The Network live stream schedule for today:
9:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 6/6/94 - Tatanka vs. Crush in a KOTR qualifying Lumberjack Match.
10:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 6/20/94 - The 1-2-3 Kid vs. Nikolai Volkoff.
11:00 AM ET - WWE Countdown - 5/20/14 - Top ten memorable debuts.
12:00 PM ET - Wrestlemania Rewind - 5/20/14 - Hulk Hogan v Randy Savage from Wrestlemania V.
1:00 PM ET - WWE Over the Limit 2011 - 5/22/11 - John Cena vs. The Miz for the WWE Championship in an I Quit Match; Christian vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship.
4:00 PM ET - RAW Backstage Pass - 5/19/14.
4:30 PM ET - Best of Smackdown - 4/12/01 - Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H for the Intercontinental Championship.
6:00 PM ET - WWE Main Event Replay - Mark Henry vs. Cesaro.
7:00 PM ET - WWE NXT - 5/15/14 - Tyson Kidd vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze for a shot at the NXT Championship.
8:00 PM ET - Best of RAW - 8/20/01 - The Alliance celebrates 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin Appreciation Night.
9:30 PM ET - Best of Smackdown - 12/13/01 - Rob Van Dam & The Rock vs. The Undertaker & Chris Jericho; Steve Austin and Booker T at The Green Frog.
11:00 PM ET - Best of RAW - 8/20/01 - The Alliance celebrates 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin Appreciation Night.
Relive King of the Ring '93! It was the Bret Hart show here, as he had awesome matches with both Mr. Perfect and Bam Bam Bigelow during the tournament. There are times when Bret had been dogging it in the ring, but on this show, he had his working boots on. The match with Perfect on THIS show, in my opinion, ranks higher than their match at SummerSlam '91. You also get the added bonus of Yokozuna beating Hogan, in Hogan's final appearance in WWE for the next 9 years.
9:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 6/6/94 - Tatanka vs. Crush in a KOTR qualifying Lumberjack Match.
10:00 AM ET - RAW Flashback - 6/20/94 - The 1-2-3 Kid vs. Nikolai Volkoff.
11:00 AM ET - WWE Countdown - 5/20/14 - Top ten memorable debuts.
12:00 PM ET - Wrestlemania Rewind - 5/20/14 - Hulk Hogan v Randy Savage from Wrestlemania V.
1:00 PM ET - WWE Over the Limit 2011 - 5/22/11 - John Cena vs. The Miz for the WWE Championship in an I Quit Match; Christian vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship.
4:00 PM ET - RAW Backstage Pass - 5/19/14.
4:30 PM ET - Best of Smackdown - 4/12/01 - Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H for the Intercontinental Championship.
6:00 PM ET - WWE Main Event Replay - Mark Henry vs. Cesaro.
7:00 PM ET - WWE NXT - 5/15/14 - Tyson Kidd vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze for a shot at the NXT Championship.
8:00 PM ET - Best of RAW - 8/20/01 - The Alliance celebrates 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin Appreciation Night.
9:30 PM ET - Best of Smackdown - 12/13/01 - Rob Van Dam & The Rock vs. The Undertaker & Chris Jericho; Steve Austin and Booker T at The Green Frog.
11:00 PM ET - Best of RAW - 8/20/01 - The Alliance celebrates 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin Appreciation Night.
Relive King of the Ring '93! It was the Bret Hart show here, as he had awesome matches with both Mr. Perfect and Bam Bam Bigelow during the tournament. There are times when Bret had been dogging it in the ring, but on this show, he had his working boots on. The match with Perfect on THIS show, in my opinion, ranks higher than their match at SummerSlam '91. You also get the added bonus of Yokozuna beating Hogan, in Hogan's final appearance in WWE for the next 9 years.
Steve Austin and Booker T at the Green Frog.
ReplyDelete"Price check on a jackass!"
Stone Cold Steve Austin Appreciation Night
ReplyDelete"The Billion Dollar Princess has become the Dairy Queen!"
I remember when wrestling had memorable lines.
Both were perfectly fine for what they were. Just that one was the main event of the 2nd biggest show of the year.
