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I was at that Foley show,and it is worth the wait! He really went all out, and I think it is the perfect type of thing to be on the network. He is an amazing storyteller, plain and simple, and has always made for an amazing host on DVDs. Imagine his own network show?! I’ve been to several of his shows…always a good time, even for non wrestling fans! And he does them often enough to have a new episode every week.
Don’t understand the hate from fans towards Chris Jericho. I prefer his podcast to SCSA’s mainly due to the various up-and-coming wrestlers he has on. And as for the comment that ‘everything has to come back to him’, well he has travelled the world, worked so many different styles so he can relate to many different people and their backgrounds before they came to the WWE.
Totally agreed. Jericho’s podcast is LEAGUES better than JR’s and even better than SCSA’s, at least on a consistent basis. Jericho’s interviews manage to get the best out of his guests, and he’s so relaxed and comfortable the entire time. You want to hear a self-centered, terrible interview? Listen to JR’s two-parter with Sting, where literally 60% of the conversation is JR interrupting Sting to tell long-winded stories that have nothing to do with Steve Borden.
I love JR, but that’s a recurring problem on his ‘cast. Jericho, in my opinion, always makes his interviews about the guest, which is the point.
Could you do a Best of Boston Garden by any chance for a Fantasy Concept? Its been awhile since you’ve done one and this there are many lost classics to choose from.
I personally do not want to see any non-wrestling shows creating, unless it focuses on the superstars and divas off script. I’d like to see them continued the Legends of Wrestling series, that was a great show on 24/7 and could truly gain some viewership for the network. Aside from that, continuing Rivalries is a great call because there’s a good amount of rivalries that they can still cover. Camp WWE sounds incredibly lame. If they’re going to do a TV-MA show, let it be about releasing some wrestling shows that would be rated TV-MA. They can still do way more with their existing content that they have not, and I have no idea why no one has thought to do them. I’ve tweeted some to them, but I doubt the people running the WWE Network accounts even know what I am talking about. Here are the shows I would suggest:
:::SHOWS:::
Best of WCW – 1-hour show that could have at least 30 episodes featuring the greatest matches and segments from WCW. Although it’d probably be more matches than segments. I know all of the PPVs are on the network, but it will be a long time before all the TV shows make it onto the network, and they can easily and quickly put 1-hour episodes together to release weekly, or seasonally.
Best of ECW – same concept as Best of WCW
Superstar Debuts – 30min episodes showcasing the WWE debut of a superstar/diva or 2 (to fit into 30min), maybe have some people talk about the debut, perhaps the superstar/diva themselves if they’re still there or can be attained. For example, Episode 1 could feature the WWE debuts of Randy Orton and John Cena. Both of their debut matches were short enough to fit 1 30min episode and allow them to talk a bit about them.
Behind The Match – They somewhat did this on their YouTube channel, but they did it for random matches. This would be a show where, for example, Michael Cole (since JR isn’t there), would sit with Dolph Ziggler to commentate over his entire TLC match vs. John Cena. Maybe some episodes they have all participants available to talk about the match while it’s going on. This would be similar to how JR sat with The Rock, Mick Foley and Stone Cold for their ’99 SummerSlam match for the DVD release, or RVD and Eddie Guerrero sitting with The Coach for their Raw Ladder Match for the Viva La Raza DVD.
Greatest Hits – Since they want to shrink down 8-9 hour DVD Match Compilations for whatever reason, just create a Greatest Hits show with 3-hour episodes of different superstars’ greatest matches, but then also have specialty type matches like greatest hits of Ladder Matches, Cage Matches, Hell In A Cell, Sunday Night Heat matches, etc. I really don’t think 3 hours is too long since every PPV is at least 3 hours. If they feel people will sit through a 3 hour PPV, they can expect people would be ok with a 3 hour set of good matches from their favorite superstars.
XFL – Just release every XFL game already, why not? Whether the promotion failed or not, I’m sure people would like to see them. If anything else, it could allow the company to create new merchandise for it and see if it can gain some interest again.
Byte This – Bring this show back and release the archive, it was great. It was an Internet based show, that’s exactly what the Network needs. Just like before, have some like Todd Phillips at HQ, call up a few superstars or have them there live if possible, talk about current situations.
:::OTHER:::
Masters of The Mic – Take this small “Quick Hits” segment and give it its own section under the In-Ring section and just have it be promos. Not a show, just clips, just like how Quick Hits is, which Quick Hits sort of is, but they mix in music videos and other types of videos there. I’d like to see a section just purely on promos.
And I don’t know about anyone else, but that PPV section is ridiculously cluttered with the Kickoff/Post PPV shows, and with WrestleMania, all those Today shows, etc. I really think they need to create a section just for that stuff, just like they put the pre-show for Raw and SmackDown in their own sections.
It would be great if they would put some of these ideas to use. There are plenty of ways that could add content. Still hoping they will put on the “Sunday Night Heat” in the In Ring Section and also the short lived “Shotgun Saturday Night”.
There was nothing in the interview to make you presume that Sting is done. If anything, he said he was open to more things to do. Why do people always assume the worst?
