I mean, he's not good at all, but there have been plenty of big dudes that were worse getting big pushes. He had charisma and a physical presence that was hard to deny. Always felt like he was 100% into his character at all times on screen.
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I mean, he's not good at all, but there have been plenty of big dudes that were worse getting big pushes. He had charisma and a physical presence that was hard to deny. Always felt like he was 100% into his character at all times on screen.
Those Sid fistbumps are enough to make anyone fall in love with him.
Probably Sid's best night in wrestling.
DUFFMCWALIN
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Just watched WCW Starcade 2000. It sucked. I don't remember WCW like that but I was young.
Oh man. Dude. WCW in 1999/2000 is some of the worst shit you will ever see in your life.
PHOENIXZERO
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I'll just leave this modification here..
That flippy was amazing.
DUFFMCWALIN
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It was so bad! How was Steiner not on roids at that point either? His body is the perfect encapsulation of a roided out male human body.
He was. A lot of them.
DUFFMCWALIN
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I figured I just remember him always denying it. Kinda hard to deny it when you look like that. Anyways what are some good PPV's for WCW to watch?
None in 2000 are worth watching. 1999 had Spring Stampede, which is a top five all time WCW show. It also had Halloween Havoc, which was Russo's first show and is bananas.
Mr. Enigma
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I've said it before, but it's worth repeating. WCW 1999 is fascinating. Watch a Nitro in January 1999, June 1999, and December 1999. Three totally different promotions.
DUFFMCWALIN
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Host Samurai
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I was there for that match also. I must have been like 11 or 12 at the time and I was cheering Sid hardcore. There was something about HBK in 96 that I hated....maybe it was because he beat Diesel and Bret. Funny how now HBK is my top 3.
Speaking of SS 96, SCSA was very over in MSG from what I remember.
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I was watching Summerslam at a friends house yesterday and his girlfriend was cyberbullying us by hogging all the bandwidth on their shitty internet connection causing a couple of freezes in the livestream. WWE should fix this problem.
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Vault
Video Vault
2013
The Best vs The Beast Re-Visited - 08/14/2013
Original
Wwe Beyond The Ring
2006
The Roddy Piper Story - 07/27/2006
In Ring
Smackdown Replays
2014
Dean. Kane. - 07/18/2014
Video Vault
2013
The Best vs The Beast Re-Visited - 08/14/2013
Original
Wwe Beyond The Ring
2006
The Roddy Piper Story - 07/27/2006
In Ring
Smackdown Replays
2014
Dean. Kane. - 07/18/2014
Perspicacity
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Holy shit, Dean Cain?
I signed up for Summerslam and I'm kinda confused by the content. I search for WCW PPV's and all could find were post-2000 garbage, except for stuff like Starrcade I think and fucking Hog Wild. I can't find any Nitros either, nor does there seem to be much ECW.
Also the Summerslam replay stream was dog shit. What am I missing here?
Also the Summerslam replay stream was dog shit. What am I missing here?
Don't ever use the search for anything. If you want WCW PPVs, click shows. It's automatically on PPVs. Click WCW. All the PPVs are available by name. If you want to go for all shows by specfic years, scroll down a little and select the year you want. Like so:
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
I got the WWE network....
I don't have the best internet but this looks better than I expected. Gonna get my Booker T on.
Seen some footage of Kurt in 2001, some serious backnee.
I don't have the best internet but this looks better than I expected. Gonna get my Booker T on.
Seen some footage of Kurt in 2001, some serious backnee.
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Today's update:
Vault
Video Vault
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Cena vs Punk at Raw 1031 - 02/25/2013
WWE PPVs
Summerslam
2014
SummerSlam Backstage Pass - 08/18/2014
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Video Vault
2013
Cena vs Punk at Raw 1031 - 02/25/2013
WWE PPVs
Summerslam
2014
SummerSlam Backstage Pass - 08/18/2014
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If you missed Monday Night War's first episode, it's up:
http://network.wwe.com/video/v35472215
VERY good. 19 more to go!
http://network.wwe.com/video/v35472215
VERY good. 19 more to go!
Is that the thing they played once live and then it wasn't on demand?
