The WWE Network may have been a blessing for the fans, but it came as a huge blow to the Superstars, according to Maven Huffman.
The WWE Network was first announced in 2011 and officially launched in 2014, collecting all past and future WWE shows as well as original content.
In a recent video posted to his YouTube channel, Maven shared why the WWE Network came as bad news for Superstars. He said,
“The [WWE] Network coming out … it sucked. I do know other guys who were making good royalty checks [from physical media sales].
“Once people stopped buying pay-per-views, I guarantee you their pay-per-view checks went down dramatically. When you’re in this business and you get to the WWE, that’s why you want to be on the pay-per-views. You know the buy rate, you’re going to get a piece of that and when you’re at his level, you’re going to get a big chunk of it. Once that goes down … I feel him on that.”
Earlier this month, it was reported that the WWE Network outside the United States will be absorbed into Netflix when the streaming service begins hosting RAW in 2025.
