Wednesday, August 20, 2014

TSN should pick up OUA/CIS football games

With the Rogers communication focused on 12 seasons of NHL and try to put TSN out of business they will leave other sports on the sidelines. The first one they have discarded is OUA football that is part of the reason one of their stations (SN360) gained a following when it was the score along with millions of different names for the station. I really do not know if they will miss that they will not be getting viewers for regular season for OUA games because they still be the station broadcasting the CIS football playoff bowl games along with CIS men and women's hockey championship games. It would be perfect for TSN especially with three brand new channels coming Sunday to pick up OUA/CIS football regular season games because they can bring in part of their CFL viewership to watch the games because these are the dudes in a year or two could be starting in the CFL. They could educate their audience that this is where players like Jon Cornish, Chris Getzlaf, and Andre Durie learned their craft. It is likely that just like Sportsnet and their 6 channels they have a number of channels showing the same thing but also just like Sportsnet does when they need to they put MLB games on West and Pacific to get must see TV on and make it useful to have all channel. It has been done very successful that one station broadcasts regular season games (the score) and the bowl games on a different station (TSN). It will also help to get viewership to TSN that they lost when they lost the national broadcast rights for the NHL and start new as almost a brand new Sports station that has to reeducate the sports audience. So TSN needs to pick up what Sportsnet feels is not necessary anymore Tom Mehegan

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Elliotte Friedman in hot water

Elliotte Friedman is in very hot water over two tweets Tuesday morning about Tim Leiweke and how long Tim will be sticking around with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and he tweeted that he would be leaving soon. So the hot water is because MLSE and Leiweke went out of their way to throw cold water on the situation by saying that he (Leiweke) is focused on upcoming seasons (Raps/Leafs), So lets get real Elliot is a extremely honest gentleman and stated in the past that he just does not through things out without knowing his stuff. Like when he reports a trade/free agent signing he makes sure that he dots his i's and crosses his t's before he reports anything on radio, tv, or tweeter. MLSE has to be one of the dishonest organizations in sports and throw the wool over their very loyal hockey fan base all the time because their fans for the most part follow the team with blind faith and eat up every word this team sends out to their fans. Leiweke is looking for a new challenge and it may be because of the disaster that NFL coming to Toronto which is not going to the City right now as it looks like the money to keep the Bills in Western New York. His wife has reported to have moved back to LA again and the rumors have been around for a while and if LA had a no movement claus with him when they allowed him to move North it looks like it is up soon. Leiweke has been a very loud barking dog but unlike the past barking dogs there is a big bite behind his bark as he has put Masai in charge of the raps while helping get Drake on board with the Raps and got someone in charge with tfc and gave them everything that need to put the team in a winning situation. Elliotte has been a very smart dude and in the end he will be proven right but until than he will be taken unnecessary lumps until MLSE finally comes clean Tom Mehegan

Saturday, August 2, 2014

P.K. Subban agrees to eight year contract

It was very close to the time of the arbitrator ruling in the P.K. Subban vs the Montreal Canadiens arbitration case but the Canadiens finally came to their senses and sign P.K. Subban to a 8-year deal worth 72 million. So that takes the Norris trophy winner to the age of 32 and by that time he will be a smarter defenseman with a few more seasons still after this contract. If the Canadiens decided to go with the arbitrator ruling it would not end well for them as P.K. was extremely upset with having to sit through the arbitration that he would either take another one year deal to get to free agency or ask for a trade. The deal is a good deal as P.K. gets his money while the 5.2 billion will raise the salary cap by leaps and bounds by the end of the deal to mid to high 80's. So this will mean that the 8 million cap hit will make it possible to build around P.K. and goalie Carey (Price) to build the Canadiens into Stanley cup contender and help bring Lord Stanley back home. So everything is right with the world Tom Mehegan

