Over the Edge 1999 to be on WWE Network

I have absolutely no qualms about them including it. I always understood and agreed with the decision to never release it in home video format, but I don't have an issue with it being made available to those who want to watch it on the network. They don't need to promote it, it can just be there.

What happened, happened. We show footage from terrible tragedies all around the world on a regular basis. This is really no different. Nothing graphic was ever shown, and it's a very important piece of wrestling history.

For what it's worth, I, too, was always very surprised we never had a member that was there that night, or at least had one that came forward and talked about it.

No more visible than it would have been during the initial broadcast. WWE wasn't shooting in HD until 2008. It will just be the standard definition broadcast footage with WWE's black bars of choice on the left and right.

That is, if they go they route. They sent out a survey to the Fan Council awhile back to determine how we'd like to see SD content (presumably for the network.) Some examples had the black bars, others were stretched, others were cropped, etc. I really hope they stick with the original 4:3 aspect ratio with the black bars.

I've only seen bits and pieces of the show over the years, so yeah, I don't remember how visible or not visible anything was. The only thing I can even recall vividly is JR's announcement.

As far as beefing up the quality of the older footage, it mostly just has to do with having access to the master broadcast footage. I don't think they're really doing much of anything with footage from the 90s, other than pulling it from their masters, which will usually look considerably better than what we initially would have seen on Pay-Per-View.

Wouldn't they have replaced the canvas, though? I guess I just don't remember, but seeing as that's so commonplace nowadays, you'd think it would have been the first thing they'd do, not only for aesthetic purposes, but sanitary as well.

Then again, now that I think about it, I guess blood spots weren't all that uncommon during the Attitude Era.

That's impossible. The entire card after Owen's death changes the ambiance of the event. Also, there are several mentions of Owen's death after it occurs. The only way to truly remove any reference is to cut Owen's segments and to remove commentary. 

I think we crossed this bridge when they brought up Owen in the 50 Years of WWE. They most likely show the promo before or JR's announcement.

And as someone who was in the audience that night, the PPV was enjoyable outside the obvious. Plus an Undertaker title win was something I never thought I'd see.

There was no tron at the event, just the arena screens.

So yes, unfortunately, I did.

I'd assume right after the first match, it'll cut to Jeff Jarrett coming to the ring. No Blue Blazer promo, no Owen in the ring, no crowd shot, no teary eyed Jarrett backstage promo. Then cut JR's announcement later in the show and it *should* be okay to air

Other than Owen's death, I remember it being a decent PPV. I am wondering if there would be anyway to record from the WWE network using a DVD recorder.

I really hope they wouldn't do something stupid like stretch the 4:3 SD Footage. It would ruin all the old stuff for me unless I could fix it on my TV (which would be a major hassle).

Keep it the way it was with bars on the side please WWE.