cpst Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 WWE invested 20+ million dollars into this service, so I doubt this is a thing. If you believe Meltzer, the WWE's investment gave them no controlling interest and they had no idea this was coming. Given the porous nature of the wrestling business, that does seem a bit hard to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 One of my least favorite dudes to listen to is Bill Watts. Dude always sound so bored with his own product, and he'd openly shit on the talent or point out their mistakes, while being far more interested in talking about their non-wrestling achievements than wrestling qualities. He really harms the quality of MS shows for me. Which is sad, because Mid South is probably the best territory to pick a random TV episode and watch outside of him. Other guys I'd put on my list of all time terrible commentators lower than Ed: Mark Madden Lord Alfred Hayes Mark Madden Mark Madden Dok Hendrix Rob Bartlett (can you believe Vince stuck with him for as long as he did?) Mike Tenay Mark Madden Jerry Lawler for all but like the first year of his WWF run Mark Madden Fuck Mark Madden. What a sack of shit he was. And is. I have to disagree with two of these. Yes, I agree: fuck Lawler, fuck Madden, fuck Tenay, fuck Dok Hendrix even, but I have to stick up for Lord Al a little bit. He makes MANY an undercard match more enjoyable. I watched this match a couple of nights back and it was genuinely one of the highlights of my week: I feel like Mooney and Lord Al are the only commentary team in WWF history who could legit carry an 8-minute match with virtually nothing but cheesy cat puns. Gotta be a place in the world for that! ---- The second defence, and more serious, is that I legitimately think Bill Watts is one of the very best announcers for getting over angles, stories, and psychology, and I think him criticising the odd leg not being hooked or pointing out a mistake is a decent price to pay for that. I don't really get that knock on commentators in general, real sports commentators point out mistakes all the time, so the school of old-school wrestling announcers who did that were doing a great job of maintaining the illusion of a legit contest if you ask me. PS. Loved the Dory gifs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I bet Vince loved that commentary even more than you Parv, he loved using puns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB8 Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Am I the only person who actually played with my Hasbros instead of putting them on a shelf? I have a drawer full of them in disgusting condition, my Undertaker lost his hand,my Doink lost 3 fingers,Bushwhacker Luke is missing with just his cap left as a reminder and Damian has his tail bitten off by me presumably. I played with mine all the time. Royal Rumbles with fifty action figures. I remember being at a market with my grandparents when I was a kid and I came across a stall selling Rick Rude, Demolition and Akeem and I freaked. I didn't even know there were figures made of those guys. That was a great day. My brother got a bunch of the newer, super-detailed ones like the Classics series. There's a couple suitcases full of my old ones and the ones my brother had sitting in the spare room at my mother's house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I bet Vince loved that commentary even more than you Parv, he loved using puns Vince: He "urns" it. They get very tenuous ... tuna-ous? "Didn't say that on purpoise", "you better change your tuna". I think the cleverest one here was Perfect: "Well, you better go back to school." The Perfect pun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Last figures I bought were those awful mini ones they did in 96/97, did have an IC title though which I could have done with years earlier for my hasbros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I feel like Mooney and Lord Al are the only commentary team in WWF history who could legit carry an 8-minute match with virtually nothing but cheesy cat puns. Gotta be a place in the world for that! One of the greatest commentary teams of all time, and I'm not even joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 Wow that HHH fig looks to be in desperate need of some extra fiber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 I feel like Mooney and Lord Al are the only commentary team in WWF history who could legit carry an 8-minute match with virtually nothing but cheesy cat puns. Gotta be a place in the world for that! One of the greatest commentary teams of all time, and I'm not even joking. Invasion 92 is so great and I wish it was online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted October 26, 2016 Report Share Posted October 26, 2016 This thing seems DOA to me. Why would companies who are making a profit selling their shows at $15-20 a pop want to be part of a service that is $20 total for a bunch of different groups without the kind of exposure they'd get for doing the same on WWE Network? No one signing up for this is going to be unfamiliar with most of the promotions, so they're just able to watch the same content for cheaper. This is why I don't understand the "price of indie wrestling is skyrocketing" comment, because