Thursday, July 31, 2014

WWE Network is welcomed to canada August 12

So in two weeks Canada will get the pleasure that the US has had for almost 6 month as the Network is coming to a cable and satellite provider on August 12, 2014. It will be a specialty channel on rogers 512 as part of another TV deal with Rogers sportsnet 360 which extends the current that would of run out at the end of the year for another hopefully exciting 10 years through 2024. 360 will continue airing Raw and Smackdown live and will now include Main Event instead of NXT (now on the network) and keeps Bell's paws (TSN) off of wrestling for at least another decade. This comes about because the WWE decision to put Mania on the network has extremely back fired as Mania means that the network would need one million subscribers to break even and have fallen quite a bit short at 700,000 and losing money hand or fist. This that my man Vincent Kennedy McMahon is no longer a Billionaire and that wrestlers are looking around trying to figure where there next paycheck and making sure it is not a pink slip or walking away like A,J, Lee's husband (CM Punk)or going into early retirement like Santino. So the network in Canada will be a bit different than the states and it's not only price (maybe 12 or 14 and 99 cents) it going straight to TV u do not need it hooked into your xbox live but will still have the live events and PPV but will also have the ondemand stuff. Now it is also going to be a part of Rogers any place tv app and it will get going with a free preview on August 12 and it will get the WWE NETWORK closer to a million but not quite. Hopefully Canadian are satisfied with the \network as the American and maybe Mania goes back to the old fashion PPV in the coming years as an once a year thing that satellite and cable companies will gladly pickup. Now how to get Raw or Smackdown back to Toronto Tom mehegan

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Bills moving in 2020 and what could it mean to the city of Buffalo

The Buffalo Bills are going to get new ownership as they do not have an owner and it is unlikely that the team will be staying in the Wing city. Whoever gets the team will keep the team in town until 2020 as the price to the move the team before and after 2020 in the 10 year deal will be way too high but in year 7 (2020) the cost to move the team is a very easy to swallow 27 million dollars (US). So who will get the team could be Terrence Pegula, Thomas Golisano, a Jim Kelly group, and even Jon Bon Jovi want the team but in the end the team just like selling a house will go to the highest bidder. This is because the only Wilson who cared for the team was Ralph so his family does not care what happens to the team they just love the movie Jerry Maguire as in "show me the money". In 2020 the could move: To LA which is a city that have massive tv revenue opportunities and all 32 teams have a good group of fans in LA as people come from all over the country to live in LA. To England as it is a untapped revenue and would have the largest interest in a NFL team and would likely fill a very large stadium and get behind their own team just like they come out in huge numbers for the Jacksonville Jaguars games who play a few games a season in England. To Toronto it will not be the greatest crowd because Toronto comes up with huge excuses to not do anything except for that hockey team called the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Toronto bidders will have huge pockets but will need to fix that built in excuse of not being able to tailgate i.e. carry around open beers as people are not allowed to walk around the streets of Toronto with open beers just like in Vancouver during the 2010 games. To me I fill that Toronto would be the best choice as it is close to Buffalo so it would have stay close to its home just like having the Buffalo Braves playing games at Maple Leafs Gardens. The owners that move the Bills to Toronto will handle the Toronto Argos with kid gloves as the NFL would not like the death of the CFL on their hands. It will be interesting where the Bills will play in 2020 Tom Mehegan

Spike not renewing TNA and kills the company

Spike TV has decided to not renew TNA when the TNA contract is up at the end of September or early October and if they can not get another deal with another cable station. It looks like the breaking point was when Vince Russo mistakenly sent a tweet to the wrong person which told the world that Russo was in charge of TNA. This was bad for TNA as they were hiding the reality that he was back and they needed to hide it from Spike because like any true wrestling they did not want anything to do with him and did not trust him. Spike and TNA were negotiating a new contract on good terms and Spike just wanted to take it to the very last second to get the lowest price but then Friday meeting happened and two days later TMZ and others have leaked the news that the negotiations have ended. It maybe a tactic to get the lowest price so Spike maybe keep TNA like any good contract negotiation fear is a great motivator to get a deal done. If TNA looking for another option it could be something where Fox sports 1 who needs ratings and get eyeballs to the newer American sports channel and they may come in in the last second to get the price on a product that will bring decent righting. If TNA does not find TV than Vince Russo kills another wrestling company as he was responsible for killing WCW and make the WWE the most powerful wrestling company It will bring more eyeballs to ROH and will be destroying wrestling Tom Mehegan

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Santino Marella hangs up his wrestling boots

