Another reason to watch WWE 24/7
Sorry I'm such a shill for this VOD service, but I can't help it. So far, this channel is nothing but awesome. This week, I watched:
TUESDAY NIGHT TITANS CIRCA JANUARY 1985!!!
Among the highlights:
- A "training video" of Hulk Hogan training showing the ropes to a green Hillbilly Jim (with "Real American" dubbed over the actual music for some reason; must have been "Eye of the Tiger" or something).
- Vertically challenged superstar Sky Low Low making an appearance on Vince's couch. Not only was he interviewed, but they showed clips of him at Mad Dog Vachon's wedding. I'd never seen this before, but honestly, the wedding is funny on so many levels. Jesse Ventura and Freddie Blassie steal Sky Low Low's ring (he was the ringbearer). Then, during the wedding reception (which just had wrestlers dressed in street clothes), Dr. D David Schultz pushed Sky Low Low into the cake. Awesome stuff.
- An interview with The Executioner, who was wearing a mask and normal street clothes (something out of the 1979 Sears catalog, actually). Then, they showed a recent clip of him in action, in which he was wearing a COMPLETELY different mask. Hilarious.
- An interview with former ring announcer Mel Phillips, best known for later allegedly diddling little boys.
- An interview with the newly-turned Captain Lou Albano, who had recently clashed with Rowdy Roddy Piper over allegations the Captain was stealing donation money he was collection for MS. I admit; there's a storyline I'd never seen before.
- We close with Vince putting Lord Alfred Hayes in a barber chair and threatening to cut his hair to set up next week's featured segment, Bobby Heenan giving a hair cutting demonstration (this was right after the Heenan/Patera/Studd cuts Andre The Giant's hair storyline, you see).
Tremendous stuff. I can't wait until next month's lineup, which includes the 10 year "anniversary" of Nitro (even though its been off the year for four of those years) and The Big Event, which took place right here in Toronto back in 1986.
posted by Bulldog @ 4:52 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
ok, solve a dispute between my wife and i. its $10 a month for 24/7 but what are the costs per event?
Versus ordering a PPV? No comparison. They're probably, what, 30 to 40 bucks apiece now, easily. Maybe more, as I usually head out to the movie theater to catch them now (including tonight), and even THAT'S $15 per event.
what i meant is, is there not a cost per show ordered on top of the $10 per month?
when you got tues night titans, was there an additional cost?
Ah.... I see. Yeah, it's $10 flat, and that's for everything, no matter how many times you watch (or don't watch) the individual shows. Sorry for any confusion there....
no worries. except that you have infinitely bolstered my case for getting 24/7. but thats a very good thing.
Cool!
You should also know that they've added two SummerSlams this week, another episode of Primetime Wrestling from 86, and best of all.... the old Coliseum videotape for "Wrestling's Greatest Villians".
I'm in mark-out heaven!
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