The Network live stream schedule for today:
9:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 12/20/93 - Tatanka vs. Ludvig Borga.
10:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 12/27/93 - Marty Jannetty vs. Johnny Polo.
11:00 AM ET - WWE Superstars - 4/19/14 - Big E vs. Titus O'Neil; Los Matadores vs. 3MB.
12:00 PM ET - WWE Main Event Replay - 4/15/14 - #1 Contender Divas Battle Royal; The Big Show vs. Jack Swagger.
1:00 PM ET - Wrestlemania 2 - 4/7/86 - Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage Match for the WWF Championship; Mr T vs. Roddy Piper in a Boxing Match.
4:30 PM ET - WCW Spring Stampede '98 - Sting vs. Randy Savage in a No DQ Match for the WCW Championship; Roddy Piper & The Giant vs. Hollywood Hogan & Kevin Nash.
7:30 PM ET - RAW Pre-Show.
8:00 PM ET - Legends of Wrestling - 11/1/12 - Discussion on Monday Night RAW.
10:00 PM ET - ECW Hardcore TV - 8/30/94 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Shane Douglas in the finals of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship tournament. Yes, THAT show. The EXTREME Era begins here.
11:06 PM ET - RAW Backstage Pass.
11:30 PM ET - Old School - 10/20/86 - MSG - Tag Team Battle Royal.
Recommendation today is WWE's Bragging Rights 2009. I caught this show again recently, and as far as match quality goes, it was a pretty solid show. John Morrison vs. The Miz was OK, a decent Divas match as far as Divas matches go, the Iron Man match between Cena and Orton, the pretty good Bragging Rights match between RAW and Smackdown, but the highlight for me was watching Batista turn on Rey Mysterio after their 4-way match. "I'm not playing. I'm gonna rip your head off" was a mark out quote from Dave at the time. A forgotten show, but a very good effort.
9:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 12/20/93 - Tatanka vs. Ludvig Borga.
10:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 12/27/93 - Marty Jannetty vs. Johnny Polo.
11:00 AM ET - WWE Superstars - 4/19/14 - Big E vs. Titus O'Neil; Los Matadores vs. 3MB.
12:00 PM ET - WWE Main Event Replay - 4/15/14 - #1 Contender Divas Battle Royal; The Big Show vs. Jack Swagger.
1:00 PM ET - Wrestlemania 2 - 4/7/86 - Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage Match for the WWF Championship; Mr T vs. Roddy Piper in a Boxing Match.
4:30 PM ET - WCW Spring Stampede '98 - Sting vs. Randy Savage in a No DQ Match for the WCW Championship; Roddy Piper & The Giant vs. Hollywood Hogan & Kevin Nash.
7:30 PM ET - RAW Pre-Show.
8:00 PM ET - Legends of Wrestling - 11/1/12 - Discussion on Monday Night RAW.
10:00 PM ET - ECW Hardcore TV - 8/30/94 - 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Shane Douglas in the finals of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship tournament. Yes, THAT show. The EXTREME Era begins here.
11:06 PM ET - RAW Backstage Pass.
11:30 PM ET - Old School - 10/20/86 - MSG - Tag Team Battle Royal.
Recommendation today is WWE's Bragging Rights 2009. I caught this show again recently, and as far as match quality goes, it was a pretty solid show. John Morrison vs. The Miz was OK, a decent Divas match as far as Divas matches go, the Iron Man match between Cena and Orton, the pretty good Bragging Rights match between RAW and Smackdown, but the highlight for me was watching Batista turn on Rey Mysterio after their 4-way match. "I'm not playing. I'm gonna rip your head off" was a mark out quote from Dave at the time. A forgotten show, but a very good effort.
Shane Douglas didn't have the most distinguished career, but that interview he gave was fucking unreal. Holds up as one of the greatest interviews in the history of wrestling, on the level of Hogan's heel turn.
ReplyDeleteTatanka's massive undefeated streak defies Kayfabe. The man doesn't lose for near two years, yet is never given a title shot? That's why undefeated streaks are tricky: either ya pull the trigger and move the lossless person up to the top, or you stop with the silly midcard after midcard victory.
