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i wonder if wwe would try to buy all these libraries so they could own them flat out or if they would charge those companies a fee to allow them to air their footage on the we network. either way, wwe would essentially be promoting any of these other companies, which is unprecedented. not that it matters, since none of those companies are in any position to rival wwe, but still
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I doubt they buy the libraries. I think it can work a lot like how Spotify works, where a company can get paid a certain amount per hit (or maybe some sort of percentage of that extra 5 dollars) but they would still own the rights. The company would gain extra exposure on a HUGE platform and make money that way, but still give themselves the creative freedom to do whatever they want. A company like CHIKARA would have no benefit selling their library because aside from whatever they get from the purchase, they wouldn't get anything else after. A lot of their revenue comes from DVD sales (same with PWG and somewhat ROH although they have broadened it with online streaming and running shows at different venues), and they woudn't be wiling to give that up because then they wouldn't be able to sell any more DVDs.

TNA gains a lot from selling their library because they need the money to pay off some of their debt and it would just be sitting there otherwise if the company does rebrand itself, but no other company is in that position right now.
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Watching Ride Along. Of course this is the THIRD episode where most of the driving is on the NJ Turnpike :lol: but there was a point where Byron and JBL are talking and JBL made fun of Byron for driving slow. Byron is like "well I'll tell you what my father always told my mother about driving..." and JBL was like "you know what my dad tells my mom? I don't fucking know because I don't live at home!" DEAD. Easily the funniest JBL/Byron joke ever. :lol:

Cole also made a joke about how Cole has been in a WM match and he hasn't.
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How messed up is it that i enjoy watching 20 year old Nitro episodes more than the current product? i was watching 2 or 4 episodes a day, and many more on my days off. like i said, Nitro was only an hour at this time which equates to about 45 mins without commercials.

the storylines at this time were really good. like i said already, the sting/luger friendship continues to be my favorite storyline at this point. also, Macho Man getting arrested and escorted out every week a solid year or 2 before Stone Cold started getting arrested. i wonder why no one brings that up.

i just got up to the 2 hour episodes, scott hall just debuted. my number of Nitro episodes per day are most likely gonna drop because 1 episode is now as long as 2 used to be. still enjoying the hell out of this though
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There's still only a very small window where I can watch WCW, and I honestly can't even remember what it is. I wanna say maybe between 1997 and 1999 then from mid-2000 on, but the biggest separation for me is the early MNW stuff which, as I've mentioned before, I can't really watch because between a lot of the guys just seeming old and the overall production having a "gray" color (I can't explain it, but it was always dreary) it wasn't appealing. Then I would cut off in 1999 because that was when almost everyone was allowed to "shoot" if they weren't happy and call out wrestling for being scripted. I HATED that. There are good worked shoots, and plain-old bad ones, and Russo never got the grasp of what the difference is.

I remember one instance where Eddie Guerrero (sorry, sorry, spelled Eddy) did some sort of shoot and I don't remember whether this was when he legit left or not, but he got NO reaction from the crowd as he bitched about Russo, Bischoff, the company, and everything else. People would chant that he sucked and to just leave, and it came off so bad in so many ways.

I forgot to bring this up but I thought this was an interesting discussion point...I heard an interview with Chris Benoit on Melter's show from sometime in 1999 and all he did was bash Bischoff and talk about how he's excited for Russo to come in because maybe that meant he would get some bit of character development. He was extremely candid in how low the morale in the locker room was and how the only reason he stayed and didn't go to WWF (though I think he did 4 months later?) was because of his friends that he didn't want to leave. The shoot was right after he had that Owen tribute match with Hart, but I'm not sure what the date of that was. What really stuck out to me was that he would talk about his tours to Japan and how even being placed as the opener or second match on the card he would feel amazing after because he felt so excited just to be a part of it, yet in WCW he felt zero pride at all about being close to the top or being put over others because the overall attitudes were so bad.

A lot of people felt that way and I didn't realize in hindsight how many actually were candid outside of the show about it. It seemed like the wrestlers knew way before WCW execs that they were in serious trouble.

Late edit: okay, I'm watching an episode of Nitro from late 2000. The premise is asking who the new showrunner of WCW is...to tease it, the camera was on their locker room and the general idea was the camera would show the person walking down the hallway toward the entrance with only their lower legs and feet visible.

