After over 30 years and 1500 episodes, it was announced today that WWE's flagship program, "Raw," (or "Monday Night Raw") is exiting the linear television landscape and becoming a streaming exclusive for Netflix. The streaming juggernaut will become the exclusive new home for "Raw" starting in January 2025 in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Latin America, among other territories. Over time, more regions will be added as part of the deal. Eventually, the other WWE weekly programs like "SmackDown" and "Nxt" will also join the Netflix family once their existing deals with USA Network and The CW expire, as will additional programming like documentaries, original series, and other future projects.
Considering WWE has its own production studio, it would be unsurprising if Netflix became the new exclusive distributor of WWE Studios, although this has yet to be confirmed. But what is potentially the biggest get outside of "Raw" is...
Considering WWE has its own production studio, it would be unsurprising if Netflix became the new exclusive distributor of WWE Studios, although this has yet to be confirmed. But what is potentially the biggest get outside of "Raw" is...
- 1/24/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
WWE.com
Survivor Series is over for another year, and the consensus among fans seems to be that it was a fairly underwhelming show that offered up few surprises and nowhere near enough excitement. What used to be a flagship show for the WWE is feeling increasingly less relevant these days, with tradtional elimination matches being sidelined and at least half the card delivering Raw-quality matches and little else.
Still, even a trainwreck of a PPV is fascinating to watch if only for the perversely hilarious elements: the outrageous signs, the cringe-worthy commentary, and all those lovely, lovely botches. Survivor Series certainly delivered on the weirdness front, from an unexpectedly awesome PPV commercial to one fantastic entrance, some amusingly ham-fisted pop-culture references from Jbl, and Hulk Hogan’s continued status as “The One Who Can’t Be Named” among much more.
There’s only three short weeks between Survivor Series and TLC,...
Survivor Series is over for another year, and the consensus among fans seems to be that it was a fairly underwhelming show that offered up few surprises and nowhere near enough excitement. What used to be a flagship show for the WWE is feeling increasingly less relevant these days, with tradtional elimination matches being sidelined and at least half the card delivering Raw-quality matches and little else.
Still, even a trainwreck of a PPV is fascinating to watch if only for the perversely hilarious elements: the outrageous signs, the cringe-worthy commentary, and all those lovely, lovely botches. Survivor Series certainly delivered on the weirdness front, from an unexpectedly awesome PPV commercial to one fantastic entrance, some amusingly ham-fisted pop-culture references from Jbl, and Hulk Hogan’s continued status as “The One Who Can’t Be Named” among much more.
There’s only three short weeks between Survivor Series and TLC,...
- 11/23/2015
- by Jack Pooley
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
The 1990 Survivor Series event was a unique show that featured a main event match where the winners of the undercard tag team elimination matches teamed up in the main event.
The babyface side consisted of Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana going against the heel team of Ted Dibiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma. You might think that the heels would be favored to win since they had the numbers advantage 5 to 3, but to nobody’s surprise it was Hogan and Warrior that emerged as the winners.
Even though it was a great idea, WWE never went back to the “Ultimate Survivors” in a grand finale match like they did in 1990. It was likely a time issue, because it’s hard to fit in another match on a three hour show, but it would definitely have made future events more exciting.
Today’s...
The 1990 Survivor Series event was a unique show that featured a main event match where the winners of the undercard tag team elimination matches teamed up in the main event.
The babyface side consisted of Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior and Tito Santana going against the heel team of Ted Dibiase, Rick Martel, The Warlord, Hercules and Paul Roma. You might think that the heels would be favored to win since they had the numbers advantage 5 to 3, but to nobody’s surprise it was Hogan and Warrior that emerged as the winners.
Even though it was a great idea, WWE never went back to the “Ultimate Survivors” in a grand finale match like they did in 1990. It was likely a time issue, because it’s hard to fit in another match on a three hour show, but it would definitely have made future events more exciting.
Today’s...
- 11/20/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
Poor Undertaker. Just as WWE is marketing the 25th anniversary of his debut, his soul was eaten. You would think out of respect that they’d pull the Survivor Series ads.
Well, elsewhere in the world of wrestling, Nxt promoted a number one contender’s match weeks out on their show. How is it possible that Raw never does this? Seriously, when is the last time they promoted a match more than one week away (which is in itself incredibly rare)? In related news, Raw drew its lowest non-holiday rating since the move to three hours.