ReplyDeleteYep, easily the greatest thing he's ever done. Too bad it was all down hill after that. And also it's really sad the NWA still exists today despite that promo burying them for good. 20 years of continuing something no one gives a shit about is quite a feat.
ReplyDeleteGet home and see what's in the network. Fucking Jannetty vs polo. Ugh
ReplyDeleteSeriously, why did anyone ever give a fuck about the Dynamite Kid? There are a hundred guys that can 'go' in the ring, but he's pretty much an elite asshole in the business.
ReplyDeleteWhen did Steamboat go against Vince?
ReplyDeleteThat article seems less like Wrestlemania XXXI predictions, and more like predictions of things that may happen before Wrestlemania XXXI.
ReplyDeleteSame here.
ReplyDeleteHolly is second on to JBL in wrestlers I hate in real life. Just seems like an insecure douchebag.
ReplyDeleteBecause while Cena go the pin, Wyatt's winning the war. I'm all for this. I might be the only one, but I'm all for this. Besides, where else are you going to put Cena? He can't feud with Evolution (those are NOT fresh matches at all), and every other quality heel is too low on the card for him at this point unless they really want to elevate someone from the midcard.
ReplyDeleteHere's your heel roster:
Alberto Del Rio- stale matchup
Alexander Rusev- a bit early for this
Bad News Barrett- not fresh, and I'm not sure Barrett's ready to be back at the top of the card just yet (his wrestling the other night wasn't great- really needs a new finisher)
Batista/Orton/HHH- stale
New Age Outlaws- dear God no
Brad Maddox- if you were ever going to transition him to a better role, this would be it, but I don't think they really want to move him into that role
Brock Lesnar- stale, and wrong idea for Brock
Brodus Clay- still on NXT
Cesaro- is he even really a heel at this point? I'd love to see it, but it could really harm Cesaro at this point. But it's probably being kicked around at WWE.
Christian- not sure Christian is going to keep his spot at this point with all the injuries and his contract
Curtis Axel- dear god no
Damien Sandow- I'd love it, but I think Cena squashed him for good, sadly.
3 Man Band- That would be a bends-inducing elevation from the bottom of the card.
Fandango- that act of his suffers without Summer Rae. But I admit, I think this would be a great feud. It's time to see if Fandango's ready, and no better guy to do that with than Cena. That could be a really fun feud.
Jack Swagger- stale
The Miz- NO
Ryback- stale
Titus O'Neil- not impossible, but probably too high for Titus right now.
William Regal- hey, he's on the roster. It's not going to happen, but we can dream, can't we?
And that's it. That's your heel roster (other than the Wyatt family). So who are you pitting Cena against if not Bray Wyatt?
Over the weekend I caught a RAW from 1996 featuring the Ultimate Warrior. In addition Vader puts Yokozuna on the shelf and HBK fights Diesel after his match with Lawler. Great show!
ReplyDeleteAs the guy who answered the question, I admit, this is a good candidate...
ReplyDeleteThis would be an awesome Buzzfeed 64-man tournament...
ReplyDelete...to be fair, there are many on this board who would be patient while waiting for Kelly Kelly. (I'm not one of them, but Kelly Kelly had a ton of fans.)
ReplyDeleteI disagree that Bray is winning the war. It was was am evenly well built feud that saw Cena go over, cleanly at the biggest show if the year. That's usually the end of the war for most feuds.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind them having a multi ppv feud. There isn't a clear cut opponent for Cena right now. I just think it's been a pretty below average story that's I'm losing interest in by the week since it hasn't progressed in a compelling or logical fashion
Started watching No Mercy 2000. Pretty horrendous show to open. Got up to the Y2J/Xpac cage when the Network died on me. Heard the last two matches are pretty sick though, so I'll continue it later on.
ReplyDeleteUnique storytelling can still be bad storytelling.
ReplyDeleteYou know how they could ratchet it up?
ReplyDeleteHave Wyatt show up on a "Make A Wish" playdate.
