For years we've been asking for it.
Now there's no better opportunity than now.
There's no doubt if we can hold a shambolic Olympic Games with the Army as security surely we can hold WM.
Obviously the time issues in the US are the problem - but maybe they can find out how we feel every month watching PPV's at 1am on a Monday morning.
An Olympic Stadium that barely used with a ridiculous watch tower could be a great place for WM - also central London.
Personally I think to could spur on the plans for London airport expansion.
This could be good for the UK economy if Cameron and his chums could understand it.
Vince, it's time to wake up and face reality that the UK needs paid back for the Network shambles.
UK fans deserve a classic, so if there is another wrestling boom, that's when we should have a WM in the UK. Otherwise, I don't really give a damn. Although I'm sure there's many others that would trot along just to see the show.
Can you imagine it, live from wembley stadium, the emirates, or yes the olympic stadium... it would be fricking awesome ... and it is the impossible dream. I'd appreciate any of the ppv's tbh, but we won't ever get them.
Euro fans are less docile than US fans and rowdy as hell. He wouldn't want Cena/Reigns to get shit on and guys like Bryan the crowd attention they'd get. Can you image a full Euro crowd at a match with Bryan competing for the title?
Wrestling outdoors in your pants in England in March sounds like a bit of a cold one. People would be getting stabbed by stiff nipples left, right and centre.
In all seriousness, though, I think we'll be more likely to get a Summerslam as opposed to a Mania. It's less of a roll of the dice for them and the weather's likely to be a bit more predictable in August.
It'd be amazing if it happened but one of the reasons I guess would be the delay/spoilers thing. For some reason, despite people worldwide staying up late to watch live PPVs, Vince doesn't want American fans to have to do the same and watch it live as it happens in another country.
It's a stupid reason because it'd be the afternoon for most US time zones but hey, once they get enough North American subscribers to WWE Network, it could happen? Wouldn't have to be beholden to cable providers who have a schedule in place already for the time it would have to air over there.
We're the one of secondest biggest WWE markets in the world thats why.
We have a more than new Olympic stadium that is 50,000 is two years old and Wembley stadium that is 90,000.
One of the strongest economies in Europe right now and the transport links to hold 'Mania. Now the olympic track has been ripped out you could do it in the olympic stadium or Wembley.
We have the support to fill it and hopefully the UK Governments backing if the vote for it was passed.
It's a money issue. You can say it's "World" Wrestling Entertainment all you want doesn't change the fact that over 50% of their buys come from the States and that time change would really f*** that up.
Now with the Network you can argue maybe that can change. You can broadcast it live and have it available to people when they want to see it as well. As long as they're reliant on ppv though it's financial suicide to hold it outside of the States/ Canada.
You need to remember the WWE target audience is in North America. They'd have no issue moving it to say Mexico or South America because its in the same Time Zones.
If they moved it to the UK the start time of the event would be late at night.
So would you want to go to a WrestleMania in London at 1:00 AM so it could start at 7:00 on the east coast?
I think this is one of the main reasons why they DON'T want it to happen, the UK crowd have become one of if not the smarkiest crowd on the planet, I very much doubt Vince wants to see Cena & Reigns get royally booed out of the building by that amount of people.
Unless they play on having Bryan Vs Rollins Vs Ziggler as a main event one day I can't see it happening.
WM in London would be alright if it went live at about 4 or 5:00 AM London time so that it could air at a reasonable US time. I believe the east coast in the US is about 5 hours behind London; which makes the west coast of the U.S. 8 hours behind. The WWE just simply isn't going to sacrifice "prime time" U.S. viewership on a Sunday night. That's the answer.
The real question here is if people in North America would mind watching Wrestlemania in the afternoon?
Lets say the event starts 8PM London time, that's 2PM Eastern and 11AM on the west coast.
WWE will probably take a hit on the North American market, but they'll make up for it in Europe.
If the WWE network continues to grow and meets it's goals over the next year, then it doesn't matter where or when you hold the event, you've already gotten their money. People in North America can watch it in the afternoon or not watch it, they've already paid their $9.99.
i could see Insurrextion coming back as a ppv but a UK mania, i think it would be impossible due WM is the greatest ppv of WWE these days, summerslam could be done there if possible.
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