Undertaker vs British Bulldog (WWF, 11-30-1991)

WWF, Hamilton or London, Ontario, Canada

A request! And a particularly neat one, I’ve never seen this match and it comes during Undertaker’s six-day run as WWF champion between Survivor Series ’91 and the failed This Tuesday in Texas PPV.

It’s interesting to watch the crowd’s very mixed reaction to Undertaker here in Ontario. (Not sure if this is the day’s show in Hamilton or the day’s show in London.) He’s still a full heel here, but you can tell people, including some kids, are starting to find him cool all of a year after his debut at Survivor Series ’90.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

Bret Hart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart & Brian Pillman vs Steve Austin, Legion of Doom, Ken Shamrock & Goldust (WWF, 7-6-1997)

WWF In Your House: Canadian Stampede, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A request! The Hart Foundation are back in Calgary for one of the greatest receptions in pro wrestling history. The Austin side is a mish-mash of Guys, but the only one that really matters is Austin and his ongoing war. The other four could have been anyone.

(Requests open and tips always appreciated!)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Dec. 18-24, 1995

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Dec. 18, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Dec. 18, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 18, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Dec. 19, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 23, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 23, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 23, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 23, 1995)
• WCW Main Event (Dec. 24, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Dec. 11-17, 1995

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Dec. 11, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Dec. 11, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 11, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Dec. 12, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 16, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 16, 1995)
• WWF In Your House (Dec. 17, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Dec. 4-10, 1995

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Dec. 4, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Dec. 4, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Dec. 4, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Dec. 5, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Dec. 9, 1995)
• USWA Championship Wrestling (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Dec. 9, 1995)
• WCW Main Event (Dec. 10, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Nov. 20-26, 1995

Another new week, and another one with a pay-per-view extravaganza!

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Nov. 20, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Nov. 20, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Nov. 20, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Nov. 21, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Nov. 25, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Nov. 25, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Nov. 25, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Nov. 25, 1995)
• WCW World War 3 (Nov. 26, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Nov. 13-19, 1995

A new week, and this one has a pay-per-view extravaganza from the World Wrestling Federation, one of the old Big Four, AND I’m putting in an ECW supercard that didn’t, technically, in original form, air on TV in full, but whatever. I just want to watch it.

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Nov. 13, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Nov. 13, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Nov. 13, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Nov. 14, 1995)
• WCW Worldwide (Nov. 18, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Nov. 18, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Nov. 18, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Nov. 18, 1995)
• ECW November to Remember (Nov. 18, 1995; I know this wasn’t on TV in full alone but I don’t care)
• WCW Main Event (Nov. 19, 1995)
• WWF Survivor Series (Nov. 19, 1995)

TAPE’s Time Travel: This Week in TV Wrestling, Nov. 6-12, 1995

I used to do threads on Twitter where I was watching old shows in order; it started with just doing WWF TV of 1994, then obviously I couldn’t not watch the PPVs, then I added ECW, then I added WCW, and before you knew it, it was a whole thing.

I haven’t done it in about nine months, leaving off with the Nov. 4, 1995 edition of WCW Worldwide. Part of this is my wrestling watching goes in spurts. A bigger part is doing all the GIFs and video clipping and whatnot is really time-consuming; watching a one-hour show turns into two-and-a-half hours at best.

But now that I’m just doing whatever with this Blog Site, I thought I’d pick up. I didn’t want to go right from where I left off, so we will start with a new week, just two days later but skipping some B-shows on the weekend.

IN THIS SET:

• WCW Prime (Nov. 6, 1995)
• WWF Monday Night Raw (Nov. 6, 1995)
• WCW Monday Nitro (Nov. 6, 1995)
• ECW Hardcore TV (Nov. 7, 1995)
• WCW Pro (Nov. 11, 1995)
• WWF Superstars (Nov. 11, 1995)
• WCW Saturday Night (Nov. 11, 1995)
• WCW Main Event (Nov. 12, 1995)

Royal Rumble (WWF, 1-19-1992)

WWF Royal Rumble, Albany, NY

Request via Ko-fi. There’s a chance I’ve watched this match more than any other match in history. When people say, “What wrestling match would you show friends who don’t like wrestling to get them into wrestling,” my answer is, obviously, “I would not show them wrestling. They have lived however long having made the correct choice to not let this ridiculous shit into their veins.” But sometimes people will suggest a long, epic match, one that we dorks largely agree is great, and people will say, “Ugh! Look at me, pay attention to me, I am extremely smart and I would not show them that match. All wrestling matches should be 18 seconds long and not have anything good, because when you think about it, that is good!” But this is a 62-minute match I might show someone if I were forced to try to get them to like wrestling, because in this one hour, you see 30 various personalities and one of the all-time great performances.

British Bulldogs vs Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (WWF, 8-29-1988)

WWF SummerSlam, New York, NY

Given we’re a couple days out from this year’s edition of the SummerSlam, which I won’t watch live because I can’t, snapping a fairly long streak there with total indifference, I figured I’d look back at some old the SummerSlam happenings from years gone by. This is the first match in the SummerSlam history, and Superstar Graham — on commentary in Jesse Ventura’s place because Jesse is refereeing the show’s main event — promises all kinds of terrific action or whatever.