TheShowOff Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 I'm still puzzled yet why that "This Is Your Life" episode drew high numbers? I don't know if anyone else will agree but i honestly thought that segment was shit. As a 13 year old boy watching at the time I thought it was amazing and highly entertained by it.
Paid Members Benno Posted September 16, 2014 Paid Members Posted September 16, 2014 I thought it was great too and still do. Rock and Foley were massively popular acts, as was their team. Can imagine people tuning in just to see what they were going to do, whether the segment turned out great or not in your opinion.
AshC Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Has anyone seen the November 1991 Texas Tornado vs Berzerker match from Madison Square Garden in the Vault section? It's pretty bizarre, a countout finish within the first two minutes. Must have been some kind of balls-up.
The Dart Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Oh, Montreal...again What sort of subjects were you expecting from a show called Monday Night Wars? Stories about Sammartino, Cena, Lincoln, Oprah?
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 16, 2014 Paid Members Posted September 16, 2014 Has anyone seen the November 1991 Texas Tornado vs Berzerker match from Madison Square Garden in the Vault section? It's pretty bizarre, a countout finish within the first two minutes. Must have been some kind of balls-up. Von Erich had missed several matches on that run through "personal issues", so he may not have been in suitable condition to work a proper match. Not sure why you'd do a countout though.
Paid Members JNLister Posted September 16, 2014 Paid Members Posted September 16, 2014 Oh, Montreal...again What sort of subjects were you expecting from a show called Monday Night Wars? Stories about Sammartino, Cena, Lincoln, Oprah? I think people might have been expecting something other than four straight episodes dealing entirely with WWE.
WyattSheepMask Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 The Monday Night Wars has turned out not to be what I was expecting at all. I was hoping for each episode to cover a few months at a time from the launch of Nitro and what was happening in each promotion and what each did to counteract what the other was doing I.e WCW had this angle, so we tried something else with this angle. Instead we seem to have ended up with talking heads just saying "cor, DX were great weren't they?" and this week we've an hour of Bret showing how much more professional he was than the unprofessional prick Shawn Michaels by refusing to do what his boss wanted because he was afraid of losing his self proclaimed hero in his own country status (But that's another discussion entirely, and that's been done to death also)
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted September 16, 2014 Moderators Posted September 16, 2014 Yeah, the Monday Night Wars stuff is turning out to be very disappointing. The first couple of episodes were spectacular, and I was excited to have so many more on the way. But then it just became rehashes of stuff that's been covered multiple times in other documentaries. It's not that it's not all relevant, because if you're wanting the full bigger picture of the Monday Night Wars, you kinda have to cover it, but it feels incredibly lazy that they didn't construct a linear narrative out of the story, and just repeated blocks of wrestler portraits we've seen a dozen times before. Week to week, there's a fascinating story to be told, but instead, here's DX invading Nitro again, and coming next week, all the Foley stuff that's been on a bunch of DVDs already.
Lemon Juice Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 You know it makes you wonder if the Network is still going to air the PPV's past Royal Rumble. JBL is still saying if you subscribe now you'll get all PPV's until the Rumble. But if you signed up now for 6 months you would get Elimination Chamber aswell as it would take you til mid March. Just seems weird.
WyattSheepMask Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 But then JBL talks utter bollocks most of the time anyway. Don't know why he's still there
Lemon Juice Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 But then JBL talks utter bollocks most of the time anyway. Don't know why he's still there Yep he's shite. I think really what they mean is that you'll get them for 9.99 until after Rumble. I think there's going to be a price rise come 2015.
WyattSheepMask Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 They're struggling to get people to sign up for $9.99 now, a price increase will only make things worse. Unless they do like Netflix and freeze the price for existing subscribers and any price increase applies to new ones. Who knows. But JBL is still a shitarse and they could save some money by sending him packing
Lemon Juice Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 It's good to see that they've started uploading the first couple of months of Smackdown as we in the UK didn't see these full episodes. We didn't get Smackdown on Sky Sports until Jan 2000. It seems like that pilot episode from April 1999 is hidden in a vault somewhere.
WyattSheepMask Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 From SEScoops, don't know how reputable they are as a source, but: - WWE Network will be adding Saturday Morning Slam episodes some time after October and episodes of Rock n' Wrestling before the year is over. There are around 38 episodes of Saturday Morning Slam and around 25 episodes of Rock 'n Wrestling.
The Dart Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Likely to be true, given WWE themselves said that 7 months ago.
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