The WWE Network Thread

[Recall]

I posted this on NeoGaf, hope it is of help here too...

WWE Network – Must see PPV matches

Having access to pretty much every PPV from WWE, WCW and ECW means we can now load up a VOD and jump straight to some of the very best matches from American wrestling history.

Here are the best matches from each available year, I will update the OP as often as I can and if there is a must see match not listed let me know and i’ll add it. There are so many legendary matches that many people may not have seen depending on how long wrestling has been an interest, so let’s share the wealth of knowledge and let everyone get the most out of their WWE Network experience.

1994
WWF

• The Quebecers vs. Bret & Owen Hart (Royal Rumble, January 22, 1994 - WWE World Tag Team Title Match)
• Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart (WrestleMania X, March 20, 1994)
• Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania X, March 20, 1994 - WWE Intercontinental Title/Ladder Match)
• Owen Hart vs. 123 Kid (King of the Ring, June 16, 1994 - KOTR Tournament Semi-Finals)
• Bret Hart vs. Diesel (King of the Ring, June 16, 1994 - WWE Championship Match)
• Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (SummerSlam, August 29, 1994 - WWE Championship/Cage Match)
• Bob Backlund vs. Bret Hart (Survivor Series, November 23, 1994 - WWE Championship/Submission Match)

WCW

• The Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne (Spring Stampede, April 17, 1994 - WCW Tag Team Title Match/Street Fight)
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (Spring Stampede, April 17, 1994 - WCW World Title Match)
• Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. The Nasty Boys (Slamboree, May 22, 1994 - WCW Tag Team Title Match/Street Fight)
• Johnny B. Badd vs. Lord Steven Regal (Fall Brawl, September 18, 1994 - WCW TV Title Match)
• Big Van Vader vs. Sting vs. The Guardian Angel (Fall Brawl, September 18, 1994)
• Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes & The Nasty Boys vs. Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck & Col. Robert Parker (Fall Brawl, September 18, 1994 - Wargames Match)
• Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (Halloween Havoc, October 23, 1994 - WCW World Title/Cage Match)

1995
WWF

• Diesel vs. Bret Hart (Royal Rumble, January 22, 1995 - WWE Championship Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Jarrett (In Your House, July 23, 1995 - WWE Intercontinental Title Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (SummerSlam, August 27, 1995 - WWE Intercontinental Title/Ladder Match)
• Bret Hart vs. Jean Pierre-LaFitte (In Your House, September 24, 1995)
• Bret Hart vs. Diesel (Survivor Series, November 19, 1995 - WWE Championship Match/No Holds Barred)
• Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith (In Your House, December 17, 1995 - WWE Championship Match)

WCW

• Johnny B. Badd vs. Brian Pillman (Fall Brawl, September 17, 1995)
• Ric Flair vs. Arn Anderson (Fall Brawl, September 17, 1995)
• Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Eddy Guerrero (Starrcade, December 27, 1995)
• Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger vs. Sting (Starrcade, December 27, 1995)

1996
WWF

• Shawn Michaels vs. Owen Hart (In Your House, February 18, 1996)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart (WrestleMania XII, March 31, 1996 - WWE Championship/Ironman Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel (IYH: Good Friends, Better Enemies, April 28, 1996 - WWE Championship Match/No Hold Barred)
• Marc Mero vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (IYH: Beware of Dog, May 26, 1996)
• Savio Vega vs. Steve Austin (IYH: Beware of Dog II, May 28, 1996 - Strap Match)
• Steve Austin vs. Marc Mero (King of the Ring, June 23, 1996 - KOTR Tournament Semi-Finals)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith (King of the Ring, June 23, 1996 - WWE Title Match)
• Vader, Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson & Psycho Sid (IYH: International Incident, July 21, 1996)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Vader (SummerSlam, August 18, 1996 - WWE Championship Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (IYH: Mind Games, September 22, 1996 - WWE Championship Match)
• Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Survivor Series, November 17, 1996)
• Psycho Sid vs. Shawn Michaels (Survivor Series, November 17, 1996 - WWE Championship Match)

