The latest WWE financial reporting has confirmed that the WWE Network will be launching in the UK "by October". This exciting development is quite a change from WWE's previous UK launch date, which had originally been scheduled for January 2015. The change in plans are just one part of WWE's re-strategising with their Network content. The new financial report revealed that WWE only had 700,000 subscribers in the United States, way off the million sign ups they had hoped for by December 2015. With the company struggling to break even on their investment, they will now start a global roll out on August 12th. Canada will get the Network first, with numerous countries following. But what can we expect here in the UK? WWE is currently broadcast exclusively on the Sky Sports subscription platform. Pay per views are additionally sold at a premium of £15 on Sky Box Office. In fact, Sky only recently signed a new deal with WWE that would broadcast all PPV content from January 2015 exclusively on Box Office. How will today's news change all of that? The british wrestling landscape has just been hit by a bombshell. Here I answer your ten questions on the WWE Network UK launch.
11. When Exactly Will It Be Available?
There's reason to believe that the WWE Network will be available before September's Night Of Champions pay per view. The exact WWE wording was "by October", which means we should see a Network before October 1st. The impetus to launch before September 21st's Night Of Champions is that it offers WWE an initial lure to grab sign ups. If they launched after NOC and the next PPV would be October 26 at Hell in a Cell. It doesn't make sense to launch at the very start of October when the next big event is a while away.
There's reason to believe that the WWE Network will be available before September's Night Of Champions pay per view. The exact WWE wording was "by October", which means we should see a Network before October 1st. The impetus to launch before September 21st's Night Of Champions is that it offers WWE an initial lure to grab sign ups. If they launched after NOC and the next PPV would be October 26 at Hell in a Cell. It doesn't make sense to launch at the very start of October when the next big event is a while away.