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1998 WCW... started at Crockett ages ago and am now (literally right now) watching Souled Out 98. Not seen much WCW past 97 so I’m finding this stuff pretty interesting. Having always been a WWF guy I just had no time for WCW by the time I was old enough to go out drinking and partaking in other adult activities. I’ve obviously read the horror stories, but excluding the excruciating disaster of Hogan/Sting there is some really good stuff here, I mean if you compare all of it to the current WWE then it’s ALL award worthy stuff... although I’ve not watched WWE for a few years I still read about it (I know, right?) and I just can’t... Getting back on track, this Sould Out Show is ok... not got to Bret/Flair yet (which is what I’m looking forward too) but the Rick Martel revival.... hot dang! I’ve just seen Nash kill the Big Show! I’ve only ever heard about it but damn. Anyhoo, the Model is great. Dusty Rhodes however... that no good turncoat f**k! Still not quite understood why Hall had Rad Radfod in his corner, however. Flair’s now walking that aisle... shame he doesn’t have the 92 WWF intro music because that’s the only Flair music that counts. Speaking of intro music, Bret Hart’s WCW theme is horrifying. Poor Bret, his life is catastrophic post screw job. I believe the only Bret WCW match I’ve seen is the Benoit one done in tribute to Owen. Bret’s really good here plus he has black wrist tape which is, for some reason, noticeable. Ric Flair is Flair before WCW took his soul and he’s great... “Ahhhh god! Ahhh ouch! Ahhhh my leg!” This is a good match, it’s taking me an age to write this because I keep having to stop to watch it... I wish wrestling was even half as good nowadays *sigh*... A clean finish submission win for the Hitman! Fancy that!? Flair really is the greatest of all time laying down for the only wrestler that’s had more sex than him! It was the right move and I’m hella excited for the Nitro follow up... is there is one. Savage/Luger main event. Man, watching all the 97 Nitro’s has really made me a fan of Flexy Lexy. I know it’s proper weird that I’d get behind a guy that comes out every week and wins matches but I’m lying and it’s not weird... people who win make me care. Also WCW Miss Elizabeth is ridiculously attractive. It’s a real shame what happened to this trio... Luger wins with the Torture rack... wrack... back breaker. I’m horrified that I know the nWo split into two groups and mortified that Sting becomes nWo... and I guess it’s 98 that it happens, but I’m gonna stick with it. It’s taken about 4 years for me to get this far and I’m not giving up!

It's because they're fools. I don't accept for one second that Edge is undefeated at Wrestlemania. He lost the MITB match in the exact same way that Shawn Michaels lost to Razor Ramon at Wrestlemania 10. Sure, he's never been pinned, but if they're playing that card, then his two TLC victories and his MITB win don't count, as he didn't actually pin anyone. Thus Edge's so-called "streak" isn't as impressive as the WWE would have you believe.

Just to kind of back-up my earlier point, Play.com are knocking out a Samsung Blu-Ray player for £230.

I know it's a bit dorky to go look at his MySpace, but Smacksown! is so shitty, I just needed to see if there was any info on Matt Hardy's return. The above, gives me hope for the future.

I can't possibly understand how DMC feels different on the 360. It's the same game on both consoles except you use a different joypad - oh, and it's a tenner more expensive on the PS3. Big name games like DMC and GTA cost millions to make, publish and promote and it's simply not cost effective to limit your audience to one console - ecspecially when the PS3 isn't in as many homes as the PS2 was. In house games do kind of contradict what I'm saying, but in house games are in the minority. EA and Activision will publish 3 times as many games than Sony and Microsoft. The obvious exception to the rule are Nintendo - but because they have Mario, Zelda, Pokemon and the amazingly successful Brain Training, there's little risk in producing something offbeat like Nintendogs (which has also paid off) and other interesting titles. Adding to the fact that nobody does Nintendo like Nintendo and the (compared to) cheap cost's in developing for the Wii and DS and that 90% of Nintendo games make a profit, it's easy to see how Nintendo can keep churning out games. Anyhoo, like I've probably posted in this thread a few times, my opinion is still the same. The PS3 lacks quality games that appeal to me. It does of course have some great games, but most of them are on the 360 aswell - a lot of them 3 months before they're on the PS3. In honesty, if I could get hold of one, I'd take it. It is a good piece of kit and knowing that I'd be sent games to review - for free - means I wouldn't have to worry about buying games for it. But as of right now, I have more personally appealng things to spend my money on to even consider spashing out on a PS3.

Yeah, you can download them on the 360 in HD. I only assume they're on Sky Movies HD - but if all three films have been made for HD, it's pretty likely they are. None of them really appeal to me and the fact that I won't have HD for 2 weeks (:D) means I haven't actually checked. EDIT: It is a good point on the Blu-Ray, but now it's been decided that Blu-Ray will be the only format, I'm sure the shelves will be filled with them by Christmas - at affordable prices.

