I have some good news and I have some bad news. The bad news is, you missed a lot of amazing shit. The good news, you can catch up on all of that and even more good news, skip all of the horrid shit the rest of us went through already. It's a win/win.
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WWE Network |OT| $9.99 PPVs, that's gonna put some butts in the seats
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I have some good news and I have some bad news. The bad news is, you missed a lot of amazing shit. The good news, you can catch up on all of that and even more good news, skip all of the horrid shit the rest of us went through already. It's a win/win.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
I was out of wrestling for over a year. Only got back in last month. So much new talent and many of them are pretty damn good.
Does it bother anyone else that Wyatt is always shown with a propane fire lit lantern back stage, then when he comes out to the ring, it's obviously LED?
Does it bother anyone else that Wyatt is always shown with a propane fire lit lantern back stage, then when he comes out to the ring, it's obviously LED?
gunstarhero
Member
Ssshhh - you're breaking the illusion!
8BitsAtATime
Member
is the network working on the xbox yet?
CaptainSlow
Member
It works in that you can finally log in, but if you try to find something to watch it's completely busted. I'm watching the PPVs in order and I went to Royal Rumble 2000 to keep going and it said "no videos found." UGH. It works SO good for me on my PC and PS3 too. SMFH at whoever is in charge of the 360 app.
diamondstar
Member
Just a few quick notes:
-Stephanie McMahon was really hot back in the day and is still hot now
-There are no current superstars that are even close to the superstars of the past(my opinion)
-King Booker was one of the greatest characters that got buried. I really liked how he and Sharmell would be in character and then go "hood" when something wrong was said.
-I can't wait to watch more old Raw and Smackdown shows
-Currently, the WWE Network, is the best $9.99 I have spent.
Side note-Does anyone else hate the banner at the bottom? I hope they give us the option to disable it.
-Stephanie McMahon was really hot back in the day and is still hot now
-There are no current superstars that are even close to the superstars of the past(my opinion)
-King Booker was one of the greatest characters that got buried. I really liked how he and Sharmell would be in character and then go "hood" when something wrong was said.
-I can't wait to watch more old Raw and Smackdown shows
-Currently, the WWE Network, is the best $9.99 I have spent.
Side note-Does anyone else hate the banner at the bottom? I hope they give us the option to disable it.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
The Shield are F'n great. Give them a year or two more and they'll be right up there imo. As singles stars even.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
WCW Superbrawl 3 - Cactus Jack v Mr Wonderful 1993
How in the world did Mick Foley survive to wrestle as long as he did, given how reckless he was with himself? You'd think he'd be wheelchair bound within just one year.
How in the world did Mick Foley survive to wrestle as long as he did, given how reckless he was with himself? You'd think he'd be wheelchair bound within just one year.
I just flipped on the live stream. Is this Lawler match with Jim Powers his WWE in ring debut?
EDIT:
Yep, it was, they said it on commentary.
And now they are showing a Piper's Pit where Junkyard Dog was supposed to be the guest but Salvatore Bellomo comes down instead. It has Piper shocked that Salvatore is friends with Junkyard since their skin wasn't the same color, Piper calling him a " dumb wap", and so much trash being thrown in the ring. Wow.
Oh, and here it is on Youtube...
http://youtu.be/e07zz2kUcvQ?t=5m14s
Seeing it on the WWE Network then seeing that horrible quality on YouTube really goes a long way to show just how great this WWE Network is in terms of the quality. Amazing.
EDIT:
Yep, it was, they said it on commentary.
And now they are showing a Piper's Pit where Junkyard Dog was supposed to be the guest but Salvatore Bellomo comes down instead. It has Piper shocked that Salvatore is friends with Junkyard since their skin wasn't the same color, Piper calling him a " dumb wap", and so much trash being thrown in the ring. Wow.
Oh, and here it is on Youtube...
http://youtu.be/e07zz2kUcvQ?t=5m14s
Seeing it on the WWE Network then seeing that horrible quality on YouTube really goes a long way to show just how great this WWE Network is in terms of the quality. Amazing.
Arrowgigantic
Member
My daughter is five. She's already learned how to turn on the TV, the PS3, go to the WWE Network, and find the Royal Rumble. The only thing she can't do yet is seek to the actual Royal Rumble match.
