TNA Watched more than WWE in the UK?

[311]

Coming from someone who lives in the UK:

There is a reason for this. TNA is on free television, while WWE is on Sky Sports, which is premium. You have to pay about 50 pounds (Around 80 dollars probably) a month to just get the channel/correct sports package that RAW is on. It's not like in the US where if you get basic cable you get ESPN...you have to pay extra on TOP of what you pay for "normal cable" to get a sports package.

Edit: Also, TNA plays twice a day, sometimes more in a row on the channel it's on...I can't remember which, but I think it's UK's version of Bravo. I think you can get Smackdown on free television, but I have no idea when it's on...I've never caught it, I always watch online.

[Dave Youell]

Originally Posted by 311 Coming from someone who lives in the UK: There is a reason for this. TNA is on free television, while WWE is on Sky Sports, which is premium. You have to pay about 50 pounds (Around 80 dollars probably) a month to just get the channel/correct sports package that RAW is on. It's not like in the US where if you get basic cable you get ESPN...you have to pay extra on TOP of what you pay for "normal cable" to get a sports package. Edit: Also, TNA plays twice a day, sometimes more in a row on the channel it's on...I can't remember which, but I think it's UK's version of Bravo. I think you can get Smackdown on free television, but I have no idea when it's on...I've never caught it, I always watch online.

That's not strictly true is it?

Bravo isn't a free channel. It's a channel which you have to pay to recieve as a bundle and not just on the basic one either.

E.g I have to pay an extra £5.50 per month to recieve Bravo (and other channels like Sky one for instance) now if I wanted to have Sports, I could get it for £19 extra per month, so not £50 a month, £50 a month is everything with movies etc and probably Sky + as well. So yes it is cheaper to watch TNA than WWE, but it's certainly not free.

Also, it's not shown twice in a row. Impact is debuted each week on Saturday nights, there's then a repeat later in the week, they show older episodes on Bravo 2 throughout the week, but that's not taken into consideration for theser ratings.

WWE programming gets loads more replays. Raw gets:

Monday: 2am
Thursday: 9pm
Friday: 5pm
Monday: 5pm (repeat)

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The only WWE tv on the lower banded package is on Sky One for the WWE Experience, never catch it though.

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So yes, it costs more to watch WWE than TNA, but if TNA were totally free, it would get even better viewing figures.

Which may happen as Sky are trying to buy the Virgin TV channels which include Bravo, and there's no way TNA and WWE will be on the same network