What REALLY happened: The camera was zoomed in on the WCW CEO sign on the door, and as the door opened, the cameraman forgot to lower his view to show the person's feet. For a split second, Flair's face was completely visible and the cameraman jumped to get the camera down at his feet. Coming back from break, Mike Sanders came to the ring and the announcers were like "is this our new CEO?" when really everyone watching just fucking saw it was Flair. :lol:

That was WCW in a nutshell.
Edited by WWEFootos48, Oct 12 2016, 09:29 PM.
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oh, i am sure there will be a point where i cannot watch anymore. i remember watching very little of wcw at the end because i couldnt go for another nwo, another management reset, another new blood attempt, and all the other supposed restarts. for some reason, i mentally have the Hogan vs Sting moment in my head as the beginnjng of the end, but i will see
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The only reason I like extremely late WCW is I think because there was never a time I didn't find Flair entertaining. While Hogan, Savage, Luger, everyone else had major ties to the WWF, I remember during Raw and SD almost never making mention of Flair so I only knew him as this psychotic WCW guy. I never cared about Goldberg. I liked Nash. I also liked some of the really fucking stupid gimmicks they came up with like Disco Inferno's and Mike Awesome's.

I don't remember my actual timeline watching though. I wanna say when SD starting airing I would watch that mainly and Nitro Mondays, but for a few years I didn't have cable so literally the only wrestling I would watch was SmackDown.
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Whosey vs. WCW part 12:

I was going through late 2000/early 2001 episodes of Nitro, since, as mentioned, I still sorta enjoy watching some of those episodes. One episode I stumbled on was February 19, 2001. This stuck out to me only because of the date. The day before was the day Dale Earhnardt died. It was a date that always stuck out at me, just like how in wrestling we can look at a date like June 25 or May 23 and know almost instantly why those dates are eery.

Anyway, because WCW was mainly a southern company and I think they were even in Atlanta that night, I put it on to see if maybe they mentioned his death in any way, because both WWF/E and WCW both have done that in the past for certain contexts, either by the announcers or a heel using it to get heat. At that time, WCW also sponsored Blaise Alexander in the NASCAR Busch Series, who ironically died about 8 months later. Goldberg has also come out to say that he and Earnhardt were good friends and whenever he had time he would hang around him at the races.

The show fucking starts with a RIP card and a funeral for Kevin Nash because he walked out of the company the night before. What the fuck. That was maybe the sickest joke ever played on my mind, especially because it started off as if they were going to acknowledge a serous death.

The worst part? They actually DID acknowledge his death later in the show with a short segment showing fans in the audience holding up Earnhardt signs, and the announcers briefly talked about it. I thought that was nice, but it caught me even more off-guard because of how they started the show, yet then decided to acknowledge a real death many fans were in mourning over.

Doing some basic research has also led me to article reviews posted right after the show talking about how pissed some people were because most WCW fans left at the time were die-hards and those within reach of their original fanbase (basically everyone my age now or who were my age when this was happening had switched to WWF by now), so you can say a lot of them were huge NASCAR fans more concerned about a death of a sports legend yet got a funeral and talk about death at the start of a show.
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STAMFORD, Conn. — A one-hour, in-ring program called 205 Live, showcasing WWE’s new Cruiserweight division, will premiere Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 10 p.m. ET, exclusively on WWE Network. The live weekly show will be called by Mauro Ranallo, the voice of SmackDown LIVE, and Corey Graves, color commentator for Monday Night Raw.

Coming off the success of WWE Network’s recent Cruiserweight Classic tournament and the formation of the new Cruiserweight division, which airs exclusively on Monday Night Raw, 205 Live will feature Superstars that are 205 pounds and under, including: new WWE Cruiserweight Champion The Brian Kendrick, as well as TJ Perkins, Rich Swann, Noam Dar, HoHo Lun, Cedric Alexander, Lince Dorado, Gran Metalik, Tozawa, Jack Gallagher, Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra.

“205 Live is a natural progression to showcase the depth of our roster,” said Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative. “With world-class talent such as Brian Kendrick, TJ Perkins, and Rich Swann, 205 Live will be a must-see program on WWE Network.”

“With the addition of 205 Live to an already robust programming schedule, WWE continues to enhance the value of WWE Network for our subscribers,” said Michelle Wilson, WWE Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer. “We take pride in listening to our fans and delivering even more live, premium content that they are asking for.”
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Sin Cara, Neville, Xavier Woods and Finn Bálor could technically be there due to weight. Obviously, Bálor is main roster material, but still.

