TheEvilDoink1987
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Nov 28, 2012 1:45:36 GMT -5
List some of your fondest wrestling video rental memories.
- I rented Survivor Series 1993 at least 30 times as a kid.
- There was a three-man rental rotation back then: Blockbuster always had the newest PPV events, Palmer/West Coast Video stockpiled a bunch of older PPVs, and the lowly Baltic Video carried many of the more obscure Coliseum Video releases such as "Monday Night Raw: Prime Cuts" and "Supertape '92".
- Despite it being the crappiest looking video store, Baltic was the ONLY place that I ever got a free gift with my rental. I remember getting a Tatanka holographic card, a Lex Luger "Don't Disturb: Watching Wrestling" doorknob hanger, caricature stamps, and all kinds of other stuff. Todd Pettingill guaranteed free gifts on every video release and Baltic was the one place that had some damn integrity!
- When I was younger, I stayed away from renting certain tapes if they contained a match that upset me. The first King of the Ring was a great show, but Hogan getting killed by Yokozuna made me a sad panda. And forget about Survivor Series '94. Watching Backlund lock Bret in the chicken-wing for fifteen minutes was too traumatic for my little eyes to witness.
- Most of the wrestling tapes at the time always had the "Special Interest" sticker on them. In some of the bigger stores it was a real pain finding where they kept the wrestling tapes.
- Watching my uncle hook up two VCR's together so that I could own the "home edition" of my favorite tapes.
- Popping a new rental into the VCR only to find out that the prick who had it before you forgot to rewind it.
- "For more information on Coliseum Video releases, wrrrrrrrite to..."
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Post by KeBen Owens on Nov 28, 2012 2:55:36 GMT -5
I used to rent WM 12 several times a year because I considered that my "convert video". Any of my friends who never watched wrestling or wanted to see what it was all about needed to look no further than HBK Vs. Bret Hart in the Iron Man match. Almost every friend I had started watching wrestling for a while at least after that. When it closed down and got remade into a Blockbuster, the manager there gave me the copy they had as a gift because he knew me so well.
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Post by King Clayton of the MidWest on Nov 28, 2012 3:02:29 GMT -5
I used to always go to my Library to rent mainly Wrestling videos....every time I went, I would have to always get WrestleMania 17.
WM17 I would say is the greatest WrestleMania of all time.
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Nov 28, 2012 7:01:19 GMT -5
I used to rent WM 12 several times a year because I considered that my "convert video". Any of my friends who never watched wrestling or wanted to see what it was all about needed to look no further than HBK Vs. Bret Hart in the Iron Man match. Almost every friend I had started watching wrestling for a while at least after that. When it closed down and got remade into a Blockbuster, the manager there gave me the copy they had as a gift because he knew me so well. I only clicked in this thread to see if you were going to tell the story of hitting the jackpot at that one video store in Kinder (which still sounds like something to start a fire with.) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 16:42:35 GMT -5
I used to visit a store called "Main Street Video" in a real small town I lived in named Grafton, Ohio.
I would go there every week and rent the same videos:
WWF Most Unusual Matches
WWF Confirmed Hits
Best of WWF (1995-1996 matches)
Smack 'Em Whack 'Em
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 16:58:29 GMT -5
only video i rented was 2002 survivor series lol
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Post by HHH316 on Nov 29, 2012 1:07:37 GMT -5
I had a local rental place named Craig's Video. My Grandma would take me there usually every other week. I always had to get something with Hogan on it. My "go-to" rentals were usually Royal Rumble 90 or 91, Survivor Series 90, or Wrestlemania 5. When they closed down in 1998, they sold off their entire inventory. My Grandma bought me two, Survivor Series 90 & Royal Rumble 98. I wish I had been older because I would of bought out everything. Old movies were $3 & new ones (RR 98) were $5. There were tons to choose from, there was an entire wall of WWF videos, picking two was difficult haha.
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Post by Zigzag on Nov 29, 2012 1:56:55 GMT -5
- When I was seven years old, my dad surprised me with the rental of WrestleMania 3 on VHS. My mom didn't want me watching wrestling. I had to beg her to let me see the tape.
- Age twelve, sixth grade. I became sick early in the day, and the nurse had my mom come get me. It was simply a precautionary measure, as I had no other symptoms besides vomiting. Anyway, mom treated me to lunch at my favorite diner, and let me pick out a tape from the Blockbuster next-door. I picked out a WWF Coliseum Video from 1990 or '91. My mom wrapped me up in a blanket in front of the TV, and I enjoyed the matches with ginger ale and saltines.
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Post by JC Motors on Dec 1, 2012 22:03:01 GMT -5
I never rented a Wrestling video
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Post by jacktunney on Dec 1, 2012 22:25:46 GMT -5
I rented the Demolition home video so many times it was ridiculous
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Post by paperbackhero on Dec 1, 2012 23:25:11 GMT -5
I would go to D&W Video and rent the first 2 commercial vhs tapes ever produced. Pro Wrestling Illustrated's : Lords of the Ring This video was hosted by Gordon Solie and Bill Apter. very edited....but had a great collection of stars from every major territory.
Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich for the WCW/NWA World Heavyweight Title,
Dory Funk Jr. vs. Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Title
The Road Warriors v. The Fabulous Ones
Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. Andy Kaufman(very rare bout)
JYDvs. The Missing Link
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper from starrcade 83
Abdullah The Butcher vs. Carlos Colon from starrcade 83
WCCW World Six Man Tag Team Title Match: The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs
a music video set by music from George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
And a really cut version of the Great American Bash.
NWA PWI RINGMASTERS - THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH 1985
Buddy Landell VS. Ron Bass / Andersons VS. Buzz Sawyer, Dick Slater / Abdullah,Barbarian,Billy Graham VS. Sam Houston,Raging Bull,Avalanche Tyler / Paul Jones VS. Jimmy Valiant / Ivan Koloff,Krusher Kruschev VS. Road Warriors / Kamala VS. Magnum T.A. / Nikita Koloff VS. Ric Flair / Tully Blanchard VS. Dusty Rhodes
Older fans will recognize these tapes...they were the back cover of all of the Apter mags for 2 whole years.
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Post by gelatinoustapeworm on Dec 2, 2012 2:27:01 GMT -5
I remember renting the PWI videos as well. I also vividly recall renting Wrestlemania 3 on Betamax, lol.
I rented so many wrestling tapes when I was a kid it was scary. I've probably seen every wrestling tape released between 1985 and 1992 at least ten times. My parents both worked shift work when I was a kid, so there would always be stretches where they were both working evenings and I would go to my grandparents after school. My grandfather liked wrestling as well, so they would take me to a video store any time I came to their house and we would rent a wrestling tape every time. Some of my fondest memories of wrestling are watching those old tapes with my grandpa.
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Post by MrPerfect25 on Dec 2, 2012 10:18:30 GMT -5
WM17 I would say is the greatest WrestleMania of all time. I agree. My go to rentals were always WM 6, 8, 9. I was in awe of the capacity crowds in the domes and outdoor arenas. I agree with Vince in that they should do stadiums and domes from here on out. Unless they still wanna do MSG every tenth one. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 14:02:34 GMT -5
I remember a video store here in town called Premiere Video that had a deal where you could rent 5 movies for $5 for 5 nights and I would always go to the wrestling section and get the ones I hadn't seen yet. They had a big selection of WCW and WWF videos. This was in the mid to late 90's. They went out of business in the early 00's and I got a load of videos for like $2-3 each when they were selling everything they had.
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Post by Cass on Dec 2, 2012 14:09:05 GMT -5
The blockbuster here pretty much had every tape released between 97-99. Probably the best memory was renting Fully Loaded 98' when I was 6 years old and the clerk telling my dad that it contained nudity and he didn't care. Haha.
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Post by marino13 on Dec 5, 2012 18:50:24 GMT -5
I had an Uncle & Aunt who owned their own video store. United Video. And me & my buddy's would go down every weekend and rent a wrestling movie, a scary movie, and usually one with a little nudity.  But of all the wrestling movies they had I believe I rented the Jim Crockett Tag Team tournament or WMIII the most. And a few years ago when they decide to close up shop I went out and bought WMIII off of them for a few bucks. The box has been beaten through hell, but I love it anyways. |
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Dec 5, 2012 22:30:03 GMT -5
When renting VCR tapes first became popular, we had two local grocery stores that carried all the early WWF Coliseum Videos. My dad used to let me rent one every weekend. My favorites were Wrestlemania I, Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits and the Best of the WWF series, just for the variety of matches they included.
They also had the movies "I Like to Hurt People," "Grunt" and "Body Slam." I liked Body Slam as a kid but I Like To Hurt People seemed too bizarre, and a little scary to a 9 year old.
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Post by paperbackhero on Dec 5, 2012 22:51:29 GMT -5
When renting VCR tapes first became popular, we had two local grocery stores that carried all the early WWF Coliseum Videos. My dad used to let me rent one every weekend. My favorites were Wrestlemania I, Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits and the Best of the WWF series, just for the variety of matches they included. They also had the movies "I Like to Hurt People," "Grunt" and "Body Slam." I liked Body Slam as a kid but I Like To Hurt People seemed too bizarre, and a little scary to a 9 year old. I Like to Hurt People is STILL a little scary. |
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Post by fallbrawl on Dec 6, 2012 18:00:29 GMT -5
I never rented a video.
I do remember going into a video store that was going out of business and buying alot of videos.
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Post by pxkgotosleep on Dec 6, 2012 18:13:04 GMT -5
I rented Judgement Day 1998 from my School in 2000. Thought it was awesome. Sable on the front cover.
Also KOTR 1998 with Mankind vs Taker.
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