10 Original Shows You Should Watch On The WWE Network
Take advantage of that free month for more than just another Pay-Per-View.
This June, like many, many months in 2015, WWE has offered its ever-growing library of streaming video footage known as the WWE Network absolutely free for new subscribers. Those who order the Network this month got to watch Money in the Bank without paying a cent.
You can also relive the Attitude Era with a selection of Raw episodes from 1997 to 1999, watch the early years of ECW's development, and even check out the old competition with WCW Monday Nitro. While these are all far from a complete collection, it's a start.
You also get access to almost every WWE Pay-Per-View there ever was, not to mention that the Network is the only way to watch NXT on a weekly basis. The WWE Network has freed the sports entertainment empire from the Pay-Per-View machine and saves the fans about $60 a month (twice that lately). However, it's also a lot more than that. Modeling itself after any good television network, WWE offers its subscribers other content besides matches.
You can also tune in to see your favorite Superstars and Divas outside of the ring. We're not just talking Total Divas, but completely original WWE Network programming. Some of these shows have existed as long as the Network while others are newer, but all of them are worth watching and all are worth the $9.99.
10. Slam City
It's no surprise that WWE widely appeals to children. At every single house show, Raw, SmackDown, and live Pay-Per-View, you'll see a group of kids dressed exactly like John Cena. It's not called the PG Era for nothing. WWE knows this and so it created Slam City, a clay-like, Celebrity Deathmatch-reminiscent (but not as violent), closest-thing-you'll-get-to-a-cartoon-show that would fit right in on Saturday mornings.
Each of the 26 episodes are about two minutes each, so feel free to binge. The main premise is a fun one. A Slam City original character called The Finisher has the authority to wish every WWE Superstar on the roster good luck on their future endeavours.
Each episode follows a different Superstar in their quest to find and keep gainful employment. Kane works in a school cafeteria, Mark Henry wears a penguin costume at a themed arcade and pizzeria, John Cena fixes cars, and CM Punk serves ice cream cones.
There were talks about Slam City being picked up by Cartoon Network, but nothing further ever came of the potential deal. With no new episodes since November 2014, at least the last one gives the show some finality. No spoilers here.