Which Best Of WWF Tape Should I Review?

[Guest RetroRob215]

Here are the line-ups for each tape...

 

 

Best of the WWF #1

07/15/84 Hulk Hogan & Andre the Giant vs. Dick Murdoch, Adrian Adonis, & John Studd

07/23/84 Fabulous Moolah vs. Wendi Richter (Richter wins WWF Women's Title)

1976 Gorilla Monsoon vs. Baron Scicluna

1976 Gorilla Monsoon vs. Muhammad Ali angle

1984 Jimmy Snuka vs. Bobby Bass

03/84 "Piper's Pit" with Jimmy Snuka

08/25/84 Roddy Piper vs. Jimmy Snuka

12/28/84 Black Tiger vs. The Cobra (Cobra wins WWF Junior Heavyweight Title)

08/84 Hulk Hogan trains Gene Okerlund for their match

08/26/84 Hulk Hogan & Gene Okerlund vs. George Steele & Mr. Fuji

02/80 Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbysko (Zbysko turns heel)

08/09/80 Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbysko (steel cage match)

 

 

Best of the WWF #2

04/17/84 Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch vs. Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson (Adonis & Murdoch win WWF Tag Team Title)

01/22/83 Pedro Morales vs. Don Muraco (Muraco wins WWF I-C Title)

07/22/74 Killer Kowalski vs. Pedro Morales

08/01/70 Sky Low Low & Little Brutus vs. Jamaica Kid & Billy the Kid

1970s Sky Low Low & Little Brutus vs. Joey Russell & Sonny Boy Hayes

12/19/77 Jay Strongbow vs. Toru Tanaka

09/01/84 Tito Santana vs. Paul Orndorff

03/19/83 Don Muraco vs. Rocky Johnson

09/21/64 Bobo Brazil vs. Freddie Blassie

02/14/81 Moondogs Rex & King vs. Tony Garea & Rick Martel (Texas death match)

10/13/81 Tony Garea & Rick Martel vs. Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito (Fuji & Saito win WWF Tag Team Title)

 

 

Best of the WWF #3

07/20/84 Jimmy Snuka vs. Roddy Piper (strap match)

07/20/85 Ricky Steamboat vs. Bob Orton, Jr.

04/22/85 British Bulldogs vs. Rene Goulet & Johnny Rodz

07/13/85 British Bulldogs vs. Hart Foundation

1980s TNT Show: George Steele psychotherapy skit

06/21/85 Adrian Adonis, John Studd, & Bobby Heenan vs. Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo, & George Steele

03/31/85 David Sammartino vs. Brutus Beefcake

05/20/85 Bruno & David Sammartino vs. Brutus Beefcake & Johnny Valiant

1980s TNT Show: King Kong Bundy tries on wigs

06/21/85 King Kong Bundy vs. Tony Garea

06/84 Battle Royal

 

I'll let this thing go until Monday because that is usually when I get started on a review. It takes me at least five days to cap one of there things off.

[Guest Mark4steamboat]

start with 1 and do the whole saga throughout the weeks.

[Guest dreamer420]

i'd start with 1 as well. it looks like the best of the ones you listed and it is number one as well.

[Guest RetroRob215]

I was thinking that, but I have already done Vol. 1 last year, so I wasn't sure if there was really a demand for it. Also, I don't like to review the same type of tape twice in a row. For example, I was thinking of doing an indie tape after I do whichever one wins the poll.

[Guest Daredevil21]

I remember reading your review of 1, and I thought that it was good enough; no need to redo it. 2 is pretty boring stuff, but 3 has its moments. I'd go with 3 simply because the first half of the tape owns, which makes up for the last part, which is just dull/dreadful. Fun little battle royal on the tape to close things out though, and that's worth a look since it features and ending just like Royal Rumble 92, with Hogan playing Hogan, Andre playing Sid, and Studd playing Flair. There are better Best of the WWF's out there, that I'd review, but that's just my opinion.

[Guest RetroRob215]

There are better Best of the WWF's out there, that I'd review, but that's just my opinion.

There probably are, but I only have 1, 2, 3, and 6. I already reviewed 6, so that leaves me with just the first three.

[Guest Black Tiger]

Volume 2 has the best matches on it, Muraco vs Morales, Santana vs Orndorf, Fuji/Saito vs Martel/Garea,

 

Volume 3 also has some Bulldogs matches which kick serious ass.

 

Volume 1 sounds like it has mostly crap on it exept Bruno vs Larry and Snuka vs Piper.

 

I'd start with one and do them in sequece, is Orton vs Steamboat the same match as on Vol 6? So nice they did it twice.

[Guest RetroRob215]

I'd start with one and do them in sequece, is Orton vs Steamboat the same match as on Vol 6? So nice they did it twice.

I haven't watched Vol. 2 yet, but the Vol. 6 match is also on the Highflyers tape.

[Guest MillenniumMan831]

Well, the Volume 3 Dragon/Orton Match is from The Capital Center if that helps.

 

There is no Stemboat match on the High Flyers tape. However, there is plenty of Conquistador, Dangerous Danny Davis, Virgil, Shadows, Jose Estrada, ect. action on it. Actually, it's kinda cool to see opening matches from all around the country (Spectrum, Boston garden, ect) on the tape.

 

As for the battle royal on Vol 3, did anyone else find it hilarious when Rocky Johnson took those slow, pathetic, anti-climatic post shots and actually had the nerve to blade off of them. As if the first one wasn't fake-looking enough, he goes ahead and does ANOTHER ringer into the post worse than the first one, for crying out loud. And to hear Okerlund cry Bloody Murder with his "Awwwww!!! You've got to be KIDDING me?!?!?" line was a great cherry on top.

[Guest dreamer420]

There is no Stemboat match on the High Flyers tape. However, there is plenty of Conquistador, Dangerous Danny Davis, Virgil, Shadows, Jose Estrada, ect. action on it. Actually, it's kinda cool to see opening matches from all around the country (Spectrum, Boston garden, ect) on the tape.

he is right about the high flyers tape, there is no streamboat match. my brother gave it to me for christmas 12 or 13 years ago so i know it like the back of my hard.

 

it is still a pretty good tape though.

[Guest RetroRob215]

Really? I thought there was. I know Orton-Steamboat was recycled on some other Coliseum Video.

[Guest Daredevil21]

High Flyers doesn't have any Steamboat match on it. It came out in 1989, and as most of us know, Steamboat was in NWA at that time, and the WWF wasn't about to promote a top star from another promotion on one of their tapes.

 

To clear up any sort of confusion, the Orton/Steamboat match is on BOTH the Best of the WWF Volume 3 and 6. They are in fact the same match, which isn't so bad since it's a really stellar match.

[Guest RetroRob215]

To clear up any sort of confusion, the Orton/Steamboat match is on BOTH the Best of the WWF Volume 3 and 6.  They are in fact the same match, which isn't so bad since it's a really stellar match.

Thanks Daredevil. Looks like I was wrong from the get go.

 

Anyway, it looks Vol. 3 tied Vol. 1/The whole F'n saga. It seems like Vol. 2 sucks, and I've done Vol. 1 before, so I'll tweak my old Vol. 1 review and get to Vol. 3 sometime down the road. For some reason I decided to watch Barely Legal the other night, so expect that one to come first.