Here is a fun wrestling question: What do you think is Impact Wrestling’s most watched Youtube video they’ve uploaded? Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels? Maybe Hulk Hogan’s debut? Nope! It’s an evening gown match from last year. What can you expect when your initials are Tna?...
Poor Undertaker. Just as WWE is marketing the 25th anniversary of his debut, his soul was eaten. You would think out of respect that they’d pull the Survivor Series ads.
Well, elsewhere in the world of wrestling, Nxt promoted a number one contender’s match weeks out on their show. How is it possible that Raw never does this? Seriously, when is the last time they promoted a match more than one week away (which is in itself incredibly rare)? In related news, Raw drew its lowest non-holiday rating since the move to three hours.
Here is a fun wrestling question: What do you think is Impact Wrestling’s most watched Youtube video they’ve uploaded? Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels? Maybe Hulk Hogan’s debut? Nope! It’s an evening gown match from last year. What can you expect when your initials are Tna?...
- 11/8/2015
- by Andrew Soucek
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
In today’s WWE Universe, the Survivor Series has turned into just another pay-per-view (or “WWE Network special presentation”, however you want to say it), but, back in the day, it was one of the premiere events on the WWE calendar.
An Original Four event, the Survivor Series featured an entire card stacked with teams of four wrestlers taking on another team in an elimination tag match. In its earliest incarnation, the “survivors” of the matches on the card would meet in the main event in an Ultimate Survivor Match to determine the king(s) of the Survivor Series.
However, with the Attitude Era came changes in the product and WWE felt that the late 1990s audiences didn’t have the attention span for Survivor Series matches, which sometimes ran as long as 40 minutes to tell a proper story. This made the event far less important and less...
In today’s WWE Universe, the Survivor Series has turned into just another pay-per-view (or “WWE Network special presentation”, however you want to say it), but, back in the day, it was one of the premiere events on the WWE calendar.
An Original Four event, the Survivor Series featured an entire card stacked with teams of four wrestlers taking on another team in an elimination tag match. In its earliest incarnation, the “survivors” of the matches on the card would meet in the main event in an Ultimate Survivor Match to determine the king(s) of the Survivor Series.
However, with the Attitude Era came changes in the product and WWE felt that the late 1990s audiences didn’t have the attention span for Survivor Series matches, which sometimes ran as long as 40 minutes to tell a proper story. This made the event far less important and less...
- 11/6/2015
- by Mike Shannon
- Obsessed with Film
wwe.com / 2K
WWE 2K16 is less than a month away, and a post on the 2K forums has revealed the confirmed Stone Cold Steve Austin matches in 2K Showcase Austin mode.
There’s some classics in there, no doubt about that. Getting to play through Austin’s epic feud with Bret Hart that culminated at WrestleMania 13, and his unforgettable match with The Rock at WrestleMania 17, it is going to be a nostalgic rollercoaster of excitement.
But there’s also a range of classics that 2K have neglected to include. Some of the omissions are forced on 2K, as not every wrestler from the period is under a WWE contract or were available for the game. Other omissions are blatant oversights, but at least the overall quality of the Austin content looks good.
The matches to be included are-
vs. Pillman – Clash Of The Champions Xxv
vs. Steamboat – Bash At The Beach ’94
vs.
WWE 2K16 is less than a month away, and a post on the 2K forums has revealed the confirmed Stone Cold Steve Austin matches in 2K Showcase Austin mode.
There’s some classics in there, no doubt about that. Getting to play through Austin’s epic feud with Bret Hart that culminated at WrestleMania 13, and his unforgettable match with The Rock at WrestleMania 17, it is going to be a nostalgic rollercoaster of excitement.
But there’s also a range of classics that 2K have neglected to include. Some of the omissions are forced on 2K, as not every wrestler from the period is under a WWE contract or were available for the game. Other omissions are blatant oversights, but at least the overall quality of the Austin content looks good.
The matches to be included are-
vs. Pillman – Clash Of The Champions Xxv
vs. Steamboat – Bash At The Beach ’94
vs.