Does 205 Live mean the Cruiserweight Division will be removed from Raw eventually?
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I feel like there will still be Cruiserweight matches on Raw, but I kind of wish that wasn't the case. Ever since the CWC ended, the booking of the Cruiserweights on Raw has been quite abysmal. Metalik, Tozawa, and Gallagher all need to make their way stateside ASAP.
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I'd only want them off RAW if RAW went to 2 1/2 hours. With a 3 hour show I don't mind seeing the cruiserweights jump around for a bit and the title storyline is quite good.
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If you watched 205 Live last night, Jack Gallagher was dressed almost similarly to Remus Lupin from the Harry Potter series. :lol:
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Alas. I am paying full price for The WWE Network. But on-demand is not available.
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I just recently got WWE Network back. I was up to Summer Slam 95 when I last stopped. 1995 was so bad. Other than Bret Hart's matches there's nothing worth noting. Michaels was good but he was always working with Razor or Nash so nothing to write home about there. I've watched In Your House 3 and 4, and I think I'm coming up on Survivor Series 95 when Bret wins the title. I'm hoping things pick up.

I'm also gonna start watching WCW ppvs. But I'm gonna do it in order. Like watch the Jan 96 WWE ppvs, then the Jan 96 WCW ppvs. Well whichever came first. Like if WCWs Jan ppvs is on Jan 14th and the Rumble is Jan 21st, then I'll watch in the proper order.

I'll kinda get a feel for what was going on in each organization at the time. I'm also going to review each PPV and conclude which organization I thought had the better month, PPV wisee. Yay!!
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I want to start doing the same thing because after listening to Bryan and Vinny they constantly talk about how bad WWF was in late '97 early '98 against WCW. It was done in hindsight obviously as they watch it from week to week, but they'll talk about how strong Austin/Tyson was but then how bad the tag team division is and how fucking retarded the lower card booking was. My favorite running joke is they'll bring up how there will be a "shoot" spot with Cornette or Vince talking about how real this shit is and how they're spicing things up to win the war, yet the next segment they'll put on Los Boricuas and Goldust to counteract the NWO and their cruiserweights. :lol:

But I still can't watch either show in '96 and '97 because they both tend to put me to sleep. I do enjoy the later Nitros though just because I do enjoy the weekly train wrecks as they try to figure out what works and whatnot.
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I'll kinda get a feel for what was going on in each organization at the time. I'm also going to review each PPV and conclude which organization I thought had the better month, PPV wisee. Yay!!
That'll be cool, looking forward to it.

Thinking of renewing the Network for RR through WM.
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the best part of wcw in this time period was the sting/luger friendship. that was a good storyline that has been woefully forgotten
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Awesome, got the network free until April.

Might keep it longer if possible.
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Watched Survivor Series 1995 last night. Actually wasn't that bad, considering the rest of the ppvs that year.

Bret did his best against Diesel to put on a good match. This might be the first match on WWE ppv where someone went through a table. Diesel knocked Bret off the apron and Bret crashed through the announce table. I can't remember any of the Ppvs before this having anything like that.

I'll do more full reviews once I get to 96
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I've gone to watching random episodes of Raw while playing video games. The Raw I watched was August 2000. One thing I loved about it is there was an ongoing story in everything placed on the show...so it revolved around Triple H, Kurt Angle, Stephanie, and Shane, and the entire premise was all of them had important things going on and they needed to support each other. So within that you got a segment with Foley and Rock also involved, then a match with Angle and Triple H vs. the APA, then Stephanie vs. Lita, and Shane vs. Blackman.

So before you include everything else, you already had a story for 10 guys. Then there was a match between Kane and Rikishi, where Kane smacked Rikishi with a chair, then Tool Cool, but then RTC came out to beat up Tool Cool. Later in the show, RTC cut a promo about Rikishi's ass and why they're in the WWF, to which Foley addressed.

The opening match on the show was Dudleys vs. Hardys with Edge and Christian on commentary. Edge and Christian were playing heels right before the first TLC match, who are also trying to get to Foley. So later in the show, Edge and Christian help Shane win the hardcore championship, then convince Foley to try and help them, to which Foley doesn't do it and sends Shane out the building and waves the 24/7 rule that night so Edge and Christian couldn't pin their friend Shane. This also means Shane would be a non-factor in the main event.

