June 11, 20169 yr comment_5756771 What would be better (though more complex) would be an option to put the shows in chronological order. For example, if you watch the "go-home" Raw (ie, the episode that airs the week of the PPV), immediately after it would go to the "go-home" Smackdown, and then after that, goes to the PPV itself.
June 11, 20169 yr comment_5756776 1999 and 2000 Nitros being added, looks like its the next content dump. Should be required viewing for anyone who thinks today's three hour Raws are the worst shows ever. God knows what they have mouldering away in their vault, and this is their focus. It's probably too much to hope that HHH got some tips on how present classic content in his meeting with Bruce this week.
June 11, 20169 yr comment_5756786 Is it true that at some point on Directv there was a commercial free version of Nitro? Or was that an old Internet myth that I'm misremembering?
June 11, 20169 yr comment_5756788 1999 and 2000 Nitros being added, looks like its the next content dump. Should be required viewing for anyone who thinks today's three hour Raws are the worst shows ever. God knows what they have mouldering away in their vault, and this is their focus. It's probably too much to hope that HHH got some tips on how present classic content in his meeting with Bruce this week. Well you have to remember WWE considers the Monday Night War as the most important thing in the history of wrestling, They certainly won't pass up the opportunity to upload WCW struggling to its death. Hell, I'm surprised it wasn't available entirely from day one.
June 11, 20169 yr comment_5756808 Is it true that at some point on Directv there was a commercial free version of Nitro? Or was that an old Internet myth that I'm misremembering? It's true, I believe that's how the uncut version of the Bret Hart-Chris Benoit tribute match for Owen Hart ended up doing the rounds on the trading circuit before they put it out on the Benoit DVD. --- Does anybody know why the Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers match seems to be missing from WrestleRock '86? Loads of places have it listed but unless I skipped right past it, it's nowhere to be seen? Here's a Talking Heads music video with a couple of still frames of it at 1:47:
June 11, 20169 yr comment_5756809 It's missing from the show, which is odd since it seems like the version on the Network is the live feed rather than a home video version.
June 12, 20169 yr comment_5756811 The thing is, the Monday Night War era stuff gets the most plays. If the classic stuff was getting the same amount of plays they'd put up more of it.
June 12, 20169 yr comment_5756812 Is it true that at some point on Directv there was a commercial free version of Nitro? Or was that an old Internet myth that I'm misremembering? It's true, I believe that's how the uncut version of the Bret Hart-Chris Benoit tribute match for Owen Hart ended up doing the rounds on the trading circuit before they put it out on the Benoit DVD. --- Does anybody know why the Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers match seems to be missing from WrestleRock '86? Loads of places have it listed but unless I skipped right past it, it's nowhere to be seen? Here's a Talking Heads music video with a couple of still frames of it at 1:47: Pretty sure that match is on Dailymotion
June 12, 20169 yr comment_5756813 The thing is, the Monday Night War era stuff gets the most plays. If the classic stuff was getting the same amount of plays they'd put up more of it. No they wouldn't, because they never advertise it so it will never get more plays. It's a classic self fulfilling prophecy. They throw a few episodes up out of sequence then when no one watches it they can just point to it as a reason why they don't add more. I'd guarantee the NWA Saturday shows get more views than any other classic content since there's about two and a half years you can watch straight through and follow storylines. Plus, WWE will always push anything related to the MNW since it's Vince's go-to mic drop to prove superiority.
June 12, 20169 yr comment_5756832 The 24/7 version of Wrestlerock was also missing the Rockers vs Rose/Somers. Not sure why as they did put it on one of the Shawn DVD sets.
June 14, 20169 yr comment_5757005 Can anyone confirm if it's the complete show? It seems awfully short, at 139 minutes.
June 14, 20169 yr comment_5757024 Going by the match times on the wikie page (upon further review), match times total up to about 100 minutes. If that's right, nothing should be missing. ...and if anything is pray it's Kaissie vs. Buck.
