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Would short clips fall under "fair use" or does that not apply in this instance?

I watched the "Canada Effect" episode of Legends of Wrestling (had to find it in the "Schedule" on Roku - wish they'd update that damn app too), and it wasn't bad. Pretty mild-mannered overall, but there was an animated argument between Bret Hart and Pat Patterson over the merits of Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie (Mongolian Stomper). Bret thought he was the greatest Canadian wrestler ever, and Pat, well...didn't. Michael Hayes was actually cool and charming in this one, telling Pat to "let the man speak" and "he's trying to answer the question" (or words to that effect) when Bret tried to explain his stance. I was also surprised to hear Bret praise Abdullah the Butcher, of all people, calling him "the greatest monster ever." Of course, Abby is originally from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Bret is extremely pro-Canada and looks upon all Canadian wrestlers very favorably. I get the sense that if Hogan and Flair were Canadians, Bret would love them too. I don't mean that as a criticism, just an observation. I actually find Bret's Canadian pride endearing in a way.

Wait, the 80's cartoon? Because that would kick ass. I grew up on that shit. I've looked back at it on youtube, and it makes me crazy now because I know the voices the characters should be having. As a kid, I didn't know what those wrestlers actually sounded like. But I would still love it for the nostalgia value. I'm assuming so. Can't imagine them rebooting such a dated idea, especially when they're already doing Slam City - which is another "cartoon" of sorts.

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I watched it too. Road Dogg is an underrated panelist and he was an underrated "hardcore wrestler." Patterson was funny. I thought Michael P.S. Hayes came across as an arrogant, ignorant idiot. He kept spouting off about ECW when he clearly knew very little about the subject. His reasons for why ECW died were barely accurate. I wonder how he and Paul E. got along behind the scenes. Probably not very well, if I had to guess. I'm surprised Bruiser Brody was only mentioned in passing when he was one of the main wrestlers who was "hardcore" before hardcore was really a thing. I don't understand why this panel didn't have guests that were more relevant to the subject - maybe Mick Foley or Paul E - but it was a decent, middle of the road episode.

Looks like Blackman's Bounties is already being filmed...

I watched the "Celebrity Effect" episode of Legends of Wrestling last night. Since it's from 2008, it appeared on the Roku without any issues. As much as I loved the one about patriots, this was even better! For one thing, there was no ass-kissing or walking on eggshells, like we saw in the Flair roundtables. DDP really brought the BANG (sorry, LOL). He and J.R. went at it HARD over David Arquette, Karl Malone, Jay Leno, etc. It was the most heated exchange I've ever seen on this show! Both DDP and J.R. had strong opinions and weren't afraid to state them - yet, neither of them were ever openly disrespectful or dismissive of each other (Flair should take notes). DDP's obsession over Malone was funny, and even though that whole thing was never my cup of tea, he wasn't wrong. He also had great behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the Arquette situation. Of course, they covered many other celebs as well - Ali, L.T., Mayweather, some of the Raw guest hosts, etc. I was surprised when one of the panelists (J.R., I think) called Cyndi Lauper the worst celebrity in his opinion. He didn't really explain his position, and it made him look out of touch IMO. Like Lauper or not, that whole thing accomplished exactly what it was supposed to. L.T. was called a success - and in many ways, he was (especially since the match itself was much better than it had any right to be) - but I always thought he came across too heelishly (calling the 1-2-3 Kid a "13-year-old" and acting like a pompous jackass). Having him beat Bam Bam was a bad move, and I still don't understand the rationale behind it. Unfortunately, they barely went into it at all. I wish the show had been 30 minutes longer so we could have gotten more information about L.T. and some of the other celebrity matches and storylines. I expected this to be one of the least interesting episodes, and it ended up being one of the most fascinating.

From F4W: --WWE has sent out a survey which asked people their interest in these proposed programming ideas for the network Blackman's Bounties: A reality show following Steve Blackman, who now works as a Bounty Hunter in Pennsylvania NXT Behind the Scenes Pros vs. Joes - WWE talent faces off against people in competitions similar to what you'd see on American Gladiators WWE Around the World - Talent goes around the world and tries risky activities WWE Dirty Jobs - Talent has to do different unpleasant jobs WWE Prankdown - Talent pranks fans WWE Rescue - WWE wrestlers help people with personal life problems or business problems WWE Ultimate Challenge - Scavenger hunts in different cities Xtreme WWE Collector - A WWE fan goes all over the country looking for rare memorabilia WTF?

