WWE Network Thread

Itssoeasy

Jesus big viscera was an atletic son of a of gun for a big man just watching him and mark Henry going at it at no way out 2000.

Stereomaniac

His career seems to just be filled with missed opportunities. He had such a big chance in 1995.

Itssoeasy

Ive just realised that I used the phrase son of a gun. Listening to JR over two days will do that.

Stereomaniac

Goofier than a pet coon from SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 was always one of my personal favourites.

Itssoeasy

The old Jeff/Matt hardy mix up has annoyed me a bit.

A Rogue Hobo

Itssoeasy wrote:

One thing though. Why does bubba have a kind of southern USA accent ?

In ECW as heels the Dudleys were meant to be evil inbred hicks. So they carried over some of those traits to WWE Dudleys but were phased out over time.

Stereomaniac

The stammer was there at the start of their run in 1999 as well but was later gotten rid of too.

A Primal Nut

Video's won't play for me at the moment, tried both Internet Explorer and Chrome on Windows.

Android app works.

Itssoeasy

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Video's won't play for me at the moment, tried both Internet Explorer and Chrome on Windows.

Android app works.

Well chrome has been like a dog for me the last few days.

billion dollar baby

Slowly making my way through all of the old Raws and the PPVs. I'm up to WM14 now.

It's amazing how underappreciated the Lightheavyweight division is by today's standards. Taka Michinoku, Aguila and Brian Christipher had a fantastic series of matches for the title

Stereomaniac

Yeah the light heavyweight division was amazing the first year of its existence. Before the championship was even introduced, the match between The Great Sasuke and Taka Michinoku at Canadian Stampede was great. It's a pity they got rid of that championship really.

gnfnrhead

WWF had no interest in it. They seen the Cruiserweight division was working for WCW so threw a load of small guys together and expected similar results with minimal effort. When that didn't happen, the title quickly became an afterthought.

Alexis Sanchez

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Itssoeasy

Watched the raw two weeks before wm 2000 when the scheduled main event was held between rock, trips, and show. Jesus the crowd was nuclear hot and I'd forgotten that the promo at the end trips jumped a guy who got on the ramp near Linda. Brownie points for trips there.

Enjoying going through 2000 on the network with Raws and PPVs.

As a kid 98 and 99 were great but going back over them and the match quality + PPVs were not great.

2000 holds up great though with great main events and mid card matches.

Itssoeasy

Deleted User wrote: »

Enjoying going through 2000 on the network with Raws and PPVs.

As a kid 98 and 99 were great but going back over them and the match quality + PPVs were not great.

2000 holds up great though with great main events and mid card matches.

I'm the same and IMO the product was a bit more polished and the sets looked better in 2000 then in 99 or 98.

Just watched the opening segment of the go home raw for WM 2000 and Jesus it just seems so much more...I don't know it seems more realistic for lack of a much more appropriate term.

Itssoeasy

Also i realised why I found Steph so extra hot in 2000. She was 23 and I was 15 in 2000. So puberty is the reason.

Blue_Dabadee

I'm at July 2001 with Invasion storyline. I actually enjoyed the storyline when I was a lot younger because I didn't know much about WCW and ECW since I started watching wrestling in 2000, but now I know why people call it the biggest flop in wrestling history.

Itssoeasy

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I'm the same and IMO the product was a bit more polished and the sets looked better in 2000 then in 99 or 98.

Just watched the opening segment of the go home raw for WM 2000 and Jesus it just seems so much more...I don't know it seems more realistic for lack of a much more appropriate term.

I agree. I actually think 97 holds up better than 98 and 99 but that could be just me because I love 1997 WWF. The real life tension between HBK and Bret makes for some great TV.

1997 and 2000 were the 2 main years I wanted added so I dont know what I want added next

A Brad Maddox Guy

Blue_Dabadee wrote: »

I'm at July 2001 with Invasion storyline. I actually enjoyed the storyline when I was a lot younger because I didn't know much about WCW and ECW since I started watching wrestling in 2000, but now I know why people call it the biggest flop in wrestling history.

