Wrestling DVDs Thread

ShawnRaven

gimmick wrote: »

Remote control hack eh? This DVD players is 5 years old, and I am crap at technology.

I'm from Dublin... and i'm better than you.
Nah seriously, send me a PM with the make and model of your DVD player and i'll see what i can do to dig up a hack, they're usually easy enough to put in.

VR!

gimmick

Nice one, Ill check this out tonight.

ShawnRaven

I think the only problematic ones are Sony's, at least the earlier ones required a piece of software and a laptop with infrared on it to do it, or else a handheld device like a palm pilot and software to region unlock em. Thats why i always got Philips players and recorders. Made region free in 5 seconds

VR!

jeffk

Vive Guerrero! : A Tribue In Memory of Eddie Guerrero

http://bigvisionentertainment.com/store/wrestling/viveguerrero.php

http://www.amazon.com/Vive-Guerrero-Tribute-Memory-Eddie/dp/B000H5V8GI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222439135&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vive-Guerrero-Tribute-Memory-REGION/dp/B000H5V8GI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1222439146&sr=8-2

krudler

rovert wrote: »

Is that WWE not releasing Starrcades has NOTHING to do with Vince's ego or the Invasion or whatever else you are prittling on about. The fact of matter is that a fair amount of customer research gord into WWE releases and these havent rated that high in terms of demand hence why they waited so long to release the Best of Starrcade.



One look at the volume of old matches and angles Superstar Profile DVDs and the line up on 24/7 would render your point here completely useless.

prittling?

rovert

krudler wrote: »

prittling?

I meant prattling, regardless of what word word I meant to write your point holds little weight.

krudler

rovert wrote: »

I meant prattling, regardless of what word word I meant to write your point holds little weight.

Just like your spelling then;)

rovert

krudler wrote: »

Just like your spelling then;)

Not really I made a mistake you were just plain wrong.

michael.etc...

validreasoning! wrote: »

Kanyon was bloody awful to begin with! DDP, much as i liked him then, he really only got over by being good friends with Bischoff in WCW, and Awesome had already been wasted in WCW prior to joining WWE, And there's no way you can blame Vince for "That 70's guy"! And Booker was nowhere near main event level at that stage. They weren't taken seriously as threats because they uh, weren't actually threats.
And rightfully so because most of the WCW guys weren't exactly main eventers in WCW to begin with, Would you have had Angle or Austin job to DDP, Kanyon or Storm back in 2001? And why?
To be fair, Jericho was only in WWE a little over two years at that point, two years less than the time he had spent in WCW, i'd have called Jericho more of a WCW guy at that time
My point exactly, Vince's ego didn't kill the Invasion storyline, lousy storylines being one (Steph running ECW? c'mon!), and a severe lack of star power on the WCW/ECW side were probably two of the biggest contributors of that, throw in the fact that it was far too soon to use it as a storyline. It didn't stand a chance.

VR!

I wrote that response having just woke up from a deep sleep and finding my laptop on my, err, lap. I'm suprised it made any sense at all.
I liked Kanyon, and thought he had alot of potential, although his gimmick was a bit too "cute".
Booker could and should have been presented as a main eventer at that stage coming in,being the WCW Champion in my opinion, along with DDP. I agree with you totally, as to why he was over, but for me, they should have used him better, because he was over. The other guys, no i probably wouldn't have had Angle/AUstin job to them,but i certainly wouldn't have shunned them the way they were.
I totally disagree about Jericho,i think by mid 2001, he was firmly established as a WWE talent of a higher level than his wcw run.

Yeah, i do agree with you as to the overall reasons behind the Invasion storyline failing, But i was just trying to add the point that they made a really half-arsed attempt at it, when they could have at least produced something that wasn't so awful it scared fans off!

ShawnRaven

michael.etc... wrote: »

Booker could and should have been presented as a main eventer at that stage coming in,being the WCW Champion in my opinion, along with DDP. I agree with you totally, as to why he was over, but for me, they should have used him better, because he was over.

Booker's title wins were less than spectacular though when you count them up. His first title was practically handed to him (yet people bitch about the same thing happening to Triple H two years later), Nash and Scott Steiner aren't exactly top caliber champions, and i'll keep stumb on Jarrett. So Booker has always won his titles from weak champions, a fact that Triple H played on his comment on a promo for Wrestlemania XIX when he said "that place was a joke", refering to WCW.

