I would have liked a bit where someone knocked on his door, and when he opened it, he got swarmed by a bunch of thugs.

HBK has a new challenger in the Oversell.

CM Punk backstage last night at Living Colour's show in Chicago

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Cool King, this is for you:

Potentially nsfw

I'd say it's SFW but then again that cleavage is dangerous.

Paul Bearer's son Michael has passed away.

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Christ that poor family.

which one is Michael?

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For those who are interested. Here's the segment we produced with Bad News Barrett. It's a lifestyle / entertainment capsule called 'Get A Life'.

Sold like a champ.

Listened to it earlier. It was like listening to 2 JRs waxing lyrical about the "good ol' days" and not taking into account that modern media consumption/expectations are different to what they were 40 years ago. I agree about the "selling" issue, but it was a bit tiresome listening to the phrase "don't understand the business" 40 times and the expectation that the only way heels should get the upper-hand/win is by cheating. Hate things painted in such black/white terms.

Genuinely thought you were talking about the letters and numbers based game show rather than the WWE best moments chart.

Dirtsheets:


Some other dirtsheets stuff include Aires and Gail Kim as the next possible big names leaving soon from TNA and TNA themselves teasing a tv deal might be announced next week.

Couldn't get through the latest JR podcast with Watts.listening to 2 old wrestling minds pretend you can run the business the same as 40+ years ago got old fast. I love JR and respect his opinion but the idea that a 1970s approach to wrasslin would work today is ludicrous. I also disagree about the match structure. The current in ring, bell to bell action is as good as it's ever been, and the current champion is a legit, even old school like draw. This whole "doesn't know the business" bs is just that.

I said the exact same thing in the thread about podcasts.

We seem to agree whole heartedly. Friends?

I just enjoy JR having these guys tell road stories. That's all I care to hear.

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Hmmm..

Your daily KICKOUT AT TWO:

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lol @ the replies to this tweet :lol: one guy trolling all of TNA's tweets

Bill Watts seems to tell tale tales in his interviews.

He claims he was supposed to beat Bruno and get a short run with the title back in the early 60's.

He claims it didn't go down since he was served with lawsuit papers right before it took place.

imo though his UWF was some of the best tv ever in 1986-1987.

a pre-bells palsy Jim Ross was absolutely amazing on commentary.

Watts was part of one of my all time favorite angles.
-WWE should do this with Rusev and a top babyface.
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I love Asmo's interactions with the wrestlers. Good stuff :y:

Thik I might just watch Gotham if the main event for HIAC is Brock vs Cena.

So what was Sting's surprise or whatever that he was hinting at?

He's Bi

WWE Network's WWE 2k15 roster reveal

Heyman and a few other people were also teasing the date on Twitter.

Yeah, I was entirely too hopeful that something awesome was gonna happen on Raw after those hints.

You'll learn baby, you'll learn.

You need the direct link to the image and not the link to the page or else it won't show up as an image.

The links from Postimg never worked?

Actually, I think they may have changed some of the letters in that link so it may have initially worked but it has never showed up for me. Also if you do the "Open image in a new tab" on Chrome the link has different letters as well.

Going to switch to Imgur from now on whenever I need to host a wrestling gif.

The original source for that gif was from a place that was set to download or not show up whenever its linked.

guess what folk
Mark Henry is heel again!

Yeah because the way they do it now, they draw such a huge audience. 2.9 last week, 2.8 this week. WCW when it was shit, was doing better numbers than that.

I have Minoru Suzuki's theme in my head

A full-on 70's approach wouldn't work today. But the basics needed to build up characters over time remain the same.

As far as the matches, I don't see why anyone would care. Why is a great technical wrestling match appealing if it doesn't matter worth a shit? I'm not saying every match needs to be part of a specific storyline. But when neither character has a direction to the point where the outcome doesn't matter because there's no consistency in how "strong" either guy looks, why does it matter who wins? And if it doesn't matter who wins, why should anyone care about the match at all? I'd rather watch a 2 minute squash match that tells the story of a monster working his way through the roster on his way to the top than a 20 minute "technical masterpiece" between two guys who are gonna look like shit next month... then suddenly be strong for a month... then job the next... then suddenly get pushed again...

