Eduardo Posted August 5, 2015 Report Posted August 5, 2015 So I'm going to interview Bruce Tharpe on Monday for the local newspaper. I will ask him a little bit about his old IWF promotion, to keep it local, and other stuff, but will mainly be talking to him about NWA Classics. Do y'all have any questions you would like me to ask him, about NWA Classics or really, anything? Quote
2PhoneShawty Posted August 5, 2015 Report Posted August 5, 2015 I'd be interested in whether or not the TV deal with AXS will affect NWA Classics in some way. Quote
Tabe Posted August 5, 2015 Report Posted August 5, 2015 Ask him about his time in CWF as a ring announcer. Quote
Matt D Posted August 5, 2015 Report Posted August 5, 2015 I just want some Nick Bockwinkel matches already. I'm curious about Steamboat being on the banner when we don't seem to have any results for him, mind you, but there are results we don't have going back into the 70s certainly. Quote
khawk20 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Posted August 5, 2015 Ask him if there has been one "Holy Shit!" moment when going through the Houston footage so far, one match they discovered that he and his cohorts truly went "WOW" above all the others. Quote
Zoo Enthusiast Posted August 6, 2015 Report Posted August 6, 2015 What is it like to be interviewed by Pete? Quote
shoe Posted August 6, 2015 Report Posted August 6, 2015 What is it like to be interviewed by Pete? That cracked me up. Quote
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 6, 2015 Report Posted August 6, 2015 What is it like to be interviewed by Pete? Quote
hammerva Posted August 6, 2015 Report Posted August 6, 2015 Any estimated date on when the Roku app will be available? Quote
cheapshot Posted August 6, 2015 Report Posted August 6, 2015 Ask him if the RT button is stuck on his twitter machine. Quote
goc Posted August 6, 2015 Report Posted August 6, 2015 Ask him if the RT button is stuck on his twitter machine. LOL. There is stuff I send him that I have no idea why he retweets. Quote
conker8 Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 I just want some Nick Bockwinkel matches already. I'm curious about Steamboat being on the banner when we don't seem to have any results for him, mind you, but there are results we don't have going back into the 70s certainly. Â From Bruce Tharpe : yes - we have very early Ricky Steamboat matches listed on the run sheets - we just have to find them - convert them to Hi Def - and upload them to the website. Quote
goc Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 Â I just want some Nick Bockwinkel matches already. I'm curious about Steamboat being on the banner when we don't seem to have any results for him, mind you, but there are results we don't have going back into the 70s certainly. Â From Bruce Tharpe : yes - we have very early Ricky Steamboat matches listed on the run sheets - we just have to find them - convert them to Hi Def - and upload them to the website. Â I think people need to keep this in mind. The library is not as organized as people seem to think. It's not like he can just go "oh someone wants Chavo vs. Bockwinkel I know exactly where that is and can put it up tomorrow" Quote
Matt D Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 And as great as it was for Kris to post the results that he did, they're not at all complete. They also only start in the late 70s. Quote
BruceTharpe Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 I will be happy to answer any specific questions on here! Doing all we can to get the Roku App finished didn't anticipate how complicated it was going to be and we hit a few snags along the way. But it will be finished soon and I will make a big announcement when it's ready. We are trying to get as many matches uploaded as possible then will organize them as we go. Again - we could've waited a year and uploaded / organized everything - developed the Roku App etc. - but I wanted to get this amazing footage in front of the fans asap. Quote
shoe Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 What is the rhyme and reason for the uploads. My guess would be you have a number of reels converted thus you rotate picking matches on the reels converted until all the matches on the reel are uploaded. Quote
goc Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Could you kind of explain how the collection is organized? I know you've talked about the run sheets and what matches are on them but from what I can tell the tapes/reels themselves are not labeled as to their contents. Â Looking forward to more current/recent NWA uploads but I'm wondering how that is going to work. Right now you're uploading around one match a day, let's say on Wednesday you upload a current NWA match, would that mean there would be no classic match that day? Quote
shoe Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Bruce welcome to the board. This is Pete from Titans of Wrestling. I've really enjoyed the interviews we've done. As a moderator here if you need any help from the board when it comes to dates of matches or anything in general. Just give us a holler. Their are some of the best historians and hardcore wrestling fans in the world who post here. Quote
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Here's something to think about regarding Roku aps. Sure, they can be made quickly and rushed onto Roku. But most of those fucking stink. Any yahoo with a Church or access to public domain Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons can quickly get a Roku ap. It doesn't mean that the ap is good, works correctly, or even delivers. I like that they're being patient to ensure that the ap is good. Quote
BruceTharpe Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Guys - the library isn't organized as it's transferred. I have run sheets that correspond to approximate dates - but we literally loaded a large truck full of tapes. We did a visual on all of them. Some we immediately knew needed restoration (baking) that takes weeks or months. We set those aside. Then I told them to transfer a variety of matches first - so I could present a variety of really classic 70's matches - along with more contemporary 80's matches. As I get the matches back from the lab - and we edit them - I usually upload the best matches first. Some of the matches have audio issues that take time to correct as well. So my plan is to upload as many as I can (but that will literally take us a couple of years) then organize it as we go. Again - we could have waited a year to upload everything and organize it first - but I wanted to get this content in front of the fans as quickly as I could. Quote
BruceTharpe Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Working as hard as possible on the Roku App . . . too complicated to explain but rest assured there will be a big announcement when it's ready. I know I've said two weeks before - but I seriously don't anticipate it being much more than . . . two - more - weeks. Quote
KrisZ Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Bruce, you have done a tremendous job with what you have done so far and the Roku app will be the cherry on top of the sundae. Â My question is what is the latest stuff you have...does it go until 1987 Quote
BruceTharpe Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 yes - it goes up until 1987 the WWF takeover of Houston and actually includes the first WWF card in Houston but I doubt I will posting that! Quote
KrisZ Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 That's awesome because the late 86-early 87 stuff is pretty rare Quote
BruceTharpe Posted August 17, 2015 Report Posted August 17, 2015 Just checked the run sheets and what we have listed goes through Dec 1986 Quote
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