WWF Coliseum Video Collection: SuperSlams (1995)

 

WWF Coliseum Video Collection: SuperSlams (1995)

Coliseum Video compilation. The front cover of the tape features either Razor Ramon side suplexing Jeff Jarrett, or Jeff Jarrett bulldogging Razor Ramon. It's a thin line

Stan Lane hosts from the studio

Jeff Jarrett and Hakushi v Bret Hart and Razor Ramon: From Lowell Massachusetts on April 5 1995. Hakushi starts with Hart, and they feel each other out, with Hakushi dominating. Hakushi catches him with a jumping shoulderblock, and he goes to work with a wristlock. Bret forces a criss cross, allowing the Hitman an inverted atomic drop to set up a clothesline. An armdrag leads to an armbar, so Hakushi fights free, but Bret armdrags him again, so Hakushi bails. Tag to Jeff, so Bret passes to Razor, and suddenly Jarrett is begging off. Ramon shows him no mercy, so Jeff tries a leg-feed enzuigiri, but it misses. Razor knocks him around, so Jeff tries a rollup, but Razor blocks, and Jarrett scurries into a tag to Hakushi. Razor slugs him down, and passes to Bret to armbar Hakushi. Hakushi fights him off, and lands a bronco buster, and just like that, the Hitman is in trouble. The heels go to work on him, until Hakushi gets a pump-splash blocked on him, and Razor gets the hot tag. He runs wild, and a fallaway slam gets two on Jarrett. That draws Roadie onto the apron, but Razor takes him out, and hits Jeff with a 2nd rope bulldog for two. In comes Hakushi, so Bret joins them, and Roseanne Barr the door. Razor cradles Jarrett, but Hakushi rolls it over, so Bret rolls it back at 11:18. Lowkey, but solid enough. *

Undertaker v Tatanka: For Worcester Massachusetts on August 14 1995. “Everyone is so respectful of Undertaker,” notes Lane. Scared. They’re scared, Stan. That’s the gimmick. Tatanka tries sneak attacking, but Undertaker shrugs him off, and takes control. Undertaker with a ropewalk forearm, but he loses control on the outside, and Tatanka gets control. Tatanka with a series of elbowdrops, and he hits the Samoan drop, but Undertaker has no patience for this motherfucker, and chokeslams him at 6:17. This was painfully slow and dull. DUD

The Allied Powers v The Blu Brothers: From WrestleMania XI on April 2 1995 in Hartford Connecticut. The Brothers try jumping them at the bell, but the Powers whip them into one another, and hit stereo powerslams. The dust settles on Davey Boy Smith with Jacob Blu, and Smith is quick to hit a hanging vertical suplex for two. Chinlock, but Jacob quickly escapes, and passes to Eli Blu. Bulldog fights off a double team, and grabs Eli in a standing side-headlock, but runs into a cheap shot from Jacob as they criss cross. The Brothers cut the ring in half on Davey, but end up missing a 2nd rope elbowdrop, and Luger gets the tag. He comes in hot with a running kneelift and a clothesline, followed by a powerslam. The running forearm smash looks to finish, but the second Blu twin breaks it up, and they made an illegal switch. He tries a piledriver, but Bulldog decides to come off the top (blatantly without a tag) with a flying sunset flip for the pin at 6:36. I don't mind when the illegal man gets the pin during the usual wild brawls at the end of tag matches (since it's hard to remember who was legal anyway), but here Smith was clearly illegal. Not the greatest of openers, but I guess from the matches booked, this made the most sense in the slot. Really basic stuff. ¾*

WWF Intercontinental Title Match: Jeff Jarrett v Adam Bomb: From Fort Myers Florida on January 25 1995. Jeff dominates early on, but Bomb gets worked up, and Jarrett is in trouble. A bodyslam sets up an elbowdrop for two, and he tries a backdrop, so Jeff uses a sunset flip, but Bomb blocks. A reversal sequence ends in Bomb atomic dropping him, but a clothesline misses, and Jarrett DDTs him for two. Jarrett with a ropechoke, and Roadie is right there for a cheap shot as well. Jeff misses a straddling ropechoke, so Roadie helps him with another cheap shot, and Jarrett covers for two. Jarrett uses a snapmare into a chinlock, and he wears Adam down, but Bomb escapes, and goes on the comeback trail. Bomb goes in for the kill, so Roadie distracts him, and Bomb takes the bait. Jeff attacks, but Bomb fights him off. The referee gets bumped in the process, allowing Roadie to shove Adam off of the top rope, and Jarrett hooks the leg at 8:45. ¾*

No Holds Barred Match: Bret Hart v Owen Hart: From the March 27 1995 episode of Monday Night RAW in Stockton California (taped March 13). Owen attacks before the bell, but a cross corner whip gets reversed, and Bret ten-punch counts him. Snapmare sets up a hairpull slam, and a DDT sets up a legdrop. Bret decides to toss him to the floor for a shot into the rail, and adds a toss into the steps for good measure. Be beats Owen all the way behind the entrance curtain before dragging him back for a bodyslam in the aisle, then back inside for some mounted punches. Man, Bret is just dominating here. Headbutt to the groin, but Owen counters a backbreaker with an eyerake, then rams Bret into the turnbuckle - selling the back all the while. Headbutt to the groin of his own, and he works the part with an inverted atomic drop. Headbutt sets up an enzuigiri for two, then out to the floor as Owen feeds him the rail and steps as payback for earlier. In, Owen slaps on a chinlock, but Bret escapes, and hooks a crucifix for two - only for Owen to cutoff the comeback with an elbow in short order. Owen ties him in a tree of woe, and exposes the top turnbuckle on the opposite side as the referee works to free Bret - only to have a shot into it reversed! Bret rallies with an inverted atomic drop into a clothesline, and adds a 2nd rope pointed elbowdrop for two. Backbreaker is worth two, and a piledriver gets two. Snapmare sets up the Sharpshooter, but Owen rakes the eyes to block, then cross corner whips a dazed Bret chest-first into the exposed buckle for two. Missile dropkick, but Bret catches him on the way down, and turns it into a slingshot into the exposed buckle, then ties him up in the Sharpshooter for the win at 12:00. Really good, action packed match as usual between the two brothers, with excellent selling from both, and loaded with drama. *** ¼ 

BUExperience: Nothing here worth going out of your way to catch, but it was a relaxing watch, and at least had a few exclusives mixed in with the TV matches.

Not a good addition to your Coliseum Collection.