February 23, 20178 yr comment_5789373 Really puts things into perspective how SmackDown is a current show, their biggest non-Raw show, and it's taken them three years to actually upload the archive of it. Their rollout of content remains ungodly slow, regardless of how legitimate their reasons for that may be.
February 23, 20178 yr comment_5789381 What's even more weird to me is all the full matches and even shows of 70s and 80s stuff that they've had on their Youtube page since before the Network launched, so the footage is already digitized and cleaned up, yet it's likely to never get up on the Network. And all that stuff they had on 24/7 or the internet thing they tried about a decade ago that still isn't up on the Network 3 years after launch. They're never going to run out of vault footage. There is no reason at all to hoard the library other than they think no one cares, but there is no reason NOT to put it up as an added value and because they have to digitize and clean up everything they have anyway.
February 23, 20178 yr comment_5789383 Not to mention UFC Fight Pass apparently has every show from all the groups they've purchased available, and WWE only has the full run of Nitro and a handful of other episodes from other groups. It sucks, but it's a self fulfilling prophecy. They don't ever promote it so it doesn't draw a lot of views, so they don't promote it because it doesn't draw a lot of views. Clearly by their marketing they think people only care about PPVs and original shows. It's the same mindset that led them to ruin the Invasion angle since they could never put over the WCW guys even though they owned the property. Vince just can't seem to get behind promoting another company's product even when he owns it.
February 23, 20178 yr comment_5789401 I don't think they've ever promoted any of the vault footage on TV except when they dropped the first year of Nitro. Actually, there are more ads for WWE Network ON WWE Network itself than on TV. Like actual ads, not Cole saying "see it only on WWE Network".
February 23, 20178 yr comment_5789452 The Jimmy Hart episode of Legends With JBL was okay - easily the weakest one though - with way too much talk about Elvis/music. It's a shame the show is ending with such a whimper.
February 24, 20178 yr comment_5789542 Really puts things into perspective how SmackDown is a current show, their biggest non-Raw show, and it's taken them three years to actually upload the archive of it. Their rollout of content remains ungodly slow, regardless of how legitimate their reasons for that may be. It took them until late last year to finish Raw. I think it's less about Smackdown's status than their general attitude toward older content.
February 24, 20178 yr comment_5789565 Pretty neat thing in the George Steele collection they included him having title matches against Pedro, Bruno, Backlund, and Hogan. Dave mentioned in his WON obit that George was the only guy to do that so it was cool to see it added here.
February 24, 20178 yr comment_5789568 Pretty neat thing in the George Steele collection they included him having title matches against Pedro, Bruno, Backlund, and Hogan. Dave mentioned in his WON obit that George was the only guy to do that so it was cool to see it added here. Fuji did it too, but still a rare feat.
February 24, 20178 yr comment_5789571 Steele had matches against Bruno during both his reigns, Fuji only during his second, so it's even more impressive
March 3, 20178 yr comment_5790287 The 2011 Smackdowns are starting to upload now, nearly completing the SD library just in time for the network's third birthday on Friday. The last missing episode was uploaded today.
March 9, 20178 yr comment_5791044 Two new collections, Mr. Wrestlemania with all of Shawn Michaels' WM matches and a Day After Wrestlemania collection including a lot of stuff that happened before it was officially A Thing to have big stuff happen then.
March 14, 20178 yr comment_5791855 My god I love Bring It To The Table. One of my favorite gimmicks is the kayfabe talk show (like Tuesday Night Titans back in the day) and this is like that, with a modern troll-the-smarks attitude to it. It's like a too-perfect take on modern sports Hot Take Shows like First Take/PTI. I love this and I want them to do it more.
March 15, 20178 yr comment_5791904 I, too, watched BITTT this week. Calling it a kayfabe talk show is more than a stretch, as they outright shit on Bayley's booking killing her character, and how much of a waste Shane/AJ is, among other many other things that weren't even close to being in kayfabe. JBL at one point talks about the Miz and how he was the guy to throw him out of the locker room only for storyline purposes. It's for sure 95%+ out of character and any semblance of kayfabe. This is a show that had a segment dedicated to JBL throwing a shit fit about Mauro being voted Observer announcer of the year. It would be similar to calling E&C or Ride Along kayfabe shows. The whole conceit of BITTT is a non WWE guy brings internet topics up to a couple of WWE guys and they discuss it openly and honestly.
March 15, 20178 yr comment_5791980 I feel like this is either going to delight people or infuriate them, with no in between: https://twitter.com/WWE/status/842074228312559616
March 16, 20178 yr comment_5792031 That has potential to be amazing. However, as with all things WWE, I am cautiously optimistic.
March 16, 20178 yr comment_5792065 The lulz when the fake parody wrestling show is actually a better written wrestling show than the real wrestling show every week
March 16, 20178 yr comment_5792116 Kind of surprised it took this long for something like this, seems like a show parodying Southern rasslin' would be right up Vince's alley.
March 18, 20178 yr comment_5792224 Some hero found all the Southpaw Regional Wrestling tapes in his garage and uploaded them to Youtube!
March 18, 20178 yr comment_5792225 The idea of a rich guy buying the hillbilly's farm is legit good. Just saying.
March 18, 20178 yr comment_5792227 The joke is really worn thin by the end of the first ep. Stretching that shit out to 4 episodes is classic WWE run it into the ground.
March 18, 20178 yr comment_5792228 Gallows and Anderson looked really more comfortable there than with the material they've been given in Raw.
March 18, 20178 yr comment_5792239 The NEWA beat them to the punch 30 years ago.... Some AWA cameos may surprise you.
March 18, 20178 yr comment_5792240 Ascension should be rebooked as The Surf Dudes with Atttudes. Can only get up from where they are now, anyway.
March 18, 20178 yr comment_5792272 The NEWA beat them to the punch 30 years ago.... Some AWA cameos may surprise you. These were way more hilarious. Some really clever stuff in there. The Larry Nelson and Rodger Kent cameos were cool.
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