Well back to topic I have been seeing stuff for the 24/7 WWF network that will be like the Netflix of wrestling. It will have tons of old matches all uncensored from the WWF, WCW, and ECW libraries. They also have wrestling reality shows where they take people like Mean Gene, Howard Finkel, Roddy Piper, Hillbilly Jim and others and put them in a house. I don't know for nostalgia reasons I guess it interested me.
Just wondering if any current or former wrestling fans will think about getting this. I guess it is 10 dollars a month if you do a 6 month sub and that also covers all live broadcasts going forward as well as all the PPVs. People were telling me Wrestlemanias alone were getting to the 100 dollar mark(no pun intended).
Quote: IbeatyouracesNothing beat watching Mick Foley getting thrown off of the cage and through the announce table or Austin tormenting McMahon every week. The 80's was when I started watching and around 2003 is when it got unentertaining. The early to mid 90's want much better. Don't watch it now.
I was a wrestling fan till the John Stossel report. A wrestler popped his eardrums because he didnt like Stossel exposing the whole thing.
I then got disgusted.
Somewhere around 10 years old I realized that no human being could fight several times a week and not be beaten to a pulp. Still I loved to go.
As time went by, well, time went by and I lost interest.
On rare occasions I have watched matches over the years and while I think many of today's wrestlers are magnificent athletes (and actors) the exhibitions do not rouse the emotions as they once did.
Frank Scoblete author of "Confessions of a Wayward Catholic"
Quote: IbeatyouracesWWE is coming here in a couple of weeks. I'm not going but 15 years ago I would have had front row seats.
This story got me to go to the WWF site and check it out. They had a ticket link there. I guess now instead of having the chance to camp out for tickets, they block all the best ones off for a VIP experience which involves the seat and meeting a wrestler and your own entrance etc. Long story short ringsides are 600 bucks now.
I guess that is all across entertainment now. They figure they should get the money themselves instead of letting brokers and scalpers get it but still somewhere a fan got screwed. The way I remember it for PPVs and Raws are they put them on sale during a house show. So you would wait in line the day before(sometimes 2 days in my case) and then buy a ticket for that nights show but don't go in just wait outside. Then you bought your tickets and went inside to catch the 2nd half of the house show.
Quote: PerditionThis story got me to go to the WWF site and check it out.
You went here?? http://www.wwf.org
Pretty cool that you're into wildlife.
Quit watching when Edge retired.
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http://www.wwf.org
I don't use the other name. Vince shouldn't have been arrogant towards the Pandas. All they asked was for him not to overuse the name outside the US and he went full bore when they did the UK PPV. The name change happened after I stopped watching anyways so I guess that is why it will always be WWF to me.
Saw alot of blood on the forehead of those matches.
Later I learned wrestlers cut themself on the forehead to bleed for the fans.
Then I got disgusted.
http://deadwrestlers.net/2010s.html
Quote: BuzzardWrestlers pay the ultimate price as athletes. Think not ? WRONG !
http://deadwrestlers.net/2010s.html
awwwww Doink is dead. sad face!!!
Quote: BuzzardAmazing how many wrestlers die in their 30's and 40's. SIGH
I was noticing that the ones form legends were dieing later and the ones from the 2000s were mostly in their 30s.
If seems like most of the people from that game are dead.
RIP Bam Bam
Quote: BuzzardAmazing how many wrestlers die in their 30's and 40's. SIGH
Painkillers and repetitive concussions. I hadn't realized Test (of Test and Albert) had passed away either. I watched in the late 90's and early 2000's, after reading Mankind's biography, and because there was a neat (trading) card game called 'Raw Deal' (play tester for a couple of the expansions).
It was male soap opera. It's not designed to be watched for years and years... they'll repeat the stories, the moves and the turns every so often, because they know they have a turnover of their fan base. If you watched it as that, it was kind of fun, but the amount of punishment they put on their bodies, I always applaud when guys quit after a good run...
http://prowrestling.about.com/od/whatsrealwhatsfake/tp/10tragedies.htm
Quote: PerditionJust wondering if any current or former wrestling fans will think about getting this. I guess it is 10 dollars a month if you do a 6 month sub and that also covers all live broadcasts going forward as well as all the PPVs. People were telling me Wrestlemanias alone were getting to the 100 dollar mark(no pun intended).
I'll be getting it.
I was a little surprised it includes WrestleMania. Then again, I wouldn't be one bit surprised if they announce, either six months or a year from now (when most of the subscriptions are up for renewal), that the price will go up to $15/month (which would be the same as "$10/month plus a mandatory $60 WrestleMania surcharge").
