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A Global WWE May 1, 2010 0:21:04 GMT -5

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Post by smitti on May 1, 2010 0:21:04 GMT -5

I just finished reading the quarterly reports from WWE's Stockholders meeting. One of the questions that McMahon was asked if there was any progress in starting separate regional WWE orginizations around the globe to take full advantage of the global market and turn the biggest possible profit. Vince said they weren't interested in doing so and thought that it wasn't in their best interest.

Regardless it got me thinking about how it would be set up and lots of different things so I put this together and was curious if anyone else though it would work.

Regions : Titles:

North America ( Exclusive Titles )
North West HW Title
US Championship Title

South America ( Exclusive Titles )
South West HW Title
Latin American Championship Title

( Common Titles )^
Frontier Tag Team Titles
All-American Championship

Europe ( Exclusive Titles )
European HW Title
Mediterranean Light HW Title

The Orient ( Exclusive Titles)
Far East HW Title
Far East Jr. HW Tag Team Titles

( Common Titles )^
Eurasia Tag Team Titles
Eurasia Light HW Championship Title

South West Pacific ( Exclusive Titles )
Greater Oceanic HW Title
Television Championship Title
Greater Oceanic Tag Team Titles

( Globally Contested Titles )*
Undisputed World Heavyweight Title
Undisputed World Tag Team Titles
Intercontinental Cruiserweight Championship

^ Common Titles are defended in both regions they represent. The Wrestler(s) forfeit their exclusive regional title upon winning a Common title.
- New champions will be crowned via tournament
- Upon losing a Common title the Former Common Title champions become
#1 Contender for regional titles of same class.

*Globally Contested Titles are defended throughout every region and every PPV
- Rules for New and Former Common Title champions apply to Global
champions

14 PPVs Per Year Between 5 Regions

N. America - 2 Exclusive
S. America - 2 Exclusive
Europe - 2 Exclusive
The Orient - 2 Exclusive
SW. Pacific - 1 Exclusive

Common PPVs
Royal Rumble - 5 representatives from each region in Rumble match
Survivor Series - 3 Traditional Survivor series matches each year*
SummerSlam
Wrestlemania - 1 representative from each region in Money in the Bank Match
King of the Ring - 2 representatives from each region

*2 Survivor Series Matches separated by Region with the 3rd separated by Northern and Southern Hemisphere

(note - Only Common and Globally contested titles are defended at Common PPVs)

Each Region has Exclusive TV day each week (Taped or Live)

I feel that if this was the set up for the current WWE the "Big 4" PPV's (5 in my model) would be larger than life and feel even more special than they do already. There is countless upside to a model like this and just from sheer nationalism would get viewers more emotionally attached.

Anyways, Thoughts?

Mr. Show WF Legend WF 15+ Year Member Joined on: Feb 18, 2004 18:42:28 GMT -5 Posts: 5,908	A Global WWE May 1, 2010 0:26:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Mr. Show on May 1, 2010 0:26:36 GMT -5 Wow I had totally forgot they were talking about that a few years ago.

pineappleexpress Guest	A Global WWE May 1, 2010 0:28:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by pineappleexpress on May 1, 2010 0:28:55 GMT -5 I'd love to see it. Something different.

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A Global WWE May 1, 2010 0:51:43 GMT -5

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its like a step backwards making things territorial again..vince just needs to maybe add another show..get rid of nxt and super stars and add a new 3rd show with a blended roster so he doesn't have to let people go every spring. I think it would be more dynamic with 3 major title holders.

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A Global WWE May 1, 2010 0:53:32 GMT -5

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May 1, 2010 0:51:43 GMT -5 Vintage ToneBoat said:

its like a step backwards making things territorial again..vince just needs to maybe add another show..get rid of nxt and super stars and add a new 3rd show with a blended roster so he doesn't have to let people go every spring. I think it would be more dynamic with 3 major title holders.

Didn't we have that like... 3 months ago?

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A Global WWE May 1, 2010 1:02:28 GMT -5

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May 1, 2010 0:51:43 GMT -5 Vintage ToneBoat said:

its like a step backwards making things territorial again..vince just needs to maybe add another show..get rid of nxt and super stars and add a new 3rd show with a blended roster so he doesn't have to let people go every spring. I think it would be more dynamic with 3 major title holders.

