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The 5 News Week: WWE Getting A Fresh New Start For The Network, Fans Understandably Frustrated Over The Booking For The Women's Division.

Hello, my fellow wrestling fans and welcome to the 5 news week. The post where I report 5 major or minor news of the week that I don't have time to do it separately. Without further ado, here are the 5 news week.  

WWE Getting A Fresh New Start For The Network. 

When the WWE Network launched 5 years ago (holy crap, 5 years?), it was a blessing and it's still is to this day. Fans have already said hello to WWE's little price friend of 9.99 dollars a month (that was surprisingly not corny) and ditched the routine of buying WWE PPVs for 40 to 50 dollars (unless you're a bar owner to which I say, I feel ya). 

Now, WWE has announced a fresh interface for the network that has already launched as of writing this. Here's a statement from WWE about this quote: 

"WWE Network has been updated this week with a sleeker design, simpler navigation and smarter search tools to help you enjoy all of WWE’s award-winning programming".

Gotta say the updated interface looks pretty good. It's easier to navigate and you can tell that they've been listening to the feedback based on how the search results have improved drastically. 

On the Q2 earnings on Thursday, WWE or more specifically George Barrios, has made mention that a free tier of the network will be coming first then a premium tier second and hopes that both tiers will be released in the next 12 months. 

Barrios did not tell whether the free tier will be running ads or how limited the ads will be? Either way, I will keep an eye on this. 

A Possible New Name For WWE's New Tuesday Show On FS1? 

We all know that a show about everything WWE will hit our television screens on FS1 this fall. Now, the company has filed a trademark last week called "After The Bell". There's no official wording as to whether it's for this particular show or not but there are speculations out there that it is. 

Renee Young is rumoured to host that show which I talked about that back on the June 16th edition of The 5 News Week. I hope that it's not a standard recap show like an Afterburn or Experience and more of a Talking Smack like show (speaking of WWE experience, where the hell did Jack Korpela disappeared?) 

Triple H Has Reportedly Met With Dragon Gate. 

From The Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Uncle Dave, Triple H has met with executives from Dragon Gate and officials from Stardom and the reason is quite obvious. I'll explain it to all of you slow mofos.

WWE is looking to invest in the Japanese market just like any other business that wants to expand their product or service globally. The question is, will WWE create an "NXT Japan"? Yes? Maybe? No? Let me know in the comments. 

Eric Bischoff Reportedly Invested A Lot Of Time With WWE Creative Team. 

If you are a fan of mine then you'll know that I didn't post a Smackdown or an NXT review because my internet went down. What I can tell you about the blue brand is that Eric Bischoff was behind the scenes on the recent Smackdown Live show but there wasn't any change being put out there. 

From PWInsider and Mike Johnson, Eric has spent a lot of time talking to the creative team and they (the PWInsider team) were told quote:

 "All sides are taking their time to transition Bischoff in so that he can familiarize himself with the company and how it operates.'' 

Fans Understandably Frustrated Over The Booking For The Women's Division. 

How did the complains came about? On the recent episode of Monday Night RAW, there was a Moment of Bliss segment that featured a brawl in the end between Becky Lynch and the number one contender in Natalya that lasted for a few minutes. 

Fans took it to Twitter to air their frustrations and the hashtag "giveWWEwomenachance" was born. Now, with the help of pro wrestling fandom's information of how long the matches were, I've compared the women's matches all the way back to the last three weeks. 


As you can tell, the numbers are really depressing. Will WWE listen this time? Anything is possible but I highly doubt that. 

FUTURE ME!!: I accidentally typed in the wrong total RAW and Smackdown match times. The total number for Smackdown is 18:07 while RAW is 31:28. My bad y'all. 

Check out Bell To Belles's article on that topic because it's a good read duh? 

What do you think about the news I just reported and follow me on the tweets @omartheplayaguy. Anyways, stay safe smarks.
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