2014 Pro Wrestling Thread

RIP Mae Young.

 

WWE Network seems awesome.....The quality (HD?) will be a huge thing for me, and then if they end up an an app on either Xbox or the various Blu Ray networks. No ipad for me so no air to get it to the TV screen.

 

They'll be on Xbox 360 at launch but won't be on Xbox One until the summer. Can also get it through Roku. Other devices also coming this summer.

http://www.wwe.com/devices

 

Looks like she kicked out at the 2 count ... one more Bubba bomb should do it.

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_75574.shtml#.Us74kLTAagc

 

One way to get fresh programming for the new network: Put a camera or two for the house shows. No broadcasters. Make it feel like you are actually at the show.

 

I dunno. Maybe. House shows are a bit too revealing sometimes. When I saw Orton/Christian at SummerSlam a few years ago, I thought, "I saw most of this in their street fight match at the house show two weeks ago." Televising house shows, even on a limited basis, may be where I'd draw the line.

 

i'll be curious to see if this effects the number of pay-per-views they have. i'd like to imagine that if this takes off, they would be able to have fewer, and better, ones. i would imagine the fans who order the b-shows would be in for the 9.99-a-month model, and that wouldn't change if the wwe runs pay-per-views every four weeks or every six weeks.

would love to see this somehow allow for the story-tellying to have more time to breathe.

 

They use the house show matches as run-throughs for what they'll do at the PPV, so I doubt they'll air them on the Network.

 

I think they should also offer multiple broadcast crews for some events or shows. Instead of re-airing the same Raw 50 times, why not a different version with wrestlers, similar to how ESPN had the coaches commentary on the national championship game? You could also do a MST3K with classic wrestling clips, although I'm not sure if they would want to do that.

 

I hear they're going to do something similar with having wrestlers provide a commentary on classic WrestleMania matches. I'd definitely be in for that.

 

I'd be in for an MST3K style show with wrestling's greatest misses. Maybe some really bad matches, definitely bad segments like Shockmaster, Robocop, Chucky, or anything from WCW in 2000-01. Maybe have guys shoot on themselves. Now that Goldust is hot again, why not let him shoot on failed gimmicks like Seven? Something maybe not mean spirited, so we're laughing with them and not at them (sure, if you say so).

Perhaps they can do a version of Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood stories, but have talents tell absurd stories from the road and have re-enactments.

And maybe, just maybe, Jericho will dig up that video of the weird Kentucky people.

 

If the WWE Network countdown clock doesn't end with Chris Jericho being the first thing on my screen, I'll be sorely disappointed.