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[danger style]

Watched some of Wrestlemania XIX and man I'm disappointed they changed some of the music in the opening promo. Nothing gets me more pumped for WM than those promos and XIX is probably my favorite.

This is the edited version




the original

 

[quincy powell]

SummerSlam 2005......Lita

 

[Cashflow]

kudos to @WWE for editing out the
WE WANT ZIGGLER chants
face to face w/dave
I will never forget that
thank u milwaukee
#SmackDown
— Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) March 1, 2014

But he doesn't connect with the crowd someone once said


Get organic responses... Edit them out
Get no responses... Edit them in
Good ole WWE logic

 

[Peep Game]

^On top of Ziggler chants being edited out, did they also muffle a portion of the YES chants? At certain points, you could clearly see the entire arena motioning Yes, but the chants seemed faint

Also, I think WM XIX belongs up there as one of the top Wrestlemanias. The amount on star power plus flat put good matches is amazing. Really the only things to me that knocks it down are Lesnar's SSP botch, Rey/Matt Hardy not getting enough time, and HHH going over instead of Booker T. Even the matches that weren't workrate fests still provided entertainment (Vince/Hogan, Taker vs Show & A-Train)

 

[johnnyredstorm]

kudos to @WWE for editing out the
WE WANT ZIGGLER chants
face to face w/dave
I will never forget that
thank u milwaukee
#SmackDown
— Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) March 1, 2014

But he doesn't connect with the crowd someone once said


Get organic responses... Edit them out
Get no responses... Edit them in
Good ole WWE logic

Honestly, this company gives you very little reason to look at it and say I think it continues to keep growing over the next 10 years. They don't listen to their fans. They constantly edit in and out crowd noise. They struggle at building new stars. WWE Network is the only catalyst they have going forward on Wall Street. And man, if those numbers disappoint and they aren't seeing the sign ups as expected, that stock is gonna get massacred back to $12. You would think they would do the right thing with the actual product that generates revenue, but they are so lost when it comes to what built this company, wrestling, errrr sports entertainment.

Why mess with the crowd? Why fight the people that attend your events in their hometown every year since they became of age?

It's like the brass hates itself for being a wrestling company.

I hope NXT doesn't get whitewashed. First show I ever watched on Thursday was dope.

The fact that they edit the music sucks from a nostalgia standpoint but is probably from a paying out royalties perspective.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

I think the best part of the show was probably the announce team. EVERYTHING they did was to enhance the work being done in the ring. They put over holds, moves, story, the wrestlers...My hope is that with more people watching NXT they start to wonder why Maggle, JBL, and Cardiac are still taking up space on Raw and Smackdown.

Yea, hopefully the NXT commentary team isn't instructed to dumb down their product so they won't cause humaniods to expect more from the Big Roster's commentary team.

Watching Emma wrestle last night was kind of like the first time you ever saw Hulk Hogan wrestle in Japan and went "Wait, he can do all that stuff too? ****!"

Great analogy. I am sure people were thinking the same. Because alot of non-NXT dudes that have seen Emma don't understand her at all. I didn't blame them either.

I hope NXT doesn't get whitewashed. First show I ever watched on Thursday was dope.

Haha good one.

Man, Smackdown audio edits are so bad and obvious it isn't funny. It is annoying man. Again, insulting the intelligence of the fans.

But Dlolph doesn't connect with the crowd someone once said

Right

 

[had pants]

 

[shannonscrooks]

At the time I didn't much care for the acquisitions of WCW or ECW but with the advent of the network I am beyond thankful

 

[dnycemodel]

View media item 833184My son watching Austin and the Zamboni for the first time
Dude was in shock

 

[steebie j]

I've always been a fan of the MSG tunnel entrance. WWE should use it at all times whenever they're there.

Razor Ramon's swag entrance in WM X

 

[JCMojica24]

View media item 833184My son watching Austin and the Zamboni for the first time
Dude was in shock

That is awesome! Please keep on showing him the greatness of what the product once was so he doesn't grow up thinking that this is what it always has been.

 

[macbk]

I'm not alone when I say when I was younger, I swore Jericho had a twin and he was the one in Fozzy... right?

 

[finallyfamous]

Am I the only one who is googling random guys I see in the old rumbles to see if they're still alive

 

[JCMojica24]

Am I the only one who is googling random guys I see in the old rumbles to see if they're still alive

I know I have or any old PPV in general. Watched SummerSlam 90 last night and Mr. Perfect lost to Texas Tornado and it just made me sad. I also didn't know Kerry Von Erich only had one foot at that time.

 

[robg1214]

ok so name some of the worst ppvs from any company i want too see some train wrecks.

 

[JCMojica24]

WCW Uncensored 1995
WWE Great American Bash 2004
Most WCW PPv's from 2000
December to Dismember

 

[Peep Game]

December to Dismember 2007
Uncensored 2000
Greed 2001
Souled Out 2000 (besides Benoit vs Sid and The Wall vs Billy Kidman)
Sin 2001 (I think it had two good Cruiserweight matches, and complete chaos other than that. Also had that terrible Sid injury :x)
Superbrawl 2000

Notice the trend here ?

A lot of the PPVs on the Smackdown side were pretty ****** in 2004 and 2005 as well. A lot of them were one match PPVs, or cards that just underwhelmed you overall. Taker vs Heidenrich :x Dudleyz vs Taker :x Eddie Guerrero vs Luther Reigns *falls askeep*

 

[steebie j]

I know I have or any old PPV in general. Watched SummerSlam 90 last night and Mr. Perfect lost to Texas Tornado and it just made me sad. I also didn't know Kerry Von Erich only had one foot at that time.

dude I was gonna post that about von erich but was gonna refer to the 92 rumble. He was the Texas tornado and was from houston. So of course home state and town I had to look him up...didn't know he was one of the von Erich's :-(

 

[JCMojica24]

dude I was gonna post that about von erich but was gonna refer to the 92 rumble. He was the Texas tornado and was from houston. So of course home state and town I had to look him up...didn't know he was one of the von Erich's :-(

The entire Von Erich family story is really sad.

 

[robpzee612]

The entire Von Erich family story is really sad.

This

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

Canadian stampede 97

 

[steebie j]

Sin 2001 (I think it had two good Cruiserweight matches, and complete chaos other than that. Also had that terrible Sid injury :x)

Notice the trend here ?

that sid injury for a while made me turn my head whenever someone would jump off the turnbuckle. Steiner had that wtf look and pinned him.

 

[killabapi]

Does anybody know why Wrestlemania 2 was held in 3 different venues?

 

[jvthagr8]

Does anybody know why Wrestlemania 2 was held in 3 different venues?

Vince showing his intent of national expansion was serious, to show that WWF was no longer just a territory.

 

[JCMojica24]

Does anybody know why Wrestlemania 2 was held in 3 different venues?

Never understood why it was on a Monday though