Is superstars being aired in Ireland?

Shaneomac

Doesnt seem to be anyway

ShawnRaven

In a word... no.
Vintage Collection got advertised by Sky prior to it's debut last year, Superstars didn't get that treatment.

That's not to say Sky probably won't add it down the line, but as it stands, it's not being aired.

GodOfRadio

LOVE it.

gerrybbadd

I may be wrong here guys, but I thought I read somewhere that Eurosport UK had signed a deal with WWE to have a kind of weekly recap show of all three brands, and the Superstars show also?

CMpunked

Its not being shown in ireland...

Its being made available online to get more traffic through WWE.Com isnt it?

http://www.wwe.com/schedules/television/?country=Ireland

Show listings Ireland

RAW

LIVE AT 2 AM!! - Sky Sports
Thursdays, 9 pm - Sky Sports 3
Fridays, 5pm


SmackDown

Fridays, 10 pm - Sky Sports
Saturdays, 10 am - Sky Sports


Vintage Collection

Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - Sky Sports 3 (BSkyB)
Monday, 1:00 a.m. - Sky Sports 3 (BSkyB)
Thursday, 5:00 p.m. - Sky Sports Xtra (BSkyB)




After Burn

Sundays, 8 am & 9 pm - Sky Sports


Bottom Line

Fridays, Midnight - Sky Sports
Saturdays, 12 pm - Sky Sports


WWE Experience

Sundays, 11 am – Sky One


ECW

Thursdays, 11 p.m. on Sky Sports 3

Fozzy

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I may be wrong here guys, but I thought I read somewhere that Eurosport UK had signed a deal with WWE to have a kind of weekly recap show of all three brands, and the Superstars show also?

I'm pretty sure that it was Eurosport, not the UK one, because the rights are already held by Sky there

oneofakind32

WWE could decide to sell it too a different broadcaster and would be well with in there rights to do so. What exactly dose this show entail? Is it just a recap or is there exclusive matches ect.?

Rjd2

oneofakind32 wrote: »

WWE could decide to sell it too a different broadcaster and would be well with in there rights to do so. What exactly dose this show entail? Is it just a recap or is there exclusive matches ect.?

Both! Its matches from the three brands, this week it was Horny/Finley v Nat/Kidd, Edge v Kofi and Rey/Punk v Show/Kane, its only a matter of time that the big names stop appearing on it and it will be a mini Velocity with the likes of Noble and co I suspect.

deanodrummer

Rjd2 wrote: »

Both! Its matches from the three brands, this week it was Horny/Finley v Nat/Kidd, Edge v Kofi and Rey/Punk v Show/Kane, its only a matter of time that the big names stop appearing on it and it will be a mini Velocity with the likes of Noble and co I suspect.

Maybe. In fairness though Noble is a good wrestler along with the likes of Helms and Kidd so it wouldn't be bad for them to get more airtime. I'm all for it we see the main eventers too much as it is.

Rjd2

deanodrummer wrote: »

Maybe. In fairness though Noble is a good wrestler along with the likes of Helms and Kidd so it wouldn't be bad for them to get more airtime. I'm all for it we see the main eventers too much as it is.

Heh I have no problem with Jamie on tv, he is awesome. Lots of people liked Velocity because you got to see the guys who got no screen time on Raw or SD tear it up regularly and put on great matches. If it ends up like that their wont be much complaints from me.

Fozzy

oneofakind32 wrote: »

WWE could decide to sell it too a different broadcaster and would be well with in there rights to do so. What exactly dose this show entail? Is it just a recap or is there exclusive matches ect.?

Have you read their contract with Sky?

amacachi

Fozzy wrote: »

Have you read their contract with Sky?