ReplyDeleteYeah Kane vs. Kane was a sideshow. Undertaker vs. Undertaker was a major storyline that went on for about three months. And also the fake Undertaker didn't resemble the real Undertaker, so it really was dead on arrival. At least the fake Kane could wear the mask.
ReplyDeleteLast night, I randomly chose a show from the Network archives to watch, and landed on WrestleWar 92. The War Games match was good, of course, but the thing that stood out to me was The Steiners v. Fujinami and Iizuka. It was a decent match, but it was almost depressing to see...
ReplyDelete...because Scott Steiner used to be SO GODDAMN GOOD, and should have ruled pro wrestling throughout the 1990s. But sadly, what most people remember of Scott Steiner is the crappy Big Poppa Pump thing, where he was so over-steroided that he could barely move.
Sigh. What could have been...
Quake did zero TV jobs in 1994 and ditched the company because he didn't like his role as an undercard program with Yokozuna.
ReplyDeleteI think I remember Lawler addressing that by saying he didn't like the Hart family but he was glad that Bret finally came around to see why he (Lawler) always hated the fans. He was also embarrassed by the USA being represented by the faces haha.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost like they are two separate people. He did an amazing job of reinventing himself, which ended up putting him in the main event, despite his in ring work.
ReplyDeleteDue to Paul Heyman currently being The Man right now I'm marathoning all the Dangerous Alliance shows from HH 91 to WW 92. And probably the remainder of 92 just to see it peter out.
ReplyDelete"Pardon me, sir... do you have any Grey Poupon?"
ReplyDeleteThe rest of 92 progressively gets worse.
ReplyDeleteYeah, once 1992 becomes the big Bill Watts circle jerk centered on Williams and Gordy, a lot of the magic is lost.
ReplyDeleteThe Canadian Chrises v. Two Man Power Trip took place today in 2001. Wonder if they'll replay that Raw!
ReplyDeleteGiven the involvement of a certain someone on the big stage, I'd say the likelihood is pretty low.
ReplyDelete"PRICE CHECK ON JACKASS!"
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how someone can ruin the Miracle Violence Connection, but there Watts is.
ReplyDeleteKOTR '93 is pretty good overall, but it definitely has some dogs. Mr. Hughes having any kind of involvement in anything drags the quality down a bit, and Tatanka/Luger isn't worth the 15 minutes it gets by any stretch. For Bret putting on a showcase and the "End" of Hulkamania, however, it's definitely worth a look.
ReplyDelete"WHEN THE MOON... HITS YOUR EYE... LIKE A BIG... PIZZA PIE... THAT'S AMORE!" (WHACK!)
ReplyDeleteDid Earthquake leave in 93 and come back in 94, or out with an injury or something?
ReplyDeleteI remember him eliminating Typhoon and them arguing at the Royal Rumble but didn't see either of them again until Earthquake came back here...and I think Typhoon came back for a while to?
Agreed on all accounts of how awesome KOTR '93 is. The Hart/Perfect match is ***** in my opinion, and better than the '91 SummerSlam encounter. It's my favorite match of all time.
ReplyDeleteBret Hart being uptight about something? I'm shocked.
ReplyDeleteTatanka/Luger was very unique, in that it was the heel Luger that got all the near falls near the end of the match, then it was, again, the heel Luger who suggested 5 more minutes. Bizarro world!
ReplyDeleteHacksaw, Brutus and Earthquake should have been the nWo.
ReplyDeleteYeah that tournament as a whole was pretty solid. I think it was better than 94, aside from the Owen/123 kid match.
ReplyDeleteI should add the tournament on the show was pretty good, not as an actual whole.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was that. I was trying to figure out who they could be talking about.
ReplyDeleteLOLing at Mike Rotunda's Captain gimmick in 1990. He's decked out in a sailor jacket, hat, and tights.
ReplyDeleteLove the KOTR match/
ReplyDelete"Thanks Book! GOT MILK!!??!"
ReplyDeleteAnd that match was AFTER his arm injury that thru his career off track
ReplyDeleteHis HHH matches sucked. His Lesnar matched sucked. And all that was like 11 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI love the match, but it's very similar to the SummerSlam one, if I remember. Obviously the finish is different, but I found myself wanting more.
