PPVs that were never released on home video?

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Jan 22, 2023 16:59:00 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

The strange thing is that PPV was normal for most WCW PPVs, a few undercard matches thrown together, a TV or US title in the beginning and middle and then some bigger matches towards the end. It was more so before Hogan coming and Bischoff doing more for the PPVs but it didn't exactly end there. The format was mostly the same, maybe just less random guys you haven't seen or wouldn't seen again in like 1996-1998. I know Bischoff took over in like early 93 but I feel like his era really didn't start until really after Super Brawl. Super Brawl had those random matches while Spring Stampede really started to have more that made sense.

It did seem like Spring Stampede was the first PPV where they started having it where every match had some sort of build and storyline to it. It did have Badd against DDP which wasn't a feud yet but every other match was either a title match (Flair/Steamboat, Nasties/Cactus and Payne, Austin/Muta, Sting/Rude, Regal/Pillman) or a grudge feud (Boss/Vader, Dustin/Bunkhouse Buck). They were actually kind of ahead of the curve as far as doing the modern PPV format goes. WWF was still doing random midcard matches with no build through 95. Hunter Hearst Helmsley against Bob Holly at Summerslam being an example.

[ToyfareMark]

Jan 21, 2023 22:29:57 GMT -5 fg said:

Jan 21, 2023 20:54:29 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

What are some wrestling PPVs that never made it to home video? Off the top of my head:
AWA/WCCW/CWA Superclash III
UWF (Abrams) Beach Brawl
WCW Superbrawl 4
WCW Souled Out 1997 (strangely)
All WCW ppvs from Halloween Havoc 2000 through Greed 2001

Any other notable ones (I was going to say Over The Edge 1999, but apparently there was a VCD release sold on the International market)?

I remember reading online shortly after Owen’s death that WWE decided not only to not release the show on home video but they didn’t even provide the results in their magazine.

I was surprised to find out that they didn’t release the Dec. 1997 PPV due to the changeover from video release companies.

It In Your House: Degeneration X was released in the UK, I imported the Tagged Classic's of it.

[Craig-UK]

I have done some extensive research into the official WCW home video releases for my website. Here are the PPVs that have were not released in the US:
Bunkhouse Stampede
Japan Supershow II
Japan Supershow III
SuperBrawl IV
Collision in Korea (Released in Japan, though different to the edited PPV)
Souled Out '97
Road Wild '97 (Released in UK)
Fall Brawl '97 (Released in UK)
Souled Out '98 (Released in UK)
Spring Stampede '98 (Released in UK)
The Great American Bash '98 (Released in UK)
Bash at the Beach '00 (was due to be released in the US and was given the code T7198 but was only released in Canada under code 19807)
Halloween Havoc '00
Mayhem '00
Starrcade '00
Sin '01
SuperBrawl '01
Greed '01

WCW also aired some of the Superstar Series on PPV. Some of which were not released on home video:
Buff Bagwell: Buff the Stuff
Disco Inferno: The Man With the Moves!
Vampiro: Another Nail in the Coffin
Billy Kidman: Shooting Star

[chazraps]

Didn't No Mercy 2016 and one other one from that fall never see a proper home video release?

[chazraps]

Jan 21, 2023 20:54:29 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

(I was going to say Over The Edge 1999, but apparently there was a VCD release sold on the International market)?

I'm 95% sure that was a bootleg that was just so widespread as the only way to get it that the only way it was through bootlegs off the VCD in the early days of eBay that lifted the exact same template. It became so circulated that the perception became that it was official.

[chazraps]

Jan 23, 2023 18:07:52 GMT -5 Craig-UK said:

I have done some extensive research into the official WCW home video releases for my website. Here are the PPVs that have were not released in the US:
Bunkhouse Stampede
Japan Supershow II
Japan Supershow III
SuperBrawl IV
Collision in Korea (Released in Japan, though different to the edited PPV)
Souled Out '97
Road Wild '97 (Released in UK)
Fall Brawl '97 (Released in UK)
Souled Out '98 (Released in UK)
Spring Stampede '98 (Released in UK)
The Great American Bash '98 (Released in UK)
Bash at the Beach '00 (was due to be released in the US and was given the code T7198 but was only released in Canada under code 19807)
Halloween Havoc '00
Mayhem '00
Starrcade '00
Sin '01
SuperBrawl '01
Greed '01

WCW also aired some of the Superstar Series on PPV. Some of which were not released on home video:
Buff Bagwell: Buff the Stuff
Disco Inferno: The Man With the Moves!
Vampiro: Another Nail in the Coffin
Billy Kidman: Shooting Star

Good to know about the Superstar Series on PPV, I thought Vampiro had been the only one to get one. Do you by chance have the others?

