Jizzlobber Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Does anyone know of any wrestling schools in or around the Leicester area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 12, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 12, 2013 Does anyone know of any wrestling schools in or around the Leicester area? WrestleLeicester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Really, if you're in and around Leicester and looking to train then you've really landed on your feet. Everyone at Wrestleicester is fantastic and there's not a better place to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2013 i know the segment where he threw him down a flight of stairs while he was in a wheelchair definitely didn't make it in over here. I need to see this now. Was it like Nordberg at the end of Naked Gun 2 1/2 when he goes flying down the stadium steps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name_here Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) i know the segment where he threw him down a flight of stairs while he was in a wheelchair definitely didn't make it in over here. I need to see this now. Was it like Nordberg at the end of Naked Gun 2 1/2 when he goes flying down the stadium steps? Here's the full segment Skip to about 10 minutes if you can't be arsed to watch the full thing. Sadly it's not quite on the same level as Nordberg in Naked Gun but it's still pretty good and Lesnar is clearly having the time of his life with it. Â Edit: I'm fairly certain they had to use a stunt double as well for Gowen and I remember PowerSlam kicked up a right old fuss about it at the time even though IMO his F-5 into the ring-post from the week before looked worse and was shown uncensored over here. Go figure. Edited December 13, 2013 by insert_name_here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted December 13, 2013 Moderators Share Posted December 13, 2013 The main problem was that they were also airing Heat on Sunday afternoons and heavily encouraging the viewers to watch the PPV (including presumably on tape the next day). Â I've often thought Channel 4 probably bought that contract based on someone reading somewhere that WWF was big now and they remembered watching an episode of Challenge in 1990 and thought it was still like that. They definitely should have known what they were buying in PPVs from that era, they shouldn't have been surprised by it if they did their research. It was nice to get a proper UK version of a WWF TV show though, complete with PS Hayes bringing up Page 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Fond memories of Crash Holly v Funaki, or Test and Albert v Lo Down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted December 13, 2013 Awards Moderator Share Posted December 13, 2013 Channel 4 Heat had some good stuff towards the end of 2000 / beginning of 2001. The Hardyz and E&C would show up occasionally, you had the Holly Family singing Christmas carols only to be interrupted by Kaientai doing their 'EVIL. Indeed!' gimmick - the peaks of which also occurred on 4, with the multi-squashes against the Brothers of Destruction and the APA (who I seem to recall beating them, then being challenged again, beating them a second time, then being challenged again, then beating them a third time. Splendid). You got loads of Lo Down on there, who I quite liked by virtue of them being featured in most episodes despite their Tiger Ali Singh rebranding, the majority of R-Truth's first run, and then heading into 2001 you got most of Haku's last run and team with Rikishi, and a good amount of X-Factor, who I also quite liked because they had X-Pac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted December 13, 2013 Moderators Share Posted December 13, 2013 You know, I hardly caught Heat in 2001 due to normally being on about 1 in the morning by then, if it wasn't one of those occasional weeks when C4 just wouldn't bother showing it at all towards the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted December 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2013 I've often thought Channel 4 probably bought that contract based on someone reading somewhere that WWF was big now and they remembered watching an episode of Challenge in 1990 and thought it was still like that. They definitely should have known what they were buying in PPVs from that era, they shouldn't have been surprised by it if they did their research. It was nice to get a proper UK version of a WWF TV show though, complete with PS Hayes bringing up Page 3. Â Definitely this. I mean, the very PPV before the Rumble, the Kat got her tits out. It wouldn't have taken much research on Channel 4's part. Â What was the last PPV on Channel 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted December 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2013 I've often thought Channel 4 probably bought that contract based on someone reading somewhere that WWF was big now and they remembered watching an episode of Challenge in 1990 and thought it was still like that. They definitely should have known what they were buying in PPVs from that era, they shouldn't have been surprised by it if they did their research. It was nice to get a proper UK version of a WWF TV show though, complete with PS Hayes bringing up Page 3. Â Definitely this. I mean, the very PPV before the Rumble, the Kat got her tits out. It wouldn't have taken much research on Channel 4's part. Â What was the last PPV on Channel 4? Â Vengeance 01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted December 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2013 Do we have a list of things on WWE shows that Sky refused to air? Â Â All the Sable Playboy stuff in 1999 got cut as well. Â ... Â Â Plenty of Stone Cold fingers were edited as you can see in 1999 they focussed on Steves face more during the UK airing where you see the finger in the states. Even at times with beer drinking they were doing wide shots for no reason on UK tv or at times we got a edited ending of the show where the copyright info at the end of the broadcast looked a different place to what US got. Â I may be wrong about this, but I think Sky tended to cut any and all Playboy stuff out of the repeats of the show as well. I think that both that and the beers fell foul of OFCOM and product placement issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUM Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Just watching 'This Week in WWE', which I never watch. Anyone any idea who the foreign presenter is, and does he always do the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum1993 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I thought Scott Stanford presented it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUM Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I thought Scott Stanford presented it? Â That's what Wiki told me but unless Scott Stanford was doing his best Rene Dupree impression, this was certainly not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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