Friday, August 29, 2014

WWF No Way Out (February 2001)



From Las Vegas, Nevada; Your Hosts are Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, and Tazz

Thursday, August 28, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (December 12, 1994)



Original Airdate: December 12, 1994

From Liberty, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels

WWF Monday Night RAW (December 5, 1994)



Original Airdate: December 5, 1994 (Taped November 28)

From Poughkeepsie, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (November 28, 1994)



Original Airdate: November 28, 1994

From Poughkeepsie, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler

WWF Armageddon (December 2000)



From Birmingham, Alabama; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

Saturday, August 23, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for the NWA Crockett Cup 1988



- The HITMAN383 Rant for the NWA Crockett Cup, 1988. This is the Turner Video version, and was basically a tag team tournament for some cup and a $1,000,000. It also took place over two-nights, in two different venues. (This was originally written in 2002)

HITMAN383 Rant for NWA Great American Bash 1987



- The HITMAN383 Rant for NWA Great American Bash 1987. A little info first: back in the day, the GAB wasn’t a single show like it is today, but rather a tour that they did and then compiled a tape at the end with all the big matches. (This was originally written in 2000)

Monday, August 18, 2014

WWE SummerSlam 2014



From Los Angeles, California; Your Hosts are Michael Cole, John Layfield, and Jerry Lawler

Saturday, August 16, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Hardcore History (DVD)

- The HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Hardcore History. The forth “Best of” tape for ECW (or in this case, DVD) and I’m hoping it will be good. (Originally written in September 2001)

- First, I’d like to put in my opinion on the incidents of September 11. Unbelievable. I will forever remember where I was when I heard the news (11th grade math class. There was a commotion in the hallway, and when the teacher came back from telling those kids to quiet down, everyone wanted to know what had them all riled up. He explained that a plane had crashed into one of the towers at the World Trade Center, and we all figured he was messing with us), and saw the Twin Tower’s collapse. (By lunch time, every class had stopped doing anything/requiring attendance, and turned on the TVs. The first image I saw was of the second tower collapsing, in my marketing class) For someone who’s been up on the observation deck, it was especially hard to watch. I remember looking straight down, and thinking “damn, that’s a LONG, LONG fall.” People had to take that fall. Some people even had to jump off. That scares me. I hope the United States is going to wake up on airline security, and on our policies on terrorist harboring nations, and those who provide the money to them. G-D Bless America.

HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Deep Impact (DVD)



- And now: The HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Deep Impact, DVD. (This was another I found on a trip to Vegas in 2001, and was written that September)

HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Path of Destruction (DVD)



- Might as well expand the old ECW section, eh? Today, The HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Path of Destruction DVD. After this: Deep Impact, and Hardcore History. I guess I’m just a softy for requests. (This was originally written in the fall of 2001, as now I had a PS2 for DVD capability. Found this (and a few other ECW DVDs) when on a family vacation to Las Vegas at the tail end of Summer)

HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Extreme Evolution (VHS)



- BY POPULAR DEMAND! Yes, you the readers chose for me to rant on this show, so here it is, the HITMAN383 Rant for ECW Extreme Evolution! Remember, I am not a big ECW mark (well, 1995, 1996), hence I have ONE ECW tape, and don’t much care for their stuff. So if you’re a mutant from Philly, you may not like what I have to say =) (This was originally written in 2000, and is on the VHS version)

HITMAN383 Rant for the Net.Cop Busts



- My next rant is one that many of you have wanted: The Net.cop Busts. Or maybe now it's the Scott Keith Busts. (And now the SmarK Busts?) Whichever. As you know, this is a compilation of the worst moments in wrestling history, put together in one 6 hour tape by Mr. Keith. Though my copy is bad, and hard to see, I still review it for all of you. (I don’t know that anyone remembers the Net.Cop Busts, but if you were a cool smart fan in the late 90s/early 00s, having a copy was your ID card. My copy was one of the last ever produced, with Scott’s master tape basically being held together by scotch tape by then. The quality was so bad, in fact, that he threw in WrestleWar ’89 just to even it out)

HITMAN383 Rant for PCW TV - June 7, 2002



- The HITMAN383 Rant for PCW T.V. June 7, 2002. This is a one-match show (Mike Gallows vs. Jackal in the tournament finals), in one hell of a match. (This was originally written around then)

HITMAN383 Rant for PCW April Action Zone 2002



- The HITMAN383 Rant for PCW Action: April. This is basically just a compilation for some matches from April 2002 PCW shows. (And this was originally written around then)

Friday, August 15, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (November 21, 1994)



Original Airdate: November 21, 1994 (Taped November 7)

From Bushkill, Pennsylvania; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Jim Cornette

WWF Rebellion (December 2000)



From Sheffield, England; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Tazz.