Also, did Fall Brawl 94 really get a home video release?

[johncasey]

Jan 23, 2023 18:07:52 GMT -5 Craig-UK said:

I have done some extensive research into the official WCW home video releases for my website. Here are the PPVs that have were not released in the US:
Bunkhouse Stampede
Japan Supershow II
Japan Supershow III
SuperBrawl IV
Collision in Korea (Released in Japan, though different to the edited PPV)
Souled Out '97
Road Wild '97 (Released in UK)
Fall Brawl '97 (Released in UK)
Souled Out '98 (Released in UK)
Spring Stampede '98 (Released in UK)
The Great American Bash '98 (Released in UK)
Bash at the Beach '00 (was due to be released in the US and was given the code T7198 but was only released in Canada under code 19807)
Halloween Havoc '00
Mayhem '00
Starrcade '00
Sin '01
SuperBrawl '01
Greed '01

WCW also aired some of the Superstar Series on PPV. Some of which were not released on home video:
Buff Bagwell: Buff the Stuff
Disco Inferno: The Man With the Moves!
Vampiro: Another Nail in the Coffin
Billy Kidman: Shooting Star

Pretty sure the UK never had those releases, none of the shops had them and they stocked ECW and obscure MMA Events.

[James Fabiano]

Jan 23, 2023 18:16:44 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Jan 21, 2023 20:54:29 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

(I was going to say Over The Edge 1999, but apparently there was a VCD release sold on the International market)?

I'm 95% sure that was a bootleg that was just so widespread as the only way to get it that the only way it was through bootlegs off the VCD in the early days of eBay that lifted the exact same template. It became so circulated that the perception became that it was official.

Did it contain everything? If so, you're right.

[James Fabiano]

Cheap and easy answer:

Bandits and Bodyguards.

[sarkerpolseng]

Kind of off topic, but does anyone remember the smell of a warm Coloseum Video cassette fresh out of the VCR?

[Craig-UK]

Jan 23, 2023 18:18:40 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Good to know about the Superstar Series on PPV, I thought Vampiro had been the only one to get one. Do you by chance have the others?

Also, did Fall Brawl 94 really get a home video release?

I do have the others thankfully, took a while to locate them. Here are the original air dates and times (EST):
2000-04-03 | 8:00pm - Buff Bagwell: Buff the Stuff
2000-05-03 | 9:30pm - Disco Inferno: The Man With the Moves!
2000-06-11 | 6:30pm - Vampiro: Another Nail in the Coffin
2000-07-09 | 4:30pm - Billy Kidman: Shooting Star

Yes, Fall Brawl '94 did get a home video release:
1994-10-19 | VHS - 7060 - Fall Brawl '94 - "War Games" - www.barcodelookup.com/053939706031

Jan 23, 2023 18:55:56 GMT -5 johncasey said:

Pretty sure the UK never had those releases, none of the shops had them and they stocked ECW and obscure MMA Events.

They was only available via mail order and their artwork was 'meh' at best.
dl.craig-uk.com/wcwukvhs/ - here are the covers of the UK releases listed above.

Also here is a list of the mail orders in order:

WCW 001 - Spring Stampede '97
WCW 002 - UnCeNSoRed '97
WCW 003 - Slamboree '97
WCW 004 - The Great American Bash '97
WCW 005 - Bash at the Beach '97
WCW 006 - Road Wild '97
WCW 007 - Fall Brawl '97
WCW 008 - World War 3 '97
WCW 009 - Starrcade '97
WCW 010 - Souled Out '98
WCW 011 - SuperBrawl VIII
WCW 012 - UnCeNSoRed '98
WCW 013 - Spring Stampede '98
WCW 014 - Slamboree '98
WCW 015 - NO CLUE - If you know then please let me know.
WCW 016 - The Great American Bash '98
WCW 017 - Bash at the Beach '98
WCW 018 - Road Wild '98
WCW 019 - Fall Brawl '98
WCW 020 - World War 3 '98
WCW 021 - Starrcade '98
WCW 022 - Souled Out '99
WCW 023 - SuperBrawl IX

As far as I know that is all the releases via Mail Order before they started with Warner Brothers Home Videos in the UK.

