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WWE Network |OT| $9.99 PPVs, that's gonna put some butts in the seats
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Norwegian Rudo
Member
They did have a deal with WWF, but Vince being Vince they broke the terms so often and so blatantly they left WWF little choice but to sue.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
HHH, the racist bully, winning that match while King spouts racist bullshit was the biggest "wut" moment of my wrestling career.
JPeeples83
Member
Ultimo hits the giant swing!
After the match Mean Gene announces the new WCW website. It is incredible.
My favorite part of this match is the finish with the slingshot sitout powerbomb - it's glorious and Batista should use it as a finish once.
Using hidemyass to access the network then disconnecting immediately when my on-demand content has started to play (switching back to local ip) seems to be the sweet spot for getting flawless international playback. Hog Wild, Fall Brawl, Halloween Havoc and Starrcade 1996 all no buffers, except the Michaeal kind. yuck yuck.
I really love the new version of that that they use for oldschool raws.
This should be the logo they use for EVERYTHING. It just looks so much better than the scratch and network logo.
The reason they use it for old school is because it doesn't make sense for today.
Network has been fine for days, I don't think your process is helping you at all, it's probably just the issues being pretty much over.
QueenOfThorns
Member
How does it not make sense? It's a cool looking logo. Pretty timeless to me.
Network has been fine for days, I don't think your process is helping you at all, it's probably just the issues being pretty much over.
Uh, you misunderstand. As a international subscriber, using a spoof IP or virtual server to stream content has inherent speed constraints depending on how far your spoof IP is from your physical location. If you dump your spoof as soon as that geograph handshake is made, you can continue streaming the content with your local IP, getting the best speeds possible without being locked out of content.
Sure, maybe the shape of it. But the colours and the over-the-top reflections just don't look right anymore.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I love it
The Iron Yuppie
Member
Yea, the commentary was painful to listen to.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Whelp GAF, you put me in an arm bar and I was unable to escape... just signed up
Really excited to revisit some of my favorite shit from years past. And force my kid to watch Hogan and Warrior and Macho Man over and over
Welcome brah. Looking forward to seeing what you enjoy and don't now.
I was there for that one. The crowd kinda deflated when Booker lost.
My main memories are Jericho/Michaels and seeing Brock almost kill himself. Oh, and watching Spike Dudley balance on an upper railing before the show and wave to the crowd. That was kinda unnerving.
Oh, we also got to make fun of Fred Durst. Not many opportunities to do that.
Buckethead
Banned
I miss the days when Rey wasn't skinny fat, didn't have 7000 tattoos, and wrestled with other cruiserweights.
BillRiccio
Member
Holy shit Jake the Snake just slapped Ms. Elizabeth right across the face. That mother fucker!
The tattoo issue is one that plagues many wrestlers. They look fine and pretty badass with one or two cool looking tattoos and then they go overboard and tattoo every part of their body. Batista never had good tattoos to begin with, but now he looks like a carnaval freak when he's face down on the mat and they show his back.
Orton is another good example of this, as is CM Punk after he got his chest tattoo.
Stupid!
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
Orton looks way better with his tribal shit mostly gone, and Punk looks way better without random nerdy tattoos peppered all over him.
The people who look awful now are Jericho and Santino. Batista's colorful stars down his side are hilariously bad.
QueenOfThorns
Member
Going from nothing but WCW for a while to a WWF PPV makes the WWF rings look gigantic.
Host Samurai
Member
Revisiting the 91 Royal Rumble
Cliffs
-Warrior vs Slaughter was in the mid card
-Did not remember Dustin Rhodes ever being in the WWF
-Is that Tony Atlus dressed as an Indian?
Why was Hogan in the 1990 Rumble when he was champ? I don't think his title was on the line if he lost.
Cliffs
-Warrior vs Slaughter was in the mid card
-Did not remember Dustin Rhodes ever being in the WWF
-Is that Tony Atlus dressed as an Indian?