Triple H and Angle win their match, but Triple H leaves the ring and Angle gets pummeled. Angle takes offense that Triple H didn't save him but played it off as if he was going backstage to coach Stephanie for her match. Angle sees between the lines and tries to leave the arena, but Stephanie stops him and says she need him.

So Angle Angle stays at the arena to help her learn wrestling moves, to which Triple H took complete offense to. So the Angle/H feud got hotter, and the love triangle itself became even better.

Then in the match itself, The Rock was the special guest ref because Foley made it a no-DQ match and needed someone he could trust to keep order. So Stephanie and Lita main evented the go-home show to SummerSlam, Rock, Triple H, and Angle all got to one another WHILE the match was going on, and Lita beat Stephanie to win the women's championship. So the ending scene to the show was Angle pissed that he accidentally hit Triple H with the title (which also cost Stephanie the title indirectly), Triple H out, Stephanie out, and the Hardys celebrating with Lita winning the title.

What fantastic storytelling. There were a dozen things going on at once but they all made sense from a logical and professional standpoint and played to everybody's strengths.
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Yeah. Sometimes people like to do the whole "the attitude Era wasn't really that great" thing. Which may be true in 98 and 99 with the midcard. But come 2000 and 2001, shit, can't beat it.

Watching the December 95 In Your House. Diesels character was in transition. Trying to be heel, while at the same time being worried about Shawn Michael's health. This was just after Shawn collapsed in the ring.

Also the end of the Taker and Mable fued took place with a casket match. Which actually wasn't horrible. Considering the Era, considering Mable, I gotta say, it wasn't bad.

The match of the night was, as it always was back then, Bret Hart's match. He defended the title against British Bulldog. Not as good as SummerSlam 92, but still pretty damn good. So the next ppv I'm gonna watch is Royal Rumble 96. And I'll do a full review
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Yeah. Sometimes people like to do the whole "the attitude Era wasn't really that great" thing. Which may be true in 98 and 99 with the midcard. But come 2000 and 2001, shit, can't beat it.
I think there is a very valid point in some people blasting the mid-card of the early Attitude Era stuff, especially when Nitro was continuously kicking their ass weekly. I think what helped the rose-colored glasses was how interactive everything was on the shows...people were into everything, no matter what it was. People showed up to wrestling shows to be involved and hold up their signs and boo and cheer and chant at people. So even stuff when you look back and hindsight and think "fuck, that shit sucked and was so low," in reality it was exciting for everyone involved just like how people loved Jerry Springer yet can barely remember any specific moments or people on there that made it special.

Royal Rumble '96 was a PPV I watched first in 2003 because my uncle had it recorded on VHS while I was trying to find a blank one to record a PPV (probably Unforgiven) over. So I watched it back then and thought it was good for what it was but the Undertaker stuff was just so weird. It's so hard to get used to what he was back then in the context of what the WWF was.
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WWF Royal Rumble 1996

So the WWE was probably going through one of the worst eras during 1995. But the last 2 ppvs of the year weren't that bad. Kicking off 1996 was an underwhelming Royal Rumble PPV.

Kicked off with a tag team title match. The Bodydonnas accompanied by Sunny took on the defending Champs The Smoking Guns.

I thought one of the Bodydonnas was Finlay. Lmao, I had to Google to find out it was Chris Candido. Match was horrible. Smoking Gunns retained.

Then we had Goldust win the Intercontinental Championship from Razor Ramon. I believe this was the beginning of the end of Scott Halls WWE run. The match wasn't bad actually. I always forget that Razor did the chokeslam haha.

Next was the 1996 Royal Rumble. Can't say this was a good one. Almost fell asleep. The eliminations were just so easy looking. Most of the eliminations was just one guy pushing on another guys chest until they went over the top. Either that or the ol duck and lift over with the shoulder. Only top guys were Shawn, Diesel, and Vader who was making is WWE ppv debut. He's gotta be one of the first WCW guys that WWE ever brought over. Under there same gimmick anyways. Other notable entrants were Owen Hart, British Bulldog and the returning Jake The Snake Roberts. Shawn won, Superkicking Diesel over the top rope.

The Main Event was Bret Hart defending the WWF Championship against The Undertaker. Now you would think these two would make magic together. And although it wasn't a bad match, it was nothing to write home about. Vince made sure to point out the boos Bret was getting lol. Diesel would cost Undertaker the match. Setting up there Wrestlemania fued.

