Kids today will never understand the excitement of renting one of these VHS tapes and having this theme come on.

@ministert5836

Жыл бұрын

For sure. Thats the damn truth

@shadycnetwork

Жыл бұрын

@@ministert5836 sometimes I can close my eyes and feel myself physically standing in a Blockbuster video. I can remember the texture of the carpet that flat blue carpet lol.

@ItsFrankieBoy

Жыл бұрын

You got that right!!! Wrestling is garbage now!

@craigstrachan

Жыл бұрын

Still have my VHS tapes from back in the day . Nothing like a good old VHS 📼 to bring back nostalgia .

@ronniesteele1633

Жыл бұрын

Man you just brought me back!!!!! Love nostalgia

This theme on every old school WWF video rental meant your weekends were going to be awesome.

@jskins100

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir memories

@ahyashrawchaa1310

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!!! 1984 for me.

@zappasmustache

4 жыл бұрын

You damn right!

@RamBo-we9ii

3 жыл бұрын

You were about to watch the same tape a few times!!

@JoseTorres-tn8fw

2 жыл бұрын

The best!!!

That music change on the Andre to Kamala slam always hit different to me as a kid. *chills*

@karlepaul6632

Жыл бұрын

💯% AGREE! 👍👍

@mrg8581

3 ай бұрын

Rest in peace Andre and also Kamala.

Happy and sad memories. One night, we were supposed to go to a house show. My dad had some unexpected expenses and couldn’t afford to take us. To make it up to us, He, Instead, rented us a few WWF videos and we ordered a pizza. This theme brings back those memories. As a dad myself, I now understand how he felt. I hate disappointing my kid as my dad hated disappointing me, but dad always made it right. For that reason, I always think of my dad and that night, when I hear this theme.

@lardy70s

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful story and great memories for you.

@manuginobilisbaldspot424

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome dude. Dads who come through clutch are forever legends.

@superstarreviews9937

Жыл бұрын

Honestly,you probably saw better wrestling on these videos,then you would have at some house show! Especially in the 80s. 50% chance you'd have gotten the C show anyways! He did good!

@countrycovers7055

Жыл бұрын

What a great story, awesome stuff pal! Great memories! I remember my parents renting me VHSs when I was a kid & This was the classic them! Love it!

@craigstrachan

2 ай бұрын

Chances are those videos were better than what you would have saw at that house show . Haven't been to a house show in years . That last 1 I went to was 2013. That it was at my hometown arena and they were also doing a show in Brooklyn , New York. They gave all the better talent to Brooklyn and we got the lesser talent . Honestly watching my VHS and DVD collection would have been the better option . Right now they're doing renovation to the Arena where they would do the house shows so nothing wrestling wise unless it's and indy show . Then again I bought a bunch of VHS and DVD's for wrestling off ebay so I'm good on that from . Everything from Old School WWF to Japanese Death Matches. Worth every penny to get them .

1:13 SD Jones with the most beautiful sunset flip that mankind has ever seen. Underrated wrestler.

@datacipher

Ай бұрын

yes, and Muraco and Jones were not little tiny dudes either.

1:20 - That part of the music, and the visual of Andre slamming Kamala in a cage is iconic.

@karlepaul6632

Жыл бұрын

💯% AGREE! 👍👍

@manuginobilisbaldspot424

Жыл бұрын

It really shows the genius of Vince McMahon...that actual match from 1984 at the Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens was actually dull. But you take a great clip and set it to epic music and it looks like a massive Clash of the Titans.

@hainesy

9 ай бұрын

Thinking about watching that moment as a kid was literally what made me search for this video.

Honestly this opening makes me sad, because wrestling isn't wrestling anymore... wrestling hasn't been wrestling since the mid 90s.

@healthandfitnessentreprene7578

3 жыл бұрын

So damn true.... PREACH. I'm 41 watched wrestling religiously until about 2005 then it started going in the shitter. I can't watch raw or smackdown for more than 10 minutes. I don't know what the shit is that "WWE" IS DOING! I think it started all going downhill when they renamed it from WWF TO WWE

@kryer981

11 ай бұрын

In all fairness, wrestling was dying out in the mid-90s. For it to survive, let alone thrive, it had to be radically changed. I do miss 80s wrestling but I've also accepted that it couldn't stay that way forever.

Did my thesis in sports medicine plagiarizing this as my introduction on why wrestling is the root sport for all sport. Got an A on it. Thank you WWF.

@pjsretrogamesmusicandwrass5795

3 жыл бұрын

Well done mate !

The sunset flip by S.D. Jones was perfectly executed. Got his heels over the shoulders.

@jonstefanik9400

Жыл бұрын

S.D. had the best style Sunset Flip just like Gorilla Monsoon said Jim Brunzell had the best Dropkick.

While everyone else was renting Movies, I was renting Best of the WWF Vol..... Everything I could Find!!!

Takes me back to 1985 when I was 8 years old

Still get a chill...it's one of the songs of the soundtrack of my youth. I'm sure I'm not the only one. We grew up real poor, so having little treats like the Friday night video store run meant more, and I had to be real particular about what I wanted since if I messed up, that was pretty much my weekend entertainment. So I played it safe with a LOT of wrestling tapes, even though my mom and dad both hated it. But my sisters grew to both sorta like it with me and having that with some Jiffy Pop popcorn was a really big deal. I enjoy sharing those kinds of nights now with my own son.

Childhood memories of the VHS rental store with my dad and grandpa what a Christmas day find! Thanks to uploader.

@jayleblanc3598

3 жыл бұрын

I swear, you must be my brother...