Santino Marella ( Anthony Carelli ) who was billed out of Italy has retired from in-ring performing on Sunday night (July 6Th,2014) in his real hometown of Toronto, Ontario during a local house show. The reason for his retirement because of a third neck injury and he has been a footnote in the WWE for the past few years and even if he got healthy he is still 35-year-old so that he could of been one of the next cuts when they do their next salary dump (thanks WWE network). He had a mid-card career and got over with the fans as they loved his skits and the cobra but it started with a bang as he was picked out of the crowd in Milan, Italy by Mr. McMahon take on the late Umaga for the Intercontinental title and won. He had great relationships with divas especially Beth Phoenix who overpowered Marella and he had a relationship Maria as well as a short relationship with Emma and even Tamina as well. He had entertaining tag teams Beth Phoenix, Vladimir Kozlov, Zach Ryder, and the Great Khali and it was a very funny guy to team with as well. He had a funny skits with the IC title and trying to beat the Honky Tonk Man's 64 week reign and had the Honky meter. He was a great mid-card act and he will be missed but he will be very busy with his gym in his hometown of Mississauga. He maybe back time to time in the WWE with special appearance especially in Toronto Tom Mehegan

Friday, April 11, 2014

What could Brain Murray do as The Maple Leafs GM

What could a guy who can phone the GM of the Avalanche and say lets trade under achieving goalies (Brain Elliot for Craig Anderson) or wakes up one morning and realizes that his teams captain (Daniel Alfredsson) is bailing on the team and turning around almost immediately and trading for Bobby Ryan. Also turning a trade demand (Danny Heatley) into at least a 30 to 40 point player for 4 of 5 seasons while the demanding player has already moved on while also a contract dispute elsewhere (Kyle Turris) and getting him at a bargain (David Rundblad). This guy is Brain Murray who is the GM of the Ottawa Senators but if he was the Toronto Maples GM with 8 million dollar extra as the Sens sit 8 million dollars under the cap. What could he have gotten for Dion Phaneuf at the trade deadline instead of signing long-term (7 seasons) as the No. 1 D-man of a team that allows almost 36 shots a game and leave the goalies high and dry regularly might not be the kind of player tie yourself to. Also when he realizes early in the season that the back end simply sucking what kind of magic would he use to change the style of the back end to change the team future so that the goalies would of been put in a better position to get the team into the playoffs instead OF THE Habs being the only team north of the border in the 2013-14 NHL playoffs. Could Brain Murray been able to figure out how to get a guy like P.K. Subban in the blue and white when the Habs were low balling him during the 48 game shorten season of 2012-13. I feel that a lot that Brain Murray touches turns into gold and even as a guy that tapped out on the team a long time ago I still believe the fans deserve a whole lot better than get Tom Mehegan

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Ultimate Warrior dies

The Ultimate Warrior who officially changed his name to Warrior in 1993 has past on at the age of 54 Tuesday less than 24 hours after getting into a WWE ring for the first time in almost 20 years. It comes as a complete shock that he died so shortly after returning to the WWE as he was inducted into the WWE hall of Fame Saturday, goes to WrestleMania Sunday, Gets into a WWE ring and thanks the fans Monday, and is gone Tuesday. He was a huge WWE superstar in the late eighties and early nineties with his face paint, the running to the ring, shaken the ring ropes, and his crazy speaks and will truly be missed by the WWE universe. It is also kind of crazy thinking about the Undertaker losing at Mania Sunday night and thinking that the only kind of other reaction compared to the shock and ah of the crowd would been up in the 500 level of the Skydome in Toronto on April 1St, 1990 as an almost 14 year old watching The Warrior pin Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI and not able to believe it actually happened. Then Tuesday afternoon talking to a co-worker at work and saying that AJ Lee losing the title to Paige was like the greatest intercontinental champion of all time Honky Tonk Man @ the first Summer Slam in 1988 calling out anyone in the locker room and Warrior comes down to the ring and pins him in 10 seconds. Papa Shango (past known as the Godfather) putting a heck on the Warrior and red goo coming and of Warrior's hat and running down his face that made him vomit in strange colors in a short return to WWF in 1992. His last big angle was in 1998 where he would talk into a mirror about his One Warrior Nation that was setup to get Hulk Hogan his win back from Warrior from WrestleMania. Warrior could of been a much bigger star but he would constantly have disputes with Vince McMahon over money after he lost the World title @ Rumble '91 and left the company after that year's Summer slam. He would make a short return to the WWF @ Rumble '92 as he vanishing in November of that year to reappear @ WrestleMania 8 to face triple H in 1996 and only lasting four month while made his first Raw appearance April 8TH, 1996 which 18 years to the day that he died. Like most wrestlers of that time they mixed steroids with rec drugs and alcohol and just like others it destroyed the Warrior's heart Tom Mehegan

