The Best of the Hall of Fame, AKA "How many times can we recycle the footage that we own with new talking heads"? Not that I don't think it's wonderful that Hogan's speech with the 7 hour standing ovation gets another go-around, but HOLY SHIT there are thousands and thousands of hours of actual wrestling shows sitting in the vault just gathering digital dust at this point. Seriously, I'd love it if they took 5 minutes to get out of their own ass and actually present content that people want to see.
24/7 > the network
ReplyDeleteSince these are 1-hour specials, I'm assuming this is just what aired on USA each year, right?
ReplyDeleteWhat I loved about 24/7 the most were the weekly television shows. The PPVs were nice, but it was the TV shows that I'd watch first every week when it got refreshed.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised they haven't pushed that harder with the Network. Like the NWA from the mid-80s was just so insanely good and fun to watch. Ditto for WCCW.
Agree with Scott. No one wants to see this shit. If the ppvs aren't enough of a draw to get casuals add the new raws and smackdowns quicker. That's all you can do. If you want to keep me happy add more wrestling shows.
ReplyDelete'97 RAWs assholes, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThey have to stagger this shit. This is the longest of long games. They want subscribers for years, not months.
ReplyDeleteYou'll see cool stuff in August right before the big renewal date.
They have like 100,000 hours of footage sitting around. They can find something better than old Hall of Fame specials that aired on USA.
ReplyDeleteClash of champions, wcwsn, world championship wrestling, wcw power hour, nitro, WWF wrestling challenge, WWF super stars, WWF primetime, WWF all star wrestling (going back to the 70's)
ReplyDeleteVince I want this shit to homie
Why waste space on this trash?
ReplyDeleteIt's been 8 weeks. They gave you EVERY PPV EVER FROM THE BIG 3 COMPANIES. Plus 93 Raws. Plus a lot of cool MSG-esque shows.
ReplyDeleteIt's been 8 weeks.
They also have 1000's of hours of produced specials that used to be on DVD but all we get is the same Austin/Rock/Foley/HHH retrospectives that have been on Netflix for months.
ReplyDeleteJust under a fancier name.
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming with this technology they can actually track who watches what. Maybe people watch this trash (I won't argue it's trash). Or they'll see what people DO watch and react accordingly.
ReplyDeleteI dunno, I've had it for a month and have barely scratched the surface of all the content.
Plus ECW.
ReplyDeleteWe need some more 02-03 Smackdowns.
ReplyDeleteIt's a super minor bitch but something that would make the Network a hundred times easier to use (at least imo) and that's some system to hold your place in what you're watching. I'm so tired of getting halfway through a PPV, having to go outside or answer a call or whatever, coming back and because the XBox has gone to sleep I've now lost my place and have to fast forward through an hour to get back.
ReplyDeleteNetflix holds my place on movies I haven't watched in a year, I'm sure they'll get there eventually but damn...hurry up.
THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, why aren't there more Attitude era RAWs on the network. I mean. sheesh. This should be ten minutes of work.
The Hall of Fame stuff doesn't bother me- and let's face it, we'll all watch that Bobby Heenan speech over and over again- but still, RAWs should be a no-brainer.
I'd actually like if they just go year by year but with every single show (here's the year 1996 including all the RAW's, Nitro's, Superstars, WCW Saturday Nights, etc.) the only reason I bought this thing was to spend the rest of my life reliving 97-02 in exact detail.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like some devices will hold your place. When I watch a PPV on the PS4, I can turn it off halfway through and days later when I go back to it, it picks up where I left off.
ReplyDeleteI'm fine with the frequency of content being released. They have my money for the foreseeable future anyway. I'd rather they stagger stuff than to have everything available already and either not be able to choose what I want to watch (Netflix), or be bored with it all (Netflix).
ReplyDeleteCould ot agree more. There are times I'll be watching a PPV and just lose interest and want to watch something else. I should be able to pick up where I left off, no problem.
ReplyDeleteIts just annoying to see them add THAT as opposed to literally almost anything else.
ReplyDeleteThis is the only gripe I have with the Network at this time.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind not having those yet. They're obviously building towards that with the 93 shows — nearly almost in 1994 now after two months. They can't give everything all at once. Basic business.
ReplyDeleteThose MSG shows are terribly boring.
ReplyDeleteMe too. I've turned off my PS4 in the middle of a PPV without even exiting the network app, and when I boot it back up and select that same PPV again, it starts in the same spot I left off. It does it if you just back out of a PPV and choose something else to watch, too. I was watching the 88 Survivor Series the other day and got bored and chose something else, and when I went back to it last night, it started right where I left off in the show.
