What are you watching on the WWE Network right now?

[Mercenary]

Summerslam 88

[Tazz Dan]

Isn't this already a thread?

[Shisen Kopf]

Porn. I found a secret way to watch porn on it. Call my hotline for how to do it: 1-800-rasslin

[Tazz Dan]

Watching a Tatanka match doesn't qualify as porn.

[NormanSmiley]

This motherfucker

[Heisenberg]

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"I started a similar thread and now I want my land back you white pancake. It's me. It's me. It's That I N D-I AN Tatanka ready to scalp your head and wear your jizz as hair gel. Don't forget about my wolf spirit and casino slam either."

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

NXT new episode.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fucking Leo Kruger gone :(

[Droford]

I enjoyed NXT but it doesn't help when they try to build up guys like Camacho and Yoshi as credible threats. That poor generic guy in black trunks that faced Adam Rose isn't needed either.

[Shisen Kopf]

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[Juan]

Been going thru all the 2008 PPV's

[dronepool]

2 sweaty guys taking turns trying to dominate each other.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Extreme Rules 2012. Sheamus v. Bryan currently.

[Bad News Gertner]

The Office Season 5

[Shadrick]

The Office Season 5

These are my party planning biotches.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

WrestleMania 28.

[Shadrick]

Just watched Halloween Havoc 98. Warrior and Hogan just had the most godawful match.

Goldberg VS DDP was kinda good.

[Shisen Kopf]

St Valentines Massacre. Pretty good stuff. Ryan Shamrock woooo!!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Eastern Championship Wrestling

[Fat Aaron]

I am watching the 02 Royal Rumble. I have watched all of them so far. I thought Maven was going to win...

[Shisen Kopf]

Aaron of Fatness, you should lose some weight and eat better before it turns into type 2 diabeetus. #shisencares

[Fat Aaron]

Oh wow! Austin, HHH, Angle, and Mr. Perfect all in right now... This is wonderful. And I ain't scared of no diabeetus #wilfordbrimley

[owenbrown]

Aaron of Fatness, you should lose some weight and eat better before it turns into type 2 diabeetus. #shisencares

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[FourFifty]

Survivor Series 95. Just looked up Barry Horowitz, and he was there.

[James Steele]

Today, I watched the SD! in 99 when Schwarzeneggar showed up and then Survivor Series 99. I didn't remember/realize the SD! with Arnold was the SD! before Survivor Series.

[Skippord]

I am watching Bash At The Beach 1997 in which Kevin Nash dresses as Sting and the announcers have to pretend he's sting despite him being like a foot taller

[Corndad]

Man, watching that Raw before WM 17 where Shane purchased WCW made me realize how over even the Midcard guys were at that time. Man the crowd popped big about every single match back then. Everyone was involved in something. No throwaways at all.

[James Steele]

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[Razzamajazz]

rasslemania 26 is on the stream right now. i almost forgot the epicness of the main event match

[Corndad]

Drew McIntyre looked like the future at this Mania lol Also, I miss Money in the Bank being at Mania.

[Volchok]

You guys seriously have old school Raws and Smackdowns?

[James Steele]

If you look under "Schedule" and find the "Best of" RAW and SD!s, you can watch them on Demand. They aren't under the normal library though.

[Volchok]

Oh, I was gonna say.

[James Steele]

Also, re-watched WM25 and I don't remember why this show got such a shitty response. The Kid Rock concert and divas battle royal killed the heat some, but every match was awesome. HHH/Orton and the 3-Way got medium responses but they were still great matches that had to follow HBK/Taker I. I forgot about how awesome the Jericho vs Legends match was. Going to watch Backlash 09 just to watch Jericho/Steamboat.

[Volchok]

I still can't play the Network on my laptop or desktop either. It only works on my phone... Kind of pissing me off. Cleared the cache, the cookies, reinstalled chrome, updated both computers. Still nothing.

[James Steele]

I wish they'd hurry up and debut "Legend's House" and "The Monday Night Wars". Weird thing is that I got my dad into watching original ECW. I'm in town for the weekend and kept hearing him say "holy shit" or "daaaaaamn". That Roku box is the best christmas present I ever got him.

[James Steele]

I still can't play the Network on my laptop or desktop either. It only works on my phone... Kind of pissing me off. Cleared the cache, the cookies, reinstalled chrome, updated both computers. Still nothing.

What is it doing? Is it just not playing video or what?

[James Steele]

WWE Network is fucking perfect on the Roku box.

[James Steele]

Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy should have been so much better than it was. They relied on cheap tricks and crazy spots instead of really trying to tell the story. The story of Matt being jealous of Jeff and everything was good stuff.

[Volchok]

It plays the TV rating and then just keeps the spinning loading thing going and going and going and going. I have the best internet to get, no data cap. I even left it on all night to see if it would play and I woke up with the shit still spinning.

[Volchok]

I click the play button and move my mouse and it goes back to pause.

[Volchok]

Once I move into my apartment im getting a Roku so I can have my netflix and the network.

[Volchok]

I even called the network help line and they couldn't even help. My laptop is running windows Vista and my desktop is running 7. I seriously have no idea.

[James Steele]

Have you tried uninstalling and re-installing Adobe Flash?

[James Steele]

"Has any other sibling rivalry been this personal?"

Undertaker killed their parents and is responsible for Kane's physical disfigurement turned mental instability/self-image complex. Kane dug up corpses of said murdered parents. Undertaker promised not to fight Kane before he killed them. Kane forced Undertaker to break this promise after setting him on fire and attacking his casket with an axe. Pretty damn personal. Matt did kill Jeff's dog and try and set him on fire with pyro though.

[Volchok]

Netflix works perfectly fine on both. But I suppose it's worth a shot with the flash.

[James Steele]

WWE should put MITB back into a WrestleMania mainstay. It is an awesome opener.

[James Steele]

The Twist of Fate with the head in the chair spot looks sick as fuck every time. How did they both come out of this match with no serious injuries?

[James Steele]

WWE Network has reminded me how much I loved Orton from 2003-08. He is an awesome cocky shithead heel. "Grrr Angry" Orton sucks. Sort of like how Goofy Kurt Angle is way better than "Wrestling Machine" Kurt Angle.

[Volchok]

Aaaaaand the flash thing did not work.. im just accepting the fact I can only watch on my phone until I get a roku.

[James Steele]

I'd mark out for Jack Swagger vs Kurt Angle at WrestleMania in an Ankle Lock Match.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Finally getting around to NXT Arrival now. Cesaro/Zayn was pretty good. The referee was kind of shitty, though. His cadence was almost always fucked up.

[Anybody Thrilla]

CJ Parker is a big dweeb. Not sure if I'm sold on Mojo Rawley, either.

[Skippord]

Mojo Rawley is the woooooooooooooooooooorst

[Bad News Gertner]

Jim and Andy are currently talking about coffee in season 5.

[James Steele]

Watching Uncensored 2000, and apparently Norman Smiley and KISS Demon were a tag team.

[James Steele]

Bam Bam Bigelow vs The Wall up next. This might be good.

[James Steele]

Nope.

