Random theory: Is Comcast/NBCU getting ready to sell G4 to WWE?
I'm beginning to wonder if Comcast/NBC Universal is about to sell G4 to WWE.
-Two weeks ago, X-Play host Adam Sessler left G4 in what was reported as a contract dispute.
-Today, news broke that Attack of the Show host Kevin Periera is leaving G4 after the E3 show.
-Before that, Alison Haislip and Chris Hardwick also left G4.
So G4 has been giving off this sense of "rats leaving a sinking ship" for a while now and it got even stronger today.
-WWE is planning to start their own WWE Network. It was initially supposed to launch during WrestleMania weekend last month, but has since been moved to the end of the year.
-WWE has been in bed with Comcast/NBC Universal for years(minus the 5 years WWE moved Raw to Viacom-owned TNN/Spike TV).
-Some of G4's programs like Ninja Warrior and Cops would fit with the type of non-wrestling programming WWE wants to put on their network.
With G4's major on-air personalities leaving(they're down to Morgan Webb, Blair Herter, and Sara Jean Underwood unless she already left as well), and WWE planning to launch WWE Network at the end of the year, G4 could be on its way to becoming the WWE Network.
It could save Vince McMahon money to just buy G4 from Comcast/NBC Universal than start a network from scratch(I feel like he'd already have to offer stakes in the network to the cable and satellite companies like Major League Baseball did with MLB Network to get it running without too many problems).
-Two weeks ago, X-Play host Adam Sessler left G4 in what was reported as a contract dispute.
-Today, news broke that Attack of the Show host Kevin Periera is leaving G4 after the E3 show.
-Before that, Alison Haislip and Chris Hardwick also left G4.
So G4 has been giving off this sense of "rats leaving a sinking ship" for a while now and it got even stronger today.
-WWE is planning to start their own WWE Network. It was initially supposed to launch during WrestleMania weekend last month, but has since been moved to the end of the year.
-WWE has been in bed with Comcast/NBC Universal for years(minus the 5 years WWE moved Raw to Viacom-owned TNN/Spike TV).
-Some of G4's programs like Ninja Warrior and Cops would fit with the type of non-wrestling programming WWE wants to put on their network.
With G4's major on-air personalities leaving(they're down to Morgan Webb, Blair Herter, and Sara Jean Underwood unless she already left as well), and WWE planning to launch WWE Network at the end of the year, G4 could be on its way to becoming the WWE Network.
It could save Vince McMahon money to just buy G4 from Comcast/NBC Universal than start a network from scratch(I feel like he'd already have to offer stakes in the network to the cable and satellite companies like Major League Baseball did with MLB Network to get it running without too many problems).