Guest C-Bacon Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 i was watching my PPV preview channel (Viewers Choice Canada) and they are playing the new WrestleMania XVIII ad's (very similar to last years "celebration of life" theme). Some text ran across the bottom of the screen indicating that WrestleMania will be $39.95 BEFORE February 21st. After this date they will charge $49.95 (yikes!). I'm not sure if this applies to the US, but this is the case in Canada.So anyone planning to order the PPV should do so within the next week....
Guest Tony149 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 Wow! I think the plan for us who live in the U.S. is for WM to be $34.95. I wouldn't be surprised if within a few years WM will be $49.95.
Guest Stupendous Man Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 It will be $40 American, and all subsequent PPVs here will be $35, No Way Out is the last of the $30 PPVs. As for the Candian price, is that in American or Canadian dollars? Because if it's Canadian, and my exchange figures are up to par, you're really paying about $32 American if you read the $50 figure correctly.
Guest andthenmikesaid Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 I'm not getting anymore ppvs after WM. I might start going to WWF Ny to watch them.
Guest Tony149 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 I wonder how many people are going to pay $34.95 after WM. That's a lot of money the WWF is asking for a none WM PPV.
Guest Galactic Gigolo Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 $34.95 for the big PPVs, minus KOTR which has been crap for the past couple years, isn't that bad. But for the former IYHs, I've never spent $30 on one of them, let alone $34.95. I will be paying $20 for the WWA PPV, so if I were you, I wouldn't take my opinion seriously.
Guest dreamer420 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 I'm glad I don't pay for PPV's.
Guest hockeytown9321 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 $34.95 is really high considering they are going to have 2 PPV's a month in the not too distant future.
Guest Tony149 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 I'm also glad I don't have to pay for PPV's.
Guest dreamer420 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 I'm also glad I don't have to pay for PPV's. It's pretty sweet isn't it?
Guest Tony149 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 It's pretty sweet isn't it? Damn right.
Guest JerryDrake Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 i get ppvs half price, but it wont matter for WM since i am going there.
Guest dreamer420 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 How do you get them half price if you don't mind me asking?
Guest The Vanilla Midget Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 damn, i never realised what a sweet deal us aussies have. if we book a week before the event, it costs $A 21. thats like $12 US!!! life is sweet for us...
Guest Stupendous Man Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 The Aussie exchange rate is very kind....I've imported T-Shirts from there for 12 bucks total American. If I had bought the same shirt at a store here, it would've been 16 bucks.
Guest The Vanilla Midget Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 yeah, its sweet for you guys, but normally if we wanna get anything from usa, it costs an absolute fortune.
Guest Kinetic Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 Grrrr. And I just quit my job, too. This is going to put me out of house and home. I just hope they decide not to go with two PPVs a month. All indications thus far are that they will, but I think it's an awful idea for almost every conceivable standpoint.
Guest Stupendous Man Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 Seeing as how they have contracts with PPV companies to put on 12 live PPVs a year, they'd have to get an amendment to the contracts, and judging by the way the business is going, I doubt the PPV companies will want to go along. But, this shouldn't be a problem, take my allocation for example: RR: Roster A + Roster B, matches only within the promotions, RR interpromotional NWO: Roster A WM: Inter-Promotional Backlash: Roster B May PPV: Roster A KOTR: Interpromotional Tourney Fully Loaded: Roster B SummerSlam: Shared Card, no interpromotion No Mercy: Roster A Unforgiven: Roster B SS: Roster A Vengeance: Roster B This gives each promotion 4 PPVs of their own each.
Guest Tony149 Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 PPV companies wouldn't have a problem at all if the WWF had 2 PPV's a month. PPV companies aren't making much money because of WCW & ECW being sold and folding.
Guest JerryDrake Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 How do you get them half price if you don't mind me asking? Momma works at the cable company.
