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Holy flying Superstars, Batman! Will a WWE Network show bring back cruiserweights?
According to Spyware Wrestling Insider, the answer is yes. According to a report on the site, the WWE has been culling potential Superstars in the making for the project, making a list of those they want involved and even already reaching out to a few. The series would focus solely on...
Latest WWE Network video promotes 'Countdown' and 'Legend's House' shows
The latest WWE Network promo features the unveiling of the Countdown show that will air on the network when it finally rolls out sometime later this year. Not much has changed in that regard, as the April 1 launch date has reportedly been scrapped due to Vince McMahon and company coming to their...
WWE Network launch date reportedly pushed back, possibly to fall of 2012
In one of the least surprising bits of news today, reports have come out from both the site we don't name and the Wrestling Observer that WWE is delaying the launch of its Network from April 1 to either the fall of 2012 or whenever it's ready to roll out, which is certainly no time soon. We've...
The Top 10 Cageside Seats News Stories of 2011
Before we completely close the book on 2011, it is useful to recap the top news stories of last year. Indeed, many of the biggest developments of 2011 had their seeds sowed in 2010. You may disagree, but here are my top ten Cageside Seats news stories of 2011: 1. In another one of WWE's poorly...
Poll: Do television ratings and pay-per-view buyrates matters?
A debate has been circulating around Twitter the past week or so (cheap plug: follow us @cagesideseats) about whether or not wrestling fans should discuss or even care about what kind of numbers WWE Raw or TNA Impact pull in on a weekly basis or how much people end up buying each company's...
Video: WWE Superstars from Dec. 29, 2011
Here we have the latest episode of WWE Superstars, which features Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) taking on Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. It's interesting how much we heard about Triple H's plans to revitalize the tag team division and the champions have been relegated to non-title...
WWE Network plans in 2012: 'B-show' pay-per-views to be offered on the channel?
The new year is nearly upon us and plans are rapidly coming together for the WWE Network. They have to, really. The channel is being targeted to launch on April 1 to coincide with WrestleMania 28. This is being done as a way to garner as much mainstream attention for it as possible. And with The...
Did the McMahons have a strained family Christmas?
I would like to join Geno in wishing all our readers a very Merry Christmas and hope you all have had a great day with your family and friends. But as soap operas can always be relied upon to demonstrate at this time of year, for some families the holiday season is a strained period where they...
Is Vince McMahon following in struggling Oprah Winfrey's footsteps with his WWE network?
For an extremely ambitious and innovative sports entertainment entrepreneur, Vince McMahon has certainly been behind the curve in setting up his own network and is rushing to catch up. WWE is already several years behind the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NHL, all of whom have had...
WWE '12 revamp turns around THQ's flagging game franchise
After seven years of the increasingly played out and irrelevant Smackdown vs. Raw concept and an aging game engine, THQ's WWE video game franchise was starting to look a bit old in the tooth and sales were beginning to flag. Perhaps a few years too late, THQ decided to massively overhaul their...
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