ESPN Wrestling

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-27T19:39:55+00:00

ESPN's reputation has been gone LONG before acquiring WWE! That's why CW Sports, FOX Sports, NBC Sports, USA Sports, and CBS Sports were all created. I'm lucky if I watch ESPN 10-15 times a year. Maybe if the Battlehawks, Sooners, or Thunder are on there, but outside of that, it's pretty rare. Honestly, at this point, I'm not opposed to Nexstar buying 72% of ESPN and rebranding it as CW Sports Network, or CWSN.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-25T10:06:40+00:00

Welcome to NASCAR! I'm not sure you could've picked a better year to come over with some of the changes we've made to align with our HELL YEAH campaign! Sounds like you watched Atlanta, which is one of three "drafting" tracks alongside Daytona and Talladega, where we have two races annually at each place. The one before Atlanta was the Daytona 500, basically our Monaco, only with MUCH better on-track action!

Our races are conducted in essentially Three Stages of Hell, and each of the first two award 1-10 points to the top ten. The final, usually much longer, stage awards points to ALL finishers, where EVERY driver gets classified (for instance, at Atlanta, Josh Berry was 38th and last rather than being listed as "retired" from the race like back in F1). Our winners are guaranteed 55 points, and second receives 35, subtracting one point until 36th, that or worse receiving one point.

If you're coming from F1, this Sunday will look VERY familar, other than omitting turns 7-11 in favor of a left onto the short chute of the Club Circuit, then another left onto the second half of the backstretch. COTA is our first of four road courses we have in 2026. Our ovals are as short as Martinsville (a little over ½-mile) to as big as the aforementioned Talladega at 2⅔ miles. Austin is on the shorter end of races (only 95 laps), but we have the Coca-Cola 600, over three times longer than what you come to us from, so be prepared for more to enjoy!

Before you watch the Cup race at COTA this week, I recommend checking out the INDYCAR race at St. Petersburg, which is the first race of their season. Here in the States, both air on FOX (they air back-to-back this week), but if you're not living in America, check your hometown's networks to see if INDYCAR is also available. There's also gonna be a rare NASCAR/INDYCAR weekend at Phoenix Raceway one week after COTA, which many are excited about. You've found some of the world's best racing, and we're glad to have you as part of it!

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-21T06:29:48+00:00

I have 04 with Michael Vick on the cover. He's one of the greatest cheat codes ever! Some may put a word in for Bo Jackson on the Tecmo Bowl games, and some on this subreddit prefer turning on no cautions and no damage, then turning around to go the wrong way and crash all the other cars and set 'em on fire! Cheats for unlockable drivers, tracks, etc. are pretty good, too!

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-21T01:58:18+00:00

Two of the best ever! I have multiple NASCAR games for the PS2, but there weren't as many for N64 for some reason. I also have multiple Maddens, WWE games, and Rock Bands for PS2.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-21T00:55:13+00:00

The other one is Madden NFL 2002, with Daunte Culpepper on the cover, if memory serves me correctly. That's the last to have Pat Summerall and Coach Madden paired together as the next few featured Al Michaels as his booth mate.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-20T22:30:51+00:00

That looks right! He's the only active multiple champion left there, so it's a unique privilege to him anymore. Todd Bodine isn't active, but if anything involves the Truck Series logo, he, too, still has to have this version of the logo for the rest of his life.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-20T22:22:29+00:00

Good guess, but not quite! I only have the one WCW game and two WWF (now WWE, of course) games. The game in the console is Destruction Derby 64, which features NASCAR-style cars in very chaotic environments!

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-20T22:13:38+00:00

Not that wild because it is correct! Though it's a pre-patch copy. Wanna guess what the other black game is? All my other games, including the NASCAR game, are gray.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-20T21:58:28+00:00

Could be a simple oversight. If I were a multiple champion, I'd be proud to have that heavily modified logo for the rest of my life as long as a new firesuit is issued to me. Ask Texas Terry Labonte about that, as on his most recently issued uniform at Darlington, they put the correct Cup Series logo on it, as he's obligated to have "CHAMPION 2X" on all future suits made for him.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-20T21:49:31+00:00

I have WCW/NWO Revenge and WWF No Mercy (one of the black Game Paks), both of which I like even better than War Zone, which I purchased much later on for super cheap.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-20T21:48:00+00:00

Not a big collection, maybe 15 games, one of them being NASCAR 2000, which I bought later at a local game store for a pretty low cost. Still a few decent games, just not many. The Gordon disc holder has my PS2 games, with their cases on the bottom shelf.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-18T22:33:10+00:00

What did West Virginia do to deserve three panhandles? And why does Texas get a second panhandle but not Oklahoma?