[James Steele]

The Wall chokeslammed Bam Bam through a table and then chokeslammed Crowbar 20 ft off the TurnerTron scaffolding through the floor. Both got taken out in ambulances. Brian Knobbs is interviewed next by Mean Gene and dedicates his Hardcore Title match against 3 Count to Bam Bam and Crowbar. Knobbs is facing 3 Count in a hardcore gauntlet match and is trying to regain his title. The announcers are still in shock over the carnage in the last match.

One guy in 3 Count is wearing Zorro masks for some reason. (Edit: Apparently he has a broken nose.)

[James Steele]

...might do a WCW 2000 ppv play by play thread.

[James Steele]

Brian Knobbs' armpit smothering signature move is helping the announcers deal with their grief.

[James Steele]

Tony Schiovanie just said, "What kind of hardcore match would it be without the hidden table gimmick?!" as Knobbs pulls out a table from under the ring.

[James Steele]

Knobbs has eliminated 2 of the 3 members of 3 Count. HE IS A WARRIOR! exclaims Mark Madden. Also, this is a 3-on-1 elimination hardcore match moreso than a gauntlet match. Shannon Moore pinned Knobbs after Helms illegally attacked Knobbs. Knobbs' foot was on the rope so the match is restarted. The announcers applaud the referee's decision.

[James Steele]

Knobbs wins the title after landing a 2nd rope trash can diving splash. Announcers are in awe of Knobbs. Schiovanie says "What a series of bumps that was!" Apparently Knobbs had a broken arm during this match. Announcers putting over Knobbs huge. RIP 3-Count.

[James Steele]

Fuck, "New Harlem Heat" promo from Stevie Ray and Ahmed Johnson. Bad. Just bad...

[James Steele]

Vampiro doing a whiny pussy goth promo. I hate Vampiro.

[James Steele]

Booker about to compete. He has new entrance music. I guess he lost the music as well as the "T." in his name to New Harlem Heat?

[James Steele]

Billy Kidman with Torrie Wilson.

Booker/Kidman vs New Harlem Heat

Some big fat fuck with Ahmed and Stevie.

[James Steele]

God, New Harlem Heat has some young black lawyer on commentary with them. Young Black Lawyer does not care about what happened to Crowbar. He is doing the annoying "black preacher" stereotype voice.

[James Steele]

Mike Tenay is outraged.

[James Steele]

Ahmed must have eaten all of those double knee pads he used to wear.

[James Steele]

Black lawyer guy just called Torrie Wilson a "squawking yak".

[James Steele]

Booker and Billy beat New Harlem Heat. Torrie looks happy as fuck...I bet she is getting Double Stuffed like an Oreo later.

[James Steele]

Finlay vs Vampiro

This has potential to be good.

[James Steele]

Finlay is the heel apparently. Fuck Vampiro. I'm cheering for Finlay. Wish WWE would have dubbed over Finaly's WWE theme like they did Jericho's. Was hugely disappointed to hear "Break the Walls Down" instead of "Even Flowish Track #10" when watching Uncensored 99. Ralphus made up for it though. #RalphusShouldBeAtWrestleMania

[James Steele]

Finlay and Vampiro now going through the bathrooms.

Schiovanie: "THAT'S THE WOMAN'S BATHROOM!!!!!"

[James Steele]

WCW security does a horrible job when they fight in the commons areas. They swarm Vampiro after he pins Finlay.

[James Steele]

Vampiro looks like a bitchass DDP wannabe walking through the people.

[James Steele]

Fuck you, Vampiro.

Now, Harris Brothers and Slap Nuts/Black & Silver nWo Guitar weilding/Blue Sunglasses Wearing Jeff Jarrett US Champion ready to face World Champion Sid Vicious.

[James Steele]

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Now that the WWE Network has seemingly worked out most of it’s streaming kinks for the majority of people out there (sorry Xbox 360 users who STILL cannot connect), it’s the perfect time to post some sort of guide to the plethora of World Championship Wrestling PPVs available on demand.

Instead of writing this myself, I asked Jason Mann of Wrestlespective, David McKinney of the South Atlanta Wrestling blog, and Brandon Baxter of Bushido Blog to help pitch in with their own five recommendations of what to seek out on the WWE Network. We all came up with our choices independent of one another and surprisingly, only had one PPV find itself showing up twice on our lists.

I guess we can count that as a double recommendation…

For the complete list, click through the break!

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Great American Bash ‘89
This is probably the greatest pay-per-view I’ve ever seen, showcasing a vast arsenal of great wrestlers of many different styles. Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk in the first match of their classic feud, with both men still showing the stuff that made them NWA champions. Ricky Steamboat pulling a great match out of a game Lex Luger. A wild brawl between the Steiners and the Varsity Club. The mystique of the Great Muta battling rising star Sting. An intense War Games with Dr. Death, the Road Warriors, the Midnight Express, the Freebirds and the Samoan Swat Team. Two of the best managers ever in a tuxedo match. The birth of the Skyscrapers.

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Beach Blast ‘92
Cactus Jack landed on a lot of people’s radars and brought the best out of Sting with a wild brawl. The Steiners collide with the Miracle Violence Connection. The future Raven and Brian Pillman battle for the light heavyweight title. The last gasp of the Dangerous Alliance. Plus, Ricky Steamboat and Rick Rude have the perfect iron man match. And for those of you who enjoy such things, Missy Hyatt and Madusa in a bikini contest.

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Starrcade ‘96
WCW was still bustling from the early energy of the NWO storyline and its shows were lifted by the incredible international talent it had access to. The surprisingly spirited Hollywood Hogan vs. Roddy Piper brawl was the kind of main event that restored Starrcade’s place as WCW’s premier event. Plus, the Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko in a great showcase of state-of-the-art cruiserweight wrestling of the time, Jushin Liger vs. Rey Mysterio in a dream match, a fun Diamond Dallas Page vs. Eddie Guerrero encounter, and the Faces of Fear bringing the hoss fight to the Outsiders.

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Souled Out ‘98
Even after the finish of Sting vs. Hogan took some of the starch of out WCW, it was still a place filled with hope and (often unrealized) potential. Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair was a simple yet effective battle of two icons, yet both were soon to be marginalized for the better part of the year. Chris Benoit finally gets his hands on Raven after months of chasing and seems ready for bigger and better things. Chris Jericho cements his turn toward the dark side by destroying Rey Mysterio’s knee. Dusty Rhodes joins the NWO, just because. Kevin Nash works really, really hard against the Giant, though he also drops him on his head. A crew of talented luchadores have a frenzied spotfest, exciting the crowd.

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Spring Stampede ‘99
WCW was already well into its death spiral, but it still had enough talent to put on a mind-blowing wrestling show when it was focused. Even the main event, usually a weak point in late ’90s WCW, was a strong four-way with Diamond Dallas Page, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Sting (with a returning Randy Savage as ref). The rest of the show featured standout cruiserweight matches (Rey Mysterio vs. Kidman and Juventud Guerrera vs. newcomer Blitzkrieg), a well-constructed hardcore match (Hak vs. Bam Bam), a heated tag match between longtime rivals (Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko vs. Raven and Saturn), and another match with great effort from Kevin Nash (vs. Goldberg, sort of a return from Starrcade ‘98).

