WWE Network impressions

[BigBiss]

yeah im not judging untill next week, feel like this is going to be huge ... hope the NFL is watching

[Warner2BruceTD]

yeah im not judging untill next week, feel like this is going to be huge ... hope the NFL is watching

Yeah, when they get the Roku straitened out I will dive in deep. All things being equal I prefer watching on TV to the computer.

At least the live stream works.

[krulmichael]

Like many others here, laptop works almost flawlessly, while the PS3/PS4 both have a lot of buffering. Fast forwarding on the PS4 just isn't going to work. The PS3 at least worked after about 3 mins of loading, but even then still stuttered along. I also tried it on my phone, but only watched the WM1 stream and that went great as well. Although I don't plan on using my phone for this ever...talk about a battery killer.

Doesn't surprise me though, all big things have hiccups the first week or two. Seems like no company is ever ready for such a "high demand". Like Biss just stated, I think this is going to be HUGE, but it will probably take a week or two for them to work out the kinks. All in all, every bit worth the $10 and then some.

Bravo Vince.

[Warner2BruceTD]

The order numbers are sequential and David Bixenspan is tracking total buys.

They were in the 200k+ range last I saw.

Hard to read into anything this early, but as noted they are going to need well over a million to make this financially viable. It won't be easy.

[BigBiss]

The order numbers are sequential and David Bixenspan is tracking total buys.

They were in the 200k+ range last I saw.

Hard to read into anything this early, but as noted they are going to need well over a million to make this financially viable. It won't be easy.

going to have to do some out of the Box stuff to sell the back of the year 6 months, hiring Indy darlings for just NXT becomes viable

[krulmichael]

The order numbers are sequential and David Bixenspan is tracking total buys.

They were in the 200k+ range last I saw.

Hard to read into anything this early, but as noted they are going to need well over a million to make this financially viable. It won't be easy.

Oh I don't think there's any doubt that the price will be raised within 6 months. I'd be ok with it too.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

AppleTV is cruising at high speed. Watching some GOLDUST...watched the tailend of WrestleMania I.

Shit is super HD.

Shit is gooooooooooooood.

[Warner2BruceTD]

AppleTV is cruising at high speed. Watching some GOLDUST...watched the tailend of WrestleMania I.

Shit is super HD.

Shit is gooooooooooooood.

How is the On Demand? Are you missing shit like Roku?

[Warner2BruceTD]

MLB.tv has more hours of archived footage than this does, and i've been watching games on the Roku buffer free and smooth all week. I have no doubts the VOD issues will get ironed out.

My concern is the missing content on certain devices.

[SuperKevin]

Will the Network be showing Raw live?

[SuperKevin]

These RAW preshows are going to be terrible

[Warner2BruceTD]

Will the Network be showing Raw live?

No. Same for Smackdown.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

How is the On Demand? Are you missing shit like Roku?

I have not looked through the archives yet. I'm enjoying the live stream. I want to check out the Pre-Show shit.

Looking now...

No PPVs from ECW. Only PPVs from 2001 from WCW.

A few random HardcoreTVs. A World Class from 1982. Scant amounts of RAW and Smackdown.

The app is a bit slow at the moment.

Overall, I assume they will start adding shit for onDemand as it shows live on the network. Once its first run is on, it'll then be archived for onDemand.

The framework is definitely there for something awesome...just need the content to fill in, which I assume it will after its first run.

PRELIM MATCHES!

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

These RAW preshows are going to be terrible

They are showing DARK MATCHES.

GAME CHANGER.

Gotta love Booker T hyping up DARK MATCHES.

[dave]

WWE Network was supposed to be delayed for Canada, but...

It showed up on my Apple TV this morning when I was about to watch Netflix. Apparently the WWE made a deal with Apple, so it's available in Canada on day one. You only have the six-month option on Apple TV (which I would have bought anyway).

Tried to skip forward to the 1988 Royal Rumble, but it wouldn't work. Too early to bash the Network. First day - you expect hiccups.