- 10/3/2015
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
2K
The matches for WWE 2K16’s Showcase Mode are now confirmed. The list was published on the 2K forums, and it reveals that Stone Cold Steve Austin mode is going to be a comprehensive story of his entire career. The matches you’ll be playing are as follows-
vs. Pillman – Clash Of The Champions Xxv
vs. Steamboat – Bash At The Beach ’94
vs. Whipwreck – November To Remember ’95
vs. Vega – WrestleMania Xii or In Your House: Beware Of Dog
vs. Roberts – King Of The Ring ’96
vs. Hart – Survivor Series ’96 (Bret’s attire)
vs. Vader vs. Hart vs. Undertaker – In Your House: Final Four
vs. Hart – WrestleMania 13
vs. Rock – D-Generation X: In Your House
vs. Michaels – WrestleMania Xiv
vs. Undertaker – Rock Bottom ’98
vs. McMahon – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre ’99
vs. Rock – Backlash ’99
vs. Undertaker – Fully Loaded ’99
Royal Rumble 2001
vs. Triple H – No Way Out 2001
vs. Rock – WrestleMania 17
Some of those matches...
The matches for WWE 2K16’s Showcase Mode are now confirmed. The list was published on the 2K forums, and it reveals that Stone Cold Steve Austin mode is going to be a comprehensive story of his entire career. The matches you’ll be playing are as follows-
vs. Pillman – Clash Of The Champions Xxv
vs. Steamboat – Bash At The Beach ’94
vs. Whipwreck – November To Remember ’95
vs. Vega – WrestleMania Xii or In Your House: Beware Of Dog
vs. Roberts – King Of The Ring ’96
vs. Hart – Survivor Series ’96 (Bret’s attire)
vs. Vader vs. Hart vs. Undertaker – In Your House: Final Four
vs. Hart – WrestleMania 13
vs. Rock – D-Generation X: In Your House
vs. Michaels – WrestleMania Xiv
vs. Undertaker – Rock Bottom ’98
vs. McMahon – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre ’99
vs. Rock – Backlash ’99
vs. Undertaker – Fully Loaded ’99
Royal Rumble 2001
vs. Triple H – No Way Out 2001
vs. Rock – WrestleMania 17
Some of those matches...
- 9/29/2015
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
With each passing year, focus grows stronger on the WWE Hall Of Fame. Officially introduced in 1993, mainly to honour the late, great Andre The Giant (who had passed away just months before), the then-wwf proceeded to hold ceremonies on the same weekend as the King Of The Ring in 1994 and 1995. A one-off event just before the 1996 Survivor Series was the last wrestling fans would see of the Hall Of Fame for close to 8 years, before it came back for good the night before WrestleMania Xx in 2004.
Nowadays, the WWE Hall Of Fame is a WrestleMania tradition, and the whole week of festivities the company line up for their biggest show of the calendar year simply wouldn’t feel complete without it. The idea of an internal Hall Of Fame has been bashed by many, including 2004 inductee ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham, but on the whole, people get excited by the...
With each passing year, focus grows stronger on the WWE Hall Of Fame. Officially introduced in 1993, mainly to honour the late, great Andre The Giant (who had passed away just months before), the then-wwf proceeded to hold ceremonies on the same weekend as the King Of The Ring in 1994 and 1995. A one-off event just before the 1996 Survivor Series was the last wrestling fans would see of the Hall Of Fame for close to 8 years, before it came back for good the night before WrestleMania Xx in 2004.
Nowadays, the WWE Hall Of Fame is a WrestleMania tradition, and the whole week of festivities the company line up for their biggest show of the calendar year simply wouldn’t feel complete without it. The idea of an internal Hall Of Fame has been bashed by many, including 2004 inductee ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham, but on the whole, people get excited by the...
- 6/24/2015
- by Jamie Kennedy
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
1998 was a huge year for the WWF. Having trailed WCW in terms of television ratings and pay-per-view buys for some, the company was finally starting to get its act together. Although top star Bret Hart had exited the company at the 1997 Survivor Series on the very worst of terms, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, for a number of reasons.
WWE was able to push their tyrannical owner Vince as the evil Mr. McMahon based off the fact that he had screwed Hart. It was money. In Hart’s absence people like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and Triple H were able to step up and fight for the top spots, too. Hart, who had publicly objected to the increasing sexuality of WWF programming, couldn’t stand in the way of the Attitude Era any longer.
The company laid down the gauntlet in January...
1998 was a huge year for the WWF. Having trailed WCW in terms of television ratings and pay-per-view buys for some, the company was finally starting to get its act together. Although top star Bret Hart had exited the company at the 1997 Survivor Series on the very worst of terms, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, for a number of reasons.
WWE was able to push their tyrannical owner Vince as the evil Mr. McMahon based off the fact that he had screwed Hart. It was money. In Hart’s absence people like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and Triple H were able to step up and fight for the top spots, too. Hart, who had publicly objected to the increasing sexuality of WWF programming, couldn’t stand in the way of the Attitude Era any longer.