Jason Mann is a resident of Ohio, self-described “NBA superfan” and the host of the Wrestlespective podcast, a show that looks at the main event matches of PPVs from the past. He can be found on Twitter at @JasonMannOhioan.

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Starrcade 1997
I consider this the beginning of the end for WCW with the questionable booking of Sting vs Hogan. The involvement of Bret Hart is an interesting component of this show. In what could have really been WCW’s knockout blow to Vince and WWE you get to see one of WWE’s biggest stars go from the Montreal Screwjob to arguably WCW’s biggest event ever. Beyond that you get to see Eric Bischoff get his comeuppance at the hands of “The Living Legend” Larry Zbyszko. What you don’t see on this show is The Giant vs Kevin Nash. Depending what you want to believe, Kevin Nash was either dealing with a legitimate medical concern with his heart or simply did not want to do the J.O.B. to The Giant. In place of that match we get an impromptu showdown between Scott Hall and The Giant which is quite entertaining. This show captures everything that was right and wrong within WCW. No viewing of high-profile WCW shows is complete without Starrcade 1997.

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Hog Wild
Eric Bischoff is a lot of things, but afraid to take chances is absolutely not one of them. An example of this is the Hog Wild PPV which emanated from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. The visual of a ring surrounded by bikers: who revved their engines in lieu of cheering, is reason enough to give this show a look. While WCW returned to the Rally the event was renamed Road Wild due to a potential trademark issue with Harley-Davidson. The reason this Hog Wild/Road Wild is the one to watch is because it was not only the first, but it includes the coronation of the nWo’s Hollywood Hogan as WCW Champion. A post-main event angle with Ed Leslie as The Booty Man further sells the idea that the nWo is a ruthless group. In addition to the spectacle of the crowd and the importance of the main event there is good action underneath with an excellent Dean Malenko vs Chris Benoit match and Harlem Heat vs The Steiner Brothers for the WCW Tag Titles. If you are interested in seeing “Nature Boy” Ric Flair defend the US Title that happens here as well. Like many WCW cards at that time you got big happenings in the main events and exciting action in the undercard. Hog Wild delivers all of this great action in a unique environment.

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Halloween Havoc 1992
“Spin the Wheel, Make a Deal” is a chant that has gone down in wrestling history. Jake “The Snake” Roberts’ arrival in WCW was a huge deal. The Snake sneaking out from the crowd and delivering DDT to Sting was a hot start to a promising feud. In a classic example of overthinking things, the WCW brain trust followed this up with bizarre promos featuring midgets and a wheel full of stipulations for the match. Was the wheel gimmicked? I’m not sure we know one way or the other, but we do know that the Coal Miner’s Glove match probably wasn’t high on the list of exciting matches fans wanted to see. The hokey way the match ended certainly didn’t help matters and that’s coming from someone who is a huge fan of both wrestlers. There are other interesting matches on this card such as Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The introductions and having Harley Race and Kensuke Sasaki as special referees add an interesting atmosphere to that match. In a somewhat infamous title defense Ron Simmons defends his WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Barbarian. I recommend this show primarily because it is an interesting peek into that era in WCW. Any other PPV from this period will give you the same look, but the Spin the Wheel vignettes make this one special.

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Halloween Havoc 1996
While it may be easy to dismiss Hogan vs Savage as a match between two guys past their primes WCW had done a heck of a job building this match. No one aside from Sting played a better foil for the nWo than the “Macho Man.” The match itself was an exercise in frustration with Nick Patrick’s crooked ref shenanigans, but business picked up before the show went off the air. The arrival of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was an undeniably cool moment for WCW. The slow build of excitement as the bagpipes played and the announcers gave hints about what was to come really delivered. Once “Hot Rod” got in the ring you knew things were about to get even more interesting. “Do you know what bothers you? I’m the only guy you have never been able to beat.” Great mic work by Piper with that line for example. It’s hard to imagine praising a PPV that ends in an in-ring promo, but this one did and it completely worked. This confrontation setup an exciting new chapter in the battle between WCW and the nWo.

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Fall Brawl 1996: War Games
Team nWo vs Team WCW in a War Games match. At the height of the nWo angle there’s not much better than that. Prior to the event Team WCW doubted Sting’s allegiance. This made the main event even more electric. Fake Sting’s appearance for Team nWo reveals the truth of Sting’s alleged betrayal however. The arena is red hot for the War Games match. Flair’s arrival in the cage alone is practically worth the price of admission. This match will confront you with the question, “Why was Lex Luger stuck between those rings for so long?” Light-hearted observations aside, this is the genesis for Sting’s big run leading up to Starrcade 1997. This is the foundation for one of the absolute greatest angles of the Monday Night Wars. This is one of my favorite War Games matches and is absolutely worth a look.

David McKinney is a lifelong wrestling fan that runs the South Atlanta Wrestling blog that’s full of personal thoughts and anecdotes related to the squared circle. He can be found under his SAW blog Twitter account at @S_ATL_Wrestling.

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Starrcade 1995
Oh man what can I say?! It’s WCW/USA vs. NJPW/Japan for GLORY!! A seven match series for the “illustrious” World Cup of Wrestling. An award so “prestigious” it has yet to establish a Wikipedia page!! 80% of this PPV is built around the WCW/USA vs. NJPW/Japan competition, a real sports-oriented broadcast. Little things like, Tony Schiavone putting over game 7 and scorecard graphics prior to the matches, GOOD stuff!! Like all GOOD 80/90’s wrestling PPVs, a HIGH dosage of American patriotism and Western racism, stellar! For me, this was the first real introduction to NJPW and its talent. The guys seemed larger than life and defiantly had an aura, at least to an 8 year old. In ring work is decent, excellent story telling working the series to the full 7 matches. On this PPV Luger, Savage, Flair, Sting all work two matches. Solid Eddy Guerreo vs. Shinjiro Otani match. Sonny Onoo was ALL OVER this PPV including a pretty funny promo backstage with Mean Gene. Easily the best promo was Randy Savage who quotes Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story, rocking the Big Gold Belt, so 1995!! Once the WCW/USA vs. NJPW/Japan series concludes a Triple Threat match between Flair, Sting and Luger, with the winner facing Savage immediately after the match. With a solid undercard and mischievous main event this is definitely a must watch.

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Halloween Havoc 1995
This one makes the list for entirely different reasons than the rest… MONSTER TRUCK SUMO MATCH!!! A decent match is tossed to the side as Johnny B Badd is able to win the WCW World Television Championship for the 2nd time. This match included an imposter Johnny B Badd!! In another throw away match between Sabu vs. Mr. JL, The Shiek ignites a fireball into the face of Mr. JL. In the ambitious main event, The Giant does battle vs. Hulk Hogan in a Sumo Monster truck match atop of Cobo Hall!! Post Sumo match Giant/Hogan battle along the rooftop until The Giant FALLS presumably to his DEATH!! As a 9 year old this was INSASNE!! Did the Giant just die? Luckily for everyone the Giant was still very much alive and would return to defeat Hulk Hogan, winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship via DQ. This snapped Hogan’s 469 day streak as WCW Champion, an all-time record.