I think Sky and WWE basically have told each other to lock out competition in this area. Obviously not in those terms as that would be illegal. :P

Fozzy

amacachi wrote: »

I think Sky and WWE basically have told each other to lock out competition in this area. Obviously not in those terms as that would be illegal. :P

No it wouldn't. If WWE signed an exclusive contract with Sky then they couldn't go to any other channels looking for a deal as long as the Sky contract is running. Nothing wrong with that at all

I've no idea how the contract is worded but oneofakind seems fairly certain about it :pac:

DM_7

Fozzy wrote: »

No it wouldn't. If WWE signed an exclusive contract with Sky then they couldn't go to any other channels looking for a deal as long as the Sky contract is running. Nothing wrong with that at all

I've no idea how the contract is worded but oneofakind seems fairly certain about it :pac:

After the channel 4 experience i don't see wwe working with someone else. I remember reading an interview with shane mcmahon in the sun pretty much saying that. But that interview was a while ago now.

amacachi

Fozzy wrote: »

No it wouldn't. If WWE signed an exclusive contract with Sky then they couldn't go to any other channels looking for a deal as long as the Sky contract is running. Nothing wrong with that at all

I've no idea how the contract is worded but oneofakind seems fairly certain about it :pac:

Yeah but I'm sure they have a certain "understanding" that Sky can't show any other companies' wrestling programmes. Which I'm fairly sure is either illegal or would at least be anti-competitive. I'm sure it's not actually set in the contract though.:D

RebelRockChick

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I may be wrong here guys, but I thought I read somewhere that Eurosport UK had signed a deal with WWE to have a kind of weekly recap show of all three brands, and the Superstars show also?

It's Vintage Collection and This Week In WWE (recap show) that Eurosport show (outside of the UK as Fozzy already pointed out.)

DM-ICE wrote: »

After the channel 4 experience i don't see wwe working with someone else. I remember reading an interview with shane mcmahon in the sun pretty much saying that. But that interview was a while ago now.

Ah yes, the days of ad breaks that seemed to happen every five minutes. I think it was the 2001 Royal Rumble, cut to commercial, Big Show returned...during the ads of course :pac:

CMpunked

RebelRockChick wrote: »

Ah yes, the days of ad breaks that seemed to happen every five minutes. I think it was the 2001 Royal Rumble, cut to commercial, Big Show returned...during the ads of course :pac:

Them were the days!

*whiffs the nostalgia*

Was just thinking bout this the other day and came across this little interesting piece:

http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/100998/channel-4-not-to-renew-wwf-deal

Channel 4 not to renew WWF Deal

The decision comes after Channel 4 had been forced to move the programme from its 4pm timeslot on Sundays to a late-night schedule in May of this year. Problems over the violent content and the depiction of women in the globally popular WWF continued to arise even in the later slot and the broadcaster has decided that it can no longer justify screening the programme. Channel 4 told sportbusiness.com: “We will not be renewing our contract with the WWF as it has become increasingly difficult to edit the extreme nature of the content.” Conversely, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has stated that it has received very few complaints about the WWF, commenting that research had showed that the regular audience understood that the fight scenes were choreographed.

jossnjuice

RebelRockChick wrote: »

Ah yes, the days of ad breaks that seemed to happen every five minutes. I think it was the 2001 Royal Rumble, cut to commercial, Big Show returned...during the ads of course :pac:

god i remember that like it was yesterday......god nearly ten years ago.........nostalgia kills me!!! and i remember show and the ad break too!!!

CMpunked

The whole
Old school undertaker grabbing big show by the neck and the blue background?

I think so many people remember it cos if they have a look you'll find some ppv that was taped and watched way too many times. Because it was all that was got at the time for the kids whos parents were too stingy to get sky

chopperbyrne

They went to ads for every promo too.

Thankfully it didn't last too long on Channel 4.

cena

i hated them breaks. they took them at the wrong time. i remember a royal rumble it was a tlc match jeff about to jump on de von dudley and in come the break

Fozzy

amacachi wrote: »

Yeah but I'm sure they have a certain "understanding" that Sky can't show any other companies' wrestling programmes. Which I'm fairly sure is either illegal or would at least be anti-competitive. I'm sure it's not actually set in the contract though.:D

Why would it be illegal? I'm pretty sure that it's written into their contracts in the US that the channels can't show other wrestling shows. Spike TV had to ask WWE if they could air UFC shows because they could have vetoed it at the time