when this fails, how are you going to convince people who were paying $20 a month for your shows plus 30 other shows to pay $20 for one show again? In the very short term it could get some guys some money, but ultimately seems like it'd have a negative impact once it shuts down. Subscribing to New Japan World was really, really, really easy. Some people have trouble with the simplest of tech tasks so mileage always varies on these things. I seem to recall people complaining to Meltzer on twitter about how hard it was to use the site.Dave also said they would have English menus eventually. I never subbed for that reason. No apps, no English menus, etc. If numbers are that low, they probably never will. They do have English menus. And an app. NJPW World does? Where? It's a mess. I must have missed the Roku app rollout, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I feel like Mooney and Lord Al are the only commentary team in WWF history who could legit carry an 8-minute match with virtually nothing but cheesy cat puns. Gotta be a place in the world for that! One of the greatest commentary teams of all time, and I'm not even joking. Invasion 92 is so great and I wish it was online https://legitshook.squarespace.com/wwf-videos/2016/6/18/wwf-invasion-1992 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I feel like Mooney and Lord Al are the only commentary team in WWF history who could legit carry an 8-minute match with virtually nothing but cheesy cat puns. Gotta be a place in the world for that! One of the greatest commentary teams of all time, and I'm not even joking. Invasion 92 is so great and I wish it was online https://legitshook.squarespace.com/wwf-videos/2016/6/18/wwf-invasion-1992 You wonderful human being Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Quick questions: 1) It was said in 96 that WCW was getting gimmick names cleared for the Outsiders before they just went with their real names. Did it ever come out what the gimmick names were? 2) What was the deal with a proposed HBK-Savage program in 93? I remember reading that Shawn was pissed that it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 For the HBK/Savage thing, the rumor is that Macho came up with like a 2 year plan to feud with HBK eventually ending with HBK beating him at WM 10, but Vince shot it down because he thought having Macho in such a prominent spot while pushing the New Generation didn't make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Not sure on the length/value of his contract but you wonder how Savage managed to put up with that role for nearly 2 years, the few times he was given anything to do he was awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Did Sgt. Slaughter ever do any tours of Japan in the early 80s? You would think that a big ugly brawling American hoss would be tailor-made for Japan. And he was a million times the worker Sheik and Abdullah were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Toured AJPW in 75 and NJPW in 81/82 from looking at the Clawmaster Archives http://sportsandwrestling.mywowbb.com/forum2/31188.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Wow! I have never even heard of that 1992 tape before. I was familiar with the 1992 World Tour tape, which I had & it was terrible. This card is sick though! I don't think I've seen any of these matches before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Quick questions: 1) It was said in 96 that WCW was getting gimmick names cleared for the Outsiders before they just went with their real names. Did it ever come out what the gimmick names were? On the Legends of Wrestling show with JBL on WWE Network, Scott Hall said he was going to be Laser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Did the US ever get the WWF Fab Four Special? It was a series of sitdown interviews with Bret,Shawn,Bulldog and Undertaker before One Night Only in 97 which were slighty out of character and really different than anything else WWF ever did before then Can only find Undertaker's online http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ftref Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostNinjaLike Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 People on here talk about "Yearbooks" and comps of territories or whatever a lot, how do I go about buying these things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 People on here talk about "Yearbooks" and comps of territories or whatever a lot, how do I go about buying these things? If you send a pm to Goodhelmet he will be able to advise you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Backstage fight between Jericho and Sin Cara...WTH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Toured AJPW in 75 and NJPW in 81/82 from looking at the Clawmaster Archives http://sportsandwrestling.mywowbb.com/forum2/31188.html He also had a tour with IWE in Jan/Feb 1975 as well as "Bobby Slaughter". A few clips exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Backstage fight between Jericho and Sin Cara...WTH? Jericho is a known obnoxious party guy especially on the overseas tours. Hunicara will beat the breaks off of anyone. Makes sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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