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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 18:37:12 GMT -5
Really looking forward to the WWE Untold special on WCW this weekend. Don't bother. It sucked. I haven't checked out the Becky thing, but I'm sure I will like it.
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Post by The Brain on May 30, 2019 15:21:21 GMT -5
Some vintage 50s matches added to the Hidden Gems section today. Love seeing footage from this era.
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Post by legendsguy on Jun 4, 2019 12:37:14 GMT -5
I just got my 1st ad today... lol smh. wow I hope this isn't a common thing. some polar water commercial.
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Post by The Brain on Jun 13, 2019 10:38:19 GMT -5
June's classic content is...More Mid-Atlantic!
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Jun 13, 2019 18:05:26 GMT -5
We need more Superstar Ink.
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Jun 13, 2019 21:48:30 GMT -5
I saw they uploaded a pilot reboot of Stampede Wrestling from 1999
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Post by The Brain on Jun 15, 2019 16:00:35 GMT -5
Update: 43 more episodes of Mid-Atlantic coming your way this Monday!
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Post by The Brain on Jun 21, 2019 12:18:12 GMT -5
The whole 1986 Crockett Cup has been added to the Hidden Gems.Sweet!!!
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Post by theMOESIAH on Jun 26, 2019 23:54:22 GMT -5
Has no one talked about Evolve's 10th anniversary show airing on the Network?
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Jun 28, 2019 11:11:19 GMT -5
The whole 1986 Crockett Cup has been added to the Hidden Gems.Sweet!!! This stuff right here is the reason I have the network.
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Post by The Brain on Jun 28, 2019 19:21:57 GMT -5
Some Terry Funk Gems added this week due to his 75th birthday on Sunday. One in particular is the award banquet they had for em prior to Barely Legal. In no surprise New Jack's speech is edited out lol.
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LuisTX
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Post by LuisTX on Jul 1, 2019 14:34:36 GMT -5
I really don't understand what's up with the people running the network. For a good while, they seemed very excited to upload lots of the DVD documentaries, then switched over to completing RAW and SmackDown and are still missing quite a few documentaries. Then they got into creating original content like Superstar Ink, Culture Shock, Renee's show, Countdown, etc. Most recently they really got into making collections every month. My point is, they seem to be really into something for a good while, then give up on it. I don't get why they stopped making shows like Countdown and The List. I understand it's not so easy to create brand new content, but then they could just keep making more collections, or putting out more classic content. Aside from the live wrestling shows and NXT, the only other new content they've giving us is Ride Along. Of all the original content they could continue making, they're making more of that. And I'm not a fan of it at all. It just seems super fake and not very entertaining. We've seen the women have real Ride Alongs on Total Divas, so the fabricated show just doesn't work.
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Post by kc on Jul 3, 2019 5:45:36 GMT -5
re-activated my network account. caught up on recent happenings within the wwe along with continuing ecw (towards the end of ‘93) and wcw starting from nitro (up to superbrawl ‘96)
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Post by The Brain on Jul 3, 2019 19:11:44 GMT -5
Added to the Hidden Gems tomorrow is....2 shows from the 86 GAB tour!
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Jul 4, 2019 22:45:09 GMT -5
Added to the Hidden Gems tomorrow is....2 shows from the 86 GAB tour! I still haven’t finished Crocket Cup, can’t wait to start these!
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Post by aggressiveperfectpoor on Jul 9, 2019 15:27:55 GMT -5
Added to the Hidden Gems tomorrow is....2 shows from the 86 GAB tour! Any more word on the big dump this month boss? That made me laugh...
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Post by kc on Jul 9, 2019 17:55:38 GMT -5
i wish i would've waited a few more weeks to re-activate my subscription, apparently they are offering .99 cents for three months to past-subscribers. oh well, $10 a month for all of the classic content, nxt, 205live, and current pay per views is still worth it. i've been watching nitro from the start and old ecw.
