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.
@WWE is wasting a locker room full of great young talent. Fix it or it will only get worse #CancelWWENetwork
— Frank Wible (@FrankWibble215) January 26, 2015
Lol #CancelWWENetwork was a top trender earlier. When fans even boo The Rock, you know you put on a terrible show. Well done, @WWE.
— Mack Williams (@IAmMackWilliams) January 26, 2015
.@VinceMcMahon‘s future as a fortune teller is definitely in jeopardy. #CancelWWENetwork pic.twitter.com/wmt2aHKg8C
— Alessandra Torre (@ReadAlessandra) January 26, 2015
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.
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