TPWW Forums - View Single Post - If ROH ever got a T.V deal, would it become the #2 promotion?

**Dave Youell** · 11-19-2008, 11:55 AM

Thing is, if they got TV, they would then be at the mercy of a network, a network hungry for ratings.

ROH would then feel the pressure of having to create ‘must see tv’ each week. Remember how the little engine that could (ECW) got raped by TNN?

Plus then there’s the logistics of it, would they tape a TV show each week? Or use several shows edited down into an hour (much like LDN do over here)

There’s lots of questions that would need answering, remember that ROH’s main form of income is putting on shit hot shows and selling them on DVD, if they are putting on shit hot TV (which to be true to the product they would have to) why would anyone bother with the shit hot DVD’s? TV is used as a way to get people to buy PPV’s not DVD’s with the ROH structure of pre taped PPV’s I’m not sure it would sell all that well, but it would most probably increase the overall revenue of the PPV’s but more than likely reduce the DVD’s.

So I don’t see a lot of positives for this really.

Plus I don’t think they have many guys who could be TV stars, most of the guys who are left, can work amazing matches, but as far a promo’s go, I’m not too sure.

I agree with KK’s idea, if you’ve got a good thing going, why fix/break it?

11-19-2008, 11:55 AM	#16
Dave Youell 1/2 Optimist 1/2 Amazing Posts: 12,427	Thing is, if they got TV, they would then be at the mercy of a network, a network hungry for ratings. ROH would then feel the pressure of having to create ‘must see tv’ each week. Remember how the little engine that could (ECW) got raped by TNN? Plus then there’s the logistics of it, would they tape a TV show each week? Or use several shows edited down into an hour (much like LDN do over here) There’s lots of questions that would need answering, remember that ROH’s main form of income is putting on shit hot shows and selling them on DVD, if they are putting on shit hot TV (which to be true to the product they would have to) why would anyone bother with the shit hot DVD’s? TV is used as a way to get people to buy PPV’s not DVD’s with the ROH structure of pre taped PPV’s I’m not sure it would sell all that well, but it would most probably increase the overall revenue of the PPV’s but more than likely reduce the DVD’s. So I don’t see a lot of positives for this really. Plus I don’t think they have many guys who could be TV stars, most of the guys who are left, can work amazing matches, but as far a promo’s go, I’m not too sure. I agree with KK’s idea, if you’ve got a good thing going, why fix/break it?