Ultimate Warrior memorial wrestling thread 1959-2014

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The rings now are terrible. I loved the Hasbro ring. Used to use it for G.I. Joe figures since they were way more articulated than the Hasbro figures. So many creative moves you could do, etc.

The Mattel Elite Scale Ring is a fucking beast .. like 24 x 24 or something around there. I don't have the room for it or I would honestly have a display set up.

 
I'm a bit late to the party but my two cents....

I feel the WWE Network while it's not perfect so far by any stretch of the imagination has been pretty good overall. I did complain vocally during its early days that I felt they should have beta tested things more before the official launch and while there's far fewer issues now than there was then I still run into occasional ones. The worst ones is getting randomly disconnected from the live stream during PPVs on my PS3 (happened once during the last several events) and once while trying to load ECW from 1995 having to exit out and go back to it just to get it to load. This is a vast improvement over the early few weeks and I hope they manage to work those kinks out.

As far as content goes I'm pretty happy with what we got right now. Despite some annoyances with music changes on ECW TV (some of the music changes are pretty funny to be honest) I am enjoying watching these shows in far better quality than your typical ripped from some VHS tape on YouTube upload has. Not to mention stuff like the round table programs which are very fun to watch.

I hope we'll get more stuff like full episodes of WCW stuff, the ECW TV episodes from the TNN/Spike days, perhaps some other companies like AWA and WCCW added. I'd imagine there's quite a bit of work that goes into prepping any of the archival stuff to being added on the Network beyond just transferring the show from tape to whatever digital format they encode the show into.

As far as live PPVs they are still advertising all 12 PPVs this year and the six month commitment is still in effect despite whatever lunatic nonsense slidecage says. And speaking of slidecage dude it's not that hard to have the Network on your HDTV. PS3, PS4, XBox 360, XBox One, heck you can even get the entry level Roku devices for cheap and those work great with the WWE Network. Point is stop making weak excuses on why you want the WWE Network to fail and start enjoying it. This is a huge bold move that the WWE is taking and the price point is amazing. Why do you want this to fail for what it offers you? I just don't get it.

 
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I wish I kept my wrestling figures in the package way back then. I wrecked havoc on them back when I was a kid. Now I just want to collect them in box like most action figures. 

 
The numbers for The Network are out. 700,000 current subscribers. They had 667,000 on April 7. They added 161,000 since then, but lost 128,000, so a net gain of only 33,000 subscribers.

I wonder how they tally the lost subscribers when the initial six month commitment isn't even up yet? Just people who call up and cancel, or turn off auto renewal?

 
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I wonder how they tally the lost subscribers when the initial six month commitment isn't even up yet? Just people who call up and cancel, or turn off auto renewal?
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Probably cancellations, turning off auto renewal and people who's monthly payment was rejected. Apparently it was pointed out that you can do the six month commitment through Paypal(& pay less for it) and stop payments after the first month.

 
WWE will continue to offer the $9.99 per month price point if you commit for 6 months but will also offer one month with no commitment for $19.99.
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If you only care about a few PPVs a year, well, there's a discount from the usual price. I'll probably just stick with the 10 dollar one.

Still say the biggest thing they need to worry about right now is abusive account sharing. Don't lock it down and make it a huge inconvenience for subscribers, but this crap with 7 or 8 people sharing one login needs to stop.
 
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The numbers for The Network are out. 700,000 current subscribers. They had 667,000 on April 7. They added 161,000 since then, but lost 128,000, so a net gain of only 33,000 subscribers.

I wonder how they tally the lost subscribers when the initial six month commitment isn't even up yet? Just people who call up and cancel, or turn off auto renewal?
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maybe people who use a one time credit card and then just dont reload it?

First i never said i hope they go belly up, i said something will change and they will have to go back to cable to last.

not sure how many people will do the 19.99 a single month instead of 9.99 per 6 months. or how many would even do pay 6 months in advance. Im happy paying the 9.99 plan a month now but will jump to cable once its offered

i still say the 19.99 per month is still getting ready to see how many people will bite at this price cause this sounds something like what would be offer on a cable plan.

and to those who said THEY WILL NEVER GO BACK TO CABLE

It’s the rollout of the network in August in new markets that’s expected to help get WWE closer to crossing the milestone of 1 million subscribers. The timing of the launch is “SummerSlam,” WWE’s second most popular PPV that will take place again in Los Angeles on Aug. 17, as well as the addition of new shows like “The Monday Night War” and “WWE Rivalries.”

