jefft221
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What to watch on the network?
I've done the 1 free month deal and now bought a 3-month gift card. Besides the live events, I first watched all the NXT Arrival/Takeover shows
and am just about caught up with the weekly NXT shows starting after Takeover: Brooklyn until now.
I'm thinking about what I want to start watching next and have a few options:
Option 1: Catch up on all of the NXT weekly shows starting with the "reality show" episodes all the way until Takeover: Brooklyn
Option 2: Skip the "reality show" seasons and start with the "Full Sail Era" up until Takeover: Brooklyn
Option 3: NWA/WCW PPVs and Clash of Champion shows from their start up until the start of Nitro
Option 4: WWF/WWE SNMEs, MEs, and non-big 4 PPVs(Wrestling Classic, Tuesday in Texas, KOTRs, 2-hour IYHs) from their start up until Canadian Stampede
(last 2-hour IYH)
Option 5: ECW PPVs
Option 6: Other suggestions?
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salmonjunkie
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Some of the specialty shows have been cool. They have a good amount of the past wrestler bio DVDs that have been released - highest recommendation to
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name is Paul Heyman as well as Randy Savage's. The WWE 24 specials have been good.
For short 20-30 minute views, the Table For 3 series is good, and your mileage may vary as far as Edge & Christian's Show That Reeks of
Awesomeness is.
But as far as what wrestling to watch... I'd either go with option 3 or 5, Option 4 and 2 are good too.
Don't bother with Option 1. The reality show episodes are pretty terrible, and you'll wish you watch any of the others.
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Gobshite
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I'd watch Breaking Ground if you haven't done so already. The best original series they've done so far.
If you're going to watch every NXT show, I'd only start at when it ditched the reality show / competition format and watch from whenever
Seth Rollins was champion.
Option 2: pick a PPV, and watch them all. A popular option is to watch every wrestle mania in order. You may have done this already in the last...
Option 3: the documentaries previously mentioned. Paul Heyman, CM Punk, and several others are REALLY good. The WWE:24 specials are all worth your
time too.
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jefft221
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| posted on 4-11-2016 at 09:04 PM |
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I watched the first E&C; show seriously did not enjoy it. I'm sure other eps will be better than the first, but I'm not inclined to check
out more.
There are a few documentaries I wanted to check out, like the Warrior special that got such high praise after he died. I didn't have any
interest in the Paul Heyman one, but maybe I'll have to at least just have that playing while I'm doing something else around the house.
That is how I did watch the Table for 3 shows.
Pick a PPV and watch all of them? Like Wrestlemanias or like all the "Judgment Days"? I've seen all of WWE's big 4 aside from a handful
of Summerslams, Rumbles, and Survivor Series over the past ~10 years so not looking to re-watch those. But watching a string of PPVs was sorta the
idea behind watching SNMEs/non big 4 PPVs through the end of the 2-hour IYHs. I have seen very little of those 2 hour IYHs.
The "reality show" eps of NXT... I'm partly tempted to watch them just to "watch them all" plus seeing Bryan's stuff in there. And
those eps should only be like 45 mintues, right? So really quick to get through Bryan's season and the other seasons.... until I guess season 5
that just went on for over a year *that* sounds horrible and interminable. So maybe I'll start with Bryan's NXT season and see how much
that turns me off to the "reality show" NXT and then maybe skip onto the "Full Sail" era.
But for right now, I'm going to catch up on the 2015 WWE PPVs/special events I haven't seen: Fastlane, Payback, Elimination Chamber, Money
in the Bank, Battleground, Live at MSG, and Survivor Series.
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Count Zero
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quote:
Originally posted by jefft221
I watched the first E&C; show seriously did not enjoy it. I'm sure other eps will be better than the first, but I'm not inclined to check
out more.
I would actually say the following episodes are no better or no worse, depending on how you felt about the first episode.
They're mostly "more of the same", and it works for some people (me, but only to an extent because some of the segments they do regularly make
me stop paying attention until the segment is over), and not for other peoples. It truly is a Your Mileage May Vary (tm not-me) situation.
Originally posted by williamssl
"That hasn't stopped us from doing this shit before!"
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salmonjunkie
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yeah, if you didn't like the first one, I don't think you'll like the others.
I wouldn't do the "pick a PPV and watch those."
ECW - start from the beginning - ECW Hardcore TV - use that to guide you to which PPVs to watch, because they'll obviously shill those.
WCW - Clash of Champions up to Nitro is a really good idea.
WWF - If you really want, start at the Saturday Night Main Events and work chronologically from there.