ECW 1993 RECAP
- memphis style booking in the start, which i expected due to eddie gilbert running things. - terry funk really put the company on the map. i mean they had "other" legends making appearances like road warrior hawk, british bulldog, king kong buddy, kevin sullivan, abdullah the butcher, stan hansen, etc... but funk was consistent with being on shows - either promos, commentary, besides wrestling as well. - lets be honest, the matches are pretty bad. funk/gilbert from summer sizzler, funk/sabu from holliday hell, or funk/snuka in a cage match for the tv title from a fall episode of hardcore tv has to be MOTY. - dangerous alliance/hotstuff international consisted of don murraco, shane douglas, jimmy snuka, eddie gilbert, dark patriot lead by paul e. dangerously (heyman) was a great stable but overkill in terms of they dominated the show (in majority of every segment, and with that talent almost every match ended with interference). i'm curious to see what would've happened if gilbert didn't leave the company. it seems like they were building between a split between the faction. - eddie gilbert crowns himself the king of philadelphia. the segments for this don't hold up well, but this man was without a doubt the top heel in the company and he worked hard at becoming that hahaha. you can totally tell he was obsessed and wanted to become his idol, jerry lawler. - the sandman has always been a horrible worker. heyman found gold in him by letting him be himself and not the surfer character he once was. other than funk, he was the top face in the company. had a nice feud with rocking rebel leading to rebel getting suspended for throwing ink in the face of sandman's valet peaches (wife lori fullington). the feud never had a conclusion due to rebel coming back from suspension and by then heyman already took over booking reigns. - the tag division was a mess. super destroyers looked menacing, but they were horrible. why do they talk? haha just killed it for me. also, within months they turn on each other, and one unmasks - thus ending your most established face tag team in the company. hunter q robinson was the squirly manager, which i loved. i thought his turn against the destroyers was good as he aligned with the suicide blondes (chris candido debut!). funny thing though, one of the members wasn't even blonde... and he was balding (johnny hotbody i believe. fun fact: hotbody is a former ecw heavyweight champion). i dug that the blondes did the freebird rule though, their feud with the destroyers was played out within a month. i feel like they faced off every week or so. candido jumps ship to smokey mountain wrestling and the titles are up for grabs in a tournament... hotstuff international/dangerous alliance (dark patriot/gilbert) win the belts, then they are vacated again due to gilbert leaving the company. i swear, the belts were cursed. - "iron man" tommy cairo was being groomed into a star. the pennsylvania state title was a joke, and they should've unified it with the television title instead of dropping the belt and making NO mention of it. - summer sizzler had a girl get her top ripped off and her breasts were exposed haha. i thought i was watching it on the network but realized i had found the event on daily motion. no wonder why it wasn't edited out. - salvatore bellomo was another fun comical character. rockin' rebel killed him with the chair shot and they really pushed that his career was over. like seriously, endless video packages with bellomo with his family and promos telling the fans to write to him. - the beginnings of the ruthless philly crowds we know and love are starting to show. crude signs and straw hat guy can be seen which made me mark. - even before heyman's booking, the company still had that southern style booking which was still violent! scaffold matches, texas massacre chain wars, strap matches, etc.... - jay suli and stevie wonderful were horrible ring announces. thank god joey styles comes around in september. joey in 1993 was still so good. heyman is on commentary later on the year and he heels it up, which is fun. - tod gordon announces gilbert's departure on air and we are fed ultraclash hype/preview episodes of tv before the supercard which was the first show heyman booked. - you can see heyman's influence from that show. public enemy debut (tables!), jt smith's scaffold bump (which was key in being shown in the opening intro package for years to come). funk teamed with hansen to brawl ALL OVER with kevin sullivan and abdullah the butcher. also, stars from the W*NG promotion in japan! after this show a lot of feuds were dropped and you can really see heyman's vision start to take shape. - a headhunters/public enemy feud could've been fun. so gilbert leaves and johnny hotbody and tony stetson are awarded the belts. again, tag titles are cursed in 1993. they drop them to TOMMY DREAMER and johnny gun in like ten seconds. - yes, tommy dreamer debuts as a pretty boy babyface. from his debut (which he lost) i feel like the fans accepted him and gave him a standing ovation. by this time we're seeing tazmaniac (tazz) and sabu being brought in. - "the sexiest man" jason (many may know him as jason knight, guy who jobbed to jazz and managed justin credible in 1998-1999). is such a sleaze bag. his catchphrase is "do you like my suit?". after sandman rejected his managerial services, they start to feud. jason starts managing mr. hughes, which is a great combo! - i feel like the television title was considered most valuable title in the company for the longest time. crazy to think because ecw did that with rvd several years later. many fans don't even remember murraco as heavyweight champion. tito santana actually defeated him for the belt (awesome throwback to their wwf stuff) but then quickly lost the the belt to shane douglas. - heyman still