That WrestleMania 17 intro makes no Goddamned sense

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Why the clown? Those TV's weren't set up for PPV

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

[thecrusherwi]

Yeah it was weird. All those people watching WrestleMania's of the past portable TVs in remote places. You're telling me that street food vendor was watching WrestleMania IX live on a portable TV with a bunny ears antenna in Japan!?

[A Platypus Rave]

how much money did that TV repair place waste by broadcasting Wrestlemania on multiple TV's facing the windows?

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Apr 11, 2022 15:17:52 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

how much money did that TV repair place waste by broadcasting Wrestlemania on multiple TV's facing the windows?

Before or after the lawsuit? Public display of the PPV is very illegal without a distribution license. Vince would’ve had an open and shut case over that one

[lildude8218]

It makes complete perfect sense. Someday you'll see it my way.

[GuyOfOwnage]

Apr 11, 2022 15:13:20 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Yeah it was weird. All those people watching WrestleMania's of the past portable TVs in remote places. You're telling me that street food vendor was watching WrestleMania IX live on a portable TV with a bunny ears antenna in Japan!?

I mean, his fellow countryman was challenging for the WWF title.

[agent817]

Now that I think about it, was this the first time when the WWF went all out with their intros? I remember from the early-2000s onward, they started building up Wrestlemania as this big deal. All I could remember from the one from the previous years were video packages of how Wrestlemania started and then going over the main event program.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Right, when they called WrestleMania “a celebration of life”. And you thought simply calling it stupendous was pretentious.

[thecrusherwi]

Apr 12, 2022 0:36:15 GMT -5 agent817 said:

Now that I think about it, was this the first time when the WWF went all out with their intros? I remember from the early-2000s onward, they started building up Wrestlemania as this big deal. All I could remember from the one from the previous years were video packages of how Wrestlemania started and then going over the main event program.

The first one I remember with an actual video package was WrestleMania 12 but it was all about the Iron Man Match.

WrestleMania XIV had a pretty epic intro. It juxtaposed the Attitude Era with the tradition of wrestling. And it was the first time they had acknowledged Hulk Hogan in a positive light in years. "These men who shun tradition are destined to become part of it." I remember even in the moment thinking that this was setting the stage for a magic night.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTZsL5fTtRw

[DSR]

Apr 12, 2022 8:14:26 GMT -5 thecrusherwi said:

Apr 12, 2022 0:36:15 GMT -5 agent817 said:

Now that I think about it, was this the first time when the WWF went all out with their intros? I remember from the early-2000s onward, they started building up Wrestlemania as this big deal. All I could remember from the one from the previous years were video packages of how Wrestlemania started and then going over the main event program.

The first one I remember with an actual video package was WrestleMania 12 but it was all about the Iron Man Match.

WrestleMania XIV had a pretty epic intro. It juxtaposed the Attitude Era with the tradition of wrestling. And it was the first time they had acknowledged Hulk Hogan in a positive light in years. "These men who shun tradition are destined to become part of it." I remember even in the moment thinking that this was setting the stage for a magic night.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTZsL5fTtRw

I love that XIV intro.