I assume the meeting held to decide on what the Europeon bundles should be, went a little something like this... Sony #1: How about one which comes with 3 films that you can watch on Sky and even download on to the Xbox. Sony #2: Good idea. Sony #1: And for a second bundle Sony #2 (interupting): Woah there fella! A second bundle? Sony #1: Yeah, I believe many Europeon customers aren't quite decided on the whole; Should I get a PS3 or not deal? Sony #2: Well, I guess you're right. Sony #1: Thanks man. Right, how's about a brand new Playstation 3 - with a 40gb HDD and a Gran Turismo 5 demo that will also be availible for download at the fraction of the cost of a proper game - ALL.....for €300! Sony #2: Hot Dog!!!

I think a lot of you have got it wrong. I don't believe this 'exersise' will fail. Wrestlemania will probably do around $40-$45 million, will get loads of publicity and will be an excellent show. Hell, even if it doesn't - I really couldn't give a toss how much they're paying Mayweather. I do know he's a bigger star than Paul London, DH Smith, Snitsky, Big Daddy V, Mark Henry, Great Khali, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Hass, Cody Rhodes, Deuce and Domino and countless others. If WWE do end up needing to recoup $20 million - then for christ sake - fire this lot of losers.

Stupid Randy Orton spoiling my Wrestlemania main event.

Man, Santino is going to go nuts when he sees this.

A Hardy Boys DVD and a Triple H DVD. That's just awesome. Tell me, when can I expect Silvervision to have either/both?

If you'll allow me to plug... http://wonderwallweb.com/article-272-Boogie-Bunnies.html Me? I like lame-ass cartoon film tie-ins. Ratatouille, Meet the Robinsons, Cars, Open Season, Surf's Up etc... Bee Movie is on the shelf, I've yet to play it and completely forgot I had it. Sweet. On a side note, I haven't seen the actual films and doubt I ever will, but I can't get enough of the related games.

Sweet ass. Anyone know if Wrestlemania is a one-off or will all future WWE broadcast's be in HD?

WOW! News that was posted 3 days ago - in this very thread.

According to wwe.com it is indeed on Sky Sports.

John Cena. There, I said it - without spoiler tags! NWO is shaping up nicely, the beginging of Cena/Triple H II will start the second this ppv's final bell rings. Sweet.

Didn't he call him Jeff Harvey? Anyhoo, doesn't matter, he's fired......or should be. I guess you'd have to know who he is, to actually give a damn about who he is.....whatever, he's terrible and done a pointless job at the Rumble. "Am I sleeping, it sure feels that way". That's what I thought I heard him say after MVP/Flair. Rubbish. As for Coach, yeah he's not fairing to well. I think the main trouble is instead of being the excellent executive assistant character, he's Jonathan "Yes Michael, I agree" Coachman. He needs to heel it up, Cole is already a wet blanket, we don't need a wet pillow to compliment it.

I've read/heard somewhere Vince simply thought Savage was too old to be mixing with his 'New Generation' wresters (as they were called at the time) Savage felt he still had a lot to offer, so jumped at the chance to go to WCW.

How many people does that Florida arena hold? 50'000? 60'000?.... .......and people think the Main Event is going to be anything other than John Cena vs Triple H? C'mon, it's the biggest match that could happen in wrestling right now, Wrestlemania is the biggest event that's going to happen in wrestling - I wouldn't be at all surprised if John Cena won the WWE title on RAW. Beat's Orton again at No Way Out, with Triple H winning the Elimination Chamber. And I'll call it right now, Triple H vs John Cena II will be the best Wrestlemania match ever. I'd personally want Triple H to win, and he will.....at which point I shall post "In. Your. Faces!" Anyhoo, awesome Rumble match, the end was unbelievable. The undercard was a bit shonky, Jercho/JBL was a duffer, as was Edge vs Rey - excluding the end, which was nicely done - even though I've skipped the entire Edge/Vicki guff thus far, via fast forward. Orton vs Hardy was a big let down. The finish was great, but the match didn't live up to the hype that they generated over the past few weeks. I think it's safe to say MVP can't wait for Matt Hardy to come back. He looked so pissed at Flair for just f**king everything up. MVP is good, but you need to be 'great' to get a good match out of Flair. I now place my Triple H trump card on the table..... Final thoughts........Triple H vs John Cena and MVP vs Matt Hardy. It's going to be the best Wrestlemania EVER.

Big Josh had an axe, he really wasn't that big, mind.

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Man, that's dedication. Hell, if they were wrestling on the green in front of my house - I'd close the curtains.

I thought the Wrestling Channel was taken over by Canada's Fight Network and is now funnily enough called; Fight Network.

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Anyone know when it's going HD in the UK? I think I'll upgrade my Sky+ when it does.