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Fall Brawl 1996
WCW vs. NWO in the WAR Games!! The main event is BIG time stuff as Tony Schiavone and Dusty put over the great importance of THIS night multiple times throughout the PPV. Dusty is a real asset in the booth on this night. It was well known that WCW undercards would prove to be top notch and delivered an inspiring work rate, usually out working the main eventers and this PPV was no different. Chavo Guerrero vs. DDP, Juventud Guerrera vs. Konnan and Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho are all SOLID matches that I would put up against today’s in-ring product. This also was the PPV debut of Jericho. An interesting side note, Konnan is billed at the Mexican Heavyweight Champion. He had left the AAA organization and taken the title, but no belt is present. The NWO rolled into the main event after taking out Savage in the match prior. At one point in my life this was the MOST IMPORTANT thing to have happened… We all know the story, NWO would prevail and WCW would continue to battle!! This also marked the last in-ring appearance by Flattop Sting before his PHENOMENAL Crow turn.

Monumental!!

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NWO Souled Out 1997
Although technically a WCW PPV, this was presented by Eric Bischoff and the NWO. From the establishing shots and opening package, this PPV is completely different than any other. The PPV opens with the patented NWO black/white filter as NWO members arrive on in a convoy of garbage and transport trucks. Inside the arena, the dark and gritty theme of the PPV is quite evident. A black canvas, black, ropes, black barricade, black ring apron, black… so on and so on!! Even the entrance has been neutered, this rendition consists simply of white light boards. Keeping on the production side of things all WCW wrestlers did not receive their theme songs, AWESOME touch!! I also noticed different camera work on multiple occasions. During the Jericho/Chono match you can see the cameraman operating a boom-mic-esque camera to achieve these shots. Throughout the PPV the “Miss NWO Pageant” plays out delivering some gut-wrenchingly AWESOME AWKWARD moments. Defiantly worth a watch!! The in ring work is next to AWFUL but not completely lost as Eddy Guerrero vs. Syxx delivers a STELLAR ladder match, the PPV’s definite highspot.

Souled Out makes the list as the artistic failure.

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Mayhem 1999
This was the inaugural Mayhem event which replaced the always loveable World War 3 PPV. This was also a landmark event as this was the 1st WCW PPV to be held in Canada, in my backyard of Toronto Ont, Canada. A Canadian legend was coming home with the possibility of capturing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in CANADA!! This PPV hosts the conclusion to the ongoing 32 Man tournament, with the Final 4 consisting of Sting, Hart, Benoit and Jarrett.

And if that doesn’t do it for you, we have some CRAP!!

Norman Smiley vs. Brian Knobs in the 1st WCW Hardcore Championship match!! Smiley rocking Toronto Maple Leafs goalie equipment, AWESOME!! The gimmicks wouldn’t stop!! Buff Bagwell vs. Curt Hennig (retirement match), Vampiro vs. Berlyn (dog collar match), Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious (I quit match) and last but not least, David Flair vs. Kimberly Page. Hart would go on to defeat Benoit in the Finals sending everyone home happy!!! This is arguably is the GREATEST WCW moment for Bret, in front of almost 14,000 ravenous Canadians. The previous PPV card and following PPV card would post attendances of 8,500. Oh, CANADA!!

Brandon Baxter has spent his entire life with the awesome last name of Baxter and maintains the Bushido Blog site. His blog is full of show reviews and wrestling ramblings and he can be found at his Twitter account @BushidoBlog.

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Starrcade ‘88: True Gritt
True Gritt is a wonderful starting point on the WWE Network at as it’s loaded with notable stars and has a perfect mix of the big-name guys from the National Wrestling Alliance and wrestlers who would go on to find greatness years later once World Championship Wrestling was up and running. Sting and Dusty Rhodes teamed up to go against the Road Warriors in a fantastic match, Rick Steiner went against Mike Rotunda and had the crowd eating out of his hand, and even Bam Bam Bigelow had a match here against Barry Windham.

To top it all off, the main event of Ric Flair vs Lex Luger might just be the finest match “The Total Package” ever took part in. Everything on this show is of a superior-quality and worth spending some time with.

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Uncensored 1996
Sometimes, a little bit of perspective is needed to fully comprehend what the New World Order did for World Championship Wrestling. Uncensored took place a little over three months before the infamous Hulk Hogan turn to join Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in their reign of terror in WCW, and this show is about as hokey as you could get. A handful of matches like the opener with Konan vs Eddie Guerrero are great, but the main event with The Alliance to End Hulkamania and the Doomsday Cage is absolutely cringe-inducing!

The A.T.E.H were a collection of The Hulkster’s biggest baddies who were united to get rid of Hulk Hogan once and for all. Ric Flair! The Taskmaster! Zeus from No Holds Barred!! They were all thrown inside of a three story cage where Hogan and Randy Savage had to fight through each level from top to bottom in three separate matches in order to win. It’s as goofy and awkward as it sounds and makes it almost hard to believe that this would be the company ruling the wrestling world by the end of the year.

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Starrcade ‘93: Tenth Anniversary
One of the greatest moments in the career of the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair that almost didn’t happen. The main event for Starrcade 1993 had Sid Vicious winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from Vader but due to a backstage incident where Sid attempted to murder Arn Anderson with a pair of scissors, WCW fired Vicious from the company. In Sid’s place, WCW went with Ric Flair to take on Vader in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Flair noted in his book that there was some animosity towards him from other guys backstage for getting the main event spot but he did not hesitate when it came to taking “The Mastodon” head-on. Vader pulled no punches in the match (literally) and created an intense, dramatic fight that proved that Ric Flair was still the man at age forty-four. Also, there’s a Shockmaster match near the beginning that’s worth noting as WCW turned the bumbling buffoon into a lovable idiot-savant who was clumsy outside the ring but a wrestling master once a match started.

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SuperBrawl III
The first SuperBrawl I ever caught as a child and my all-time favorite WCW PPV due primarily to the main event of Vader vs Sting. I had only rented a handful of WCW VHS tapes before I got to this show, so seeing something so insane as two men getting tied together by a rope for match was completely mind-blowing to my 9-year-old self.

Other items of note about SuperBrawl III — it’s the return of Ric Flair from the WWF, it’s the WCW debut of the “British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith, and has a face-off between Chris Benoit and 2 Cold Scorpio that showcased a style that would become immensely popular years later in World Championship Wrestling.

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Bash at the Beach 2000
I had originally intended to include the 1999 Bash PPV as it was from the time when I actually STOPPED watching WCW for a couple of months, but Bash at the Beach is a much more eventful show. This PPV is right after the Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff reboot of World Championship Wrestling and the matches themselves are a perfect mix of everything that was wrong with the company in their final years. A pre-taped match with The Demon and Vampiro battling in a dimly-light graveyard. Backstage vignettes of the Jung Dragons stalking Ernest Miller while an Asian pan-flute plays. A women’s wedding gown match where David Flair ended up losing his pants, Stacy Keilber ended up losing the match by stripping her own clothes off and everyone ends up with wedding cake smeared in their faces.