I think adding more titles is the last thing they need to do. I wish they never brought back the heavyweight title to Raw after Brock left. It should be IC and Tag titles on Raw and WWE and Cruiserweight on smackdown. Make everyone watch both shows.

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May 1, 2010 0:53:32 GMT -5 @pineappleexpress said:

May 1, 2010 0:51:43 GMT -5 Vintage ToneBoat said:

its like a step backwards making things territorial again..vince just needs to maybe add another show..get rid of nxt and super stars and add a new 3rd show with a blended roster so he doesn't have to let people go every spring. I think it would be more dynamic with 3 major title holders.

Didn't we have that like... 3 months ago?

ya, and that failed just because it was on a bad network. territories would never work in this day in age. they worked way back when because TV wasn't as prominent as it is now, there was no internet, and to my knowledge wrestling didn't have the TV deals like it does now.

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Post by smitti on May 1, 2010 1:27:31 GMT -5

Regional promotions privately owned would not work today. But one man taking in profit from 5 different regions each doing 3 dates a week, 52 weeks a year. Thats 780 different gates a year compared to the 208 they do now. Wrestlers will be less burnt out only working 3 dates a week, also leaving time for more auto-sessions or personal appearance opportunities for extra income.

And you set up a deal with a network yeah you are taking care of 2 hours a original programing every day of the week, that's huge. And being a global company could you imagine a Wrestlemania in North Korea at a stadium that seats 150,000 before the floor seats are even factored in? And on top of that you put one of their regional guys in the main chasing the Undisputed World Title against a heel like Jericho. It would be epic

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May 1, 2010 1:27:31 GMT -5 smitti said:

Regional promotions privately owned would not work today. But one man taking in profit from 5 different regions each doing 3 dates a week, 52 weeks a year. Thats 780 different gates a year compared to the 208 they do now. Wrestlers will be less burnt out only working 3 dates a week, also leaving time for more auto-sessions or personal appearance opportunities for extra income.

And you set up a deal with a network yeah you are taking care of 2 hours a original programing every day of the week, that's huge. And being a global company could you imagine a Wrestlemania in North Korea at a stadium that seats 150,000 before the floor seats are even factored in? And on top of that you put one of their regional guys in the main chasing the Undisputed World Title against a heel like Jericho. It would be epic

I like what your saying that would be awesome. And it would also work because wwe is starting it's own network soon and they could show all the events and shows on the network. I always loved the cross promotion stuff japan and mexico did in the early 90's even thought this would be one big promotion having wrestlers wrestle each other from different regions would feel like a cross promotion.

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May 2, 2010 1:25:34 GMT -5 Kenny Powers said:

May 1, 2010 1:27:31 GMT -5 smitti said:

Regional promotions privately owned would not work today. But one man taking in profit from 5 different regions each doing 3 dates a week, 52 weeks a year. Thats 780 different gates a year compared to the 208 they do now. Wrestlers will be less burnt out only working 3 dates a week, also leaving time for more auto-sessions or personal appearance opportunities for extra income.

And you set up a deal with a network yeah you are taking care of 2 hours a original programing every day of the week, that's huge. And being a global company could you imagine a Wrestlemania in North Korea at a stadium that seats 150,000 before the floor seats are even factored in? And on top of that you put one of their regional guys in the main chasing the Undisputed World Title against a heel like Jericho. It would be epic

I like what your saying that would be awesome. And it would also work because wwe is starting it's own network soon and they could show all the events and shows on the network. I always loved the cross promotion stuff japan and mexico did in the early 90's even thought this would be one big promotion having wrestlers wrestle each other from different regions would feel like a cross promotion.

I'm Glad somebody gets it. It would make the Rumble match 10 times bigger than it is now too. Essentially you only have 1 guaranteed chance at the Undisputed title to bring to your region every year at Mania. It would be out of control what the PPV buys would be. It would be like the Olympics but more people would watch because you would be emotionally invested in the athletes instead of predisposed and told who to cheer.

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