Guest Stupendous Man Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 They most certainly would have an issue with it. The wrestling business isn't as hot as it was. Two PPVs a month would hurt buyrates, sure two .5 buyrates could be as good as one 1.0 buy rate, but for the WWF to continue to profit off of them, both PPVs would have to have consistent buyrates at the level they are now. Let's face it, no one really wants to shell out 70 dollars a month for wrestling now, even the hardcore fans. Hell, my buying practices are as follows: 1999: 8 PPVs 2000: 10 PPVs 2001: 7 PPVs This year I plan on buying only Royal Rumble, WM, and KOTR, maybe SummerSlam. But the interest just isn't there now, and one audience can't support two PPVs a month. When ECW and WCW were around it worked, true, but remember, the WWF, WCW, and ECW had unique viewers. Sure, there was some overlap in the fanbase, but each promotion had some unique fans to pick up the slack. Now, most of the diehard ECW/WCW fans are disenchanted and gone, killing their potential unique audiences, plus any overlapping fans. Compounded with the decreasing number of casual fans, there is no room for 2 separate PPVs from the same promotion a month. Maybe if there was a boom all of a sudden I can buy it, I'm talking wrestling wise and economy wise. But right now both of them are low, so I can't see the companies agreeing to it.
Guest goodhelmet Posted February 14, 2002 Report Posted February 14, 2002 Yeah, think GOD, i get PPV's for free. Hell, if I were the WWF introducing the NWO, I would lower PPV prices. I was a WCW fan but got burned on so many PPV's because of the shitty NWO overtones and bad wrestling that I just can't fathom paying money for the mediocre product the WWF is putting out, let alone two PPV's a month. Vince McMahon is on crack and he's not even that good of a businessman. I wouldn't be surprised if PPV revenues actually drop because of this boneheaded move.
Guest DokDoyle Posted February 15, 2002 Report Posted February 15, 2002 anyone know if this is just viewer's choice? I know with Bell Expressview you can't order the event till 6 hours before.
Guest theWCWRaider Posted February 15, 2002 Report Posted February 15, 2002 I don't think the PPV companies would be that upset, if the WWF expanded its PPV numbers, and the reason is, that the PPV/Cable/Direct TV companies take in most of the revenue off of the Pay Per View. Besides, while the wrestling industry is down, the PPV companies aren't making big money off of any of the other events really, lets face it, boxing is not the draw it used to be either. The PPV companies would like to have even some of the revenue back that they lost when WCW and ECW went under, b/c even though those PPV's didn't do great numbers towards the end, it hurt the wrestling companies more than the PPV companies. If the PPV industry could live with three PPV's in some months, I'm sure they could live with 2. Unfortunately, raising the price of the Pay Per Views, and then marketing 2 per month is probably the dumbest thing the WWF can do. Especially, if both PPV's fall under the WWF banner. I think this will be a decision that the WWF regrets long before the PPV companies do. But, I would just as soon they do the 4 interpromotional PPV's, and each side gets 4 of its own. But, if Vince can make a buck...he'll try it.
Guest Tony149 Posted February 15, 2002 Report Posted February 15, 2002 I guess they could of raised the prices for PPV's to see if they could make some more money due to the money they lost without DirecTV airing WWF PPV's.
Guest 5_moves_of_doom Posted February 15, 2002 Report Posted February 15, 2002 That sucks, if they do two rosters or whatever I think it should be two PPV's a month for 20 bucks each. With only one ppv when the RR, WM, and KOTR happen. I really don't want the split to happen though. They should just fire all the guys that don't have heat, aren't talented, and aren't part of a tag team. Keep the top guys like The Rock, keep up and coming talents like Benoit, and keep the tage teams (if they lose even one tag team right now then there won't be a tag team division period) like Chuck and Billy.
Guest The Vanilla Midget Posted February 15, 2002 Report Posted February 15, 2002 actually, economically speaking the demand for wwf ppv's is probably highly elastic, and they would stand to make more money by actually lowering the price and attracting a larger audience.
Guest Choken One Posted February 15, 2002 Report Posted February 15, 2002 Bring back the $19.99 IYH ppv's and keep the non Maina Big 5 $29.99 and have wm $34.99.
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