WCW

• Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (SuperBrawl 6, February 11, 1996 - WCW World Title/Cage Match)
• Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Great American Bash, June 16, 1996 - WCW Cruiserweight Title Match)
• Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan (Great American Bash, June 16, 1996 - Falls Count Anywhere Match)
• Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Bash At the Beach, July 7, 1996)
• Chris Benoit vs. Dean Malenko (Hog Wild, August 10, 1996)
• Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho (Fall Brawl, September 15, 1996)
• Ultimo Dragon vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (World War III, November 24, 1996)
• Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Jushin Liger (Starrcade, December 29, 1996)

1997
WWF

• Bret Hart vs. The Undertaker vs. Steve Austin vs. Vader (IYH: Final Four, February 16, 1997 - WWE Championship/Final Four Match)
• Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (WrestleMania XIII, March 23, 1997 - Submission Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin (King of the Ring, June 9, 1997)
• Mankind vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley (IYH: Canadian Stampede, July 6, 1997)
• The Great Sasuke vs. TAKA Michinoku (IYH: Canadian Stampede, July 6, 1997)
• Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Jim Neidhart & Brian Pillman vs. Steve Austin, Legion of Doom, Ken Shamrock & Goldust (IYH: Canadian Stampede, July 6, 1997)
• Steve Austin vs. Owen Hart (SummerSlam, August 3, 1997 - WWE Intercontinental Title Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (IYH: Ground Zero, September 7, 1997)
• Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Dude Love (One Night Only, September 27, 1997)
• Bret Hart vs. The Undertaker (One Night Only, September 27, 1997 - WWE Championship Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith (One Night Only, September 27, 1997 - WWE European Title Match)
• Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (IYH: Badd Blood, October 5, 1997 - Hell In A Cell Match)

WCW

• Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero (Uncensored, March 16, 1997 - WCW US Title Match)
• Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho (Fall Brawl, September 14, 1997 - WCW Cruiserweight Title Match)
• Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero (Halloween Havoc, October 26, 1997 - WCW Cruiserweight Title/Mask vs. Title Match)
• Randy Savage vs. Diamond Dallas Page (Halloween Havoc, October 26, 1997)

ECW

• The Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji vs. TAKA Michinoku, Terry Boy & Dick Togo (Barely Legal, April 13, 1997)

1998
WWF

• Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XIV, March 29, 1998 - WWE Championship Match)
• Steve Austin vs. Dude Love (Unforgiven, April 26, 1998 - WWE Championship Match)
• Steve Austin vs. Dude Love (Over the Edge, May 31, 1998 - WWE Championship Match)
• The Undertaker vs. Mankind (King of the Ring, June 28, 1998 - Hell In A Cell Match)
• Triple H vs. The Rock (SummerSlam, August 30, 1998 - WWE Intercontinental Title/Ladder Match)
• The Rock vs. Mankind vs. Ken Shamrock (IYH: Breakdown, September 27, 1998 - Cage Match)

WCW

• Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, Lizmark Jr. & Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Psicosis, La Parka, Silver King & El Dandy (Souled Out, January 24, 1998)
• Chris Benoit vs. Raven (Souled Out, January 24, 1998 - No Holds Barred)
• Diamond Dallas Page vs. Chris Benoit (SuperBrawl 8, February 22, 1998 - WCW US Title Match)
• Diamond Dallas Page vs. Chris Benoit vs. Raven (Uncensored, March 15, 1998 - WCW US Title Match)
• Battle Royal/Dean Malenko vs. Chris Jericho (Slamboree, May 17, 1998 - WCW Cruiserweight Title Match)
• Booker T vs. Chris Benoit (Great American Bash, June 14, 1998)
• Chris Jericho vs. Raven (Halloween Havoc, October 25, 1998 - WCW TV Title Match)
• Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page (Halloween Havoc, October 25, 1998 - WCW World Title Match)
• Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (Starrcade, December 27, 1998 - WCW Cruiserweight Title Match)
• Billy Kidman vs. Eddy Guerrero (Starrcade, December 27, 1998)

ECW

• Jerry Lynn vs. Justin Credible (Heatwave, August 2, 1998)
• Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome (Heatwave, August 2, 1998)