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well, the first Raw with no Daniel Bryan is the lowest rated Raw of the year. Oh wait, Raw was taped this week? Never mind
ReplyDeleteHe jobbed some at house shows but the last time he lost by pinfall or submission in a match that wasn't Survivor Series or Royal Rumble was actually in 92 when the Disasters lost the belts to Money Inc. http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=339&page=4&s=300
ReplyDeleteYeah, the taped RAW's usually gets low ratings but you would have figured that the announcement regarding the title would have sparked some interest
ReplyDeleteIf he gets paid, he will wrestle
ReplyDeleteRAW: I bet that's not a "PANIC!" rating, just yet. I'd say a couple more tenths, and blood will flow. (Also: Bryan IS DRAW!... nah, too many variables for me to say that and defend it.)
ReplyDeleteGoldberg: Goldie-Brock II is the only interesting idea I see. And that's only for the "How ugly can this get" aspect.
NXT: Soon to be called up? Sure.
RoH: Who will draw more: RoH or TNA? Place your bets.
I think he'd be a dumb investment by the wwe and whatever match he'd be in would suck, but I'd mark out if he did a run in or his music randomly hit for a surprise return
ReplyDeleteand yet he'd make stupid money for them based on his DVD sales
ReplyDeleteYeah and I'm sure he wants some insane amount of cash.
ReplyDeleteHim doing the Sid or Vader guest spots from what, 18-24 months ago now, would be a nice use. But WAY too costly, unless he did several.
ReplyDeleteI bet he does and it probably won't happen because of that
ReplyDeleteIn-ring, Scott Steiner was basically Kurt Angle before Kurt Angle.
ReplyDeleteSadly, he didn't learn how to have screen presence until after his body was shot.
"Well, he's already the Captain... just make him the captain of something else!" - WCW
ReplyDeleteI'd pay to Roman Reigns spear Goldberg.
ReplyDeleteThen cut his head off with a sword and sacrifice it to the horse gods.
Agree - Bret/Perfect from KOTR '93 is my favorite "scientific" match of all time. Just absolutely incredible, even better than their previous match.
ReplyDeleteI don't want him on TV. I never cared for him after 1998. I was in FIFTH GRADE the last time I cared about Goldberg.
ReplyDelete"Over the Limit, 2011" was an all-around terrible PPV, but it has one saving grace - that Orton/Christian match was absolutely fantastic.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I thought he jobbed more than he did to. The Natural Disasters weren't the dominated team I figured they'd be, so I guess I thought of that as jobbing, and I thought he jobbed during this singles run. I guess not.
ReplyDeleteI don't want him to!
ReplyDeleteNo Punk and no Daniel Bryan makes Homer something something.
ReplyDeleteNobody puts baby in the corner!
ReplyDeleteOH, LOOK WHO DECIDED TO SHOW UP FOR WORK TODAY!!!!
ReplyDeleteI tossed on Rumble 93 as I was falling asleep last night... I have always underrated that opener. It was way stiffer than I remembered. Rick kills one of the Bevs with a release German and then wrecks both of them with a double clothesline. Right after that, Scott comes in and just violently shoves Blake into the corner and then almost ends his life with the Frankensteiner.
ReplyDeleteHowever, counterpoint: the spoilers revealing the announcement was "I have no announcement" and revealing the rest of the show was a giant pile of nothing probably hurt.
ReplyDeleteHe does. He's never been closed to working with the WWE again. He just wants an insane payday.
ReplyDeleteThere was literally no news at all to report yesterday. The biggest item I found was Adam Pearce working as a guest trainer in NXT this week.
ReplyDeleteyou should start throwing in fake news items to see if we catch them
ReplyDeleteif you pay him, he will come
ReplyDeletewait...
random posty b/c i'm pretty sure i have a stalker now who waits for me to post so he can downvote me
ReplyDeleteIt's that one chick you gave the best loving of her life that one night but never called back. This is what you get
ReplyDeleteshe's downvoting so she sees the 0 which reminds her of the O face i gave her
ReplyDeleteBill isn't a stupid guy. He doesn't need WWE, so why not hold them up for some money? Unlike other legends, he's been smart with his health and money. Good for him.
