The Coliseum Video Thread

[alfdogg]

Did some searching and didn't see a thread to discuss them, so here it is.

I'll start off with these:

[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZQAm3lA6kc[/flash]

[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzAWMfTIOBs[/flash]

[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZo-29ba-fI[/flash]

 

[SteakGrowsOnDmitri]

First post needed this:

Coliseum Home Video introduction

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

The Berzerker - How to Throw A Party
Repo Man at work
Tax Tips with Irwin R. Schyster
Some of my fondest memories of my childhood revolve around my weekly trips to the now long deceased Home Vision Video where Mom would let me rent a rasslin tape. After I ran through all of the wrestling tapes, I ended up renting that stupid tape where WWF stars circa '94/'95 give us all tips on how to beat Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis games for an hour.

 

[MillenniumMan831]

My place to go every week was a short walk down the street to Mom's Mega Video. It was always a treat to get to rent a wrestling tape from another video store since the inventory would be so different.

Big Bossman vs Bobby Heenan - Mega Matches

 

[TheSSNintendo]

For me, it was either Hit List or Pharmhouse.. Both which are gone.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Oh man! I know! The Home Vision Video near my camp in the hellhole known as Jay, Maine had a shitload of real, old school Coliseum Tapes from like '84-'86 and I nearly had a heart attack when I saw all of them clamshells. And this was in like 2002, 2003, which made it more surprising. For some reason, Pops Kamala wouldn't let us rent a tape that day because he was in a hurry or something and just wanted to stick with Leprechaun in the Hood or whatever then recent cheesy direct to video horror movie he was renting. But it was OK because I was sure we'd back there soon and I could watch Bloopers, Bleeps, and Bodyslams and Wrestling's Country Boys but the next time I was there, the wrestling section was whittled down to a handful of Attitude era PPVs amongst the Denise Austin exercise tapes and Dan Severn/Tank Abbott era UFC shows.

 

[AA484]

Bret Hart vs Bam Bam Bigelow (4/24/93) (Part 1 of 2)

Bret Hart vs Bam Bam Bigelow (4/24/93) (Part 2 of 2)

Bret Hart vs Yokozuna (Steel Cage Match) (Part 1 of 2)

Bret Hart vs Yokozuna (Steel Cage Match) (Part 2 of 2)

 

[AA484]

Macho Man Randy Savage vs Shawn Michaels for the WWF Title in Germany 1992

Macho Man Randy Savage vs Shawn Michaels for the WWF Title in Germany 1992 Part 2

Shawn Michaels Vs. Bret Hart 6/2/92

Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels Ladder Match Part 1 1992 WWE

Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels Ladder Match Part 2 1992 WWE

 

[AA484]

What was cool about Coliseum Video was that you got to see a bunch of crazy match ups that you wouldn't have seen anywhere else. While something like Flair/Undertaker isn't too crazy, it was kind of unique in that they really didn't work together in any programs or feuds so something like this was always a treat.

Undertaker vs Ric Flair 1992

 

[MillenniumMan831]

I nearly had a heart attack when I saw Yokozuna vs Earthquake listed on Invasion of the Bodyslammers (One of the most fun CVs ever produced, IMHO).

 

[DMann1979]

For me it was Video Towne, before they were overtaken by Blockbuster, and later First Choice Video and Video News. One time when I was 17 I discovered a West Coast Video in Moraine that had a ton of WWF Coliseum and WCW videos I had never seen before. Sadly they went out of business before I could barter with the Manager and buy off the tapes.

 

[AA484]

Flick Video was a small chain in the Hickory (western Piedmont) area of NC. They specialized in two areas: wrestling videos and horror movies. We loaded up on those every trip and even snuck a Penthouse or a Playboy vid into the pile every so often. I remember they had Canadian Stampede and Wrestlewar '92 and a shit ton of Colisseum videos. I remember when I first got my license I drove up there because they were in the process of converting to DVD and I missed the big sale on their video cassettes by like one week.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Samu vs. Mr. Perfect (UK Rampage 4/11/93)
*bump*

One of my favorite aspects of Coliseum Videos is the random competitive matches between upper mid-card to main event level wrestlers and random tag team matches. Rocker Shawn Michaels Vs Ric Flair (or Rocker Shawn Michaels Vs Ted DiBiase) were better but this was pretty nifty. Usually it made for a good matchup for some reason. Except The Warrior Vs Brian Knobbs match that I guess the world has collectively agreed to forget so maybe I should just smash that shitty one hour long Warrior tape that has it to go along with that order.

Koko B Ware vs Tito Santana
This is probably my current favorite Coliseum exclusive match. Just some excellent heel work from Koko B. Ware. Makes me wish that Vince had actually gone through with an evil Koko angle and turned him into a proto R Truth. Heenan also does a surprisingly excellent job on commentary as opposed to just cracking funny jokes.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1748155816421560636

Total shit line up. Especially bad since this was designed to show case "new" talent to the WWF and by the time of the release, most of the guys were tucked into midcard purgatory

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Bret looks really jobber-y in those all black tights and only slightly less in the blue and black. Thank God him and the Big Rhino discovered pink worked for them.

 

[snuffbox]

Harts-Bees and Roberts-Steamboat could be good.

 

[JN News]

The 1994 Bret "The Hitman" Hart Coliseum Video which is on the WWE Network on Peacock is one of my favorites, because it screams WORKRATE from start to finish. Bret had nothing but AWESOME matches in that tape. Bret's work ethic was the best.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1753689783694397792

I REALLY wanted to see Anvil vs Warlord when I was staring at this ad in 1991

 

[JN News]

Jim Neidhart brought the WORKRATE to that match for sure.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Wrestling's Country Boys (WF012)
12/84 Hillbilly Jim & Hulk Hogan workout
12/84 Hillbilly Jim vs. Terry Gibbs
12/84 Hillbilly Jim & Hulk Hogan workout
02/18/85 Hillbilly Jim vs. Rene Goulet
06/85 "The Body Shop" with Hillbilly Jim & Uncle Elmer
06/17/85 "Piper's Pit" with Hillbilly Jim & Uncle Elmer
07/20/85 Uncle Elmer vs. Tiger Chung Lee
08/10/85 Uncle Elmer vs. John Studd
1985 TNT Show: Hillbilly Jim & Uncle Elmer BBQ
08/20/85 Cousin Junior vs. Ron Shaw
09/14/85 Cousin Junior vs. Adrian Adonis
08/17/85 Cousin Junior vs. Moondog Spot
09/10/85 Uncle Elmer & Cousin Junior vs. Barry O & Jerry Adams
10/03/85 Uncle Elmer's wedding

Sweet christ that's a rough line up

 

[snuffbox]

I watched that one when I was a kid. Not good.