WWE Network Thread

PTH2009 · 21-11-2018 11:38pm

Are these Chronicle shows Storyline/kayfabe or what ???

They seem to differ from the wwe 24s but are very similar

gerrybbadd · 22-11-2018 10:40am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Are these Chronicle shows Storyline/kayfabe or what ???

They seem to differ from the wwe 24s but are very similar

I've only seen the Ambrose one, but it seemed Kayfabe. His spiral into insanity before attacking Seth. All the build. Total work

Itssoeasy · 04-01-2019 6:27pm

Today is the 20th anniversary of mick foley winning the WWF title(well on TV) as the raw was taped and shown on Jaunary 4th, 1999. I think it was taped the previous Tuesday as Raw was live and then tapped, whereas nitro was live as live could be. Anyway as we know Tony Schiavone gave the result out live on Nitro(at the request/order of Eric Bischoff btw) and made the comment "that'll put butts in seats," which it did.

I didn't see that nitro but I remember vividly watching the raw on that Friday night. It was so well known that me and my younger brother and cousins used to Re inact it whenever there was a family get together and a plastic food try thing was the chair that Austin hits rock with.

Simo08 · 04-01-2019 9:12pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Today is the 20th anniversary of mick foley winning the WWF title(well on TV) as the raw was taped and shown on Jaunary 4th, 1999. I think it was taped the previous Tuesday as Raw was live and then tapped, whereas nitro was live as live could be. Anyway as we know Tony Schiavone gave the result out live on Nitro(at the request/order of Eric Bischoff btw) and made the comment "that'll put butts in seats," which it did.

I didn't see that nitro but I remember vividly watching the raw on that Friday night. It was so well known that me and my younger brother and cousins used to Re inact it whenever there was a family get together and a plastic food try thing was the chair that Austin hits rock with.

Nitro that night had the infamous finger poke of doom angle.

Itssoeasy · 04-01-2019 9:48pm

Simo08 wrote: »

Nitro that night had the infamous finger poke of doom angle.

Ive seen It since obviously but didn't see it at the time.

Blue_Dabadee · 13-01-2019 10:30am

The Nigel doc is really worth a watch. It is pity that he never made it as a wrestler in WWE.

CastorTroy · 13-01-2019 8:01pm

Just watched it. Seeing that he would've joined about the same time as Bryan makes me think he's kind of lucky to not have to go through that NXT show. So few of those guys made it out of that and did well.
But yeah, seeing so many others he worked with get to WWE must have been tough for him.

Wonder if having only RoH footage with guys who work in WWE was a condition of allowing it. Well mostly guys who work for WWE and some mystery guy with a mask and a ginger beard.

Then I'm sure having Jeff with them helped get the Impact footage, especially with the info for the GWN app at the end.

jaykhunter · 13-01-2019 9:53pm

Blue_Dabadee wrote: »

The Nigel doc is really worth a watch. It is pity that he never made it as a wrestler in WWE.

Do you remember when TNA would do the fan-voted weekly rankings, and despite being an unpushed heel, Nigel would win? :rolleyes::p
Dude was immensely talented in the ring and on the mic, such a shame.

CastorTroy · 13-01-2019 11:13pm

It did have a rare CM Punk sighting

In a rankings list, he was below Nigel

oneilla · 15-01-2019 2:14am

WWF Superstars of Wrestling is on the way from April 1992.

https://www.wwenetworknews.com/2019/01/15/exclusive-update-on-january-classic-content-on-wwe-network-major-show-to-debut/

ShagNastii · 06-02-2019 9:48pm

oneilla wrote: »

WWF Superstars of Wrestling is on the way from April 1992.

https://www.wwenetworknews.com/2019/01/15/exclusive-update-on-january-classic-content-on-wwe-network-major-show-to-debut/

I'm looking at all of these. Talk about pure nostalgia. I'm also looking at the coliseum home videos. Some of the match-ups are gold. Superstars in wall to wall jobbers versus established stars but the home videos have some intriguing matches.

On "UK's Favourite Matches" the first match was a great 15min match up between Bret Hart and Headshrinker Fatu. A real novelty to see lengthy matches from this era.