1999
WWF

• Steve Austin vs. The Rock (Wreslemania XV, 1999 – WWE Championship Match)
• Triple H vs. X-Pac (Backlash, April 25, 1999)
• Steve Austin vs. The Rock (Backlash, April 25, 1999 - WWE Championship Match)
• Shane McMahon vs. Test (Summerslam, 1999 – Street Fight)
• Chris Jericho vs. X-Pac (Unforgiven, September 26, 1999)
• The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (No Mercy, October 17, 1999 - Ladder Match)

WCW

• Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg (Spring Stampede, April 11, 1999)
• Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs. Raven & Perry Saturn (Spring Stampede, April 11, 1999)
• Raven & Perry Saturn vs. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman (Slamboree, May 9, 1999 - WCW Tag Team Title Match)

ECW

• Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (Hardcore Heaven, May 16, 1999 - ECW TV Title Match)
• Lance Storm vs. Jerry Lynn (Anarchy Rulz, September 19, 1999)
• Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka vs. Taz (Anarchy Rulz, September 19, 1999 - ECW World Title Match)

2000
WWF

• Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (Royal Rumble, January 23, 2000 - WWE Championship Match/Street Fight)
• Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (No Way Out, February 27, 2000 - WWE Championship/Hell In A Cell Match)
• Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz (WrestleMania XVI, April 2, 2000 - WWE World Tag Team Title/Ladder Match)
• Dean Malenko vs. Scotty 2 Hotty (Backlash, April 30, 2000 - WWE Light Heavyweight Title Match)
• Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho (Backlash, April 30, 2000 - WWE Intercontinental Title Match)
• The Rock vs. Triple H (Backlash, April 30, 2000 - WWE Championship Match)
• Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho (Judgment Day, May 21, 2000 - WWE Intercontinental Title/Submission Match)
• Triple H vs. The Rock (Judgment Day, May 21, 2000 - WWE Championship/Ironman Match)
• Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Fully Loaded, July 23, 2000 - Last Man Standing Match)
• The Rock vs. Chris Benoit (Fully Loaded, July 23, 2000 - WWE Championship Match)
• Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz (SummerSlam, August 27, 2000 - WWE World Tag Team Title/TLC Match)
• Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho (SummerSlam, August 27, 2000 - 2/3 Falls Match)
• Triple H vs. Chris Benoit (No Mercy, October 22, 2000)
• Kurt Angle vs. The Rock (No Mercy, October 22, 2000 - WWE Championship Match)

WCW
None I’m aware of.


2001
WWF

• Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit (Royal Rumble, January 21, 2001 - WWE Intercontinental Title/Ladder Match)
• Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. X-Pac (No Way Out, February 25, 2001 - WWE Intercontinental Title Match)
• Triple H vs. Steve Austin (No Way Out, February 25, 2001 - 2/3 Falls Match: Straight Wrestling/Street Fight/Cage Match)
• The Rock vs. Kurt Angle (No Way Out, February 25, 2001 - WWE Championship Match)
• Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (WrestleMania X-7, April 1, 2001)
• Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz (WrestleMania X-7, April 1, 2001 - WWE World Tag Team Title/TLC Match
• The Undertaker vs. Triple H (WrestleMania X-7, April 1, 2001)
• Steve Austin vs. The Rock (WrestleMania X-7, April 1, 2001 - WWE Championship Match/No Holds Barred)
• Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (Judgment Day, May 20, 2001 - 2/3 Falls: Straight Wrestling/Submission Match/Ladder Match)
• Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon (King of the Ring, June 24, 2001 - Street Fight)
• Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin (SummerSlam, August 19, 2001 - WWE Championship Match)
• Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho (Unforgiven, September 23, 2001 - WWE Hardcore Title Match)
• Chris Jericho vs. The Rock (No Mercy, October 21, 2001 - WCW Championship Match)

WCW

• The Jung Dragons vs. Jamie Knoble & Evan Karagias (Sin, January 14, 2001)
• Elix Skipper & Kid Romeo vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman (Greed, March 18, 2001 - WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Title Tournament Finals)

[supersonic]

How dare you not list Hogan vs. Warrior II.

