEs decision to launch it's Network and keep 100% of the profits (too bad the Network has failed to make any yet). We can see their perspective. They take in their share of profits for every WWE event broadcast and though numbers may not be as high as the fabled Attitude Era, the fact remains that Pay Per View is still a profitable medium. Case in point: 400,000 homes in the US still ordered WrestleMania XXX on PPV. For WWE to announce their plans to broadcast their own shows without privately consulting their PPV partners first, was seen as an insult by Dish and so they felt justified in removing WWE from it's schedule. Here's another reason for Pay Per View providers to be p*** off: If the WWE Network fails (as in completely and irreparably) then there's no going back to traditional PPV. Fans won't be too happy to pay $40 a month when WWE has already admitted that they think their events are only worth $9.99.