In Canada, WWE signed a new 10-year-pact with Rogers Communications, the country’s largest cable operator, through which it will continue to distribute its weekly “Monday Night Raw” and “Friday Night SmackDown” shows, but also offer the WWE Network as a subscription-based channel similar to HBO. Access to the network will be provided on digital devices when individuals prove they’re a Rogers customer, similar to how people now interact with HBO Go.

It might be CANADA ONLY NOW but i expect it to be In the States sometime in 2015

Now this is just stupid news

In addition to “WrestleMania,” WWE also produced May’s “Extreme Rules,” which saw PPV buys decline from 231,000 to 108,000; June’s “WWE Payback” (67,000 from 186,000) and “Money in the Bank” (122,000), also in June. Overall, it sold 1.06 million PPV buys during the quarter, less than the 1.6 million a year ago.

I would not worry about PPV BUYS if that means CABLE. the number is down due to the fact of people going to the Network, so last years numbers have no impact on this years i would not think.

 
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Since I had a 3 month trial to Hulu Plus, I decided to watch the Raw's leading up to Battleground over the weeknd and watch the following Raw live. Even though Hulu cuts down shows to 90 minutes (they didn't include the Swagger face turn but I did watch on Youtube) this works better for me than waiting weekly for new content.   In the meantime, I was pleasantly surprised to see EVERY season of NXT available on Hulu Plus so I have been watching since Season 2. Season 3 is 100% new to me and involves divas. I'm surprised how good it has been. Even WWE Network doesn't have all of NXT up yet,right?

Speaking of WWE Network, the #1 problem I had with it when I had the trial was the lag. Every device I had tried it on gave me a problem (2 minutes of video with 5 minutes of  loading on my laptop, caused my tablet to crash and restart itself, Xbox app and PS3 app wouldn't even load a menu screen)  until I tried the network on my netbook and it ran well after a few tries.

I bring this up because I don't have these problems when I watch Netflix and Hulu (except on Xbox 360 which loves to hog power).  In fact, Hulu gives you the choice between low and high (sometimes medium) connection speed to help improve your viewing experience. I know the WWE Network is all about HD, but why not give us that choice for those of us with less than spectacular internet connections?

The 700,000 result is sad but doesn't surprise me. I do hope that number goes up once they open access to other countries. They still need to work on connection speeds though.   Other than that, I would rather start a paid subscription on a PPV I look forward to the most - the Royal Rumble. That way I'm guaranteed Wrestlemania [and KOTR if they ever bring it back].

 
WWE Network only has NXT from episode 207, I believe. The whole reason I subscribed to Hulu Plus last year was to catch up on NXT. I'm that dude who watched every episode of every season, on TV and on WWE.com. But from the time NXT became the developmental territory til the Network started, episodes were only on Hulu.

FYI, you don't need Hulu Plus. You do for WWE's other shows, but not NXT. Every episode of NXT is on regular Hulu. I subscribed to Plus to watch on my TV, but now I just use the PS4 web browser for stuff like that.
 
KaneRobot said:
If you only care about a few PPVs a year, well, there's a discount from the usual price. I'll probably just stick with the 10 dollar one.

Still say the biggest thing they need to worry about right now is abusive account sharing. Don't lock it down and make it a huge inconvenience for subscribers, but this crap with 7 or 8 people sharing one login needs to stop.
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This. Right now the account abusing is what's really hurting the numbers more than anything else.

As far as WWE Network on cable/sat I never once said there wouldn't be potential for that to happen as remember the Network was originally going to be offered on cable/sat. I just don't get why slidecage is so clingy to something that probably won't offer you the amazing VOD content that the WWE is currently offering with the online based Network. Unless if something is worked out where if you subscribe to it on say DirecTV and you still get access to the WWE Network online with your DirecTV online account then I find getting the linear streaming channel by itself a waste.

Interesting that they are charging twice as much to get one month by itself with no commitment. I don't think that will lead to many new subscribers even for one month but at least it's an option for someone who wants to get one month of the Network just for say Mania.

 
Angry Man said:
This. Right now the account abusing is what's really hurting the numbers more than anything else.

As far as WWE Network on cable/sat I never once said there wouldn't be potential for that to happen as remember the Network was originally going to be offered on cable/sat. I just don't get why slidecage is so clingy to something that probably won't offer you the amazing VOD content that the WWE is currently offering with the online based Network. Unless if something is worked out where if you subscribe to it on say DirecTV and you still get access to the WWE Network online with your DirecTV online account then I find getting the linear streaming channel by itself a waste.