Your daily KICKOUT AT TWO, and I don't really have any words to explain it:

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Dirtsheets:

In terms of viewers, it ranged between 3.79 million (9pm) to 4 million (8pm). For comparisons, its between 200k to 1/2 million lower than last year's post-Night of Champs show.

Speculation right now is the Network is tanking badly in the US to the point its likely to be higher than around the 130,000 they lost last time and might not even balance out with the new subs (WWE only gained around 76k overall).

Fuck, really hope the network doesn't get cancelled. When you consider the content, it's really one of the most awesome things to happen to pro wrestling.

How are more people not buying this?

They are cheap bastards and wwe is overselling it to embarrassing levels.

I think JamesSteele should close the stream thread if anybody uses it anymore.

Very unlikely the WWE is going to shut down the Network although whatever they were planning or expecting from the US is probably over. International subs should easily keep it afloat for a while.

A lot of complaints seem to be mixed between the lack of original content, WWE being slow to upload certain stuff or fix things, and current WWE stuff not being interesting enough to sway people to sign up or stay.

I love the Network, easily the best money I spend every month.

Would be a total mind fuck if Eddie Guerrero returned as the Bunny.

"Orale vato, it was me all along, esse!"

The Network is the best. I do wish they'd make the video player less laggy, though.

Still the best use of $10. I watch it every day.

How do you figure this? Have I missed something?

Agree with this 100p. Can't they not do that because of TV contracts or some piss, though?

Honestly for 9.99 it's a good deal but I don't buy it because fuck, I don't want to watch the pay per views.

I'll subscribe around royal rumple time so I can do the rumble and wrestlemania.

As for old content I really only want to watch wcw from 85-99 and that not all there yet from what I can tell.

Ecw doesn't appeal to me because I have seen all the events numerous times and it's always weird, disjointed because you miss some of the booking.

Would love to watch wcw Saturday night for a full year in the early 90s to progress with the booking.

<font color=goldenrod>My initial network subscription had expired and I didn't renew right away since I didn't have time to watch, got it back before NOC. Going to start watching more stuff on Monday nights since I doubt the WWE product will interest me again until January.

I have dozens of Nitros to catch up on. I do wish they'd have caught up with Raws of the same time period so I could watch the Monday Night Wars head to head.</font>

I didn't get it for many reasons.

1.All the WWF/WWE/WCW/ECW ppvs I want to see I already own.

2.Don't really give a shit about modern WWE so seeing the current PPVs means jack to me.

3.The one show on the Network I would watch,I can just watch on Hulu for free.

4.Got a data cap.

Henry cut a promo and turned on Main Event.

No one wants the network because the current product is shit. Pretty simple.

I like the Network for NXT and Monday Night War recaps. All of the PPVs are nice to put on when doing stuff around the house. I got Wrestlemania and Royal Rumble on PPV so working this into my budget didn't cause any stress.

So, what? The network gets cancelled and we all go back to paying stupid high prices for PPV's. Keep in mind, I don't stream. And we pay $34.95 for PPV's in Australia, and WWE shows are shown on Foxtel, our Pay TV provider here, which starts at something like $49.95 a month. You need that to be able to purchase PPV's.

Also, the fact there is so many hours of OLD content on it is fucking amazing. They could double the price and I'd still subscribe. You know why? BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT FUCKING DEAL. Wrestling fans are just fickle though. They could offer it for $1 a month and everyone would still find a reason to bitch about it.

And if WWE ever did go bust because people are to tight to pay for content and would rather stream, those people wouldn't take any responsibility for it happening, I guarantee it.

Honestly, I can see why HHH is frustrated with fans and decided to push the whole thing down our throats. No other sport or entertainment genre offers anything as good as what they do for the price. And if you don't want to get locked in to 6 months of the rediculously high priced network, you can pay an extra $2 for ONE MONTH, still get all the content, and save 40 odd dollars on a PPV cost. I just don't see why people can't see the benefits to this.