Seriously, that would be amazing. They could fake it with a kid actor, but the crowd would go ape.
BOOK. THAT. SHIT. Maybe even have him kidnap the Make A Wish kid
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was nice of HeelTista to give Rey a heads up before he took Rey's head off with a decapitating clothesline.
ReplyDeleteWatched Survivor Series 1995 and it was a really enjoyable show. Diesel vs Bret really is a forgotten classic and the survivor series matches are all entertaining. Very much enjoyed the heels and faces being forced to team with one another in the wild card survivor series matchup.
JBL at least doesn't have a permanent scowl all the time. I could see him actually having friends.
ReplyDeleteAs a follow up to my post about No Mercy 2000, is there anything hotter than heel-Trish in 2000?
ReplyDeleteHeel Trish in 2004 perhaps
ReplyDelete(Several weeks after winning the Intercontinental Championship, Steamboat asked WWF owner Vince McMahon for some time off to be with his wife Bonnie, who was expecting the birth of their first son, Richard, Jr. This did not sit well with WWF management as he had been molded to become a long-term Intercontinental Champion. The decision was made by WWF management to punish Steamboat by stripping him of the title. After a successful title defense against Hercules on the May 2 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, hedropped the belt to The Honky Tonk Man on the June 13 edition of Superstars;[30] his son was born a month later. Steamboat came back in time for the Survivor Series in November 1987.[31] WWF Management was still bitter over his impromptu sabbatical from his first WWF run, however, and he was not pushed or given any meaningful feuds)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a perfect time for him to go away for a while.
ReplyDeleteSo, the original plan was to have Batista win the title at Wrestlemania and leave 30 days later?
ReplyDeleteThis. Also heel Lita in 2005 - 2006
ReplyDeleteAt least Warrior week is over. Don't mean to be an insensitive prick (right now) but man am I sick of hearing about him.
ReplyDeleteClose. The ORIGINAL plan was to try and get people to care he had come back.
ReplyDeleteI'm tired of typing 'Warrior Week'. I think we can all move on now.
ReplyDeleteI think the Make-A-Wish people would have something to say about these scenarios ("you want to do WHAT?!?"), probably with a few expletives thrown in.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I'm sure there are more than a few MAW kids who would be absolutely thrilled to take part in a WWE angle and maybe even take a bump.
Only one new Raw added so far Blah...Going to watch that and the Warrior Docu to start my day.
ReplyDeleteI loved "The Big Shot" and kinda vaguely liked him after that just because of how much entertainment he gave me for a brief time.
ReplyDeleteAnd they failed tramendusly
ReplyDeleteHeel Trish, Stacy Kiebler, and Tori Wilson is the pantheon of wwe divas
ReplyDeleteTJ'ing your own thread. YOU ARE DRUNK WITH POWER!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHe was unique in the WWF at that time.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but Lita isn't even in Trish's universe in terms of hotness.
ReplyDeleteShe is far FAR beyond it.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that divas are always hotter as heels? Is it because we equate heel with slut?
ReplyDeleteFor a big he's got some serious speed,TNA should've give the title to him instead of Anderson in 2010,he was so more sympathetic than Anderson.
ReplyDeletePretty much so.
ReplyDeleteHeels = bad girls = sluts = better vagina (most times)
This should be on Sesame Street or something
Just have the Wyatt's ambush Cena in the middle of one of his visit, you can still have a kid actor in them.
ReplyDeleteLita's box during her entire WWF run?
ReplyDeleteDeal with it!
ReplyDelete:throws mic to the ground.
ReplyDeleteFinally saw Cesaro/Cena from the February 2014 Raw and it was fantastic.
ReplyDeleteNo, no I won't like it.
ReplyDelete"I got the kind of cancer I won't get better from? Fuck it, I'm going out like Foley. Book it, Vince."
ReplyDeleteCome on, I'd the show where Batista turned heel and murdered Rey, how can it be forgettable? Plus, it had the conclusion of the Cena Orton series.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the equivalent of Punk Cena from last year.
ReplyDeleteI abuse my GM powers on tonight's episode of BoD Monday Night RAW!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA someone downvoted this but it doesn't matter because we can't see how many times. New disqus FTW!
