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[Ry009]

Lasted about 5 minutes into Camp WWE....

Edge and Christian Show was alright, not amazing but it's found it's groove a couple of episodes in. Hopefully they do another batch of them.

 

[Quivorir]

Watched the first three eps of Camp WWE. Has some potential. Had a few seriously hilarious moments, a lot of miss though.

 

[JP Sauce]

I enjoy Camp WWE for what it is. It's chock-full of in-jokes and sometimes it's hilarious.

Also young Cena is downright adorable.

 

[Cleavy]

oh joy, we can binge watch all 9 eps of the new series of Swerved after RAW next week.

 

[Ry009]

Edge and Christian show.....moar pls

Each episode has gotten progressively better, almost more lols than a lot of sitcoms.

 

[Cleavy]

Swerved season 2 ep summary:
Episode 201: "Who Woulda Thought?"
Swerved is back! Miz pranks a security guard, a focus group samples some New Day products, and Paige makes a bloody mess.

Episode 202: "You’ve Been Had All Day!"
Big Show becomes a bronze statue, a crazy fan invades the Performance Center, Becky Lynch & R-Truth set up a security checkpoint.

Episode 203: "Drop It Down!"
Rollins & Orton surprise trash-talking kids, The New Day & Usos cause chaos in a hardware store, & R-Truth is a crazy ex-boyfriend.

Episode 204: "Don’t Have a Face for TV"
Dean Ambrose & Renee Young play Prize Time, Usos pull some twin magic, Lana & Foxy get their makeup done, Stardust invades Axxess.

Episode 205: "Can’t Find Good Help"
Mr. McMahon goes deep undercover, Big E is a bad trainer, a Baby Elephant & Box Man team up to scare fans at Axxess.

Episode 206: "You Said Booty"
Summer Rae takes surprising fan photos, Miz & Dolph have some awful auditions, and Charlotte locks Ric Flair out of the venue.

Episode 207: "Having Hair Looks Stupid"
Kids make crazy signs with AJ Styles & Ryback, Social Outcasts secure a parking lot, and the Dudley Boyz have plumbing problems.

Episode 208: "Dude, Are You Crazy!?"
Mark Henry’s on TV, Dolph & Paige go on dates, Tyler Breeze & Becky Lynch invade an art gallery, Neville & Booker T get interviewed.

Episode 209: "You Just Got Got!"
Swerved Season Two’s greatest hits and biggest misses told by those who were there to see it.

 

[JP Sauce]

* most people, I kind of like Swerved.

 

[Cleavy]

new ep of Breaking Ground airing after NXT Takeover:
"Catch up with the Breaking Ground cast and witness the highs and lows of their quest to WWE during a historic WrestleMania weekend."

 

[gaskin]

Just a single episode or a new season?

 

[Cleavy]

not sure. might just be a single episode?

 

[Cleavy]

the Breaking Ground ep was really good.

 

[JOELY]

the Breaking Ground ep was really good.

Yep and again we see these specials do more to illicit a genuine connection to these wrestlers than hours and hours of bland scripted monday night programming. This sort of thing, the espn special, the seth rollins doco etc. is the manner this company should be presenting these characters on the main show. WWE is sitting on a goldmine with their talent, their production, their brand recognition, but the stubbornness to stick to a tired storytelling philosophy is leaving so much money on the table. Apollo Crews is a guy nobody gives a s**t about on the main roster and rightly so, but the part here with Triple H telling him about his call up was fantastic. You suddenly saw a genuine person you can get behind. Literally 1 minute is all it took, 1 minute and I wanted to see what happens with this guy.

 

[JP Sauce]

Yep and again we see these specials do more to illicit a genuine connection to these wrestlers than hours and hours of bland scripted monday night programming. This sort of thing, the espn special, the seth rollins doco etc. is the manner this company should be presenting these characters on the main show. WWE is sitting on a goldmine with their talent, their production, their brand recognition, but the stubbornness to stick to a tired storytelling philosophy is leaving so much money on the table. Apollo Crews is a guy nobody gives a s**t about on the main roster and rightly so, but the part here with Triple H telling him about his call up was fantastic. You suddenly saw a genuine person you can get behind. Literally 1 minute is all it took, 1 minute and I wanted to see what happens with this guy.

Couldn't agree more. It's absolutely criminal that the WWE doesn't use this sort of feature/footage on Raw and Smackdown, especially for faces.

Seeing Apollo bawling his eyes out when he got the call up makes me want to see him do great things in the WWE.

It's just as simply for established stars too. All the Ryder stuff on Breaking Ground was brilliant. Him shouting during his entrance was 100% genuine emotion. We've also seen it recently with the Rollins special.

 

[Rikston]

Defintely worth the money

 

[Cleavy]

apparently they're in the process of adding the rest of Nitro (99, 2000, 2001). be afraid!

 

[DarkPhoenix]

2004 and 2005 raw was apparently recently added. Haven't verified though

 

[Raveneyes]

2004 and 2005 raw was apparently recently added. Haven't verified though

Yep '04 and '05 are up.

Still need '06 to '11 to complete Raw.

 

[Cleavy]

if you want to watch the 1st Russo Nitro, the date is 18th October 1999.

 

[JOELY]

I was so so excited for that show. Had been watching weekly for a couple of years and things had gotten really stale through 1999. This is was the chance to turn it around. I remember things starting pretty well and it staying pretty hot until around the Mayhem ppv which was pretty good. Then I realised Russo had no idea and basically my hopes were crushed at the peak of teenage wrestling fandom. Never forgave him for that.

 

[Cleavy]

I remember watching it and thinking it was "WWF Lite". Just Russo taking all the concepts and formatting and applying it to WCW, like with the Evening Gown match.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Did his arrival coincidence with the logo and camera style changes?

 

[Cleavy]

I thought the logo was already there? Camera style changes, possibly since the show moved to the "crash tv" format like WWE.

 

[Cleavy]

reminder: Stone Cold podcast with AJ Styles after RAW today.

We'll see if TNA is mentioned.

 

[NitroFan]

reminder: Stone Cold podcast with AJ Styles after RAW today.

We'll see if TNA is mentioned.

He said on his last podcast they definitely will be

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Yep, definitely launching into the TNA stuff at the minute.