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WWE PRICING OUT FANS, WWE CAN WORK ALL THEY WANT BUT WE STILL HAVE A JOB TO DO, EDGE AND CHRISTIAN REUNION AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2025-08-19 10:00:00

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My question: have you heard from other fans who are feeling priced out by the WWE & I'm not talking about live events. I was priced out of those some time ago. I'm talking being priced out as a TV viewer. Come 2026 to watch WWE I will need NBC or peacock for Saturday Night's Main Event, USA network for Smackdown, Netflix for Raw, & now ESPN for PLEs. It's not only becoming too expensive to be a viewing fan. It's also becoming confusing for me, with what's on what platform. 2025 is my 40th year of being a WWF/E fan & my reward is to be priced out. 

And that doesn’t even take into account where the PLEs that aren’t on ESPN (and possibly the existing WWE Network content) end up!  It’s a lot to keep track of, and pay for.  To answer your question, no, you are not the only one I have heard from that feels this way.  WWE is all about chasing the money, which I understand, but they had better be cognizant of pricing people out because without butts in seats and eyeballs on the shows, the value of their rights fees could drop.  It’s a fine line, for sure.

How does the way WWE worked everyone over the Seth Rollins injury angle affect how you report things going forward. Obviously they did a very good job in keeping the facts in a small circle and you in turn reported what you heard and that Seth was getting the injury investigated. Now, going forward will this affect what you can trust to be accurate and in turn report?

All we can do is report what we uncover.  They showed us Seth being injured on TV.  Talent were told that it was a legitimate injury and that Seth would be going to Birmingham, AL to get checked out.  That happened.  Whether it was a total work or it turned into one, we can’t say.  All we can do is report what we can confirm, and that is what we did.

Why wouldn't Tony Khan have Edge and Christian’s first match in Toronto at All Out instead of just randomly at Forbidden Door? If he just dragged this out a bit it could have been a compelling story and drew money.

My guess is that he thought it would be a hook for The Forbidden Door show to get more tickets sold.  Edge and Christian will still be featured prominently in Toronto I’m Sure.

Hey do you see WWE & Karrion Kross eventually coming to a new deal?  As I know his contract expired & he's now a Free agent, along with his wife. But do you see WWE resigning him & or his wife?  Since Karrion came out & said him & his wife still want to be with WWE?

I hope so but I honestly don’t know what to think about what’s going on there.  As mentioned above, is it possible this is a “work the internet” situation?  With the way HHH is now, sure.  I can’t say either way if Kross will be back but if he is, I would hope that Scarlett comes with him and is used the way that she was in NXT.

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