So at my house, we got MTS and i was browsing the channels and came to channel 1528 and low and behold, wwe network free preview. Pretty cool stuff, went to parents house, they have shaw and switched it to 225 and low and behold, wwe network but no free preview. My dad told me it's because Shaw are A holes but yeah.. Anyone gonna get this channel? I'm thinking about it, 11.99 a month, lots of footage, archived stuff, get to watch NXT, lots of history on that channel it seems, plus pay per views are included in that 11.99 a month. Say what you will but if a fan of wrestling, 11.99 for all that stuff plus a pay per view which goes for like 50 or more bucks on ppv, Not a bad deal is it? 

 

 

And Wrestlemania is coming up this Sunday too, not sure how many wrestling fans there are here but anyone gonna check it out? I haven't watched as religiously as i have in the past but do enjoy me the big 4, gonna say 3 cuz survivor series has sucked recently but do enjoy watching the big 3 PPV's (rumble,mania,summerslam)

 

and hell, it's only gonna cost 11.99 this time i think. Instead of the 50 bucks, Gotta make that decision to order the network soon i think, unless the free preview on MTS is all this month. 

Jimmy Snuka is on trial for murder. His daughter is on RAW every week.

Is Tamina really that good? She's big & strong but I don't see a lot of talent there like Sasha Banks or Becky. 

My point being WWE hasn't distanced itself from Tamina due to her fathers trial. N

She's not bad. They like her. Single mother and all that. Plus Rocky considers her a cousin.

@mexwarrior: Today is Eddie's 48th Birthday. I miss my Big brother very much (uncle on paper, brother by God). Miss u bro! http://t.co/z46VAQCqF6

I have a very soft spot for Eddie. Unbelievably talented. And sweet guy.

RAW broke a 17 year record for low ratings this past Monday, for those of you keeping score.

 

I guess Kane challenging for the World title in 2015 isnt as awesome as Vince thinks.

 

Also, anyone who saw the Iron Woman match between Bayley and Sasha on the NXT special and then watched how the women are treated on RAW will see one of the glaring issues.

The Kane/Rollins storyline is just totally ridiculous. The long distance phone calls between Triple H, Stephanie & Kane were embarrassing especially when the connection was so bad. So, Kane should be fired for going against the Authority's wishes but we know that won't happen. I'm also sure Corporate Kane will magically transform himself into Demon Kane complete with flashing lights & smoke in an ambulance, locker room or SUV. Talk about tarnishing Kane's long career & cheapening Rollins as World Heavyweight champ. 

Im torn.  I sort of love the Kane angle in that Glen Jacobs is great and has a long history of taking some of the goofiest storylines and making them gold.  If it was a mid card angle it would be a great guilty pleasure every week.  But main event?  Yikes.  It shows they have no top card depth.  And John Cena is about to take a two month hiatus.

 

The segment with Stephanie being rude to people on the phone was apparently a rib as she has a reputation for being a rude ***** in real life to people like flight attendants.  So they are now getting laughs off Steph being a real life ****.

Just watched that Ironwomen match amazing. The NXT brand so much superior now it's less entertainment more wrestling. Love it.

I really enjoyed Breeze vs Crews too. Crews (Uhaa Nation) is going to be something special. And Breeze is a solid act.

Shoot Nation or whatever they are calling Gable and Jordan will be great too. New age Worlds Greatest Tag Team.

Gable is pretty Damn impressive

Crews top contender for NXT belt now

Crews top contender for NXT belt now

They shouldn't Rush him. He's pretty green. Breeze has been working one of the main roster tours so he might be debuting soon.

Here's a story. Remember Koslov? He was in developmental at the same time as Kenny Omega. Apparently a nice guy but not a genius.

Koslov was getting the Goldberg push. He had a match with Omega where he was supposed to squash him. Koslov hits all his big moves and walks out, forgetting to pin Kenny. Kenny wins by count out.

When Koslov was getting ready to debut they called him up for all the main roster tours. Because his best matches in development were with Kenny carrying him they were calling Kenny up too. But someone (I think it was Venis) said he could get thrown around just as nicely so he aped Kenny's call up.

After watching breeze carry Crews I figured they'd keep him for awhile to keep working with him.

Adding Steve Austin, Brock Lesnar, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair to Raw last night only bumped the number up to 3.35 million viewers, up 80,000 viewers from the non-holiday low of 3.27 million set last week.

They're going to have to do something soon. Orton is out. Cena is about to leave for two months. And Brock and Taker are not scheduled the rest of the year.

More Braun Stroman... ugh!

More Braun Stroman... ugh!

There are rumors Vince's secret plan for WM is Braun vs Taker. lol

They might be at their worst creatively since 95

Orton dislocated his shoulder taking out the garbage at home. Luke Harper is absent due to personal reasons & it isn't known if he'll be back for his HIAC tag team match. Then again, that whole tag team match is now blown up.

If they want to fix the ratings have 2 hours live then play the nxt show. Every week I get more pulled into NXT.

I agree they should take one hour and make it very different. Wcw used to push the cruisers. But WWE is very gunshy and now they are in a hole. If they make a change ratings might slip further before it gets better. They really have buried themselves.

But by January football ends and WM season begins and they think all is well. And then repeat next year. Too stubborn. Too set in their ways. And their producer is a

Goofball who doesn't know anything but what he's doing right now so he isn't about to change.

Hhh not a fan of Kevin Dunn.

Hhh not a fan of Kevin Dunn.

No but as for now Dunn has more stroke.

are the current wrestlers as good at theatrics as the past guys were?

I think they can be but they really tonned down the theatrics stuff (other then weirdos like stardust/cody rhodes) and since the attitude era have really tried to take the storylines to a much more serious level. a shame really.

 

if I had to guess the next evolution which we've kinda seen recently with MGK (Machine Gun Kelly) was bringing in musicians to perform live and give a little to the wrestling side of things (like Owens powerbombing MGK right after through a side of the stage)

rock n wrestlin version 2.0

They've always used celebrities and music. Generally musical acts and wrestling don't mix.

Wrestlers are far more athletic now than before. But the business is very scripted and formularic and guys don't have the opportunity to develop their own characters.

If I guy made it big in the 80's and 90's it was probably a

Ginmick or variant that he had worked on for hears in territories and then maybe ecw and wcw.

If every movie was written by the same guys and every actor trained by the same guys then films would lose their uniqueness too. Wwe is bland because they are the only game in town and they think everything they do is perfect and if an angle dkesnt work or a gimmick doesn't work then it's the fault of the worker for not getting over. And if you dare get over before the office planned then you also get buried.

The best examples I can think of is the WWE trying to make the "Ringmaster" and "Flex Kavana" and them being completely wrong and allowing both guys to become the 2 most popular wrestlers of all time. 

Even as Rocky they screwed him. But the reason Austin and Rock had the opportunity to make it is because WWE was still very much like the traditional sense of the business with small booking committees and workers who scripted their own promos

So they got themselves over.

Daniel Bryan is a wonderful example of them actively trying to bury someone. It makes no sense to burn money. But in wwe no one is over. Only the brand is over and that's tje way they like it.