Overall the PPV wasn't as boring as some of the others during this time, but for a Royal Rumble PPV. It was definitely below average.

Next up, WCW Superbrawl VI
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WCW SuperBrawl VI. Feb 11 1996

What a sloppy mess. Something tells me that's gonna be the theme of a lot of WCW PPVs. Just messy. First off, most of the roster consists of late 80s early 90s WWF guys. So there all fat and out of shape. 2nd, that ring. Its so ugly. Light blue and yellow??? WTF. Watching a 1996 WWF event, it feels like 1996, watching SuperBrawl VI felt like watching something from the 80s.

Street Fight
Nasty Boys vs Public Enemies

4 fat guys smacking eachother with chairs and garbage can lids. One thing I will say, is WCW was much more hardcore than WWE at this time. But what a horrible mess of a match. Nasty Boys won, but nobody acknowledged there victory, they just kept fighting lol.

TV Title
Marc Mero as Johnny B Badd (c) vs DDP.

There was some storyline for this match involving 6 million dollars. One of the better matches of the night, which isn't saying much.

WCW Tag Titles
Sting, Lex Luger (c) vs Harlem Heat

Easily the best match of the night. Actual wrestlers, doing there thing. LOD interfeared because they wanted to face Sting and Luger for some reason. Luger took advantage of the help and won the match. Sting was oblivious to them winning that way. So it seems they had some story where Luger was heel, but Sting was a face.

US Title
Konnan (c) vs One Man Gang

Horrible.

Strap Match
Brian Pillman vs The Taskmaster.

Speaking of messes. This was the infamous "Thankyou Bookerman" moment, where Pillman basically broke kayfabe and walked out. Things got awkward, Arn Anderson came down and had a really odd match with kevin Sullivan instead.

WCW Tag Titles
Sting, Lex Luger (c) vs Road Warriors

Luger wouldn't get in the ring for the longest time. I think I started to fall asleep, because I actually don't remember the ending to this. I know Luger and Sting kept the titles.

Then we had 2 cage matches. Looking back at the PPVs before this that I didn't watch, WCW sure loved cage matches. There was like 10 cage matches in 4 years on WCW PPVs.

WCW Championship Steel Cage
Macho Man (c) vs Ric Flair

Nowhere near as good as there Wrestlemania 8 match. The horrible actress, Miss Elizabeth turned on Macho Man, helping Ric Flair win and become what I think they said was a 13 time world champion. Then Hulk Hogan came out and hit everyone with a steel chair. Haha oh that Hulkster had to have everything be about him.

Steel Cage
Hulk Hogan vs Big Show

A better match than I was expecting. But that end. Brutal. Hogan beat up the entire Dungeon Of Doom by himself. And it looked horrible. And the crowd was not into it at all. I never got to see the days of Hogan where the crowd didn't like him anymore. So seeing him do his thing and the crowd not into it, was kind of cool.

Next Up WWF In Your House 6

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WWF In Your House 6 Feb 18th 1996

So I guess even back in 96 things picked up for the WWE during Wrestlemania season. This wasn't a half bad PPV, considering the era.

1. Razor Ramon def 123 Kid

First match was Razor vs Kid. They got 12 minutes, probably should have been less. Wasn't very good. I always remembered Hall as a good wrestler for some reason. I don't know, maybe it was just his character. But going through all these PPVs, I cant think of any good Razor Ramon matches aside from Mania X ladder match and KOTR against Bret. After the match Razor put a diaper on Pac and pampered him. Oh Vince.

2. Hunter Hearst Helmsley def Duke Droese

Now I'm sure your all just gonna think I'm saying this simply because I'm a HHH fan, but this match wasn't bad lol. Didn't drag, wasn't sloppy. Trips cheated to win. Gotta love it.

3. Yokozuna vs British Bulldog

Nothing to write about for this one. Ended in a dq. Yoko was now face and they were hyping up a big Wrestlemania match between Yoko and Vader. Which ended up being a 6 man tag. I'm not sure why they changed it. Anyone?

4. Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart

Now this was good. HBK vs Owen. It wasn't a 5 star match or anything but it was by far the match of the night. And the match of the month of February for both promotions.

