Jakked vs. Metal vs. Shotgun vs. Heat vs. Velocity

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So of these 5 B or some would say C level shows, which one was your favorite?

Which shows produced the best moments/matches/memories for you?

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Shotgun was a fun concept, but this has to be Heat all the way.

[CeilingFan]

I liked Heat because it got its own GM (Steven Richards), and many times was live before a PPV.

[wildojinx]

Jakked and Metal were the same show, only with different titles and announce teams. I voted Jakked BTW, tons of matches with Kaientai, Gangrel, Just Joe, Essa Rios, Steve Blackman, Crash Holly, Raven, and even a pre-fame Lo-Ki (albiet as a jobber)

[thecrusherwi]

Shotgun, Jakked, or Metal. There's something about watching a syndicated Saturday afternoon or late Saturday night show on a local TV affiliate that gives me the warm and fuzzies.

[Stu]

Pre-Smackdown Heat was great. Hell, it wasn't even bad in late 2000 when it was filmed from WWFNY

[thetower52]

I loved all of them

[Sephiroth]

Heat gave us the Animal suicide comedy. So I go with it.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

There was a period around 2003 where Velocity was pretty consistently awesome with at least one badass cruiser match each week. Used to love Velocity

[Bang Bang Bart]

Aug 5, 2015 18:49:05 GMT -5 Stu said:

Pre-Smackdown Heat was great. Hell, it wasn't even bad in late 2000 when it was filmed from WWFNY

The early MTV-era Heat was great, since they'd usually show a kick-ass recap of a feud set to various songs.

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Aug 5, 2015 19:10:10 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Heat gave us the Animal suicide comedy. So I go with it.

Don't remember this so please elaborate.

George "The Animal" Steele?
Animal of Legion of Doom?
Dave "The Animal" Batista?

[Sephiroth]

Animal of the LOD. They were doing a pretty tasteless angle about him being a drug addict, and it culminated in a skit where he clomb on top of the tron and got "pushed" by Droz. Except the silhouetted figure shown falling behind the tron was a blatant dummy, and there was a few second pause between the "push" and the "fall." First time I heard a WWE audience doing the "bullsh*t!" chant.

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I was at the last Velocity so I'm throwing it a bone.

[Stu]

Aug 5, 2015 19:21:02 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Animal of the LOD. They were doing a pretty tasteless angle about him being a drug addict, and it culminated in a skit where he clomb on top of the tron and got "pushed" by Droz. Except the silhouetted figure shown falling behind the tron was a blatant dummy, and there was a few second pause between the "push" and the "fall." First time I heard a WWE audience doing the "bullsh*t!" chant.

That was Hawk

[Sephiroth]

Aug 5, 2015 19:24:30 GMT -5 Stu said:

Aug 5, 2015 19:21:02 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Animal of the LOD. They were doing a pretty tasteless angle about him being a drug addict, and it culminated in a skit where he clomb on top of the tron and got "pushed" by Droz. Except the silhouetted figure shown falling behind the tron was a blatant dummy, and there was a few second pause between the "push" and the "fall." First time I heard a WWE audience doing the "bullsh*t!" chant.

That was Hawk

Dang it I can't seem to get my tag team members straight!

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Aug 5, 2015 19:24:30 GMT -5 Stu said:

Aug 5, 2015 19:21:02 GMT -5 Sephiroth said:

Animal of the LOD. They were doing a pretty tasteless angle about him being a drug addict, and it culminated in a skit where he clomb on top of the tron and got "pushed" by Droz. Except the silhouetted figure shown falling behind the tron was a blatant dummy, and there was a few second pause between the "push" and the "fall." First time I heard a WWE audience doing the "bullsh*t!" chant.

That was Hawk

And that is why I don't remember. Geez, if Animal had done that too, the LOD would be destroyed.

I voted for Metal.

We got Perry Saturn vs. Mike Bell.

[Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer]

Sigh, I miss weekend WWE.

Saturday mornings on Sky One used to be SmackDown followed by Livewire, which was replaced with Bottom Line after the brand extension. Sundays were Metal then Superstars. Superstars became AfterBurn, and Metal was a SmackDown exclusive show until the change from WWF to WWE and Velocity replaced Metal. Then it disappeared from Sunday mornings and moved to nights for a few years. We did get Heat on Sky One in 2003ish, and remained in the Sunday morning slot on Sky One/Sky Sports until it ended in 2008. Velocity came back to Sunday mornings in its last few months, and was then replaced by ECW. Though someone complained about an image in the ECW opening graphics and it got taken off Sunday mornings, and shown after the watershed.

Pre-PPV Heat was great. Back in the days of the VHS, I'd record the Heat and the PPV and watch it when I got home from school the next day.

Oh, and 2000 Heat on Sunday afternoons on Channel 4 was outstanding!!

[Tony Schiavontay]

You're forgetting about the Mother Ship, if you weel. That's where all the real stars were.


(Yes, even Udo Dirkschneider from Accept was collecting paychecks from WCW)

[rippo]

Velocity had the best matches.

But I'd probably choose Heat cause it was around during a better time. Plus in the later years, it had Todd Grisham and his MAAAAAAAAINNNNN EVENT!

[Nickybojelais]

Metal holds more happy memories than the rest of them.

In the UK it used to get shown at 7am on weekdays and watching it would always put me in good mood and before I had to go to School. I wonder if Gangrel and Essa Rios know just how much of a happier childhood they gave me!