Thanks to theassassin for a ton of the work from CrazyMax.

[chazraps]

Jan 24, 2023 13:46:32 GMT -5 Craig-UK said:

Jan 23, 2023 18:18:40 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Good to know about the Superstar Series on PPV, I thought Vampiro had been the only one to get one. Do you by chance have the others?

Also, did Fall Brawl 94 really get a home video release?

I do have the others thankfully, took a while to locate them. Here are the original air dates and times (EST):
2000-04-03 | 8:00pm - Buff Bagwell: Buff the Stuff
2000-05-03 | 9:30pm - Disco Inferno: The Man With the Moves!
2000-06-11 | 6:30pm - Vampiro: Another Nail in the Coffin
2000-07-09 | 4:30pm - Billy Kidman: Shooting Star

Yes, Fall Brawl '94 did get a home video release:
1994-10-19 | VHS - 7060 - Fall Brawl '94 - "War Games" - www.barcodelookup.com/053939706031

Jan 23, 2023 18:55:56 GMT -5 johncasey said:

Pretty sure the UK never had those releases, none of the shops had them and they stocked ECW and obscure MMA Events.

They was only available via mail order and their artwork was 'meh' at best.
dl.craig-uk.com/wcwukvhs/ - here are the covers of the UK releases listed above.

Also here is a list of the mail orders in order:

WCW 001 - Spring Stampede '97
WCW 002 - UnCeNSoRed '97
WCW 003 - Slamboree '97
WCW 004 - The Great American Bash '97
WCW 005 - Bash at the Beach '97
WCW 006 - Road Wild '97
WCW 007 - Fall Brawl '97
WCW 008 - World War 3 '97
WCW 009 - Starrcade '97
WCW 010 - Souled Out '98
WCW 011 - SuperBrawl VIII
WCW 012 - UnCeNSoRed '98
WCW 013 - Spring Stampede '98
WCW 014 - Slamboree '98
WCW 015 - NO CLUE - If you know then please let me know.
WCW 016 - The Great American Bash '98
WCW 017 - Bash at the Beach '98
WCW 018 - Road Wild '98
WCW 019 - Fall Brawl '98
WCW 020 - World War 3 '98
WCW 021 - Starrcade '98
WCW 022 - Souled Out '99
WCW 023 - SuperBrawl IX

As far as I know that is all the releases via Mail Order before they started with Warner Brothers Home Videos in the UK.

Thanks to theassassin for a ton of the work from CrazyMax.

Super appreciate your work putting these together! Sending a DM now.

[chazraps]

Jan 24, 2023 19:29:17 GMT -5 booty2shoes said:

Jan 21, 2023 20:54:29 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

What are some wrestling PPVs that never made it to home video? Off the top of my head:

UWF (Abrams) Beach Brawl

This one did get released on VHS. The version of it that is on YouTube is the home video version (with some alternate voiceovers, some of the music edited out, etc).

Can definitely confirm, I have a VHS copy of this.

[johncasey]

Jan 24, 2023 15:18:40 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Jan 24, 2023 13:46:32 GMT -5 Craig-UK said:

I do have the others thankfully, took a while to locate them. Here are the original air dates and times (EST):
2000-04-03 | 8:00pm - Buff Bagwell: Buff the Stuff
2000-05-03 | 9:30pm - Disco Inferno: The Man With the Moves!
2000-06-11 | 6:30pm - Vampiro: Another Nail in the Coffin
2000-07-09 | 4:30pm - Billy Kidman: Shooting Star

Yes, Fall Brawl '94 did get a home video release:
1994-10-19 | VHS - 7060 - Fall Brawl '94 - "War Games" - www.barcodelookup.com/053939706031

They was only available via mail order and their artwork was 'meh' at best.
dl.craig-uk.com/wcwukvhs/ - here are the covers of the UK releases listed above.

