WWF Coliseum Video Collection: Greatest Hits (1991)

WWF Coliseum Video Collection: Greatest Hits (1991)

 

Coliseum Video compilation. The front cover of the tape features Mr. Perfect getting a pretty epic blowjob

 

Sean Mooney hosts from the control center

 

WWF Intercontinental Title Match: Kerry Von Erich v Mr. Perfect: From Superstars, December 15 1990 (taped November 19) in Rochester New York. Ted DiBiase acts as the guest ring announcer for this one, which should telegraph the finish for you. I really enjoyed the look Howard Finkel has on his face as he accepts Ted's bribe to hand over the mic, too. Perfect dominates the feeling out process in the early going, with Bobby Heenan cheering him on like a proud mother. He tries a cross corner whip, but Kerry reverses it on him, and hits a powerslam as Perfect rebounds. Perfect wisely bails, but still ends up in a wristlock as he comes back in. Kerry knocks him around, but eventually hits boot while trying a corner charge, then hits the post while trying a second one - DiBiase punctuating it with a right hand from the outside. Perfect with a standing dropkick to knock the champion to the outside for Ted to abuse again, as the Perfect/Heenan/DiBiase trio heel it up in perfect harmony. No pun... nah, fuck it, pun intended! Cross corner whip reversal ends up bumping the referee as Kerry makes his comeback, and there's no one to count the fall after he hits the Tornado Punch. That allows Ted to rush in to nail Kerry with the title belt, and the Perfect-Plex crowns a new champion at 6:09. Credit to Perfect there for holding a perfect (intended) bridge until the official could recover to count. The match was shit, however. ½*

 

We get a segment called Grand Slams, which is less a 'segment' than just a montage of guys hitting random moves

 

Rick Martel v Marty Jannetty: From Survivor Series Showdown on November 18 1990 (taped October 29) in Indianapolis Indiana. Feeling out process to start, dominated by Jannetty. One of the favorite things to see from this era is when the building security guy would spin around in his chair to watch the matches like a fan, and it's great. I mean, he's doing a shit job, yeah, but it's not like I was paying him. I also dig when the opposite happens, and the security guys just totally ignore the action completely, even if guys get right in their faces. Martel uses a cheap shot to get control, but Jannetty goes after the leg to take it back, and he works a toehold. Marty keeps working the leg in dull fashion, until Rick finally shakes him off, dumping Jannetty to the outside to block a figure four. Nice sell from Marty there. Back in, Martel uses a bodyslam to set up an elbowdrop to the lower back, but a 2^nd rope axehandle misses, and Jannetty makes a comeback. 2^nd rope facebuster gets two, but Rick sidesteps a slingshot sunset flip, and just pins him at 10:00. I've never seen that counter ever, and it's pretty brilliant, actually. Unfortunately, the match was pretty boring. ½*

 

Rhythm and Blues v Hulk Hogan and Tugboat: From Saturday Night's Main Event, October 13 1990 (taped September 18) in Toledo Ohio. I still don't get what the fuck they were going for with Tugboat. Like, seriously, the top of the card? Really? R&B try jumping Hulk to start, but get shrugged off, and Greg Valentine ends up getting pinballed in the corner. Tag to Tugboat to work a wristlock, and Hogan tags in for a 2nd rope flying axehandle. Tugboat tries a bearhug, but a cheap shot puts him down, and R&B cut the ring in half on him. Tandem-elbowdrop misses, however, and Hulk gets the hot tag. He destroys both heels with ease, so R&B manager Jimmy Hart runs to the back to retrieve Earthquake! They make their way out just as Hogan is about to polish off Valentine with the Legdrop, and the distraction allows Greg to recover. That lasts all of a second, however, as Tugboat avalanches him in the corner, as the officials send Earthquake back through the curtain. Tugboat looks to finish Valentine, but Honky Tonk Man whacks him with his guitar to save - triggering a DQ at 7:20. And now here's Earthquake and Dino Bravo, and all four heels gang up on Hogan for a beat down. Earthquake Splash looks to finish it, but Tugboat comes in swinging Honky's guitar for the save! The match was little more than background for the Earthquake stuff. ¾*