That all being said, Bash at the Beach 2000 is the final WCW show that involved Hulk Hogan as he quit the company immediately after. In his match against Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Jarrett ended up laying out for Hogan to give him the easy win. Afterward, Hogan grabbed the mic and vented his frustration towards Vince Russo:

"That’s why the company is in the damn shape it’s in ‘cause of bullshit like this. “
Russo responded soon after and tore into Hogan, promising the fans that they’ll “never see that piece of shit again” .

The entire thing was kinda scripted this way as the original plan had Hulk Hogan “quitting” WCW and Russo awarding the WCW title to a new champion. The angle was intended to lead to a showdown with between the two champions once The Hulkster returned, but that was all off the table once Hogan and Bischoff saw Russo’s scathing promo. Hogan felt personally attacked and quit WCW legitimately and filed a defamation suit against the promotion and Russo.

For those people who want to satiate their curiosity of what went wrong with WCW, Bash at the Beach 2000 is all you need.

Bryan Barrera is a general in the KISS Army, a real human being/real hero, and runs this site, WCW WorldWide. He tweets and Tumblrs under the name Hoarr and also runs the WCW WorldWide Twitter.

[Corndad]

Just watched Rumble 96. I miss the reaction promos to end the PPVs little bit after watching that. Built up so many strong guys going into WM 12.

[Brigstocke]

What happened to Mantauer?

[James Steele]

Watching WWF No Way Out (of Texas) In Your House from February 98. Weird seeing the transition period. They have the block logo on everything, but people are wearing scratch logo shirts and stuff. Also, you have Mero/Sable/Goldust/Luna/Headbangers opening then you have the Quebecers vs The Godwinns 2 matches later.

Also, the Brian Christopher/Jerry Lawler "He's your son." "NO HE'S NOT!" storyline is so over the top it's hilarious.

[James Steele]

Watching Armageddon 2005. Good show and I forgot how awesome the Orton/Undertaker HIAC match was. Love this era of Orton.

[James Steele]

Armageddon 04...forgot about Jesus shanking Cena.

[James Steele]

RVD/Mysterio defending the Tag Team Titles against Renee Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki = HOT OPENER

[James Steele]

Angle vs Santa

[James Steele]

Puder vs Mizanin in a "Dixie Dogfight"...lord The Miz has always been fucking horrible.

[James Steele]

WWE really missed the boat by not having John Cena use his stabbed kidney the way they used HBK's bad back for instant sympathy/easy heat for the past 10 years.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

WWE really missed the boat by not having John Cena use his stabbed kidney the way they used HBK's bad back for instant sympathy/easy heat for the past 10 years.

Jesus fucked him up.

[James Steele]

Now watching WCW SuperBrawl VIII (1998).

1) I miss David Penzer.
2) LA PARKA VS DISCO INFERNO

[James Steele]

WCW Heel Jericho is fucking amazing. I'd mark out if Jericho returned to the "Even Flow" ripoff theme.

[James Steele]

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#BringBackRalphus #RalphusHOF2014

[Crimson]

The roundtable discussions are pretty cool. Talking about the worst gimmicks ever. Never knew the Shockmaster tripped and fell on his debut :lol:

[James Steele]

WWE should have paid for DDP's WCW theme. Whatever bullshit music they overdub it with is fucking horrible. Sounds like 90s teen dramedy instrumental theme song.

[James Steele]

What determined which themes they can use? I thought Jimmy Hart did all the WCW themes? It seems like they keep 90% of WCW's theme songs.

[James Steele]

Savage vs Luger is on now and they both have their themes, and Lex Luger has roughly 3 weeks worth of DDP rib tape on for this match.

[James Steele]

For all the crap Luger gets, that man could sell.

[James Steele]

WWE Network has removed any Benoit match from the timeline markers.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

NWA Starrcade 84 won't load last few times I tried it.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

WWE Network has removed any Benoit match from the timeline markers.

You can't search for his name either.

[James Steele]

Steiner didn't join the nWo until SuperBrawl 98? Damn...

[James Steele]

Crow Sting is still fucking awesome.

[James Steele]

Sting sprints to the ring and Michael Buffer finishes announcing his name while he gets the hell out of the ring. That is dedication to your craft.

[James Steele]

I'm marking out for the Sting Comeback.

[James Steele]

Sting wins the belt and spraypaints "WCW" on Hogan. This is how Starrcade should have ended.

[FourFifty]

KoTR 96
Everyone knows this is the match that lit Steve Austin on fire. That promo he cut after beating Jake Roberts is epic. Not was epic, still is.
However, no one remembers that Austin was heel, Jake got his ass beaten down by The Man They Call Vader before the match, and Owen Hart was gold on commentary.

[FourFifty]

Watching HBK vs Bulldog right now. That match looks... uhhh... I wonder who did more coke off of Sunny's ass that night?

[Crimson]

KoTR 96
Everyone knows this is the match that lit Steve Austin on fire. That promo he cut after beating Jake Roberts is epic. Not was epic, still is.
However, no one remembers that Austin was heel, Jake got his ass beaten down by The Man They Call Vader before the match, and Owen Hart was gold on commentary.

Watched that last night too. I liked how they sold the stunner back then, legs kicking wildly while Austin pinned em.

[FourFifty]

About to start WCW Uncensored 1995.... This looks like it's going to be crap.

[FourFifty]

Had no clue John Tenta ever worked for WCW...

[FourFifty]

The Artist Yet To Be Known As Goldust vs Some Dude in a truck match?

[FourFifty]

The only thing saving this match is...... uhhhh..... shit, not even Bobby The Brain makes this match ANY good.

[FourFifty]

HE RAN A STOP SIGN!

[FourFifty]

Took a break, back to this terrible truck match. This match is still crap. Debating if I'm going to comment in this thread during the entire PPV.
So this Bully guy won... yea... I bet that made for a fantastic match for the people who paid to see the PPV in the area.

[FourFifty]

Okay, time to see Hacksaw bet his balls handed to him by Meng.

[FourFifty]

*LOL!* Duggan hit Meng with a headbutt, and knocked himself down!

[Skippord]

watching Souled Out '98

Bobby Heenan just said "I like this La Parka, he's got pizzaz!" and I've never agreed with anything more

[Skippord]

now Dusty Rhodes is in the NWO and Tony Schiavone is crying about it like a baby back bitch

[Skippord]

and this next match is getting no commentary because Tony Schiavone is sad

[Skippord]

and now Mike Tenay has been bullied into joining the broadcast booth

they're selling this like it's 9/11

[Skippord]

Dear God, Scott Steiner is jacked and has a goatee, he's about to join the NWO probably

[Skippord]

holy shit Scott Steiner just hit the Steiner Screwdriver and Konnan is for sure paralyzed

[Skippord]

this must be the show where Nash tries to powerbomb The Giant and just drops him on his head

[Bad News Gertner]

I believe that was Superbrawl 98 when Nash did that

[Bad News Gertner]

Nevermind it was Souled Out. Was gonna edit my post but I want to increase my post number. It's very important to me.

