Has wrestling gone overboard with the various streaming services?

[Zoo Enthusiast]

I have WWE, HighSpots, and Powerbomb. I share the latter two with a friend who has subs with ROH and NJPW in exchange for those, though I don’t use them very often since they don’t have apps on Roku/Apple TV. I think I will get the Progress one, eventually.

[Migs]

I have WWE and ROH (rolled over from the prior club membership, but feeling like I'll keep it at the end of the year). Keep getting tempted by Highspots but want to catch up on a few other things before I dive in over there (and most of their interesting stuff is back catalog).

[Mad Dog]

I just have NJPW World for now, many others look great though but I've never pulled the trigger on signing up for more although I came close with STARDOM but realized my schedule doesn't have time to squeeze it in to really get the full value.

 

I just don't have enough time to watch all the wrestling available out there especially with all the older content I've been collecting and going through although with all the gems I see people discussing on here it's always tempting haha.

 

My heart says I've got to see it all! but my wallet says I can't spend the equivalent of a monthly cable subscription on wrestling networks and then sit and watch all of it when I could be out earning money I need to keep a roof over my head. Plus my significant other isn't a fan and they barely put up with my obsession as it is

 

I'm glad for all the younger fans though, they have such a variety of content to watch. If I was 10 years younger I'd have been all over this in a heartbeat with multiple subscriptions and wrestling marathons.

 

Stardom is really good for just hitting a match or two a night and slowly digesting the shows.

[WingedEagle]

For those that have a Fire Stick, you can watch Stardom World on it via the Silk browser. The quality is phenomenal and a huge upgrade from watching on the computer.

[Wahoos Leg]

I keep WWE and NJPW World and cycle back and forth between some of the others from month to month in an effort not to pay for services I'm not watching

[Mad Dog]

WWE, NJPW and Stardom are my constants. I signed up for RoH's thing this month but kind of have no idea what that's actually giving me so that might be short lived.

[Wahoos Leg]

I've thought about trying Stardom for a while but never pulled the trigger

 

Also, I forgot I also have WWN Club, mostly because I know some guys who work under their umbrella

[Mad Dog]

Stardom is cheap and a great product. They also chop up the shows so you can skip the student and rookie matches if you want. They also subtitle promos.

[Mrzfn]

Stardom is honestly the best streaming service out there in terms of being easily navigable and accessible in English. They're even ahead of njpwworld, to be honest, though they obviously have less classic content.

 

I love Dragon Gate but I almost cried when I saw their new service was so much worse than Stardom's. I probably set my hopes too high but I just don't get it, if Stardom can do it what is stopping others? The DG service is ok, especially in terms of smooth streaming and good video quality, but I guess I'm spoiled now.

[Mad Dog]

DDT's service is rough as well.

[donsem43]

Shimmer hinting on Twitter that they will have some sort of streaming set up soon.

[Mad Dog]

They have to do something considering they are two years behind on releasing their shows.

[Zoo Enthusiast]

How’s the ROH service thus far? Any old school shows yet?

[Mad Dog]

It's really terrible to navigate. It's mostly all Sinclair era stuff but good luck getting to anything you want to see.

[Zoo Enthusiast]

It's really terrible to navigate. It's mostly all Sinclair era stuff but good luck getting to anything you want to see.

OK, that’s about what I had expected.

[Mad Dog]

They don't have an app yet and I really struggle to get decent quality streaming out of it. I wrote in another thread that I think they managed to have a worse site to navigate than WWNLive does.

[Migs]

They don't have an app yet and I really struggle to get decent quality streaming out of it. I wrote in another thread that I think they managed to have a worse site to navigate than WWNLive does.

 

Yeah, I get a lot of pixelation on the archive shows.

 

The only reason to subscribe to ROH right now is to stream the current shows.

[Troy]

Any recommendations on a starting point for Stardom?

[donsem43]

If you want to catch up on current stuff the 1/21 show with the loser leaves faction match is a good place to start. If you're looking a best of then checkout the MDA and my spreadsheets.

[JHawk]

Currently using the WWE Network (which is what I use the most), NJPW World, and Honor Club.

 

Honor Club is horrible to navigate through and if it weren't for the live PPVs being included in the annual VIP price I would have cancelled it already

[WingedEagle]

If you want to catch up on current stuff the 1/21 show with the loser leaves faction match is a good place to start. If you're looking a best of then checkout the MDA and my spreadsheets.

 

Where are the spreadsheets?

[donsem43]

The links in my signature. Pretty sure they are all set to public viewing.

[Edwin]

Has anyone tried out BJW CORE?

 

They only have shows from 2016 - 2018 and I haven't followed them closely in around 8 or so years, but I used to be a big fan and am curious to get back to following them.

[WingedEagle]

The links in my signature. Pretty sure they are all set to public viewing.

 

Looks like I'll have to turn signatures back on

[Mad Dog]

The Fite app is really great if you don't have it. A lot of free content and you get RoH and CWF Hollywood TV plus a lot of other promotions.