Welcome to The Monday Night Wars Club:
Monday January 6th edition.
I would ask people to refrain from commenting on the actual videos on Youtube, just so we can both keep all of the talk in here, and it wont draw attention to the videos being live on their site. Please, also, don't share these about profusely as I think that could draw unwelcome attention. Feel free to share them with friends/forums etc, just don't share them 100 times or anything.
Complete props to those who recorded, and uploaded them for download.
Keep it nice, please don't turn this into an absolute bash at current WWE, nor wrestling in general. ALL comments are welcome, Views and opinions on all-topics associated with these videos aren't just welcomed they're encouraged. As long as you abide by the site rules, obviously.
In terms of spoilers: These are going to be, at most, 16 years old. We all know what happened for the most part. Just really a matter of common sense on whether you think something could spoil someones viewing experience. Things like listing just the match results and stuff might be too spoilerish, but just discussing everything as you see it would be fine. It was my idea but it's our thread, we're all here just to enjoy it, so some spoilers will even amplify enjoyment, just have a little think if you think something may be too much.
Hopefully people enjoy these videos and the discussion. Please feel free to PM me to ask where I got the videos from, or rep me to let me know this is a success.
I will upload the next episode on Thursday I expect.
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Re: MONDAY NIGHT WARS CLUB: Monday January 6th 1997
This should be fun. Thanks for posting both shows and I think it's a great idea to watch both WWF and WCW as it can show everyone the competitiveness of the two rival companies.
Re: MONDAY NIGHT WARS CLUB: Monday January 6th 1997
Thanks for putting this together, it's a great idea. I'll try and get on these later.
Just an idea but if you're afraid of someone turning in your videos, there's a way on youtube to make it so only people with a link to the video can watch it.
Re: MONDAY NIGHT WARS CLUB: Monday January 6th 1997
I've watched Raw, certain spoiler-y bits ahead so you might want to skip this until after you've seen it.....
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I can't tell out of Shawn and Sid who is suppose to be the face and the heel? If Lothario wasn't involved and Sid didn't end the show with such a heel act, I would honestly think Sid was the good guy due to the way Shawn was acting (stripping on the announce desk,) and the crowds reaction to the big man. I seem to remember Sid as being over a LOT as a heel, in early WCW too. Crowds just loved the guy. He had a great look I'll give him that, he was a tank.
Quite a few recaps in this too, not a lot nor over the top, but if I'm honest this makes me want to watch Shotgun Saturday night! Anyone know the story of Terri dropping her top? I would assume she had something covering her like, but I never knew that she did that. Crazy.
What I think I loved a lot about this era, if I remember correctly and this show proves so far, is that certain stars weren't suffering with overkill. I can't remember whether they were injured or not, but people like Stone Cold and Undertaker aren't even on the show, and guys like Stone cold, Undertaker, Bulldog, Triple H etc are talked about but more in a Look what's coming in the future way and I kind of like that. I feel like they do it right with an hours worth of a show, they don't try and feature them all at once.
A lot of dead weight in WWE here, but to be fair I didn't hate the Furnas/Lefon tag match considering who it was against. Crazy to think it was only a few months before Kane was due to begin being worked into the storyline, and here was the guy about to play one of perhaps the greatest gimmicks of all-time as a fake Diesel haha.
I wonder what it was like for King to be out there supporting Shawn and commentating with him when apparently they didnt really get on? It looked like when King first spoke HBK gave him a bit of a look, but that may have just been anything.
MONDAY NIGHT WARS CLUB: Monday January 6th 1997
MONDAY NIGHT WARS CLUB: Monday January 6th 1997
