WWE Network's new search function is f*cking awesome, and if nothing else, it's a f*cking relief. The old one was beyond abysmal.
Credit to WhatCulture.com's Michael Sidgwick for the most glaring example of the previous incarnation of the Network's rank worst feature. A search for "Rock Austin" used to retrieve a contest between The Rockstar Shinsuke Nakamura Vs Austin Aries ahead of one of the most important rivalries in company history.
Contrast that to 2.0's slick search, in which "Darren Titus" will bring up the countless times the Prime Time Players went to war against one another, with matches extracted from pay-per-views and TV shows as well as the events and episodes themselves and high quality pictures from many of the exchanges.
At last a WWE-centric Google, the feature seems at long last to be everything it should have been all along.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