Watched the "Patriots" episode of Legends of Wrestling last night (had to access it through the Schedule section). My favorite roundtable so far! To an extent, it was the Sgt. Slaughter Show because the Sarge was on the panel, but that's understandable because he played a big role both as an American patriot and as an anti-American sympathizer of Iraq. I really wish this had been given another full hour, because a lot of the other patriotic acts were given short thrift (including, surprisingly enough, Hacksaw Jim Duggan) or not mentioned at all (The Patriot). Other than that, Sarge told some great stories, the clips were well-chosen and complemented the discussion perfectly for once, and even Michael P.S. Hayes dialed it down nicely. J.R. was also really great rattling off various historical facts. Turns out I wasn't burned out on the roundtables after all - the last couple of them have just been crap.

Agreed, but the '90s was full of that stuff: "Mr. Ass," DDP using "bang" in a million different ways toward his male opponents, etc.

There seems to be a lot of hate around the interwebs for Shane Douglas, and I've never quite understood why. The Dynamic Dudes stuff was before my time, but I'm guessing almost no one could have succeeded in that role. My first exposure to Douglas was as a white meat babyface in WCW. Even as a kid, I hated white meat babyfaces, but Douglas made it work - first as a singles wrestler and then as the tag team partner of Ricky Steamboat. It would be easy and convenient to credit Steamboat, but Douglas "got over" with me even before that team. Fast-forward a year or two later: Douglas was now a heel as "The Franchise" of ECW. Say what you want about his "shoot" promos or obsession with Flair, but that character and his interview style was riveting back in 1994. Keep in mind, this was when the WWF had garbage men and plumbers while WCW was trotting out The Shockmaster and the Dungeon of Doom. His "R.I.P." speech about the worthless, irrelevant (by that time) NWA Title was incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kpEjrKqf3s "The Franchise's" matches were also pretty good - maybe not on an elite level - but he could certainly hold his own with most anyone. Douglas's jump from ECW to the WWF was derailed by a bad character (Dean Douglas) and politics (The Clique). He never quite recovered after that, even when he returned to ECW. His WCW run in 2000 was useless because WCW itself was useless. Even then, he was still cutting decent promos - like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZDkc-hZ4Ms Now, he's the butt of jokes from fans and wrestlers alike, such as Ric Flair, who made fun of him on the "Factions" episode of Legends of Wrestling for working at Walmart. (It was actually Target, and I see no shame in working a normal job and trying to live a normal life.) Granted, Douglas went to town on Flair for years, so some sort of "receipt" is hardly the end of the world. Still, Flair probably didn't realize how insecure, petty, and utterly tone deaf he came across - especially since he has no room to judge anyone else's personal life. At this point, I'd almost have to consider Shane Douglas underrated because he truly doesn't get the credit he deserves. Maybe it's a case of "you had to be there" but Douglas was definitely one of the most compelling characters in all of wrestling as "The Franchise" and even his earlier white meat babyface stuff was good. Great on the mic and crisp in the ring - what more could anyone ask for? I've always been a fan. How about you?

Same issue here (Roku). I had to watch the Texas episode of Legends of Wrestling (2009) by going through the Schedule section. As for that show: Unlike the Raw episode, which felt too long for its own good, this one maybe could have used the added minutes. It seemed a bit disorganized and free-wheeling, which is not always a bad thing, but there was barely any time for any real analysis. It also felt really rushed - e.g. Hayes admitting near the end of the show that they had neglected to mention Blackjack Mulligan, and then another panelist (J.R. maybe?) getting Skandar Akbar in right as the show was about to end. The promoters and Von Erichs got a few minutes devoted to each of them, but there wasn't much time for anything else. A lot of cursory mentions (Ernie Ladd, Gino Hernandez, etc.) but not much depth. BTW, I found it weird that Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, and other Texans of that time period were skipped over. They seemed to go right from the era of the Funks and Von Erichs to Stone Cold, completely ignoring the entire generation in-between. Maybe I'm being too nitpicky though. As I said in my last post about the Raw roundtable, I may be burned out after watching too many of these in a row over the past couple of weeks. Bill Watts was on this panel for some reason, but I actually thought he did a pretty decent job. "I cried for four days after Ernie Ladd died."

