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49 minutes ago, RedRooster said:

I think Raw has improved quite a bit recently. While three hours is still far too long for a weekly wrestling show, most of the content is enjoyable.

Smackdown is utter balls, though.

I think that's part of the problem as well, with Dynamite and NXT, I have neither the time nor the appetite to pile on 5 hours of nonsense on top of my weekly fix

WWE aside from NXT, has been complete bollocks since Wrestlemania last year, and arguably even long before that, masked by the Kofi and Becky runs.bI think this past 12 months, for me at least, has been the worst year in the company's history. Nothing seems to matter on any of the main roster shows. 

Support what you love and what you want to see. You can't complain about a lack of alternative to WWE, and then when it arrives not support it. 

It was an enjoyable show, with good production values and the Cody/Dustin match was worth the 15 quid alone. 

While I'm here, has anybody read The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling by David Shoemaker and can you recommend it?

 

I haven't read it yet, but I think it's mostly a collection of his Grantland columns, which are spectacular. Shoemaker's the best wrestling writer out there today, by far, really smart, insightful, and he's got a huge cultural frame of reference, unlike most of the 'wrestling writer' types who work in the wrestling bubble, and just regurgitate what the million other terrible columists have already said.

 

Cool. I'll pick it up. I enjoyed him on the Torch livecasts, which was where I heard about his book and my only exposure to him. Might as well get the hardcover, the Kindle edition is more expensive then that.

It's a wonderful book. I don't think it is made up of a collection of Grantland pieces, rather, it's all original material. It traces the history of American pro graps from the golden age right up to modern day, using greats that have passed away as the spine of the narrative. It's the best book about Pro Wrestling that I have ever read.

Just signed up but no joy.

 

I'm using US-Unblocker, on a Windows 7 laptop. It all appears to be setup correctly, says address is current and that I'm ready to go. Whenever I try to watch something via the network through my browser, I just get a black screen saying Media Error: Video not available

 

I am maybe missing something simple here, but anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be? Curiously, on US-Unblocker it says "Netflix Region Picker" is set to US, although I'm guessing this doesn't really mean anything?

Weirdly, I can get it working through Internet Explorer, but not chrome or Firefox?

Just signed up but no joy.

I'm using US-Unblocker, on a Windows 7 laptop. It all appears to be setup correctly, says address is current and that I'm ready to go. Whenever I try to watch something via the network through my browser, I just get a black screen saying Media Error: Video not available

I am maybe missing something simple here, but anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be? Curiously, on US-Unblocker it says "Netflix Region Picker" is set to US, although I'm guessing this doesn't really mean anything?

Personally speaking I just find the lack of confidence that the company have in their current roster disheartening. Yes, the WWE network will have a lot of historical content, but why not include the current hottest commodity in the company to rep what they currently have to offer?

Quite telling that of the four people pictured on that invite, only one of them is on the active roster...

Really enjoyable episode this week. Thought Big Cass did a terrific job in the sing-off with Aiden English, I was actually laughing out loud at some of the lines. All of the matches were good this week too, with the exception of the quick job Mason Ryan did for Breeze, which never really got going.

Looking forward to checking this out when I get home. Was on too late for me last night. How was the Zayn/Kruger match?

Worst Wrestler:

Great Khali

The Miz

Kofi Kingston

Worst Match:

Orton v Big Show

Worst Event:

WWE NOC

Biggest Anti-Climax:

Heyman v Punk feud

GTFO:

The Miz

Great Khali

Kofi Kingston

Best Promo:

Box with God - CM Punk

Mark Henry's Fake retirement

The Rhodes family confronting The Authority.

Funniest Moment:

Cesaro swinging Miz from side to side against the barriers

Orton completely destroying the Miz in front of his parents

Lesnar throwing the chair at Miz

Best Artwork:

Daniel Bryan Respect the Beard T-shirt

CM Punk 2nd City Saint T-shirt

Best PPV Matches DVD/Blu-Ray artwork

Best Bang-For-Your-Buck:

Antonio Cesaro

Performance Of The Year:

Roman Reigns in the Survivor Series elimination match.

Daniel Bryan's overall performance from the start of "I'm not the weak link" until end of the year.

Goldust returning and having the best run of his career.

Best Babyface:

Daniel Bryan

Goldust

John Cena

Best Heel:

Brock Lesnar

Bray Wyatt

Triple H

Best Tag Team:

The Shield

The Wyatts

The Rhodes Brothers

Best Non-Wrestler:

Paul Heyman

Zeb Coulter

Renee Young

Best Moment:

The Rhodes Brothers winning their jobs back.

Daniel Bryan winning the WWE title at Summerslam and the aftermath.

CM Punk's Box with God promo w/ the Rock (Raw 7th Jan)

Best Wrestler:

Daniel Bryan

Goldust

Randy Orton

Match Of The Year:

John Cena v Daniel Bryan (Summerslam)

The Shield & Real Americans v Mysterio/Usos/Rhodes Brothers (Survivor Series)

CM Punk V Brock Lesnar (Summerslam)

Best Event:

Summerslam

Wrestlemania

Best TV Show:

RAW

NXT

Best Feud:

Rhodes Family v Authority

Punk v Lesnar

Daniel Bryan v Authority

You can't beat a good crowd! When Punk departed with the title, the Chicago crowd played a massive part in getting that match over!

That Chicago crowd was the hottest crowd in years. They were a huge contributing factor to why that match is considered a classic. This is the problem, WWE aren't giving their audiences anything to go crazy over at the moment...