October 20, 20168 yr comment_5772500 Looking into this further, it seems like the Worzel Gummidge TV show only started in 1979, and WoS Catweazle was knocking around a good 5-6 years before then. He was a straight rip of the TV show Catweazle. I guess his slightly more straggly appearance makes him look a bit more like Gummidge, but just a coincidence.
October 20, 20168 yr comment_5772509 I've noticed that it's a lot easier for me to make it through long (say, >30) matches when I watch them in fullscreen mode. Being able to see the progress bar and know how much time is remaining completely drains my attention span. Also, I really liked the Okada/Marufuji IWGP match. I've never cared much for Marufuji, but I dig his current Chopbashi tribute act. However, I was confused when Okada jumped over the guardrail and hit Marufuji with a flying crossbody. I thought going over the guardrail was an automatic DQ in New Japan. At least, it was in the 80s. When did that fall by the wayside?
October 20, 20168 yr comment_5772510 I've noticed that it's a lot easier for me to make it through long (say, >30) matches when I watch them in fullscreen mode. Being able to see the progress bar and know how much time is remaining completely drains my attention span. The progress bar is a complete nightmare in every context.
October 20, 20168 yr comment_5772511 I cannot watch wrestling on a PC period, I watch everything on the big screen TV.
October 20, 20168 yr comment_5772544 There's just so much out there. I watched hours and hours of matches but he didn't come up. You should also check out Billy Torontos.
October 22, 20168 yr comment_5772636 http://www.wwe.com/article/frenchy-martin-passes-away Bonne nuit, doux prince.
October 22, 20168 yr comment_5772672 For those of you not on twitter, this was sincerely one of my happiest moments as a wrestling fan
October 22, 20168 yr comment_5772688 Was Mike Graham the agent mentioned in Eddie's book when he stated the reason the Radicals got a complete release from WCW was that someone backstage threatened to slit their throats if they jumped ship?
October 23, 20168 yr comment_5772744 I remember some Stampede fans thinking highly of Johnny Smith. I never thought he was that great, but again I haven't watched any of his matches in forever. I may need to go back and watch some of his stuff to see. I liked Johnny Smith. He never had the look of a star, but I'd say he was better than competent in All Japan, though I've not seen more than a match or two each in WoS and Stampede. I am curious about his time in ECW though. He showed up a few times, including a really strong showing against Louis Spicolli at Dr Is In in 1996, got a really good reception from the fans and then never really came back. I guess he was making good money with Baba at the time and ECW wasn't worth his trouble. Is there any more to it?
October 23, 20168 yr comment_5772747 He was the third impact player for like 2 weeks in 1999 as well.
October 24, 20168 yr comment_5772785 Apparently some big news is going to break tomorrow according to an ominous Wade Keller tweet...
October 24, 20168 yr comment_5772787 Gonna laugh when the big news is just that Sasha & Charlotte are going on last at Hell in a Cell.
October 24, 20168 yr comment_5772792 Hahaha that's even less realistic than the fake rumor I tried to start on twitter about Shane taking over NXT cuz HHH got caught cheating.
October 24, 20168 yr comment_5772796 Apparently some big news is going to break tomorrow according to an ominous Wade Keller tweet... Negan meets Kevin Dunn?
October 24, 20168 yr comment_5772821 Rumour turns out to be FloSports running an app that streams indies for 20 a month. Their goal is to get everyone not with WWE onto their service.
October 24, 20168 yr comment_5772826 For $20 a month they'd better have basically everything on WWN plus PWG and preferably NJ World, too. But Dave has already said that PWG turned them down flat.
October 24, 20168 yr comment_5772827 For $20 a month they should also send a babysitter to the house so I have time to watch this crap.
October 25, 20168 yr comment_5772847 $20 a month is a total fucking joke. In comparison, an upcoming streaming service - FilmStruck, which will show "prestige" films and cater to hardcore movie buffs - will be priced at $6.99/$10.99, depending on which tier you get. Never mind that: Netflix is $10. Hell, WWE Network is $10. Yet, some podunk no-name indy rasslin' service thinks they're getting $20? Wow.
October 25, 20168 yr comment_5772850 Playing devil's advocate--EVOLVE shows are currently $14.99 for streaming and $19.99 for streaming + rewatching the show. They often run two shows a month. $20 for that plus archives doesn't sound so bad--and it's $12.50 a month if you buy a full year. The stuff about how they're "going to" do this and that and "look at" these promotions and the other don't really fill me with confidence, though. I want to know what else is going into this. Even at the reduced price, WWN is the bare-minimum starting point.
October 25, 20168 yr comment_5772883 The price is high relative to the drop off WWE made when they went from producing $60 monthly PPVs to the Network, which was $9.99 a month, which also offers the full WWE, WCW, and ECW PPV archive, all of the Saturday Night's Main Events and Clash of the Champions, and a large number of Raws, Nitros, ECW TVs, etc, and all of the various other content offered by the Network. Offering the entire WWN library, plus live streaming of WWN Live shows, for twice as much, strikes me as a bit high, and they will need to be aggressive in scooping up content if they want to compete with the WWE Network, otherwise I see this dying off quickly. And that first streaming Evolve show better be perfect.
October 25, 20168 yr comment_5772885 The price is cheaper than the current way to watch Evolve which shows indies charge too much
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