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Undertaker is 21-1 @ WrestleMania

The Undertaker @ WrestleMania 30 faced Brock Lesnar which was based on real anger towards each other after Lesnar last UFC fight where Taker was ring side and after the match they got into each other faces. The WWE did not use this real feud in the build up for the match and had Paul Heyman talking about Lesnar breaking the streak and it actually happened when Lesnar put Taker into his third F5 and everybody thought that Taker would kick out and when the Ref counted three everybody stunned . After the match they had the camera on the stunned crowd with different fans in complete shock and it took Taker a few minutes to get up on his feet and was given a standing o and was by himself and left the ring by himself. It was a stunning moment and took the crowd out of the rest of the night til Daniel Bryant won the world title that got a huge pop and a great yes chant. The Undertaker loss puts a road block in front of the next Taker match which would of been Sting at WM 31 next April in the San Francisco area but Taker will be going into the hall and so will Sting so they could have the first Inductee vs inductee match at WrestleMania. It was a bad move for the WWE as it takes a lot of the shine of Taker but it could of been decided when they went face-to-face @ UFC because The Wrestling Observer said that Taker had promised that he would lose to Brock at Mania. The streak started at WM 7 VS Jimmy Snuka, WM 8 VS Jake Roberts, WM 9 VS Giant González (the only DQ finish), WM 11 VS King Kong Bundy WM 12 vs Diesel, WM 13 vs Sycho Sid, WM 14 and 20 vs Kane, WM 15 vs Big Boss Man, WM 17, WM 27-28 vs Triple H, WM 18 VS Nature boy Ric Flair WM 19 VS Big Show and A train, WM 21 VS Randy Orton, WM 22 Vs Mark Henry, WM 23 VS Batista, WM 24 VS Edge, WM 25 and 26 VS HBK, WM 29 VS CM Punk, WM 30 VS Lesnar (the loss). It will be interesting to where they go with Lesnar Tom Mehegan

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Sid Seixerio is at an all-star level

Sid Seixerio just before family day (February 17) decided that uncle Timmy Micallef because Timmy has kids and does not it was decided uncle Timmy would spend family day with his family and Sid would go it solo Rogers Sportsnet 590, the fan in Toronto and nationally on Sportsnet 360. So family day comes and the Olympics are taken place so as the show starts ice dancing Tessa and Scott just put in a world record in a judge sport (confused?) and he opens his mouth and says the Canadians put down a world record and I do not know how but the Americans will win gold and then I will say something about that thing called ice dancing. So it happens and he says 2 o'clock which is now 45 minutes away and u would of thought he would gone and had a couple more coffees and make it relax but no he goes off on a rant. It went viral without Timmy being able to defuse the situation so the video of rant reached 10s of thousands and it got to Elvis Stojko (one of greatest figure skaters in Canadian) and through a Tim and Sid rep said its ice dancing relax so a Tim Sidicisn put the rant to music and u would think that is it, Thursday (4 days later) it is the Olympic Women's hockey final and Canada is down 2-0 with less than 5 minutes to go in regulation and one goal, then it is tied, then it is overtime, then the Americans take a penalty, and Canada wins and goes pen flying and the knock knock joke heard around the world that goes knock, knock whose there gold medal in your face. It first carried to Sochi as the Canadian start going door to door knocking and saying gold medal in your face and then it goes to England where it is played on the radio and announcers in England said "gold medal in your face" and "brilliant" in the same sentence and dead spin picked it up and it has like at least half a million views. Then 8 days later with Timmy prepping for basketball it is Sid Seixsolo again and with the NHL trade deadline Wednesday (March 5) he got help from Darren Millard also Sportsnet to come up with a song for when a trade happens and came up with Hip Hop a trade to the naughty by nature tune Hip Hop anthem. While is all happening Humber College (where Sid took his radio/tv courses) and on March 29, two days Sid's 37TH birthday he will be inducted into the Humber college hall of fame. Now the question remains will uncle Timmy take Sid to his Barber and Sid hitting Timmy in the face with a gold Medal in the face and then pour gravy on him and go solo and go after the Big Cats McCown's job just like Shawn Michaels kicked Marty Jannetty through the Barber shop widow and the rest they say is history. Tim and Sid Monday to Friday 1-4 PM on Sportsnet 590 and Sportsnet590.ca as well as sportsnet 360 actoss the country on TV Tom Mehegan

