WWE Network... It's Here

[Migs]

The rest of the Nitro episodes, up to the very end, are up now. There may be a stray one or two missing, but who'd have thought the first complete TV series up on the network would be a WCW show.

 

ECW on TNN was first. But yeah, it's weird that they haven't done all of Raw and Smackdown.

[flyonthewall2983]

ECW on TNN was first. But yeah, it's weird that they haven't done all of Raw and Smackdown.

 

Well, those shows are still on the air.

[Hawkeye12]

 

The rest of the Nitro episodes, up to the very end, are up now. There may be a stray one or two missing, but who'd have thought the first complete TV series up on the network would be a WCW show.

 

ECW on TNN was first. But yeah, it's weird that they haven't done all of Raw and Smackdown.

 

SNMEs were up before ECW, granted they only amount to 40 or so episodes.

[SteveJRogers]

 

 

 

 

The rest of the Nitro episodes, up to the very end, are up now. There may be a stray one or two missing, but who'd have thought the first complete TV series up on the network would be a WCW show.

 

ECW on TNN was first. But yeah, it's weird that they haven't done all of Raw and Smackdown.

SNMEs were up before ECW, granted they only amount to 40 or so episodes.

Ditto all of the Clash of Champions around the same time, but I think both shows are probably thought of as special PPV like TV events, which is why both lost their luster when both companies made their flagship shows more must see than something to watch on Saturday morning to hype the house show circuit/big arena show.

 

So they probably shouldn't be lumped in with the Nitros, Saturday Nights, Superstars and Raws in terms of episodic shows to complete.

 

Plus Raw/Smackdown can never be truly "complete" as there is a month lag in between an episode airing on USA and it being uploaded on The Network.

[sek69]

Even with the gap for new shows, there's still several years of Raw and Smackdown missing from the archives. Also I considered ECW on TNN to be a continuation of the Hardcore TV show that is missing the first year or so.

[PeteF3]

Are there any missing Raws besides the first Raw Bowl (and the most recent ones)? Maybe some of the non-Monday episodes, but even a lot of those are up now.

[MikeCampbell]

There is one missing episode from the year 2000, #366. I believe it's the Kid Rock episode.

[JRH]

I wonder if they'll ever include the first AWA Superclash, seems odd to have 2 and 3 but not 1 (4 was never taped AFAIK).

[sek69]

Pretty sure the first one was on 24/7, so it's ready to go.

[khawk20]

I wonder if they'll ever include the first AWA Superclash, seems odd to have 2 and 3 but not 1 (4 was never taped AFAIK).

 

Just the main event of Saito-Zbyszko as far as I have ever seen.

[WingedEagle]

The Cruiserweight Classic bracketology show is outstanding. I have no reason to care about most of these names, and while many aren't even focused on for more than 60 seconds, I'm more invested in this than almost anything on Raw.

 

Between this and the 24/7 specials you wonder what options they have for Raw/Smackdown. You can't just abandon the live event format and give up on those weekly gates, but devoting an hour, for the sake of discussion, each week to this kind of format would go do wonders for for ingraining personalities and characters on the audience, and consequently the matches that follow as well. I don't think you even necessarily need monumental creative for this. Just put together a WWE version of your NFL/NBA studio show + Hard Knocks. You could mix in house show footage, catch wrestlers coming to/from the arenas, basically copy much of what you see from sports. Then again, perhaps that's the problem.

[Migs]

The Cruiserweight Classic bracketology show is outstanding. I have no reason to care about most of these names, and while many aren't even focused on for more than 60 seconds, I'm more invested in this than almost anything on Raw.

 

Between this and the 24/7 specials you wonder what options they have for Raw/Smackdown. You can't just abandon the live event format and give up on those weekly gates, but devoting an hour, for the sake of discussion, each week to this kind of format would go do wonders for for ingraining personalities and characters on the audience, and consequently the matches that follow as well. I don't think you even necessarily need monumental creative for this. Just put together a WWE version of your NFL/NBA studio show + Hard Knocks. You could mix in house show footage, catch wrestlers coming to/from the arenas, basically copy much of what you see from sports. Then again, perhaps that's the problem.

 

The answer is totally sports-based reality shows. Wrestling, in certain ways, was the original reality show, and the last twenty years have completely undermined that. But stuff like Total Divas shows you can go back, and they're fools not to incorporate more of these elements into the show.

[sek69]

Latest content dump is 2006 Raws for those who were looking forward to that.

[Stiva]

Latest content dump is 2006 Raws for those who were looking forward to that.

 

Putrid DX reunion aside, I remember the ECW stuff around the time being really weird with Foley promos, Cena/Sabu matches and Flair trying to lose all the blood in his body wherever possible.

[MikeCampbell]

All I can really recall from that time frame is the DX reunion (and 'putrid' is being awfully kind to it, Stiva) and Foley's heel promos. The one thing I'm recalling that's making me laugh is one of the first of the unfunny DX messing with Vince skits, where they've apparently hired male strippers. Dusty Rhodes walks up to Vince to plug his new DVD, and then yells "Maybe them strippers wanna buy one!"

[sek69]

They're moving on to 2007 and it's like they forgot about what happened since everything was going up in order until mid June.

[MikeCampbell]

They're moving on to 2007 and it's like they forgot about what happened since everything was going up in order until mid June.

 

They can more or less skate under the radar on that subject. Benoit had been drafted to ECW by this time, so it's not like there's going to be much talk about him on any upcoming Raw episodes. The actual event was cancelled that night, so they can get away with skipping it in the 2007 uploads and not considering it part of the official Raw series. They've somewhat done it before, by not counting those special Raw episodes that aired on Saturdays in 1998 and 99.

[goc]

That Benoit tribute episode will definitely NOT be getting put up.

[El-P]

Who doesn't want to watch that awkward (as in "Something's fucked up, guys") Regal tribute again ?

[Sidebottom]

Who doesn't want to watch that awkward (as in "Something's fucked up, guys") Regal tribute again ?

 

Jericho said in his second book that the bit was weird like he knew something was up. I've seen it a few times since (it's on YT still) but if I'm honest, I've never got that from watching it. What I took from it was that he was not in the mood to speak much, via his opening comments. It was known Nancy / Daniel were dead, so I can't picture Regal (who by many accounts is a nice, down to earth guy) giving Benoit any compliment, nevermind "he was the absolute best" if he had any inkling that Benoit had just killed his family. That's my personal take on it anyway.

[JRH]

They COULD just air the International version of RAW that aired that week, which was just a compilation of PPV matches. There would be little to no new material, admittedly, but considering that they did upload the snowstorm RAW, they could just put it on for the sake of continuity (and its not like they havent used the international versions before, they used that edit for the lawler heart attack episode).

[Log]

I think it'd be best to just skip that week. There's really no need to do anything else.

[sek69]

Of course it would be best, but you just know there's OCD completionist types who would be upset about them skipping it. Not because they actually wanted to watch it, but because it means it's not a 100% upload of that year.

[fxnj]

The episode is a huge part of WWE's modern history and played an undeniable role in shaping the climate of the time, most obviously with it leading to the McMahon death angle getting dropped. Skipping it just feels wrong. Anyone watching episodes from 2007 knows what happened, anyway, so I see no reason not to put it up.

[El-P]

Anyone watching episodes from 2007 knows what happened, anyway, so I see no reason not to put it up.

 

Because it's a two hour tribute show to a guy who brutally murdered his wife and kid ? And that's it's totally offensive and hurtful to the living relatives ?