5. WWF Championship Steel Cage
Bret Hart (c) def Diesel

Again, really good match. A lot better than WCWs big cage match between Hogan and Big Show. And the ending was awesome. Undertaker coming up through the cage and pulling Nash down. Should have left it like that though. Nash coming back up with his pants ripped was a little weird lol.

So without a doubt, my first head to head. Superbrawl VI vs In Your House 6, the nod goes to WWF. PPV flowed better, was booked better, had better wrestling. No question.

Next up WCW Uncensored 1996
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WCW Uncensored 1996. March 1996

Much better PPV by WCW than there last. 5 of the 7 matches went over 15 minutes. Which, for the most part was good, some parts not so much though lol. We'll get to that.

1. WCW US Title
Konnan vs Eddie Gurrero

I was expecting a much better match. It was Eddie Gurrero, it was over 18 minutes, and I mean, it wasn't bad, wasn't sloppy, had some okay moments. But it didn't really tell a story. They kinda just did moves and it ended very anticlimactically.

2. Finlay def William Regal

They had different names, but who cares. The match was great. It was a physical battle and told a great story. 17 minutes of just beating the crap out of eachother. Was ruined when Regals faction interfeared and caused a dq.

3. Col Robert Parker def Madusa

Aint gonna lie to you. I skipped this.

4. Brutus Beefcake def DDP

How the hell many different named did Beefcake have in WCW. Geez every time he is someone else. WTF!? lol. Beefcake won in a shitty match that lasted 16 freaking minutes. Well shitty is maybe a little harsh. Wasn't that bad. But was definitely boring.

5. Big Show def Loch Ness
Luckily it was only 2 minutes. So it was exactly what it needed to be.

6. Street Fight
Sting, Booker T def Road Warriors

What a slop fest. 4 Hall Of Famers. 4 greats. And they have a 30 minute slop fest. At one point Sting went to get a weapon and the commentators thought he was ditching Booker. Which made no sense. Stevie Ray showed up, because for some reason they threw Sting and Booker together so Luger could be in the main event, because Luger was a heel but still friends with the face, Sting. It was all very weird. Another thing I didn't like was the majority of this match was in split screen. Didn't know what I was supposed to watch and the commentator didn't know what they were supposed to commentate.

7.Doomsday Cage Match
Mega Powers def Flair, Anderson, Meng, Barbarian, Luger, Sullivan, Zeus and some guy called the Ultimate Solution.

This might be the worst thing Ive ever seen. None of it made sense. First off, half of Flairs team weren't even there to start the match, despite being introduced. There was no good wrestling. Hogan and Savage got there asses kicked and eventually just left at the end. How did people watch this shit?

Overall it was better PPV than there last mainly because of Finlay vs Regal, and Konnan vs Guerrero, and I actually do like the story behind Sting and Luger and the Road Warriors. It was just executed poorly here.

Next up WrestleMania 12
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WrestleMania XII

I think this was the first WrestleMania where WWE decided to start having less matches. There was only 6 matches. Theres good and bad to that. Good because I feel it helped the PPV flow better and made for better matches, bad because I feel like they didn't really have a choice considering lack of talent. And boy were they lacking at this time.

1. 6 Man Tag
Vader, Owen Hart, British Bulldog def Yokozuna, Ahmed Johnson, Jake Roberts
Was it ever explained why WWE decided to scrap Yoko vs Vader? Was it because they wanted to include the other 4 on Wrestlemania? Or did they not trust Yoko and Vader to perform? Either way it was probably a good call. Match was good. The moments between Yoko and Vader were really good. And there new star Vader got the win.

2. Parking Lot Brawl
Roddy Piper def Goldust

This was great. Now I think it was originally supposed to be Razor doing this with Goldust. Was Razor hurt? Or did they pull him because he was going to WCW soon? Regardless this was so funny. They sprayed down the parking lot. Roddy sliced his hand open good smashing a car window. Then he was giving Goldust legit punches to the head. Then they did the whole OJ Simpson car chase remake. Hilarious. Then later in the night they finished in the ring with Piper stripping Goldust to reveal him wearing lingerie. Wrestlemania moment.

3. Stone Cold def Savio Vega

This marked the PPV singles debut of Stone Cold. He debuted at the Royal Rumble. But this was his first one on one match. Fitting Austin does it at Wrestlemania. Match wasn't great. They mostly talked about Piper and Goldust during it. But it didn't drag and Stone Cold used the Million Dollar Belt to cheat and win. So good stuff.

