November 28, 20159 yr comment_5712287 The Tony/David/Tommy Young/Ric Flair segment from the 12/7/85 episode is amazing. Tony and David interview Tommy about the finish of the Starrcade title match, and David sounds like a lawyer doing a cross examination, trying to plead his case for Dusty to be the new champion. Flair comes out and completely rips David apart.
November 28, 20159 yr comment_5712292 Knowing these were taped at like 10am Saturday makes everyone wearing sunglasses (and Arn's tinted eyeglasses) while doing promos that much funnier in retrospect.
November 29, 20159 yr comment_5712422 That's even more impressive. Sunday morning coming down. Sounds like you (and Kris Kristofferson) just named Zellner's new pod about these shows.
November 29, 20159 yr comment_5712436 The sunglasses were to hide the hangovers.Yes, hence the Johnny Cash song reference . 👌
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712658 I just watched a random PTW from '87 and noticed during one of the matches that the "Superstars of Wrestling" banner wasn't blurred.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712695 So five random Smoky Mountain episodes from 1994 were just uploaded: 2/14/1994 3/13/1994 3/27/1994 5/1/1994 7/5/1994 I had no idea they even owned that library. Keep it up, WWE Network!
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712698 They never even showed SMW on 24/7, just a clip here and there. Groovy.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712699 So yeah, I'm resubscribing. I hope all this is a harbinger and not a passing fancy.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712702 They've been adding more NWA episodes too, I hope they finally figured it out.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712703 Hopefully they put on more WCCW too. I would not be surprised if that were to happen soon as part of the build up to Mania.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712711 Just watched the December episode of Mid South and nearly spit my drink seeing the next match coming up would be Ted DiBase vs young up and comer Shawn Michaels.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712714 I think Sek nailed it. Someone saw the popularity of NWA Classics, and realized there's a viable market for classic wrestling. I'm hoping to see Memphis and Florida go up next!
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712716 I think Sek nailed it. Someone saw the popularity of NWA Classics, and realized there's a viable market for classic wrestling. I'm hoping to see Memphis and Florida go up next!It's almost like someone predicted that would happen... That is why I encourage everyone who wants them to upload more territory footage to subscribe to NWAClassics. I mean the service by itself is fucking awesome and you'll very much enjoy it but if it becomes enough of a success then we all know it's in WWE's petty nature to decide to try and steal it's subscribers by suddenly going crazy uploading Mid-South stuff.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712717 I just watched a random PTW from '87 and noticed during one of the matches that the "Superstars of Wrestling" banner wasn't blurred. We'll need our legal expert David Bixenspan here but I read somewhere that they are allowed to use the trademark now that Dale Gagner was exposed as a conman and beaten in court.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712719 I think Sek nailed it. Someone saw the popularity of NWA Classics, and realized there's a viable market for classic wrestling. I'm hoping to see Memphis and Florida go up next!It's almost like someone predicted that would happen... That is why I encourage everyone who wants them to upload more territory footage to subscribe to NWAClassics. I mean the service by itself is fucking awesome and you'll very much enjoy it but if it becomes enough of a success then we all know it's in WWE's petty nature to decide to try and steal it's subscribers by suddenly going crazy uploading Mid-South stuff. 1st time ever that we old school fans benefit from WWE's childish ways. They should upload a couple of months of Florida, Stampede, AWA and whatever else they have and see what moves the needle. I am personally looking forward to Stampede someday - it's such a completely different set of wrestlers compared to pretty much every other territory and there are a lot of random touring wrestlers. Where else can you see Kio Kawada (from Seoul) vs Canek? It's also a relatively undiscovered promotion. SMW was an odd choice, not that I am complaining. I'd even watch Global if they put it up. @Mike: They don't own Memphis so that won't go next. Ownership has been in legal limbo for years, Lawler has been trying to put everything together for a while to sell it to WWE.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712736 Damn, I see the new Crockett TV but no category for SMW or Mid-South. Amazon Fire TV. Anybody else having this problem?
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712741 They are not available on iPad or Apple TV either. Sometimes it takes a day or two for the folders to be updated across all devices.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712742 Damn, I see the new Crockett TV but no category for SMW or Mid-South. Amazon Fire TV. Anybody else having this problem? That's how it is on iOS at the moment, but you can still find the episodes if you search for "smoky mountain" and "mid south."
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712744 Damn, I see the new Crockett TV but no category for SMW or Mid-South. Amazon Fire TV. Anybody else having this problem? I get this on my Roku TV all the time. Just log in to your account on their website and add the episodes you want to watch to your watchlist.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712775 I noticed this on my Roku last night. A few episodes of Smoky Mountain showed up, along with a category for Mid South but no episodes yet.
December 1, 20159 yr comment_5712798 I noticed this on my Roku last night. A few episodes of Smoky Mountain showed up, along with a category for Mid South but no episodes yet. I have 3 episodes of Mid South on my Roku.
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