ReplyDeleteI'd kill for old Prime Time Wrestling episodes late at night in place of the endless WCCW marathons, just for Gorilla and Bobby's banter in the studio.
ReplyDeleteJust throw up some Prime Time Wrestling and I'll be happy for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteYou're really surprised that wrestling fans aren't content with something?
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice feature. I wish Roku had it.
ReplyDeleteHuh, so they're at least aware they want to have this option, hopefully it's just a matter of getting the right guys to be in charge of the individual apps or something.
ReplyDeleteThey've also already all aired on 24/7. They aren't even putting out "new" MSG shows.
ReplyDeleteBesides, from my 24/7 experiences, the LA shows & the Boston shows were always superior. Toronto & Philly were hit & miss, some great, some "poke your eyes out" bad.
The MSG shows were usually one or two good matches surrounded by 2 hours of crap.
Im going to guess anything that features Benoit in a prominent role will not be released anytime soon. Like that'll be on the bottom of the list.
ReplyDelete>Hours of wrestling content people want to see
ReplyDelete>Best of bullshit nobody cares to see again
Scumbag WWE.
That's not a super minor bitch at all!
ReplyDeleteHey, we're paying for it. It's our right to demand to see what we want.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm on your side here.
ReplyDeleteGIVE ME PRIME TIME!
ReplyDeleteHow bout they start pumping out the Clash of the Champions shows already
ReplyDeleteand yes...of course prime time.
ReplyDeleteYES!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs they've already got all the PPVs out there, why not also have the shows that had all the angle development? World Wide Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic, Prime Time, etc. Oh and Wrestling at the Chase because I want it, goddammit.
ReplyDeleteHEY! GIMMICK INFRINGEMENT!
ReplyDeleteSolution: Amazon Predator Drone
ReplyDeleteToday's Tony Romos Birthday. He threw out invitations for his birthday party, but they were all intercepted.
ReplyDeleteDDP Yoga.......
ReplyDeleteLast time we tried that it ended up causing a pretty substantial war.
ReplyDeleteAlready have one.
ReplyDeleteNanna Nanna Boo Boo
No, but I do believe their will be a weight limit, only a few pounds. Having 60 inch TVs or sets of rims falling out of the sky would obviously be a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteWhat you guys think of these self driving Google cars? I can't see them catching on. It'd be ideal for old people or handicap people that can't drive, but don't you need a valid license anyway to operate one?
ReplyDeleteIt would be worth it to just have a permanent designated driver tho
My PS3 will let me resume where I left off. My Apple TV will not.
ReplyDeleteAnd Asians!
ReplyDeleteI can't have my oak armoire flown in via robot? Fuck this company.
ReplyDeleteThey did say the idea would be for them to be all over the place, but it just seems so insane. I live in a medium sized area 200K people in the city and surrounding counties, etc. and there are tons of UPS/FedEx trucks all over the place. Doesn't seem like it could feasible to have enough drones to drop things off. Not to mention the liability.
ReplyDeleteRosario Dawson doesn't get enough love.
ReplyDeleteI like to read and nap in the car so I'd use it for long travels.
ReplyDeleteThat's the other reason I don't believe it, we've only heard from Amazon about this idea, not from the FAA.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to imagine the nightmare involved in keeping your EMT copters, commercial and private aviation, and now thousands of drones all flying over the airspaces of every major American city without major issues that cause death and destruction for the people below.
Millions or billions of dollars to get this idea going and all it would take is one drone into a 777 engine and it's all over.
Guests. They'd be "guests".
ReplyDeleteI would love to bot-nap one of those if it happens, though.
ReplyDeleteSo, maybe for those of us who like BoDing at work, can we maybe not have headlines about our penises?
ReplyDeleteThat's fucking awesome.
ReplyDeleteMr. Bennington???
ReplyDeleteI think where we are with 3D printing is where we were with the Internet in 1994. People think it is neat, but don't grasp what a gamechanger it is.
ReplyDeleteYup. If i was 17 I'd throw rocks at them to see if I could knock one out if the air...hell even at 31 do that if I'm bored
ReplyDeleteOh and for wrestling: Kevin Steen
ReplyDeleteI'm ALREADY huge. No "next" about it
ReplyDeleteGet back to work! *snaps whip*
ReplyDeleteMonkey butlers.
