Official WWE Network Thread

[Frosty]

I went away for a few hours and this thread jumped 15 pages. Have the server issues for people (signing up and watching the media) started to clear up?

[BigBadZ]

I haven't seen WM 1 since I bought the Coliseum Video VHS about 16 years ago but Mean Gene singing is still hilarious

[Blindkarevik]

Feb 24, 2014 16:58:44 GMT -5 MiLB Fan said:

Finally got a PPV from the on-demand library to play. Watching Beach Blast '93 now.

One thing I found amusing while browsing WCW PPVs. Each event has a little picture with the PPV logo. The photo for The Great American Bash is from WWE's version of the show, with a picture of WWE superstars and the logo from when the show was renamed The Bash.

Yeah, I just saw the thumbnail for Survivor Series '87 featured such superstars as Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Sid Vicious, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin..... seems legit

[Hassan bin Sober]

Feb 24, 2014 16:58:44 GMT -5 MiLB Fan said:

Finally got a PPV from the on-demand library to play. Watching Beach Blast '93 now.

One thing I found amusing while browsing WCW PPVs. Each event has a little picture with the PPV logo. The photo for The Great American Bash is from WWE's version of the show, with a picture of WWE superstars and the logo from when the show was renamed The Bash.

About half of the WCW PPVs have the wrong photo with them too.

[An Old Villain]

Do talents/former talents receive royalties for appearing on the network?

EDIT: Not in a new capacity, just the old content.

[andrew8798]

Good to see the site working now

[StuntGranny®]

I just tried watching on my iPhone. Every time I click 'watch here' or whatever in the WWE app, the entire app crashes.

This thing. This thing is something else.

[Deleted]

This is unconfirmed, but apparently they've blocked UK/foreign IPs now.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Feb 24, 2014 17:09:41 GMT -5 An Old Villain said:

Do talents/former talents receive royalties for appearing on the network?

EDIT: Not in a new capacity, just the old content.

That's quite the question. Punk alluded to this (though he was talking about PPV payoffs) at a comic convention prior to walking out. Justin Credible mentioned how he makes a decent amount off royalties from the DVDs and he wonders how the Network will effect him since their deals don't really address the network. The network could lead to fewer DVD/Blu-ray sales as well (these formats are declining anyway). This is a 'new media' in terms of WWE contracts and royalties. This will have to be worked out.

[Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h]

SO it works fine for me on the computer... so far. But when I try to log on through xbox it's tells me "User or PAssword unrecognized"

[doinkmark]

For those who care, the live programming full-screen feature isn't very good. At least on my desktop it isn't. It's just a lot of black and the video with your other options not displayed as opposed to the video fitting your whole screen. I've only watched the live programming so far. I'll have to test this when I'm watching something from the vault on my own time.

Just saw the Playboy Buddy Rose Blowaway Diet commercial! lol. Double lol at Mean Gene singing the US National Anthem.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Feb 24, 2014 17:15:30 GMT -5 doinkmark said:

For those who care, the live programming full-screen feature isn't very good. At least on my desktop it isn't. It's just a lot of black and the video with your other options not displayed as opposed to the video fitting your whole screen. I've only watched the live programming so far. I'll have to test this when I'm watching something from the vault on my own time.

Just saw the Playboy Buddy Rose Blowaway Diet commercial! lol. Double lol at Mean Gene singing the US National Anthem.

Not a problem for me. It could be something with your computer settings. For instance, the original WrestleMania is airing right now on the live stream. When I watch it in full-screen, it fills up the screen. Please note that this event was filmed in what is considered 'Full Screen' or 4:3 aspect ratio. Most newer TVs and laptops come with wider screens now, so there should be black bars on the side. This is normal. They would have to zoom the picture and cut off the top and bottom of the picture in order for it to fill the screen.

[Deleted]

Yeah, my full-screen on Chrome had a massive black bar on the bottom for some of the newer shows but not the older stuff?

[Krazee]

well i'm randomly watching Summerslam 1989 and on Superstars of Wrestling, the blur out the of wrestling part

[Pooh Carlson]

Well, I tried watching the live stream and nothing happened. Then I tried watching the first episode of Raw, and it buffered, then played ten seconds, then buffered again.

So, basically, I just wasted $60. Guess I should've done the one week free trial.

[Krazee]

oh they took out the part where Mean gene said f*** it on summerslam 1989

[andrew8798]

According to MLBAM, the initial demand at 9 a.m. Eastern exceeded anything the company had seen in its history and overloaded the company’s e-commerce processing system. A rep for MLBAM said all issues were resolved by mid-afternoon Eastern time.

[MiLB Fan]

Feb 24, 2014 17:21:02 GMT -5 Krazee said:

well i'm randomly watching Summerslam 1989 and on Superstars of Wrestling, the blur out the of wrestling part

Most likely because Titan Sports abandoned the trademark on "Superstars of Wrestling" in 1987 and Albert Patterson picked it up a few years later.

I have no idea who he is BTW.

[Richard]

Got the live stream of WrestleMania 1 working on the PS3. Doesn't look bad.

[Krazee]

i love seeing the little graphics at the corner during the livestream