10 Times WWE Ripped Off WCW And Nobody Noticed

6. Full-Priced Monthly Pay-Per-Views

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Note the wording there. The WWF started running monthly pay-per-views with the In Your House series back in 1995; that year, if one includes the Collision In Korea special, both WCW and Vinnie Mac's crew produced a total of 10 supershows apiece. By '96, the WWF's number jumped to 12 (WCW still ran 10).

It'd be a lie to suggest that WCW did 12 monthly specials per year first then, but they did run full-priced ones before McMahon. Bruce Prichard revealed on his podcast that someone backstage pointed out that the company were charging less for IYH events. They cost $14.95, and that wasn't raised (to $19.95) until the fifth event.

By IYH: Ground Zero in September '97, the WWF had decided to up the runtime of these two-hour shows to three hours and begin charging full price ($29.95) for them. That was a response to what WCW were doing, and it'd give the illusion of added value to the In Your House brand.

WCW's pay-per-views all clocked in at a standard price point, and had done for years.

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