So I snuck a peak at the December Jukebox (WWE usually password protects the sites until they launch, but they made a rare exception) - and get ready for All Hunter, All The Time.
It's really disappointing that HHH's match with Austin at NWO '01 is left out. One of my favorite matches.
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
They won't air anything that took place during the WWF Scratch Logo era on the Jukebox.
I imagine it takes too long to scrub the clips clean, so you'll always be missing 4 years of history during any given month. (The Best Of Smackdown! from September, for example, featured only stuff from the last 2.5 years.)
Originally posted by cfgbThey won't air anything that took place during the WWF Scratch Logo era on the Jukebox.
I imagine it takes too long to scrub the clips clean, so you'll always be missing 4 years of history during any given month. (The Best Of Smackdown! from September, for example, featured only stuff from the last 2.5 years.)
Umm...you imagine wrong.
All footage with the older scratch logo present as already been or will be blurred out in the editing/transfer process. Case in point any of the past footage aired on WWE TV, DVD's and on demand 24/7 service. Most recently Wrestlemania recall segments currently airing.
Lance, you're referring to specific clips that they HAVE taken the time to clean up and make TV ready.
The Jukebox selections are often matches/clips that are rare, with some exceptions to that rule.
Since they introduced it, I can name ONE clip that they aired from the Attitude era: Rocky Maivia vs. The Undertaker from December 1997. It was blurred.
August:
They aired "The Best Of August". They did not include any WWF footage from 1998-2001.
September:
They aired "The Best Of Smackdown!". This was the most glaring example since Smackdown's history, as per the Jukebox, apparently began in May 2002, when the WWF scratch logo was changed to the current decapitated version.
October:
The Best Of Undertaker. Nothing from 1998-May 2002. They aired his match with Hogan in May 2002, which featured him winning the belt. Several critical matches were missing from the Attitude era.
November:
The Best Of Shawn Michaels. Not much I can say here since he disappeared at the start of Attitude and came back after it was over.
December:
The Best Of Triple H. There is no doubt it should be LOADED with stuff from 2000-2001, but there's not ONE clip. We're talking matches with Foley, The Rock, TAKA, Jericho, Angle, Benoit, Austin, and others... Instead, his career seemingly stops at the end of 1997 after his feud with Foley, and picks up again in the Katie Vick era. (I thank our lucky stars they ignored his match with Undertaker at KOTR 2002)
You can try to make me out to be an idiot Lance, but what I've just posted is proof enough for me they're not much interested in cleaning up old clips for the Jukebox.
It'll be interesting to see if any of that extra audience sticks around next week because the MAJOR EARTH SHATTERING SHAKEUP really just ended up being moderate tweaking.
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