Paid Members air_raid Posted February 22 Paid Members Posted February 22 3 hours ago, The Gaffer said: I used to love him goofing around the arena in the countdown shows they'd include on most of the Silvervision tapes. Aha, that puts me in mind of… 1 hour ago, CTXRussomark said: I actually wish he'd stuck around a bit longer into the Attitude Era just to see how he would have evolved. …. I’ve always thought of the Bikini Beach BlastOff from SummerSlam 96 as being a bit of a Battleworld between the hammy and the risqué future mashed together, and Todds there front and centre. On the one hand it’s cheesy as anything and there’s a poop joke that only little kids and Vince could possibly laugh at, but on the other hand Pettengill is making the absolute bare minimum effort to not overtly go “Look at Sunnys arse, lads!!! We promised you a good wank, and we delivered!” Plus a year later on the PPV proper he was going a bit “careful now” about having to look Sunny and Sable straight in the tits. Quote
Chico Torres Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Todd was great and important to UK fans because we didn’t get Monday Night Raw until later in 1995 so WWF Mania on Friday night at 8pm was our chance to see the highlights of the hot new show which was very different to Superstars and Challenge (at some point the first showing became Saturday). His chemistry with Macho Man was great and he talked to fans in the UK and mentioned Sky frequently so it felt like a show “for us” and he actually seemed relevant and off that current time which WWF never really was, in a very early/mid 90s WACKY morning radio kind of way. Where WWF always felt so slick and tightly produced, Mania felt more spontaneous with Todd and he did his bits with George and Adam. Dare I say in a pretentious way that Todd captured the cultural zeitgeist in the same way that The Big Breakfast did here at the time, a little chaotic and subversive compared to the norm. There’s a lot of talk about the wrestlers who made the New Generation but Todd was also a big part of that vibe with his look and presenting style and energy, the DIY-ish nature of the show, the graphics…I guess you had to be there but it was so different from WWF in 1992 and before. This was my love letter to Todd Pettingill and WWF Mania. Quote
The Dart Posted February 22 Posted February 22 The comments certainly seem to suggest this one was a pretty rare find for collectors. Quote
davertfnewman Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Rare find for the collectors but not a rare watch for the viewers as the majority of the matches are recycled from Raw and Superstars episodes from early 1996. One "Coliseum Video exclusive". Quote
The King Of Swing Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Hope they eventually upload those 80's Best of WWF videos. Some good stuff on those, especially the early entries in the series. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted February 22 Paid Members Posted February 22 3 hours ago, davertfnewman said: Rare find for the collectors but not a rare watch for the viewers as the majority of the matches are recycled from Raw and Superstars episodes from early 1996. One "Coliseum Video exclusive". And it's probably rare because no cunt bought it. Quote
simonworden Posted February 23 Posted February 23 5 hours ago, The King Of Swing said: Hope they eventually upload those 80's Best of WWF videos. Some good stuff on those, especially the early entries in the series. Random thought: I remember watching the High Flyers one and being shocked at a half empty arena in the Jumping Bomb Angels tag match which was probably filmed on a 3rd of 4th string house show in 1986. Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 23 Paid Members Posted February 23 10 hours ago, gmoney said: And it's probably rare because no cunt bought it. It's genuinely the first time I've ever heard of it and I've spent an embarrassing amount of my life scouring tape collections and the History of WWF website! Watched most of it and I think Diesel vs. Yoko was about the first thing on it that wasn't off Raw or the weekend shows. Enjoyed the Fatu/Austin match as a little historical piece. The commentary call him "Ringmaster" pretty exclusively, which sounds shit, but Vince gets in that he's "Stone Cold" twice which is quite an obvious sign that change is coming. Did the Stone Cold version ever wear those white boots with the star on? They're absolutely beauties but completely wrong on him. Austin with short hair always reminds me of the second Darryl on Birds of a feather. Quote
Snitsky's back acne Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Second Darryl wasn't as good as first Darryl in my opinion. Quote
The Curious Orange Posted February 23 Posted February 23 58 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: Did the Stone Cold version ever wear those white boots with the star on? They're absolutely beauties but completely wrong on him. He's wearing them in this. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 23 Paid Members Posted February 23 Yeah I don’t think he switched to the black boots until just before WrestleMania 12. Until then he was still rocking the white Hollywood Blonds boots with the star on. Quote
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 23 Paid Members Posted February 23 I was wondering if he'd ever brought them back once he was established. He obviously used the short black boots as part of his most famous gear but it'd have been funny to see them reappear. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 23 Paid Members Posted February 23 30 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: I was wondering if he'd ever brought them back once he was established. He obviously used the short black boots as part of his most famous gear but it'd have been funny to see them reappear. He should’ve brought them back when he joined the Alliance during the Invasion storyline, and grown his hair out full-on Terry Nutkins style like he had when he turned up in ECW in 95. Quote
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted February 27 Paid Members Posted February 27 On 2/21/2026 at 8:30 PM, wandshogun09 said: Behind the scenes of the White Castle Of Fear video! What a load of bollocks this whole vignette was, pure Wrestlecrap, but I love this video. Seeing glimpses of Harley Race and Vader talking in their ‘normal voices’ between takes (well, Harley’s voice is Harley’s voice) and the sight of Ole Anderson wiping Vader’s tits down with paper towels while he takes the piss out of Vader’s shadowboxing is gold. Also, Harley’s - “WHAT ARE YOU, DENSE?” killed me off. They need to upload the incredible strap match this was building to now though, to balance out the shite to good ratio. They uploaded the strap match. Arguably Sting and Vader’s best match against each other and that’s saying something because I don’t think they ever had a bad one. Just seen they also put this up the other day. Three hours of Rey Mysterio’s first year in WCW… Can’t go wrong with that. It’s mostly his PPV matches from 1996 with some TV matches thrown in. Forgot how much I loved the Ultimo Dragon match at World War 3. The Liger match at Starrcade is a tad underwhelming for me given who’s involved but still decent and worth watching for the novelty of them facing off. And of course there’s a bunch of matches against Malenko, Psychosis, Juvi etc. Quote
SaitoRyo Posted March 3 Posted March 3 On 2/27/2026 at 5:11 PM, wandshogun09 said: The Liger match at Starrcade is a tad underwhelming for me given who’s involved but still decent and worth watching for the novelty of them facing off. For what it's worth, Liger had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor in August, so he wasn't exactly 100%. Still a good match but, yeah, a lot of people were underwhelmed at the time as they were expecting The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever. Sadly, they'd have to wait until 2020 for Edge and Randy Orton to have it. Quote
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