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WWE Network |OT| $9.99 PPVs, that's gonna put some butts in the seats
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This! I signed up for the free trial with that button they show but It really doesn't unless you use the gift subscription option. I'm in for 9.99 already apparently. Enjoying the network so far. I started watching wrestling back in 1995 and stopped in 2002 so i have much to watch.
WWWF? How far back does the catalogue go?!
Goddamn, I was never a fan of what I saw of Andre, but this younger Andre in WWWF is so damn good. Just a shame he wasn't in his prime by the Wrestlemania era.
This is on the live stream right now, classed as Old School as the show if you look at the VOD stuff. Guess they'll just put it up as and when they put it on the stream, so eventually they'll have it all up.
This is on the live stream right now, classed as Old School as the show if you look at the VOD stuff. Guess they'll just put it up as and when they put it on the stream, so eventually they'll have it all up.
Yup. Fair play to Mysterio if WWE are still willing to pay him though, take what you can get.
Really hoping Rey's ECW Hardcore TV matches go up soon. They were even better than a lot of his WCW work.
Dude can barely walk down the ramp without injuring himself, that's proof enough
The value of this is already great, I can't wait until they start getting some ordered series of episodes up. I'm actually holding off watching some of the PPVs if I can help it until that happens, so I can watch everything in order. I realise that could be months if not years away though.
I agree, the app's pretty bad. No search function, and bizarrely, no way to go back to previous days on the "live" network like you can on desktop, so if you wanted to catch up with a programme from yesterday, you can't on PS4 unless you specifically know what episode it was and find it through the menus.
Basileus777
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The different interfaces for this depending on the device you are using is a bit strange. Why can I only sort by year on Roku, but everywhere else PPVs are sorted by event with an optional year filter?
It does? Neat. Wasn't doing that at launch for me.
Yeah, seems to be making improvements every day, just loaded a Smackdown that isn't listed on the site and it worked fine.
Pumped for this but waiting till more reports of working. I kinda expected a cluster fuck launching all this on-demand video at once though. I grew up on old NWA/WCW tapes got out but monday night wars brought me back and got out lol back in and ready to relive all the glory days.
This! How the hell did it get past the testing stage. It's so bad.
Did the constant freezing/skipping/stuttering improve since yesterday? I had a more solid Day 1 than Day 2.
edit: Forgot to mention, I had to change my password before logging in PS4 since I had special characters in it. Once removed I logged in right away. Anyone else have this issue?
I'm wondering if it is fixed, or if it's a timezone thing. While America is sleeping or working, we're fine.
Mr Fuji wrasslin in a tag team match now!
Only issue I had with login was that O entered characters rather than X on PS4. That was weird.
I was just looking through the schedule on iPad, seems that by 9th March which is the latest day showing so far, we'll get the majority of the first 18 episodes of Raw - the so far missing episode 6 is included in those. Strangely, the also missing episode 5 is nowhere to be seen, and neither is episode 12. Hopefully they just upload those at some point in the next couple of weeks so there's continuity.
Going to have a look through ECW, WCCW etc now to see what their episode situation is like by the 9th. Strangely they aren't showing any Smackdown episodes yet besides Best of Smackdown.
Going to have a look through ECW, WCCW etc now to see what their episode situation is like by the 9th. Strangely they aren't showing any Smackdown episodes yet besides Best of Smackdown.
Arrowgigantic
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I was testing Royal Rumble 2010 feat. CM Punk this morning on my PC. Unlike yesterday, I was able to go right to the Royal Rumble match and it only took a few seconds for he video to start from that point. It still seems to start much quicker if you just let it play from the beginning though.
However, it's doing this weird thing, I think it's changing the video bitrate. The audio repeats the last second or two while the video freezes and then the video starts up again. Watching my network meter gadget, it looks like the network is serving up massive chunks of video, completely using all my bandwidth for a second or two, then idling until it needs more.
It's a lot better in that you can actually kinda watch stuff now, but it still needs work.
However, it's doing this weird thing, I think it's changing the video bitrate. The audio repeats the last second or two while the video freezes and then the video starts up again. Watching my network meter gadget, it looks like the network is serving up massive chunks of video, completely using all my bandwidth for a second or two, then idling until it needs more.
It's a lot better in that you can actually kinda watch stuff now, but it still needs work.
Arrowgigantic
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I don't think it exists.
Well things are better today so far, though it could be due to less traffic at this time of the day. Last night I could not get anything but live stream to load on the computer, but the ps4 would load the Legends of Wrestling videos. This morning the computer was loading ppv's just fine and without much buffering in the short time I tried, however December to Dismember froze up after 10 min and would not resume. I also can see the bookmarks in each video for the first time, hopefully this is a fix on their end and not just lack of traffic.
Yeah, their FAQ must be wrong. I haven't seen it anywhere on any of my devices :/
Your computer was saving you from a world of pain.
Lol, that could be. I know it is horrible, but I just have to see how bad it is for myself.
Yep, searched for The Rock and I can see loads of Smackdown episodes from 2000 now - I really hope them not being in the list is just a bug, and they aren't going to trickle them into the list two episodes a week even though they're technically already uploaded.
I remember as a kid being hyped as fuck about Taker fighting a guy who's bigger than him.
Why, young me, why?!
I've been chilling with ECW vods until we get some early continuity to WWE/WCW.
Has anyone found a "map" of all videos on the service layed out historically? How hard do you think it would be to make and maintain? We could make a name for ourselves if we tackled the project..
Has anyone found a "map" of all videos on the service layed out historically? How hard do you think it would be to make and maintain? We could make a name for ourselves if we tackled the project..
Carnby
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I only watched half of the first Countdown episode. So far it's pretty good. I could do without the superstars doing their best impression montage, but otherwise some of the footage they use is hilarious. Specifically, 80s, Hulk Hogan promos were insane; borderline Warrior insane. lol,
turnbuckle
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I was about to sign up for the free trial last night but noticed there wasn't nearly enough old content for me to be too interested (I'm talking mainly 80s WWF). I'm not sure if the 1 week trial will be available forever or just the first week the service is up. But I'd prefer to use my trial once the library gets way more fleshed out.
What I really want is a way to watch years of content in some kind of organized order. Or to search for certain feuds and see their origin, every interview related to it, and all the matches said feud contained. Having a fully-featured Hogan - Macho Man "Super Powers" storyline on demand is what I'm looking for. That kind of thing.
I only am interested in the history portion of this service, but if they get it right I'll be a subscriber forever. But they gotta get it right.
What I really want is a way to watch years of content in some kind of organized order. Or to search for certain feuds and see their origin, every interview related to it, and all the matches said feud contained. Having a fully-featured Hogan - Macho Man "Super Powers" storyline on demand is what I'm looking for. That kind of thing.
I only am interested in the history portion of this service, but if they get it right I'll be a subscriber forever. But they gotta get it right.
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Deleted member 47027
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Yeah, it'll take a little time. They'll hit their stride once they also figure out what people want from the service and what they want to see. In fact, if their signups aren't doing great, they may fast-track some content to get more subs. Let's hope!
Still, tons of content. Just not enough of what you want.
turnbuckle
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WTF, why did I call Hogan - Macho Man the "Super Powers"?
You know why? Because WWE Network doesn't have what I need and I'm starting to slip.
MEGAPOWERS. Christ. Get on it, Vince!
We just might blow the whole planet up
"Blow the whole planet up"? When going heel goes too far. Said my prayers, took my vitamins. And still...
Too soon spoiler:
Uno Venova
Banned
Oh that picture is terrible. Streaming went slightly better than last night for me on PS4 at least.