Whether it was an AEW issue, a FITE issue, or something else entirely, a good chunk of the opening segment of this week's Collision was utterly unwatchable as a viewer who tuned in on FITE.
That segment saw Adam Copeland head to the ring... as the sound cut in and out, as the picture flickered or outright just went to black, and we briefly heard the Rated-R Superstar say something about the weather.
These issues seemed to have been rectified as Christian Cage came out, but they soon kicked in once again.
AEW can blame TBS, they can blame FITE, they can blame whomever, yet the fact that these issues still happen on such a regular basis is nauseating. Seriously, having such major problems in your opening segment would be enough to have some people simply turn Collision off.
It took nine minutes for these issues to finally be fixed, which is just unacceptable. When we could see and hear the exchanges between Copeland, Cage, Ricky Starks, Big Bill, Bryan Danielson and FTR, what we got was fine - especially the barbs thrown between Copeland and Starks - but the technical problems tarnished this entire segment.
Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics.
As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.
