WWE Network... It's Here

[artDDP]

FWIW wasn't Vince furious they did it and maybe didn't want to seem to condone it the next night?

[sek69]

So they skipped the gun angle episode, as I remember at the time WWF was more upset at the f bomb that went out uncensored rather than the implied homicide.

[MikeCampbell]

The gun episode is up now. I won't be able to watch it until the morning at the earliest, so maybe someone else can see if the F-bomb is present (they've got a good track record of keeping things intact).

[MikeCampbell]

I put it on for background noise while i was working, since it's a slow night, with a light workload. The F-bomb is intact!

[Grimmas]

Did they remove those ECW shows (Cyberslam, N2R '95, etc...)? I was looking last night and couldn't find them. Have they been moved to some weird section or were they taken down?

[SteveMPunk]

Did they remove those ECW shows (Cyberslam, N2R '95, etc...)? I was looking last night and couldn't find them. Have they been moved to some weird section or were they taken down?

 

They're still there, in the Vault under the ECW Exposed section.

[WingedEagle]

Not home right now so I can't check, but does the '05 version of One Night Stand include the original music or is everything dubbed over?

[sek69]

Dubbed, but it's not that distracting until the main event. Sandman's entrance loses all the emotional impact without Metallica.

[WingedEagle]

Is that the case on the DVD as well?

[pantherwagner]

I have been watching some late 97 and early 98 Raws from the last batch upload, mostly as background noise while I do other things. I had not watched any of these since they aired and they are as horrible as I remembered them being. Undertaker, HHH and Shawn Michaels are so bad at promos that it is embarrassing.

[Blehschmidt]

Yes, Sandman's entrance is overdubbed on the DVD as well.

[Stiva]

I have been watching some late 97 and early 98 Raws from the last batch upload, mostly as background noise while I do other things. I had not watched any of these since they aired and they are as horrible as I remembered them being. Undertaker, HHH and Shawn Michaels are so bad at promos that it is embarrassing.

 

Yeah, the Michaels promos from the screwjob onwards are awful, It's weird because, as he settled into a natural heel role through 97, he was great. But his run through November 97-Mania isn't great at all.

[pantherwagner]

I'm surprised that Scott Stanford has got a job. He's older than the WWE prototype announcer and looks like a wax figure. Maybe Vince likes to hire people with NXT-ready real names (I can't believe Canyon Ceman is a person's real name).

[KrisZ]

Scott is also one of the top sportscasters in New York City which helps him out.

[The Chief]

I had no clue Stanford was still with the company. I kind of liked him back when he did Superstars years ago, surprised he's still around.

[MikeCampbell]

Three new Raws added from 1996 this weekend. The next two in order, the night after Survivor Series and the following week, and then we jump ahead to the night after IYH It's Time. I swear, they're doing this on purpose to troll us OCD smarks.

[Parties]

Weird situation with King of the Ring where it was kind of announced last night as a flashed logo, only to have the first half of the tournament tonight and the second half live Tuesday on the network. 1st round is:

 

Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus

Neville vs. Luke Harper

R-Truth vs. Stardust

Dolph Ziggler vs. Bad News Barrett

 

Feels like an obvious win for Barrett as an extension of his character, and an appetite suppressant for lack of an IC title picture right now. Sheamus has already won one of these and none of the other options make sense, unless they want Ambrose to become even more of a comedy goof. Also kind of odd that we've seen so many of the potential finals (Barrett-Ambrose, Barrett-Neville, Ziggler-Sheamus) in recent weeks. For novelty alone I'd be inclined to go heel v. heel in the finals and just have Sheamus and Barrett lariat each other for 10 minutes.

[goc]

I just want to see Harper wearing the crown and robe. It's not like it'll mean anything after a few weeks so might as well get something fun out of it.

[shoe]

With an hr. The 3 matches should have enough time to be good to great.

[El-P]

Anyone watched Foley's "stand up" show ? I thought it was pretty unfunny overall. I cracked a few smiles here and there, but... not much interesting stuff that hasn't been heard dozen times before, in much funnier fashions.

And damn, Foley looks sad moving around like a broken down old guy. And Colette, well, hasn't aged very gracefully either to be honest that or the WWE makeup departement really made her look older than she is, which is also very possible).

[Johnny Sorrow]

She looks like a normal mother of four in her mid to late fourties.

[sek69]

The thing about Foley is a good deal of what makes him look like a broken down old man probably could be taken care of with a knee replacement or two. The process is way less invasive than ever (my 86 year old grandmother-in-law had one a few years ago and was barely out of commission at all), but knowing his well documented thriftiness he seemingly would rather limp around than spend the money.

[goc]

I think it's more hips than knees with Foley.

[The Chief]

I saw Foley live a few months back. Dude aged ten years when he got out of his chair. I was in pain just watching him walk.

[sek69]

Hips are a little more involved than knees but it's still something that could be taken care of and would greatly improve the guy's quality of life. Hell, I'm sure he could even get WWE to foot the bill since they are always in need of good PR.