ReplyDeleteThe next five to ten years are going to be extremely interesting as far as youth football goes. On one hand, perhaps the concussion-related storm of the past couple years dies down, and everything goes back to more or less the way it was. On the other hand, let's say we have a high profile, on-field, death of a high school, college or professional player. Then, let's say we have a charismatic anti-football advocate out there, campaigning against the sport. Could get really interesting.
ReplyDeletethank you, thank you, thank you
ReplyDeleteProductivity thief!
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing Monkey Shines this is a BIG no. I remember seeing that around nine years old and it scared the fuck outta me.
ReplyDeleteI just don't see Steen making it to the next level in WWE. Just don't see WWE ever giving him a proper chance even if he did get hired. I like the guys matches but he's not going to be big. Although I see Zayne becoming pretty big if given the proper push.
ReplyDeleteOh and parents yanking their kids out of football, that's about to become a very big fad.
ReplyDeleteUnless you live in a poor area. I think you are right though. In a few years football rosters will be made up entirely of kids who are being used as meal tickets.
I told this story few days back, but not sure if you saw it. My ISP/Cable company called and tried to get me to sign up for cable. I told them no thanks that I didn't want to pay for 100's of channels I don't watch and that cable is overpriced. I said my Roku with Hulu/Netflix is much better. The lady then tried to sell me home phone service.
ReplyDeleteI could see it catching on a bit if they can prove that there will be very little to no errors. It'll also take some people getting it and proving its safe to the masses. Also the cost has to come down. Having said that there will still be a large chunk of the population who just won't give it a chance. I think if it can sustain existence, maybe by the time we are old it might catch on big.
ReplyDeleteFucking Abe, ruined a good thing for all us white people. Although I hear places like Nike still practice this so good for them!
ReplyDeleteI DO grasp what a game changer it is, I'm just waiting for the 99 dollar Lexmark version that's a piece of junk, but gets the job done.
ReplyDeleteIt is distinctly NOT about my penis, but duly noted.
ReplyDeleteYou're fucking racist dude
ReplyDeleteAny theoretical physics/conspiracy theory nerds out there? Anyone buy the theory that the technology we recovered from the Roswell crash catapulted our technological advancement. Not sure if I believe it but the timeline fits...teflon, the building blocks of telecom stuff, night vision googles, and most impressive....getting to the moon fucking only 70 years after the first airplane.
ReplyDeleteI went to the Doctor today and the guy was blown away by how much better literally everything about me, physically, was.
ReplyDeleteSays the guy looking to bring back slavery. Not that that's a BAD thing.
ReplyDeleteWhat?! It's a simpsons reference! About actual monkey butlers!
ReplyDeleteI think, more and more, we're going to see sports arenas go to more entertainment-based venues. I know we're already seeing arenas with stores and such, but I think it's going to go even further eventually. There are just too many ways to watch sports aside from in-person, and too many entertainment attractions out there, to ask people to spend the kind of money on live sporting events. This is particularly true of medicore to bad teams.
ReplyDeleteWell I never put any labels on my ideas. You could call them "helpers" and I'd be fine with having white ones too.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I buy it, either, but I will say that the people who believe this theory present a compelling argument.
ReplyDeleteCan I ride in one drunk without getting hasseled?
ReplyDeleteHave you sent Page an email or Tweet?
ReplyDeleteI don't believe any of that and I've looked into those theories and read about all the different angles. The timeline doesn't seem to fit. Also stuff like the night vision goggles were already being worked on. It just doesn't work for me. I also don't believe in Roswell crash either. Do I think aliens exist somewhere, yes, the universe is too big. There might even be ones with advanced technology. But either they don't know we are here or they know and are staying the fuck away from us.
ReplyDeleteI'm just goofing around
ReplyDeleteWar. That's what all the Roswell nonsense boils down to. We were trying every design we could, racing the Russians to mars, and testing every Russian plane we could get our hands on. Weird that the US Government in it's greatest period of technological advancement *and* aliens both decided to work in the least populated place on the content at the same time.
ReplyDeleteNah, I'm happy bragging on here for now, I figure if I'm ever gonna reach out really update my team DDP Yoga Stuff I wanna wait until the transformation is incredibly apparent.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't see either becoming more than internet darlings.
ReplyDeleteLet's just find a middle ground. Mexicans can be the helpers. Maybe we can pay them penny on the dollars so we don't feel entirely guilty. If we don't like them anymore we can always threaten to send them back to Mexico.
ReplyDeleteFuck team. Imagine riding in a driverless car coming home from a bar doing while doing a line of booger sugar off the center console.
