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  • dubcity
    Hall Of Fame
    • May 2012
    • 17876

    #5386
    Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

    Originally posted by SPTO
    Yeah though truth be told as i've said in various posts here. WCW had always been a TV product first and foremost. As hard as it might seem to some people Turner had an appreciation and respect for the company as Jim Crockett Promotions all the way back in the late '70s helped to establish and prop up TBS along with the Braves. It's not surprising that once Turner lost control of his assets the suits completely destroyed the one thing that everybody craves these days: "brand identification". They killed WCW, chopped down the presence of Braves games on TBS and then adding insult to injury they either sold or split the TBS brand by taking the actual local Atlanta station which for just about its entire existence was running on a national feed and turning it into the local Peachtree TV while TBS was spun off into its own national entity completely different than what it used to be.

    Yeah, I honestly do not think negatively of Ted Turner with regards to pro wrestling. It's not like there were many major networks interested in being associated with pro wrestling at all back then, let alone giving it the prime time treatment like he did. Even before Nitro, Clash of the Champions was basically like a free PPV on TBS.

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    • SPTO
      binging
      • Feb 2003
      • 68046

      #5387
      Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

      Originally posted by dubcity
      Which is why I disagree when people say that WCW was clearly the top wrestling company for that period, just because they had better ratings on Monday nights. Everyone who worked for both companies at the time said that WWE was light years ahead in terms of running a wrestling company, TV production, booking PPVs, booking individual matches from start to finish etc. All Bischoff was doing was throwing money at former WWE guys specifically to get that one rating up.
      I think that's being a little harsh to a degree, Bischoff did bring lucha/cruiserweight wrestling to great prominence in North America whereas before it was only seen sparingly and mostly in a "let's just waste time" mode. Yes, that was the case with them in WCW as time went on but for the first little while they were really a crown jewel for the company.

      As for throwing money at old WWF guys there is certainly an element of truth to that criticism but I was listening to a podcast once and they were talking about the original wave of WWF guys that went to WCW. Vince was convinced they were too old but Pat Patterson and Jerry Jarrett (who was working for Vince at the time) were telling him that those guys (especially Randy Savage) had a lot of gas left in the tank and it would be a huge mistake to let them go. In some respects, Vince's obsession with the hot new thing cost him for a few years.

      The booking was definitely a mess for WCW but by and large that company ALWAYS had crazy crap going on behind the scenes that bled over onto the TV product. The thing is, the southern base that made up the majority of WCW fans LOVED how different it was from the WWF and let us not forget that when the influx of WWF guys first came in they initially rejected the WWF-lite style storylines and booking. Bischoff at least should be given credit for launching the storyline that lit the fuse for almost the entirety of the next decade of wrestling popularity. Alas, it proved his weaknesses as he wasn't strong enough and he was too much of a mark for himself that he couldn't kill the NWO storyline at its natural progression.
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      • Sausage
        MVP
        • Feb 2003
        • 3905

        #5388
        Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

        Originally posted by PeoplesChampGB
        Funny segment that I completely forgot about.



        <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8AumfgHZVbc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

        This was amazing!!

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        • jb12780
          Hall of Fame
          • Oct 2008
          • 10665

          #5389
          Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

          Watched the top 10 Nitro moments hosted by DDP. Malone putting a whooping on Hogan was pretty cool.

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          • cima
            Hall Of Fame
            • Sep 2004
            • 13478

            #5390
            Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

            Apparently they're now putting Benoit milestones on the Network. They aren't including his name but his matches aren't being skipped all together entirely anymore. About friggin time!

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            • WWF80sKid
              All Star
              • Nov 2008
              • 7095

              #5391
              Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

              Can we get the 4 Horsemen DVD on the Network yet?

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              • SPTO
                binging
                • Feb 2003
                • 68046

                #5392
                Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                In a major surprise for the old school folk among us the WWE Network just dropped 3 AWA supercards today.

                AWA Super Sunday (1983)
                AWA WrestleRock 1986
                AWA SuperClash III (1988)
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                • jvalverde88
                  Moderator
                  • Jun 2008
                  • 11787

                  #5393
                  Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                  Originally posted by SPTO
                  In a major surprise for the old school folk among us the WWE Network just dropped 3 AWA supercards today.

                  AWA Super Sunday (1983)
                  AWA WrestleRock 1986
                  AWA SuperClash III (1988)
                  Sweet, I was just watching Super Sunday a couple of days ago.
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                  • PeoplesChampGB
                    All Star
                    • May 2012
                    • 6005

                    #5394
                    Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                    Originally posted by SPTO
                    In a major surprise for the old school folk among us the WWE Network just dropped 3 AWA supercards today.

                    AWA Super Sunday (1983)
                    AWA WrestleRock 1986
                    AWA SuperClash III (1988)
                    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y1CRatikdWg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

                    So.....So awful.....and yet, I can't stop watching it. :-)
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                    • jvalverde88
                      Moderator
                      • Jun 2008
                      • 11787

                      #5395
                      Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                      Bockwinkel's was actually pretty good with the flow and LMAO at Larry.
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                      • dubcity
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • May 2012
                        • 17876

                        #5396
                        Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                        Maybe it's not so hard to believe that Vince was able to conquer that lol. Makes Men On a Mission sound like Public Enemy.

                        Also, reading the results of Super Clash 3 on wiki, and there was a woman wrestler named the Syrian Terrorist? Ah, the 1980s.
                        Last edited by dubcity; 06-04-2016, 05:49 PM.

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                        • PeoplesChampGB
                          All Star
                          • May 2012
                          • 6005

                          #5397
                          Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                          Originally posted by dubcity
                          Maybe it's not so hard to believe that Vince was able to conquer that lol. Makes Men On a Mission sound like Public Enemy.

                          Also, reading the results of Super Clash 3 on wiki, and there was a woman wrestler named the Syrian Terrorist? Ah, the 1980s.
                          Yeah, the days of going to bed at night and not getting offended is over.
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                          • DJ
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Apr 2003
                            • 17756

                            #5398
                            Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                            Originally posted by SPTO
                            In a major surprise for the old school folk among us the WWE Network just dropped 3 AWA supercards today.

                            AWA Super Sunday (1983)
                            AWA WrestleRock 1986
                            AWA SuperClash III (1988)
                            I'll take it!
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                            • cima
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Sep 2004
                              • 13478

                              #5399
                              Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                              The next collections dropping are Dusty Rhodes and Goldberg. They just dropped a Cena one as well that goes to WM 21 I believe.

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                              • Cubfan
                                World Series Champions!!
                                • Feb 2004
                                • 3929

                                #5400
                                Re: WWE Network Discussion Thread

                                The 24/7 Seth Rollins show is so good.
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