And if the only excuse you have is 'the product is shit right now', here's a suggestion for you.

Stop fucking watching instead of complaining every week.

Way I see it, if you stream everything, you shouldn't have a voice to complain about the product. Even if they did everything you wanted and turned into smarkworld, you still wouldn't pay for it.

Good post sir it deserves

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For one, I am in Canada, and do not have access to the WWE Network, as it is Rogers Communication clients only, which is not available where I am, so as a matter of fact, I payed 55 dollars for NoC. Raw is also on a pay channel which guess what, I also pay for. So you can stop acting all high and mighty because you think you are the only one who pays for things, you're not. I would be a subscriber to the network hands down if available to me, but that's me. The fact that the poduct is shit does matter, and seems to me lots of people have stopped watching. Thus Raw numbers, and network numbers are shit. The stuff you said is absolutely true, all the old content is amazing, no doubt about that, but because of the state of the current product, no one will spend the money to buy it. That's a fact.

thank you!

The problem I'll have with the Network when it eventually arrives here is simple; time difference.

It'd be great to have access to the PPVs every month and £10 (presuming the price) is a bargain, however, I still wouldn't be able to watch live at 1am as I have work at 7am on a Monday. Therefore I'd be watching on Monday evening...as I do now through a streaming site where I don't have to pay. That site also uploads all of the Network exclusive shows/specials and the weekly TV shows that the Network doesn't cover. Essentially I'd be paying £120 for a legit source for my wrestling viewing that I don't have to.

Know, if that site were to close...different story.

lol how was I being high and mighty? And I never once insinuated I was the only one who pays for content. You made the call though that nobody wanted the network because the product is shit, pretty simple.

I was simply pointing out that just because the product might not be at its all time greatest, and let's be honest, it will never peak at the way it did in the late 90's ever again, there is still pretty of other good reasons to get it, and it's cheap. That's why I quoted prices. I can't see why people would complain about 6 monthly payments of $9.99 and then pay $54.95 for a PPV.

And also, me being in Australia, month one of the network cost me AU$10.77, and this month has cost me AU$11.07. And like I said, I'd happily pay double that a month if not more for everything included on the network.

So now, get off your pedistal and don't argue with your King ever again son.

I love the " Stop Fucking Watching" response.

If you haven't noticed the ratings lately, people have stopped watching. I for one will never stop watching, I will never stop spending the 50 or 60 on each PPV, however, when I spend my money, and the shit they put on doesn't satisfy me, I will bitch.

Pefect example, Jericho attacked by Orton, injures is knee. Match is made for NoCs. The video hyping the match clearly is stating the story of this feud Is Jericho's knee injury. Does Orton work the knee? Nope, not once.

Now was it a shitty match? No, in my opinion it was the second best on the card behind Cesaro and Shamus, however the story of the feud and the story of the match were no where near the same.

Then we have the main event, which ends in a DQ. Now if this does not end up with Cena vs Lesnar in Hell in a cell, then it just looks like they just threw the DQ in there just because they couldn't have cena lose again. if it ends with a hell in a cell, then I have no problem. However, why does Rollins attack a heel? I understand he has the brief case, however, you do not have a heel attack a heel, it's common sense. Then on Raw they don't say anything about it? No Heyman even. So are we supposed to forget that happened, and assume Lesnar is going to let Rollins off the hook?

These are just two examples. There are many more.

Not attacking you here at all, you know I love you XL.

But imagine if everybody streamed, and nobody paid for content. WWE would lose a lot of revenue, and the company would eventually go bust.

Again, it's something that I don't understand. If we all live wrestling, and WWE in particular so much, why do we not want to do the right thing and pay for the entertainment?

You guys will probably think I'm crazy, but if I really enjoy a PPV, I still buy the Blu-Ray or DVD, even though it's on the network, on demand. And I purchase all Documentaries etc they release also. Well, the majority of them anyway.

