This week saw the end of the marathon ECW uploads that have been going on since the start of February, and in its place we have what was expected after last week which is the start of the Monday Night RAW uploads. These uploads so far are focusing on the remainder of 2002 which already was substantially filled and has moved into 2003 which had nothing before the start of uploads. This upload will probably finish 2002 and 2003 as the episodes are longer than ECW’s however, considering they gave so much in the last upload it is certainly possible that they move into 2004 which has five episodes already.
Sadly still no sign of the remainder of 2000-2002 of Smackdown though. This could mean that they are finishing off RAW, which hopefully seems unlikely as it would take a few more uploads to catch up completely. However, what makes it seem like a possible idea is that it seems that is their plan with Nitro and Thunder as even though we are in the Thunder era of Nitro uploads we are still yet to get Thunder Although having said that we got both ECW shows at the same time so hopefully we will know more on Monday, which seems to be having uploads again as ECW was finished last Monday.
There was more Network related news this week as the website got a revamp and the final episode of ECW Wrestling of 1999 and of RAW of 2001 were added to the menu as before they had to be searched hopefully that problem is fixed and won’t occur with future uploads.
While these uploads have only just begun the question as always is what’s next? This is a tricky one as technically the last RAW upload was from last year even though it ended in January, in the past we have got a Nitro upload with the last couple of uploads from RAW. However, with Wrestlemania and the Hall of Fame being so Texas themed the possibility is very strong of some Texas themed uploads probably Freebirds era WCCW which has been expected for a long time although we may get some Stan Hansen uploads from any of his various territory runs. As mentioned we are long overdue for some Smackdown uploads as we have had none since the rise of Brock Lesnar upload from 2002 and 2003, which weirdly completed 2003 and left more episodes of 2002 than there are of 2000-2001 combined. An outside possibility due to amount of episodes dedicated to it on the Network is World Championship Wrestling. These would show the early years of Sting and could take us through his Clash of the Champions fight with Ric Flair to just short of him winning the World Title, with so many stories of Sting’s retirement and his induction this would be a welcome addition to the Network.
The question now is where will these Raw uploads end? They go until at least October 2003 so they may reach 2004 or end at 2003 for a quicker upload than usual? These questions will hopefully be answered by next week in the next Upload Update.
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