Future of WFA

[Dominus]

Originally Posted by Anthony

LOL the production was sooooo bad, that it felt like I was watching a really well done backyard wrestling federation

It's a building process, the first UFC shows were not very shit hot. time will tell, if they can't pick it up in the next few PPVs then there will be problems. If they get a deal on TV done, the production value will go up and it will feel professional rather than a home movie. We really all should hope that there iwill be more MMA for us to watch. The more MMA, the better. Just because it's not as good as the UFC right off the get go, we should still give it a good once over. If the WFA survives it's good for all of us MMA fans.

[Ubermensch]

Only if the fighters can rise far enough above the corps that run the belts if not we will keep running into stuff like the Wandy/Chuck fiasco. But all in all I hope the WFA does well. I just want the fighters to rise above the companys so we can see somone like Mayhem fight Diego or something.

[Greenish]

Originally Posted by SASK_MMA

I believe we should have one big org with all the fighters in it IMO

If you have one dominant organisation it automaticly leads to stagnation (huh, that rymes). While several organisations make champion vs campion match-ups unlikly it is a proven fact that competition is a good thing for a consumer.

[kickass32]

I was just on their website....the latest update was on Aug. 1 and under their fight schedule banner, it is blank.

[Kewl144]

Originally Posted by Dominus

It's a building process, the first UFC shows were not very shit hot. time will tell, if they can't pick it up in the next few PPVs then there will be problems. If they get a deal on TV done, the production value will go up and it will feel professional rather than a home movie. We really all should hope that there iwill be more MMA for us to watch. The more MMA, the better. Just because it's not as good as the UFC right off the get go, we should still give it a good once over. If the WFA survives it's good for all of us MMA fans.

But this isnt their first event. Between 2001 and 2002 they had 3 events before calling it quits. I honestly believe they're only trying to get it up off the ground again because they're trying to feed off the MMA interest that the UFC has created. But how long can they last? They probably lost money last show and their only source of revenue is PPVs...which seem to be 3 months apart.

[piss ant]

Originally Posted by BigJoe111

The WFA besides possibly going broke would have to draw a big name away from either UFC or PRIde and I am not talking about someone who was a big name five years ago. I mean someone like GSP, Penn, or Arlovski.

They have a big name from pride but that don't mean shit because no one cares about pride in the US

[killerinstinct]

Like someone said eariler they have potential ,but they're not going to do over night what took the UFC years to do.

[Kewl144]

Originally Posted by piss ant

They have a big name from pride but that don't mean shit because no one cares about pride in the US

Correction. Most of the tuf noobs probably dont care about Pride.

[LethalStriker]

Correction. Most of the tuf noobs probably dont care about Pride.

Which is the vast amount of the PPV buying audience.

[Kewl144]

Originally Posted by LethalStriker

Which is the vast amount of the PPV buying audience.

source? numbers? proof?