ReplyDeleteDream booking: Goldberg heads 2015 HOF class, comes out during the Reigns - $BIGTIMEHEEL match and spears the piss out of whatever heel is trying to interfere, allowing Reigns to get the pin, then maybe a tag match the next night on Raw where someone eats jackhammer.
You didn't think Mick Foley's big announcement that he was going back to the Fanny pack was worthy of a news item?
ReplyDeleteI was considering putting up items from the old Observers that I have and doing Farva's "What If" segment with those.
ReplyDeletehe also teased working with the wyatts
ReplyDeleteYeah. That'll happen.
ReplyDeletecut off one head, two more will take its place
ReplyDeleteit'll put butts in seats
ReplyDeleteBuck Nasty practices the Four F's
ReplyDelete1. Find 'em
2. Feel 'em
3. Fuck 'em
4. Forget 'em
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK67cxtSvrw
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Ratings are down? Shit! Quick, throw some more McMahons on!
ReplyDeletequit downvoting me, john garrett
ReplyDeleteAlso, Goldberg will return for the right amount of money. In other words, a ridiculous, overpaid amount.
ReplyDeleteFanny packs = ratings.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfM66-7ucqU
ReplyDeleteminions are always a winion
ReplyDeleteLawler crying during the reunion put it over the top. That was a man that used to care about his craft.
ReplyDeleteThe low rating doesn't surprise me. In cases like this we're able to read the results to see if the show sucked without having to confirm it ourselves over the course of three hours.
ReplyDeleteGoldberg was an interesting wrestler up until Starrcade 1998. I haven't given a shit about anything he's done since then.
ReplyDeleteGood point.
ReplyDeletePlus, if you read the spoilers, there wasnt much worth watching
Legit lol
ReplyDeleteYou know what Bayless... I think Stargrave's innocent for once. Reading last night, and if this isn't Stennick, I'd be surprised.
ReplyDeleteBrian, this is a sorry, sorry bit of news. The Board of Directors might be considering a new BoD RAW GM.
ReplyDeleteWhen is my performance review so I can prepare
ReplyDeleteBig Stevie doesn't seem like the down voter type. He just responds.
ReplyDeleteMay is trying its best to dethrone December as the worst month in wrestling.
ReplyDeleteMemorial Day RAW will probably have a lower rating than this
ReplyDeleteAccording to the bylaws of professional wrestling general managers, you have one month to right the ship before going in front of Little People's Court, Kangaroo Court and the members of the Scott Keith Kiss My Ass club.
ReplyDeleteIf Goldberg really want his son to see him wrestle live at least once, then, he shouldn't care about the money, right?
ReplyDeleteWho down votes this? That's what the zero means, right? What am I, Your Favorite Loser?
ReplyDeleteFor shame, mystery down voter! For shame!
I have some killer ideas that will boost the promotion. My slow and steady booking will culminate into a Summer worth of great feuds and characters.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Memorial Day Raw a few years ago where Big Show was the focal point. I gave up two minutes in. Can't remember what he was doing but I just couldn't do it.
ReplyDeleteGoldberg's priorities:
ReplyDelete1. Money
2. His son seeing him wrestle
You'll have to negotiate the length of the probation with the BoD's head of talent relations.
ReplyDeleteI like that. Those old Observers are such awesome reads
ReplyDeleteOkay, unless you use the old Purple Haze coming out the ocean angle with the UnStable and Stennick, you're gonna fail.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EloX-k6ikFY
Or:
ReplyDelete1.Money
2. Money
3. Money
5. Paycheck
6. Dinero
7. $$$
6. His son seeing him wrestle
Who is that?
ReplyDeleteProbably another heel turn or some crap like it
ReplyDeleteI'm just going to pick Adam Curry right now as the new head of BoD Talent Relations. His second in command is clearly the Brazilian Kid and Abeyance.
ReplyDeleteBig Stevie is in line for a push.
ReplyDeleteI also have a few other gimmicks that will emerge soon.
He always struck me as a fairly self-effacing guy who didn't take himself too seriously, so I'd be surprised if it was the case, but he may have objected to being presented as having his legit Sumo background and then jobbing to a fake Sumo wrestler. I'd always heard that his sudden departure was more a result of WCW offering a boatload more money and the chance to main event with Hogan.
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