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Panamaniac
Jun 18, 2007

HEROES NEVER DIE
Now that I'm home from work, got MitB'11 going. Had lots of trouble (watch first two minutes, enter buffering hell) trying to watch it at work, but seems okay so far.

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CubsWoo
Aug 17, 2005

Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU
I used to love putting on these old 70's, 80's, 90's house shows back when I had 24/7 On Demand and I'm really glad that they're on the Network stream.

Name Change
Oct 9, 2005


So yeah I signed up for the seven-day trial and it's nice when

1) The stream works

2) I'm not navigating their horrible menu system to try to find the PPV I want.

The live programming stream seems to work fine. A lot of the time PPVs don't load up or clearly have bandwidth problems where it starts stopping and skipping ahead at random, making matches unwatchable.

As an aside, I should not have skipped from Backlash 2004 to Rumble 2013.

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


OneThousandMonkeys posted:

So yeah I signed up for the seven-day trial and it's nice when

1) The stream works

2) I'm not navigating their horrible menu system to try to find the PPV I want.

The live programming stream seems to work fine. A lot of the time PPVs don't load up or clearly have bandwidth problems where it starts stopping and skipping ahead at random, making matches unwatchable.

As an aside, I should not have skipped from Backlash 2004 to Rumble 2013.

Maybe it's the PS3 interface being different but I'm not getting the complaints about the menu being bad. Pick promotion > Pick PPV > Pick year seems like a pretty solid way of finding PPVs.

Incidentally Royal Rumble 2013 is on today. Twice. In a row.

I still want to watch Cyber Sunday.

Name Change
Oct 9, 2005


njsykora posted:

Maybe it's the PS3 interface being different but I'm not getting the complaints about the menu being bad. Pick promotion > Pick PPV > Pick year seems like a pretty solid way of finding PPVs.

Incidentally Royal Rumble 2013 is on today. Twice. In a row.

I still want to watch Cyber Sunday.

I ought to go look up the RR '13 thread. It's rare for a show to be that top-to-bottom bad. The top highlight of the entire show was Kane holding Bryan like a baby. That was the big takeaway.

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
Young Andre the Giant makes me so :3:

triplexpac
Mar 24, 2007

Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you
GET HIM PUTSKI

COME ON

Call Me Charlie
Dec 3, 2005

by Smythe
Hahaha, Brutus Beefcake is trying to cut a heartfelt promo about his accident and all the terrible things that happened in his life and every time they cut to the crowd, it's complete boredom. They even caught some kid picking his nose for a good 5 seconds.

mrbasehart
Jul 19, 2010
Did anyone ever give a poo poo about Beefcake? The crowd certainly didn't.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
Hogan really cared about the Beefer.

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

I remember some guy in the crowd clear as day yelling "KILL YOURSELF!"

Gatts
Jan 2, 2001

Goodnight Moon

Nap Ghost
Out of curiosity, do we know any numbers that have come out on subscriptions? It's probably way too early but curious.

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

Dibiase: You lost your money, you lost your family, you lost your mother, you got your face smashed. That's bad.

mrbasehart
Jul 19, 2010
Yokozuna's pretty good for his size.

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

TOUCHDOWN TO SELF

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

Tee hee, Narcissist Giant Swing.

mrbasehart
Jul 19, 2010
Bartlett is even worse to take considering that Heenan is probably twiddling his thumbs backstage.

triplexpac
Mar 24, 2007

Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you
They didn't say that phone # for Wrestlemania IX tickets is not in service, so I am gonna call and buy some!!

Acrolos
Mar 29, 2004

Come on Russ Greenburg! You can beat this evil sumo wrestler.

USA! USA! USA!

Edit: Poor Russ, I thought he had this one (final career record, 0-36).