I was the same, I had only gotten into watching wrestling on a weekly basis the year before and I knew nothing about WCW or ECW when they turned up so to 9 year old me they really were the bad guys trying to destroy the wrestling show I loved :cool: Then a few years ago I found a playlist of every 2001 RAW & Smackdown on Dailymotion so decided to watch it and got as far as Summerslam. Must finish it off now that the Network has it

Stereomaniac

At the time I thought that this was the greatest event in the history of sports-entertainment/wrestling/sports/entertainment. I haven't watched Invasion since I watched it live so I've never been able to look back and see where it could have been improved upon.

Rock Lesnar

Ah i remember this well, i remember that despite the potentially great storyline they could easily have got from it, I never really felt it was going to go anywhere, it was WCW without Hogan, Hall, Nash, Goldberg, Sting, and the boys who did turn up were never a threat to Austin, Taker or The Rock, and even if the others turned up, Vince would never allow them to outshine his roster, it was doomed from the start

Stereomaniac

What really bothered me was Steve Austin jumping over to WCW. It just seemed like the most unnatural thing ever to me because he actively criticised WCW for so long before this point. I kept thinking the bigger names from Atlanta would show up later on down the line though.

Rock Lesnar

Stereomaniac wrote: »

What really bothered me was Steve Austin jumping over to WCW. It just seemed like the most unnatural thing ever to me because he actively criticised WCW for so long before this point. I kept thinking the bigger names from Atlanta would show up later on down the line though.

I presume it was to boost the credibility of the wcw crew, who knows, i dont think much thought went into that storyline

gnfnrhead

Stereomaniac wrote: »

What really bothered me was Steve Austin jumping over to WCW. It just seemed like the most unnatural thing ever to me because he actively criticised WCW for so long before this point. I kept thinking the bigger names from Atlanta would show up later on down the line though.

WCW's biggest star was Booker T. DDP was wasted with the stalker angle. After those two they had pretty much nothing to compare to Austin, Angle, Undertaker, Kane, Jericho, Big Show etc. Vince wasn't willing to let WCW look credible so he had WWF guys defect instead of building anyone up.

The Invasion was never intended to be a good storyline, it was all about burying WCW once and for all. The final winner takes all match had only Booker T and RVD from the WCW/ECW side. The other eight were WWF guys, including Shane McMahon. Meanwhile, Hogan, Nash, Hall, Sting, Goldberg etc. are all sitting at home.

Stereomaniac

At their end as well though, surely some of those names decided to just sit at home and wait out the remainder of their guaranteed contracts. It was literally money for nothing so why bother go and work when you've had money fired at you by Eric Bischoff using Turner funds? I saw the elimination tag match that was held at I think maybe it was Survivor Series 2001 a few years ago and that match still holds up for me today, as a stand-alone anyway.

Angron

Skip to 2015, and we still have angles where WWE (HHH) beats WCW (Sting).

sky88

gnfnrhead wrote: »

WCW's biggest star was Booker T. DDP was wasted with the stalker angle. After those two they had pretty much nothing to compare to Austin, Angle, Undertaker, Kane, Jericho, Big Show etc. Vince wasn't willing to let WCW look credible so he had WWF guys defect instead of building anyone up.

The Invasion was never intended to be a good storyline, it was all about burying WCW once and for all. The final winner takes all match had only Booker T and RVD from the WCW/ECW side. The other eight were WWF guys, including Shane McMahon. Meanwhile, Hogan, Nash, Hall, Sting, Goldberg etc. are all sitting at home.

i think this is what hurt the invasion most of all them guys were on huge paychecks and were getting paid to sit around there houses living the life which i cant blame them for. Once there contracts were up they joined after that except for sting.

A Primal Nut

I loved the invasion at the time but I too had never watched WCW or ECW so I didn't really think about it that much. Decided to spoiler this in case someone is watching over 2001 and somehow doesn't remember what happened.

Looking back it's weird how they turned Austin twice in the space of a few months. He turned heel at WrestleMania, business went way down, then just before the Invasion PPV Vince asked for the old Stone Cold and he got it. Austin came back as a babyface and the crowd went crazy (although him beating everyone in the entire Alliance almost on his own made them look ridiculous). Everything was back to normal. Then Austin turned again.

Austin always talks today how turning heel was a big mistake - then why did they do it again three months later?

Ageyev

Chuffed to see 2000-2001 stuff added. That tag match from May 2001 with Jericho, Austin and Triple H is amazing.