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Originally Posted by Ptenisnet

I downloaded Summerslam 99, Backlash 99, and Fully Loaded 99 just to watch Debra's puppies in "HD". I think Debra was probably more over than Jeff Jarrett at the time.

no doubt about it. Jeff Jarrett was never really over in WWE anyway. I think he was put with Debra as a joke/rib because the night he returned to WWF he made reference to being stuck with Debra in WCW and said she is the new definition of dumb blonde or something like that.

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here it is. Jeff Jarrett 'shoots' on Raw.

Jeff Jarrett Shoots On RAW - YouTube

Jeff Jarrett Shoots On RAW - YouTube

[1994]

Originally Posted by Ptenisnet

haha no kidding. At least Batista has that left in him. Here's my top 3 since his return.

He's literally ROTFL.

[Absent Friend]

Originally Posted by Ptenisnet

I had the same problem with these PPVs. The video plays fine without any distortion in both Media Player Classic and VLC but I noticed that only VLC was able to produce screenshots at 1280x720 resolution. There were some seeking issues with the video too but I fixed that with ffmpeg. Phew!

That's why I extracted the video and audio streams from the file and remux them into an MP4, seeking issues. In an ideal situation with ideal amount of time, I'd dig into the PPV library and download every WWE PPV. From a period between April and July 2011, I watched every single PPV WWE did, up until Money in the Bank 2011, watching the 2009-2011 PPVs for the second time as a result. It would take a hell of a lot longer to go through it all over again now with the rest of 2011 and the past 2 full calendar years. That journey is educational, you get to see the evolution of WWE in a short span of time. Off the top of my head, Wrestlemania 10, 14, 22, 23, 24, Money in the Bank 2011, Summerslam 2002, Unforgiven 2006, One Night Stand 2005, In Your House: Canadian Stampede, Royal Rumble 2000, 2001, Summerslam 1998, favorite PPVs of the lot, and there's a common theme there as far as the in ring product in comparison to the 80s through early 90s.

Anyways, do you live in Tennessee and want insurance? Look no further than Kane...

Interesting to see who's drawing in merchandise in WWE.

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

It's being reported that as of right now, WWE's top merchandise sellers at live events are as follows:

1. John Cena

2. Daniel Bryan

3. C.M. Punk

4. Dave Batista

5. Sheamus

6. Hulk Hogan

7. Randy Orton

8. Brock Lesnar

The top merchandise sellers on WWE's website are as follows:

1. John Cena

2. C.M. Punk

3. Daniel Bryan

4. Hulk Hogan

5. The Shield

6. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

7. Brock Lesnar

8. The Undertaker

9. Randy Orton

Two Superstars that used to be top merchandise sellers but currently aren't are Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara. The Sin Cara sales have gone down since Hunico took over the character, but Mysterio had always been a top merchandise seller until recently.

Not so good for Randall, and the numbers aren't revealed, so who knows if 4th place for Dave is surprisingly good, or deceptively bad. Out of boredom I looked up the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards for 2013, basically a Hiroshi Tanahashi/New Japan Pro Wrestling lovefest, as Tanahashi got Wrestler of the Year, Most Charismatic, Most Outstanding, Match of the Year with Okada, Feud of the Year with Okada, Jesus. NJPW got promotion of the year, show of the year, booker of the year. I have the chance to see what all the hubbub is about with this guy, he's advertised for an ROH/NJPW show in May (preferably a match with AJ Styles would make a perfect first impression). On WWE, Reigns got most improved, Randall got most overrated (I disagree), Cesaro got underrated, Rollins and Reigns got tag team of the year, Battleground got worst show, the Paul Bearer angle with Punk and Heyman exploiting his death, worst promotional tactic, Heyman got best promo, Daniel Bryan, best technical wrestler (again), William Regal got best commentator. Cole finally snapped worst commentator streak, as Taz got the honor this time. Which I agree with, that guy's fucking awful.

More impressively, NXT got best weekly TV show of the year (Impact got worst). It should be more impressive with them now having to cater to WWE Network viewers, put on a bit more compelling stuff, maybe stretch the 2 hours if things get so big. They're perfect right now, just saying.

