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  1. WingedEagle
    I signed up without a problem around 930 or so this morning. Cued up Starrcade '88 and while it took a while to load, once it did it streamed very well and I was able to skip throughout the show without any issues. Out for now until after work but looking forward to checking it out more tomorrow night. Has anyone gotten confirmation emails yet? I assume those are also delayed as they adjust to handling the numbers, but curious if others are also waiting on that.
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    Let's play devil's advocate for a minute here. How much business do we think they lose by sticking with Orton/Batista as the title match at Mania rather than calling an audible. The gate will be the same. Will the buyrate be markedly different with Bryan or someone else in the title match? The crowd reactions and chants are likely going to make it an embarrassing night for a bunch of the performers. But what is the impact on dollars and cents?
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    Yeah that turned pretty quickly. I still say those 6 have better in them
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    Exactly, I love what the Shield do on TV every week and look forward to every outing. But I was hoping for this so be some out of control combo of NJ vs. WAR and ECW. We'll see how it goes. Meltz said a rematch was likely on TV tomorrow though I'm guessing that might be more angle than match. If they could find something else for Cena to do at Mania these guys could have a show stealer there in a crazy stadium brawl. But we're getting there...
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    Thanks, this looks like a really great resource. I'm a little late to the party because I just realized I could install youtube on my PS3 so now I can pull all of this up on the big screen. Really looking forward to digging in.
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    Yep, also available on PS3 now. I downloaded all 14 or so mb and am now pretty jacked to check it out for about 10 minutes Monday night after work & Raw before heading to bed.
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    Oh yeah, Ditch's site. Not as much as I'd like because I end up watching DVDs more often than not. But that's the one I wish I made more time for.
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    For me its basically PWO and the WON site, along with any other links to interesting or newsworthy bits I find on those 2.
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    Interesting, hopefully it shows up on the PS3 Monday. I was hoping to download this weekend and set it up Monday, but may have to wait till Tuesday now.
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    I went to download the WWE app on the PS3 tonight but didn't see it available. Can't even download it until Monday?
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    So that's Juan de La Barrera bull ring. Pretty cool outdoor arena. I liked this better than the match the week before, but not dramatically so. Tecnicos take a quick first fall when Rey scores two fast pins. This fall saw a decent plancha from Heavy Metal but not much else. Psicosis is already such a great bumper at this stage and makes Misterio look like a superhero, flying everywhere in and around the ring for him. Misterio then sells, eating a 3 on 1 attack for a good stretch. After Metal's nice pinfall in the 2nd, we get another impressive dive train in the 3rd before Metal also closes that out, looking like a big deal in the process. ***1/2
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    Without going back and double checking everything I watched from '92, I'm pretty comfortable saying this is my favorite Takada match thus far. Excellent, fast grappling to start with Takada doing a textbook job of making a lesser opponent look big against a star. Takada wrenches in a leglock and Tamura does a fantastic job selling it and struggling for the rope beak. Tamura forced to break the ropes again on a Kimura. A really great sequence with Takada working for armbar, which Tamura tries to reverse but Takada cinches it in and forces another break. He then gets a knockdown on a kick to the midsection. Takada closes it with a series of big kicks including one to the dome for the KO. Really couldn't ask for more here -- Tamura looked like a legit threat on the rise against the company's ace, while not quite able to put it together and pull off the upset. ****
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    Vader KO Thames immediately with a brutal elbow that he sells so well you might wonder if it was legit. Samoan drop, Vader bomb, power bomb and its over. Race puts facepaint on him like Sting, then Vader whips the hell out of him. Pretty entertaining squash and would be a great part of building to the Superbrawl main event if only they left out the mini movie nonsense.
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    Armstrong wins with flying clothesline to Starr. Nothing offensive but pretty pointless. **
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    Joey Maggs with some redneck hate. Armstrong out to confront him. On to the next one.
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    What he said. We get a fiery promo from Morton about how far back the feud with Cornette & the Midnights goes. They then brawl with all 3 Bodies and get laid out, which brings out the Studds with chairs and the Bodies take some sick shots before clearing and allowing the Studds to turn their attention to the RNR and lay them out as well. We should all do Fuller curls for angles like this.
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    Dutch shows the clip of Bodies & RNR at WCWSN with the finish of the match and Eaton interfering. Then Dutch interviews the Studd Stable, who are great and want a title match. Its a shame Fuller left for WCW as the Studds were my favorite gimmick in SMW.
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    Pretty solid promo from Doug Gilbert before Eddie makes his way out to confront him. Doug jumps him and Eddie Marlin announces Doug vs. Eddie at the MSC. Fun stuff and Doug certainly held his own on the mic here.
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    Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, dancing & rapping to Jump Around. Phenomenal. Highlight of Memphis this year.
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    Christopher is bringing Luger into town, and we get a solid Lawler promo talking about Christopher challenging for Memphis title.
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    That's a great radio voice?
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    Ha sounds good, maybe I'll come across the Torch pieces at some point.
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    John, did you write up some of the shows you saw over there in greater detail? Haven't seen too much on those from from this side of the ocean and would imagine it'd be interesting, or at worst just make me jealous.
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    Until there's someone else with a similarly sized checkbook and a desire to use it, none of this really matters.
  25. WingedEagle
    Yeah, its been on a rocket for the last 5-6 months and up something over 150% in the last year. At least I didn't miss out on the entire run. Question is how long this love lasts if the network doesn't put up boffo numbers to start. I think the "free" trial week will be key to that as it'll force people to actively cancel their accounts, but still allow the company to deliver a healthy number of subs. Pull that off and they can likely ride quite a bit of momentum for another quarter or 2. If not, we'll see how convincingly they can sell the growth story without early support.
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