Why was Hogan in the 1990 Rumble when he was champ? I don't think his title was on the line if he lost.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Wasn't the Rumble just something they did for shits & giggles before they added the title shot in '93?
8BitsAtATime
Member
Soo yeah I signed up for the network and for some reason it cant log in on my 360.
So this should be fixed by Monday?
So this should be fixed by Monday?
BoboBrazil
Member
This was the low point in Kenny Powers career.
Host Samurai
Member
Yeah I think you are right. I think it started when Flair won the title for winning the rumble than after it turned into a no 1 contender
An email came out to say they're working "aggressively" with Microsoft to fix the 360 login issue.
Bonus points for Jericho since he made fun of Michael Coles shitty tattoos.
I remember hearing in the OSW Review that Mr. Perfect was supposed to win that Rumble but at the last second Hogan was like "nah." Haha. What a dick.
I believe the WWE ring has always had 4 extra feet than the NWA/WCW/ECW ring. I think WCW rings were 18 x 20 and WWE rings are 20 x 24. I think. WCW occasionally used an even smaller one when in really small venues.
Dustin started his national career in the WWF with Dusty, but left when Dusty went back to WCW. It is indeed Tony Atlas and Piper immediately called him/WWF out on the gimmick, which is ironic coming from Piper since he had ton so much racist shit in the 80s everywhere he went.
Wasn't exactly for shits and giggles. It was a big deal to win it, but it wasn't made an automatic WM title shot until 1993. Hulk won while champion in 1990.
Norwegian Rudo
Member
The Rumble always brought out the worst in Hulk. The one where he drags Sid out after being eliminated, while the crowd boos the shit out of him, is a particular highlight.
Serpentine
Banned
been watching a bunch of Mike Awesome matches. dude was legit, 300 pound dude diving high and powerbombing guys. I like that. It's too bad they never did much with him in WWE
He was legit at nearly killing dudes, fuck that guy.
BillRiccio
Member
I demand everyone watch the 92 Rumble so you can all hear Bobby "The Brain" Hennen do the greatest announcing job of all time! Him losing his shit rooting for Flair for over an hour is fantastic.
It seems like the NXT uses the smaller ring as well? It seems a little smaller when I'm watching it.
Totally agree. Just watched his first ECW PPV against Tanaka and I love their matches so much.
styl3s
Member
He was that reckless? I have no real recollection of him outside a very few ECW matches since they didn't carry the ppvs or show here and his horribly shitty WCW run and the even worse ambulance match between DDP.
I will only do this because i am semi drunk and and depressed that the Triple H vs Stone Cold 3 stages of hell match was not as good as i remembered.
I need some hype right now.
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Deleted member 47027
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THATS NOT FAIR TO FLAIR!
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Heenan's commentary on the Flair vs Perfect Loser Leaves Town match was also fantastic, A+ work. Bobby and Vince were going bananas for that match.
JPeeples83
Member
Yeah, the OSW Review folks went off on him for being crazy-stiff.
BillRiccio
Member
WWE uses a 20x20 ring. WCW and ECW used 18x18 as do most other feds. You'll see an occasional 16x16 on the indies but not to often.
British Monsoon
Member
Totally forgot about the finish to Rock vs HHH in the main event of the 1st Smackdown - that HBK superkick just before Rocky hit the people's elbow was so awesome. I got worked, lol.
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Deleted member 47027
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Man I loved the shit he did. Check this promo out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KW5kj_6jSU
The Gangstas were great. Tapped into white peoples' fears. 3:28 is when people start getting a little agitated.
Watched it earlier on the Network, it was beautiful. Slipped RIGHT in there, perfect. It was a great kick.
Serpentine
Banned
from what i've seen, probably. some chair shots to the head in his matches, usually exchanged though. figured it was just a general ECW thing so i didn't think much of it aside from "damn ecw is dangerous"
JPeeples83
Member
There's also the Awesome Bomb on the bus that sent one of the ICP guys sliding right off of it. Not really Awesome's fault, but still amusingly terrifying.