Interesting that they are charging twice as much to get one month by itself with no commitment. I don't think that will lead to many new subscribers even for one month but at least it's an option for someone who wants to get one month of the Network just for say Mania.
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would not have to stream it the VOD part of the channel would list all of the stuff. Look at comcast and streampix at how many movies they offer. All of the wwe stuff would fit very easy onto its own VOD channel on a cable device. I say still the 19.99 a month plan is too see how many people would buy it at this price due to fact This is the price that will be offer (would of been offered ) if it started out on a cable VOD channel

 
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Since I had a 3 month trial to Hulu Plus, I decided to watch the Raw's leading up to Battleground over the weeknd and watch the following Raw live. Even though Hulu cuts down shows to 90 minutes (they didn't include the Swagger face turn but I did watch on Youtube) this works better for me than waiting weekly for new content. In the meantime, I was pleasantly surprised to see EVERY season of NXT available on Hulu Plus so I have been watching since Season 2. Season 3 is 100% new to me and involves divas. I'm surprised how good it has been. Even WWE Network doesn't have all of NXT up yet,right?

Speaking of WWE Network, the #1 problem I had with it when I had the trial was the lag. Every device I had tried it on gave me a problem (2 minutes of video with 5 minutes of loading on my laptop, caused my tablet to crash and restart itself, Xbox app and PS3 app wouldn't even load a menu screen) until I tried the network on my netbook and it ran well after a few tries.

I bring this up because I don't have these problems when I watch Netflix and Hulu (except on Xbox 360 which loves to hog power). In fact, Hulu gives you the choice between low and high (sometimes medium) connection speed to help improve your viewing experience. I know the WWE Network is all about HD, but why not give us that choice for those of us with less than spectacular internet connections?

The 700,000 result is sad but doesn't surprise me. I do hope that number goes up once they open access to other countries. They still need to work on connection speeds though. Other than that, I would rather start a paid subscription on a PPV I look forward to the most - the Royal Rumble. That way I'm guaranteed Wrestlemania [and KOTR if they ever bring it back].
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I have great internet, and still had issues that trial week (and the entire first month, to be honest).

It's been smooth sailing since then though. If you have slow internet, you shouldn't even be attempting to stream -- if you want to stream (and in HD at that), then pay for higher tier internet. I tried to cheap it out with DSL for a year, but it's just way too damn slow for HD streaming. I ended up caving and paying for cable internet and haven't looked back.

 
It's almost as painful to watch Matt Hardy walk as it is Great Muta.

Good stuff from the Wolves and Hardys though.  That Powerbomb/Top rope Backstabber finisher seems like it can go wrong very easily.

 
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The final issue of WWE Magazine comes out in mid-September. With GamePro, Nintendo Power, and now this, I think EGM is the only magazine still around from when I had a bunch of subscriptions in the late 80's/early 90's.
 
The opening bit with all the direct ECW stuff was a fantastic ad for the WWE Network. Hardys-Wolves was an okay-ish video game match, but not as good as it could've been even by the standards of it being a TV match. The post-match and replays made it seem like an important match though. The first X three-way was full of Nova-ish goofy shit, but I liked Z's outside-in curb stomp. I demand Seth use that, and I loved the double stomp as a facebuster counter in the Ki Crusher. The second three-way was a fantastic showcase for Brian Cage that Sanada won. The 3D/Dreamer - Dixie's crew promo over-delivered. It was heated and set up next week's main event perfectly. The hype video for H AND SOME LETTERS/HAVOK was weird. Joe won a nothing match, but it was a fun match. Sanada-Joe-Ki should be amazing! Lashley has really overdelivered as a signee in every way. He came back with no hype at Lockdown, and wound up having better matches than ever before, finally finding a role that fits him perfectly, The main event was fantastic, and he had perfect chemistry with Aries. The clips spoiling next week's main event finish was odd, but a smart way to hype up next week's show in a way as well.

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King Mo!  Rampage Jackson! Tito Ortiz! ...and the crossover MMA fighter/TNA wrestler that actually works turns out to be Bobby Lashley.

Of course given TNA's luck he'll get wrecked in his first Bellator fight.

 
The next NXT PPV (NXT Takeover 2) is on September 11th. 

The card so far is as follows:

Fatal 4 Way for the WWE NXT Title

Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd vs. Adrian Neville

NXT Women's Title Match

Bayley vs. Charlotte

NXT Tag Team Title Match

Sin Cara and Kalisto vs. "The Ascension" Konnor & Viktor

Hair vs. Hair Match

Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady vs. Sylvester Lefort & Marcus Louis

 
slidecage said:
would not have to stream it the VOD part of the channel would list all of the stuff. Look at comcast and streampix at how many movies they offer. All of the wwe stuff would fit very easy onto its own VOD channel on a cable device. I say still the 19.99 a month plan is too see how many people would buy it at this price due to fact This is the price that will be offer (would of been offered ) if it started out on a cable VOD channel
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A few things...