Could Booker and DDP been used better? Absolutely, but they had nothing springboarding either of them to be threats in the major leagues. This brings the whole Invasion angle being a flop mainly due to lack of star power, which i'll go into in a few.

The other guys, no i probably wouldn't have had Angle/AUstin job to them,but i certainly wouldn't have shunned them the way they were.
I totally disagree about Jericho,i think by mid 2001, he was firmly established as a WWE talent of a higher level than his wcw run.

He'd done nothing before the invasion angle, he won the midcarder title a couple of times, but he sure as hell wasn't a case of rising through the ranks fast. In fact, his first title reign from Vengeance 01 to Wrestlemania X8 is still known as one of the worst title reigns known.

Yeah, i do agree with you as to the overall reasons behind the Invasion storyline failing, But i was just trying to add the point that they made a really half-arsed attempt at it, when they could have at least produced something that wasn't so awful it scared fans off!

It was half arsed, and it was half arsed because the talent that they had/could get without having to fork out major bucks to buy out contracts for weren't believable to make the storyline work. By the time King Of The Ring took place that year (when Booker showed up through the crowd, trying to do the Scott Hall debut, and failing miserably), Vince knew it was off to a bad start, but hoped for InVasion to save it the following month. It didn't and Vince just gave up trying.

Probably wouldn't have been half as bad had Vince mercy killed the thing at Summerslam. But that's just my opinion.
VR!

michael.etc...

Didn't the Invasion PPV draw a huge buyrate though? I really do think they failed to capitalise on that. Summerslam definitely came off as a weak effort to shush the whole storyline, without actually admitting it was balls and just giving up.

I just can't agree with you on the Jericho stuff! I thought his title reign was generally pretty good, until after No Way Out, when the build up for Wrestlemania started to "heat" up. Although I do think he was booked a little too weakly even for the role of a lucky, flukey heel.
In my opinion, holding the IC title (which was enjoying a good year throughout 2000) what four times? Semi-main eventing, being placed in important spots at the likes of KOTR and the RUmble, in addition to some great feuds with Benoit, Hunter, and even Angle, was hardly nothing. I felt he established himself well, and they weren't sure at that point whether he was a "good hand", elevating talent at the top, or someone to build around (which ultimatetly he wasn't).

Yeah the title reigns of pretty much everyone through 2000 were dismal in WCW really... the amount of changes was shocking...

ShawnRaven

michael.etc... wrote: »

Didn't the Invasion PPV draw a huge buyrate though? I really do think they failed to capitalise on that. Summerslam definitely came off as a weak effort to shush the whole storyline, without actually admitting it was balls and just giving up.

1.53 or something, thats the impact of seeing WCW guys on WWE programming. Valentines Day Massacre drew a 1.21 in 1999, and that was the day Big Show showed up in WWE.

I just can't agree with you on the Jericho stuff! I thought his title reign was generally pretty good, until after No Way Out, when the build up for Wrestlemania started to "heat" up. Although I do think he was booked a little too weakly even for the role of a lucky, flukey heel.

Vince said it himself that it was one of the weakest title runs. Up until No Way Out was pretty much one PPV, being Rock at Royal Rumble, and Rock was pretty much the only one who put him over clean on PPV.

In my opinion, holding the IC title (which was enjoying a good year throughout 2000) what four times? Semi-main eventing, being placed in important spots at the likes of KOTR and the RUmble, in addition to some great feuds with Benoit, Hunter, and even Angle, was hardly nothing. I felt he established himself well, and they weren't sure at that point whether he was a "good hand", elevating talent at the top, or someone to build around (which ultimatetly he wasn't).

Maybe i just get bored easily, but unless it moves either along, or to something different, then i dismiss it easily. That's probably the old school WWE in me though. That said Jericho did have a lot of bright spots between 99-01, i'm not disputing that, i'm just saying that he was still a former WCW guy, his persona was still the same from WCW, he was just showcased a lot better.

Yeah the title reigns of pretty much everyone through 2000 were dismal in WCW really... the amount of changes was shocking...