I also have a feeling "uncensored" will be modified slightly the minute somebody notices Chris Benoit wrestling on a 1990s WCW Nitro. (WWE took great pains to remove every instance of Benoit either wrestling or being involved in an interview from the shows on WWE Classics On Demand.)
Quote: ThatDonGuyI'll be getting it.
I was a little surprised it includes WrestleMania. Then again, I wouldn't be one bit surprised if they announce, either six months or a year from now (when most of the subscriptions are up for renewal), that the price will go up to $15/month (which would be the same as "$10/month plus a mandatory $60 WrestleMania surcharge").
I also have a feeling "uncensored" will be modified slightly the minute somebody notices Chris Benoit wrestling on a 1990s WCW Nitro. (WWE took great pains to remove every instance of Benoit either wrestling or being involved in an interview from the shows on WWE Classics On Demand.)
They already said Benoit will be fully included with a warning before each match. Also Jesse Ventura's color commentary will be re-added to all the matches he called.
Jack Brisco was my favorite wrestler. My favorite villain was Buddy Colt.
I watched WWF/WWE some in the Rock era...just not the same anymore...
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-10-06/entertainment/0010060063_1_buddy-colt-championship-wrestling-mike-mccord
Quote: treetopbuddyBrock Lesnar defeats The Undertaker in WrestleMania XXX............is there no god?
Bray Wyatt lost to Cena!!!! I am outraged!!!! I spent much of last night trashing my house after that match. Beat the hell out of my wife, kids, and dog too.
Quote: HowManyBray Wyatt lost to Cena!!!! I am outraged!!!! I spent much of last night trashing my house after that match. Beat the hell out of my wife, kids, and dog too.
Opening line was Cena+250. Can you imagine a Cena/Brock big bet parlay?? Lol
Quote: slytherI used to be a bigger fan (would get good seats for TV shows, etc), then I attended WM XIX and figured that was the pinnacle so I kind of stopped after that. I've started watching casually again, just bits and pieces of Monday Night Raw. I won't be getting the subscription because it would become a HUGE time-sink for me and Mrs. Slyther would probably hit me over the head with a folding chair.
When Mrs HowMany hits me over the head with a folding chair, I counter with a Tombstone Piledriver. If that doesn't work, I'll do a Sister Abigail.
Quote: HowManyWhen Mrs HowMany hits me over the head with a folding chair, I counter with a Tombstone Piledriver. If that doesn't work, I'll do a Sister Abigail.
On this forum, you should only trust one person. So I always Follow the Buzzard.
Quote: Lemieux66On this forum, you should only trust one person. So I always Follow the Buzzard.
This is what happens when you abuse drugs.
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RUN🐐
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LOL
And did any pornstars make an appearance for WM XXX? That would have made it more interesting to me at least... :)
I wanna say I watched a part of a WM or the Royal Rumble live because the cable company screwed up and didn't scramble it. Same goes for the Playboy channel a couple of times. ;)
Quote: BuzzardI gave up when Ray Mysterio was the champ. I am not sure he should have been a midget champion. I think Sky Low Low or Little Beaver would have kicked his little ass in their prime.
Vince agreed with you. He was probably the worst booked champion of all time and jobbed to everyone.
Quote: HowManyWhen Mrs HowMany hits me over the head with a folding chair, I counter with a Tombstone Piledriver. If that doesn't work, I'll do a Sister Abigail.
If your tombstone was at the level of Undertaker's in his WM match, Mrs. HowMany has nothing to fear. That was almost at the Botchamania (as seen on YouTube) level.
Speaking of Undertaker and WM, Busted Open reported that Vince McMahon missed the main event of WM because he was at the hospital with Undertaker, who apparently suffered a serious concussion. (There is talk that the reason he did not appear on Monday Night RAW the next night was because he was still concussed and somebody was afraid he might become incoherent on the air - remember, RAW is live, at least out east.) However, it is not true that they changed the result of his match because of it; it was always intended for Lesnar to win.
Oh no, another non believer in wrestling. Only Mr Peabody and his WABAC machine can foretell a wrestling result.
Unlike the NFL, wrestling is not fixed.
Quote: HowManyBray Wyatt lost to Cena!!!! I am outraged!!!! I spent much of last night trashing my house after that match. Beat the hell out of my wife, kids, and dog too.
The couch, did you burn your couch?