EVIL~! alkeiper

Figured this might be worth a shot. What are the best matches that WWE has yet to put on a dvd? Obviously it should be footage actually owned by the company, so no Ring of Honor, TNA, or MidSouth. I am listing these in chronological order. 1. Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera Texas Death Match(5/19/80, Madison Square Garden) Wrestling Observer's inaugural Match of the Year. 2. Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Sheik Boot Camp Match(6/16/84, Madison Square Garden) Just a classic, violent, bloody brawl. Odd that this one has not aired while the much bloodier May '84 bout has been featured, and the April '84 bout I believe just made the Legends of Wrestling set. 3. Sheepherders vs. Fantastics (4/19/86, Crockett Cup '86) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnQ1tTayfqk 4. Wargames (7/4/87) The original that launched the concept. 5. Ricky Steamboat/Dustin Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson/Larry Zbyszko (Clash of the Champions, 11/17/91) 6. Wargames (May 1992) 7. Big Van Vader vs. Cactus Jack Texas Death Match (Halloween Havoc 1993) 8. Bret/Owen Hart vs. The Steiner Brothers (1/11/94) 9. Rikishi/Too Cool/The Rock/Cactus Jack vs. Triple H/X-Pac/Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko/Perry Saturn 10. Chris Benoit/Chris Jericho vs. Steve Austin/Triple H (5/21/01) Doubtless I've missed some gems from AWA and Stampede, but this is a reasonable list.

Best one-on-one, one hour match of all time? My vote goes to Bockwinkel/Hennig on that one.

Brooklyn Zoo, I hope you intend on broadcasting your shows via the Dumont Network.

I plan on buying Out of the Park Baseball myself. It's a simulation, but the amount of customization possible is absolutely incredible. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/ As far as the Show from '07 to '08, I assume those massive changes were in the Road to the Show options? I found regular gameplay almost exactly the same. It does not accurately simulate a real baseball season or franchise at ALL. Rookies are given low ratings regardless of what their actual skills are. The game moves and feels like crap. And it's buggy.

A bit of background on this one. For years, WWE ran frequent shows at the Catholic Youth Center in Scranton, PA. Its history dates back at least to 1964, with Bruno Sammartino main eventing shows. Even as the Attitude era flourished in large arenas, WWE would come back to the CYC and run shows in front of 3,800 fans. In the Summer of 1998 however, the catholic leadership saw the product becoming too distasteful, and barred the WWE. So wrestling left the area for two years. I never saw a wrestling show at the CYC, but I did attend a Harlem Globetrobbers game there. The best information I can find is that the CYC is now owned by Lackawanna College. Here's a virtual tour of the facility. http://www.ecampustours.com/VirtualTours/V...83&ItemID=8 July 16, 2000. For the first time, the new First Union Arena at Casey Plaza hosts a WWE event (they had WCW Thunder in January). I had upper deck seats to catch this lineup. Bull Buchanon defeated Al Snow WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Perry Saturn Taka Michinoku & Sho Funaki defeated the Dupps WWF Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian defeated the Acolytes The Undertaker defeated Kurt Angle via count-out Ivory defeated Jackie WWF Hardcore Champion Steve Blackman defeated Gangrel WWF Hardcore Champion Steve Blackman defeated Essa Rios Matt & Jeff Hardy defeated Road Dogg & X-Pac Kane defeated the Big Bossman None of the matches truly stands out. Undertaker/Angle really turned out to be a dress rehearsal for their Fully Loaded PPV match, minus the finish. This was a good show though, nothing was remotely close to bad. Three years later, first level seats at the same venue (now called the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza). Maven & the Hurricane defeated Lance Storm & Chief Morley when Hurricane pinned Morley Christopher Nowinski pinned Tommy Dreamer WWE Women’s Champion Jazz defeated Trish Stratus and Victoria by pinning Trish WWE Raw Tag Team Champion Kane pinned Christian Bubba Ray, D-Von, & Spike Dudley defeated Rico & 3 Minute Warning in a tables match following a 3D on Jamal through a table Sylvian Grenier & Rene Dupree defeated Scott Steiner & Test when Test was pinned as he was distracted by Stacy Keibler and Steiner on the floor Booker T pinned Rodney Mack WWE Raw World Champion Triple H pinned Kevin Nash after ramming the challenger’s head into an unprotected turnbuckle Here things are clearer. The Dudleys' table match was no more than a standard six man tag with a table finish. I was sour on HHH/Nash at the time, but in retrospect I need to admit that they had a fine match. I think arena shows are excellent as a fan. Live television shows can be hit or miss as the company is more concerned with angle development. At the live events, it's simply matches, and every angle is done with the live audience in mind. Coming tomorrow: The Draft Lottery in 2007 and Benoit loses his mind.

