10 Ways WWE Could Sell More Network Subscriptions

7. Abandon Or Heavily Revise Original, Outside-Of-The-Ring Content

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Original Network content littering the current schedule ranges from passable to missable. If WWE scrubbed it all away, it would surely not make an appreciable difference to anybody's life.

Ride Along, bar the odd moment, is depressing. It's bad enough that WWE forces its independent contractors to ferry themselves across the United States, when the company is more than capable of financing air travel on their behalf; watching these evidently shattered men and women perform off the clock is almost an invasion. Photo Shoot isn't bad, but it is, more or less, the opposite of appointment viewing. Table For 3 is a pleasant watch, but the setting encourages more gentle conversation than insight.

The Originals drop-down menu, largely, is a graveyard of cancellations. Bring It To The Table promised straight-shooting, but delivered tiresome meltdowns from veterans and toadies alike. Straight To The Source was a pure work that undermined itself. Swerved was probably as bad it sounded. Who knows? The few subscribers who watched it stopped in their droves. Content fatigue extends to canonical WWE TV, much less this frivolous, desperate extra content that stretches resources best served elsewhere. It serves no purpose whatsoever.

Something Else To Wrestle is a rushed, pale imitation of its podcast antecedent, but this relinquishment of control and courting of genuine, witty insight is at least a step in the right direction.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!