Monday, March 31, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (March 22, 1993)



Original Airdate: March 22, 1993

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage.

Friday, March 28, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (March 15, 1993)



Original Airdate: March 15, 1993

From Poughkeepsie, New York; Your Hosts are Gorilla Monsoon, Rob Bartlett, and Bobby Heenan. It’s another impression week for comedic genius Rob Bartlett, this week doing the entire telecast ‘as’ Vince McMahon. Hey, at least he’s trying.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (March 8, 1993)



Original Airdate: March 8, 1993 (Taped March 1)

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage.

WWF Monday Night RAW (March 1, 1993)



Original Airdate: March 1, 1993

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage. Bartlett is dressed as Elvis (the fat years), and does the whole telecast in character.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (February 22, 1993)



Original Airdate: February 22, 1993

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

WCW Fall Brawl 1998



From Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Your Hosts are Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Bobby Heenan.

Monday, March 24, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (February 15, 1993)



Original Airdate: February 15, 1993 (Taped February 1)

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (February 1, 1993)



Original Airdate: February 1, 1993

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage.

WWF Monday Night RAW (January 25, 1993)



Original Airdate: January 25, 1993 (Taped: January 18)

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Bobby Heenan.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (January 18, 1993)



Original Airdate: January 18, 1993

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage – oh, but here's Repo Man! He jumps Savage from behind during the intros, and steals his hat - disappearing into the crowd before Savage knows what happened.

Friday, March 21, 2014

WWF Monday Night RAW (January 11, 1993)



Original Airdate: January 11, 1993

With Saturday Night’s Main Event cancelled in the fall of 1992, and with the stale Prime Time Wrestling (around since 1985 and needing a replacement) going off the air in the first week of 1993, the WWF rolled the dice. What they landed on was Monday Night RAW – a gamble that paid off, and continues to do so over twenty years (and a thousand episodes) later.

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage. For those who weren’t around/were around and blocked it from your memories, Bartlett is a comedian from the New York area who was an absolute disaster on commentary. He was basically just a terrible fit for the WWF, not really knowing anything about the product, and basically just making jokes while McMahon and Savage were trying to get angles over. He lasted a couple of months, and then never appeared on WWE programming again.

WCW Fall Brawl 1997



From Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Your Hosts are Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko, and Bobby Heenan.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

WWF Coliseum Video Collection: The Macho Man Randy Savage & Elizabeth (1986)



WWF Coliseum Video Collection: The Macho Man Randy Savage & Elizabeth (1986)

Coliseum Video compilation. The cover of the tape features Randy Savage and Elizabeth (with the subtitle ‘she’s more than a manager… she’s Macho Man’s biggest fan!’) and promises to highlight his greatest matches. Though considering George Steele is prominently featured on the back cover, don’t hold your breath.

Monday, March 17, 2014

WCW Bash at the Beach 1997



With the WWE Network finally (finally!) here, I can finally (finally!) go back and fill in some blanks on missing reviews, as well as cover hours of additional content. Plus, it’s all available with closed captioning (another ‘finally’), so I can actually cover a lot of the segments in between the matches as well. New day!

From Daytona Beach, Florida; Your Hosts are Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes, and Bobby Heenan.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF WrestleMania 13



- The HITMAN383 Rant for WWF WrestleMania XIII. Those who have read my stuff for a while know I already think this is THE worst WrestleMania yet, but I haven’t seen it in quite a while, so let’s see how it holds up today. (Aside from a match here or there, I haven’t seen any of the WrestleMania’s since XX, so that may not be true anymore)

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF In Your House: Final Four (February 1997)



- The HITMAN383 Rant for WWF In Your House: Final Four. This is the final tape in the promised series, and the next rant will be whatever you guys pick on the site poll. Vote now!

(This one was originally written in late 2001)

Monday, February 10, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF Royal Rumble 1997



- The HITMAN383 Rant for WWF Royal Rumble 1997. Yes, I know, it’s not on the poll, but it’s too close to call that poll right now, so I’ll give you a while longer to decide, and in the meantime do this rant. (This one was originally written in early 2002)

WWF Coliseum Video Collection: Villains of the Squared Circle (1986)



WWF Coliseum Video Collection: Villains of the Squared Circle (1986)

Coliseum Video compilation – hosted by Gene Okerlund, Bobby Heenan, Big John Studd, and King Kong Bundy. The cover of the tape features Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, King Kong Bundy, and a bunch of evil looking cartoons (evil because they have HANDLEBAR MUSTACHES!)

Friday, February 7, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF Survivor Series 1996



- The HITMAN383 Rant for WWF Survivor Series 1996. This is the third of the “lucky seven” series I have going here at the rant center, and is another show I’ve never seen before. I have seen the Bret/Austin match from it individually before, but I have never seen the entire telecast, so here we go! (Written in late 2001)

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF In Your House: Buried Alive (October 1996)



- Okay, another CRAPPY WWF PPV from 1996, this time October's IYH, Buried Alive. (This one was originally written in 2000)

Thursday, February 6, 2014

WWF Coliseum Video Collection: The Best of the WWF: Volume VI (1986)



WWF Coliseum Video Collection: The Best of the WWF: Volume VI (1986)

Coliseum Video compilation – hosted by Gorilla Monsoon. The cover of the tape features Hulk Hogan holding Randy Savage in a headlock, and promises a look at today’s WWF Superstars as rookies.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF WrestleMania XII



- The HITMAN383 Rant for WWF WrestleMania XII. When it came out, it was my favorite WrestleMania, since I was such a big HBK fan. Of course, time has passed since those mark days. Lets see if time has been kind to this one.  (This was originally written in early 2001, with five years of perspective)

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF In Your House (February 1996)



- Well, it was either this or Slamboree 1993 today. Guess which I picked? If you guessed In Your House from February 1996, you’re right! I’ll do this one first, and Slamboree next, k? So, without further adieu, the HITMAN383 Rant for WWF In Your House, Feb. 1996. (This was originally written in 2000)

WWF Coliseum Video Collection: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat (1986)



WWF Coliseum Video Collection: Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat (1986)

Coliseum Video compilation – hosted by Gorilla Monsoon. The cover of the tape features Ricky Steamboat, and promises to show us Steamboat’s ‘three moments of truth.’ Oh dip!

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

HITMAN383 Rant for WWF Royal Rumble 1996



- Hey. Back today for a WWF PPV from 1996 ... The Royal Rumble. Also included is the "Free For All" match.