For some reason Royal Rumble matches are the only thing she cares about. When we watch Raw, she comes in the room and says, "is this a Royal Rumble?" and we say no and she wanders off. If she does watch some Raw with us and anybody goes out of the ring, she was letting us know that he's been eliminated. She maybe understands now that it doesn't work that way in a non-Rumble match, but she also probably doesn't care.
For some reason Royal Rumble matches are the only thing she cares about. When we watch Raw, she comes in the room and says, "is this a Royal Rumble?" and we say no and she wanders off. If she does watch some Raw with us and anybody goes out of the ring, she was letting us know that he's been eliminated. She maybe understands now that it doesn't work that way in a non-Rumble match, but she also probably doesn't care.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
Rumbles are consistently fun. You get to hear music, see someone appear. Definitely my favorite events.
She would be a fan of old school WCW with their over the top rope DQ rule.
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Deleted member 47027
Unconfirmed Member
I know what you mean. I always instantly hated him - shit made no sense. Now I appreciate him. Doink and Bob Backlund deserved more credit.
EDIT: 3 episodes of WCCW are on the Network, for those who love some good ol' shit. And it is good!
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Heel Doink was incredibly creepy. The theme music was nightmare-inducing as a child.
BFIB
Member
I kind of fell out of the "new generation" era. Wasn't a big fan of the gimmicks at the time, and really got into WCW around 93 through 95, until Hogan came in.
But upon these rewatches, there actually was some really great wrestling. And some of the gimmicks in retrospect were great. Doink especially.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Didn't Goldust hit the scene around this time, too?
No. Goldust had his in ring debut in the fall of 1995. Doink showed up in late 1992 and was ruined before the end of 1993 when he turned face, got replaced by various wrestlers, and became a full on jobber character.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Thanks. I meant around the 93-95 time frame, though, which would be true.
Doink should never have been a face.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
And later WCW for all the brawls and dudes that run in on matches.
Carnby
Member
I'm cracking up too. Is that real? LMAOOO!
What the fuck???
Goddamn I'm so glad they're adding more WCCW, giving the people what they want.
Haha... What the heck, man?
Heel Doink was pretty great. If there's one gimmick I'd like to see them try to revive/repackage/resurrect, it's that.
I get the impression that MLBAM don't test a thing before they throw these apps out there for everyone to beta test.
The 360 issues were bad enough, but they blamed MS for that one - but the PS4 app is their doing, and it sucks. Search was patched in despite the fact it didn't work, and still doesn't. As a search function, it's useless, as it doesn't search for anything 99% of the time. The 1% of time it does search, it doesn't show you all available results anyway.
Today I noticed that they have sections for Raw and Smackdown Backstage Pass, and the Raw Pre-show, although none for Smackdown Pre-show or This Week in WWE. I clicked on the Raw Pre-show section.
"Fatal Error: Something has gone very wrong, please restart the application"
Seriously? Come on. They couldn't even code a "There are no episodes" page with a back button, so just left the app to crash instead? The network is great value and I certainly won't be unsubscribing for a long time yet, but this is just amateur.
The 360 issues were bad enough, but they blamed MS for that one - but the PS4 app is their doing, and it sucks. Search was patched in despite the fact it didn't work, and still doesn't. As a search function, it's useless, as it doesn't search for anything 99% of the time. The 1% of time it does search, it doesn't show you all available results anyway.
Today I noticed that they have sections for Raw and Smackdown Backstage Pass, and the Raw Pre-show, although none for Smackdown Pre-show or This Week in WWE. I clicked on the Raw Pre-show section.
"Fatal Error: Something has gone very wrong, please restart the application"
Seriously? Come on. They couldn't even code a "There are no episodes" page with a back button, so just left the app to crash instead? The network is great value and I certainly won't be unsubscribing for a long time yet, but this is just amateur.
Rawr Its Ry
Member
How often are they planning on adding more content? I know there's a new episode of wm rewind and countdown tonight...but is it like a daily or weekly kind of thing?
What the hell?
HeisenbergLannister
Member
Watching the Tyson/Austin segment from Jan. of 1998, and while it seems kinda mild nowadays, back then, it blew my nearly 13 year old mind. It was talked about everywhere, and was where Austin went from wrestling star to household name.
Also, never noticed that you can quite clearly read Vince's lip and he says "push him, Mike" after Austin flips him off.
They had to be scared to death of the possibility that Tyson might go off script.
Also, never noticed that you can quite clearly read Vince's lip and he says "push him, Mike" after Austin flips him off.