One thing fans who are complaining about the Network don't get, WWE isn't going back to PPV. The PPV business is dying, sans people who pay to see Mayweather fights. Year over year people were buying less, so WWE had to up the price. WWE also only netted 40% of the PPV revenue, the other 60% went to the cable/satellite companies.

We all know this, you don't have to point it out to me. But seriously, if it bugs people so much that they feel the need to get on a forum and complain week after week after week..... Wouldn't you just stop? Or accept it for what it is at the current time and suck it up?

There's nothing wrong with being frustrated and venting from time to time, but if you're at that point where you just simply have nothing good to say, I'd be taking a break from watching for a while.

I'll buy it when they offer free backrubs with subscription.

If you buy a minimum of 2 PPVs per year, there is zero reason to not order the network. I think network is great. There is no one else offering this for their product, be it sports or sports entertainment, or even most entertainment.

Have they said it'll be the same as the US version, I thought they'd just signed a deal with Sky to up the number of PPVs on Boxoffice, can't see them being happy.

10 bucks a month and people even still bitch. Oy vey!

Here's where PG era hurts..I think a good portion of WWEs audience is parents of kids who watch. The parents never ordered PPVs before on a regular basis and the kids could care less about stuff that happened a year ago, much less 20 years ago. This nullifies the networks two main selling points.

Arda Ocal just got signed by the WWE, nice.

That's probably a big reason why almost all the pre-launch hype was towards the Attitude Era and the older crowd for the Network. All the estimates about fanbases hinted the older and lapsed fanbases being the groups who would carry the Network.

Whats up with Takers pants?

Dude, what the fuck happened?

Survivor Series 2000, Taker decided to wear gold zebra pants

I woulda ran away too for that reason.

I don't think the issue was "the PPV business dying". If that's the case then why have WrestleMania buys over the past 10 years been better than ever before? WrestleMania has been treated as an event/spectacle beyond the typical WWE product more and more over the past decade or so and MORE people have ordered it than ever before despite the raised prices. If other PPVs are selling less it's not because the PPV business is dying... it's because they aren't able to sell PPVs with the state of the current product. If the product gets better and ratings start to soar then PPV buys go with it. It's that simple. It's not PPV's fault.

saw it on Twitter, very well deserved.

Where are Fandango, Kofi Kingston, Big E and David BroTunga?

Fandango is being awesome somewhere where WWE is not making money off of it because they're not very smart.

At this point I don't think there's anything to say that the Network will be the "over the top" internet-based system that it is in America. Would they have a subscription channel through Sky, similar to what they've set up in Canada? Seems a little odd that it's launched all over the world but not here.

I don't know if the Network would have enough of a draw factor without any of the live stuff. By all accounts they need a big take-up here.

Josh Matthews has entered the Impact Zone.

Random thought: I really afternoon wrestling shows.

Living on the west coast, I used to get WCW Saturday Night from 3:05-5:05 pm and maybe it's just a nostalgia thing but I enjoyed the feeling of watching wrestling at that time.

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HOLY SHIT! IT'S JOSH MATHEWS!

RIP Don Manoukian.

He and The Destroyer were one helluva good tag team.

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You're absolutely right on all counts. I'm not defending my theft of the WWE product, and I won't go with the old pretense of "I'd pay if the product was better".

For me it's simply a matter of cost. Having Sky with the sports package costs £46 a month + a PPV fee (£15 I think), I simply don't have £60+ per month of expendable income to pay for the WWE product (that I wouldn't be able to watch live). The only other thing I'd watch on Sky would be Game of Thrones, which runs for 10 weeks a year, and the occasional soccer game (some of which you need an additional pay channel to view).

The idea of the Network allowing me to watch all of the first-run WWE content for under a tenner was revolutionary, alas the Network doesn't show Raw/SmackDown live (or a re-run) and more than likely won't carry the PPVs either.

Well, kinda. He started to turn heel, but Big Show stopped him. He might finish the heel turn on Smackdown though.

Yay! Just what we need, another Mark Henry heel turn!

So apparently on the back of the Sting DVD that was just released, one of the pictures is of the fake NWO Sting.

lol