Klutch
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Post by Klutch on Jul 10, 2008 18:06:13 GMT -5
I was looking into subscribing to PWI and The Wrestler today and the total cost for them is $54.00. It is 12 issues total plus the Almanac. Do yall think it is worth that price or would it be better to purchase off of the newstand?
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Post by bubbles on Jul 10, 2008 18:28:15 GMT -5
Subsriptions tend to be cheaper than buying in the shops so if you want to get them then the best way is subscribing.
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Post by stevierichardsfan on Jul 10, 2008 21:24:46 GMT -5
iv read pwi or severla years
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Post by willywonka666 on Jul 11, 2008 6:53:31 GMT -5
If you're gonna buy it, it would be cheaper to subscribe to it
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Jeff
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Post by Jeff on Jul 11, 2008 13:33:03 GMT -5
If you pick one get PWI
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Klutch
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Post by Klutch on Jul 11, 2008 14:20:09 GMT -5
Its 12 double issues of the two mags. |
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Post by NOwave on Jul 11, 2008 14:39:02 GMT -5
I'm marginal on PWI and the Wrestler. They have some interesting information, but a large amount of filler. They even carry a fair amount of the old Kayfabe-type stories.
I buy one occasionally on the newsstand(2-3 times a year)-thats all I really need to keep up with what they can offer.
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The OP
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Post by The OP on Jul 12, 2008 0:16:32 GMT -5
I buy them occassionally, I find them good bathroom reading or on the train going to work and stuff like that. I've considered subscribing, but I've never quite been able to convince myself that it's really worth it.
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Jeff
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Post by Jeff on Jul 12, 2008 22:23:35 GMT -5
Its 12 double issues of the two mags. I thought the Wrestler doubled with Inside Wrestling? |
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Post by romafan87 on Jul 13, 2008 16:47:49 GMT -5
I vote no on this. Too much kayfabe, and if you want kayfabe, with better pictures too, just go to WWE.com. Although, the last PWI I picked up in the supermarket had decent international information.
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Klutch
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Post by Klutch on Jul 13, 2008 21:10:28 GMT -5
Its 12 double issues of the two mags. I thought the Wrestler doubled with Inside Wrestling? You might be right, I decided not get it though. Seems too pricey for a wrestling mag. |
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Post by eDemento2099 on Jul 13, 2008 21:18:43 GMT -5
What's the point if you already have internet access? Besides, they're mark magazines which pander to WWE's monopoly.
The only reason why I ever picked up Apter mags in the first place is because they were originally the only way I could keep up with what was happening in ECW in the early- and mid-90s.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Jul 13, 2008 21:20:48 GMT -5
I'd like to read one just for the nostalgia factor.
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Post by Cap'n Crud on Jul 14, 2008 1:38:36 GMT -5
I vote no on this. Too much kayfabe, and if you want kayfabe, with better pictures too, just go to WWE.com. Although, the last PWI I picked up in the supermarket had decent international information. I agree. Once I figured out that wrestling is scripted I kinda felt like a real dope reading Apter mags. |
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jul 14, 2008 1:47:55 GMT -5
Its 12 double issues of the two mags. I thought the Wrestler doubled with Inside Wrestling? It does. I only get PWI for the 500 and the awards now but, even that happens less and less and the years go on. |
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Post by The OP on Jul 14, 2008 1:51:33 GMT -5
What's the point if you already have internet access? Besides, they're mark magazines which pander to WWE's monopoly. . I get what you're saying, but I think it's more that they acknowlege that WWE is in the power position and rank things accordingly. They're always pretty keen on any company that emerges as a potential challenger to WWE's monopoly, namely TNA and ROH, and they try to put them over. To give one example, when Christian went from WWE to TNA, they treated it like it was a really big deal and compared it to Kevin Nash and Scott Hall going from WWF to WCW. |
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Post by Dynamic Dude Johnny on Jul 14, 2008 16:33:57 GMT -5
I generaly pick up PWI Four times a year. I pick up ythe PWI 500, The year in review issue, The awards issue and the enclyopedia of wrestling they put out every year.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jul 14, 2008 18:50:08 GMT -5
Yea PWI was the best mag for a long time. Then it seems to not bad as good. The rewards issue, the 500, and the year in review is the ones I get if any. The rewards and 500 seem fall in creditablity since 02 when I really saw it. When Austin was ranked 11 over all even though he walked out over half the year.
Now number one has been given to Cena or Batista.
I was more amazed that HBK and McMahon got match of the year. That made no sense to me. Because I saw that match and no way it was that. Entertaining but not that great to be better then anything else that happened in that time frame.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Jul 15, 2008 19:11:01 GMT -5
What's the point if you already have internet access? Besides, they're mark magazines which pander to WWE's monopoly. . I get what you're saying, but I think it's more that they acknowlege that WWE is in the power position and rank things accordingly. They're always pretty keen on any company that emerges as a potential challenger to WWE's monopoly, namely TNA and ROH, and they try to put them over. To give one example, when Christian went from WWE to TNA, they treated it like it was a really big deal and compared it to Kevin Nash and Scott Hall going from WWF to WCW. Interesting. The thing about how they documented Christian's jump to TNA surprises me, since unlike Hall & Nash, I remember that Christian was relegated to playing a whiny jobber before he left the WWF. Anyway, back when I read Apter mags, I always resented how ECW wrestlers were never the focal point of an issue's cover, despite the fact that ECW was easily putting on the most groundbreaking product of any wrestling federation in the mid-90s. PWI editors raved about how incredible and unique Sabu was, but the best they could give him were sub-photo on the covers of their magazines - as if they couldn't be bothered to take a financial risk on showcasing him on their cover, despite what a huge sensation he was. And take the PWI 500: In the late 90s, RVD ranked 2nd, when he was clearly deserving of the #1 position. They didn't rank him at #1 until 2002, at which point he'd become a WWF wrestler and had to water down his wrestling style. |
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JMA
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Post by JMA on Jul 15, 2008 23:45:22 GMT -5
Get the yearly almanac and PWI 500. Other than that, neither one is worth buying.
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