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The Coliseum Video Thread

HarleyQuinn said:
TIL that this WWF Superstars was historical in a fun Did You Know? way: 7/2/94 – featured the return of Jim Ross after a 5-month absence, doing commentary alongside Jerry Lawler (Ross & Lawler’s first time working together as an announce team)
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in the wwf.... they did commentary in mid-south
 

Brawl in the Family (5/23/95) #151
– The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) pinned King Kong Bundy with a clothesline off the top at 4:38 (12/13/94; Liberty, NY)
– Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated Men on a Mission (w/ Oscar) at 14:08 when Owen pinned Moe with an inside cradle after Neidhart reversed the move behind the referee’s back (12/14/94; Newark, DE)
– WWF World Champion Diesel pinned Jeff Jarrett (w/ the Roadie & Shawn Michaels) at 4:28 with the powerbomb, despite interference from the Roadie and being hit with a chair by Michaels; after the bout, Diesel hit the powerbomb on the Roadie; moments later, Michaels teased getting in the ring but then left ringside (1/10/95; Corpus Christi, TX)
– Jerry Lawler pinned Doink the Clown (w/ Dink) at 6:43 with a roll up after Doink accidentally knocked Dink off the apron (8/2/94; Wheeling, WV)
– Lex Luger defeated Bob Backlund via submission with the Torture Rack at 7:13 (12/13/94; Liberty, NY)
– Mabel (w/ Oscar) defeated Tatanka (w/ Ted Dibiase) via disqualification at 13:50 when Dibiase pulled Mabel off Tatanka to break the cover after Mabel hit a splash off the middle turnbuckle; after the bout, Tatanka attacked Mabel in the ring but Mabel quickly scared him off (11/30/94; Lowell, MA)
– Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart in a no holds barred match via submission to the Sharpshooter at 13:58; prior to the match, Bret was escorted to the ring by a DJ from K99FM; after the bout, Bret kept the hold applied until several referees came out to pull him off; after releasing the hold, Bret then briefly reapplied it (1/10/95; Corpus Christi, TX)
– WWF IC Champion Razor Ramon defeated King Kong Bundy (w/ Ted Dibiase) via disqualification at 8:27 when Jeff Jarrett interfered as Razor attempted the Razor’s Edge on the challenger; after the bout, Jarrett accidentally hit Bundy in the face (12/14/94; Newark, DE)
 
Those last two matches could do it for me.
 
For Wham, Bam, Bodyslam, my favorite match was Hitman & Bulldog vs. New Foundation. For Brawl in The Family, my favorite match was M.O.M. vs. The New Foundation.
 
Watching Brawl in the Family now. I really should've mowed a few more lawns and gotten this tape. 30 years later and Undertaker vs King Kong Bundy still feels like a big match to me.
 
p sure that was the last CHV release just to include "exclusive" matches. Not counting the dark matches from the early IYHs.

Mabel/Tatanka going nearly 14 minutes had to have been a rib and LOL at Gorilla burying the match at the end. That was negative star bad.
 
I was thinking that might be the last one. The monthly ppv releases would've started the next month with the first In Your House and I can't think of any more two-hour non-ppv releases after that. They did a few more budget 45-60 minute tapes but those ended in '96 I think.
 
Was the first non-Coliseum Video (non-event, anyway) 'Cause Stone Cold Said So or am I misremembering? I just remember that getting ads every week and being surprised it wasn't a Coliseum Video at the time.
 
That could be right. I can't think of any others that close to the Coliseum Video phase-out. That tape was heavy on 96 and 97, right? KotR, the wild Pillman gun angle, etc...that'd be evidence it might be the first non-ppv, non-Coliseum tape as well.
 
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala said:
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.
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Horrid!
Fatu vs Knobbs - Doink vs Kamala - Demento vs Backlund - Hennig vs Samu - Typhoon vs Brawler - Shawn vs Crush - Luger vs Duggan
 
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Hennig/Samu and Shawn/Crush are fun. Shawn was the only guy who really knew how to make Crush look good.
 
Sex Machine Gun said:
Why would the Headshrinkers have been separated?
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Foreign tours with limited guys. Apparently new WWF champ Yoko loses to Hacksaw in the dark match here.
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Nasties vs Head Shrinkers was on the rest of the shows. Kamala worked Kim Chee.

Then all of a sudden the other half of the roster shows up:

WWF @ Brussels, Belgium – National Forest Arena – April 14, 1993
Virgil defeated Terry Taylor
Doink the Clown (Keirn) (sub. for Razor Ramon) defeated Tito Santana
Tatanka defeated Papa Shango
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS via disqualification
The Bushwhackers defeated the Beverly Brothers
The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzalez
Bret Hart pinned Bam Bam Bigelow

Savage is in the USWA facing Lawler
 
Bret and Bigelow had the same match every time and it was always so much fun. That and the tag title match make that Brussels show not look embarrassing.

Nasties/Shrinkers could be something, too.
 
Funny bit in the Whackers/R&B match where Heenan asks if the Bushwhackers are related, to which Gorilla responds "Luke's father and Butch's father were fathers!" Heenan seemed legit tickled by the response
 
They kept the actual Coliseum Video theme intact for this one! Even though Gene was talking over it.

Why would they do a "Fan Favorites" match where the babyfaces lose?

Jake vs Kato is a really random choice.
 
alfdogg said:
They kept the actual Coliseum Video theme intact for this one! Even though Gene was talking over it.

Why would they do a "Fan Favorites" match where the babyfaces lose?

Jake vs Kato is a really random choice.
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And why did they choose to bury Macho on VHS other than it's a short match that would look good on the rental box
 
I object to the use of the racial term "teddy bear."
 
That one is super rare and expensive, like Brawl in the Family. There are several from 95-97 with very limited runs, presumably a part of the overall downturn in (this) business, and this is one of the toughest to find now. Cool to finally get to see it! But I still miss the crackle and fuzz of VHS.
 
BruiserBrody said:
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I think part of what hurts this as a VHS for me is that it's almost all? matches from Monday Night Raw (and I think the 6 Man was on a prior tape?) so it doesn't feel as special as older tapes which had legitimately rare house show matches/taped matches from TV tapings that didn't air.
 
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