Sam Punk
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Post by Sam Punk on Sept 18, 2015 4:46:15 GMT -5
I thought it would be some social networking site.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Sept 18, 2015 5:24:19 GMT -5
This is about what I expected. I would have thought they would have done old-school TV programs like Raw and Nitro weekly updates, as opposed to uploading blocks at a time.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Sept 19, 2015 15:15:27 GMT -5
I'm fine with the content, I just don't always enjoy the live stream. I kind of wish they would have different channels with different live streams. Like, different channels for different promotions or eras. They should at least have an auto play feature like Netflix and Hulu.
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Post by crazylegs77 on Sept 19, 2015 15:26:43 GMT -5
I thought the content would truly be unedited also I thought the old school section would have a lot more content pre 1980's
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Post by nate1986 on Sept 20, 2015 6:45:09 GMT -5
I thought it was gonna be like it is now except as a cable channel/VOD i am disappointed that they take their sweet time with archival footage but I understand it takes time to digitize the footage and lord knows they got a ton
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Post by highfivessteve on Sept 20, 2015 13:28:34 GMT -5
As a Bell Canada subscriber, I certainly didn't expect to not have access to the online / on-demand part of it. The main channel deal is not that great outside of NXT, the PPVs and the podcasts. Who cares about watching Night Of The Champions 2013 6 times in the same day? Have you tried signing in on-line through the network? I have the network through Cogeco, and when I log in I just enter my cable info and you get full access.
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Marty McFry
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Post by Marty McFry on Sept 21, 2015 13:26:44 GMT -5
It's better than I expected but not as good as I hoped.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Sept 22, 2015 3:09:19 GMT -5
As a Bell Canada subscriber, I certainly didn't expect to not have access to the online / on-demand part of it. The main channel deal is not that great outside of NXT, the PPVs and the podcasts. Who cares about watching Night Of The Champions 2013 6 times in the same day? Have you tried signing in on-line through the network? I have the network through Cogeco, and when I log in I just enter my cable info and you get full access. Bell hasn't gotten around to adding it yet, amazed Telus bothered, but happy they did.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Sept 22, 2015 18:11:20 GMT -5
When I first saw those weird dubstep style commercials in 2011, I thought it would just be a regular channel and wasn't looking forward to it. Once they officially announced it and showed that it would be on demand with a live stream and all that was available, it became my greatest purchase.
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Post by El Hijo del Havoc on Sept 22, 2015 18:26:39 GMT -5
About what I expected, except for the live stream. They don't nearly take advantage of that as they should outside of PPV's. It's like outside of Sunday events, the rest of the schedule is programmed by a robot. It's supposedly Nitro Week, despite only devoting an hour a day this week to Nitro-related content
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Post by brody on Sept 24, 2015 10:19:17 GMT -5
One of the earliest rumors/news/reports was that all the CHVideos would be added early. Not much for good wrestling there but it would be fun to run through.
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Post by bmfjules on Sept 24, 2015 11:48:20 GMT -5
Was hoping for weekly AWA, UWF/Mid-South, Florida, Crockett etc....
Closest thing to that is World Class weeklies. Other than watching the monthly PPVs (for which it is still a bargain) I hardly bother with it.
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Allie Kitsune
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Sept 24, 2015 14:08:17 GMT -5
I'm just waiting for more Nitro...
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Post by wgdj on Sept 28, 2015 5:11:45 GMT -5
One of the earliest rumors/news/reports was that all the CHVideos would be added early. Not much for good wrestling there but it would be fun to run through. That would be super cool. I have many fond memories of renting like 5 of those at a time as a kid. Yeah, the matches mostly sucked, but the videos were just entertaining overall.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2015 8:19:07 GMT -5
When first announced, I thought it would be a regular channel, but the actual content is pretty much the type of stuff I thought that channel would air.
However, this is pretty much what I expected in terms of an online Netflix type thing. I mostly think it's awesome, but little things irk me. For example, as much as WWE talks about the Monday Night Wars I figured all the Raws and Nitros from that era would be some of the first content available, and I was expecting content in general to be uploaded faster. I wasn't expecting literally every piece of footage they own on launch date, but I did figure that within a year or two everything they own would be on there.
Also, the live stream sucks sometimes. I won't even watch a ppv when it is happening live because at some point it will lag and piss me off. I watch it on demand after it's over, or the next morning.
Another thing that would greatly improve it is a match selection screen for each show. Most old wrestling shows I don't really care about watching all the way through again, I just want to rewatch certain matches I like, and fast forwarding without the little screen that that shows you where you are like Netflix is a huge pain in the ass.
The menu screen sucks too, sometimes it's hard to find stuff or watch things in proper order. Why don't they just have all WWE content in one section in chronological order, so that people watching old Raws and ppvs can see them in proper order without having to do research and stuff. And the documentaries and non in ring stuff should all be together instead of like a hundred different categories.
The commercials suck too. I'm paying for this service already. Why am I getting commercials before every other program I watch, and why does NXT have freaking commercials mid-match?
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Johnny Flamingo
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Sept 28, 2015 11:14:08 GMT -5
Is pretty much what I thought it would be. Has more content than I originally expected. Still consider it a huge bargain and well worth my money.
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Post by domrep on Sept 28, 2015 14:12:41 GMT -5
I thought it was going to be a channel set up. Like today is Monday right?
I would do 4-730: RAW from the previous week 730: RAW Preshow 1130: RAW Postshow
Before 4, they could do replays of stuff, maybe a RAW and Nitro from the same time period. Quick Google search shows me Nitro from 9/28/98, so they would show the RAW from that day too. That's what...4 or 5 hours of programming right there and they pretty much have the entire day blocked off.
Tuesdays would be their original programming day with new episodes in the 8-10 block.
Wednesdays, NXT day. NXT from last week, NXT Pre-show, then the NXT show followed by the post-show. Maybe they could run episodes of Thunder since it use to be on Wednesdays.
Thursdays, same situation w/RAW but with Smackdown. Maybe show an old Smackdown episode as well.
Not sure about Fridays, maybe ECW on TNN shows or something, make it a themed day.
Saturdays - WCW Saturday Night, and the occasional SNME show. Maybe have a week in review show as well.
The weekends are tricky. October is coming up right? On Saturdays why not show Halloween Havoc? From like 8-11, and the one where it happened after Nitro debuted, just show the 4 or 5 Nitro shows building up to the event and then show the PPV in the prime time spot.
On Sundays, since HIAC is coming up...this Sunday night could be the best of HIAC matches, then next Sunday they can show HIAC 2009, the following 2010, and so on and so forth.
I like how it is now but there is so much potential in how they can turn it from a Netflix situation and into a must see thing.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 1, 2015 13:38:51 GMT -5
Thought there would be more pornography
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Post by MAD TITAN on Oct 3, 2015 23:35:24 GMT -5
I have this weird OCD where I can't watch Raw or SmackDown without watching the in-between shows like Heat or Superstars. So I'll probably be years down the road if WWE uploads those B-C level shows that I can watch stuff in chronological order.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 3, 2015 23:42:14 GMT -5
As a guy who has the channel on his, just the live stream, but it is it's own channel, it's very disappointing. Seems like they replay the same 4 shows all day long, which is unfortunate since they basically 8 trillion hours of stuff to air.
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