{"id":11164,"date":"2016-02-17T22:27:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T04:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11164"},"modified":"2016-02-18T01:14:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T07:14:58","slug":"vip-newsletter-pro-wrestling-torch-1444-feb-17-2016-challenge-deciding-whether-wwe-network-success-not-compared-ppv-era-mitchell-wm32-keller-dissects-mc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/17\/vip-newsletter-pro-wrestling-torch-1444-feb-17-2016-challenge-deciding-whether-wwe-network-success-not-compared-ppv-era-mitchell-wm32-keller-dissects-mc\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP NEWSLETTER \u2013 PRO WRESTLING TORCH #1444 (Feb. 17, 2016) \u2013 The challenge of deciding whether WWE Network is a success or not compared to PPV era, Mitchell on WM32, Keller dissects McMahon Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-775297872\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h2><strong>PWTorch Newsletter #1444<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Cover-dated February 17, 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/1444PWTorchNewsletterPDF.pdf\">PWTORCH NEWSLETTER #1444 PDF LINK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/lastestpwtorchnewsletters\/\">LIST OF ALL\u00a0LATEST\u00a0NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>This week&#8217;s cover story by Wade Keller &amp; James Caldwell delves into how tricky it is to really figure out whether WWE Network is an early success or an experiment that&#8217;s slow to take hold when comparisons are made to the PPV era it replaced, including a look at the latest data, eight years of somewhat comparative data, and where there are differences that make comparisons dubious&#8230; Bruce Mitchell&#8217;s column looks at the latest advancements in the Road to WrestleMania&#8230; Greg Parks &#8216;s feature column lists 12 things he learned binging on WWE Network over the weekend&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s newsletter-exclusive reports on WWE Raw and TNA Impact&#8230; Torch Newswire coverage of the latest top stories and smaller tidbits&#8230; Wade Keller&#8217;s BBL parses Vince McMahon &amp; George Barrios&#8217;s latest Q&amp;A with investors last week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>FULL NEWSLETTER TEXT AND PDF VERSIONS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO VIP MEMBERS\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NOT VIP? 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