Also here is a list of the mail orders in order:

WCW 001 - Spring Stampede '97
WCW 002 - UnCeNSoRed '97
WCW 003 - Slamboree '97
WCW 004 - The Great American Bash '97
WCW 005 - Bash at the Beach '97
WCW 006 - Road Wild '97
WCW 007 - Fall Brawl '97
WCW 008 - World War 3 '97
WCW 009 - Starrcade '97
WCW 010 - Souled Out '98
WCW 011 - SuperBrawl VIII
WCW 012 - UnCeNSoRed '98
WCW 013 - Spring Stampede '98
WCW 014 - Slamboree '98
WCW 015 - NO CLUE - If you know then please let me know.
WCW 016 - The Great American Bash '98
WCW 017 - Bash at the Beach '98
WCW 018 - Road Wild '98
WCW 019 - Fall Brawl '98
WCW 020 - World War 3 '98
WCW 021 - Starrcade '98
WCW 022 - Souled Out '99
WCW 023 - SuperBrawl IX

As far as I know that is all the releases via Mail Order before they started with Warner Brothers Home Videos in the UK.

Thanks to theassassin for a ton of the work from CrazyMax.

Super appreciate your work putting these together! Sending a DM now.

Yeah, cheers for that, didn't know they were mail order

[Mozenrath]

This thread having so many WCW PPVs... It's not why WCW died, but being unable to produce some of this stuff at the same kind of rate the WWF did was a symptom of why WCW died. The revenue stream was never there in the way WCW needed it to be.

[WinOwensWin]

Jan 23, 2023 18:14:35 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Didn't No Mercy 2016 and one other one from that fall never see a proper home video release?

Yep. No Mercy and Backlash 2016 weren't released. I was pretty disappointed myself as it leaves a hole in my collection.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Jan 22, 2023 0:52:55 GMT -5 rrg251 said:

Jan 21, 2023 21:03:00 GMT -5 johnnyk9 said:

I know not that anyone would’ve ever brought a copy but was Hero’s of Wrestling released on any platform?

I vaguely recall seeing a VHS at Media Play about a year afterward.

Hell yeah Media Play, man

That was my gateway to the Tokyopop FMW DVDs and a lot of anime and other foreign film stuff.

[johncasey]

Jan 25, 2023 7:00:03 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

This thread having so many WCW PPVs... It's not why WCW died, but being unable to produce some of this stuff at the same kind of rate the WWF did was a symptom of why WCW died. The revenue stream was never there in the way WCW needed it to be.

Nail on head, whilst WWE were struggling in the early to late 90's, in the UK, you could buy every PPV.

For example on Xmas Eve 96, I got some money from my Gran for Xmas, I went to HMV and seeing as I was a huge Wrestling Fan, I went to the Wrestling Video section and got International Incident.

If Bash At The Beach 96 would have been there with Hogan, Hall, Nash, Luger, Savage and any other ex WWE guy on the cover, then I might have gone with that.

[XaviersSS2015hair]

Jan 22, 2023 11:56:16 GMT -5 XIII said:

Were the WCW/NJPW Supershows ever released? I know that they were shown on PPV sometime after they happened(with the matches involving WCW guys). I would think that maybe they were released in Japan?

The 91 show was definitely released. I have a copy. Found it at a local record store about 20 years ago. Along with a bunch of other NWA/WCW VHS releases from around 87 to 91.

[XaviersSS2015hair]

Jan 25, 2023 14:32:01 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Jan 22, 2023 0:52:55 GMT -5 rrg251 said:

I vaguely recall seeing a VHS at Media Play about a year afterward.

Hell yeah Media Play, man

That was my gateway to the Tokyopop FMW DVDs and a lot of anime and other foreign film stuff.

Media Play was my favorite place to blow my allowance as a teenager. My mom would take me and maybe one or two friends and while she perused the rest of the mall we would be looking through all the wrestling magazines and VHS tapes at Media Play. We would spend hours there.
We didn't know what the hell loitering was at the time lol.

The most random find I can recall purchasing there was a VHS 2 pack of Herb's UWF. Can't remember what the hell was on either tape but I know I bought it.