WWF Sunday Night Slam (August 1994)



Original Airdate: August 21, 1994 (Taped August 1)

From Youngstown, Ohio; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Randy Savage

Thursday, August 14, 2014

WWF Sunday Night Slam (November 1994)



Original Airdate: November 20, 1994 (Taped November 8)

From Bushkill, Pennsylvania; Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Stan Lane. Oddly, this show is taped a day after they did a three-week RAW taping from the same venue. Even with this small crowd of only 1,500, I can’t believe they were able to draw two nights in a row

WWF Monday Night RAW (November 14, 1994)



Original Airdate: November 14, 1994 (Taped November 7)

From Bushkill, Pennsylvania; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Ted DiBiase

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

WWF No Mercy (October 2000)

From Albany, New York; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

Monday, August 11, 2014

WWF Unforgiven (September 2000)



From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Your Hosts are Jim Ross, Michael Cole, and Jerry Lawler.

Saturday, August 9, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for PCW TV - March 29, 2002



- The HITMAN383 Rant for PCW T.V., March 29 2002. This is the weekly T.V. show, which I got a copy of from the crew, so here it is.

HITMAN383 Rant for PCW Chronicles



- The HITMAN383 Rant for PCW Chronicles. This is a tape of not really the best matches, but all the important angles from pretty much the start (summer 2000) to today (March 2002), while skipping over fall/winter 2001, since that period is covered in “Winter Warfare.” (This was originally written in March 2002)

Friday, August 8, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for PCW Winter Warfare 2001/2002



- The HITMAN383 Rant for PCW “Winter Warfare.” This is essentially a “best of” tape of everything after September Salvation 2001 until March 2002, which I like to call “winter warfare” for obvious reasons. (This was originally written in the spring of 2002)

HITMAN383 Rant for PCW September Salvation 2001



(And now, for something really different…


As a bit of background, this was a backyard fed my friends and I ran in high school, usually playing to other kids in the subdivision on weekends or school breaks. We lived in Upstate New York, so most shows were ‘weather permitting.’ Some of the guys actually went on to become professional wrestlers, though most don’t even follow the product anymore these days)


- The HITMAN383 Rant for PCW September Salvation. PCW is a backyard federation who I co-promote with (There is a link all over my site), and they have REALLY great production values. Especially for a backyard fed. And, most of the time, they do a better job of keeping storylines/allegiances from week to week then the WWF does. They also have some terrific commentators. (I was one of those commentators, doing a bad Jim Ross impression. Good times, though. I also provided the promotions championship belt – the WCW ‘big gold’ replica that came out in 1998, which was as close as you could get to the real thing in those days. This was originally written in early 2002)

WWF Monday Night RAW (November 7, 1994)



Original Airdate: November 7, 1994

From Bushkill, Pennsylvania; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler

WWF Monday Night RAW (October 31, 1994)



Original Airdate: October 31, 1994 (Taped October 17)

From Burlington, Vermont; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage

Thursday, August 7, 2014

WWF Fully Loaded (July 2000)



From Dallas, Texas; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

WWF Judgment Day (May 2000)



From Louisville, Kentucky; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (October 24, 1994)

Original Airdate: October 24, 1994 (Taped October 17)

From Burlington, Vermont; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage

WWF Insurrextion (May 2000)



From London, England; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

Monday, August 4, 2014

WWF Backlash (April 2000)



From Washington, D.C.; Your Hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (October 17, 1994)

Original Airdate: October 17, 1994

From Burlington, Vermont; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage

WWF Monday Night RAW (October 10, 1994)



Original Airdate: October 10, 1994 (Taped September 26)

From Utica, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage

Saturday, August 2, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (October 3, 1994)



Original Airdate: October 3, 1994 (Taped September 26)

From Utica, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage

WWF Monday Night RAW (September 26, 1994)



Original Airdate: September 26, 1994

From Utica, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage