Posts Tagged ‘World Championship Wrestling’
Monday, May 17th, 2010
So after I noted that we don’t get NXT here in Canada, someone was nice enough to point out that indeed Global still carries the show, albeit two hours later than ECW was shown at. Which means it’s on at 3:00 AM Saturday mornings. I shit you not. But that’s why DVRs were invented, as I decided to sample the show for the hell of it. And as I suspected, I just can’t wrap my head around this show and what it’s supposed to accomplish. Having guys go out and give scripted comments like “I should be eliminated” and then having them get eliminated for saying it is just…I dunno. It’s like, HELLO, it’s 2010, we know it’s fake already, you don’t have to rub it in our faces. More annoying to me is that it’s a TV show that isn’t trying to sell anything or build anywhere, and that feels wrong to me as a wrestling fan. I watch weekly TV to be captivated by the personalities and then watch them fight. Here we got two guys being sent home at the start and then “Oh, and here’s a random match between two guys” right after that. Also, “Skip Sheffield” sounds like the name of a Marvel comics sidekick in the 60s, not a giant bald musclehead from Texas. There are some really bad wrestling names on this show and that doesn’t help matters. I do like the different main camera angle. That’s neat.
Here’s what I’d like to see, and you can tell me if this is a stupid pipe dream. I’d like to see a redone version of the classic World Championship Wrestling format from the 80s, with these guys. Small set, intimate crowd of hardcore marks, let them talk about how great they are and how many women (or men, it’s the 21st century, whatever) they’re gonna fuck when they’re World champion. Oh, and by the way, [insert wrestler here] is a dirty shithead and I’m gonna kick his ass. Then they fight. Maybe some weeks the World champion actually does stop by and defends the title against someone from the show, just to emphasize that it’s a shared universe (see what I did there?) and show what they’re fighting for.
Because as it is, I have no fucking idea what they’re fighting for.
Tags: Canada, Daniel Bryan, ECW, Michael Cole, NXT, Skip Sheffield, TV, World Championship Wrestling, WWE, WWE NXT
Posted in Rants | 36 Comments »
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Sorry to whoever sent this one in on December 5 of last year, but with Gmail I just tend to leave everything in the inbox and get to it later. Sometimes much later.
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Tags: 2000, Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Edge, Gmail, heel turn, HHH, Hulk Hogan, I Quit, Jake Roberts, Magnum TA, Mid-Atlantic, Nitro, NWA, NWO, Randy Savage, Rants, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, The Rock, TV, Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Vader, WCW, World Championship Wrestling, Wrestlemania, WWF, YouTube
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - October 25 1986
- So this is the last rant on World Championship Wretling before 24/7 goes away, and in a sad bit of synchronicity, this is the show where we learn of Magnum TA's fate.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Dusty Rhodes, Four Horsemen, Jim Cornette, Jimmy Garvin, Magnum TA, Midnight Express, Nikita Koloff, Ric Flair, Skywalkers, Starrcade, Tully Blanchard, TV, World Championship Wrestling
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - October 18 1986
- So we're into the home stretch now for this show, as there's two left before Sasktel pulls the channel at the end of the month, and it's kind of fitting because this is getting close to the point where I originally started watching NWA wrestling back in the 80s anyway. For those keeping track of this sort of thing, all traces of "24/7" have now been excised from the channel, as everything is only branded as "WWE Classics on Demand". I'm stubborn, though, and I'll keep calling them 24/7 rants until we're done.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Arn Anderson, Magnum TA, Midnight Express, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Rants, Ric Flair, Rock N Roll Express, Starrcade, The Rock, World Championship Wrestling, WWE, WWF
Posted in Rants | 17 Comments »
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - October 11 1986
- God, it's been a lean month for content thus far on WWE 24/7, and with only a few updates this week and a 33-minute episode of WCW at that, there's not gonna be much new stuff from me, either. In case you were wondering.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Dusty Rhodes, Four Horsemen, heel turn, House, Magnum TA, Mid-Atlantic, Midnight Express, Ric Flair, The Others, The Rock, Tully Blanchard, WCW, World Championship Wrestling, WWE
Posted in Rants | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - October 4 1986
- Your hosts are Tony & David. This is likely taped before the Omni show with the US tag title tournament they've been hyping for weeks, so no mention of the results or even the show here.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Dusty Rhodes, Four Horsemen, Jimmy Garvin, Magnum TA, Midnight Express, NWA, Ric Flair, Rock N Roll Express, SmarK Rants, The Rock, Tully Blanchard, TV, WCW, World Championship Wrestling
Posted in Rants | 21 Comments »
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - September 27 1986
- Another short show this week. Luckily the Braves sucked ass in the 80s, so things will pick up again once we get to the post-season.
- Your hosts are Tony & David.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Dusty Rhodes, DVD, Jim Cornette, Jimmy Garvin, Midnight Express, Nikita Koloff, NWA, RAW, SmarK Rants, Starrcade, WCW, World Championship Wrestling, WWE
Posted in Rants | 8 Comments »
Sunday, February 8th, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - September 20 1986
- Your hosts are Tony & David.
- We have apparently skipped a week, as the show kicks off with footage of Paul Ellering slapping Jim Cornette on the September 13 show, and we didn't get that one.
- The Bill & Budro Show kick things off by promising to win the US tag titles and challenge Ric Flair for the millionth time.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Arn Anderson, Baby Doll, Dusty Rhodes, heel turn, Jim Cornette, Mid-Atlantic, Midnight Express, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Ric Flair, Rock N Roll Express, SmarK Rants, The Rock, Tully Blanchard, TV, WCW, World Championship Wrestling, WWE
Posted in Rants | 4 Comments »
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - September 6 1986
A reader notes…
"Hey Scott,
Long-time fan of your site and your wrestling writings.
I know you're not a fan of Hogan but do you realize today marks 25 years since Hogan won the title? It's crazy...that was right around the time I started watching wrestling and to think 25 years have passed since then is something else.
Enjoying the NWA Wrestling rants you do the most. That's the show I most look forward to on 24/7."
Thanks, and it's also my favorite show to rant on, so it works out well for everyone.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Arn Anderson, Baby Doll, Dino Bravo, Dusty Rhodes, heel turn, Jim Cornette, Jimmy Garvin, Magnum TA, Midnight Express, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Rants, Ric Flair, Rock N Roll Express, SmarK Rants, The Rock, Tully Blanchard, World Championship Wrestling
Posted in Rants | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
The SmarK 24/7 Rant for Boston Garden - September 12 1987
- Taped from Boston.
- Your hosts are Gorilla & Alfred.
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Tags: 24, 24/7, Andre the Giant, Boston Garden, Duke Doherty, Dusty Rhodes, George Steele, Gorilla Monsoon, Hart Foundation, House, Hulk Hogan, Mid-Atlantic, NWA, RAW, Ric Flair, SmarK Rants, The Rock, TNT, World Championship Wrestling, WWE, WWF
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