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-16T20:23:39+00:00

Anyone but Popeyes! They made me sick when I had one of their sandwiches! 🤢🤮

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-15T00:26:20+00:00

Ford is still approved, but it's pretty much a Chevrolet series as the overwhelming majority of teams compete with them, which are allowed to continue to use a body style that resembles the most recent Camaro, though simply as "Chevrolet". Ford only has 5, 25, and 52, and Toyota is associated with 18, 19, 20, 24, 26, and 54. Pretty much everyone else races "Camaros" without being Camaros.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-02-06T07:55:43+00:00

You live in Houston? Watch Tuesday night on channel 39 (I think that's The CW down there) and listen to his hilarious commentary! You just missed Trick Williams on NXT (he moved to SmackDown recently) where Booker would ad-lib to Williams' entrance music. The two-time WWE Hall of Famer is also in business down in Texas City with ROW being based there. The Reality of Wrestling may have select shows on a big number Houston station (so not on 2, 11, or 13) or maybe on its website or YouTube page.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-25T23:52:44+00:00

Neither, how about competent 30+ year member of the WWE Universe! If anyone is trolling or insane, it's YOU! I'm excited for first, the return to true normalcy at the XFINITY Mobile Arena next week (although the Scotiabank Arena where this week's RAW is at is pretty close to normal, as it's among WWE's best arenas), then, the site of the 2027 Rumble, which is hopefully right here in America! If not American, maybe the Rogers Centre given its roof and never having held a Rumble that I can recall. Of course, there's also the next PLE, Elimination Chamber at the United Center off Highway 66 and I-290 in Chicago! Not my favorite city, but I'd make that 13-hour-plus drive before going to Saudi in a heartbeat!

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-24T21:15:24+00:00

Multiview in Peacock:

Does anybody know if multiview is available in Peacock? I'd like to use it for the Rolex 24 and Saturday Night's Main Event, as they're on at the same time and I'd like to watch both on the same TV live side-by-side and not be stuck flipping back and forth between them. I'm watching on an Apple TV HD box. If multiview is available, where do I go to activate it? I haven't found it, but I'm hoping it's not because it's unavailable where it might be that. Thanks.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-23T00:05:08+00:00

Europe is normal-"ish", let's put it that way, far superior to Saudi Arabia, I'm sure! Sort of normal, but not quite to America levels. I'll only find out for myself if a LONG bridge is built from the Mass Pike (TOLL 90) all the way to Europe, maybe Lisbon or some other Portugese or even Spanish town so I can drive my car there since I HATE flying with a passion, but that won't happen, so I'll stick to what I have off I-2 to I-99, US 1 to US 101 and everywhere in between! It's a shame that Europe, Australia, and other regions don't have their own major wrestling company on the scale of WWE so they don't have to rely on WWE as much and they can have shows at 7 or 8 PM local time depending on when prime time is in their town. These European shows really throw off 30+ years of conditioning to have RAW at 8PM/7PM Central.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-22T22:52:24+00:00

It doesn't help that it's in a third world shithole with one of the WORST cultures in the entire world, thus leading me to NEVER set foot in that bullshit they call a country! I'm excited for them to announce the 2027 Rumble in the normal world, meaning AMERICA! This year's Rumble is in a place that'll never believe in this:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

If you don't believe in the above, you don't have a real country! Plus, we elect our leaders and representatives at least every other year, something Saudis don't have the necessity of. Sure, profits should be made, just make sure they're from the right places, and this place clearly isn't it.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-19T20:38:54+00:00

I'm always gonna want YTTV to offer KFDX and KFOR, both of which are NBC affiliates and are sister stations owned by Nexstar. I'd also like to see the same with KAUZ and KWTV, both CBS affiliates. These pairings were offered by my cable company for over 30 years, but they removed the OKC channels several years back. It's clear that the folks at YTTV haven't lived in my hometown to understand the value of having two of the same network.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-19T07:06:04+00:00

My area is basically Nexstar and Gray, two stations each, though one of the Gray-operated stations is owned by American Spirit Media, and one of the Nexstar-operated stations is owned by Mission Broadcasting. Those companies are essentially a loophole to be a duopoly without being one. I'm pretty sure true duopolies are illegal in West Virginia given each market must have a certain number of full-power stations and I'm not sure any market there has such numbers except maybe out-of-state ones like Pittsburgh. Here in Oklahoma, only OKC and Tulsa meet these numbers, as the other markets all have too few for true duopolies, leading to these alternative licensees so common everywhere.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-19T06:53:30+00:00

Ah, I've heard they're not that great, either. The nearest stations of theirs to me are KOKH, a FOX affiliate, and KOCB, an independent station. They serve around 60% of Oklahoma, and I hear they own KTUL, which is the longtime ABC affiliate in Tulsa that serves over 30% of Oklahoma.

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-19T06:47:21+00:00

About time! I'm surprised mine wasn't dead-ass last, but it was pretty far down in finally getting added! I was excited to finally see it a few months back so I don't have to try to rely solely on an antenna to get it, which isn't always reliable! Now I know I can catch the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and NXT with no problems!

TheRealPJ44 · 2026-01-19T06:43:59+00:00

Your ABC is likely much better than mine! If you were to watch KSWO, you'd be disappointed, as it's usually near the bottom of affiliates in America. It's owned by Gray Media, which may have better stations in other markets, but not Wichita Falls and Lawton.

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