WWE Network Thread

Gonna start watching the summer months and the highway to hell build up to summerslam 98 with Austin and Taker. Brings back memories watching it as a (14 yr old) youngin'

Myself and another Boardsie - SuperRush, have decided to "Recreate" 1998.

We are gonna watch Raw from the Attitude era, up to Summerslam 1998. Possibly one / two Raws per week, in order, and the PPVs thrown in the correct order as well.

Ideally, this would all be done by the time the current year Summerslam is on. So then, on the Saturday, we would watch 1998 Summerslam (Highway to Hell), with copious amounts of BBQ meat and beer, then watch the 2015 Summerslam live, again with the beers etc

Ageyev wrote: »

get a copy of this because the song is edited off of Raw and Summerslam!

Seriously??? Feck that. Will have to have Spotify playing over the PPV at the appropriate parts

I like that they havent put all of the stone cold tough enough episodes up at once and Austin can still at least take bumps or could.

spektorfive wrote: »

I been watching the old tough enough. Season 1/2 are up and then it season 5 with stone cold. Was there a season 3? I know there was a though season on smackdown and I guess that season 4?

Yes there was s Season 3. That was the one with John Morrison.

Not sure if that one will be shown due to a contestant having serious psychological issues during the filming. Wikipedia it for the full story

Prepared to be a little jealous and possibly hate me? I'm watching Wrestlemania 19 for the first time ever, don't remember the results bar the final match and haven't seen any matches so basically a fresh ppv, it must have slipped in during my brief time not watching wrestling.

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I think there's a serious amount of crap alright. I used to love that feud when I was young, but then again, I loved every single thing the WWE did back then.

I reckon the Attitude era, while great, still isn't as great as recalled through rose tinted glasses.

It's never going to be as good the second time around.
I've been watching some ppvs from '98 and while the undercards aren't great, there's been some amazing matches. Undertaker vs Mankind (King of the Ring), & Mankind vs Shamrock vs The Rock in a cage (Breakdown) are the first two that come to mind. But in general I think the in ring ability and athleticism of wrestlers today are a lot better than those in the attitude era. It was all about the storylines which just aren't as good today

I was watching Survivor Series 1987 last night. Randy Savage and Jake Roberts on one team!

I guess whatever deal they signed with him obviously included broadcasting after the event.

I never watched WCW back in the day. I've been watching back over some of the most famous moments all of which are really bad: The Giant vs Hogan Monster Truck thing, Hogan vs Sting at Starrcade (oh my god that was bad, the commentators reaction is really funny; they didn't know what to say), Hogan vs Jarrett liedown with Russo's promo soon after (the commentators constantly emphasising that this is real life is so embarrassing and funny at the same time; they really think this is a great angle) and of course, Goldberg not following the script. It's really funny because they were trying to present Goldberg not taking the Jackknife and Russo being angry with him as a shoot. Then one of the commentators said: "You know, I think Goldberg was supposed to go up for the Jackknife powerbomb, and he refused". So unbelievably bad. And really gave away that it's a work as there is no way the commentators would say that if it was real.

It's actually hilarious to watch at times (and especially the terrible commentary). It comes across like a spoof making fun of professional wrestling.

Was there anything good about WCW? (apart from the first few months of the NWO)?