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Jim Harbaugh has more firy season with the Niners

Jim Harbaugh and the San Francisco Forty-niners may heading for a nasty divorce after it was reported though Cleveland Browns that the Browns went hard after Harbaugh and missed. Harbaugh who may or may not of been interested in the head coaching that ended up going to Mike Pettine but story looks like Niners GM Trent Baalke has seen enough of Harbaugh's ego trips and it looks like one of them will be leaving sooner than later and it looks like it is Harbsugh with two more seasons on his 5 year/25 mil deal who could be leaving. Jim Harbaugh who is a brilliant head coach (just ask him) rod in on his high horse in January, 2011 and who has been to the NFC Championship game all three seasons in control of the Niners with a lost to the Gaints, a win but lost to his brother in the Super bowl, and then lost to the Seahawks. He has been very argent since winning the Orange bowl in his last college game as head coach of Stanford with Andrew Luck leading his charges and his ego has gotten bigger in the NFL as he has rubbed head coaches the wrong way and has not been graceful in defeat. So it looks like a kind of Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson kind of thing with it being GM Trent Baalke taken the place of the owner in this situation and even though has been linked to USC in college and the Browns almost traded for Harbaugh I still think that Harbaugh will one more season with the Niners and it will be explosive season between coach and gm in the media. I do not know if it will end in a big celebration in Arizona next February but after the 2014 season will find his way another team either in the NFL or college and get the huge money he is looking for. The 2014 season will have fireworks and not only for the new stadium Tom Mehegan

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Vicki Keith 's 24 anniversary of village 24 hour swim

On February 17, 1990 the (funny) crazy and the (good) insane Vicki Keith decided to for a little bite of a swim in the Variety village pool and by the time the young lady was done she hit 2772 walls and just kept going until 24 hours had been used up and it was February 18,1990 and she in the middle of the pool. The 2772 laps known Vicki that not a mistake because at some point she thought 70 km (ended up with a very impressive 69.31 KM) which would given a nice and tidy 28 hundred which most people my not do in their life time but near the end she probably motivated herself to get to a number that she can read backwards and forwards just like she has been motivating young people for decades and decades. Be it if u have a disability and u have a brother or sister without one why not swim together or in Vicki's style she will get u to try a few laps of her favorite stroke butterfly making flames fly and the more impressive penguins to fly when she moved from Toronto to Kingston in the early 2000s. Her will power off a lot of young people who have reached goals they may of never could of imaged when they started swimming with Vicki and of course many doctors have been proven wrong by Vicki because through her swim program people who were told they would not be able to walk got so strong they were able to walk and through it all Robert has been that thorn just poking at her first at the village and now in Kingston. Keep up the great work Vicki u r a guiding light for hundreds if not thousands of people Tom Mehegan

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Andre Reed is finally in the football hall of fame

Andre Reed was the big target for Jim Kelly and the K-gun of the Buffalo Bills in the late-eighties and early-to-mid-nineties that brought great regular seasons and remarkable playoff runs to Super Bowl 25-28. With the best movement was the Buffalo Bills playoff comeback against the Houston Oilers being down 35-3 on January 3,1993 101 seconds into the third quarter and the Bills rallied back to win 41-38 and it was a game that western New York and Sothern Ontario did not get to see until the very end because of the stupid local blackout rule that if the game is not sold out. In the end the legacy of Andre Reed and the late-eighties-early-to-mid-nighties was defined by one kick by one kick by Scott Norwood in Super Bowl 25 where he kicked a 47-yard field goal wide right given the New York Giants a 20-19 victory. Also the Bills were defined by the fact that the Bills went to four straight Super Bowl appearances with nothing but pride that left the players and the fans with empty hearts with the feels of what could of been. Andre Reed was drafted by the Bills in 1985 in the fourth round (86 overall)and played 15 seasons with the Bills and was voted to 7 pro bowls and had 941 receptions (951 in his career) for 13,095 (13,198) in 221 games (234) as a Buffalo Bills. He will now join his rightful place besides teammates Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, and Jim Kelly in the Hall Of Fame after a very long wait to get in, It makes me feel soooooo gooooood that the best NFL seasons of the Buffalo Bills being honored just like the players they lost to in the Super Bowls Tom Mehegan

