artDDP Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Nitros all the way up to July 1997 up now, as much as I've been waiting for these it's a little sad to watch things play out and see all the mistakes happen again. How the hell did they win quarter hours with shit like Jim Duggan vs. Galaxy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Probably because you had some DOA vs Recon & Sniper match on the other channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 To paraphrase Jim Cornette, When you're hot on top, you can present monkeys fucking on the undercard and still be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 So I excitedly fire up Nitro #69, from 1/6/97. First match is Glacier squashing poor Bobby Eaton, in which Glacier blew the finish by pinning Eaton too close to the ropes. Then a "Mexican strap match" between Konnan and Big Bubba. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. I had forgotten how Konnan used to call people "homosexual man" in Spanish during his entrance (except that he wasn't saying those exact same words but I'm sure you can guess the equivalent in English). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 I had forgotten how Konnan used to call people "homosexual man" in Spanish during his entrance (except that he wasn't saying those exact same words but I'm sure you can guess the equivalent in English). Not speaking spanish at all, that totally went over my head. However, I did learn what "tossing your salad" meant while listening to Konnan, and for that, I'm forever grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I had forgotten how Konnan used to call people "homosexual man" in Spanish during his entrance (except that he wasn't saying those exact same words but I'm sure you can guess the equivalent in English). Not speaking spanish at all, that totally went over my head. However, I did learn what "tossing your salad" meant while listening to Konnan, and for that, I'm forever grateful. And peeling my potatoes... Funny how Konnan used to be able to get away with using prison/street/hip hop slang because nobody running the show was young or hip enough to know what was going on. I'm not even sure they had anybody aware of what was hip and cool other than Hall, Nash, Konnan, Rey, Jericho and a couple others. On the Spanish slang, to be fair to WCW, WWE is not censoring it either. I saw somebody (perhaps Alberto) using Spanish swear words fairly recently (2012 or after) that he would probably be fired over if they were in English on live TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I had forgotten how Konnan used to call people "homosexual man" in Spanish during his entrance (except that he wasn't saying those exact same words but I'm sure you can guess the equivalent in English). Not speaking spanish at all, that totally went over my head. However, I did learn what "tossing your salad" meant while listening to Konnan, and for that, I'm forever grateful. And peeling my potatoes... Funny how Konnan used to be able to get away with using prison/street/hip hop slang because nobody running the show was young or hip enough to know what was going on. I'm not even sure they had anybody aware of what was hip and cool other than Hall, Nash, Konnan, Rey, Jericho and a couple others. On the Spanish slang, to be fair to WCW, WWE is not censoring it either. I saw somebody (perhaps Alberto) using Spanish swear words fairly recently (2012 or after) that he would probably be fired over if they were in English on live TV. This makes me think of Dave Chappelle having a big laugh about white people finding out what "skeet skeet" meant after allowing it to play all over the radio. Oh, and for something wrestling related, when Khali had Runjin Singh as a translator apparently Khali was saying really nasty stuff in Punjab. I remember someone saying one of his promos on Cena was talking about raping Cena's mother and shit like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) EDIT : I'll make a new thread, that's probably better. Edited August 22, 2015 by Coffey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 I had forgotten how Konnan used to call people "homosexual man" in Spanish during his entrance (except that he wasn't saying those exact same words but I'm sure you can guess the equivalent in English). Not speaking spanish at all, that totally went over my head. However, I did learn what "tossing your salad" meant while listening to Konnan, and for that, I'm forever grateful. And peeling my potatoes... Funny how Konnan used to be able to get away with using prison/street/hip hop slang because nobody running the show was young or hip enough to know what was going on. I'm not even sure they had anybody aware of what was hip and cool other than Hall, Nash, Konnan, Rey, Jericho and a couple others. On the Spanish slang, to be fair to WCW, WWE is not censoring it either. I saw somebody (perhaps Alberto) using Spanish swear words fairly recently (2012 or after) that he would probably be fired over if they were in English on live TV. I seem to recall Alberto going on a Bret Hart like tirade I believe in the match where Sin Cara quit because he dislocated his finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 I'm up to 9 buffering pinwheels about 30 minutes into the pre-show. Shaping up to be a fun WWE Network experience tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Yep... started off