Acrolos fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Feb 26, 2014

triplexpac
Mar 24, 2007

Suck it
Two tears in a bucket
And then another thing
I'm not the one they'll try their luck with
Hit hard like brass knuckles
See your face through the turnbuckle dude
I got no love for you
What is going on with this "Macho Man doesn't have a mic" gimmick? It sounds like he's calling from 1-800-COLLECT

Le Saboteur
Dec 5, 2007

I hear you wish to ball, adventurer..
Man, some of the jobbers back in the early 90s. I mean fuckin' Max Moon, like what the hell is even going on there?!

The_Rob
Feb 1, 2007

Blah blah blah blah!!
I love macho man's disgust at chips on the slim Jim commercial.

Acrolos
Mar 29, 2004

triplexpac posted:

What is going on with this "Macho Man doesn't have a mic" gimmick? It sounds like he's calling from 1-800-COLLECT

Apparently he's in a battle with Rob Bartlett to determine who get the mic. My nostalgia for the old announcers has been squashed...at least when it comes to Raw.

Acrolos
Mar 29, 2004

All of these jobbers need to take a leap. A QUANTUM LEAP!

You can definitely tell the difference in the past two decades. A Battle Royal like this would already have 13 of the 16 participants out by now in modern day booking. Also, there's no way the champion would be a part of a random Battle Royal.

Von Linus
Apr 6, 2006
I complete me.

mrbasehart posted:

Did anyone ever give a poo poo about Beefcake? The crowd certainly didn't.

I loved him in 1987. He was great with Greg Valentine too.

The_Rob
Feb 1, 2007

Blah blah blah blah!!
Haha giant Gonzalez out of no where. They really wanted to push him didn't they.

spanky69
Nov 5, 2004
I THINK sba HAS LOST HIS MIND. WOOOOOO DOGGIES PUPPIES KITTENS CRAP TURDS, love sba
Fun Shoe
Shawn Michaels with multiple hilarious overselling. And here is Giant Gonzalez??

The_Rob
Feb 1, 2007

Blah blah blah blah!!
What exactly is Brutus the Barber beefcake's gimmick. A crazed Barber?

Wilhelm Scream
Apr 1, 2008

I assumed he was a male stripper barber? I don't even know.

At least it's a step above his Booty Man thing in WCW.

Von Linus
Apr 6, 2006
I complete me.

The_Rob posted:

What exactly is Brutus the Barber beefcake's gimmick. A crazed Barber?

He got involved in Roddy Piper and Adrian Adonis's hair vs. hair match at Wrestlemania 3, I think, and cut Adrian's hair. Then he developed a taste for it.

The_Rob
Feb 1, 2007

Blah blah blah blah!!
I.R.S. looks so happy to be hurting a
dude. It's infectious

Supreme Allah
Oct 6, 2004

everybody relax, i'm here
Nap Ghost
I just got on, did Brutus get shot in the face

yea ok
Jul 27, 2006

OneThousandMonkeys posted:

I ought to go look up the RR '13 thread. It's rare for a show to be that top-to-bottom bad. The top highlight of the entire show was Kane holding Bryan like a baby. That was the big takeaway.

lucky for us it's being shown twice in a row

The_Rob
Feb 1, 2007

Blah blah blah blah!!

Supreme Allah posted:

I just got on, did Brutus get shot in the face

Yeah money Inc pulled a gun out and killed Brutus. A little crazy for this time period imo

Willninho
Aug 14, 2007
I like after the whole angle; Vince comes back and he's going to be fine!

Von Linus
Apr 6, 2006
I complete me.
A precursor to Pillman Austin. Toned it down for that.

Call Me Charlie
Dec 3, 2005

by Smythe
At least they handed out free ICOPRO shirts to the people who were sprayed with blood.

Static Rook
Dec 1, 2000

by Lowtax

Willninho posted:

I like after the whole angle; Vince comes back and he's going to be fine!

I bet he'll show up next week, right here, on Raw!

sorry, i mean:

"HHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW ahyahyahaw!"

Miching Mallecho
May 24, 2010

:yeshaha:
The SHOCK MASTER! :dance:

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Brokenogre
May 22, 2013

Lacey is really good actually
So i have to ask is there an IRC channel set up for WWE network livestream viewing, because i honestly think there should be

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