[Skippord]

just happened, and it did not look great

also for some reason hot coffee was around the ring for Kevin Nash to throw at The Giant

[Skippord]

I respect you wanting to increase your post number

[Skippord]

I'll give WCW one thing, they had some pretty creative weapon usage

[Skippord]

Also Nash dives over the top rope in this match and is very lucky The Giant caught him

[Skippord]

WCW's pay per view previews are the best thing in the world

[Anybody Thrilla]

Whichever Von Erichs were just talking on this WCCW show had the worst mic skills I have ever heard.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Some stupid battle royal with a pole and $10,000 on the line. How does Seth love this stuff? It sucks.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Is there a reason Wrestlemania 19 isn't available on the Network? Literally every single other one is. That's arguably my favorite one.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

WCW Starrcade 1996: the match of the CEN...Centr...Centrum Silver.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Is there a reason Wrestlemania 19 isn't available on the Network? Literally every single other one is. That's arguably my favorite one.

Might have been pulled because they forgot to take out Limp Biskit.

[James Steele]

FFS, they left in Kid Rock at WM25.

[Rammsteinmad]

Does the WWE Network have footage of unmasked Rey Mysterio?

Guy had some incredible matches during that era which have pretty much been deleted from history.

[Malfeitor]

Currently watching NXT. Zayn is wearing a Rancid shirt. Nice.

[FourFifty]

Didn't finish Uncensored last night. At the Harlem Heat/Nasty Boys match. Weird seeing Knobbs and Saggs as faces. This PPV has "terrible" written all over it.
So can someone suggest another bad PPV to watch?

[FourFifty]

Ric Flair in eyeliner.... THE FUCK!?!??!?! He was in drag over an hour ago and he's STILL wearing make up!

[FourFifty]

My wife just asked "Why are they (Vader & Flair) screaming?"

Because Wrestling.

[FourFifty]

Hogan does not need Jimmy Hart as a manager. He's just... oddly placed.

Speaking of oddly placed managers- Jose Lathero. HBK was a flamboyant heart breaking champion, and some dude who was asking to paint my walls when he saw me walk out of Home Depot with a bucket of paint.... Not a good match.

[FourFifty]

Switched it to SummerSlam 94

[FourFifty]

FFS, they left in Kid Rock at WM25.

Oh man, the lines for the bathroom and the concession stands were EPIC during that segment. So many people just didn't care... and not "Oh, look, it's an X-Pac match, may as well watch it" didn't care. It's "Fuck this, I need a beer" didn't care.

[Fignuts]

Watching ECW Barely Legal. First ever PPV.

The Eliminators vs the Dudleyz was just Kronus and Saturn hitting as many high spots as they can.

Literally no transition from one spot to the next.

[Fignuts]

Lance Storm hit RVD with the weakest chair shot I've ever seen.

[Fignuts]

Kaientai were in the bwo I guess.

[Fignuts]

Jesus fucking christ Gran Hamada worked smooth.

Like Steamboat smooth.

Maybe more so.

[Fignuts]

Joey Styles keeps mispronouncing Great Sasuke.

[Fignuts]

lol sandman wasted, just chucks a ladder in the ring and nails terry funk in the head.

[Malfeitor]

Watching ECW Barely Legal. First ever PPV.

The Eliminators vs the Dudleyz was just Kronus and Saturn hitting as many high spots as they can.

Literally no transition from one spot to the next.

Loved when the crowd popped for Kronus' 450 splash.

[Innovator]

I watched Over the Limit 2010, I miss Straight Edge Society Punk against Rey Rey

[Fat Aaron]

Fall Brawl 97. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho. Heenan just called a hurricanrana a "hoodencanrana" :lol:

[Fat Aaron]

Ultimo Dragon vs Alex Wright for the WCW TV Title. I'm super excited

[James Steele]

Watching Survivor Series 1994 and then gonna watch Royal Rumble 1997.

[James Steele]

My goal is to watch every major PPV held in Texas.

[James Steele]

Look at this card for Survivor Series '94:

No. Results Stipulations Times
1 The Bad Guys (Razor Ramon, The 1-2-3 Kid, The British Bulldog, Fatu and Sione) (with Afa and Captain Lou Albano) defeated The Teamsters (Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart and Jeff Jarrett)[23][25] Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match1 21:45
2 The Royal Family (Jerry Lawler, Sleazy, Queasy and Cheesy) defeated Clowns R' Us (Doink the Clown, Dink, Pink and Wink)[22][23][25] Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match2 16:05
3 Bob Backlund (with Owen Hart) defeated Bret Hart (c) (with The British Bulldog)[23][25][29] Submission match for the WWF Championship 35:11
4 The Million Dollar Team (King Kong Bundy, Tatanka, Bam Bam Bigelow, Jimmy Del Ray and Tom Prichard) (with Ted DiBiase) defeated Guts and Glory (Lex Luger, Mabel, Adam Bomb, Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn) (with Oscar)[25] Five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match3 23:21
5 The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette)[19][21][23][25] Casket match with Chuck Norris as the Special Guest Enforcer 15:24
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

[James Steele]

Watched Survivor Series 91 earlier and they had Flair be the "sole survivor" in one of the greatest chickenshit heel ways ever:

There is a clusterfuck brawl in the ring after an elimination and Flair gets clotheslined out of the ring and was the legal man. The ref DQ'd all the participants in the ring and therefore Ric Flair was the winner and "sole survivor". They should rip that finish off for a guy like Wade Barrett or a heel Cody Rhodes next year and have him brag about how much of a tough son of a bitch he is to be one of only a handful of "sole survivors" in Survivor Series history.

[James Steele]

Also, why the fuck did WWF think it was a good idea to run another PPV less than a week after Survivor Series?

[Fignuts]

ECW TV

Sandman in wrestling attire is ridiculous. Wearing some kind of MVP jumpsuit.

Funk vs Snuka in a steel cage about to start.

[Fignuts]

Joey Styles should be in the hall of fame.

[Corndad]

Sweet. New Legends of Wrestling Roundtables were added. Major Moments and Wrestling in Texas. My night is all set.

[Fat Aaron]

Halloween Havoc '97. Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero for the cruiserweight belt. Even the crowd was super hot for that match. Multiple "Eddie sucks" chants. Probably gonna be the best match on this card.

[James Steele]

Royal Rumble '89 in Houston, Texas

Betting it sucks, but maybe I will be pleasantly surprised. It has Arn and Tully on the card so how bad can it be?

[James Steele]

Gorilla Monsoon used the "irresistible force meeting the immovable object" line for the Jim Neidhart and Dino Bravo confrontation during the 2/3 Falls 6-Man Tag and it was much less epic than when he used it at WrestleMania III.

[FourFifty]

About to start King Of The Ring 1994.

[James Steele]

PROGRAMMING UPDATES

They have a really good 2 hour "Legends of Wrestling" Roundtable over the history of RAW that was filmed back around the RAW1000 special with Okurland, Patterson, Hayes, Road Dogg, and Jim Ross that is available OnDemand today.

Also, today they will be airing/adding the SD! that has the Brock/Angle Ironman match.

On top of all that, they will be airing/adding the "nWo: The Revolution" documentary.