ReplyDelete#LivingTheDream
I saw something on Discovery that basically explained all of Roswell. The craft was indeed a balloon, but it wasn't a weather balloon, it was a spy balloon they were testing.
ReplyDeleteThe "Aliens" were actually crash test dummies they used that were a slightly smaller scale than human adults.
I think in time we're going to see the concussion thing, like a giant wave, swallow grid kids, then high school, then college. When parents eventually have to face the reality en masse we'll see a massive change.
ReplyDeleteAnd at some point people are going to figure out the NCAA is just a free minor league for massive corporations right? Right? Some point? What the fuck.
That has one of the greatest endings off all time though.
ReplyDeleteOh and quadroplegic screwing!
Well they sort of did, we all thought Hitler was making a bomb so we made a bomb. Turns out he was working on the long range missile system to use against London that we eventually turned into our ICBM's. Nazi Germany accidentally started the space program, basically.
ReplyDeleteYep. The NFL as we know it will be dead in 10 years. The concussion thing is going to start leading to lawsuits and there is no way to make football concussion proof so they will close up shop.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've read we are getting closer and closer to being able to upload our consciousness, memories and personality traits into a computer and basically save our selves toa hard drive. I think that could become big way down the line. Although it'll raise many ethical issues and issues about what is ones self.
ReplyDeleteAnd IBM teamed up with them to help round up the Jews.
ReplyDeleteIt seems pointless though. Ok, I die but upload on my deathbed. I STILL die. Mr. Roboto has all my experiences and thoughts, but that doesn't benefit me in the least.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty fucked what the whole world let the whole world get away with for a while there.
ReplyDeleteGood actress, great body, gigantic rack, nerdy enough that she knows how to speak Klingon. What's not to love? Dat shaved full-frontal in "Trance".
ReplyDeleteYeah, him just grabbing the monkeys neck with his teeth and just shaking the shit out of it. I HATE seeing animal violence in film, even when it's obviously fake, but I even cheered and breathed a sigh of relief at that. I remember seeing that sex scene at nine years old and having a strange feeling. I liked it but I knew I shouldn't be watching it. Also around that time I watched a movie about a burger joint that had plenty of tits. More strange/excited feelings followed.
ReplyDeleteWe talked about it briefly below. What's REALLY fascinating to me is the anti aging research stuff they're trying to do
ReplyDeleteYea, their consciousness is completely different. It's just phenotypes and genetic code. Doesn't help me at all
ReplyDeleteWhat is this "Trance" you speak of and why am I at work where I can't google?
ReplyDeleteThat will lead to I Am Legend.
ReplyDeleteYeah but a clone is just the same genetic wise, nothing else. It will have different experiences and develop its own personality. It does bring up a good experiment in nurture vs nature. The uploading your memories into a full grown clone is an interesting theory. Another thing that is an ethical mindfuck, would be growing whole clones, that are brain dead just for the use of harvesting organs.
ReplyDeleteToo bad none of the movies go with the original book ending. I Am Legend came close but then dumped it.
ReplyDeleteOh man, that's a whole reality impossible to imagine. What makes a person? Can you kill a person that isn't alive anymore? Robot/Human marriage? Robot adoption?
ReplyDeleteNot to mention, what does it do to a planet when it's major abuser of resources stops dying? How long can the human/robot reality keep it's resources going?
It's a rabbit hole of absurd ethical questions it's awesome.
Director's cut DVD has it.
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/scientists-grow-viable-vaginas-girls-own-cells-223432537.html
ReplyDeleteCouldn't figure out where to.put this in this
conversation so just gonna throw it here. They're doing this shit with livers and lungs also. Crazy cool.
Danny Boyle film from last year. Good movie, but the image you'll probably remember is a super close-up of a completely nude Dawson which brings to mind a certain Chappelle's Show quote: "Now I done heard of trimming the hedges, but you done scorched the Earth!"
ReplyDeleteYep, it does raise so many questions, ethically and if you are into the spiritually. Questions about a soul and what makes you, you. It is awesome to think about and it's a fascinating to think of all the benefits, obstacles and detriments that the technology would bring. We could be as close as fifty years from this technology. It's equally amazing and scary.
ReplyDeleteI stubbed my toe on my jaw when I saw that image. Yowza.
ReplyDeleteI heard your ass has it's own congressman.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's been talked about on the blog yet or not but Jake Roberts is now cancer free. Good for him!
ReplyDelete"It was the best of times, it was the BLURST OF TIMES? You stupid monkey!"
ReplyDeleteI know that's from a different episode, but still....
