Gotcha but UFC are not going public & Fight Pass was before WWE's the Network & FP & the Network are very different properties
UFC is marketed very different than WWE as well
The real one you can say is how UFC looked at WWE paying a ridiculously low low % of revenue to their contracted performers and figured if WWE can get away with 5-8% then UFC can with 13-17%
I thought you might say Dana being an evil McMahon type character lol
Endeavor is going public. They just started the steps for it.
the UFC has used the prowrestling marketing since 05 and has only stepped the game up with Chael and Conor taking it to another level. Dana as the Mcmahon character and truly the only star that embodies the brand was apart of the marketing. They started the Dana character at TUF1.
Fight pass was quickly thrown together to get the drop on the WWENetwork and try to steal some subs etc.. They literally mentioned it and dropped the subpar product in december while a lot of their IP added later. The talk of the WWE network was going on for years, while they tried to get a cable channel etc... but once the rumor of a streaming service hit thats exactly when Fightpass was announced. They caught wind of what the WWE was doing and jumped to be first, it's apparent to anyone who can look back.
The Prowrestling union was busted up because Hogan sided with Vince, we're seeing it now in the MMA world with Endeavor and prior to them, lorenzo/Zuffa gaining the higher profile athletes to their side with better pay/ppv cuts etc.. It's crazy how close mma/prowrestling are to each other.
Lorenzo and his brother were extremely good at taking people's ideas and making them seem like their own. They are the WCW of MMA, the inferior product won and absorbed the superior one. Its a something that makes me sad.
@Ryann Von Doom and posted about it happening for years.
