Interesting times for the WWE Network this week.

The troubled service finally hit the magical 1-million-subscriber point two days after the Royal Rumble PPV. It immediately announced the milestone via press release.

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A million is still far short of what WWE Network needs to be profitable (it needs an annual average of about 1.2 million), and it's nowhere near what is needed to recoup the money it gave up by cannibalizing its PPV business. It's a good start, however, and it showed that the network's free November promotion was a big success.

The number also showed that cranky Internet fans who got "#CancelWWENetwork" to trend on Twitter are a vocal minority.

Wisely, the network also announced Thursday a free February promotion, which should hook most of the people who were going to buy Wrestlemania 32 anyway and will likely neglect to cancel after the free month is over. Just think of how many times you can watch Daniel Bryan lose for only $9.99.