Title: WWE Buys OVW Video Library
prof_plague - May 5, 2006 01:34 AM (GMT)
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From PWInsider:
CJ sent word that Ohio Valley Wrestling sent out this email this morning to its monthly TV tape buying customers:
We regret to inform you that after you receive the April 2006 OVW video, you will not be receiving anymore monthly videos after that.
WWE has acquired the complete OVW library and upon doing so we will no longer be offering any OVW products.
Your subscription would normally not end until June 2006 (2 months left) so we are offering three options to satisfy your investment:
I) refund by check for the remaining videos
2) we will offer you 3 DVDs of your choice from whatever is listed in DVD form on our website.
3) will will offer you 4 VHS of your choice from whatever is listed in VHS form on our website.
The shipping expenses are paid by OVW Internet Sales of course.
You must let me know asap what you would like to do as this must be taken care of promptly. You just need to respond back from this e-mail to me and I can get finish out your account.
I am sorry for any inconvenience.
OVW has always appreciated your support and patronage!
Julie
OVW Online Sales |
WWE has been talking with OVW owners Danny Davis and Jim Cornette to get the rights to the footage for a little while, so I guess they reached a deal.
prof_plague - May 5, 2006 01:39 AM (GMT)
I can't decide with Vince just wants to pump out more DVD and put this stuff on WWE 24/7; or, if he's buying out the video library to basically erase his wrestlers pasts - ignore the fact that the had different gimmicks before they entered WWE. This happend when WWE bought out the video library of Smokey Mountain Library a couple years back.
SamoaRowe - May 5, 2006 01:42 AM (GMT)
I could imagine Vince doing a "before they were stars" dvd featuring Cena, Batista, and company. I mean, other hacks have put out similar dvds (and I've bought them) so there is a market for them.
whitemilesdavis - May 5, 2006 02:19 AM (GMT)
Well, in the future when he does Superstar DvD's he'll alerady have a backlog of rare, early matches in that person's career.
jamiegeist - May 5, 2006 02:59 AM (GMT)
I think he is doing it for the exact reason Plague mentioned: erasing their past.
I mean, prime example: Brent Albright becomes Gunner Scott? Why? Brent Albright is a better name, and just fine, at the least.
Vince is a child, and wants everything to be something he created. He bought out OVW so people couldn't get their hands on an alternative product which seems much better.
prof_plague - May 5, 2006 03:40 AM (GMT)
I mean, who really wants to see Nick Dinsmore be a great mat technician? Who cares that he's won the OVW Heavyweight title as many as time as Triple H has won Heavyweight titles?
dynamite kido - May 5, 2006 12:49 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (whitemilesdavis @ May 4 2006, 08:19 PM) |
| Well, in the future when he does Superstar DvD's he'll alerady have a backlog of rare, early matches in that person's career. |
This is why Vince is doing it. He's not doing anything to erase their past. If he was that upset about what OVW was doing with their guys, they wouldn't be the WWE developmental territory and they wouldn't be allowed to tape ANYTHING.