LAW Nov 6 Update – WWE Decreases PPVs, Increases Price

By: John Pollock | Posted: Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 2:56 pm.

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**Here are the matches on WWE
‘Smackdown’ tonight, taped this past Tuesday:
*John Morrison & Cryme
Tyme Vs Dolph Ziggler & The Hart Dynasty
*Beth Phoenix Vs Brittney
Carter
*Drew McIntyre Vs Jimmy Wang
Yang
*Mike Knox Vs Rey Mysterio
*CM Punk Vs R-Truth
*Batista Vs Matt Hardy

**The WWE is on their
European tour currently with the ‘Raw’ crew in Newcastle,
England today and the ‘Smackdown’
and ECW crews in Brussels, Belgium today.

**Sunday night on The LAW we
will be getting you set for Ring of Honor’s return to Canada next weekend as we will be joined by ROH owner
Cary Silken and will also be giving away 4 pairs of tickets to the ROH show in Mississauga next weekend.
In addition Dave Meltzer of the ‘Wrestling Observer Newsletter’ will join us as
always for the latest on Hulk Hogan and much more. Tune in Sunday night at 11pm
EST on Sirius 98 Hardcore Sports Radio.

**The WWE has alerted a
number of cable companies that they will be scaling back to 13 pay per view
events in 2010 but in order to compensate for the one show they are dropping,
they are planning to increase the price of pay per views to $44.95 per show. If
you figure that the company is dropping their least successful show of the year
(theoretically), which for 2009 would be the ‘Breaking Point’ event at 169,000
buys, that would like mean in the neighborhood of $1.9 million in revenue for
the WWE when you take into account that the WWE gets roughly a 53/47 split with
the PPV companies as well the 169,000 figure is a worldwide figure of which
about 35% are paying less than the $39.95 price tag that the domestic audience
is paying. I would assume that anyone willing to spend $40 on the ‘Breaking
Point’ or ‘Bragging Rights’ level shows are not going to be deterred by a $5
increase, however every fan does have their own breaking point (pardon the pun)
and eclipsing the $40 mark may be it for some people especially when you take
into consideration that the die hard fans are also paying an extra $5 a month
now for TNA pay per views, which have increased from $29.95 to $34.95.

**’WrestleMania 26′ will be priced at $54.95 next year.

**Here is the new pay per
view schedule for the WWE in 2010:
*Royal Rumble – January 31^st
*Elimination Chamber -
February 21^st
*WrestleMania 26 – March 28^th
*Backlash – April 25^th
*Extreme Rules – May 23^rd
*The Bash – June 20^th
*To Be Announced – July 18^th
*SummerSlam – August 15^th
*Night of Champions -
September 19^th
*Hell in a Cell – October 3^rd
*Bragging Rights – October 24^th
*Survivor Series – November 21^st
*Tables, Ladders and Chairs -
December 19^th

**The TNA crew is in Murray, Kentucky
tonight for a house show headlined by A.J Styles Vs Samoa Joe for the TNA Title
tonight.

**Next week’s edition of ‘Impact’
will be headlined by A.J Styles Vs Samoa Joe plus an interview with Sting.

**If you missed the segment
on ‘Impact’ last night – here is the video of TNA president Dixie Carter addressing the TNA talent concerning the signing of Hulk Hogan.

**The Dragon Gate USA pay per view debuts tonight in the U.S and Canada and has
gotten great reviews from those that have already seen it. Here is the lineup
for the show, which was taped this past September at the Congress Theatre in Chicago:
*The Young Bucks Vs Genki
Horiguchi & Ryo Saito
*Davey Richards Vs Shingo
*CIMA Vs Brian Kendrick
*Bryan Danielson Vs Naruki
Doi
*YAMATO & Gran Akuma Vs Mike
Quackenbush & Jigsaw
*Dragon Kid Vs Masato Yoshino
Both the Danielson Vs Doi and
Richards Vs Shingo matches are said to be phenomenal and match of the year
candidates

**Tickets for ‘WrestleMania
26′ at the University of Phoenix in Glendale,
Arizona go on sale tomorrow.

**The WWE will be holding a
three hour edition of ‘Raw’ on December 14^th in Corpus Christi, Texas
with host Dennis Miller and it will feature the return of the Slammy Awards.

**Ring of Honor is in Philadelphia tonight for
their second straight night of TV tapings for HD Net, here are the matches
listed for the show tonight:
*Austin Aries & Kenny
King Vs Tyler Black & Colt Cabana
*Davey Richards Vs Roderick
Strong (these two are actually working against each other twice on the tapings)
*Chris Hero Vs Kenny Omega
*Jay Briscoe Vs Mark Briscoe

You can contact John Pollock at john@thefightnetwork.com.

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