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The Doc Says…Wednesday Night War Viewing Habits; WWE Decade-in-Review 2014

A look back at the stories, matches, and wrestlers that shaped WWE in 2014, plus the challenge of habit-change in keeping up with wrestling right now

Published

5 years ago

October 27, 2019

Chad Matthews

A look back at the stories, matches, and wrestlers that shaped WWE in 2014, plus the challenge of habit-change in keeping up with wrestling right now

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This week, The Doc has a lot on his mind, caught as he is between the past and the present. AEW, Impact, New Japan, and NXT all want the attention he once willingly gave solely to WWE. Doc discusses the challenge he is having with offering NXT, in particular, his weekly attention, then turns the clock back to 2014, when WWE arguably had its peak creative year of the decade.

It’s interesting. Impact was a ghost in many of our fandoms for a long time. Familiarity with its WWE Lite status or its near-promotional-death experiences made it an afterthought. However, it has spent the past two years positioning itself to earn back our viewership. NXT, on the other hand, conditioned many of us to pay attention consistently…just not all that often. The Takeover franchise’s success was for many like a shot of adrenaline to our wrestling fandoms, but it never really required us to watch NXT’s weekly show to fully appreciate it. So, Impact presents us with the challenge of making a habit of watching it at all (an easily remedied condition). NXT, meanwhile, is asking many of us to change a well-established habit of changing a five times per year viewing habit to a 52 times per year viewing habit. Hmmm….

After dissecting the above (and adding other, similar challenges to the mix), Doc returns his attention to his WWE Decade-in-Review series, this time talking about 2014. Daniel Bryan’s peak, the rise of Seth Rollins, the perfection of the modern Brock Lesnar routine, and much more will go under the microscope.

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Hockey Talk reviews the action from the first round of the 2024 NHL Playoffs and looks forward to some intriguing matchups looming in the second round.

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2 days ago

April 30, 2024

David Ungar

On this week’s edition of Hockey Talk, the guys take a look at the first round of the 2024 NHL Playoffs. The best teams and highest seeds flexed their muscle during the opening round of the playoffs. Out East, it was Chalk City as the Rangers, Hurricanes, Bruins, and Panthers took firm control of their respective series. The West, on the other hand, was far less certain as most of those series were shaping up to be tough, hard-fought, battles to the very end. Which teams impressed the guys the most and which likely second round series are they most excited about? Tune in and find out!

Today’s hosts: Dave Ungar (@AttitudeAgg) and Patrick O’Dowd (@WrestlngRealist)

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Bandwagon Nerds #233: Superhero Madness- The Sweet 16

Superhero Madness continues with Sweet 16 matchups sure to spark a debate among all nerds. All that plus Deadpool, Wolverine, X-Men ’97 and more!

Published

3 days ago

April 29, 2024

PC Tunney

Superhero Madness gets very serious this week as the tournament to determine the greatest super-hero of all-time reached the Sweet 16. With heavy hitters all around, did any other top seeds fall….or was it all Chalk City? Which heroes are headed to the Elite 8? You are going to have to tune in to find out. All that plus the Nerds check out the trailers for Blink Twice, The Exorcism, and the upcoming Jim Henson documentary. An expanded discussion of the Deadpool & Wolverine official trailer, and how it might tie in to the finale of X-Men ’97, rounds out all of the goodness to be found here on this week’s installment of BWN!

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Join Patrick O’Dowd, David Ungar, PC Tunney and DPP as they keep everyone up on all things nerd, and maybe add some new nerds along the way. It’s the Bandwagon Nerds Podcast!

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