UFC president Dana White had high hopes for his new promotion, Power Slap. However, TBS has decided to drop the show, and will no longer air on the channel. ‘Power Slap: Road To The Title’ has aired only one season so far, but the popular television network has rejected White’s experiment.
‘Power Slap: Road To The Title’ has released eight episodes to date. Despite the tremendous action displayed by the fighters, the show didn’t blow up as much as Dana White expected. The UFC president later took to social media to announce the news.
Saturday night was a MASSIVE success! Thanks to everyone who tuned in. It’s official, Rumble @rumblevideo is now the EXCLUSIVE home of @powerslapleague pic.twitter.com/z9eqPejPJS
— danawhite (@danawhite) March 13, 2023
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Dana White mentions that seasons 2 and 3 of the show will air exclusively on the online video platform, Rumble. He also mentioned that the platform will host eight live events for Power Slap over the next couple of years. Launched in January 2023, the 53-year-old’s slap-fighting promotion has struggled to maintain viewership on TBS and has seen a lot of fluctuations in viewership throughout the eight episodes of the inaugural season.
Fans react to TBS dropping Power Slap
The news of TBS dropping Power Slap received a lot of responses from the fans on social media.
Power Slap League booted from TBS after one season https://t.co/0lUDOqxVst pic.twitter.com/K3hc06iMVK
— MMA Mania (@mmamania) March 14, 2023
One fan claimed that Dana White’s new slap-fighting show was exhausting to watch. However, he mentioned he took a liking to the live event.
The show is exhausting to watch. The live event was awesome.
— GRANT PANKRATZ (@grantpankratz) March 14, 2023
Another fan claims that the cancelation of the show on TBS was due to the bad press Dana White’s slap-fighting promotion garnered over the months.
People acting like this is because Power Slap failed but I think it’s more of the bad press it brought than anything
— Jeff MacDonald (@jmacyourlife) March 14, 2023
A Twitter user gave Dana White props for securing a two-year deal with the online video-sharing platform, Rumble.
They signed a deal with Rumble*, good try tho
— Will (@bonesbilly04) March 14, 2023
One fan was happy to learn that the show got canceled.
Glad to hear it was cancelled
— Hvntxr (@hvntxr) March 14, 2023
Another fan mentioned the two-year deal with Rumble and believes that the show is in a good position.
2 years w @rumblevideo and 8 live events to come. Inthink they’re good
— ©️®️ (@C_Michael88) March 14, 2023
Another fan claims that the news is wrong. Instead, he believes that the news should be about Power Slap moving to Rumble instead of airing on TBS.
Correction: they moved to the Rumble platform instead of TBS
— Franco (@mazingerz2020x) March 14, 2023
It shouldn't have made it through this season
— TroJanFrk99 (@TFrk99) March 14, 2023
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One fan on Twitter claims that ‘Power Slap: Road To The Title’ shouldn’t have completed its first season.
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It is evident that there are more fans happy about the show getting canceled. However, Dana White seemed confident in a recent interview after he claimed that Power Slap was worth almost a couple hundred million dollars in net worth. However, it remains to be seen if the promotion will survive the next two seasons.
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