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Yessir. Narrated by Saint's Row IV's Keith David
Bizarre - why can't I find this on the console app?
Noticed that, too. Ah well. I'm sure it'll be up in a day or two.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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It doesn't air until Friday night.
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You may be able to access it on consoles by looking at Friday's schedule and telling it to play.
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In Ring
Raw Replays
2014
Ill See You at SummerSlam! - 07/21/2014
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Total Divas
2013
SummerSlam - 11/10/2013
Anyone watch the Shield doc ?
Raw Replays
2014
Ill See You at SummerSlam! - 07/21/2014
Original
Total Divas
2013
SummerSlam - 11/10/2013
Anyone watch the Shield doc ?
Yep, I liked it a lot. I was blown away that CZW footage was shown for Ambrose. I was hoping for a Zandig interview.
Host Samurai
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I just remembered something so random today. WWF actually tried to push Barry Horowitz as a "Superstar". What was the reason for his little push out of jobber territory? just seems completely random and out of the blue.
I think it was to reward him for his years of service.
Shield doc was rad. Hope to see more of those. The Warrior and Bryan ones were also great.
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Wwe Nxt
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CHANGED - Episode 236 - 08/21/2014
Wwe Superstars
2014
CHANGED - Episode 280 - 08/21/2014
Wwe Nxt
2014
CHANGED - Episode 236 - 08/21/2014
Wwe Superstars
2014
CHANGED - Episode 280 - 08/21/2014
6 months in and here is what the Network still doesn't have:
Any of the secondary/syndicated shows from WWF or WCW
Complete lack of any territories besides World Class, which hasn't been updated in months
Nitro
A ratings system, be it stars like Netflix, or votes/thumbs up
History of shows you've watched
Playlists
The ability to set update reminders for shows you want (IE, send a notification when a new Raw from 1997 is uploaded)
Group viewing with chat (Would be pretty fun, but not essential)
Videos playing back from where you left off
EVERY video having time stamps
Auto chronological play, be it to set to play all Raws/Smackdowns/PPVs from a period in order, or just in each category. Imagine if were watching a show on Netflix and had to back, find the right season, and then find the next episode instead of just auto playing the next one.
A player that doesn't die if you try to jump 10 seconds back while paused
Ability to change the size of the player or have a pop out version
A page that details ALL new uploads. There isn't even a *New* anywhere when things get updated.
As great of a value as the Network is, god damn are they really half assing on a lot of features that are standard for just about every video streaming service in the world. Especially egregious is that they use "Like Netflix, but better" as a slogan when they don't offer features they've had for years.
Any of the secondary/syndicated shows from WWF or WCW
Complete lack of any territories besides World Class, which hasn't been updated in months
Nitro
A ratings system, be it stars like Netflix, or votes/thumbs up
History of shows you've watched
Playlists
The ability to set update reminders for shows you want (IE, send a notification when a new Raw from 1997 is uploaded)
Group viewing with chat (Would be pretty fun, but not essential)
Videos playing back from where you left off
EVERY video having time stamps
Auto chronological play, be it to set to play all Raws/Smackdowns/PPVs from a period in order, or just in each category. Imagine if were watching a show on Netflix and had to back, find the right season, and then find the next episode instead of just auto playing the next one.
A player that doesn't die if you try to jump 10 seconds back while paused
Ability to change the size of the player or have a pop out version
A page that details ALL new uploads. There isn't even a *New* anywhere when things get updated.
As great of a value as the Network is, god damn are they really half assing on a lot of features that are standard for just about every video streaming service in the world. Especially egregious is that they use "Like Netflix, but better" as a slogan when they don't offer features they've had for years.
Host Samurai
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This would be amazing. I just want to sit back and watch all the RAWs without any interuption
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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They haven't released a single new feature since launch that I'm aware of. This is the most half-assed service I've ever used.
YouTube is still better for wrestling despite the usually shit quality because you can actually search for individual moments or just have a playlist of something auto-play.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Resume is a barely implemented feature on most of the TV devices, but it's not on the website.
So I'm watching an episode of Clash of the Champions right now on the Network, and the first thing I noticed is that they kept in Michael Buffer doing the introductions.
