brighty Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 all information from silvervision.co.uk Andre DVD is available late Febuary in the UK, so probably mid-January in the states: Andre the Giant was a man larger than life, so large his nickname was “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Lord Alfred Hayes hosts the matches that built the legend of this Hall of Famer. Matches Include: vs. Moondog Rex 8.1.1981 18-Man Battle Royal with Sgt. Slaughter, Big John Studd, Jimmy Snuka, Pat Patterson, “Hollywood” Hogan, Paul Orndorff, The Iron Sheik & Tito Santana. vs. Black Gordman & Great Goliath 1.12.1976 vs. Jack Evans, Johnny Rodz, & Joe Butcher Nova vs. Gorilla Monsoon with the Grand Wizard Andre the Giant & Jimmy Snuka vs. the Wild Samoans 2.18.1983 vs. the Masked Superstar 2.20.1984 Andre the Giant & S.D. Jones vs. Big John Studd & Ken Patera with Bobby Heenan 12.15.1984 This is the legendary haircut match. vs. Ken Patera 1.21.1985 Revenge of the Giant. vs. Big John Studd 3.31.1985 WrestleMania® commentary by Michael Cole & Tazz. (This title was previously released on VHS) and WrestleMania 5/6 Tagged Classic: Wrestlemania 5 Hercules vs. Haku Akeem & Big Bossman vs. The Rockers Brutus Beefcake vs. Ted DiBiase Bushwhackers vs. Jacques & Raymond Rougeau Mr. Perfect vs. The Blue Blazer Demolition Axe & Smash vs. The Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji Dino Bravo vs. Ronnie Garvin Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Tito Santana & Rick Martel "Piper's Pit" with Morton Downey, Jr. and Brother Love Jake Roberts vs. Andre the Giant (special referee John Studd) The Hart Foundation vs. Honkytonk Man & Greg Valentine Intercontinental Title Match Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior Jim Duggan vs. Bad News Brown Red Rooster vs. Bobby Heenan World Title Match Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage Wrestlemania 6 Rick Martel vs. Koko B. Ware World Tag Titles Match Demolition vs. Andre the Giant & Haku Earthquake vs. Hercules Brutus Beefcake vs. Mr. Perfect Bad News Brown vs. Roddy Piper The Hart Foundation vs. Nikolia Volkoff & Boris Zuhkov The Barbarian vs. Tito Santana Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire vs. Randy Savage & Sherri Martel The Orient Express vs. The Rockers Jim Duggan vs. Dino Bravo Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts Big Bossman vs. Akeem Rick Rude vs. Jimmy Snuka World Title Match Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan
Lil' Bitch Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 The covers which haven't been changed either.
Guest The Shadow Behind You Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 The Andre one looks interesting enough to pick up if it's cheap.
Guest Shutterspeed Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 It's almost as if he's being portrayed in a preschoolesque, Eugeneesque, "prod me with a stick" light.
Guest LooneyTune Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Hmm...I might be interested in getting a copy of the Andre tape. (sends an email to my connections)
CanadianChris Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 I might have picked up the Andre one if it wasn't Alfred Hayes doing the hosting. I can't stands that guy.
Guest LooneyTune Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Wait...why is Cole/Tazz commentary on the WM 1 match? WWE has released it on tape several times a few years back and it had Jesse Venturas commentary.
CanadianChris Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Wait...why is Cole/Tazz commentary on the WM 1 match? WWE has released it on tape several times a few years back and it had Jesse Venturas commentary. Probably something to do with Jesse's royalties lawsuit.
MikeJordan23 Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Wait...why is Cole/Tazz commentary on the WM 1 match? WWE has released it on tape several times a few years back and it had Jesse Venturas commentary. They can't use Jesse's voice. Not sure if you bought Foley'd DVD but his match with Vader, you only hear Tony talking though Ventura did commentary on it. Same thing with Foley vs. Sting on the DVd, notice Foley and Coach did commentary, that's because Jesse was on that one too with Jim Ross.
Guest LooneyTune Posted November 26, 2004 Report Posted November 26, 2004 Hulk Rules DVD has Wrestlemania III's orginal commentary, as does the 1988 Survivor Series Match and 1990 Royal Rumble Match.
res37618 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 Wait...why is Cole/Tazz commentary on the WM 1 match? WWE has released it on tape several times a few years back and it had Jesse Venturas commentary. They can't use Jesse's voice. Not sure if you bought Foley'd DVD but his match with Vader, you only hear Tony talking though Ventura did commentary on it. Same thing with Foley vs. Sting on the DVd, notice Foley and Coach did commentary, that's because Jesse was on that one too with Jim Ross. They can use Jesse's voice as long as it meets two requirements: A) It's not a WCW match and B) It's a match that has previously been released at some point on a WWF(E) video or DVD release. The commentary may likely be an "alternate commentary" choice rather than deleting the original commentary altogether, or maybe they just decided to give another perspective on the match.
Elbarto997 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 DVD sounds good enough, as long as they don't want to extent it to 2 Discs so they have to delay the red hot RVD DVD, like the Hall Of Fame DVD delayed the ECW DVD. Can you guess what they're going to do for the main feature? Anyone? By looking at the Match listings, it seems like they is goin OLD SCHOOOOLL for this DVD. But the 18-Man Battle Royale seems like a Cheap attempt of putting Hulk Hogan on there. Still not bad...
MillenniumMan831 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 The Andre dvd was originally released by Coliseum Video in 1985. Just a cut and paste job like many past dvds.
Elbarto997 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 I thought they were going to paste the Larger Than Life feature on there, which was released by WWF Home Video around '98. Still, this DVD sounds like a collector's holiday. Most of the matches look frickin rare. Larger than Life ain't that easy to get anymore. So this seems like a nice recommendation. Of course this is Andre we're talkin about so Scott Keith will probably crash the party and recommend the DVD to avoid...
MillenniumMan831 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 It's actually a really interesting 90 minutes. As you can imagine, there's a lot of younger Andre squashing everyone but the haircut match along w/ the revenge match vs. Ken Patera is perfect stuff for fans of that era. Plus, there's an awesome TNT segment where Vince McMahon tries to goad Andre into putting up his career against Studd much to Andre's annoyance. And it ain't pretty when the big man gets annoyed.
Elbarto997 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Posted November 27, 2004 What? Larger Than Life, or the Coli-dated video you mentioned?
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