4. Ultimate Warrior def Hunter Hearst Helmsley

I always thought this was apart of Trips curtain call punishment. But that didn't take place until 2 months later. So this was just what it was. A quick squash win for the shitty wrestler known as the Ultimate Warrior. Crowd wasn't nearly as crazy for him as they were 3-4 years prior. But I see why they did it. Lacked star power, didn't know how things would turn out.

5. The Undertaker def Diesel.

I always remembered thinking this was a boring match. And I mean, it kinda was, but watching it today I realised it wasn't as bad as I thought. They had there moments and told a pretty good story.

6.WWF Championship Iron Man Match
Shawn Michaels def Bret Hart(c)

I wonder if this is the only Wrestlemania to only have 1 championship match. But this was the only title on the line, not including the pre show. Match was good. Ive seen in many of times before. So I skipped to the last 20 minutes. Why, because that's where the best stuff is. The first 15 minutes are pretty boring. If you actually sit down and watch this match for the whole hour, the first 15 minutes aren't very good. Then they have a couple spots and then its boring again for like another 20 minutes. However, the last 20 minutes, it turns into one of the greatest matche of all time. If you just watch the last 20 minutes, your watching wrestling art. Shawn won in sudden death overtime, had his Wrestlemania moment.

So in my 2nd head to head WCW Uncensored vs Wrestlemania 12.

Its not even close. Wrestlemania was much better, had better wrestling, much less stupid shit, was booked better, looked better. Was just better in every aspect.

Now that its about to be post Mania, and Bret is gone, and the NWO angle is coming, I'm expecting WCW to start winning some of these head to heads.

Next up WWF In Your House 7
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As for Scott Hall not facing Goldust at WM, Hall got suspended for drug abuse weeks before WM.
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Oh shit. I didn't know that. Sounds about right though.

In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies

This event marked the final appearance of Diesel and Razor Ramon. This PPV had some good and had some bad. Lets get into it.

1. British Bulldog, Owen Hart vs Ahmed Johnson, Jake Roberts

This is part of the bad. I don't think this match was even advertised. Looked like it was going to be Bulldog vs Jake. But after Jake was told he cant keep his snake at ringside, he left and came back with Ahmed Johnson. And Vince's explanation for the tag match was "anything can happen in the WWF". Lol I feel like Vince said that when things didn't make sense. He also said during the match that this was the first time Jake Roberts and Ahmed EVER teamed together. They teamed together at the PPV, just before this. Wrestlemania... Match itself was shit, Jake was a shell of his former self at this point in his career and the ending was sloppy.

2. IC Title
Ultimate Warrior def Goldust(c) via Count out.

Speaking of bad. And speaking of not making sense. This was a train wreck. First off, Goldust wouldn't get in the ring, so Warrior started smoking Marlenas cigar. Then Goldust got in the ring and Warrior put Goldusts robe on for him and allowed him to sit in his chair. The crowd was chanting "Faggot" to Goldust, ohhhh 1996. Then Warrior burnt Goldust with and closelined him. Goldust leaves the ring, and I didn't even know, but apparently during that whole time the match started at some point because the ref started counting Goldust out. WTF!! Warrior burnt Goldust with a cigar, so if the match was going, wouldn't that be a DQ. Match made no sense.

3. Vader def Razor Ramon

Just a couple PPVs ago I was saying how Razor hadn't had many good matches. But surprisingly this match with Vader was good. I enjoyed it and it was Halls last match so of course he did the job. The end was very anticlimactic though and kinda ruined an otherwise good match.

4. WWF Tag Titles
The Bodydonnas(c) def The Godwinns

Not gonna lie. I skipped this.

5. WWF Championship No Holds Barred
Shawn Michaels (c) def Diesel

What a difference between this match and their WM 11 match a year prior. This was way better. A guy like Diesel performs much better in a No Holds Barred environment. The Jackknife to Shawn through the table was awesome. And Shawn got a hard fought victory.

So Hall and Nash both have good performances on their final PPV in the WWF. But those two guys leaving, on top of Bret taking time off, lack of star power was a real problem during this time for WWF. For whatever reason they didn't use Undertaker at this PPV.

This PPV wont have a head to head however as WCW did not have a April PPV. Next we'll have a May head to head. I'm about to watch WCW Slamboree 1996
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