 

And now 'Outrageous Hits,' which is just another montage of guys hitting clotheslines and stuff. Only this time with some camera editing features, that make it ‘outrageous’

 

Big Boss Man v Barbarian: From Prime Time on February 18 1991 (taped January 25) in Hamilton Ontario Canada. The crowd is scary silent here. Senior centers at nap time are livelier than Hamilton. Boss Man knocks him to the outside with some right hands early on, so Barbarian tries responding in kind on the way back inside, but Boss Man blocks a hiptoss, and a clothesline sends Barbarian back to the floor. Back in, Boss Man keeps it going with a straddling ropechoke, but a corner splash misses, and Barbarian capitalizes with an atomic drop to set up a clothesline. He ends up on the outside, so Barbarian follows to post him, but Boss Man beats the count. Barbarian welcomes him in with a backbreaker for two, and a corner whip rebounds Boss Man into a bearhug. Boss Man bites his way out of the hold, so I guess hope that he'll bring justice to the Rockers is down the drain. Barbarian keeps him down, but a 2nd rope elbowdrop misses, and Boss Man makes a comeback. Very slowly makes a comeback. Leg-feed enzuigiri gets two, and a hotshot is worth two. Flying bodypress, but Barbarian rolls through for two, so Boss Man tries a piledriver, but Barbarian counters with a backdrop - Boss Man hanging on with a sunset flip at 11:16. This wasn't poorly worked, just super sleepy. They'd have a much better match at the Royal Rumble a month later. How did this thing make not one but TWO compilation tapes? ¾*

 

WWF Title Match: Ultimate Warrior v Ted DiBiase: From The Main Event, November 23 1990 (taped October 30) in Fort Wayne Indiana. Warrior's switched back to the black leather version of the belt again here. Warrior overpowers him to start, and a clothesline sends Ted over the top. Warrior knocks his head together with Virgil's on the way back in for a flying axehandle, and poor Warrior is already blown up, a mere two minutes into this. Cross corner charge misses, and DiBiase gives him a 2nd rope flying axehandle for two, then a piledriver for two. Another piledriver, but Warrior backdrops out of it, and he starts throwing shoulderblocks, but Virgil trips him up as he runs the ropes, and DiBiase capitalizes. Hey, Warrior attacked Virgil without provocation earlier on. Ted with a fistdrop for two, and he takes the champion down in a mat-based side-headlock. Warrior powers up, but Ted ducks a clothesline, and puts Warrior down with one of his own to keep control, but telegraphs a backdrop, and Warrior hooks a backslide for two. Ted muscles through a vertical suplex for two to keep control again, but a second one is countered into a sunset flip for two! Go Warrior! DiBiase dumps him to the outside for a shot into the steps as he becomes increasingly desperate, then back in for another vertical suplex, but this time Warrior reverses. Ted manages to get to his feet first to throw a 2nd rope flying axehandle, but this time Warrior gutpunches him to block, and starts BLOWING UP!! Running Clotheslines! Jumping Shoulderblock! - but in comes Virgil for the DQ at 9:47. Afterwards, DiBiase and Virgil fail to properly beat Warrior down, so Randy Savage runs in to show them how it's done! Nothing like an unhinged Macho Man to get something over! And, it totally works, as Warrior actually SELLS the beating in a big way, and it connects with the crowd in a way he usually fails to. A surprisingly good match, despite the cop out finish. ***

 

Mooney signs off. He didn't even appear again once since the opening

 

BUExperience: This was a pretty lazy, cash grab one hour tape, but it is nice to have the Von Erich/Perfect title switch on record, since I don’t think that one is available on any other tape, and those episodes of Superstars are still not on the Network as of this writing (some seven years in).

 

Not a good addition to your Coliseum Collection.