WWE signs billion dollar deal with FOX. UFC signs $1.5 bil deal with ESPN

[bigjavi973]

Yet these boxing promoters can't see the benefit of working together to get a deal. And these are real deals. Not those supposed deals in boxing we hear about but when you look at the details the money isn't really there.

what did wwe sign up for?

[M Bison]

It's not a sport b/c it's not a contest.

Do you want boxing to have fixed endings too ?

WWE became big b/c people became ****** .

Implying that doesn't already exist?

You can't fake the slams they take, its a very physical thing that they do which requires a lot of technique to it a lot more than you understand.
WWE/F was and has been big for a long time, its harmless fun better to watch that than the odd time in a boxing event where you have a guy running away from a fight putting on a boring 12 round snoozer.

[bigjavi973]

WWE is not a sport . It's redneck entertainment.

it IS a sport.... just with predetermined finishes to bouts

[bigjavi973]

Woah is RAW going to move from USA to Fox?!?!

oh wow haven't even thought about that.... that would be something huh


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WWE SmackDown Moving To Fox Will Revitalize The Blue Brand

https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeoestriecher/2018/05/23/wwe-smackdown-moving-to-fox-will-revitalize-the-blue-brand/#710dbeca23d1

smash mouth move..... its gonna get ratings like when it was on UPN 9 back in the days when it 1st came out

[Eddy Current]

oh wow haven't even thought about that.... that would be something huh

Especially if it's still on for three hours prime time every Monday!

[The Big Dunn]

Boxing clearly needs to rethink how things are done. In hindsight it would've been better for the sport and us as fans if ESPN had made a pool of money available but didn't sign any specific promotional company but bid on the best fights from that pool. Haymon could've partnered with a network and done same.

That way they could offer big money for the best fights and the fights fans really want to see, thus eliminating all the political BS that locks fights.

[Motorcity Cobra]

The difference is UFC and Vince McMahon have completely monopolised their respective industries. That’s never really happened in boxing and probably never will.

Yep. That's why I was mentioning promoter working together on a deal. None of them can do it alone but we see the possibility if they worked together. There will never be one promoter in boxing. Seems like there's more money out there if the top all worked together on one deal

[Motorcity Cobra]

what did wwe sign up for?

Smackdown on FOX network for one billion

[bigjavi973]

Smackdown on FOX network for one billion

vince mcmahon still showing that he can be a genius when he wants to.....

[Motorcity Cobra]

vince mcmahon still showing that he can be a genius when he wants to.....

He's been ahead of the game for years.