Wrestling Fans Lash Out With CancelWWENetwork
Wrestling fans were seething after the World Wrestling Entertainment's annual Royal Rumble event came to what appears to be an unsatisfactory end in Philadelphia on Sunday night. After Roman Reigns emerged victorious for the evening's highly anticipated battle royal finale, fans sounded off in mass on social media outlets with the hashtag "CancelWWENetwork" that was trending worldwide by the night's end. According to wrestling blogs, spectators at the event were chanting for refunds as rumors swirled that the WWE Network cancellation page had crashed as fans bombarded the site. Sunday night's fiasco was the latest in a long line of setbacks for the WWE since the company launched a subscription-based digital network last year that has largely failed to win over its own base. The network first hit the airwaves in early 2014, but appears to have all but backfired as disappointing subscription numbers sent stock prices tumbling and lead to large-scale layoffs at the Connecticut-based company. Listen to the most important stories of the day.