JNLister Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 4 hours ago, JRH said: In England, they apparently had WWF Classics in the early 2000s which showed eps of Wrestling Challenge from 87-88. It was one year of WWWF Championship Wrestling from 82-3 and then the first year of Superstars of Wrestling from 86-7. IIRC, one of the WWF shows at the time had been cancelled and Sky had a deal for a certain number of hours programming each week, so they did Classics to make up the time. (It's possible it was to replace Heat, which moved to another broadcaster for two years in the UK.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 And now all of us have nothing. Merry X-mas, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Log Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Matt D said: And now all of us have nothing. Merry X-mas, everyone. Maybe the real Hidden Gems are the friends we made along the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButchReedMark Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 10:29 AM, JNLister said: It was one year of WWWF Championship Wrestling from 82-3 and then the first year of Superstars of Wrestling from 86-7. IIRC, one of the WWF shows at the time had been cancelled and Sky had a deal for a certain number of hours programming each week, so they did Classics to make up the time. (It's possible it was to replace Heat, which moved to another broadcaster for two years in the UK.) I'm positive it was Challenge they showed as opposed to SoW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Just now, ButchReedMark said: I'm positive it was Challenge they showed as opposed to SoW. It 100% was. They started with the first episode of Challenge and then continued airing them until they got into early '88. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocklock Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Every time I see a new post in this thread I'm hoping they went back on their decision to stop doing the hidden gems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul sosnowski Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Me too!!! Dammit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 12:28 AM, JRH said: In England, they apparently had WWF Classics in the early 2000s which showed eps of Wrestling Challenge from 87-88. I remember people being jealous that the UK releases didn't get subject to the blur-mania we got in the States when they had to change logos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
returner82 Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 8 hours ago, sek69 said: I remember people being jealous that the UK releases didn't get subject to the blur-mania we got in the States when they had to change logos. Only thing was that if, say, Demolition hit someone with Mr. Fuji's cane, they would splice in a 2004 crowd shot of some dude with pierced ears, which was really incongruous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNLister Posted December 29, 2019 Report Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/27/2019 at 9:34 PM, ButchReedMark said: I'm positive it was Challenge they showed as opposed to SoW. Thinking again, that sounds right, particularly with the trademark issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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