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WWE Network |OT| $9.99 PPVs, that's gonna put some butts in the seats
- Thread starter Kaladin
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Sorry I was thinking of the 3 ring battle royal, you meant the Doomsday Cage matches. One was at Uncensored '96.
Are you talking about the three stacked cages?
Any of you happen to come across this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1DnQl-_0z4
It's hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1DnQl-_0z4
It's hilarious
CaptainSlow
Member
Man, watching some 2000 era PPV's, I forgot how OBCESSED I was with Molly Holly. I had such a huge crush on her when I was 11-12. She was too damn cute. Too bad she went brunette and then bald and I completely lost interest.
Great American Bash 1988, Uncensored 1996 (although a different version), Slamboree 2000, and on a Nitro in 2000 under War Games: Russo's Revenge. WCCW also did a version of it first.
Definitely not as there are no advisories and commentary is no longer edited to prevent good things being said about him.
There are sometimes advisory bumpers indicating that the characters are played by actors and their actions do not reflect the views of the company, thus it covers Benoit, Zumhofe, Dr. D, ect.
But it mostly covers Benoit.
I haven't seen any advisories on anything so far.
HerbertFish
Member
I've seen them. They are just at the start of a show for a brief second
Host Samurai
Member
I have always hated the way the ring mat sounded in WCW. Just didn't sound like it had any impact like the WWF ring
Awesome.
That is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Watch Superbrawl 2000. The ring is mic'd so weirdly and sounds like it really fucking hurts to bump on it.
So did Tajiri.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Man, Gorilla Monsoon really did overuse the Pearl Harbor comparison on commentary.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
The place goes bananas a lot too.
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Deleted member 47027
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Tajiri gained SO MUCH by growing facial hair. He was a nobody without it.
Pffft, Joey Styles didn't mention that and he got his info off of 1wrestling.com. What a joke, no wonder he didn't last in the big leagues of storytelling.
Pearl Harbor and the house of fire.
Yeah, I remember Tajiri all clean shaven and in blue trunks for a match against TAKA back in the WWF before he went to ECW.
Fake Edit, here it is: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1erxk_taka-vs-tajiri_fun
That's because WWF/E rings are infamous in design to sound that way. Many performers, albeit older ones, have lauded working in them.
But I agree. WWF/E rings sound totally awesome.
"BUT IT'S PANDEMONIUM HERE...!!!"
Giant Bill Simmons column about the network
http://grantland.com/features/welcome-to-the-wwe-network/
http://grantland.com/features/welcome-to-the-wwe-network/
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Deleted member 47027
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Just read this, a fun read.
360 is his most over used phrase and he almost always actually means 180. Jesse finally called him out on it I believe at WM5.
They're real songs, so yes. I think they bought a library of like 5000 songs for NXT.
Why the f are these jerks talking about increasing the price to $20, $25 a month?!
Interesting... The music for the Wyatt Family, Fandango, Emma and now Adam Rose do so much to establish their characters without them having to utter a word. The contrast when main roster guys come down for a cameo is almost painful (see Stephanie McMahon's music followed by Emma's last week).
Oh, absolutely. Fandango's is a Johnston song, the Wyatts' and now Adam Rose's are purchased/licensed real songs, and most of the new music at ArRIVAL is CFO$. The Ascension's new music may actually be library music.
Oh that's right....aaahhhahahahahahaha!! I remember that. And then went into one of those conversations about it like they would cover up the mics so keep it on the d/l.
Which brings up a similar thing...
For those who groan at how awful and repetitive Cole, Lawler and JBL can be, but remember the "good times" of Gorilla and Heenan:
GET OFF IT!!!
Heenan/Vince/Gorilla was just as bad with their token phrases, poor calling of the match(es), and general dialogue. Some of it was hilarious, sure. But man, much of it was just groan-worthy. Check out the old matches and tell me I'm wrong. ;-)
And just for kicks, my 5 personal faves in order:
Joey Styles (PbP) > Mike Tenay (WCW/color) > Jim Ross (Early WWF era) > Vince (New Gen era) > Lawler (Attitude Era; color)
Because they would be willing to pay it, and realistically, after a year, if you are using the service, you probably would as well
Wyatt is a separate deal. He found it himself on some random guys page and asked WWE to license it for him, then managed to talk them into carrying it up to the main roster as well.
No way, even as repetitive as they were, nothing beats Gorilla/Brain, Gorilla/Jesse, Vince/Jesse. Also, Mikey Tenay fucking sucks and always has. He was a lame asshole nerd dropping stupid references and thinking he was super cool for them. Fuck Mike Tenay. He's proof that knowing the names of moves doesn't mean dick.