Hi Scott,
I'd been waiting until after Wrestlemania to write up a review for the WWE Network and I finally got around to posting it today. It's nothing ground breaking but I am sure it can probably stir up some debate on your site if you want to plug it. Thanks as always.
http://getridofcable.net/streaming-media/wwe-network/
I'd been waiting until after Wrestlemania to write up a review for the WWE Network and I finally got around to posting it today. It's nothing ground breaking but I am sure it can probably stir up some debate on your site if you want to plug it. Thanks as always.
http://getridofcable.net/streaming-media/wwe-network/
Good stuff, thanks.
"It takes place in Philadelphia, and it's ironic that Shane Douglas would become a star in the city that hated him."
ReplyDeleteIs it like rain on your wedding day?
For me, just a few paragraphs here puts it all in perspective. Ultimately, the Network is something we all wanted. So shut up and watch it.
ReplyDeleteVery well written, sir. *Gen X fist bump*
Thanks. Writing isn't really my forte so I tried to keep it in perspective.
ReplyDeleteIt's more like a free ride when you've already paid, actually.
ReplyDeleteHow Dubiel survived that bonzai i'll never know.
ReplyDeleteWatching the Raws from that period on the network recently, it's funny how they really didn't have an answer for color commentator once the Brain left. I was watching one where CRUSH was doing it. Yikes. He made Johnny Polo look like a natural.
ReplyDeleteThat's probably why Vince is so loyal to Lawler today, because he bailed them out in 1994 when they couldn't find a good color guy.
ReplyDeleteScott mentions Scott Levy's ability to do manic and/or depressive. Makes me wonder if he could have played multiple characters, ala Mick Foley. Back in WCW, maybe he could have done a more Johnny Polo type role alongside his Raven persona.
ReplyDeleteI see what you are doing. you want people to respond so you can respond to them and get your post total up. I'm on to you parallax!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a shame that the guy never bothered to reinvent himself after the Raven character had run it's course.
ReplyDeleteCut the cord is the stupidest term. You either pay a cable company for tv or an Internet provider for Internet for the right to pay other corporations for content.
ReplyDeleteIs there really any difference between Comcast, Netflix or WWE? Youre still paying a big multinational corporation.
Yeah, he seems like a great example of wasted potential, despite his awesome run as Raven. Once he got to WWF in 2000, he could have had a tag team run with Saturn again, changed characters, been an agent, etc. Seems like a guy with that sort of talent and mind for the business could have remained influential backstage like the Malenkos, Finlays, and Regals of the world. Oh well, personal demons and such
ReplyDeleteYeah it has nothing to do with hoping people will go to the site and make me some money. I'm no capitalist pig!
ReplyDeleteI pretty much stopped following wrestling by the end of '93 (at 10 years old), but looking back WWF did a pretty good job of making Yokozuna seem like an unstoppable monster. Even if he was really, really boring in every other way
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to think what have become of Levy if he had decided to stay in the WWF. As well as working as a manager and commentor he worked as an associate producer behind the scenes on RAW and he was supposedly very close to Shane in their personal lives. It is very possible that he would have gotten a job on the booking team and who knows what he would have dreamed up. He might have even still be there in like a michael Hayesesque role.
ReplyDeleteA JIm Ross and Johnny Polo commentary would have been great.
good point, although if you aren't a sports fan and purchase content a la carte (Netflix, Hulu, use a Roku type box, etc.) you can do it much cheaper. The drawback is of course sports and also having to plan your TV instead of just flipping it on and finding something random. One issue looming on the horizon is that the courts and now the FCC are scrapping net neutrality. What this means is that if you are getting internet through Comcast they can legally speed up their content (allegedly they can't slow any sites down but we all know that will happen) and can sell the right to a faster speed to places like Amazon or Netflix. The result will be the death of small startups (like Facebook or Google were at one time) and an increasing corporatization of the internet for those with the money to herd you to their sites.
ReplyDeleteFor me at least, it has nothing to do with fighting against big companies. This isn't #OccupyCableCompanies it is about getting the kind of product you want... cable companies haven't been providing that in a lot of people's view so I and many others are trying to encourage people to discontinue their service and use an alternative... cut the cord is just an easy phrase to summarize it.
ReplyDeleteYeah it's funny how much you notice it when the guy sucks. Not that the matches were top notch or anything, but when they had Crush doing it, all I could focus on was him saying "Brudda" every other word.
ReplyDeleteCable is awesome.
ReplyDeleteDon't remember yoko always being that stiff. He fuckin destroyed that guy with that bodyslam and some slaps to the face.
ReplyDeleteJob guy note: if the guy is 400+ lbs, getting your shit in probably shouldn't be a priority.
Nice insight
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