buffering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Interesting. I've had zero buffering issues on the preshow. But couldn't go about 90 seconds on Armageddon '05 earlier without buffering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 3 times alone on the Neville and Arrow interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 ...and my stream crashes completely. Though from the looks of Twitter, I'm not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 I wonder if they didn't get way more Arrow fans taking advantage of the free month than expected. I mean I don't even remember hearing about this stuff for WrestleMania which you would think is what gets the most live views of anything all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 They just aired an ad promoting the airing of the CM Punk "Best In The World" doc. And now Corey Graves is at a Bronie con, with no judgement. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 They cut out New Day's version of Empire State of Mind from Summerslam on the network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 They just aired an ad promoting the airing of the CM Punk "Best In The World" doc. OMG~! THAT MEANS HE'S SOOOO COMING BACK!!!!'1!! I'd imagine though that some smarks on forums or social networks probably had that reaction. *rolls eyes* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 I just thought it was cool that the whole "WWE IS GONNA ERASE HIM" thing isn't now part of the Network , which is smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 I think it would be really funny if they've edited it into a Homer Simpson on Rock Bottom style hatchet job and it took people weeks to notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 I just thought it was cool that the whole "WWE IS GONNA ERASE HIM" thing isn't now part of the Network , which is smart.I agree, just mocking the same feelings that people in certain groups and forums had last year when the Wrestlemania matches series episode featuring his back-to-back MitB wins aired. My response was that they did an episode on Guerrero-Angle, and Angle is still with TNA all these months later and Eddie is still hanging with Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Eddie is still hanging with Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Eddie ain't in heaven. Eddie is down there. IN HELL!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 I had forgotten how Konnan used to call people "homosexual man" in Spanish during his entrance (except that he wasn't saying those exact same words but I'm sure you can guess the equivalent in English). Not speaking spanish at all, that totally went over my head. However, I did learn what "tossing your salad" meant while listening to Konnan, and for that, I'm forever grateful. And peeling my potatoes... Funny how Konnan used to be able to get away with using prison/street/hip hop slang because nobody running the show was young or hip enough to know what was going on. I'm not even sure they had anybody aware of what was hip and cool other than Hall, Nash, Konnan, Rey, Jericho and a couple others. On the Spanish slang, to be fair to WCW, WWE is not censoring it either. I saw somebody (perhaps Alberto) using Spanish swear words fairly recently (2012 or after) that he would probably be fired over if they were in English on live TV. This makes me think of Dave Chappelle having a big laugh about white people finding out what "skeet skeet" meant after allowing it to play all over the radio. Oh, and for something wrestling related, when Khali had Runjin Singh as a translator apparently Khali was saying really nasty stuff in Punjab. I remember someone saying one of his promos on Cena was talking about raping Cena's mother and shit like that. Khali said "maa chodh doonga" which literally translates to "I will fuck your mom". It is a very common way of colloquially insulting someone in India, although that, of course, is no justification. He also called Batista "kutte", which means "dog", which is again a common insult in India. Different culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Watched two things on the Network last night: Kevin Nash HOF special: This was actually really interesting. In addition to the behind-the-scenes footage of Nash during the HOF, they also had footage of Nash walking back to the locker room after winning the WWF Title in 1994. I had no idea they ever filmed stuff like that back then. Holy shit! It was surreal seeing Capt. Lou Albano and an underwear-clad King Kong Bundy congratulating him after the match. It's also surprising how seamlessly Hogan was edited out of all the nWo footage. The WWE List - Shocking Title Changes: Fluff, as expected, and not particularly good. But two things stood out to me: 1. Adam Rose is always a great "talking head" on these things, and 2. I'm surprised Chyna was mentioned so much, and in a positive light! I didn't realize until now that Jarrett originally "won" the Good Housekeeping match before it was restarted. What was the point of that if he was leaving the next day? Also, Hogan showed up a few times here. Guess you can't erase him from everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 They finally uploaded Nitro #103 from Labor Day '97, with the awesome video package and dedication to the recently retired Arn Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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