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nOOb
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When I had it, the one thing I wish they had was WCW Saturday Night. I revisited the Nitro era WCW (starting with the first, then chronologically
adding in the Clashes and PPVs as they happened). I made it to the Hogan/Piper feud before I stopped because I remembered WCW Saturday Night was kind
of important between the pre-Nitro era to mid-nWo. And no Thunder meant when I got that far id be missing a bigger chunk of WCW story happening. In
hoping by the time the Rumble rolls around next year (or when WWE strings together goodness over three months), they add both.
"The Seahawks are cool. Me and Tubby here hung out with them once at a Bruno Mars concert."-Jay and Silent Bob representing the Broncos on FOX NFL
Sunday.
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G-Spot
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The Legends of Wrestling series (not the JBL Legends interviews) is really good too. Listening to the stories about the territories, road travel, and
behind the scenes stuff is really interesting and takes me back to my youth when these guys were larger than life superheroes...but you now find out
they were immature drunks just living life on the road. While there is some glad-handing of Vince and white-washing of history, for the most part you
get a good look at the history of the sport from many guys who lived it. I recommend The Territories, Managers, Biggest Heatseekers, and The
1970's.
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royberto
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| posted on 4-13-2016 at 11:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by G-Spot
The Legends of Wrestling series (not the JBL Legends interviews) is really good too. Listening to the stories about the territories, road travel, and
behind the scenes stuff is really interesting and takes me back to my youth when these guys were larger than life superheroes...but you now find out
they were immature drunks just living life on the road. While there is some glad-handing of Vince and white-washing of history, for the most part you
get a good look at the history of the sport from many guys who lived it. I recommend The Territories, Managers, Biggest Heatseekers, and The
1970's.
I would also recommend "Worst Gimmicks" simply for Dusty Rhodes and his explanations of The Shockmaster and "The Chamber of
Horrors" match.
I will also say that The Edge and Christian Show has really hit its stride in the last few episodes. They have pretty much been given carte blanche to
rip on anything including TNA and Sunny. Others have stated your mileage may very and I can agree with that. But it is becoming a major favorite of
message board goers all over the internet.
[Edited on 4-13-2016 by royberto]
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jefft221
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quote:
Originally posted by G-Spot
The Legends of Wrestling series (not the JBL Legends interviews) is really good too. Listening to the stories about the territories, road travel, and
behind the scenes stuff is really interesting and takes me back to my youth when these guys were larger than life superheroes...but you now find out
they were immature drunks just living life on the road. While there is some glad-handing of Vince and white-washing of history, for the most part you
get a good look at the history of the sport from many guys who lived it. I recommend The Territories, Managers, Biggest Heatseekers, and The
1970's.
Cool, I might have to check that out.
I guess the NXT option is somewhat moot. I had just assumed all the NXT stuff was up there, but I finally looked and they only have the weekly show
from 2014 and on.
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OORick
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With each passing week, I find it harder and harder to restrain myself from telling everybody that you're doing it wrong if you don't like
the E&C; Show.
I can't believe that they're two weeks away from being done, because 13 episodes is now a "season." Thanks AMC, you quality over
quantity jerkwads! And "Camp WWE" is the replacement. Ugh.
E&C;'s show is seriously so spot-on to my sensibilities, and ergo, I just assume it's the same for most of the male 30-45 demographic whose
wrestling memories start with the 80s, but who aren't so old that they prefer the pre-Hogan era. It's like WWE just gave you and your
best friend (a) a blank check, (b) free and unfettered access to their entire warehouse of Stuff, and (c) the rolodex with contact info for every
alumni still on speaking terms with WWE. Your only mission: make yourself laugh.
Of course, I guess when I say "you," I really mean "me," and so you're entitled to not laugh. But c'mon: other than "E-C-Dubs"
(which has contained about 2 and a half good gags, even though it's the most often repeated segment on the show) and some of the awkward/flat
Skype bits, E&C; have pretty much been getting solid contact on everything, and have really been hitting their stride here towards the end.
I mean: tonight's re-enactment of Hayes/Gangrel (complete with guest appearances by the "Hardys")? The game show "Will WWE Talk About It?"
(will WWE talk about CM Punk's UFC Debut? "We'll let you know if he ever actually has one." HA!). Making Sean Mooney and Mean Gene
battle for their approval? Bayley, first in tight jeans and swinging a kendo stick, and following it up by wearing spectacles and doing the dirty sex
talk? These are all things that should be universally appealing....
Rick
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