I'll also add that I could easily argue Bobby Heenan was one of the funniest men to ever grace a TV screen. Lightening quick.

jaykhunter · 06-02-2019 10:12pm

So happy to see people enjoying Hulkamania Era content

gerrybbadd · 07-02-2019 12:20pm

After listening to the Something to Wrestle with: Gorrila Monsoon episode, i'd love to see a WWE Documentary on Gorilla's life and times with the company. Certainly a voice of a generation, formed 2 great teams with Bobby & Jesse, and i'll always have a soft spot for his role as President

nazmoalex · 07-02-2019 5:03pm

gerrybbadd wrote: »

After listening to the Something to Wrestle with: Gorrila Monsoon episode, i'd love to see a WWE Documentary on Gorilla's life and times with the company. Certainly a voice of a generation, formed 2 great teams with Bobby & Jesse, and i'll always have a soft spot for his role as President

Without Heenan and Monsoon, I don't think I would have stuck with the wrestling as kid. Jesse to a lesser extent as I didn't see him as often. They truly made me believe in whatever the narrative was. Graves impressed me when he started on the main roster, but he's either trying too hard or overworked to make it happen anymore. Nigel McGuinness is the best they've got.
Think the fact Heenan and Monsoon both knew all aspects of how to work different styles of matches/stories helped big time.
Would agree Monsoon deserves a proper documentary on his whole career. The Mohammed Ali stuff goes under the radar too. He was truly a legend.

Blue_Dabadee · 18-02-2019 6:41pm

I noticed today that they have added WWE Confidential.

gerrybbadd · 19-02-2019 1:05pm

The Mark Henry Story is fantastic - go out of your way to watch it. Mark seems like such a genuinely nice guy behind it all.

Really good to see they included D'Lo Brown in the docu too. And I was genuinely amazed to see him win the World's Strongest Man competition for the 2nd time, knowing that he hadn't really trained for it at all.

All these strong men talking shít, Mark has to prove them wrong. Vince tries to talk him out of it, but when he won't be moved, tells Mark "just know, there's no room here for the World's 2nd Strongest Man" - wow

PTH2009 · 19-02-2019 2:22pm

gerrybbadd wrote: »

The Mark Henry Story is fantastic - go out of your way to watch it. Mark seems like such a genuinely nice guy behind it all.

Really good to see they included D'Lo Brown in the docu too. And I was genuinely amazed to see him win the World's Strongest Man competition for the 2nd time, knowing that he hadn't really trained for it at all.

All these strong men talking shít, Mark has to prove them wrong. Vince tries to talk him out of it, but when he won't be moved, tells Mark "just know, there's no room here for the World's 2nd Strongest Man" - wow

Yeah great doc

Sad I never saw him in person as he was never at any live events I attended

How many strongmen contests are there ??? Surely his deadlifting record is gone now

gerrybbadd · 20-02-2019 11:06am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Yeah great doc

Sad I never saw him in person as he was never at any live events I attended

How many strongmen contests are there ??? Surely his deadlifting record is gone now

I think the doc said some of his records still stand.

There's endless strongman comps.

I was in his prescence once when in Phoenix for Mania 26. Myself and & buddy were in Hooters, and a load of wrestlers were there. Matt Hardy, Finlay, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, and Tiffany.

However, i was panned asleep after drinking several litres of cheap Heineken. I did get to meet Drew however.

PTH2009 · 20-02-2019 1:30pm

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I think the doc said some of his records still stand.

There's endless strongman comps.

I was in his prescence once when in Phoenix for Mania 26. Myself and & buddy were in Hooters, and a load of wrestlers were there. Matt Hardy, Finlay, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, and Tiffany.

However, i was panned asleep after drinking several litres of cheap Heineken. I did get to meet Drew however.

When i think of strongman I always think of the logs/farmers walk/stones/truck pulling etc. Henry was more of the powerlifting side

Itssoeasy · 23-02-2019 1:18pm

The network is five years old tomorrow. It doesn't feel like five years since I sat at my PC trying to sign up from parts unknown and still have the same account now and have never cancelled it. The current day product leaves a lot to desired but the archive alone means the price some of us are getting it for is insane. You'd never get anywhere close to the amount of archive for the price paid outside of the network.

Pentecost · 23-02-2019 4:41pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

The network is five years old tomorrow. It doesn't feel like five years since I sat at my PC trying to sign up from parts unknown and still have the same account now and have never cancelled it. The current day product leaves a lot to desired but the archive alone means the price some of us are getting it for is insane. You'd never get anywhere close to the amount of archive for the price paid outside of the network.