Ah. See how much I remember out of this? If it weren't for Graham Cawthon, all I'd remember is Goldust, Shamrock/Christian and the Rock/Austin confrontation.

Fast forwarding to 1999, a friend winning a radio contest netted us tickets to WWE Raw at the Meadowlands, the day after Wrestlemania XV. This event featured a two hour live Raw, along with Shotgun and Super Astros tapings. Some highlights I recall. -The Public Enemy pinned by six other guys in a four team tag match. -El Hijo del Santo! -Goldust winning the Intercontinental title from the Blue Meanie. We got the taping first. The night's Raw featured the usual Russo era storylines. The problem with this type of show is that while everything is designed to engage the live audience, none of it is particularly memorable. The Undertaker kidnaps Stephanie McMahon, leading Vince to order his hooligans to find her. Ken Shamrock gets a confession from Christian. All a little more soap operaish than I prefer. Austin regained his Smoking Skull championship belt at this show. The Rock's popularity was on the rise, and it was clearly evident that he would turn face within a month. Apologies for a short entry, but I'm really at a loss to write anything really interesting here. Coming tomorrow: Live shows in 2000 and 2003.

Kudos to whoever is broadcasting the Mariners/Padres game right now. This guy would be better served dj'ing AM Jazz stations.

Don Zimmer 1978 deserves his own wing. Probably his worst move was leaving Dwight Evans to play in September after he'd been knocked out of a late August game by a Mike Parrott fastball. Evans hit .161 with three extra base hits in September into October. For Yankee fans, how can you forget Buck Showalter leaving David Cone to throw 147 pitches in game five of the ALCS?

And another instance of workers being neutered by the WWE since they weren't about to be allowed to do the violent Sheepherder stuff in Titan-land. Maybe that's one way of looking at it. Of course that gimmick also allowed the team to work a much easier style while making a lot more money on the independent circuit after the fact.

God I missed this game. Right now I've got Bob Uecker announcing the A's/Brewers game on the radio.

Because two very attractive in a way that I can't explain men are two less men competing for available women. Edit: And fuck it, I'm taking out the word filter.

I may not buy a game this year. Last year's game was nothing more than a roster update, and the whole series is a step down from the superior MVP Baseball line EA Sports made before the exclusivity agreement.

2008's award would go to Ned Yost for using his situational lefty to intentionally walk Ryan Howard, and then leaving him in to pitch to Pat Burrell, a righty.

I can't see that being a viable alternative. Right now, stupid as it may sound, the best place for a third team is northern New Jersey. But there is no reason the Oakland A's can't remain in Oakland.

If you don't want running commentary of Spring Training games, don't go into a Spring Training thread.

I love watching live baseball of any kind. I think the hand-wringing of fans regarding their own players is overblown. You can get hurt in ANY game. Why sweat these ones moreso than any other?

ECW Arena, really? I can't think of a good reason not to use the Spectrum.

Also, I assume we'll be able to split up the vast WWWF? Like if one person wants NYC, a different person can take Philadelphia or Boston?

16th pick. I'm putting together a list of my top 16 "top guys," and my top 16 preferred venues. It will be interesting to see how the actual draft shakes out.

In the first post it states venue AND first round pick, correct?

The Roberts dvd was good. I like all seven of those DVD's, honestly.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...009/267699.html List just released. Here's the top 20. Four prospects total for the Phillies on the list (Dominic Brown, Carlos Carrasco, Lou Marson and Jason Donald).

Did I mention bad, unfunny jokes?

Is that the WWE's version of World Class or the unofficial one you want? Given your preference for old school, I'd rank them thus: 1. Ric Flair: Definative Collection 2. Steve Austin 3. Best of SNME 4. Roddy Piper 5. Legion of Doom 6. Best of World Class 7. Jake Roberts I'm partial to dvds with great matches.