{"id":13454,"date":"2016-09-20T16:15:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=13454"},"modified":"2016-09-20T16:17:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T21:17:55","slug":"wwe-raw-losing-german-television-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/09\/20\/wwe-raw-losing-german-television-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated: WWE Raw losing German television home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-744498457\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Logo_WWE_dn\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?w=495&amp;ssl=1 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WWE is losing its German television partner once the contract expires in March 2017. TELE 5 announced that it will not be renewing its deal to air Raw. Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.power-wrestling.de\/wwe\/inside\/4429\/bild-wwe-fliegt-bei-tele-5-raus-wie-geht-es-jetzt-weiter\" target=\"_blank\">Power-wrestling.de<\/a>. [Thanks to Dot Net reader Bronco Groen]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> The numbers were considered strong in Germany, so the news is surprising. There&#8217;s no indication of where Raw will end up in Germany once the deal expires, but we&#8217;ll be sure to follow the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update (4:15 p.m. CT):<\/strong> WWE issued the following statement to Prowrestling.net regarding the German television deal:\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">\u201cWWE is near the end of a positive and transparent bidding process for our flagship programs, Raw and SmackDown, with strong responses from multiple parties.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In other words, Raw and Smackdown will remain on their current German television homes into March 2017, and they are already in the process of exploring a new television deal with other parties.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2408776755\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE is losing its German&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[101,370],"class_list":["post-13454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-raw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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