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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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The Wildman Marc Marro. Oh, Pettengill. WM12 is weird. Michael Cole does a voice over for the Piper/Goldust video package, but he didn't debut in the WWF until 1997, so he was recording over for someone at some point. I wonder when it was done and who he was dubbed over. I thought maybe it was Todd Pettengill, but he's on the show and all the other PPVs from the era. Maybe it was the music being used that needed to be dubbed, so the voice over needed to be redone as well.
Too bad the Slammy's aren't up... his opening's were great.
...sigh...
what the fuck?
Better to pretend Smacdown doesn't exist
Rocky, Meets The Sultan
For the Intercontinental Gold
Nothing rhymes with Sultan
So lets sing about that guy Stone Cold
lovely ladies
Member
He hosted the recent WWF In Your House DVD.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I just went through all of the WCW 2000 PPVs. Almost finished with 2001 as I have to go through Superbrawl and Greed. My god they're terrible. I don't know how Stro did it.
...sigh...
I've lost count over how many times Big Show's been put into the main event (or a high profile feud at least) for no reason.
Hi all, I've got the following for tonight:
What I need for a perfect evening:
Some recommendation of stuff to watch on here. The unbelievable, over-the-top stuff that would be enjoyable alongside an increasing amount of alcohol and burrito intake. Can you give me some?
Thanks!
- Girlfriend is gone
- Plenty of beer
- An interest in signing up for this so I can watch it tonight
What I need for a perfect evening:
Some recommendation of stuff to watch on here. The unbelievable, over-the-top stuff that would be enjoyable alongside an increasing amount of alcohol and burrito intake. Can you give me some?
Thanks!
Read the Wikipedia. Looks awesome. I went to whatever Wrestlemania was here in Seattle (I think it was 19?), but I don't recall this one. Thanks!
HeisenbergLannister
Member
You should know the reason. It's for the OMG WE NEVER SAW THAT COMING heel turn from him.
Ah, I finally gave myself some time yesterday to watch the Wyatt family appear on RAW for the first time. Then I saw Bray against Kofi, Kane, and Bryan. One knock I'll give on the guy against Bryan was I felt Bray could have done more offense. But what little offense was there I felt was pretty good. That and Bryan did a great jump bumping for him.
What a heel he is! I can't see the Feb PPV until that pops up on the network, but he has great charisma and a great voice so I never mind hearing him talk.
What a heel he is! I can't see the Feb PPV until that pops up on the network, but he has great charisma and a great voice so I never mind hearing him talk.
JesseEwiak
Member
Or, maybe, because most of the fans actually like The Big Show and understand the point that a massive giant should be in the main event picture instead of jobbing to I don't know, Dolph Ziggler in 30 seconds.
Serpentine
Banned
i think most people are indifferent to him and also he's shit and can barely go anymore. like rey.
ALTHOUGH i will say his heel run from late 2012-2013 was actually pretty good and he had some solid brawls with Sheamus and was responsible for the only decent feud babyface ADR had. Oh, and Kofi Kingston's best match ever
JesseEwiak
Member
No, people are indifferent to Damien Sandow and in non-smark areas, Dolph Ziggler. A 7 foot guy will always have a certain level of overness.
Also, Rey masks still sell tons at house shows and he's had better matches with no knee cartilage than whoever the indy darling of the week is.
In other words, what I want is Rey & Big Show pinning Ziggler & Sandow next week on RAW.
Serpentine
Banned
aside from the fact that Sandow and Zig Zag haven't not been booked like the loserest of losers in a looooooooooooooooooooooong time (and before that, just normal losers), that part is most certainly not true. dude can't do much anymore. restrict him to tags. hell, team him with Show again. i still wouldn't want to see them, but at least they'd be combined to one segment
BobTheFork
Member
I bought in today and I'm already happy with the purchase, I started watching old wcw PPVs and I remembered that I went to Starcade 93 when I was 13.
During the Rick Rude Boss Man Match
I'm the fat kid with the sign. I got to meet Jesse after the show. My dad took my best friend and I for my birthday. The only ppv I ever went to and it was amazing!
During the Rick Rude Boss Man Match
I'm the fat kid with the sign. I got to meet Jesse after the show. My dad took my best friend and I for my birthday. The only ppv I ever went to and it was amazing!
I'm kinda surprised that after what happened with Tyler Breeze at ArRival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw_omJpzjks
He wasn't on the latest episode of NXT at all. He's gotta be at an all time high for fan awareness if nothing else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw_omJpzjks
He wasn't on the latest episode of NXT at all. He's gotta be at an all time high for fan awareness if nothing else.
Watched WCW World War 3 '95 and saw one of the wrestlers looked like Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. Turned out it was The Yeti. Yes, that Yeti. Funny thing is the announcers kept hyping him up as one of the favourites and he winds up becoming one of the first guys eliminated from the match.