Yeah I still keep it mainly for the archive and the big PPVs. And NXT/Takeovers. $9.99!

gerrybbadd · 25-02-2019 10:45am

Ya i signed up day 1 of the US release of the network too, never broke my sub. I could go a few months without watching, but it's one sub I just keep paying regardless - it's a treasure trove.

TimesArrow · 28-02-2019 7:28pm

did anyone watch the Matt Riddle Arrival special on the Network? I definitely think he could be a big star pretty soon. Great look, obvious athletic ability, legit MMA background, lots of charisma. not sure if the "Bro" character is gonna last, but he has most of the tools to be a big success

PTH2009 · 05-03-2019 1:14am

Chronicle- Roman Reigns premieres after Raw

'Go behind the scenes with Reigns for his emotional return too Raw following his leukaemia battle'

gerrybbadd · 05-03-2019 8:47am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Chronicle- Roman Reigns premieres after Raw

'Go behind the scenes with Reigns for his emotional return too Raw following his leukaemia battle'

WWE waste noo time in getting this too the Network. We've had an Ambrose one before and now Reigns. Will we see a Rollins one at some stage tooo?

Loughc · 05-03-2019 10:09am

gerrybbadd wrote: »

WWE waste noo time in getting this too the Network. We've had an Ambrose one before and now Reigns. Will we see a Rollins one at some stage tooo?

We already did if you count the Rebuild, Redesign one....

gerrybbadd · 05-03-2019 10:32am

Loughc wrote: »

We already did if you count the Rebuild, Redesign one....

Ooh ya of course. Forgot about that one

Itssoeasy · 14-03-2019 5:47pm

It's 15 years today(14th March, 2004) since wrestlemania XX happened at MSG. I remember staying up for this life and at the time I felt it was a good mania. Now obviously some events in the years since have taken the shine off the main event which for years has been the joke of triple h lost the title to no one that night.

Furious-Red · 14-03-2019 6:08pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

It's 15 years today(14th March, 2004) since wrestlemania XX happened at MSG. I remember staying up for this life and at the time I felt it was a good mania. Now obviously some events in the years since have taken the shine off the main event which for years has been the joke of triple h lost the title to no one that night.

I remember my neighbour recorded it for me but i had to wait till the Wed(that was our half day) to watch it. Still one of my favourite WM's after X7 , enjoyed most of the matches and the return of Taker

Furious-Red · 20-03-2019 3:18pm

Wont be renewing my network subscription after this month , not even excited for WM tbh and the fact im broke i dont feel its worth the money atm (apart from NXT and the documentaries)

TimesArrow · 04-04-2019 2:07am

Happy Mania week

Just wondering, how does the network work back in ireland? Here in Canada, you can only get it through tv provider and the content is useless. I’d be using it through Apple TV, phone at home. Is there a decent selection? Can you order indepently of tv subscription?

Thanks

Necro · 04-04-2019 4:54am

TimesArrow wrote: »

Happy Mania week

Just wondering, how does the network work back in ireland? Here in Canada, you can only get it through tv provider and the content is useless. I’d be using it through Apple TV, phone at home. Is there a decent selection? Can you order indepently of tv subscription?

Thanks

I just logon to WWE and through their network page option I can subscribe there.

Then I watch the app through my PS4 for handiness on the big screen. It's handy but the menu is a PITA for scrolling through on the app tbh. Especially if you're on a sequential run of old Raws or something and try to go back to them at a later date.

As far as I know that's the only way to do it in Ireland, it's totally separate from any pay TV channels.

Edit: Oh, and yeah all the content, the entire back catalogue is available for selection here. Yours sounds fairly basic in comparison tbh.

Furious-Red · 04-04-2019 11:07am

I cancelled my subscription there a week or two ago sadly , but i think it ends just after WM

Rock Lesnar · 04-04-2019 11:26am

I always get the network in for the rumble and cancel just before mania, have all the ppv's i like and tributes, on dvd, or vhs, (thats video cassettes for the young people), dont really watch the network at all to be honest

PTH2009 · 04-04-2019 6:44pm

any specials for mania ???