Was that the one where they fought out onto the snowy streets? If it's the same one, I liked that very much. Great wrestling, no. Unique, yes.

A new Legends of Wrestling roundtable is now up: Monday Night Raw. At an hour and thirty-six minutes, it's the longest of the bunch. Honestly, it feels slow and bloated. For such a lengthy show, it covers very little. 20 minutes about Twitter really doesn't help. Road Dogg has been added to the panel, and he's not bad, but no one really brought their a-game to this episode IMO. Maybe it's just me though. I've watched every episode of this on the Network over the past couple of weeks, so I might be burned out on the format. Would be interested in other people's impressions.

It appears Meltzer confirmed the theory I posted above, assuming this attribution is accurate. http://wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0312/572136/why-jbl-recently-knocked-jim-ross-on-raw/ Typical Vince. Glad J.R. is finally growing a pair of balls. They showed footage on the "greatest moments" episode of Legends of Wrestling with Steve Williams and Oklahoma (which was NOT presented one of the greatest moments, LOL) and it made me wonder how and why J.R. ever forgave Dr. Death. I don't believe for a second that Williams was so desperate and hard-up for cash that he had to go along with that and had no say in stopping it. Please...

I watched the Greatest Moments episode, and Flair was on that too. What an insecure, petty man - sniping at Mick Foley, burying people, puffing himself up in a way where you can tell he doesn't entirely believe it but is looking for validation from others. It made me feel sad for him. I was surprised to hear him bury TNA (yes, by name, which shocked the hell out of me), which is ironic because he ended up bolting to that fed shortly after this was shot. It really makes me question Flair's sincerity (he has none). Michael Hayes and Mike Graham didn't always come across well on these things either, but Flair is the worst.

The security guy's name was Jim Dotson. I remember the magazine write-up being interesting but I don't remember what it actually said.

Try changing your site password. I had the same issue as you, but with iPhone, and that fixed it. Another possibility: Are you pressing X to sign in? Press O.

Roku has been solid but not perfect yet. For example, the Factions episode of Legends of Wrestling no longer shows up, even though it was there before. (I watched it, and it was fascinating to see what an insecure, unhappy person Ric Flair is - taking unnecessary shots at Shane Douglas, DDP, etc. while having his ass kissed by every other member of the panel.) The issues with programs showing up on the site but not some of the apps, or programs disappearing, is something I hope gets solved once and for all within the next few days. Then it would be nice for the fast-forward and rewind to include thumbnails (like Netflix). Some programs may already include this, not sure, but it's certainly not a uniform feature yet. It would also be helpful if the resume function actually worked, not only on Roku but across all devices. Would be handy to start something on the site or phone and be able to continue where I left off on a Roku, like every other streaming service already allows. Yes, I realize WWE Network is only a couple of weeks old, but these are basic staples of any streaming service that should have been there from day one. EDIT: Factions disappeared from the website too. WTH?

Where on the Network is this?

That is really strange. Are you sure it's not something on your end? (What that could be, I don't know.) I just tried Firefox and it works fine for me. Edit: Just tried "Main Event Live" (I realize it's no longer live) and got the error, but it refreshed itself automatically and started working.

Do you have any adblock or noscript stuff enabled in Firefox. That could be screwing with the video. Try adjusting the settings on those extensions for WWE.com.

I'd say it's more because this made it onto TMZ. Vince McMahon -- CAUGHT SHARTING ON SMACKDOWN ... Says Jim Ross http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/03/vince-mcmahon-shart-smackdown-jim-ross/ J.R. is no longer playing the battered, abused housewife who comes back for more quite as much. He's starting to break free just a tad bit.

Haven't checked Raw, but I can confirm that Rumble '14 is missing from mine also. I don't understand how stuff like this even happens. Does WWE have to manually approve each event for each app? I hope this kind of crap gets permanently sorted out by the end of the week.

If you signed up the first day, it looks like the six-month subscription ends on August 24th, which is kind of wonky, because the billing cycle is the 3rd of every month. So, it looks like the "free week" counts as part of the six-month package. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but definitely a bit weird. I can see some people feeling gypped that they aren't getting "all of August" if they choose not to renew.