Random DVD

[humanoid92 0]

I found a random DVD at Suncoast the other day called "The Best of the Intercontinental Championship". I don't remember this DVD being released or advertised at all. The cover is simply a picture of the old IC Title (the best belt ever). I was intrigued- I had to get it.

 

There's no main feature or anything- just 5 IC Title matches from 1992 and 1993. I love '92 and '93 and four of the five are rare matches that I don't have so it's cool seeing "new" matches from that time period.

 

The matches are:

 

Shawn Michaels vs. Crush (Sheffield, England: 4/11/93)

Bret Hart vs. Skinner (Prime Time: 8/24/92)

Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty (Raw: 7/19/93)

Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. Perfect (Summerslam: 8/30/93)

Shawn Michaels vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan (Raw: 5/3/93)

 

And that's it. One semi-notable PPV match and four random matches. Four Shawn matches, and one Bret match. Just seems like a very strange match selection. Why did they even bother making this DVD in the first place? And if you're gonna have Shawn in every match but one, why not just make it a "Shawn as IC Champion" DVD? What's the point?

 

So far I've only watched the first three matches. JR, Savage, and Heenan do dubbed over commentary.

 

Michaels/Crush was pretty good, but Shawn takes the countout to save his Title in a lame finish. Went about 9 minutes. Shawn busts out a DDT and Crush does a Bulldog-style delayed suplex. Pretty cool.

 

Bret/Skinner goes about 6 minutes with Skinner on offense almost the whole time. Match consisted of punches and an abdominal stretch. Not one of Bret's best. Though he does win with the "counter a leg drop to the groin into the Sharpshooter" trick, which I've always liked. I actually had higher hopes for this one since I like their Tuesday In Texas match.

 

Michaels/Jannetty is amazing, though if this is the match that everyone calls ***** it's not. Still, a really fast paced match with a false finish and a lot of offense from Marty. He controls maybe 80% of the match. It's weird- Gorilla and JR do dubbed-over commentary even though Vince, Savage, and Heenan are visible at ringside, and in fact play an important role in the match (when Hebner gave Marty a three count, Heenan called him over to watch the replay on a monitor- Hebner saw that Shawn had his foot on the ropes and the match continued). They didn't show the action from the commercial breaks (which is probably mostly restholds anyway) and just clip the match instead.

 

Haven't gotten to the last two but I've seen the Summerslam match a million times and I vaguely remember Shawn/Duggan.

 

Just a strange DVD- I never knew it existed and now that I have it, I'm still not really sure why it does.

[landy1987 0]

This was a released at some point in 2003, just a re-release from an old Coliseum Video or Columbia House tape (like they re-released 'casue Stone Cold Said So, Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive, Andre the Giant, History of WrestleMania I-IX etc.)

[pochorenella 0]

It's the DVD version of an old Coliseum Video release, nothing more. The only reason I got it was to have the Marty vs Shawn match on DVD quality. That match, IMO, while a terrific match, is second to their first RAW encounter where Marty wins the IC Title. Although I believe it did win MOTY honors on PWI.

Anyway, I got it real cheap so no regrets on my part.

[cawthon777 0]

It's a former Columbia House release (from the 1993 home video series). The only IC video that Coliseum put out was back in 1987.

[Jericholic82 0]

this dvd came out on the same day as andre and as well rvds I think I believe it was Feb 1 2005 IIRC

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

this dvd came out on the same day as andre and as well rvds I think I believe it was Feb 1 2005 IIRC

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You are correct. We started carrying it Feb. 1 in Walmart.

 

I, personally, marked the f out over Skinner.

[Guest Rrrsh]

The Shawn Marty Match that won the PWI rankings happened in July, and HBK won with help I believe from new Bodygaurd Deisel. The match were Marty wins via Perfect interfernce did NOT win PWI match of the year.

[humanoid92 0]

The Shawn Marty Match that won the PWI rankings happened in July, and HBK won with help I believe from new Bodygaurd Deisel. The match were Marty wins via Perfect interfernce did NOT win PWI match of the year.

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Yeah, the July match is the one on the DVD. Diesel does help Shawn win- Marty takes one high risk too many and ends up diving over the top rope to the floor. Diesel throws him back in and Shawn pins him. I still don't think it approaches ***** but it was really good. Though I could see how it was a MOTY candidate. The only serious competition I could think of off the top of my head would be Bret/Perfect from KOTR.

[cawthon777 0]

Here were the runners up that year:

 

The Steiners vs. The Heavenly Bodies (Summer Slam)

Rick Rude vs. Dustin Rhodes (Beach Blast)

Cactus Jack vs. Big Van Vader (Halloween Havoc)

 

I remember not being too into Marty / HBK back when it aired live. There were much better matches that year.

[humanoid92 0]

Here were the runners up that year:

 

The Steiners vs. The Heavenly Bodies (Summer Slam)

Rick Rude vs. Dustin Rhodes (Beach Blast)

Cactus Jack vs. Big Van Vader (Halloween Havoc)

 

I remember not being too into Marty / HBK back when it aired live.  There were much better matches that year.

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Ah, WCW didn't even cross my mind for some reason. I was just trying to think of WWF matches. I do remember Steiners/Bodies being awesome but not really MOTY caliber. HBK/Perfect was disappointing. I'm a big mark for WWF 1993 because it's around when I first started watching. In my opinion, there's tons of quality stuff from the WWF that year, but it lacks a real blowaway match, which '92 and '94 each had a few of.

 

By the way, Cawthon, I'm a big fan of the site.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Rhodes/Rude is a horrible, HORRIBLE match. I can't believe its listed.

 

Modern day, I'd compare it to a 30-minute match between Batista and Carlito ending in a draw.