was managing douglas, sherri martel, and brought in sabu to his alliance which douglas didn't appreciate. from the moment sabu's name was mentioned on ecw television - he was pushed to the moon. seriously. debuts against tazmaniac, wins the heavyweight title from douglas, then becomes a double champion at november to remember by pinning funk and adding the television to his collection. i feel like it all just happens way to fast. in 1993 sabu was one of a kind though. revolutionary for sure. - public enemy had a feud with badd company which lead to a brutal assault and pe ended up in jail hahaha. i'm seriously just waiting on them to win the belts and have a decently-long reign with the belts. maybe in 1994. - so jay suli and stevie wonderful are gone. i mentioned joey styles has taken over commentary, but there's this other guy matty in the house - who is batsh*t crazy. he's almost too much for me, i seriously can't describe it. very corny but hey, it's 1993. i feel like he would be better off managing public enemy or something. - jt smith's character arc was nice. great underdog. he hurt his leg from the scaffold bump, but continued to work so the majority of his matches were his opponents getting cheap heat by targeting his leg which resulted in some "just coming up short" loses and "come from behind" wins. he had a nice title match with shane douglas. - i'm not sure what's going on with terry funk. is he slowly turning heel? i mean, he threw in the towel for jt smith in a match. they argue. at one point due to miscommunications and inadvertent stuff in matches, funk and smith would end up brawling. funk even cut a ruthless promo assaulting joey styles. funk also enlisted in badd breed as his "guns for hire". we're starting to see blending the line between faces/heels towards the end of the year, which is what really set ecw apart from other promotions. - we get it, public enemy are from the streets and are thugs. it's forced down our throats in their promos and even in match stipulations. after the attack on badd company and serving jail time, they are set for a rematch which is a body count match. one man from each team is locked in a shark cage. after 5,10, or was it 15 minutes? can't remember - the cage explodes~! - shane douglas had a fun match with tommy dreamer towards the end of the year, and i'm looking forward to where both men go in 1994. i want to see douglas back in the main event picture facing sabu, funk, etc... - funk won a fan vote and defeated sabu to win his first ecw heavyweight title at holliday hell. this feud must continue in 1994. i'm not a fan of the quick title reigns, but it's a 1993 "independent" federation that's probably dealing with not only injuries, but no shows, etc... it's funny, because i feel like heyman has always had this quick, "crack" title changes. - douglas turns on dreamer as they drop the belts (shane was subbing for johnny gunn) to tazmaniac and kevin sullivan. perhaps we're getting a douglas, sherri, taz, sullivan, woman stable in '94. - so yeah, 1994 is heyman's first full calendar year booking the product. he's had only a few months to start and establish new feuds, but the production has definitely improved. oh, heyman cuts an awesome christmas-themed promo for the funk/sabu holliday hell match to end the year. the violence (especially for an american promotion) is in full effect. not a ton of family-friendly cartoon characters like the wwf, and heyman seems to book in his own way - the memphis/southern style seemed to go out the window once eddie gilbert left. - bring on 1994. i want to see sabu and funk continue to kill each other. sandman, douglas, and perhaps dreamer elevated back into main event picture, tag division continues to grow (pitbull #1 made his debut towards the end of the year so i'm assuming we'll see the tag team soon), no more "washed up" legends brought in for a couple of shots and actually build up homegrown talent. i mean, we all know what happens, i'm just trying to watch this stuff week-by-week like i haven't seen it before. - wrestler of the year: terry funk (sabu would've won, but he didn't come along until the fall once heyman took over) - tag team/stable of the year: dangerous alliance/hotstuff international (just because of the titles, star power, and dominance. they ran ecw until september. public enemy comes in second with the suicide blondes behind that.) - match of the year: terry funk vs. jimmy snuka for the television title in a cage match; fall hardcore tv episode. (it was a toss up between that, funk/sabu from holliday hell and the funk/gilbert chain match from summer sizzler) - moment of the year: jt smith kills his leg falling from the scaffold (just because of how iconic that spot became as we would see it for years to come in the ecw intro video package. runner up would be paul e. dangerously debuts and forms a new dangerous alliance and merges with hotstuff international) - event/ppv/supercard of the year: ultraclash
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Post by The Brain on Jul 9, 2019 21:21:52 GMT -5
Added to the Hidden Gems tomorrow is....2 shows from the 86 GAB tour! Any more word on the big dump this month boss? That made me laugh... Nothing yet.All I heard was the 15th or the 22nd. If it is the 15th then it should be revealed by Friday.
Soon as I get the news I'll let you humanoids know.
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Post by The Brain on Jul 11, 2019 16:55:12 GMT -5
This weeks Hidden Gems- Sabu and Taz WWF dark matches circa 1993.
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Post by The Brain on Jul 12, 2019 16:44:15 GMT -5
July's classic content is....ECW Supershows!
No word yet on how many but Monday is the day.Finally filling in the rest of the original ECW archives. Sweet!!
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