Catching up on NXT just in time for Mania weekend

Tbh watch all the ppvs/NXT and the docs/network specials so I get the use out of the network and its decent value when u consider the cost of 1 PPV on Sky box office

SureYWouldntYa · 04-04-2019 9:26pm

It's €12.99 for us compared to ~€20 for each ppv, think of the difference in value for the Yanks who were paying $60 for each ppv and now paying $9.99

I don't have it every month but when I do I'd often find myself watching random stuff that I'd never have bought the DVD for 5/10 years ago

Same as Netflix we don't appreciate fully how good we have it compared to what we had before

Pentecost · 04-04-2019 10:01pm

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

It's €12.99 for us compared to ~€20 for each ppv, think of the difference in value for the Yanks who were paying $60 for each ppv and now paying $9.99

I don't have it every month but when I do I'd often find myself watching random stuff that I'd never have bought the DVD for 5/10 years ago

Same as Netflix we don't appreciate fully how good we have it compared to what we had before

I know I keep saying this but I’m still paying $9.99 it’s still great value for the sheer vastness of the archive even if I don’t watch it as much as I’d like to for various reasons. I will watch all of Mania live though (unless I fall asleep which is possible).

PTH2009 · 17-04-2019 12:27am

Roman Reigns Chronicle Part 2 is now on the network

WWE worlds colide airs tomorrow night

Blue_Dabadee · 21-04-2019 8:44pm

I really enjoyed going through Hardy Boyz collection playlist today. I discovered a good few hidden gems in it such as their match with WGTT at ONS '07.

PTH2009 · 21-04-2019 9:22pm

The shield last stand special airs at 2.30am

Run of the mill stuff I imagine with I guess the shield coming out victorious in there match for 'the last time'

Up against Game of Thrones (but seen now it's got leaked)

ERG89 · 10-05-2019 9:28pm

https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/1126941267617898498?s=19

The backstory of this is someone got hold of the tape & it along with a Q&A with Bret, Magee are at Starrcast 2. I can't imagine how quick this must have been thrown together by Vince

Pentecost · 10-05-2019 9:52pm

This strikes me as one of those matches that takes on a life and a mythology of its own mainly because nobody had the tape. I’m sure it’s fine maybe it was great for its time, but I doubt it was something groundbreaking. The Last Battle of Atlanta was the same for me. I’m sure in Georgia at the time it was the biggest of big deals to wrestling fans but in this era it was underwhelming.

RollieFingers · 10-05-2019 9:54pm

There's a Ted Dibiase vs Tom Magee match on the network, it's nothing special really, dark match with no commentary. Magee does pull out a few moves that you wouldn't see any of the big men in the late 80's even trying to attempt.

ERG89 · 12-05-2019 11:42am

The following devices will have the WWE Network App pulled as of May 21st:

* Amazon Fire Tablets
* Apple TV (3rd Generation and earlier models)
* LG (2016 and earlier models)
* PlayStation 3
* Samsung (2016 and earlier models)
* Samsung and Sony Blu-Ray Players
* Sony (non-android TVs)
* Windows 10 Desktop
* Xbox 360

https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/the-wwe-network-app-to-be-pulled-from-xbox-360-playstation-3-more

RollieFingers · 14-05-2019 4:27pm

Anyone watch the Magee/Hart match? Was hoping they would upload the match separately but don't think they did, so skipped the documentary part. The match is ok, Hart carries him the whole way through. Magee definitely had the look and athleticism to fit into WWE in 1986 though, and probably be a success considering the quality of the in-ring product at the time.

PTH2009 · 24-05-2019 12:16am

Watching the Becky doc

Where was that street in Dublin at the start ??? Was it on the way from Guinness factory too Vicar Street

Pentecost · 24-05-2019 6:46pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Watching the Becky doc

Where was that street in Dublin at the start ??? Was it on the way from Guinness factory too Vicar Street

Was it where somebody passing by on the street recognised her and shouted out to her? I thought that might have been Rathmines at the time of watching but I could be wrong.

oneilla · 24-05-2019 6:53pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Watching the Becky doc

Where was that street in Dublin at the start ??? Was it on the way from Guinness factory too Vicar Street

Rathmines, you can see the old townhouse clocktower in the background (where Rathmines College is now).

PTH2009 · 24-05-2019 10:52pm

Dont think I was in rathmines

The restaurant she held her party must of been in drumcondra as the skylon hotel was seen

CastorTroy · 24-05-2019 11:17pm

Yeah, it had a thanks at the end for Restaurant 104, which google says is in Drumcondra.

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