Posts Tagged ‘WWE’

The SmarK Retro Rant for WWF Wrestlemania X-7

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The SmarK Retro Rant for WWF Wrestlemania X-7

- Live from Houston, TX

- Your hosts are Jim Ross & Paul Heyman

- So this is it, the peak of North American wrestling and the point from which you can draw a clear line downwards again, quality-wise. This is the start of the current "Stadium show Wrestlemania" format, as well as the four hour format. After the show myself and many others called it the greatest PPV of all-time, but does it hold up 8 years later? Note for those wondering: This show is coming up on 24/7 next week, but I'd rather watch the unedited DVD version.

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The SmarK 24/7 Rant for WWE Wrestlemania 24

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

 

Oddly enough, I never did an actual rant on this show last year, so with it airing on WWE 24/7 it seems like a good enough time to revisit it.

- Live from Orlando, FL.

- Your hosts are JR, King, Cole, yada yada.

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All-American Wrestling

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for All-American Wrestling - March 31 1985

- As a companion to the MSG show from two weeks before the first Wrestlemania, here's the episode of All-American (which begat Primetime Wrestling, which begat Monday Night RAW) that aired the night of Wrestlemania. I bet they're gonna be hyping Wrestlemania.

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The SmarK 24/7 Rant for Monday Night RAW – December 15 1997

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for Monday Night RAW - December 15 1997

- Taped from Durham, New Hampshire.

- HOUR #1!

- Your hosts are Jim Ross, Kevin Kelly and Michael Cole.

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The SmarK 24/7 Rant for MSG – March 17 1985

Friday, March 6th, 2009

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for MSG - March 17 1985

So this is of course two weeks before the first ever Wrestlemania, which shows you the kind of drawing power they used to have in MSG.

- Taped from New York.

- Your hosts are Gorilla & Mean Gene.

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The SmarK 24/7 Rant for WCW Bash at the Beach 2000

Friday, February 27th, 2009

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for WCW Bash at the Beach 2000

- Ugh, why do I punish myself with this stuff? Unfortunately the original rant is pretty crappy, so let's journey back to the era of Russo & Bischoff. On the bright side, I don't remember any of this shit in the slightest, so much like reruns on NBC, it's new to me! Now where's the alcohol…

- Live from Daytona Beach, FL. And presented by a full nelson!

- Your hosts are Tony, Scott Hudson and Mark Madden.

- Right off the bat I'm fucking annoyed because Tony says "sports entertainment" a million times, which sounds ridiculous on a show that's supposed to be the "alternative" to WWE at the time.

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Macho DVD

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

OK, y'all can stop e-mailing me now.  Personally I already have much of this in my collection, but it's nice to have it all in one set and not everyone is an obsessive collector like I am.  I wish they would have skewed more to the obscure classics like the MSG series against Tito or an alternate Steamboat match (instead of the Wrestlemania match AGAIN).  Good call on the Dibiase cage match, though, that's definitely one that's been waiting for DVD release for a while now. 

Macho Madness: The Ultimate Randy Savage Collection

Disc 1
WWE Debut

Randy Savage vs. Rick McGraw
Prime Time Wrestling July 9, 1985
Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat
Boston Garden December 7, 1985
WWE Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan
Madison Square Garden December 30, 1985
WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Randy Savage vs. Tito Santana
Boston Garden February 8, 1986
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Bruno Sammartino
Boston Garden January 3, 1987
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat
WrestleMania III March 29, 1987
Randy Savage vs. Honky Tonk Man
The Main Event February 5, 1988
WWE Championship Tournament Final
Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase
WrestleMania IV March 27, 1988
Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase
Madison Square Garden June 25, 1988
Disc 2
Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant & Ted DiBiase
SummerSlam August 29, 1988
WWE Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan
WrestleMania V April 2, 1989
WWE Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan
The Main Event March 22, 1990
Randy Savage / Sherri vs. Dusty Rhodes / Sapphire
WrestleMania VI April 1, 1990
Retirement Match
Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior
WrestleMania VII March 24, 1991
Randy Savage vs. Jake Roberts
This Tuesday in Texas December 3, 1991
WWE Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
WrestleMania VIII April 5, 1992
Disc 3
WWE Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels
European Rampage April 19, 1992
Randy Savage / Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair / Shawn Michaels
Worcester, MA July 22, 1992
WWE Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Yokozuna
RAW February 28, 1994
Lifeguard Match
Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
Bash at the Beach July 16, 1995
WCW Championship Match
Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
Nitro January 22, 1996
Falls Count Anywhere Match
Randy Savage vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Great American Bash June 15, 1997
WCW Championship Match
Randy Savage & Sid Vicious vs. Kevin Nash & Sting
Bash at the Beach July 11, 1999

RAW

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for Monday Night RAW - December 8 1997

- So it's the night after the DeGeneration X PPV and big stuff is afoot…

- Live from Portland, Maine.

- Hour 1 is hosted by Jim Ross & Michael Cole & Kevin Kelly. My dream team! Actually they're not so bad here because their entire role is to read pre-scripted bits of the conversation in between JR's actual points. Like they're going over the Shamrock-Michaels title match and Kelly's bit will be "Indeed the match was a mixture of speed and technique" and you won't hear him again. I can deal with that.

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The SmarK DVD Rant for The Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

The SmarK DVD Rant for The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event

I have been waiting anxiously for this one for a while now.

Disc One

- Hosted by Mean Gene

- So let us take you back to the Rock N Wrestling era in 1985, as SNME replaces SNL reruns once every few weeks…

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The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling – September 27 1986

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

The SmarK 24/7 Rant for World Championship Wrestling - September 27 1986

- Another short show this week. Luckily the Braves sucked ass in the 80s, so things will pick up again once we get to the post-season.

- Your hosts are Tony & David.

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