Your first wrestling VHS or DVD

As far as a WWE official release, it was probably WrestleMania XIX. Chance that it could've been Unforgiven 2003 as well, so either of those.

The first wrestling I ever watched on VHS was No Way Out 2003. One of my friends recorded it, and then gave it to me at school the next day. I'm not sure the status of the tape, it's possible I have it still or even recorded over it at some point, but WM XIX and Unforgiven I still have. Any VHS I bought or recorded myself I still have.

Not counting the amount of VHS tapes that I rented but both of these are the first VHS/DVD I brought on my own with allowance $.

It was 100% Stone Colds 6 pack of Attitude. Rented tons of VHS but this was the first one I owned ☺️.

Still have it.

I got all of these at the exact same time back in 92 I was around like 5 or 6

WrestleMania 1 highlights vhs
Hulkamania vol.1and2 vhs
Wrestlefest 90/91/92 vhs
Battle of the superstars 90/91/92 vhs
World tour 90/91/92 vhs
Royal rumble 90
Summerslam 89/90

Then nwa/WCW was

Wrestle war 90 vhs
Great american bash 90/91 vhs
Halloween havoc 90/91 vhs
Starrcade 90/91 vhs

Oh crap, great question!!

WWF Greatest Champions. It is a blue box with Hogan on the cover. I remember Bulldog vs. Mr. Perfect is on it and Mr. Perfect screams, "You son of a b****" when Bulldog puts him in a test of strength.


My first DVD was.... I think it was Bloodbath: Wrestling's Steel Cage matches double disc DVD set.

Not to outdo you but I stopped in 2017. Man I do miss vhs.

Pity my player broke or we could have had a proper retro watch night! Now that would have been amazing!!

This was my first WWF/Wrestling VHS/DVD:



Pretty good VHS, the matches were:
Demolition vs. the Powers of Pain and Mr. Fuji (WrestleMania 5)
Superfly Jimmy Snuka vs. Greg the Hammer Valentine (SNME 1989) 
The Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Macho Man Savage (MSG House Show before WM5)
Hulk Hogan vs. The Mighty Hercules (SNME 1986)
Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (MSG House Show in DEC 1989, Cage Match)

Ah yes, I remember it well: Survivor Series ‘88. Since I got into WWF in late ‘91, this was a great way to start catching up on the recent history and seeing some of the characters I missed out on.

I loved the big tag teams match, although I thought Mr Fuji had turned face when he joined the Powers of Pain. I had no idea that was meant to be a double turn! I also thought the Conquistadors were a tough team to keep kicking out and lasting to the end! It was also shocking that Bret Hart would make the mistake of pinning himself in that lame babyface-does-a-back-suplex-into-a-bridge move.

Bad News Brown showcased his loner character perfectly when he walked out on his team. I didn’t realise for quite a while who the Blue Blazer was as I wasn’t aware of Owen Hart until early ‘92. Ultimate Warrior seemed unbeatable which obviously left an impression and I was wondering what happened to him as I had started watching not long after Summerslam ‘91 had occurred and there was zero reference to him.

Even though Jake Roberts was a face in ‘88, it was great seeing Andre choke the hell out of him bearing in mind that in the present day what he did to Savage and Elizabeth at their wedding reception and with the cobra bite made him pretty despised by me! Jim Duggan came across as a bit of a loveable idiot who always resorts to getting himself disqualified by hitting people with his stick. Like, does he not learn or care? Not long before getting this tape and seeing him get eliminated and helping to cost his team due to his rash stupidity, I’d seen him do the same thing three years later at the Royal Albert Hall against the Undertaker costing him the match. As a naïve 11 year old, I wondered why Jack Tunney still let him bring the 2x4 to ringside since he seemed quite liberal in his use of it!
Also weird to see Mr Perfect in trunks as all the pics I had seen of him had been in colourful singlets. I also though Harley Race was just some bum, since that’s how he was treated in the match, getting pinned seemingly easily by Tito Santana.

The main event was pretty good. It had all the drama and big fight feel to it. I could still tell that the Red Rooster was a shitty gimmick to have, but I also wondered why the ‘Birdman’ Koko B. Ware didn’t seem to be in a feud with him since they seemed like natural rivals.
Savage and Hogan were undoubtedly the stars of the show and I noticed the way Savage reacted to Hogan sitting Elizabeth on his shoulders, but I just put it down to Savage being Savage. I didn’t realise it was the seeds of a story I wasn’t yet aware of.

I watched that tape over and over even when I got more tapes (I watched them all over and over!).