Also apparently WWE did not expect the WCW content to be so popular on the Network (and possibly as a side effect some of their own archived shows haven't been watched as much as they expected). If that's true then they definitely will not be prepared for when Nitro gets uploaded.
Also apparently WWE did not expect the WCW content to be so popular on the Network (and possibly as a side effect some of their own archived shows haven't been watched as much as they expected). If that's true then they definitely will not be prepared for when Nitro gets uploaded.
This is what Todd does on a daily basis now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg2yUvu1AXo
Phone scams while trying to impersonate the Jerky Boys.
Ahhh, no delicious Midnight Express theme? WWE Network is the worst.
HeisenbergLannister
Member
Guess The Great Khali should be in the main event picture instead of a goofy circus sideshow. He's huge, right? Hmm...
real_slime
Banned
If this is true then it adds to this feeling I've got that the WWE are people who have been royalty for so long they forgot that the taxes they've been collecting aren't a sure thing.
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Deleted member 47027
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That's awesome!
How disappointed do you think King is knowing it didn't work?
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this has me gigglingProbably as disappointed as Edge was when he couldn't get Christian over.
I REALLY liked early-WCW Tenay, as I tried to exhibit in my original post. He truly came off as the "Professor of Wrestling", at the time. He knew proper move names (which added much credit over the "wrasslin" stigma WCW was stapled with for so many early years), he added a different layer of excitement (not your typical post-career heel wrestler color grunting and hollering), and corrected/cleaned up the other commentators from their PPB botches, ESPECIALLY Schivone). Now in his later WCW work and then in TNA, he was absolutely awful. Should've just stuck with his original color work and he'd be legend, full stop.
This is setting aside WWE Network, however. I grew up on it all.
To each their own. But Bobby had those moments where he'd make something up and had absolutely nowhere to go with it or back it up. Those moments absolutely infuriated me, and not in a comical or character sense. I'm aware I'm in the minority here. But the Heenan era (at least in the WWF) didn't stick with me very well. He was certainly fun and hilarious, but perhaps not enough to my full liking.
*Disclaimer: He did provide a bit of jargon to my personal vocabulary that I still use to this day, the word "waffled"; ie. "He waffled him with that title belt, Schivone!"
Then I suppose I'm in the minority and don't feel bad about it. I felt midway through the traditional ECW era was Joey's peak. I got to meet and chat with him once in San Diego, and yes, he totally sticks with saying he sucked at commentary from the start; I mean, name someone who didn't stink it up in some way from their beginnings. However, once he got his groove and some of his gimmicks down, he just called those matches from his heart and made it work. His work lent credit to the performers' work, sounded extremely (no pun intended, or not, I don't know) exciting, and he was by far the wittiest in any commentary booth. I was laughing so hard at some of his quips I would be in tears. When I shared that statement with him, he started on a list of his favorites, particularly the one from One Night Stand where Sandman screamed for a beer with Tommy Dreamer laid out and bloodied. Joey retorted, "....a beer?!? Roomy needs PLASMA!!". We died. He also told stories about Tracy Smothers and the FBI. Couldn't get enough of the one-liners he'd use about Smothers being the most un-Italian guy on the planet, yet, being part of the FBI. Awesome stuff.
I enjoyed Vince because his work lent credit to the level of competition; like anyone could truly win a match at any time. And there was none better at hyping up the upcoming pay per views or major events. He also got good at not calling moves that he had no idea to what they were. His reactions to heel commentary was great, too. Like most commentators that overstayed their welcomes, the latter years of Vinnie Mac were pretty poor. As always, he stuck with the same gimmicks and phrases for so long that like many others, would rely on them too much and just got stale.
Again, I'm the minority here, all in all. And I can live with that.
I would've really liked Heyman had he kept his hyperbole in check. The shit he would say was more over the top than Vince.
I can certainly give that Regal lends a lot of credibility to NXT, while on commentary. But I just cannot call him a "good" commentator. He's mediocre, at best. I wish he would use more of his expansive knowledge of holds and moves in his dialogue. He's witty as fuck, and can come up with some hilarious on-the-fly responses to things. But he doesn't have a very good commentators flow or pace. Otherwise, if he sticks with it and picks up what I'm puttin down, he's got a shot at being really great.
The early Monday Night Wars, for this trio, were great IMO. But Tenay was the only real bright spot for me. And they got progressively worse... and fairly quickly.
House show. That's all it is, really.
She's a keeper.
Mine loves the wrasslin, but can't do the gore or stand crimson masks. She's ok with mediocre blood spots. But when it gets bad, she covers up or leaves... lol.
WHAAAAAAAAAAT?!? He lives?? Noice!
Fully Loaded 2000, Backlash 1999,
DDP vs Mach is awesome. Expect good things!
BobTheFork
Member
I have no idea what 'show' is on but I tune in this morning at the exact second Jake the Snake locks the Ultimate warrior in the room full of snakes lol. Warrior is just kicking snakes everywhere. I love this purchase so much.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
The fill time between shows by showing old vignettes and the like.