ReplyDeleteBut Punk/Cena had a PILEDRIVER!
ReplyDeleteCould WWE actually turn a MAW kid heel by having him show up on RAW with Cena and the usual fanfare and then reveal that he's joined the Wyatts? Now that might actually "break" Cena.
ReplyDeleteOf course, WWE might not want the publicity of thousands of fans booing a sick kid, but still.
The less said about that Cena/Orton feud, the better.
ReplyDeleteI will have to hijack the show and start the... :: Clever thing I can't think of right now :: Movement!
ReplyDeletePatterson talks about it in one of those legends of wrestling episodes
ReplyDeleteIf cesaro won the match he was a MADE man.
ReplyDeleteI'll assume you're threatening the all-time record.
ReplyDeleteThe highlight of that match will always be Orton trying to kill Cena with the pyro.
ReplyDeleteBut unlike Sandow, the loss didn't hurt him.
ReplyDeleteBecause they still booked him strong.
ReplyDeleteThe 2007 was great,the rest ...no.
ReplyDeleteThe Sober Movement?
ReplyDeleteI think the issue is because of Cena's promo (which to me sounded almost like a burial), Bray HAS to win or he looks like a total bitch. Cena's promo was borderline cocky, but I guess that continues the WWE's pattern of having faces act like total assholes....
ReplyDeleteBook it in the right city and joining the Wyatts would get that kid a monster face pop.
ReplyDeleteThreadjack. Knicks coach Mike Woodson and his entire staff were fired.
ReplyDeleteHomewreckers, Incorporated
ReplyDeleteWas it the pornstar from Denver?
ReplyDeleteList lacks Mickie James.
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeleteDelusional.
Only if Cena went all out with the look and grew a beard would I care.
ReplyDeleteYep, I think Cena was rubbing in the fact that Bray wasn't getting to him. So now the ball is in Bray's court. He indeed has to win, or at least get to Cena somehow. So the match should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteI still think it would be a terrible idea, as it would scare the hell out of future kids who might have wanted Cena as their wish. They would be afraid of hurting their hero, so they could settle for Zach Ryder or something (because nobody cares if HE gets beat up) ZING!!
ReplyDeleteNo obvious, "Batista's been taking off ever since he came back." joke or did I miss it when I was scrolling through the thread?
ReplyDeletei was at the bragging rights ppv
ReplyDeletepretty fun live, except we had some major seating issues b/c a couple of our original seats got allocated for cameras, and instead of moving all of us (they should have been able to see the seats were purchased in bulk), they moved half of us. what if it had been an adult with 3 kids? major fuck up. i used that argument to score free tix to the next raw that came in
our upgraded seats theoretically were better (were 2 or 3 sections up, got moved to up off the floor), except we were behind the mixing desk, so we had crap right in our line of vision. after a while when it was apparent nearby seats weren't being used, we moved, and the rest of the show was awesome.
loved batista's heel turn live. i'd been to the hhh/benoit iron man match years before, so the cena/orton iron man match was nothing new - you just have to pace yourself while you watch so you don't invest too quickly and then get tired or bored - though orton trying to kill cena with all the pyro was amusing
they want to get one of the specials aired on usa now
ReplyDeleteI thought he buried him too.
ReplyDeleteheel trish in 2004 was better
ReplyDeleteIsn't it rumored Steve Kerr is a shoe in?
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I got moved at Unforgiven 2008 because we were in the uppers in front of a spotlight. A guy came and asked me "How many in your party?" I told him two and he took both of us and gave us club seats, a near $100 upgrade.
ReplyDeleteBatista should've miliary pressed Rey into the 12th row.
ReplyDeleteNo, it was someone different. I know the interview/chick that you're thinking about. Wasn't Jordan caliber hot iirc
ReplyDeleteWait, the person who wrote about Reigns winning the Rumble is Ryan Murphy?
ReplyDeleteIt wreaks of WWE being sorry for bullying. They treated Warrior like crap for decades, dragged his name through the mud, released a heavily offensive DVD that Warrior seemed very saddened by during his HOF speech.
