WWE News: WWE Niagara Falls Closing Down, Bill DeMott Interview, WWE Signs New Video Content Deal, More
Posted by Larry Csonka on 03.22.2011
Some more WWE news…
- BuzzFocus.com has an interview with Tough Enough trainer Bill DeMott, which you can check out here.
- WWE Niagara Falls is closing down on March 31st for good. As of now, the place is basically cleared out.
- Ricky Steamboat, Trent Baretta, Ricardo Rodriguez, Michael McGilicutty, Husky Harris and Mason Ryan will be signing autographs on March 25th at the FCW show.
- On March 23rd, New Jack will be doing a free comedy show at Mickey Finn's in Port Saint Lucie, FL starting.
- Signiant sent out the following today…
Signiant Signs WWE To New Agreement
Signiant has announced a new agreement with WWE. WWE will use Signiant's content supply chain management solution to enable the timely and secure exchange of critical video content between itself and NBCUniversal.
The Signiant system is a new digital content delivery tool that replaces WWE's previous tape-based delivery processes.
NBC Universal runs WWE programmes weekly on several of its channel networks including USA and Syfy. Since NBC Universal is also a Signiant user, WWE chose Signiant's Content Transporter product to create a fully managed network between the two organisations for secure, accelerated content transfers of promos and full-length programmes.
Content Transport features the Signiant Acceleration Protocol (SAP) for fast, reliable, and secure movement of files over a wide area network, with centralised network management tools for controlling, monitoring, tracking and reporting on network activity.
As with all Signiant products, Content Transport features Signiant's exclusive B2B content peering technology, which uses trusted software agents to provide a common security model for companies to link to and exchange content freely and safely with their business partners.
WWE will use the Signiant solution for other domestic and international networks also using Signiant within the year. The solution will be especially valuable for timely delivery of customised programming for specific regions.
Tony Lapolito, Vice President, Product Management and Marketing, Signiant, said: "Like many large media enterprises, WWE recognises the tremendous value of a fully managed solution for accelerating file transport automatically processing content and seamlessly connecting with business partners.
"As media and entertainment companies continue to evolve towards 100-percent digital operations, Signiant's content supply chain management solutions can help them gain control of their assets and capture new distribution opportunities to transform their businesses."
First, Superstars gets cancelled...
Smackdown will not be taped...
and now niagra falls is closing down?
The WWE is going out of business???
Posted By: Ronald Trump (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 12:19 PM
"- WWE Niagara Falls is closing down on March 31st for good. As of now, the place is basically cleared out."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! WWE is DYING!!!!!
LONG LIVE TNA!
Posted By: Guest#6034 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 12:35 PM
WTF is WWE Niagara Falls?
Posted By: Faceless (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 12:47 PM
*takes a sip from his WWF Niagra Falls cup.
Ahhhhhhhhh
Posted By: RD Reynolds (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:03 PM
WTF is WWE Niagara Falls?
Posted By: Faceless (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 12:47 PM
A store where you can buy WWE-associated junk. It joins their restaurant, XFL, direct-to-dvd movies and various other projects that have failed.
Posted By: Greg (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:16 PM
WWE Niagara Falls is a store with a drop zone style ride, we were just there a month ago and it was incredibly empty, not surprised to hear that it's closing down for good.
Posted By: Guest#9156 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:25 PM
WTF is WWE Niagara Falls?
Posted By: Faceless (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 12:47 PM
WWE Niagara Falls is a WWE-themed store in the Clifton Hills tourist trap-like area of Niagara Falls, Ontario. To tell the truth, I'm not sure how it survived to this point... There's never anyone in it when I go, and it never offered anything different or interesting in terms of merchandise. I usually walk right past it on the way to play pool at the Great Canadian Midway.
Posted By: Guest#3474 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Aw thats a shame. It's like losing WWF New York again :(
Really why can't the E have like a little place for geeks to visit?
Posted By: xLx (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Will New Jack tell jokes with music blaring?
