WWE to Netflix, Network presumably doomed

[WyattSheepMask]

22 hours ago, Dr. Alan Grant said:

I’ve got a magical fire stick, so I really hope all the old PPVs and shows end up on there. I’m partway through a marathon of watching Raw from the beginning and the plan was to check out Nitro and watch the two shows in order, either until the shows became shit or I got bored. Whichever came first. For all its faults in recent years, the Network has generally been a godsend for me. I’ll be sad to see it go.

I’ve been doing this for a good few years now and only made it upto March 1999. I did try and put Thunder into the rotation too but gave up quite quickly with that. Nitro has become a right slog to get through, but the WWF moves at such a pace that it’s so much easier to enjoy.

I imagine a lot of people are going to be looking to get back onto XWT in the new year. Failing that there are sellers on Etsy that sell full sets on BluRay

Edited November 23, 2024 by WyattSheepMask

[Dr. Alan Grant]

4 hours ago, WyattSheepMask said:

I’ve been doing this for a good few years now and only made it upto March 1999. I did try and put Thunder into the rotation too but gave up quite quickly with that. Nitro has become a right slog to get through, but the WWF moves at such a pace that it’s so much easier to enjoy.

I’ve never seen an episode of Nitro, only the most well known clips. I was always a WWF guy. I’ve watched all the NWA/WCW PPVs and Clash Of The Champions up to about 1994 now. Unless it all goes to Netflix, my Nitro journey will possibly end before it begins. Might be a blessing in disguise.

[WyattSheepMask]

Ah now, Nitro early on was a good show. For its first 9 months it’s only between 45 & 60 minutes long, which is the one & only correct amount of time for TV, and I’d say watch those first few months if you can regardless. There some silliness still going on (the show started when Hogan was still in the Red & Yellow and fighting the Dungeon of Doom) but there’s some great random matches on there and some great other in ring action to enjoy.
Its goes to 90mins in mid 96 and then to 135mins+ in early 98, which is where it starts to become tedious because every week its the exact same thing, nWo run in to cause a DQ in the main event and they get the better of the faces. Thats a common thing that gets thrown around as a criticism of WCW that it’s almost a cliche, but it really is what happens virtually every episode. That’s not to say that the WWF didn’t have a formula that they stuck to as well, but there comes a point were RAW feels like a breeze while Nitro feels like a slog

Edited November 23, 2024 by WyattSheepMask

[Your Fight Site]

I don’t know about other platforms, but the UI for WWE Network has been updated in the last few days for me on PS5. Seems an utterly pointless exercise if the Network’s going to be going away in just over a month.

[DavidB6937]

38 minutes ago, Your Fight Site said:

I don’t know about other platforms, but the UI for WWE Network has been updated in the last few days for me on PS5. Seems an utterly pointless exercise if the Network’s going to be going away in just over a month.

Do they still have Keith Lee on the app preview? That hadn't updated in ages last time I went on there.

[Your Fight Site]

2 hours ago, DavidB6937 said:

Do they still have Keith Lee on the app preview? That hadn't updated in ages last time I went on there.

Yeah, Keith Lee and Sasha Banks are still in the splash graphic. But the actual layout of the app itself got an update.

[DavidB6937]

6 minutes ago, Your Fight Site said:

Yeah, Keith Lee and Sasha Banks are still in the splash graphic. But the actual layout of the app itself got an update.

Such a strange time to update it.

[Captain SlackBladder]

Probably just putting the kill code in. Although it's strange to update the layout just for this reason. 

 

I wonder if there is a chance something will be left on for legacy. 

[DavidB6937]

49 minutes ago, Captain SlackBladder said:

I wonder if there is a chance something will be left on for legacy. 

Hopefully not. They were shit.

[The Dart]

It’s not closing down for the countries that aren’t in on the Netflix deal.

[Carbomb]

2 hours ago, DavidB6937 said:

Hopefully not. They were shit.

Summerslam 2009 tag match against DX says no.

[DavidB6937]

7 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

Summerslam 2009 tag match against DX says no.

I'll take your word for it. There's a LOT of late 2000s/early 2010s WWE that my brain has excluded from memory for my own wellbeing.

[Carbomb]

2 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said:

I'll take your word for it. There's a LOT of late 2000s/early 2010s WWE that my brain has excluded from memory for my own wellbeing.

It's genuinely one of my favourite matches ever, that I love to re-watch once in a while. If I was doing a "Carbomb Compilation", that would be one of them easily. One of the strongest cases I've ever seen for the argument that a simple tag match is the best form wrestling can take. They had a couple of special stip matches that got great plaudits, and they are great, but that Summerslam match is just spot on, for me.

Obviously, I wouldn't get to see it, but I would be intrigued by a Cody/Orton Legacy reunification for a mini tag run at some point.

[bAzTNM#1]

Hi there. Sorry, can't read 160 pages. Will the WWE Netflix Network have old NWA and WCW PPVs on it? Thank you.

Edited November 25, 2024 by bAzTNM#1

[DavidB6937]

9 minutes ago, bAzTNM#1 said:

Hi there. Sorry, can't read 160 pages. Will the WWE Netflix Network have old NWA and WCW PPVs on it? Thank you.

No one knows specifics yet. Just that there'll be 'some' classic content.