[Love Buzz]

You didn't like Wrestlemania X7 7C? I would over dramatise to try and be funny but either you forgot or don't like it, just wanna know.

[Absent Friend]

Originally Posted by Love Buzz

You didn't like Wrestlemania X7 7C? I would over dramatise to try and be funny but either you forgot or don't like it, just wanna know.

Just yesterday I saw the Wrestlemania Botchamania video that focused on 16 and 17, and it reminded me a bit of what I feel about the latter. It's good, but a bit overrated. Only the second half really earned the whole show praise of the show: namely Shane and Vince, TLC, 'Taker and Hunter (I didn't mind the 10 minute ref bump), and Austin/Rock. As far as the first half, Angle and Benoit stole that portion, but everything else wasn't up to snuff. The hardcore 3 way was fun (Raven's story about the golf cart botch was in the video). Everyone puts over that show, but nobody goes into specifics. There's no way I'd be that general, because Chyna and Ivory was on that card, and it was a squash match. Not the kind that's funny like Chavo and Kane at 24, but compared to 18 seconds, not as frustrating.

Wrestlemania 22 was a better card with a strong undercard, and 17 was only half of that. Mind you I only watch the shows once, maybe my mind will change, but I doubt it. Quickly on WM22.

Big Show and Kane (c) defeated Carlito and Chris Masters - Opening quality, not so special, but good that it opened the show.

Rob Van Dam defeated Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Finlay, Matt Hardy and Bobby Lashley (Money in the Bank) - Great, much shorter than I thought now, looking at the official match time.

John Layfield (with Jillian Hall) defeated Chris Benoit (c) - It's a Benoit match, guaranteed to be good, and it was.

Edge (with Lita) defeated Mick Foley - Classic, duh!

The Boogeyman defeated Booker T and Sharmell - Funny!

Mickie James defeated Trish Stratus (c) - Lesbian undertones and great wrestling, and Trish booed!

The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry - Sucked, but Undertaker's signature moves made it a bit memorable.

Shawn Michaels defeated Mr. McMahon - Entertaining story.

Rey Mysterio defeated Randy Orton and Kurt Angle (c) - Decent wrestling, Rey's botching downplayed his world title win. If you saw just the West Coast Pop on Randall and the successful pin, and Cole's commentary, you just get a little heartwarming feeling.

Torrie Wilson defeated Candice Michelle - WWE's TV-14 variant of softcore porn.

John Cena (c) defeated Triple H by submission - Underrated as far as wrestling. It was part of the John Cena main event specialties where he'd work someone that got cheered over him unanimously, a precursor to One Night Stand 2006, and Money in the Bank 2011. Plus Hunter tapped out, he put Cena over.

Wrestlemania 19 just came to mind, that's another show that's a favorite, and I liked more than 17. 17 had tremendous individual highlights, but as a show overall, I don't prefer it as the best Wrestlemania ever, that in itself is hard to name.

I was devastated when Triple H lost to Cena at 22. not because of Cena hate or anything, just I really liked Tripper at that time.

Wrestlemania 14 is the best Wrestlemania.

Dave Meltzer says Japan is the best there is, best there was and the best there ever will be.

[Rick Sanchez]

WrestleMania XIV was one of the WrestleManias that I was able to go to.

sweet

what other(s) did you go to?

[Rick Sanchez]

In fact, my top 5 WrestleManias of all time are:
WrestleMania XIV (went to it)
WrestleMania IV
WrestleMania XXIV
WrestleMania X (went to it)
WrestleMania X-Seven

The WrestleManias that I went to were X, XIV, and XX. I got to see the Bret/Owen classic, HBK/Ramon ladder match, Macho Man vs Crush (a match I feel always slipped under the radar), Bret Hart win the title, both Undertaker/Kane matches, Austin becoming champion, Eddie/Angle (another match that seems to slip under the radar), Benoit/Michaels/Helmsley.

I've been to a lot of shows overall since 1991