pantherwagner Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA4P4kV5fHg&feature=youtu.be Short video about WWF and WCW filiming shows in "Special Locations". Back in the day I used to think that it was really cool that WCW sometimes filmed shows at the beach, Club La Vela and other places. In my teenage eyes it made them seem cool, thus more important. Shame that Vince McMahon hates the concept (Michael Hayes has mentioned a couple of times on Legends of Wrestling and other shows that he thinks that WCW debuting Nitro at the Mall of America was "cheesy" so we can pretty much safely assume he's parroting Vince/Kevin Dunn on that one) because it would make their tired production values seem fresher on those occasions. Maybe they just want to save it for Tribute to the Troops or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I loved those Nitros from Spring Break. There was something visually cool about the ring being surrounded by pools and having the element that a match could end up in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pol Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 WWE doesn't even want to get over a unique feel in the places they do run; every TV show must have the uniform WWE Look regardless of where they're broadcasting from. Somewhat related, whenever I watch a show from UFC or a full Arena Mexico it always strikes me how poor WWE is at shooting their big crowds to get over that "hey, there's a hell of a lot of people here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 WWE doesn't even want to get over a unique feel in the places they do run; every TV show must have the uniform WWE Look regardless of where they're broadcasting from. Somewhat related, whenever I watch a show from UFC or a full Arena Mexico it always strikes me how poor WWE is at shooting their big crowds to get over that "hey, there's a hell of a lot of people here." During the NXT show, which obviously they have producers in training, there were a few "crowd shots" that took me out of it because....knowing Vince and WWE....showing that there's only several hundred people, sitting on bleachers, in this little arena......that's a huge WWE/Vince no-no. With all of this smoke and mirrors and pyro and projection.....that was "exposing the biz" camera work. I also felt like he might have gone a bit nuclear when the LED stuff on the apron got rocked by Charlotte taking a bump onto it. "GOD DAMMIT! FUCK! THE SHOW MUST GO ON! BUT WHEN THIS MATCH IS OVER SO HELP ME GOD FIX THAT DAMN THING!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Did Vince even watch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 WWE doesn't even want to get over a unique feel in the places they do run; every TV show must have the uniform WWE Look regardless of where they're broadcasting from. Somewhat related, whenever I watch a show from UFC or a full Arena Mexico it always strikes me how poor WWE is at shooting their big crowds to get over that "hey, there's a hell of a lot of people here." During the NXT show, which obviously they have producers in training, there were a few "crowd shots" that took me out of it because....knowing Vince and WWE....showing that there's only several hundred people, sitting on bleachers, in this little arena......that's a huge WWE/Vince no-no. With all of this smoke and mirrors and pyro and projection.....that was "exposing the biz" camera work. Is there any way to shoot Full Sail and make it look like there are more than a few hundred people there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 WWE doesn't even want to get over a unique feel in the places they do run; every TV show must have the uniform WWE Look regardless of where they're broadcasting from. Somewhat related, whenever I watch a show from UFC or a full Arena Mexico it always strikes me how poor WWE is at shooting their big crowds to get over that "hey, there's a hell of a lot of people here." During the NXT show, which obviously they have producers in training, there were a few "crowd shots" that took me out of it because....knowing Vince and WWE....showing that there's only several hundred people, sitting on bleachers, in this little arena......that's a huge WWE/Vince no-no. With all of this smoke and mirrors and pyro and projection.....that was "exposing the biz" camera work. Is there any way to shoot Full Sail and make it look like there are more than a few hundred people there? yes, and in general they do a good job of making it look bigger than it is, but there were a few shots on this last show that really exposed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack2k Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Does anyone know if there are any good to excellent Central States matches that made tape? I have seen that place buried over and over by so many, but never heard of anything good...is it even out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Does anyone know if there are any good to excellent Central States matches that made tape? I have seen that place buried over and over by so many, but never heard of anything good...is it even out there? Didn't Central States have a decent Flair vs Brody match around 82? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapshot Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Does anyone know if there are any good to excellent Central States matches that made tape? I have seen that place buried over and over by so many, but never heard of anything good...is it even out there? Didn't Central States have a decent Flair vs Brody match around 82? Are you referring to the 2/3 falls match from February 1983? iirc this forum has a great search function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Does anyone know if there are any good to excellent Central States matches that made tape? I have seen that place buried over and over by so many, but never heard of anything good...is it even out there? Didn't Central States have a decent Flair vs Brody match around 82? Are you referring to the 2/3 falls match from February 1983? iirc this forum has a great search function. No I was just going through someones list and they listed a couple of their matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapshot Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Does anyone know if there are any good to excellent Central States matches that made tape? I have seen that place buried over and over by so many, but never heard of anything good...is it even out there? Didn't Central States have a decent Flair vs Brody match around 82? Are you referring to the 2/3 falls match from February 1983? iirc this forum has a great search function. No I was just going through someones list and they listed a couple of their matches. What matches were listed? Dates etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm not even a huge Seth Rollins fan but I feel like he has enough talent to be more than "Edge 2.0" But then the WWE always loved Edge way more than I did, I suppose in part because he was an easy guy to book shitty finishes around. Edge always seemed like a guy who could have great feuds with anyone except the Matt Hardy angle when that spat happened. I loved all the matches these two had but after he whole Lita/Edge thing when they battled on Raw something just wasent there. Yeah, that Kane feud was freaking great, eh? I can't even think of one great Edge feud, let alone all of his feuds being great. But how many great Kane feuds have there been? The Edge series provided some memorable out of the ring moments in the build: which is the most you can ask for from a Kane feud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 In fairness to Kane, I enjoyed all the Bryan stuff before they ran it into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Does anyone know if there are any good to excellent Central States matches that made tape? I have seen that place buried over and over by so many, but never heard of anything good...is it even out there? Didn't Central States have a decent Flair vs Brody match around 82? Are you referring to the 2/3 falls match from February 1983? iirc this forum has a great search function. No I was just going through someones list and they listed a couple of their matches. What matches were listed? Dates etc? Quite a lot of matches unless you mean particular Flair matches. No idea on dates as some just list the month and year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 In fairness to Kane, I enjoyed all the Bryan stuff before they ran it into the ground. Me too Also, I might take heat for this, but I liked the Shane McMahon program..... Where else are you gonna see Linda McMahon tombstoned on the stage and Shane McMahon being tortured with a car battery on his nuts?!? It was so over the top and ridiculous.....which Kane and the McMahons are in general.....it was entertaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Was it widely known the Attitude Adjustment was the name for Luger's pile driver in 91? I just found out watching his tag match at Starrcade 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I am sure a super nerd like Kris Zellner would have known that but I had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yeah, it's because the attitude adjustment he had gotten with Race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_Fair Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 What Flair should have told Triple H on monday is that the way to beat Sting, is to first pretend to be his friend and then turn on him in a tag match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I am sure a super nerd like Kris Zellner would have known that but I had no idea. Yes that was the name of the move. In other news, Tommy Rich was at my job today posting a flyer for an upcoming show he is on with Thunderbolt Patterson & The Rock n Roll Express and of course I was in a totally different area of the building and didn't get to see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Holy shit T-Bolt is still alive??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButchReedMark Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Samoa Joe's left TNA. https://twitter.com/SamoaJoe/status/567807616547700736 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Wild to see this trending worldwide, legitimately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I think it was Meltzer who said that it doesn't take much to trend worldwide as evidenced by the # cancel wwe network trend that had zero effectiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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