January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720632 The next mass update should be TNT, PTW, and World Championship Wrestling.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720645 Next mass update seems to be adding 1999 Nitros. That's going to be hard work for me, I hate 99 more than 2000 because it doesn't have at least the train wreck value of it all.
January 14, 20169 yr comment_5720653 As a side note, I'm watching NXT and they're running an ad for the WWE Network gift cards. I just realized that ever since they've launched those cards, I have yet to see them anywhere. Not at Target, not at Best Buy, not at the large supermarket chain here that has every other gift card known to man. Anyone else see them in the wild anywhere?
January 15, 20169 yr comment_5720671 Walmart has them. Maybe exclusively? I don't recall that part. I think this is correct. I remember something in the Observer to that effect, and this press release only mentions Wal-Mart.
January 15, 20169 yr comment_5720685 They're definitely exclusive to Walmart. It's even mentioned in the ad.
January 15, 20169 yr comment_5720724 I just rewatched the Flair/Bischoff match from the 12/28/98 Nitro. As a sixteen year old Four Horsemen mark, I was going absolutely nuts for this.
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5721890 Just got the network with the 1 month free. So far have watched Starcade 83, some Midsouth and some ECW TV from Nov 95. People say Hardcore TV doesn't hold up, have to disagree, Cane Dewey is still as amazing as it was when I saw it over a decade ago.
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5721892 Just got the network with the 1 month free. So far have watched Starcade 83, some Midsouth and some ECW TV from Nov 95. People say Hardcore TV doesn't hold up, have to disagree, Cane Dewey is still as amazing as it was when I saw it over a decade ago. It ruins Sandman and New Jack matches to have their music overdubbed since that was all those guys had.
January 26, 20169 yr comment_5723731 WWE 24 (WM31) and Ride Along (New Day and Dolph/Miz) were pretty solid.
January 26, 20169 yr comment_5723746 WWE 24 (WM31) and Ride Along (New Day and Dolph/Miz) were pretty solid. The idea that not only do faces and heels ride together, but that the promotion would show it, is probably enough to make Bill Watts keel over. Nobody tell him. Very intrigued to watch, have enjoyed it when they did versions of Ride Along on Total Divas - seems like obvious material.
January 26, 20169 yr comment_5723753 They seem to be doing another Nitro dump - they are up to July '99 and have filled in a bunch of gaps in '98 and '99.
January 26, 20169 yr comment_5723757 Odd that they leave in Megadeth but they still dub over Jericho's WCW theme and Ernest Miller. Both Jericho's WCW themes are production library music so there shouldn't be an issue. The Cat's "I'm The Greatest" theme I THINK is by Jimmy Hart/Howard Helm so not sure what the issue would be there?
January 26, 20169 yr comment_5723773 Considering how much WCW contracts were shuffled between departments would it really be that surprising if the rights to music were equally obtuse to decipher? I could believe it.
January 29, 20169 yr comment_5724384 Odd that they leave in Megadeth but they still dub over Jericho's WCW theme and Ernest Miller. Both Jericho's WCW themes are production library music so there shouldn't be an issue. The Cat's "I'm The Greatest" theme I THINK is by Jimmy Hart/Howard Helm so not sure what the issue would be there? They have replaced most (if not all) of the "Jimmy Hart versions" of songs where Jimmy would rearrange the beats enough to where they were legally different to the original. I don't know if the law has changed or what. I'm assuming that WWE run a Shazam style software that automatically detects songs that need to be changed.
January 29, 20169 yr comment_5724436 Expect a big ECW content dump soon I hope they fill in the gaps for 1993. It sucks because I'm watching the TV shows from 93, but got cut off before and after Novermber to Remember and November to Remember from that year isn't on there. 1993 ECW was nuts. I had seen some stuff here and there previously, but never had the chance to follow them as closely during those times. Anyway... There's one TV episode with Don Muraco, Kevin Sullivan and Jimmy Snuke vs. Terry Funk, JT Smith and Abdullah the Butcher which is a match straight out of a WAR semi main event from Sumo Hall.
January 30, 20169 yr comment_5724528 They finished up 1998 and are more than halfway done with 1999 for Nitro. One of the last things to go up was the 9/14 Nitro with Flair's return, which should have been one of the first. For as much as Tony's hyperbole gets mocked, his proclamation of Flair's return and subsequent promo probably is the greatest moment in the history of that TV show.
January 30, 20169 yr comment_5724606 Wow. I forgot how much I loved the FAR OUT Van Hammer theme song
January 30, 20169 yr comment_5724607 I was so ready to cancel the Network after the Rumble, but then Nakamura/Zayn became a thing and they added all this Nitro.
February 1, 20169 yr comment_5724771 I've encountered a new source configuration in Clash 21: master video with audio that sounds like they got it from a third-gen VHS copy.
February 1, 20169 yr comment_5724773 This is my third time around having the Network. I'm enjoying it more this round and will probably keep it for awhile. My only gripe which is minor, I wish they would make it easier to find a select match on say a PPV or TV show. Fast forwarding and guessing where the match I want to see is a minor annoyance. Seems like it wouldn't be that hard to add a listing for each show where you can select the match you want to view. Maybe down the road.
February 1, 20169 yr comment_5724778 This is my third time around having the Network. I'm enjoying it more this round and will probably keep it for awhile. My only gripe which is minor, I wish they would make it easier to find a select match on say a PPV or TV show. Fast forwarding and guessing where the match I want to see is a minor annoyance. Seems like it wouldn't be that hard to add a listing for each show where you can select the match you want to view. Maybe down the road. What device are you using? On my Fire stick, most archived shows are indexed so you can skip to the beginning/end of matches.
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