Yeah, I've seen it. It's the far superior ending and fits so much better with the movie and the title of the movie. But they dumped it becuase they are idiots.
ReplyDeleteI've got a $600 one that's a piece of junk but gets the job done. Give it a few years and they'll be down to a $150-$300.
ReplyDeleteThis guy fucking gets it
ReplyDeleteWat?!?!? Never knew this. God bless you for telling us this
ReplyDeletehttp://i.imgur.com/S7PtHUC.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis what you're talking about? I was pleasantly surprised by the diversity in Google images for "rosario Dawson nude"
The fact that there will likely be no (voluntarily) bald people in say 15 years is pretty wild. science finally caught up to the cure for baldness
ReplyDeleteSo I just got *this* e-mail:
ReplyDelete"I
have discovered a Yoga DVD in the drive on your PC. Everyone gets a
30 minute meal break. If you’d like to do yoga during your dinner break
that is fine. We
have always tried to keep the department as relaxed as possible. If you
find there is no hardware to work with, no calls coming in and AS400 is
completely handled then reviewing the Yoga DVD isn’t an issue. What
I’m finding out though is what appears to be
the opposite. The hardware needing repair is taking a “backseat” to the
Yoga. The TV stashed down there was allowed so the weekend shift could
catch up on some football. It is a privilege to have it and can be
removed permanently if work is being postponed."
Meanwhile I'm over here kinda laughing since that's actually what I use my lunch break for, anddddddddd there isn't much hardware andddddddd I don't use the TV andddddddd it's not football season andddddddddd seriously what the fuck is wrong with my company? Anyone looking for a fluffer or something?
Nothing's going to change the world more over the next 5-20 years than graphene.
ReplyDeleteAs for wrestling, Uhaa Nation is going to be big!
What ending is that? Nevrr read the book and only familair with the theatrical ending
ReplyDeleteI was reading about Graphene, that shit is crazy.
ReplyDeleteIs that high school Brock Lesnar??
ReplyDeleteWhen high school Brock Lesnar left for college, he told his dad that it was now HIS turn to be man if the house.
My favorite part about 3D printers is thinking of those old PSA's they used to run on the front of all DVD's. "You wouldn't steal a car would you? Music is stealing!"
ReplyDeleteWell...with a 3D printer...yeah actually...I'd totally download a car.
Did you just offer to blow the entire BOD?
ReplyDeleteYessir!
ReplyDeleteI've seen so many films and porn that I'm pretty much desensitized to it. That scene in the movie dropped my jaw.
ReplyDeleteI think there's a lot of ugly people in the world because God took a week off to create that beautiful specimen.
And he's gives few enough Fucks that he'll do it too
ReplyDelete"What I mean by this is, how do you find bands you like?"
ReplyDeletereading magazines, websites, blogs, catalogues, exploring through wikipedia etc. - and listening to those bands that seem to be something that I might like.
"How do you find a movie you like?"
pretty much the same as with music.
The NCAA collapse could come sooner then you think.
ReplyDeletethe rumblings are getting louder.
I was gonna say even with the glasses on that dude looked like a fucking problem. That picture makes me glad as hell I didn't grow up near that dude.
ReplyDeleteMr. B. Edward Lesnar would like to speak to you about your real estate situation.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the problem with the idea of a crowdfunded indie is that the indie scene is dying, slowly but surely. The dream of 99% of wrestlers is to some day make it to the WWE (and if it isn't, uh, nice career path. Why not destroy your body with fun things like booze and street drugs and have a job that actually pays a decent wage?) and the WWE is actively avoiding looking at indie workers in favor of creating all their new stars from the ground up in- house.
I don't see how it can happen. How do you organize flight paths for these things? What do you do when hillbillies and kids try and bring them down?
ReplyDeleteI could MAYBE see a crowd funded show, but nothing ongoing.
ReplyDeleteI think even the show would be a pretty big stretch to get much coin together, but please prove me wrong if you can.
And I like Blobber even less than Otter, so congratulations, you've found a whole new way to annoy me.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASAW_o0w5fc
ReplyDelete(Sorry for the shitty quality.)
Imagine if an ENTIRE COUNTRY did that? Why, they'd save billions on labor and become the richest and most powerful nation on Earth in no time!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why no one else ever thought of this?
Parents yanking their kids out of football is a huge fad already. The last 2 years, the numbers are staggering and will only get much worse. It will take until around 2020, but the lack of talent is going to show up hard and fast in the college and pro game.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the NFL/NHL now, because I would bet a pretty penny we'll be seeing serious consideration to some form of non-tackling/checking sooner than we think.