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Danel Bryant steals the 2014 Rumble and Roman Reigns a fan favorite

The Royal Rumble got booed out of the building as the crowd did not get anything they wanted as Daniel Bryant started the night in the ring and the crowd wanted him to be the last person in the ring. When it got late in the Rumble the Daniel Bryant chants got louder and louder but when Rey Mysterio came in @ #30 and Bryant was nowhere to be found I heard something I never ever had heard before and never expected to hear and that was Rey Mysterio get booed coming to the ring and cheered as he was eliminated from the match. Batista who would be the reason that my local movie theatre had sold out the Royal Rumble at 7 PM eastern (a hour before the event started and 30 minutes before pre-show) and by the end of the night he was being booed out of the building as he ended the night in the final two with Roman Reigns. The crowd that booed the rumble match until it got down to Reigns and Batista the crowd booed when Batista had the advantage and cheered when Reigns had the advantage they cheered him. Roman Reigns set a new rumble record with 12 eliminations including the other two shield member and that may be why he was more over than Batista while the surprise entrants were Diesel/Kevin Nash,Alexander Rusev, El Torito, and the guy that took Bryant's spot JBL who had the stupid spot as he turned his back to his opponents in the ring as he handed Michael Cole his suit just before being eliminated in less than 30 seconds, Batista won the rumble and will likely face Randy Orton at Mania in the first internet/tablets ppv in the WWE while Kofi Kingston had two spots he got thrown out of ring and caught by Alexander Rusev (who has just been elimination) and put on the barricade and jumped back into the ring and the second his shoes stuck to the middle robe and fought his way back into the ring. Daniel Bryant and Bray Wyatt started the night hot with the other two Wyatt were sent to the back and Daniel Bryant worked on Bray's leg while Bray worked on Bryant's head working off the real life situation of Bryant getting a concussion in the steal cage match with the USO. In the end Bray pinned Bryant and you heard pins dropping everywhere as air was let out of the arena. The fans would let the powers to be who they came to see as Daniel Bryant chants could be heard in the Show/Lesnar match which looked like it was not going to happen as Lesnar attacked Show with two steal chairs but little nature boy (Charles Robinson) got the matched started and it was quick Show got a punch in but Lesnar dazed still got the F5 and won. After the match Lesnar went throw a few more chairs taken out Big Show and will likely get a shot at the chamber in four weeks. The final match before the Rumble which went on last was Cena and Orton and the crowd could cared less if the tried each others move and near falls all u could hear was Daniel Bryant Yes, Yes, Yes and this is awful which was different than the this is awesome that could be heard during Bryant/Wyatt. The got really silly as it went like a hour (likely 20-25) so that the Wyatts turn the lights out so that Orton could RKO Cena for the victory to set up Cena/Wyatt at the chamber and Mania. Punk was first in and one last four and nobody cared about him or anybody else except Daniel Bryant Tom Mehegan

Monday, January 13, 2014

WWE Network is not good for business

On the surface getting WrestleMania 30 and Summer Slam '14 for 60 dollars (10 dollars each month min. 6 month) but when u think that the WWE is not putting WrestleMania on PPV where they probably get 900,000 to a million buys at 60 dollars each it will bring the profit down huge. It will not effect the likes of John Cena or Randy Orton who will get their millions but for guys like Golddust, Cody Roades, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, and the Divas who need the Mania bonuses to make ends meet will not be getting them after WrestleMania 30. This is because after this Mania which will be on PPV internationally so they will still make their millions and the mid card will get their important bonuses it will be tough times as 10 dollars is a lot less than the 25 or 30 dollars that the WWE take home for each PPV buy. WrestleMania may never be the same again and that will go for all PPV shows as the focus will go from the TV building towards PPV matches to having the PPV leading to TV storyline because the bigger money will be from TV revenue. This is because the WWE are looking for big increases in their TV contracts for Raw and Smackdown which are ending soon and they are hoping that the live TV is must see live like sporting events whose TV revenues have sky rocked. The WWE network because it take away all PPV buys will mean that they will need a million subscribers to break even and for a non TV product that will be everywhere else like ipads, computers/laptops, video game system buts it will still be extremely difficult to make it reality. 6 weeks before wrestling changes and maybe not for the better Tom Mehegan