FWIW, I got most of my thoughts out of my system over on the W (though it’s mostly “why money instead of a contract” thing) and here while talking about the last WWE phone confrence. (I suspect it and the Diva Search will be major topics during this one, as well.)
My blind guess on the prize being $1,000,000 million is $250,000 brought them no main stream press for the Diva Search, so they’re uping the ante in hopes that someone in the Access Hollywood/Entertainment Tonight world will care.
I enjoy the amount only because Meltzer’s been hammering the “$1,000,000 would easily support 2 or 3 developmental territories for a year” for months and they’re giving it all to one person. His mind is going to be blown.
I’m sure this is going to tick off all the WWE wrestlers and many ex-ones, but I don’t think WWE cares in the slightest.
I wonder if they’ll let indy guys in?
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a catch to the $1,000,000, so I want to hear the annoucement myself.
What type of catch can they attach to a $1,000,000 prize in wrestling, though? It’s not like a game show where there’s a viable bonus round at the end specifically to prevent you from winning any more of Ben Stein’s Money.
(Break a 1.0 buyrate for a PPV main within three years and you get the million?)
– Sven