Posted By: neverAcquiesce (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:34 PM
I was at WWE Niagra a couple years ago, and that place SUCKS. They didnt have any triple H shirts of ANY kind, but had tons of Hurricane & Rosey merch. They told me the reason for no HHH was that they only carried current merch, and H didnt have any new designs so thus, no shirts. It sucked I was really disappointed. I only ended up with a Rated R Superstar keychain. Its cool but that was the ONLY Edge merch they had. GOOD RIDDANCE you embaresment to canada!
Posted By: GoodRiddance! (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:39 PM
I bet New Jack kills. :)
Posted By: Really (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:56 PM
No wonder they closed down. I was there a couple months ago and 90% of the merchandise was superstars who weren't in the company anymore. The only current superstars shirts they had were Mysterio and Orton. For shame.
Posted By: Guest#1822 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 02:09 PM
Oh No!! Not the place that had the PileDriver ride that was never open once in the 30 times i had been there. who cares.
Posted By: Curtis (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 02:51 PM
I didn't even know there was a WWE Niagara Falls. Sounds like one of those pie-in-the-sky ideas they had in the Attitude era that actually survived somehow even though it was never advertised or kept up to date.
Posted By: Guest#8217 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 04:48 PM
*takes a sip from his WWF Niagra Falls cup.
Ahhhhhhhhh
Posted By: RD Reynolds (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 01:03 PM
beat me to the wrestlecrap reference! also, the radio show is the only reason i have clinged to an interest in wrestling, long looong after it was rational to do so
Posted By: Guest#1568 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 05:51 PM
Who are the five guys signing autographs with Ricky Steamboat?
Posted By: random (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 06:35 PM
I've lost count, but WWE has been forced to get rid of a lot of their shows because of TNA.
- WWECW gone
- forcing NXT to be an online show
- Superstars cancelled
- Smackdown being moved to sci-fi
- getting rid of fatal 4way ppv
- now WWE Niagra Falls closing down.
Posted By: Latex (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 08:25 PM
better yet why do so many people go to Niagara falls its a such a rip off. I mean I live there and never once went to that store or took on the piledriver.
Posted By: Guest#1401 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 08:46 PM
I wonder if the WWE Niagara Falls still has Benoit's hand prints up, they were in cement famed on the wall, haven't been there is many, many year tho.
Posted By: Guest#6194 (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 10:17 PM
I've been there, it was like in 05 though, and I thought it was a major disappointment. Like anything the WWE EVER does, it's just a way to sell their current product. Instead of being a haven for fans with tons of video libraries and nostalga items, it's nothing but a shameless self promotion of current superstars and crap you can buy on shopzone.com.
Posted By: Michael (Guest) on March 23, 2011 at 01:04 AM
Went to that WWE Niagara Falls store last year, total waste of time. Besides the store being totally empty, the merchandise was incredibly old. The only bright spots were the arcade style Smack Down vs. RAW 10 set up upstairs and the Giant Drop ride. Other than that....
Posted By: Froze (Guest) on March 23, 2011 at 10:34 AM
NIAGARA FALLS!!! Sloooooowly I turned! Step by step! Inch by inch!
Posted By: Ryushinku (Guest) on March 23, 2011 at 12:40 PM
I've lost count, but WWE has been forced to get rid of a lot of their shows because of TNA.
- WWECW gone
- forcing NXT to be an online show
- Superstars cancelled
- Smackdown being moved to sci-fi
- getting rid of fatal 4way ppv
- now WWE Niagra Falls closing down.
Posted By: Latex (Guest) on March 22, 2011 at 08:25 PM
Pure boredom.
Posted By: Guest#9732 (Guest) on March 23, 2011 at 07:13 PM
Ok people need to ease up. It's a retail store and not some place for "fans" to just go loiter and not buy anything. I bought a Randy Orton t-shirt and a CM Punk Top Rope shirt there when I went in the spring of 2010. I was pretty satisfied. People act like the place was a concentration camp. They didn't have everything but it still fun to go in an take a look around. That and uh, saying that TNA is a threat to WWE is just laughable. Just ask Christian or Booker T. Or better yet, just look how cool Kurt Angle looks now with all his faux-MMAness and all. Yeah. TNA is suuuper cool. *Rolls eyes*
Posted By: Mike (Guest) on August 15, 2011 at 02:21 PM
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