The WWE Network: Session 3 – Too Much Wrestling

For tennis enthusiast, there is the Tennis Channel. For golf aficionados, there is the Golf Channel. For speed junkies, there is the SPEED Channel. Now, for all the wrestling fanatics, there will soon be The WWE Network. If you have read my first session on the WWE Network, I am on the fence regarding this channel, because I feel that we will eventually hit a point when we will have too much wrestling. The essence of a wrestling match is 2 people in a ring battling to pin the other down for a 3 count. Regardless of who is in the ring and how great their ring psychology is, the essence of wrestling is still the same. How much of that can we really watch? If that’s all they have in the morning, noon, and night, then eventually, I have no motivation to stay tune on the channel.

One argument for a pure wrestling channel like the WWE Network is

Time To Move On

Rick Flair – born February 25, 1949 – age 62
Started Wrestling Career in 1972
First NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1981

Hulk Hogan – born August 11, 1952 – age 58
Started Wrestling Career in 1977
First WWF Heavyweight Championship in 1984

Sting – born March 20, 1959 – age 52
Started Wrestling Career in 1985
First NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1990

First Sting vs Flair feud – 1988
First Flair vs. Hogan feud – 1996 (from the NWO storyline)
First Hogan vs. Sting feud – 1996 (from the NWO storyline)

Looking at the statistics above,

The WWE Network: Session 2 – The DVDs

As we have seen in my Session 1 article about how deep the WWE Library is, we cannot forget that the WWE also releases DVDs for their various events. The advantage of having these DVDs is that the majority of editing is already done with minor tweaks being that any old WWF logo that appear must be blurred out. Since 1985, WWE has been organizing PPV events, which many originally released on VHS. Now that all have been transferred to DVD with some being transferred to Blu-Ray, their pool of shows for the WWE Network continues to grow.

The following is the list of WWE PPV Events on DVD.

The WWE Network: Session 1 – The Library

I’ve been on the fence with the public announcement and video of the launching of the WWE Network in 2012. I have various thoughts and comments on this topic and I would name this as Part 1, but I don’t know how many Parts I will actually write on this topic. What I’ve decided upon is to call each article a Session (I got the idea from MVP’s youtube channel). The first item that I will discuss on this Session will be whether the WWE has enough programming for it’s own Network. Some may not be aware of how deep the WWE Library is. The following list is based on information from wikipedia.

Current WWE produced programming:

Vincent K. McMahon = Greatest of All Time?

Is Vincent K. McMahon, Jr. the Greatest of All Time? When it comes to being a professional wrestling company owner, none is his equal. Many have tried to imitate, but they can never duplicate the same success as that of Vince McMahon’s WWE (formerly known as World Wrestling Entertainment which was previously known as World Wrestling Federation). Born and raised during the age of professional wrestling where wrestling promotions stayed within their designated territories, he learned the business under his father, Vincent J. McMahon, Sr., who owned Capitol Wrestling Corporation, which became World Wide Wrestling Federation and eventually just World Wrestling Federation (WWF). After legal troubles