[Northwoods_Nightmare]

Question for those who have it:

-Can you watch on multiple screens (computers) simultaneously? My buddy and I both want to get it (live on opposite sides of the country), so could we just get one account and split the cost? Or are you only allowed to watch from one screen, or one internet location, at once?

[supersonic]

I believe two locations (different IP addresses) max.

[JTCole]

I'd say Bill Goldberg vs Scott Steiner is the best WCW 2000 PPV match worth seeing.

Also decided to torture myself and watch some more WCW 2000 shows. Ah yes, the infamous Goldberg heel turn. It's like the company hated making money and tried to do everything to fail in the most spectacular way possible.

[DXvsNWO1994]

Just got done watching Bash at the Beach 1996. On the whole, I'd say it was a solid show. The cruiserweights and the real wrestlers stole the show (Mysterio, Psychosis, Malenko, etc...), and the main event was actually a good match even with the No Contest Finish. The Hogan Heel turn still comes off great to this day, obviously.

[Tenryu's Perm]

I'm onto Wrestlewar '90: Wild Thing! Which features a ridiculously lame intro, complete with a WCW inspired rap! Only half way through, as I watch these late at night and usually pass out, but the highlights so far are Midnight Express vs. Rock n Roll Express (did these guys revolutionize tag team wrestling or what?) and the Legion of Doom just brawling with everyone they can get their hands on. One question: Why are Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) jobbers??? They look imposing as hell, and definitely on par with LOD, so why do they continually job to everyone?

[Tenryu's Perm]

Had I just watched Flair/Steamboat from Wrestlewar '89 I would have missed the 2 minute classic TV Title bout between Sting and Sheiky Baby. Also, the post match beatdown after Flair vs. Steamboat is definitely worth watching. Terry Funk is incredible. And Dick Murdoch vs. Bob Orton Jr. is supremely entertaining, in a trainwreck sorta way

They actually built those two crap matches you mentioned, BTW. Though Murdock was out the door shortly thereafter (maybe it was a last gasp to see if they could put him over), and Orton was around for like a total of 3 months. The Shiek got a big to do when he popped up, which was why it shocking he was put down so quickly. He then petered out after an abortive attempt to make him, Ron Simmons, and the Cuban Assassin into a stable on TV. Eventually they worked the turned Simmons into a tag team under a mask as Doom, which did work, so it wasn't all for nothing.

And yes, Funk was gold then.

I am loving Doom so far, but as mentioned in my post above, they seem to already be groomed as jobbers to the stars. Also, I really enjoyed both those crap matches, even if they were crapfests, haha. Actually Sheik vs. Stinger wasn't that bad, as it was just a showcase to put Sting over hard, and it worked!

Funk is always gold. The man has been seriously entertaining for what, like a forty plus year career?

[DXvsNWO1994]

I doubled up on WCW PPV's last night and watched Hog Wild. Still do not understand why it was a completely free show for everyone in attendance. Completely stupid move. The show itself I think describes WCW PPV's in a nutshell: Solid Undercard (for the most part, with a few great matches) and a shitty Main Event.

[JTCole]

I doubled up on WCW PPV's last night and watched Hog Wild. Still do not understand why it was a completely free show for everyone in attendance. Completely stupid move. The show itself I think describes WCW PPV's in a nutshell: Solid Undercard (for the most part, with a few great matches) and a shitty Main Event.

Eric Bischoff.

[DXvsNWO1994]

I doubled up on WCW PPV's last night and watched Hog Wild. Still do not understand why it was a completely free show for everyone in attendance. Completely stupid move. The show itself I think describes WCW PPV's in a nutshell: Solid Undercard (for the most part, with a few great matches) and a shitty Main Event.

Eric Bischoff.

Figured. I know he's a big motorcycle guy, but you'd think they would at least charged something...especially since this was the first PPV after Hogan turned heel.

[JTCole]

I doubled up on WCW PPV's last night and watched Hog Wild. Still do not understand why it was a completely free show for everyone in attendance. Completely stupid move. The show itself I think describes WCW PPV's in a nutshell: Solid Undercard (for the most part, with a few great matches) and a shitty Main Event.