1 - Comcast let alone other cable companies aren't going to want to dedicate all the space to have all that WWE content that is available on the Network. Think back to WWE 24/7 what was available was very limited compared to WWE Network's VOD offerings. Not to mention the way DirecTV's VOD works you might as well use the current WWE Network as is anyways since you not only need an internet connection to access VOD but you also need either some kind of DVR (or Genie) to even use it at all.

2 - The $19.99 price isn't to test to see if people will pay that for it to be on cable/sat. It's to get people to suddenly want to commit to 6 months at $9.99 since by perception that's a better "deal."

In regards to LJN I don't think they are as bad of a company as the Angry Video Game Nerd has made them out to be. Yes they did release a TON of crappy licensed games. But surprisingly they also did have a few decent ones as well like Nightmare On Elm Street, True Lies (at least the SNES one), and heck I remember enjoying their MLB game on the NES quite a bit back in the day. So not a fully bad company but certainly one with a ton of crap but a few decent games mixed in.

 
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I loved a lot of the old LJN wrestling games. I still to this day play both WWF Raw and WWF Royal Rumble for snes. You people are whack.
 
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I loved a lot of the old LJN wrestling games. I still to this day play both WWF Raw and WWF Royal Rumble for snes. You people are whack.
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Go play the WWF Wrestlemania game that came out on the NES. Yeah it was released under Acclaim they did own LJN at the time so for all purposes it falls under the LJN umbrella. Trust me it's a steaming pile of dog crap.

 
Angry Man said:
Go play the WWF Wrestlemania game that came out on the NES. Yeah it was released under Acclaim they did own LJN at the time so for all purposes it falls under the LJN umbrella. Trust me it's a steaming pile of dog crap.
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Dude I OWNED that game as a kid and played it a lot......it was terrible lol. I was talking about the SNES wrestling games that were awesome from LJN not the NES ones. The only WWF NES game I love is Steel Cage Challenge.........if anyone says that game sucks I will fight them.
 
Lol, I am sorry, but Steel Cage Challenge is probably one of the worse WWF games ever released. Even the super floaty King of the Ring game was better than that one. 

 
Cesaro-Swagger was fantastic, and I loved the post-match stuff with Rusev and Lana. Swagger planting the flag in the ring was a nice little touch. Orton's promo was good-ish. Truth-Bo had some sloppy editing, a shitty finish, JBL turning 'Taker's streak into a joke, and referencing a Sandow angle from a year ago. Paige's attack on AJ was AMAZING. "SHE'S FINE! SHE'S FINE! OH STOPPIT, YOU'RE OVERREACTING! BE CAREFUL WITH MY FRIEND! SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND!" I dug the handicap match thanks to JBL burying Cole for the whole architect bit. Kane shouldn't be taking chairshots on SD at 45. Stardust can continue to fuck off, although at least now he's doing a consistent, if bad impression of Gorshin's Riddler from nearly FIFTY YEARS AGO. Fandango-Diego was pointless, but amusing thanks to the commentary burying it in a million ways. Loved the Into the Storm ad using Brock-Taker footage to hype it up with the F5. The Miz and his red pants did fine commentary. Shame Dolph lost due to his own idiocy though. I loved that a referee finally gained a sense of hearing with the ref hearing Harper's trip of Jericho and throwing him out due to it. I like the Codebreaker being back as a legit finisher - he should beat some more heels with it to make the spot at Summerslam where Bray kicks out of it mean that much more.

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I might have missed it here, but how longer after RAW/Smackdown air does the WWE Network post them? Or do they at all? During the trial I had access to nothing recent so far as I could find. 

 
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Batista is officially in the number one movie in America. Apparently people love him in it too.
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It always seems that movies featuring wrestlers always do well to excellent when the movie in question isn't produced or backed by a wrestling promotion.

Hell, I'm pretty sure Spider-Man made more money than all the WWE Films combined.

 
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Just bought tickets for my wife and I to attend Monday Night Raw in Portland Oregon on the 11th.  Haven't been to a live show for awhile, hopefully it will be fun. Anyone happen to know if they still sell replica belts at live events?

Also: I'm bringing a sign to the event; anyone have suggestions what I should have it say in case I'm shown on camera?

 
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Dr. Venkman said:
Just bought tickets for my wife and I to attend Monday Night Raw in Portland Oregon on the 11th. Haven't been to a live show for awhile, hopefully it will be fun. Anyone happen to know if they still sell replica belts at live events?

Also: I'm bringing a sign to the event; anyone have suggestions what I should have it say in case I'm shown on camera?
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"I Paid to See the Titty Master"

 
fuck me.

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