ReplyDeleteI think Bray has to win, but I'm almost even more curious if they go the "get to Cena" route. How on earth would they do that? Cena no-sold a Brock beat down for the ages, so I'm not sure what else they could do along those lines. Yeah, they could have Bray try and manipulate some kids/hurt a kid, does "that" set him off?
ReplyDeleteApparently chicks from Denver are kryptonite to NBA players.
ReplyDeletewhat happened with us was that we just passed the tickets around, and the ones that i and another guy had happened to be the problem ones. our 2 friends got in, and then when we went to enter, the little scanner thing gave back an x on our tickets and we were told to go to the box office...
ReplyDelete...which was on the other side of the arena that we happened to be on. so b/w shuffling through the crowd to get to the other side of the arena, waiting for the box office to figure out the problem, then get into the show and get to our seats, we missed the dark match (christian vs. burchill). luckily we didn't miss any of the show itself. but when we sat at our new seats and had giant tech crap blocking 1/3 of the ring, we were further pissed. luckily i guess we were in a comp area, and not all of the seats were used, so we shifted over after the 1st match
"Any is a good time for him to go away for a while."
ReplyDeleteFTFY
That sucks. You should've wrote WWE a complaint. I'm sure they would've compensated you.
ReplyDeleteHe has unfinished business with Mark Henry.
ReplyDeleteThe Ryan Murphy?
ReplyDeletewell, like i said, my immediate thought was, if the 4 tickets had been for an adult with 3 kids, that would have been a major problem, and they (the arena, in terms of seeing how the tix had been purchased) really should have known better than to just split the group in 2. so i made sure to file a complaint with the arena (both about splitting our group up and moving us to obstructed view seats, and was able to snag 4 free tix to the next wwe event there, which was a raw (last one at mellon arena before they tore it down)
ReplyDeletethe night before that raw, i went into a gas station around 12:30 am and a bunch of the nxt (this was just season 1!) guys happened to be there - dbry, barrett, gabriel, and michael tarver. tarver was looking at candy. otunga might have been there - there was a guy with his hood up, shades on, and talking into a phone, but i'm not sure
You know it.
ReplyDeleteAny time Cena's father gets kicked in the head is always a plus.
ReplyDeleteGet a picture with any of them?
ReplyDeletewhen i walked in, the only person i saw was gabriel, so i was like "whoa! hey justin, is it cool if i get a pic?" he said sure (he was standing in line to pay), but then i looked over and dbry and barrett walked around the corner, and i said a few words to them, by which point i think gabriel paid and went back to the car. then i saw tarver trying to decide what candy to get; he looked over at me and chuckled. i went to order some food at the grill, which is where i saw the guy who might have been otunga. they all were obviously making a pit stop, so i figured the best thing would be just to say hi, wish 'em a good show, and leave them be
ReplyDeleteIt's already been confirmed as a different guy.
ReplyDeleteso he doesn't pathetically purposely misspell words to come off as drunk then? Good.
ReplyDeletei said it during after the wm xxx thread and will say it again: cabs had one of the best lines when they showed cena's dad at ringside and he said something, "oh COME ON, now you just deserve anything bad that happens to you"
ReplyDeleteBecause she isn't hot
ReplyDeleteLOL not at all
ReplyDeleteI already have the upvote record... might as well try and be the Walter Johnson of the BoD
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteYou're getting quite the DV lineup today.
ReplyDeleteNice! Free tix is always a plus.
ReplyDeleteCy Young.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I said
ReplyDeleteI liked Bob Holly's book. I got the feeling after reading it, that he has some severe anger problems, but wants to be a good person. I don't think the book quite clears him on anything. However, read his book if you want another opinion on him. His book changed my opinion on him. He's a hard working guy who cares about other wrestlers. I still think he's a bully though.
ReplyDeleteSure, Walter.
