WWE Network Additions

[Chris]

New Hidden Gem uploaded today is "Sarge's Hunt for Gold" which has Ric Flair vs Sgt. Slaughter and The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering from Pro Wrestling USA in 1985.

 

[Chris]

WWE added some more "My Son/Daughter is a WWE Superstar" and "WWE Formerly Known As" episodes, think these were on YouTube or something before since they're all like a year or so old, but I guess they were just added to the Network.

 

[Chris]

New Table For 3 after Raw last night is kinda weird bc it's not wrestlers this time, but "Superstar Wives" with Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, and Matt Hardy's wives

 

[Chris]

New Hidden Gems this week seem to be Texas based:

"To Tame a Madman" - Fritz Von Erich vs The Sheik in a Texas Death Match from 1977
"Becoming World Class" - Fritz, David, and Kevin Von Erich team with Bruiser Brody in one of the only surviving episodes of Texas Championship Wrestling in 1980
"The Battle with Brody" - The Great Kabuki vs Bruiser Brody in a Texas Death Steel Cage Match from Wrestling Star Wars 1981

 

[Chris]

They added the HBO Andre the Giant documentary from last year to the Network. If you guys haven't seen this yet, I highly recommend it bc it's crazy good.

 

[Chris]

"Holy Grail: The Search for WWE’s Most Infamous Lost Match" was added last night after Raw, pretty good doc on the Tom Magee/Bret Hart match that has became an urban legend at this point, even features an interview with Magee and they show most of the match, found only bc Bret had his secretary fuckin' convert his old VHS tapes to DVDs

Also coming later this week is WWE Chronicle: Ali Saturday Night and WWE 24 - Becky Lynch: The Man Sunday after MITB. Also Hidden Gems on Thursday but they never tell you what they are until they're uploaded.

 

[Chris]

New Hidden Gems today are all Andre the Giant related:

"To Slam a Giant" - Andre the Giant vs Jerry Blackwell in a $5,000 Bodyslam Challenge Match from 1980
"Defying the Odds" - Andre the Giant & Hulk Hogan vs Bobby Heenan, Nick Bockwinkel, Ken Patera, & Bobby Duncum from 1982
"The Battle of the Giants" - Andre the Giant vs Big John Studd from 1984

 

[Chris]

The Ali Chronicle was really cool, talked a lot about him being a Muslim American, and he told a couple stories from when he was a cop that were pretty cool too

 

[Chris]

Becky Lynch's WWE 24 was pretty cool. Also added this morning are 20 more episodes of Thunder from like February to June 2000 including David Arquette's WCW title win Watch-alongs for FastLane and WrestleMania were also added, the MITB one won't be until Friday

 

[Chris]

The Hidden Gem this week is "Wildfire and the Nature Boy" which is a two hour show from Georgia Championship Wrestling from December of 1983 in The Omni in Atlanta featuring Ric Flair vs Tommy Rich for the NWA Championship, Buzz Sawyer vs Ted DiBiase, Bret & Buzz Sawyer vs the Road Warriors for the NWA National Tag Team Championships, Jake Roberts defending the NWA National Television Championship, and a few other matches

 

[Chris]

Hidden gems this week are all old as shit from the 50s

"The Legend of the Sheik" from 1954
"The Bull is Loose" from 1955
"Becoming a Mad Dog from 1957

 

[Chris]

New Superstar Picks were added this morning with Zelina Vega. Way different matches here than some of the others so a nice variety.

Essa Rios vs Funaki from Heat in early 2000, most just showcasing Lita doing what Vega does now for Andrade
Jeff Hardy vs Undertaker in a Ladder match from '02 Raw AKA the MAKE YOURSELF FAMOUS KID match
Rock vs Hurricane from '03 Raw bc she loves an underdog story
Eddie vs Rey from SummerSlam '05 in a ladder match for Dominic's custody
Trish vs Lita, Trish's retirement match in '06
AJ vs Paige in Paige's main roster debut
Aleister Black vs Andrade from Takeover New Orleans, should have been Gargano/Andrade imo but she had to show her husband some love I guess
"Power Couple" where Steph wins the Women's Championship "with a little help" according to the description

 

[Chris]

New Hidden Gems this week are:

"Mr. Rhodes Goes to Minnesota" - Dusty Rhodes vs Larry Zbyszko from 1984
"Snake Charmer" - Jake Robrerts defends the GCW TV Title against Ronnie Garvin from 1984
"Battle of the Horsemen" - Arn Anderson vs Barry Windham from 1987 before Windham was a Horseman

 

[Chris]

Table for 3 with the Riott Squad was pretty good, not on the level of their Ride Along tho

 

[Chris]

WWE also added some Where Are they Now episodes from their YouTube channel (I think) to the Network yesterday morning. The episodes are:

Vladimir Kozlov
Ted DiBiase Jr.
Eve Torres
Jimmy Wang Yang
Torrie Wilson
Santino Marella
Hornswoggle
Nicholas
Brutus The Barber Beefcake