WWE Network Thread

rovert

grames_bond wrote: »

Will Austin be hosting again? The elimination promos he used to do were amazing!

It was announced at the WWE quarterly earnings conference call. So the announcement was low in the detail.

The date given for the UK WWE Network launch is still the not specific late 2014/early 2015 time frame.

rovert

Pentecost wrote: »

Silent Rage to make a triumphant return?

Imagine Kevin Steen or Devitt on the show

Ape Lincoln

How did the last Tough Enough fare in the ratings? I had a look at the tweets from the conf. call and got the impression WWE are maybe a tad clueless about their own network.

http://whatculture.com/wwe/wwes-q1-conference-call-everything-learned.php

Because the new TV deal was off-the-table, there was a lot of talk about the WWE Network. A five-tier strategy for growing subscription numbers was outlined which included:

1. Creating New Content
2. New Geographies
3. New Distribution Platforms
4. New Features
5. Executing Marketing Campaign

Details of these initiatives included mentioning new shows (such as new season Tough Enough), promising the international WWE Network rollout (should start in late 2014), adding WWE Network to more plaforms (XBOX One, Amazon Fire, SmartTVs), adding new features to WWE Network (bookmarking and playlist tools to highlight “favorite content”), and more marketing about the network.

Wrestling is their bread and butter and I'd have thought a top priority would to make PPVs (or "Special Events" whatever...) very special and must-see shows.

The Ayatolla

Get it on Chromecast please!

Ape Lincoln

Spot the difference

Monokne

Stuff like this is SO bush league.

Machismo Fan

Why even bother when his name is still mentioned in the description?

da_hambo

Ape Lincoln wrote: »

Spot the difference

wow they are really trying to erase Punk! Self Destruction of CM Punk on the way? So silly Vince takes such a spiteful stance with some people.

Ape Lincoln

Don't think they're erasing him tbh. Punk's merchandise still sells well. Maybe it's an in-joke we're not privvy to. His face is still on other PPV icons on the network.

Ape Lincoln

The first Clash of the Champions is scheduled for I think, Monday morning. One for all the Sting fans

rovert

Ape Lincoln wrote: »

The first Clash of the Champions is scheduled for I think, Monday morning. One for all the Sting fans

Yup


Made Sting is a star. It was a show that counterprogrammed Wrestlemania IV - a PPV that was an utter snooze fest. WCW presented a show around a really great match that launched a new star.

rovert

Clash of the Champions XXII is up randomly
http://network.wwe.com/video/v32355055

Watch the first five minutes for a camp show open and a TERRIBLE promo by Erik Watts.

Ape Lincoln

They also countered Mania V with a Clash headlined by Steamboat/Flair. This was due to McMahon strong arming the cable companies and warning them not to carry JCP/WCW PPVs.

Nice find with Clash 22. I'm on the PS3 and can't access it though. I hate that there's sneaky stuff available on the browser but inaccessible elsewhere :mad:


Edit does this link work? http://network.wwe.com/video/v32286157
(am on phone...)

Itssoeasy

rovert wrote: »

So WWE announced a new series of Tough Enough for the WWE Network..

They can't do it without Big John.

Big john studd ? Isn't he dead ?

Ape Lincoln

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Big john studd ? Isn't he dead ?

This langer...



He worked on the first Tough Enough as a sort of host/office head. Heads up TNA creative these days

Loughc

Just watching King Of The Ring 1999 on the Network and oh my god the crowd was red hot throughout! It made every match seem important.

A metal cup got a pop a main eventer these days would be proud of.

There's a decent hardy boys vs edge and Christian and there's an incredible spear from edge on Jeff in that match. Worth checking out for the spear alone!

Ape Lincoln

Woop! The first Clash of the Champions is playable on PS3

The card:

NWA World Television Title College Rules Match Mike Rotunda (w/Kevin Sullivan) (c) vs. Jimmy Garvin (w/Precious)

NWA United States Tag Team Title Match The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) (w/Jim Cornette) (c) vs. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers)

Barbed Wire Six Man Tag Team Match Dusty Rhodes & The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) (w/Paul Ellering) vs. Ivan Koloff & The Powers Of Pain (The Barbarian & The Warlord) (w/Paul Jones)

NWA World Tag Team Title Match Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/JJ Dillon) (c) vs. Barry Windham & Lex Luger

NWA World Heavyweight Title Match Ric Flair (c) vs. Sting

Highly recommend this if you're new to 80s NWA. The crowd was superhot in stark contrast to the dull Wrestlemania IV audience which was made up of wealthy gamblers from Trump's casino.

da_hambo

1998 WCW Souled out - Nash's botched powerbomb on The Giant.... Wow, tis a wonder Big Show is still walking after that...Good match thought.

rovert

da_hambo wrote: »

1998 WCW Souled out - Nash's botched powerbomb on The Giant.... Wow, tis a wonder Big Show is still walking after that...Good match thought.

One of funnier things about that was that match was delayed from Starrcade. When in real life according to the dirtsheets Nash got wind of the idea that The Giant was going to do a MOONSAULT on to Nash as the finish and Nash phoned in sick.

Nash side of the story was that he ate tainted pot brownies and started having heart trouble and had to go to E.R. .

Loughc

Edge/Christian vs The Hardy Boyz ladder match at No Mercy 1999 is amazing!

I could watch it all day!

Blue_Dabadee

Is Hola any good?

gerrybbadd

Happy to report the Network has been rock solid for Extreme Rules all night so far

Ape Lincoln

mxph3 wrote: »

Is Hola any good?

I used it for a bit and found it worked fine. Am using unblock-us.com at the minute, it's about three fifty a month

rovert

ALL THE CLASHES:
http://network.wwe.com/shows/vault/clash-of-the-champions

Ape Lincoln

Wow Terry Funk suffocating Ric Flair with a plastic bag is included at Clash VIII and is only rated TVPG. This was cut on the Silvervision release of the Ric Flair boxset at the behest of the BBFC.

A Primal Nut

Loughc wrote: »

Just watching King Of The Ring 1999 on the Network and oh my god the crowd was red hot throughout! It made every match seem important.

A metal cup got a pop a main eventer these days would be proud of.

There's a decent hardy boys vs edge and Christian and there's an incredible spear from edge on Jeff in that match. Worth checking out for the spear alone!

Watched that PPV a while ago - the real question is who moved the briefcase?

Was a good one alright but honestly the difference between the crowds then and now are night and day. I watched the Schwarzenegger episode from Smackdown 1999 and the crowd were going crazy for him. He appeared on Raw a while back to a small reaction in comparison.

I guess one of the issues is that shows now are so long, especially taking into account pre-show and post-shows. Back then it was two hours of relentless action.

rovert

Clash set new standards for garish graphic design:

Ape Lincoln

rovert wrote: »

Clash set new standards for garish graphic design:

Aye awful looking. Have you any recommendations for the Clashes? I've seen most of the matches that were put out on DVD but unsure about what else I should be looking out for.

Ape Lincoln

Lads! The Ding Dongs, they're on Clash of the Champions VII, June 1989

rovert

Meltzer keeps making references to the Wrestlers getting massively shafted by WWE's new business model and will write about it in the next Observer. Those gift cards are coming out of their pockets.