March 5, 20187 yr comment_5834463 I'm watching one of 1980 episodes and Vince sound drugged compared to how most of us remember Vince in later years.I mean he is calling wrestling moves and everything.
March 5, 20187 yr comment_5834486 At a MSG match between Nikolai Volkoff and Verne Gagne, he even has a line about how physicality isn't the most important aspect of wrestling.
March 5, 20187 yr comment_5834535 (...) most non-Memphis TV of that era wasn't enthralling (...) The 81/82 Mid South TV shows on the Network I have been watching lately mostly were pretty good, lots of competitive matches and a great roster. And honestly if I can choose between studio wrestling and shows held in a "real" arena I will go for the latter. My favorite so far may be a 10 minute Paul Orndorff vs. Brian Blair match where in theory Orndorff is the heel and Blair the face though as both are announced hailing from Tampa, Florida Orndorff, wrestles in a somewhat respectful and clean way. As the match goes on Orndorff gets a bit more frustrated and wrestles a bit rougher, though still not going full heel or anything. The more Orndorff I see the more I think that he is one of the top workers of the 80ies.
March 7, 20187 yr comment_5834747 Today is a glorious, good old fashioned work-from-home snow day. Work permitting, after catching up on a pair of recent matches from Japan that I've missed, do I want to dive into the recent Coliseum Video or All Star Wrestling on the Network?
March 8, 20187 yr comment_5834883 Is that it then for Attitude Extras? I would have thought they would have added some for the Smackdown's considering they keep filming stuff.
March 11, 20187 yr comment_5835234 Sounds like people are finally getting their damn Thunder so once we knock out Sunday Night Heat there won't be anything to bug them about except the important stuff like Florida.
March 11, 20187 yr comment_5835239 Sounds like people are finally getting their damn Thunder so once we knock out Sunday Night Heat there won't be anything to bug them about except the important stuff like Florida. I want Velocity. ;-)
March 11, 20187 yr comment_5835245 Sounds like people are finally getting their damn Thunder so once we knock out Sunday Night Heat there won't be anything to bug them about except the important stuff like Florida. I want Velocity. ;-) Damn this company for producing so much content over the years! Seriously though, it's awesome that they've cut back so much on original programming that has no value and are just going heavy with the archives. We've been begging for this for 4 years. Keep it up Vince! I'm having so much fun watching the 79-80 TV and then watching the corresponding MSG and Spectrum shows, give me 81-83! It's also just smart for them financially.
March 11, 20187 yr comment_5835277 I am so happy with all the archive stuff on the Network in the vault section now. It's funny because I originally ordered the Network specifically for the cheaper PPV's. However, Fastlane is on tonight and I am seriously questioning "do I actually want to watch Fastlane? or do I want to spend that time watching more 80's wrestling on the network?" LOL
March 12, 20187 yr comment_5835338 I might be the only one here who feels this way but if all they had was just the 80's and 90's PPVs like they started with, I would be okay forking over 9.99 a month for it. That material takes up the bulk of my Network-watching time even 4 years after it started.
March 12, 20187 yr comment_5835383 Sounds like people are finally getting their damn Thunder so once we knock out Sunday Night Heat there won't be anything to bug them about except the important stuff like Florida. I want Sunday Night Heat so WWE can add more Attitude Extra stuff.
March 15, 20187 yr comment_5835846 WWE Photo Shoot is one of my new favorite shows. Just watched the Jim Cornette one. Brilliant.
March 15, 20187 yr comment_5835855 WWE Photo Shoot is one of my new favorite shows. Just watched the Jim Cornette one. Brilliant. "Louisville Kentucky, I'd know it anywhere." Haha
March 19, 20187 yr comment_5836391 Ok, people like to talk about who the worst commentator of all time is. I know. And if any of you are watching 1982 World Class, you know as well. Jay Saldi is clearly the worst of all time. Hes a big dumb Pro Football player who cant talk, and hes ALSO an Apter mag fan. Hes like if Matt Striker ate paint chips as a toddler and also suffered brief crib death while getting hit in the head with a waffle iron.
March 19, 20187 yr comment_5836426 Ok, people like to talk about who the worst commentator of all time is. I know. And if any of you are watching 1982 World Class, you know as well. Jay Saldi is clearly the worst of all time. Hes a big dumb Pro Football player who cant talk, and hes ALSO an Apter mag fan. Hes like if Matt Striker ate paint chips as a toddler and also suffered brief crib death while getting hit in the head with a waffle iron. He's Brick Tamlin from "Anchorman" as a wrestling announcer.
March 19, 20187 yr comment_5836454 The early Thunder episodes would actually have angle advancement, but man did that show fall off a cliff fast.
March 19, 20187 yr comment_5836499 Ok, people like to talk about who the worst commentator of all time is. I know. And if any of you are watching 1982 World Class, you know as well. Jay Saldi is clearly the worst of all time. Hes a big dumb Pro Football player who cant talk, and hes ALSO an Apter mag fan. Hes like if Matt Striker ate paint chips as a toddler and also suffered brief crib death while getting hit in the head with a waffle iron. He's Brick Tamlin from "Anchorman" as a wrestling announcer. I always thought that was Scott Hudson. He's not the worst ever, but he always sounds like he's faking intensity to hide the fact that he's clueless about how to get anything over.
March 19, 20187 yr comment_5836520 When thunder was first uploaded early a few early 1998 episodes were missing but this has now been rectified and it's all there from January 1998 to September 1999.
March 19, 20187 yr comment_5836526 If i hear people talking about wanting 2000 Thunders, with all the great wrestling out there to be discovered, both present and past...
March 20, 20187 yr comment_5836758 Looks like Thunder cuts off right around the time I gave up watching WCW. One of the last things I recall seeing was a promo from Benoit on Sid and Steiner saying something like "You want to throw your weight around? Well me and Perry Saturn want to throw your weight around too!"
March 21, 20187 yr comment_5836771 I tried to watch the first Thunder......... 20 minutes, so much nWo and Nitro recaps, I didn't get very far.
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