They had to be scared to death of the possibility that Tyson might go off script.
Carnby
Member
I just want the Christopher Lambert episode. He talks about Ultimate Frisbee with Gangrel. I am dying to see this!
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
I noticed a similar thing on Raw yesterday where Zeb forgot about the hugging part of their segment, and Cesaro just visibly told him he forgot the hugging part.
The 360 app works now, but it's way worse than the PS3 app.
When you click on say "Royal Rumble" it doesn't give you all of them to scroll through like in the PS3 app, you have to manually select the year you want from the drop down menu which isn't exactly a deal breaker, but when looking through some of the other PPVs at first I thought that maybe the other years weren't there.
Streaming works absolutely fine on the 360 app though.
And the 360 interface is a lot more sluggish, which is a result of the overall structure of any media app on the 360 (it's basically the same interface as vimeo/hulu/youtube/dailymotion/etc)
If all you have is the 360, great! It's good enough. But if given the choice, I'd use any other version of the app.
EDIT: It's also worth mentioning that the live stream on the 360 seems to be about 60 seconds ahead of the PS3 app, for whatever reason
When you click on say "Royal Rumble" it doesn't give you all of them to scroll through like in the PS3 app, you have to manually select the year you want from the drop down menu which isn't exactly a deal breaker, but when looking through some of the other PPVs at first I thought that maybe the other years weren't there.
Streaming works absolutely fine on the 360 app though.
And the 360 interface is a lot more sluggish, which is a result of the overall structure of any media app on the 360 (it's basically the same interface as vimeo/hulu/youtube/dailymotion/etc)
If all you have is the 360, great! It's good enough. But if given the choice, I'd use any other version of the app.
EDIT: It's also worth mentioning that the live stream on the 360 seems to be about 60 seconds ahead of the PS3 app, for whatever reason
LanceVance
Member
Was wrestlemania 26 any good? My free trial runs out in a couple of days and I won't be subbing because I'm poor as fuck at the moment so need to pick wisely. I saw the promo vid for undertaker/hbk though and holy shit what a godly promo
BarrelMakingPenguin
Member
Are people still having regular issues with buffering on PS4 or am I in the minority? It's better than it was at launch obviously but it's still tough to watch anything for any great length of time because of it.
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
The graphics that display behind the wrestler when they make an entrance is pretty good at ruining the quality of the stream. It makes the entrance look like a jumble of pixels.
deafmedal
Member
Haven't really watched a bunch of matches yet, really only SS '98 and the awesome Rock/HHH ladder match, but I've been looking at some of the programs, watched the Austin documentary thingy, Countdown, This is NXT (?) and Wrestlemania Rewind....
Got to say I'm diggin it thus far, I reckon they have more of those 'this is your life' documentaries? I really enjoyed the Austin one and would love to watch others.
I generally watch on the Apple TV and haven't had any issues really. iPad app works as well although 'Push' is a little finicky but works well enough. Hope they add the ability to start watching on one Apple TV and then move to another (or maybe it does, haven't tried yet but I figured with it not remembering where you leave off if you shut it down/go back a menu why would it?) like iTunes/Netfilx/Hulu. I think my wife was mad I didn't finish watching the Austin thingy in bed last night lol.
Soooo much content, bookmarked the other thread and will slowly start watching some of those recommendations. Totally worth the cash for wrasslin fans!
Got to say I'm diggin it thus far, I reckon they have more of those 'this is your life' documentaries? I really enjoyed the Austin one and would love to watch others.
I generally watch on the Apple TV and haven't had any issues really. iPad app works as well although 'Push' is a little finicky but works well enough. Hope they add the ability to start watching on one Apple TV and then move to another (or maybe it does, haven't tried yet but I figured with it not remembering where you leave off if you shut it down/go back a menu why would it?) like iTunes/Netfilx/Hulu. I think my wife was mad I didn't finish watching the Austin thingy in bed last night lol.
Soooo much content, bookmarked the other thread and will slowly start watching some of those recommendations. Totally worth the cash for wrasslin fans!
Etrian Oddity
Member
The Shield is sooooo good. They'd fit right into the Attitude era of stables with proper bookers.
Obligatory Daniel Bryan superstar mention. Dat Busaiku.
Apophis2036
Banned
I'm sure it's been asked before but is there a legit way to get this now in the UK ?. Is there an official date for it in the UK ?.
Thanks.
Thanks.
