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I thought the same thing as I was watching a few of the '93 RAWs...Those shows are flat out terrible 
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There was no Smackdown then, so you got Raw--their primary show--and I think one Sunday morning show full of recaps and a couple of new mid-carder vs. jobber matches. Later on they added a few more shows, but I think that was it in 1993. And they didn't even have monthly PPVs. So, you had 4 or 5 PPVs a year on top of that. I'm really curious how they did from a profitability standpoint back in those days.
Sidious-66
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I imagine people like Randy Savage were really helping out with them bringing in big money from advertisement deals. In fact I think that was some of the hatred/heat that Vince had with Savage because Savage took his Slim Jim deal with him when he went to WCW and that was a huge blow to Vince.
Grenouille
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I've been enjoyed watching Raw from the start. It's been a total nostalgia trip. I will agree that the matches haven't been great. A couple have been decent though with Steiner/IRS and Money Inc./Beverly Brothers. They just put up episode 15 which starts the HBK/Duggan mini-feud that culminated in a lumberjack match. Nice to be past the Bartlett episodes.
What I've really liked is the WCCW TV. I just wish they would have them in order. The last episode I watched teased the next episode which should have the Flair/Kerry Von Erich match that ends with the Freebirds becoming the biggest villains in Texas. I can't wait for that one.
What I've really liked is the WCCW TV. I just wish they would have them in order. The last episode I watched teased the next episode which should have the Flair/Kerry Von Erich match that ends with the Freebirds becoming the biggest villains in Texas. I can't wait for that one.
thenammagazine
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I thought the same thing as I was watching a few of the '93 RAWs...Those shows are flat out terrible
Didn't they even do diva boxing at one point?
Then that must not be the outdoor NWA championship match. I've never seen another one between those two, so I would like to see it. WCCW is very cool to watch, not so much for the wrestling quality itself (which is uneven), but for the great crowd response they got there. I would love to step into a time machine and visit the Sportatorium in the early '80s.
They should also bring back some of those TV intros that were on the old WWE On Demand network. The ones before WCCW had Michael P.S. Hayes and Kevin Von Erich talking about the show. Raw and Nitro had Michael Cole, so they could be skipped, and the ECW ones had Joey Styles.
BurningRage
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This was funny
I might jump on the WWE Network to go back and watch alot of the stuff from the Attitude Era. that was when I was really into wrestling. Have they added a bunch of content now that I think the free trial is done?
Not really that I've noticed, though I read they were supposed to, right away. There were a smattering of new shows and specials I think (older ones, like a couple more of the Legends of Wrestling episodes). But not many more Raws or Smackdowns, no WCW shows, etc.
Grenouille
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I caught the end of the Undertaker/Stephanie wedding last night. I guess I forgot how brutal chairshots can be. Austin was wailing pretty much any member of the Ministry that came by. Mideon took one pretty flush on the head. Definitely not going to see that these days.
Phil Sierra
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I hope they put the uncut version of the Clash of the Champions where the Shockmaster fell.
I just put this episode on. It's also the Rock's major face turn. Pretty major show. I remember in hindsight how surprising the UT/Stephanie angle turned out. That was when the writers/McMahon/wrestlers knew how to tell some damn good stories.
Yeah, too bad the Clashes aren't considered PPVs. Of course, they weren't technically, but they should be treated as equivalents IMO. So much great stuff still missing from the Network.
That doesn't surprise me too much. The main focus currently is on PPVs. Each PPV is roughly 3 hours, which is a single episode of Raw nowadays, and these weren't monthly until WWF started In Your Houses in the '90s. They've got various NWA libraries, WCW, WCCW, ECW, Raw, Smackdown, house shows, and more. I wonder if Vince will more actively pursue AWA, Calgary Stampede, USWA, and other libraries moving forward (assuming they haven't already acquired some of them). Would love to see some Japanese stuff, as well.
Just found this list for video libraries the WWE owns on the WWE Libraries Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Libraries
I saw lots of AWA stuff on ESPN and assumed it wasn't under WWE control. Surprised that isn't the case. There is some great stuff there they should show, a lot of it from guys who later became major stars in WWE--Hogan, Andre, Curt Hennig, the Rockers, Scott Hall, Heenan, Mean Gene, Road Warriors.
The real gem there is the Crockett stuff. We need some classic Mid-Atlantic and NWA/WCW stuff on that channel.
Triple H would be taking one of really two major faces in the company (and the only one totally over with the crowd) out of the picture if Bryan were injured. I'm sure he was in safe hands.