ReplyDeleteI like some of Bob Holly's matches. He had some great ones on WWE's ECW, before that promotion went to shit. I also felt like his match with Lesnar was the first 6 minutes of a great ***1/2 match. Its too bad HHH screwed him out of more time to have a long boring match with HBK.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I thought. There's no way Cena/Wyatt's is going to last that long. And why would Taker wait till next year to retire? It's obvious that he's done NOW.
ReplyDeleteIt'd would be cool to see another Mania 2 situation with 3 separate sites. They should've done it with the brand split. Smackdown's Mania and RAW's Mania in two different sites.
ReplyDeletei hate his promo style. he's always angry, even when he's not. i don't understand why people were so in love with him
ReplyDeleteSo tonight we get Cesaro vs. RVD and Sheamus vs. Barrett. Should make for an excellent RAW.
ReplyDeleteThat would piss off each and every person who goes to the show live. Unless the tickets are sold 1/3 of the regular price.
ReplyDeleteYep, as I mentioned before, Sheamus better still be selling the knee.
ReplyDeleteYOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DANIEL BRYAN AND SHEAMUS, AREN'T YOU?
ReplyDeletei bet you're talking about daniel bryan and sheamus
Yep. Executive producer of Glee and American Horror Story.
ReplyDeleteIs this how wrestlers royalties work? I'd have thought it would be " sign here for x amount and we can use you in our DVDs until the contract is up"
ReplyDeleteOr do they even get that? Like surely old minor wrestlers who were around in the 80's don't get that. Maybe wrestlers just royalties on a DVD if it's based on them?
I remember that. I was feeling so sorry for Shawn at the time. What was the story behind that?
ReplyDeleteIt's also the show where Michael Cole stupidly said "There's no partners tonight!" during a 7 on 7 tag match. Why is this guy still employed?
ReplyDeleteAlthough I remember Cena's dad ruined it by showing up a week later completely no-selling the effects of the kick, nevermind that Shawn Michaels sold it by being on the shelf for five months.
ReplyDeleteJust wait until we get a Hogan Week when they have ANOTHER goddamn free trial week three or four weeks after their latest claim that there would never be another trial week again.
ReplyDeleteSuperman genetics.
ReplyDeleteWyatt beats Cena with Harper and Rowan's help at WM, Cena asks for a cage match to even the odds - how simple is that? God knows why they've gone this ass-backwards way.
ReplyDeleteI do wonder if the original plan was indeed for Cena to lose, but they pulled the audible and made Cena win, but kept the same storyline. I don't know.
ReplyDeleteWho cares about some boring place holder raw episode? Its splash city game 2.
ReplyDeleteBet ya raw opens with hhh, theres a couple decent mod card matches, the shield does something whacky, Daniel Bryan and Kane do something, show ends with evolution and shield fighting... Got it!
Actually, thinking about it, if the Wyatt's can break into the Elimination Chamber, a steel cage should be no trouble.
ReplyDeleteHey now, Florida Midget Kahagas gives a shit about the NWA.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to think about anyone else that gives a shit about the NWA but I'm drawing a blank. Bob Trobich didn't even give enough of a shit to continue sticking around and he was there for 19 out of those 20 years!
That actually doesn't sound like a bad show at all.
ReplyDeleteThe Reigns Rumble win and Lesnar/Cesaro are the only good (and possible) picks there, I think.
ReplyDeleteHave fun watching it. Hopefully you have a dvr
ReplyDeleteJust curious, but how did you become a Warrior fan? Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're from SoCal.
ReplyDeleteSo did Vince tacitly or explicitly approve of that, or is "grow up and wrestle" sort of negotiable?
ReplyDeleteChris Benoit used to to all of the same things DK was known for, but the internet liked his suplexes so it was totally acceptable.
ReplyDeleteGeneral consensus among the boys in the back was that Dynamite had it coming. Nobody felt sorry for him.
ReplyDeleteBob's actually bitter in his book that booking and the internet have made people think he's a grouch in real life. He denies that strenuously.
ReplyDeleteKnee injury that required surgery. Shawn was out of action for most of the Fall.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm no, that's not what happened at all. Holly didn't try and shoot on Brock at a. Brock slipped and screwed up the power bomb by accident. Brock felt terrible afterwards.
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