Vince McMahon recently decided to change the schedules for shows. The company was under the impression that they had to air live shows or they would not be paid, according to their television contracts. However, WWE decided to go back to pre-taping shows.
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that NBC/Universal and Fox did not answer what the press asked them regarding the subject.
“Vince did that because he was afraid, I do not know whether Fox or NBC/Universal hinted to Vince about the weekly thing — it is in the contract. Vince thought because if it’s in the contract if I do more taped shows they can screw the contract.”
“There is a lot of press inquiries that these guys didn’t answer like ‘are you gonna cut their money if they don’t produce live programming?’ I think at some point both companies did tell Vince this week ‘we will not cut your money if you don’t go live.’ So Vince changed the schedule and he made it not go live.”
The COVID-19 outbreak has taken over the world. We can hope the situation can be contained eventually. Till then, the company will be providing content for fans during these hard times.
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h/t to Ringside News for the transcription.
