PhilTLL Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Either it wasn't in as bad a shape as we heard or WWE's digital team are wizards. Probably the former. When it comes to VHS there's not really a whole lot upgrading you can do, as opposed to film. True--but, for the quality we've seen from '80s WCCW so far, and pretty much everything else except Georgia, I would imagine it was stored on a professional standard tape like "Type C" rather than VHS. Their Georgia footage looks like home-recorded vintage VHS. In fact, the few bits we've seen actually look just like the most well-known circulating Georgia set in the trading/torrenting scene, as I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornette's racket Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 It seems they added more old school WWF stuff. There are a load of 1986 and 1988 stuff put up last night including two from the LA sports arena in 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 It'd be great if they added another live stream, of just old, pre-Monday Night War stuff going 24/7. Another couple years of dumps like we've seen lately, it could be more than feasible to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornette's racket Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Also 12 minutes into the August 88 LA sports arena show and superstar billy graham is on a brother rampage. If it was a drinking game you'd be twisted. He's called gorilla monsoon as "brother gorilla monsoon brother gorilla" in a few seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Either it wasn't in as bad a shape as we heard or WWE's digital team are wizards. Probably the former. When it comes to VHS there's not really a whole lot upgrading you can do, as opposed to film. Definitely not VHS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Watching the 8-21-82 episode of WCCW. There's a Bundy/Race match that's fairly interesting. I really enjoy watching young Bundy work and Race just beats the shit out of him. EDIT: Fuck yeah, this match rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Are there any other Race/Bundy matches out there? That ending was disappointing and I want more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Is there any footage of the Flair/Von Erich match from the 8/15/82 Star Wars show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornette's racket Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Watching the 8-21-82 episode of WCCW. There's a Bundy/Race match that's fairly interesting. I really enjoy watching young Bundy work and Race just beats the shit out of him. EDIT: Fuck yeah, this match rules. Bundy with hair is very strange when I've always known him bald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Is there any footage of the Flair/Von Erich match from the 8/15/82 Star Wars show? 2/3 falls, over 30:00 long? Second Flair DVD set, 2008 "Definitive Collection". There it's labeled 8/24/82 (TV airdate?), but surprise surprise, there weren't two Flair/Kerry matches drawing 18,000 at Reunion Arena in the span of 9 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Is it worth watching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Oh definitely. But you don't have to take my word for it; finished #3 in the WCCW '80s poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Yeah it's an all-time classic NWA title match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 I'm thinking we're going to benefit from WWE's cost cutting as it seems they are ramping up the classic content being added the more they cut back on original programming. If they want to keep raising the number in their "now has X hours of programming on demand!" brag, classic content dumps are going to be the fastest way to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Getting back to the WCCW ownership thing, I've now heard that they DO own the rights to WCCW from 88-89. Maybe we'll actually get to see the entire run after all (if anything, having the rookie year of Austin and some of Foley's earliest work could possibly interest some curious fans). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Nothing exciting in Hidden Gems 3 unfortunately. Why won't they just give us Randy Savage vs Undertaker? Its obvious they have the match in good quality due to that clip several years ago but just havent released it. Its not on the Unreleased DVD so why tease us if they don't plan to share it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Getting back to the WCCW ownership thing, I've now heard that they DO own the rights to WCCW from 88-89. Maybe we'll actually get to see the entire run after all (if anything, having the rookie year of Austin and some of Foley's earliest work could possibly interest some curious fans). I'm not sure how they wouldn't own 88-89 considering they've already put stuff from 90-91 USWA Texas on there which says they own the Jarrett era stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Getting back to the WCCW ownership thing, I've now heard that they DO own the rights to WCCW from 88-89. Maybe we'll actually get to see the entire run after all (if anything, having the rookie year of Austin and some of Foley's earliest work could possibly interest some curious fans).They do. It's just that nobody knows when/how they got that, the USWA Dallas/USWA Challenge stuff, and the GWF stuff. There was no announcement, nothing singled out in investor reports or SEC filings, etc. It just showed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 Either it wasn't in as bad a shape as we heard or WWE's digital team are wizards. Probably the former. When it comes to VHS there's not really a whole lot upgrading you can do, as opposed to film. Definitely not VHS. What format then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 So Disney announced they are buying BAMTech (they previously had a 33% share) and will be launching their own OTT app for all things Disney and ESPN to the point they announce all their movies will be leaving Netflix by 2019. I wonder if this will have any effect on WWE since the network runs off this platform as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Watching WCCW Star Wars 85, and they were trying so hard to get Mike Von Erich over that he not only beats Jake with the claw out of nowhere, Jake blades so when Mike wins, he's holding up his own bloody hand to the crowd. It's both bonkers and fucking awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTLL Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Definitely not VHS. What format then? The dominant pro videotape standards at the time were 1-inch "Type C" and 2-inch "quad" (quadruplex). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Great match which Michaels totally misunderstood. How do you mean? https://books.google.com/books?id=whe0idKbGXMC&pg=PA136&dq=shawn+michaels+demolition&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwippqOZ0MzVAhVGSiYKHRfpCJsQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=shawn%20michaels%20demolition&f=false The idea that they didn't give for the Rockers in that match is crazy. Heels giving too much (unearned especially) for babyfaces was the biggest problem of the 80s WWF tag team style. Demolition (Ax especially) made their opponents earn it (not unlike how Hansen is lauded for doing the same thing) but if they earned it, they sold and it mattered. Rockers came out of that match looking better than if Eadie worked it 50-50 with them. Moreover, pecking order DOES matter. Through being careful with their selling (including reacting) against the Rockers (or Rogs or Bees), when they have a match like they do at Summerslam 1988 with the Hart Foundation and suddenly put them over way bigger, even begging off from Bret, it makes them, who the Fed was pushing way harder, look like huger stars because there's built up expectations from the fans. It's just a totally backwards view of what matters and an egotistical one of how that match should have work, ironic in that he frames it as the complete opposite. Not every "great match" looks the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southofheavy Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Watching the 11/1/86 Boston Garden show and holy crap, Judy Martin just busted out a powerbomb. That was awesome. Leilani Kai kicks ass, too. Gonna hafta track down more matches of theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyPulis'Cap Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Watched some of the Table for 3's they've recently put up, and if I had to recommend one, then it would be the Nation of Domination reunion with Ron Simmons, Mark Henry and The Godfather. Unlike some of the trios they put together where it feels a bit forced, these guys clearly are great friends and it's a really enjoyable watch. Will try not to spoil it as well, but there's a fantastic moment involving gifts that harks back to a classic RAW moment from 1998 - great follow up gag 19(!) years in the making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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