Truly horrid stuff. David Arquette for your world champion?
VR!

mrstpatsfc

if anyone has any

-iww dvds
-heaven sent,hell bound (the best of christopher daniels)
-the best of aj styles
-the best of the tna x division

i will be more thasn happy to swap some of my dvds

Machismo Fan

mrstpatsfc wrote: »

-heaven sent,hell bound (the best of christopher daniels)

I wouldn't bother with this, too many clipped matches to make it worthwhile.

rovert

Machismo Fan wrote: »

I wouldn't bother with this, too many clipped matches to make it worthwhile.

That and Daniel's offence is bland and lightweight. Give me Curry Man anyday.

mrstpatsfc

i honestly prefer daniels before he became cury man.not that i dont like curry man,as he is amusing and does boast a godd array of moves

CMpunked

validreasoning! wrote: »

Truly horrid stuff. David Arquette for your world champion?
VR!

Better than kahli as world champion..

callaway92

Comic-Book-Guy wrote: »

Better than kahli as world champion..

No he couldnt be..Arquette totally took whatever credibility the WCW title had left and buried it even further..Khali actually is a wrestler and is a big man who doesnt really take credibility away because he should be beating people because of his size anyway

CMpunked

callaway92 wrote: »

No he couldnt be..Arquette totally took whatever credibility the WCW title had left and buried it even further..Khali actually is a wrestler and is a big man who doesnt really take credibility away because he should be beating people because of his size anyway

Granted, i retract my post, i was tired when i seen it

rovert

mrstpatsfc wrote: »

i honestly prefer daniels before he became cury man.not that i dont like curry man,as he is amusing and does boast a godd array of moves

Chris Daniels as Chris Daniels has no ring presense at all. He bored me to tears.

CMpunked

rovert wrote: »

Chris Daniels as Chris Daniels has no ring presense at all. He bored me to tears.

Anyone ever see him at the iww supershow against vic viper?

Before that i never watched TNA, and after i seen him i didnt want to.

I was shocked when i seen him as curryman, so much charisma!

rovert

Comic-Book-Guy wrote: »

Anyone ever see him at the iww supershow against vic viper?

Before that i never watched TNA, and after i seen him i didnt want to.

I was shocked when i seen him as curryman, so much charisma!

Ive the International Hits DVD and I couldnt make it though the Viper match.

Machismo Fan

rovert wrote: »

Chris Daniels as Chris Daniels has no ring presense at all. He bored me to tears.

Theres no denying that hes had some of the greatest matches in TNA history though.

rovert

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Theres no denying that hes had some of the greatest matches in TNA history though.

Im not going to dispute that but he had a lot of support in those matches and rarely did he make them.

Machismo Fan

True, the two Styles/Joe matches from 2005 were classics. But Daniels has had quality matches with both Joe and Styles in singles aswell. He did flop spectacularly in the heavyweight division though.

rovert

Machismo Fan wrote: »

He did flop spectacularly in the heavyweight division though.

His problem was that he is neither a good heel or babyface in a Sports Entertainment environment. That said I liked him in ROH until he out stayed his welcome.

gimmick

I absolutely love his "farewell" promo from ROH in Good Times:Great Memories.

flahavaj

rovert wrote: »

That and Daniel's offence is bland and lightweight. Give me Curry Man anyday.

Agreed. He wrestles like a ballet dancer.

I remember in ROH his return match was against CM Punk, Punk having storyline-wise put him out of ROH for 18 months. So you'd imagine that on his return Daniels would be mad to beat seven shades of ****e out of Punk. But no, instead he wrestles a boring 1 hour draw full of all that mat wrestling with no purpose that Daniels specialises in. There wasn't an ounce of emotion or feeling in a match that should have had it in spades. Horrible stuff. I blame Daniels too, Punk is great at bringing emoption and a big match feel to the ring when the occasion calls for it.

michael.etc...

^^^

I completely agree with this, and i actually like Christopher Daniels. When the circumstances are right, he can be great, but too often he's just going through the motions in as harmless a fashion as is imaginable.

That hour draw was especially odd, like they felt that Punk should have a one-hour draw as Champion to hark back to his Joe matches, in an epic fashion, when a hot brawl would have made much more sense.

HorseRadish

Was in Tesco this morning and they had the Rock 3 disc for 20 euros,same with Wrestlemania 24,the new Flair 3 disc was 35.