It's been a rough week for the WWE Network as fans in the U.K. have been upset over the delay of the launch while it also experienced some significant downtime in the United States earlier this week.
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There have been reports that during the WWE's European tour, fans have peppered the company with "Where's our network" chants over the last week.
WWE CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon had a video apology air before Monday Night RAW and made a surprise appearance prior to Tuesday's SmackDown tapings to apologize to the audience for the delays in the launch.
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In the U.S., the WWE Network was down for two hours Wednesday night, but was back up before 11 p.m. ET. The WWE recently offered a one-month free trial for new subscribers that will also include the Survivor Series event on Nov. 23 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis for free.
According to Wrestlingheadlines.com, it was the first time since the network launched in February that it experienced some significant downtime. There have been some glitches and delays, but the network never went completely down for a significant amount of time.
There was originally talk that the network went down because it was hacked, but it was apparently shutdown internally for some unknown reason.
While the WWE Network's Twitter account didn't officially tweet about the problem right away, Wrestlingheadlines.com released the following transcript of a letter the company wrote a subscriber.
"Dear WWE Network Subscriber
Last night at approximately 8:30 pm ET, WWE Network experienced technical difficulties which may have impacted your ability to access video content. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused, but please be assured that we have corrected the problem and restored complete access to WWE Network.
If you have any questions regarding your subscription, please visit wwe.com/help. wwe.com/help.
Thank you for being a WWE Network Subscriber.
WWE Network Support"
Regarding WWE Network content, WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley revealed that his comedy show in Brooklyn on Nov. 23 will be recorded and will eventually air on the platform.
"Well you know what? There was a last minute brokering and it appears like the show will be done instead for the WWE Network," Foley told ThisIsInfamous.com. "Yeah it is awesome.
It's unknown what caused the WWE Network to go down, but the company has apologized for the error.
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