The company laid down the gauntlet in January...
- 5/14/2015
- by Lewis Howse
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
The 1989 Royal Rumble was a historic show because it was the first time the Rumble was a pay-per-view show. The previous year’s Rumble was a three hour event on USA Network that was done as a counter to an Nwa PPV on the same night. After the success of that show in 1988, WWE decided to make it an annual PPV event.
With the launch of the Rumble as an annual January PPV event, it meant that WWE would have four standard PPVs every year with the Rumble starting the year off, then WrestleMania in late March or early April, SummerSlam in August and Survivor Series in November. They became known as the “big four” events in the WWE year until King of the Ring started in 1993 and monthly PPVs began in 1995.
The WWE Champion going into the show was Randy Savage, who held the title for nearly ten months at this point.
The 1989 Royal Rumble was a historic show because it was the first time the Rumble was a pay-per-view show. The previous year’s Rumble was a three hour event on USA Network that was done as a counter to an Nwa PPV on the same night. After the success of that show in 1988, WWE decided to make it an annual PPV event.
With the launch of the Rumble as an annual January PPV event, it meant that WWE would have four standard PPVs every year with the Rumble starting the year off, then WrestleMania in late March or early April, SummerSlam in August and Survivor Series in November. They became known as the “big four” events in the WWE year until King of the Ring started in 1993 and monthly PPVs began in 1995.
The WWE Champion going into the show was Randy Savage, who held the title for nearly ten months at this point.
- 1/2/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
Although it’s not the same as it once was, Survivor Series still exists as the 2nd longest running annual event in WWE History. It was created in 1987 to extend the rivalry between Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant from Wrestlemania III. Due to Andre’s eroding skills, and health, teams of 5 were created around the two legends to do battle in an elimination style format. Over the years we’ve seen numerous teams stacked with Hall of Famers, as well as teams filled with 4 versions of Doink.
With a traditional Survivor Series Match between John Cena’s team and The Authority set to headline the November classic later this month, it’s the perfect time to ask who were the best teams to ever grace the event? And will either Cena’s team or The Authority’s team able to grab a spot on this in the future?...
Although it’s not the same as it once was, Survivor Series still exists as the 2nd longest running annual event in WWE History. It was created in 1987 to extend the rivalry between Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant from Wrestlemania III. Due to Andre’s eroding skills, and health, teams of 5 were created around the two legends to do battle in an elimination style format. Over the years we’ve seen numerous teams stacked with Hall of Famers, as well as teams filled with 4 versions of Doink.
With a traditional Survivor Series Match between John Cena’s team and The Authority set to headline the November classic later this month, it’s the perfect time to ask who were the best teams to ever grace the event? And will either Cena’s team or The Authority’s team able to grab a spot on this in the future?...
- 11/9/2014
- by Rich D. Latta II
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
We all appreciate great storylines, gripping in-ring action, and charismatic characters – but these are the classic components of wrestling, features we expect to be constantly present. Occasionally these ingredients aren’t enough. Wrestling fans need something altogether more immediate, more visceral, to satisfy their need for entertainment. Sometimes all a match needs to set the crowd alight is a ridiculous, horrible bump.
Here we’ve chronicled the ten craziest bumps in the history of the WWE. They’ve been chosen for a variety of reasons – some for their unique nature, others for their sheer sense of destruction – but all are guaranteed to set the pulse racing. These spots are the reason for those ‘Don’t Try This At Home’ vignettes we’ve all seen, and for good reason.
10. Bret Hart Starts It All – Survivor Series 1995
WWE.com
Where better to start than at the beginning? Bret Hart’s...
We all appreciate great storylines, gripping in-ring action, and charismatic characters – but these are the classic components of wrestling, features we expect to be constantly present. Occasionally these ingredients aren’t enough. Wrestling fans need something altogether more immediate, more visceral, to satisfy their need for entertainment. Sometimes all a match needs to set the crowd alight is a ridiculous, horrible bump.
Here we’ve chronicled the ten craziest bumps in the history of the WWE. They’ve been chosen for a variety of reasons – some for their unique nature, others for their sheer sense of destruction – but all are guaranteed to set the pulse racing. These spots are the reason for those ‘Don’t Try This At Home’ vignettes we’ve all seen, and for good reason.
10. Bret Hart Starts It All – Survivor Series 1995
WWE.com
Where better to start than at the beginning? Bret Hart’s...
- 9/13/2014
- by Jack G King
- Obsessed with Film
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