>those PPV highlight reels with the rock music in the background that paused before something cool happened
ITT : the little things you miss
Thomas Baker
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Oliver Brown
Aiden Kelly
non-women's wrestling
Dominic Jackson
>the pyrotechnics
Ethan Roberts
Camera flashes really added something special to live events back in the day
Alexander Gutierrez
Stacy Keibler’s ass
Ryan Stewart
Every PPV had their own stage set
Evan Carter
Blood
Dominic Evans
I always wondered how the fuck they did this for mania.
I'm guessing it's obviously edited throughout the night bit still the main event needs to be cut and beat sync with the song used while still trying to feature significant highlights of the match. All of this has to be done in like 3-5minutes.
I used to do Iron Chef editing competitions and even an hour of editing got me just like 30-40 seconds of a finished product.
Ethan Collins
Pyro
cameras shooting on video so when the rafter lights get on screen you see a little nostalgia trail
Women being allowed to be sexy and not have it looked down on
Video recaps of matches that Nitro used to do - Always loved Henan summarizing a match with two or three vid highlights.
Continuity in story lines
Characters that have defined goals and go through a story to achieve them
Blood when needed, like Becky/Nia
Only needing one or two (if it's a big match) finishers to win
James Clark
My dumb ass don't get it. Any video to illustrate what you're talking about??
Owen Edwards
They had a team of people who actually knew what they were doing. It also helps that the product back then was pretty high energy from start to finish so you could just get a chair shot or someone getting fucked with a trash can and slot it in anywhere to fit the song.
Robert Long
I always thought a team would've made it even more difficult since now you essentially had to collab with others for a product that had to be complete in about 3 minutes. The fucking quality of these highlight packages considering how quickly the last match would've had to be cut is just fucking unreal.
Noah Cooper
They probably contract out to the same team that does Super Bowl packages post-game
Jack Murphy
>smackdown fist
Ryan Ross
All of the above plus "not having camera cuts every half second".
Dominic Robinson
The smokey aura left from the pyro
Easton Hall
This. I can't believe those lazy fucks didn't break out the fist pro SD 1000.
>No iconic, fondly-remebered aspect of this particular brand for you, please enjoy Evolution
Evan Evans
All the stuff's been mentioned like pyro, flash photography, sets etc but it's all down to how they made it seem like a proper show and spectacle. Losing those things makes it seem way too sterile and boring.
Adrian Harris
evolution wasnt even on smackdown
Gabriel Williams
Actual titantrons, not just static screens.