Fuck, I love WWE Network. On-Demand content is sometimes choppy, but the live stream is usually always good. Really praying it works fine at WrestleMania on my X-Box so I can watch it on my TV. I've been away from home all week, and WWE sent me another e-mail about fixing the problems with the XBox 360.

[James Steele]

JS FunFact: My favorite Hulk Hogan match is Hogan/McMahon from WMXIX. About to rewatch it now on-demand and streaming on my laptop thanks to Vince McMahon's most recent proof of his genius...the WWE Network. "IT'S OVER THE TOP!"

[James Steele]

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[James Steele]

Seriously, I want to give Vince McMahon a big bear hug.

My entire life, he has delivered moments and memories that make me feel like this:

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WWE Network makes me feel like I'm leading a parade of memories through main street of my brain.

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[Innovator]

Whenever I turn it in I find a gem of a show. Random house show from 86 that reinforces how good Steamboat was

[Damian Rey]

Watched a couple of Legends of Wrestling roundtables, and fuck me Flair is annoying. Never lets anyone get a word in. Other than that, love that particular show and I love this fucking network.

[Malfeitor]

I watched a few of those last night as well. Flair definitely got annoying.

[Corndad]

Watched a couple of Legends of Wrestling roundtables, and fuck me Flair is annoying. Never lets anyone get a word in. Other than that, love that particular show and I love this fucking network.

Totally agree with Flair being over the top putting himself over way too much in those.

I loved listening to Jim Ross though. Passionate and knowledgeable and knew exactly the insight a fan would be curious about. Hope they do more of these down the line as it seems most were recorded a few years ago.

[James Steele]

The only thing that gets annoying about Jim Ross is the constant football analogies. I'm love football as much as anybody, god damn, not everything has to be turned into an analogy about coaches/players/running backs/quarterbacks/d-lineman/etc.

[theexample]

Just watched Rumble 93 again. I still don't know why Savage tries to pin Yoko.

[James Steele]

Savage's whole gimmick is that he was batshit insane in a much more serious/scary way than even Ultimate Warrior. Makes sense to me in a nonsensical kind of way.

[Innovator]

I love how Flair comments about TNA "TNA, what's that", then about a year after that was filmed, himself, Foley, and Tazz were all there.

[James Steele]

He may still have no idea of what TNA is after working there for a few years.

[Flash Funk]

No Way Out 2001. So great. Forgot about the 4 way for IC title with Y2J Eddie Benoit X Pac.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Slamboree 97 going through the WCW PPVs until maybe Starrcade where the nWo storyline should have ended.

[Damian Rey]

Just watched the 2 hour Raw roundtable, and per usual, JR had some great insight. PS Hayes is also really good on there. He's a little over the top at times, but overall his insight and contribution is very much relevant, unlike fucking Flair.

[James Steele]

I hate it when Flair and Foley are both on because Foley wastes time trying to make Flair understand his arguments.

[Crazy Nick]

Judgment Day 2000, really good show, loved this one back in the day.

[Seth82]

WCW Halloween Havoc 1998.

its really odd seeing Jericho & Raven coming out to their WWE Themes.

[Seth82]

Whichever Von Erichs were just talking on this WCCW show had the worst mic skills I have ever heard.

their mic skills sucked but they sure as hell could draw.

Some stupid battle royal with a pole and $10,000 on the line. How does Seth love this stuff? It sucks.

you cannot judge how good WCCW was off of one show.

you need to watch the WWE Triumph & Tragedy of World Class documentary from a few years back to better understand it.

The Von Erichs were like gods in Texas. They were doing stadium shows long before Wrestlemania did it.

Check out some of their big supercards from Reunion Arena/Cotton Bowl/Texas Stadium.

Here's the WWE doc on WCCW
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[Anybody Thrilla]

Nah, seems like it would be way too boring. Thanks, though.

Also, Wrestlemania 19 is up now, and Limp Bizkit is in it. Pretty awful, but they're there.

[Anybody Thrilla]

They were introduced as "WWE's favorite band in the world" or something. Ridiculous.

[Seth82]

Nah, seems like it would be way too boring. Thanks, though.

its that kind of attitude that saddens me.

[SammyG]

Do I have to watch this Cole/Lawler match...

[SammyG]

Seriously, I want to give Vince McMahon a big bear hug.

My entire life, he has delivered moments and memories that make me feel like this:

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WWE Network makes me feel like I'm leading a parade of memories through main street of my brain.

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lol, come on, man.

[Skippord]

watching one of the Legends of Wrestling Roundtables

Ric Flair is the woooooooooooooooooooorst

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

its that kind of attitude that saddens me.

the dvd saddens me.

[Seth82]

the dvd saddens me.

it is quite depressing to watch at times.

it is however a documentary that is must see.

[Jordan]

I've been watching a lot of WWF I haven't seen in several years.

Wrestlemania 9 was nowhere near as bad as its reputation, very enjoyable show, excep Hogan at the end.

Wrestlemania 8 was fanfucking tastic and probably the best WM of all time up until its shitty Hogan main event.

Wrestlemania 10 wasn't as good as I remember it being. Owen/Bret was a really good match but not as good as their cage match from later in the year. And I'd say the same about the ladder match. There are no other matches on this card that are worth a damn, minus the main event which is decent and a classic moment at the end when Bret wins.

I think that there is a possibility I missed a Wrestlemania in the 20's but I'm not sure, gonna excavate.

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE's Greatest Rivalries Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart

[Jordan]

Everybody should go watch The Headshrinkers vs The Steiners at WM 9. Really good forgotten match. Just an example of how revolutionary the Steiners were for Pro Wrestling. Though the frankensteiner is botched at the end, it's still a really good match. Also, HBK vs Tatanka wasn't bad except the dumb ass finish. WWE had a lot of trouble putting HBK over at his first solo Wrestlemania's.

[Jaded-Dragon]

I hate it when Flair and Foley are both on because Foley wastes time trying to make Flair understand his arguments.

I love the series, but you can really tell how much Flair doesn't like him. Really seems to not like Taz either, as Taz does his best to not offend Flair and just gets shit all over.

[Crimson]

I like watching the Old School WWF ones. Theres like only 5 of them im on my 3rd one and Heenan/Gorilla were simply the best.

Some decent undercard matches like Flair/Piper as well

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

About to start Starrcade 97 after going through the good era of the nWo WCW ppvs.

[bigpoppapump]

Missed last night's RAW and went to watch it on the network.......

There are only 3 RAW's on there for 2014. Where in the hell are February and March editions???

[James Steele]

RAWs don't go on the network until like 3 months after they air. PPVs are 30 days after they air.

[Boondock Saint]

I thought RAW/SD was only a 30 day delay. And PPVs starting with WM 30 will all be on demand after they air (whether that's right after airing or 24 hours I don't know).

2014 Elimination Chamber was different since it was the night before the launch and they didn't want people to wait for that.

I'm not positive, could be wrong. It's been kinda vague.

[James Steele]

I thought they changed the PPV thing as a knee-jerk to the PPV carriers freaking out.

[Black Widow]

Summerslam 98

Rock/HHH ladder match is Awesome!!