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I was at that Foley show,and it is worth the wait! He really went all out, and I think it is the perfect type of thing to be on the network. He is an amazing storyteller, plain and simple, and has always made for an amazing host on DVDs. Imagine his own network show?! I’ve been to several of his shows…always a good time, even for non wrestling fans! And he does them often enough to have a new episode every week.
Don’t understand the hate from fans towards Chris Jericho. I prefer his podcast to SCSA’s mainly due to the various up-and-coming wrestlers he has on. And as for the comment that ‘everything has to come back to him’, well he has travelled the world, worked so many different styles so he can relate to many different people and their backgrounds before they came to the WWE.
Totally agreed. Jericho’s podcast is LEAGUES better than JR’s and even better than SCSA’s, at least on a consistent basis. Jericho’s interviews manage to get the best out of his guests, and he’s so relaxed and comfortable the entire time. You want to hear a self-centered, terrible interview? Listen to JR’s two-parter with Sting, where literally 60% of the conversation is JR interrupting Sting to tell long-winded stories that have nothing to do with Steve Borden.
I love JR, but that’s a recurring problem on his ‘cast. Jericho, in my opinion, always makes his interviews about the guest, which is the point.
Hey Mark,
Could you do a Best of Boston Garden by any chance for a Fantasy Concept? Its been awhile since you’ve done one and this there are many lost classics to choose from.
I personally do not want to see any non-wrestling shows creating, unless it focuses on the superstars and divas off script. I’d like to see them continued the Legends of Wrestling series, that was a great show on 24/7 and could truly gain some viewership for the network. Aside from that, continuing Rivalries is a great call because there’s a good amount of rivalries that they can still cover. Camp WWE sounds incredibly lame. If they’re going to do a TV-MA show, let it be about releasing some wrestling shows that would be rated TV-MA. They can still do way more with their existing content that they have not, and I have no idea why no one has thought to do them. I’ve tweeted some to them, but I doubt the people running the WWE Network accounts even know what I am talking about. Here are the shows I would suggest:
:::SHOWS:::
Best of WCW – 1-hour show that could have at least 30 episodes featuring the greatest matches and segments from WCW. Although it’d probably be more matches than segments. I know all of the PPVs are on the network, but it will be a long time before all the TV shows make it onto the network, and they can easily and quickly put 1-hour episodes together to release weekly, or seasonally.
Best of ECW – same concept as Best of WCW
Superstar Debuts – 30min episodes showcasing the WWE debut of a superstar/diva or 2 (to fit into 30min), maybe have some people talk about the debut, perhaps the superstar/diva themselves if they’re still there or can be attained. For example, Episode 1 could feature the WWE debuts of Randy Orton and John Cena. Both of their debut matches were short enough to fit 1 30min episode and allow them to talk a bit about them.
Behind The Match – They somewhat did this on their YouTube channel, but they did it for random matches. This would be a show where, for example, Michael Cole (since JR isn’t there), would sit with Dolph Ziggler to commentate over his entire TLC match vs. John Cena. Maybe some episodes they have all participants available to talk about the match while it’s going on. This would be similar to how JR sat with The Rock, Mick Foley and Stone Cold for their ’99 SummerSlam match for the DVD release, or RVD and Eddie Guerrero sitting with The Coach for their Raw Ladder Match for the Viva La Raza DVD.
Greatest Hits – Since they want to shrink down 8-9 hour DVD Match Compilations for whatever reason, just create a Greatest Hits show with 3-hour episodes of different superstars’ greatest matches, but then also have specialty type matches like greatest hits of Ladder Matches, Cage Matches, Hell In A Cell, Sunday Night Heat matches, etc. I really don’t think 3 hours is too long since every PPV is at least 3 hours. If they feel people will sit through a 3 hour PPV, they can expect people would be ok with a 3 hour set of good matches from their favorite superstars.
XFL – Just release every XFL game already, why not? Whether the promotion failed or not, I’m sure people would like to see them. If anything else, it could allow the company to create new merchandise for it and see if it can gain some interest again.
Byte This – Bring this show back and release the archive, it was great. It was an Internet based show, that’s exactly what the Network needs. Just like before, have some like Todd Phillips at HQ, call up a few superstars or have them there live if possible, talk about current situations.
:::OTHER:::
Masters of The Mic – Take this small “Quick Hits” segment and give it its own section under the In-Ring section and just have it be promos. Not a show, just clips, just like how Quick Hits is, which Quick Hits sort of is, but they mix in music videos and other types of videos there. I’d like to see a section just purely on promos.
And I don’t know about anyone else, but that PPV section is ridiculously cluttered with the Kickoff/Post PPV shows, and with WrestleMania, all those Today shows, etc. I really think they need to create a section just for that stuff, just like they put the pre-show for Raw and SmackDown in their own sections.
It would be great if they would put some of these ideas to use. There are plenty of ways that could add content. Still hoping they will put on the “Sunday Night Heat” in the In Ring Section and also the short lived “Shotgun Saturday Night”.
There was nothing in the interview to make you presume that Sting is done. If anything, he said he was open to more things to do. Why do people always assume the worst?