Beyond the programs honoring Dusty Rhodes, WWE Network really started coming into its own with programming, giving fans more than just an extensive library of PPVs, Raw, Nitro and Saturday Nights Main Event to lure them. During 2015, WWE aired four wrestling specials, in addition to its periodic NXT: Takeover events King of the Ring, Elimination Chamber, Beast in the East and Live from Madison Square Garden. These WWE specials were met with various degrees of success, but each had its charm and was an indication that WWE is planning to use the Network more often to entice fans to purchase the subscription-based service. While KOTR was a hastily convened, one-hour program, it basically tested the waters for the future Network exclusives. The specials showed what the Network can be for WWE: an opportunity for fans to catch some exclusive, quality, in-ring action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C7_kzZGiFE In addition, WWE began uploading some old-school wrestling programs from Mid-South, Global Wrestling Federation, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and NWA World Championship Wrestling for fans of non-WWF/E programming. And for those who cant get enough about NXT, the Network added Breaking Ground, a documentary-style program about the wrestlers in developmental. Throw in more regular Stone Cold Steve Austin podcasts and theres really something for everyone.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