[Anybody Thrilla]

its that kind of attitude that saddens me.

I was only halfway serious.

[Seth82]

re-watching Wrestlemania X7 for what seems like the 100th time.

I had it years ago on VHS and it was a favorite of mine.

I am surprised to see they didn't edit out Limp Bizkit's My Way in this.

[Fignuts]

Wrestlemania 5

THE MEGA POWERS COLLIDE

[Fignuts]

lol Rockin' Robin singing national anthem and she sucks.

Ventura ripping into her.

[Fignuts]

FUCK YEAH KING HAKU

[Fignuts]

lol Akeem is awesome

[Bad News Gertner]

Currently watching Trainspotting.

[NormanSmiley]

What's with kamala being on every raw from 93. This push went nowhere

[#1-norm-fan]

Turned it on to see a Raw from 1993. I kinda love how they leave in the random Slim Jim/WWF Royal Rumble for SNES ads.

[Bad News Gertner]

I hate it when Flair and Foley are both on because Foley wastes time trying to make Flair understand his arguments.

Flair basically blows himself the entire time, Foley tells pointless stories, but the worst are the ones with Mean Gene hosting. He just cuts people off mid point the shows have zero flow.

[Innovator]

Flair basically blows himself the entire time, Foley tells pointless stories, but the worst are the ones with Mean Gene hosting. He just cuts people off mid point the shows have zero flow.

The best ones are the early ones when JR is hosting. The Monday Night War one was great with Bischoff on there.

[Emperor Smeat]

WCW Bash At The Beach 1994 since its the show currently being streamed live.

[Innovator]

They added a bunch of roundtables - Canada, hardcore, and celebrities

[Black Widow]

Survivor Series 98

[Fignuts]

Flair basically blows himself the entire time, Foley tells pointless stories, but the worst are the ones with Mean Gene hosting. He just cuts people off mid point the shows have zero flow.

Dunno, I've found that like 90% of the guys from the 70's and 80's spend entire interviews blowing themselves.

It's just a part of who they are, since self promotion was such an integral part of success in their era. Most of them just don't know how to shut it off.

[Fignuts]

I was actually just watching a Making of documentary on Predator, and every time they talked to Jesse Ventura, he was bragging about something. LITERALLY every time.

It was hilarious.

[Fignuts]

Piper's book is one of the least humble things I have ever read.

Surprised he didn't claim that he invented pro wrestling.

[Seth82]

Flair is awful to watch on those roundtables.

Okerlund annoys me to no end too. Dusty blows himself too.

shit he stole most of his act from Thunderbolt Patterson.

[Innovator]

I like this Road Dogg, JR, Pat Patterson, and Michael Hayes panel

[Bad News Gertner]

Dunno, I've found that like 90% of the guys from the 70's and 80's spend entire interviews blowing themselves.

It's just a part of who they are, since self promotion was such an integral part of success in their era. Most of them just don't know how to shut it off.

Flair is overthetop compared to the rest on those panels.

[Skippord]

He's also constantly bitching about WCW while other people are trying to make points and it's the worst

[Seth82]

I'm watching the Celebrity Effect roundtable.

pretty cool so far.

[#1-norm-fan]

Flair is overthetop compared to the rest on those panels.

He's also constantly bitching about WCW while other people are trying to make points and it's the worst

Was watching the stables roundtable and Flair said the NWO is the worst stable in wrestling history.

He also said the best was the Horsemen (obviously) and the second best? Evolution.

lolFlair

[Corndad]

Just re-watched Bray/Bryan from Rumble this year again. Amazing stuff. That and the Cesaro/Zayn match at NXT Arrival are the two best matches so far this year by a wide margin.

[Seth82]

Evolution of Hardcore roundtable.

Why did they even have Pat Patterson on this. I mean all he does is call it disgusting and hate on it.

[Fignuts]

Probably for exactly that reason. Add someone who is a purist for the sake of conflict.

[#1-norm-fan]

Former Hardcore Champion Pat Patterson hating on hardcore wrestling. :nono:

[Innovator]

I'm going out on a limb, I don't think JR liked David Arquette being WCW Champion

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Was watching the stables roundtable and Flair said the NWO is the worst stable in wrestling history.

He also said the best was the Horsemen (obviously) and the second best? Evolution.

lolFlair

Heels exist to get faces over. The Horseman constantly lost in big matches like War Games. The nWo never lost a war games or any big WCW vs. NWO match. WCW never got over.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Evolution of Hardcore roundtable.

Why did they even have Pat Patterson on this. I mean all he does is call it disgusting and hate on it.

I think he got turned around and was looking for a different type of hardcore discussion. :naughty:

[Seth82]

I'm watching the RAW episode with Test & Stephanie's wedding from 1999

[#1-norm-fan]

Heels exist to get faces over. The Horseman constantly lost in big matches like War Games. The nWo never lost a war games or any big WCW vs. NWO match. WCW never got over.

So if a heel stable gets massively over and makes a company tons of money, they're awful because they didn't get faces over? lol

[James Steele]

Watched WM21 and on WM22 now. I completely forgot Ric Flair and Bobby Lashley was in the 2006 MITB match.

[James Steele]

Holy shit, Flair took a superplex off the ladder and was carried off. Jesus, Flair taking a superplex off a ladder is surreal looking. #ForgottenManiaMoments

[James Steele]

Flair just pulled a Foley and returned to the match.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

So if a heel stable gets massively over and makes a company tons of money, they're awful because they didn't get faces over? lol

Yes, because there was nothing to do after the nWo feud got stale and boring. They didn't have an ending so that the former nWo guys could be in WCW without people thinking about the nWo. WCW should have won but the nWo faded away as a joke.

They probably lost more money than they made in the end.

[Tazz Dan]

I'm closing this thread until we get the network in Australia, because fuck you guys.

[Bad News Gertner]

Right now I'm watching Hockey highlights.

[wwe2222]

I like this Road Dogg, JR, Pat Patterson, and Michael Hayes panel

That was a very good panel. I enjoy Road Dogg. He has some good insight and he seems humble. The ones with Flair are terrible as mentioned.

Tazz is not very good on the show either. He constantly gets cut off.

Speaking of terrible things... Rob Bartlett being a Raw commentator is so much worse than I remember, and I remember it being pretty bad.

Savage is so much worse than I remember too, but its Macho so its all good.

[Innovator]

Best panel has been JR, DDP, Piper, Hayes. The most non-PC panel and it got the most out of their topic.

[whiteyford]

Flair is god awful on those.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Flair is unnecessarily mean in those.

[Damian Rey]

The problem is Taz is that, for the most part, he's pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Taz being in ECW and not really being apart of anything huge or significant leaves him having little to say or contribute. On the newer ones, Pat Patterson seems a bit out of touch. Just sort of rambles on. Bret being on there is interesting. Not into himself as much as I though he'd be. Had a feeling he'd be like Flair, and bury everyone not in the horsemen or Evolution.

[whiteyford]

I usually enjoy Taz on them but yeah, if he wasn't involved in whatever the discussion is about or knows someone involved he just lets the others talk over him.