June 14, 20169 yr comment_5757025 Is it true that at some point on Directv there was a commercial free version of Nitro? Or was that an old Internet myth that I'm misremembering? News to me, but it's possible. Had Directv (formerly Primestar) at my parents' house starting in 1998 and I don't remember seeing it.
June 14, 20169 yr comment_5757026 Is it true that at some point on Directv there was a commercial free version of Nitro? Or was that an old Internet myth that I'm misremembering? News to me, but it's possible. Had Directv (formerly Primestar) at my parents' house starting in 1998 and I don't remember seeing it. Ok, looks like it was a special PPV version of Nitro they started in Mid 1998: DIRECT TV PPV DEBUTS WCW began their "Backstage Nitro Blast" for Direct TV susbcribers. It's a $4.99 PPV where the day after each PPV viewers can see Nitro commercial free with exclusive features. During commercials WCW aired interviews conducted by Lee Marshall and others with Malenko and Juventud.
June 14, 20169 yr comment_5757030 I wonder if there's any hidden gems on those Direct TV shows. I'm thinking along the lines of AWA Superstars where they know nobody is watching so they just have fun. Juventud interview immediately grabbed my attention.
June 14, 20169 yr comment_5757031 I wonder if there's any hidden gems on those Direct TV shows. I'm thinking along the lines of AWA Superstars where they know nobody is watching so they just have fun. Juventud interview immediately grabbed my attention. I think some of them do circulate, not sure how many though.
June 14, 20169 yr comment_5757049 If nothing else, SuperClash II is worth watching just for Ron Trongard's hair while he interviews Bockwinkel after the title match. Also interesting that Dave was mentioning on Twitter that the match wasn't supposed to be a title change, but Curt told Verne he got an offer from the WWF after the match so they un-Dusty'ed the finish to give him the belt.
June 15, 20169 yr comment_5757106 I think it's funny that they've let F-bombs stay intact. But, they muted Bockwinkel's comment about Larry having a 'goddamn roll of dimes.'
June 15, 20169 yr comment_5757120 It's great that they've left those F-bombs intact, particularly Bobby Heenan's. When he's poking at Andre at WrestleMania VI and spits "I'm the fucking boss" is a great moment, and shows you how deep in character he got.
June 16, 20169 yr comment_5757174 What would be better (though more complex) would be an option to put the shows in chronological order. For example, if you watch the "go-home" Raw (ie, the episode that airs the week of the PPV), immediately after it would go to the "go-home" Smackdown, and then after that, goes to the PPV itself. Put me down as wanting to see all the shows listed chronologically too! I wish there was the ability to go to a month and year and watch all of the shows in order by air date. I really thought the search feature over time would've been tweaked and made better but it hasn't changed since the Network rolled out as a PS3 user.
June 16, 20169 yr comment_5757206 Blew through Camp WWE this morning. Hit and miss, but some of the hits are great. Kudos in particular for the (SPOILER ALERT) Lex Express joke in episode 5.
June 17, 20169 yr comment_5757260 Super Sunday still isn't listed for Roku users. The AWA section of The Vault only lists 1986, 87, and 88 for categories. I had to log onto the website and add the show to my watchlist in order to watch it on the actual TV.
June 24, 20169 yr comment_5757937 That Stone Cold Podcast with AJ Styles was phenomenal, no pun intented. AJ just comes across as such an open, sympathetic person, who knows what he's been through but isn't ashamed because of it, but rather embraces it as part of what made him what he is today. You can also feel that his family is the most important thing to him. what I was interested in the most was how they would handle his past, with WWE having their problems acknowledging "competition", or things that were/are big that they didn't create. But these two guys were talking openly about his time in TNA, and it wasn't a quick sidenote, it took up quite some time, which i the way it had to be, given his 11 years there. And they even showed some pictures of the time there and talked about eople that have currently falen outof grace with WWE. This really surprised me and was more than I had hoped for. So, again, just a great watch, an hour that flew by and a definite recommendation in my eys.
June 30, 20169 yr comment_5758340 The rest of the Nitro episodes, up to the very end, are up now. There may be a stray one or two missing, but who'd have thought the first complete TV series up on the network would be a WCW show.
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