17 Ways WWE Has Changed Since It Was The WWF
1. ...And The Birth Of The WWE Network
Absorbing enormous startup costs, the WWE Network has safeguarded much of the company's future by leaning on the dynamic presence and its rich past.
Giving users what many hardcore fans had lusted after for decades, the Network provides archives to rival any fan collection in the best possible quality from the vast expanse of the company's extensive library. Alongside the old sits the new - NXT found its true home on the service along with the monthly pay-per-view/supershows as well as the modern weekly show several weeks after original live airing.
It's theoretically there to keep the company stable for generations - content is constantly produced even if they don't film an extra second for Network exclusives, whilst old footage still remains at large just waiting to be seen.
With an attractive price point (that has room to grow gradually) and what appears to be a baseline of around 2,000,000 subscribers, the over-the-top streaming service stands as a profit-making safety net unlike anything anybody within WWE (or WWF, even in Vince McMahon's wildest dreams) could ever previously imagined.