I remembered in the past that they took out Buffer's ring introductions on numerous WCW shows due to licensing issues. Did they recently resolve those licensing issues?
I remembered in the past that they took out Buffer's ring introductions on numerous WCW shows due to licensing issues. Did they recently resolve those licensing issues?
I don't think there are any licensing issues besides ECW stuff. For a while, some WCW entrance themes were edited, but those seem to have been resolved. WWE has all the licensed themes and PPV songs, plus old ads and logos. ECW is really dicked since they used real music ALL THE GOD DAMN TIME and didn't have the rights to use them even at the time, so now all the music is dubbed on those shows. For the most part, the new ECW themes aren't even sound alikes. Promos get cut off a lot. Like stuff where Joey is at ringside. Any promos that start while the music was still playing are mute until the music stops.
I can't get over how the first ep of MNW really tried to portray the Lex Express as this big thing that was really popular after 20 years of full on burying it any chance they got. All to make it seem like Lex jumping for the first episode of Nitro was a huge loss to WWE, when in fact Lex hadn't been a major player for over a year and had no solo PPV matches after Summerslam 1994.
Sid was also more of a bully heel than a monster heel, meaning he had no problem putting smaller guys over like Sting, Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels. In fact all his interesting feuds were with smaller guys. Larger dudes? Vader was alright, but anything with Kevin Nash was just plain awful.
Well yeah. I don't think there is any big man wrestler who had his best work with another big man wrestler. Because that defeats the purpose of being a big man. Sid and Nash working together was a terrible idea in WWF and WCW because they were pretty much the same wrestler and had all of the same moves. Giant Guy vs Giant Guy is a match you run once as a big PPV match. Not carry it on for 3 months.
I mean it was big, but they portrayed it as if Lex was jumping in the middle of his run as Hogan's replacement. That wasn't the case at all. He hadn't been near anything main event in over a year and by the time he jumped, he was in a tag team with Bulldog that only won against jobbers. The closest thing in modern WWE would be if Ryback jumped to TNA.
DaBargainHunta
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Regardless of how the WWF used him toward the end, Lex appearing on Nitro was still a huge deal. Furthermore, the promise of Luger vs. Hogan for the following week showed that Nitro was for real. It was was still a dream match in anyone's eyes back then, and it took place before giving away PPV main events on free TV was commonplace. That match made people tune in again for the second episode. Would Lex win the title? Was he a face or heel? Find out next week! It was brilliant.
You're joking, right? The Ryback comparison makes zero sense, because regardless of how Lex was used in the WWF, he was still a former WCW main eventer and a huge deal to that audience. Not to mention, he was pushed as a big star for most of his WWF run anyway (Lex Express, etc.). I don't know where you got Ryback from, as the two aren't even comparable. Ryback was never a top star anywhere else. Luger was. Hell, Ryback has never been World Champion. Luger had (in WCW). The industry was a lot different twenty years ago. Luger had a main event push for most of his career. Six months with Bulldog did not destroy that perception among fans.
Seems like a pretty accurate comparison to me. Lex was pushed as the next big star, repeatedly couldn't win the big one, and then was bussed down to the mid card, before forming a tag team that didn't go anywhere while being mostly a JTTS. Lex being a former WCW Champion didn't matter a whole lot, as many people tuning into WCW when Hogan showed up had never heard of WCW and wasn't aware of Lex's history in the company.
I was just pointing out how hilarious it was that WWE went full on revisionist history on Lex's WWF run because that makes it sound like more of a blow to them after burying Lex and that whole run for the past 20 years.
"They stole away Hogan and our Hogan replacement" sounds a lot better than "They stole a guy who was a main eventer a year and a half ago that we don't really use for anything more than to make other guys look good now".
I was just pointing out how hilarious it was that WWE went full on revisionist history on Lex's WWF run because that makes it sound like more of a blow to them after burying Lex and that whole run for the past 20 years.
"They stole away Hogan and our Hogan replacement" sounds a lot better than "They stole a guy who was a main eventer a year and a half ago that we don't really use for anything more than to make other guys look good now".