Eric Bischoff.

Figured. I know he's a big motorcycle guy, but you'd think they would at least charged something...especially since this was the first PPV after Hogan turned heel.

Because Eric wasn't using his own money, he was using Ted Turner's. That's why Vince eventually won, his own funds were on the line and if he failed he was out on his ass. Now at the start Bischoff's job was on the line and was driven to succeed because of that but after his initial victories he got complacent and that was his downfall.

[supersonic]

I wish Benoit had done a Benoit on those white trash bigots.

[JTCole]

I wish Benoit had done a Benoit on those white trash bigots.

Weirdly enough they seemingly got less racist over time. At the 1999 event Booker and Stevie got mostly positive reactions, or at least weren't straight up booed.

[DBSommer]

I am loving Doom so far, but as mentioned in my post above, they seem to already be groomed as jobbers to the stars. Also, I really enjoyed both those crap matches, even if they were crapfests, haha. Actually Sheik vs. Stinger wasn't that bad, as it was just a showcase to put Sting over hard, and it worked!

Funk is always gold. The man has been seriously entertaining for what, like a forty plus year career?

Doom under masks and with Woman as their manager: they were competitive jobbers. Once Teddy Long took over and they ditched the masks then they started kicking ass, eventually getting the tag team straps, though annoyingly they were never booked strong against the Horsemen.

As a side note, if you ever watch the Starcarde 90 you'll see a huge out of nowhere pop for the one night only reuniting of Sid and Spivey as the Skyscrapers. It was really weird since they had always been booed as heels and hadn't been around that long to boot (Sid punctured a lung and was replaced by pre Undertaker 'Mean Mark Calloway'.) Sadly, they had already made plans for Sid to be a Horseman and didn't want to change them.

[DBSommer]

I doubled up on WCW PPV's last night and watched Hog Wild. Still do not understand why it was a completely free show for everyone in attendance. Completely stupid move. The show itself I think describes WCW PPV's in a nutshell: Solid Undercard (for the most part, with a few great matches) and a shitty Main Event.

Malenko Benoit is still one of my favorite matches in WCW from that time. Classic between the two given the time it should.

Technical wise Giant vs Hogan was bad, but at the time it was great seeing heel Hogan. And it was still better than him ME against Brutus 'The Butcher' Beefcake like 6 months earlier. Oh god my eyes bled seeing that horrible thing.

[JTCole]

I doubled up on WCW PPV's last night and watched Hog Wild. Still do not understand why it was a completely free show for everyone in attendance. Completely stupid move. The show itself I think describes WCW PPV's in a nutshell: Solid Undercard (for the most part, with a few great matches) and a shitty Main Event.

Malenko Benoit is still one of my favorite matches in WCW from that time. Classic between the two given the time it should.

Technical wise Giant vs Hogan was bad, but at the time it was great seeing heel Hogan. And it was still better than him ME against Brutus 'The Butcher' Beefcake like 6 months earlier. Oh god my eyes bled seeing that horrible thing.

Hogan/Beefcake was Starrcade 1994, more like 20 months earlier. But yeah it was still horrible.

[BigTChamp]

Anyone else missing PPV's on the Xbox 360 app? I don't see WCW or ECW ppv's at all, and some of the WWE ones, Wrestlemania being the most glaring example, will only let you select the most recent year

[ROHfan2002]

Okay, see if you Network subscribers can help me out.

Just a question or two about the WWE Network.

I know you have to make a six month commitment. Does that mean you pay the entire $60 up front, or do you pay the ten bucks a month for six months?

Are there many buffering issues, or does it run smooth?

Thanks for the help.

[BTW10]

Okay, see if you Network subscribers can help me out.

Just a question or two about the WWE Network.

I know you have to make a six month commitment. Does that mean you pay the entire $60 up front, or do you pay the ten bucks a month for six months?

Are there many buffering issues, or does it run smooth?

Thanks for the help.

$10 a month.

Personally, the live streams are always fine but the buffering is hit and miss on VOD.