@michaelstclairejr1746

3 жыл бұрын

Me love Fri nights

👍💯Ahh THE GOLDEN ERA OF WRESTLING!!!

If you heard this on Friday night... you knew your weekend was about to be awesome.Blockbuster's 3 day returns changed the game!!

The ref getting hit in the head by the battery or whatever at 1:14 still gets me every time

This music and the old 1985/86 (the TV taping show pre Superstars starting in Sept 86) All American Wrestling intro music and montage of fireworks and the top Wrestling stars of that era is still epic, get a little goosebumps no matter how many times I see this.

@cliffpelletier1405

2 жыл бұрын

I remember standing in a video rental store back in 85/86 and my father renting a clamshell wwf tape probably the best of tnt and rocky 4 I believe it was this theme is the musical embodiment of that era,etc...

If my life, most particularly, my childhood had a soundtrack. This would be the opening song

👍🏻👍🏻I remember my Dad renting me these videos (at Rite-Aid of all places) and watching this intro at least a half dozen times in a row before watching the actual video itself! lol Really, it got me fired up, and right towards the end when the music hits that peak, where it slows down with Andre picking up and slamming Kamala, literally getting goosebumps, and counting along (in slow motion) with the ref, while simultaneously watching the fans in the background going absolutely bonkers when Hogan beats the Iron Sheik, and just having a HUGE smile on my face, feeling so very, VERY happy!😁 lol Yea, probably sounds corny, but I was about 11 years old, and it was when wrestling was WRESTLING, not 'sports entertainment', and wrestlers were WRESTLERS, and not 'performers'. Ahhh...awesome childhood memories. When tickets to see matches were $8 for general admission, $10 for the floor, and $12 for ringside. Thanks for posting this! (...and sorry for the 'War and Peace' novel length comment....😉)

@heyyou9693

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone could have summed it up any better. I had the same feeling.

@gshort78

Жыл бұрын

Great picture that you've painted. I couldn't wait for the wrestling, so I'd watch it through once. But I'd finish the tape and watch the intro and outro about 50 times!

@RubiiMoon

Жыл бұрын

You just said it all my friend. I can even smell my old vhs spot when I hear this. The popcorn, the old tapes and cardboard cut outs... I'm so happy to have this memory.

@karlepaul6632

Жыл бұрын

@@heyyou9693 👍

@karlepaul6632

Жыл бұрын

@@gshort78 👍

Coliseum videos they were all my childhood goodies I lived off them till this day

I remember putting that old tape in the VHS player...It was the start of a great friday night 3hr of wrestling! The goooooood old days!

Sometimes you just gotta find this banger and play it real loud..... and just lockup with the closest person to you, maybe a big boot to the gut.. Even a leg drop will suffice!

Video Max in my hometown was the place. It smelled like a video store. I'd rent them almost every day during the summer. Good memories. The part where Andre slams Kamala in the steel cage is awesome.

@Drew791

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh that classic VHS rental store smell. It would be even better on a hot summer day when you walked into the air conditioning after walking up to the video store in the heat. Kids these days will never know that smell 😔

@craigstrachan

2 жыл бұрын

Have that match on dvd . It took place October 20/84 at the Malpe Leaf Gardens in Toronto , Ontario Canada . About an hour and a half drive (Depending on traffic ) from where i live in Hamilton . Classic match . Remember buying those home videos to watch . Brings back good memories .

@karlepaul6632

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the music changes key and slows down right at Andre slamming Kamala gave me goosebumps as a kid! What an awesome visual!👍👍

I'm going to keep this alive with a long ass ringtone on my phone.

This was the theme I grew up on my first time ever watching wrestling as a 4 year old. Watching these VHS tapes was the very beginning and I've been mesmerized ever since. Gonna be 40 years old in 6 months and I'm still a regular watcher that never stopped.

Used the opening words as a quote from an 'unknown source outside of WWF' for a college paper about professional wrestling. Schoolwork was never so much fun. Spent 2 months researching wrestling archives and reliving my youth.

@VenueMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Did a paper on the notion of Kayfabe in college. That was a blast.

It’s safe to say I have not HEARD this song in THIRTY YEARS! It’s August 2021 and I woke up this fine Sunday morning with this song on my mind. WTF IS WRONG WITH ME??! 😂😂😂😂

Man this was life!!!

Have mercy this is what I remembered as a kid going to a VHS store to rent out videos but my dad would always end up buying them to say I watched these over and over is an understatement

So many memories watching this on the weekends when my dad rented these videos for me! Judging from the comments a lot of other people had the same childhood :-)

first time I saw this was on the intro of the video tape of Wrestlemania 2 (in the UK). I bought it possibly 1991 (??)

That first scene with the Superfly Splash...done exactly right! Take notes, Tamina.

@lardy70s

3 жыл бұрын

Superfly literally got away with murder.

I remember buying these old Best of the WWF VHS tapes back in the mid to late 90s from a local mom and pop store (Movieland in Greenwood SC) every once or twice a month and I would watch them on Friday night Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday evening with non stop wrestling action until I went back to school Monday morning. Didn't watch Wrestling VHS tapes during the week because of school except Monday Night Raw, and Nitro or Clash of the Champions. That theme music took me back when I was a kid and when wrestling was wrestling compared to today's wrestling they have on now. I was born in 86 and watching this great epic opening in 2023. I still have those old tapes stashed away in a box. What a piece of wrestling nostalgia!

Hogan sold the Fuck outta that pin. I always thought man that iron sheik is tough! it took all of hogans strength to barely beat him. Now I knew it was a work early, but the way it was slowed down on Coliseum video made me think, maybe the sheik didn't wanna lose! Yell

@trevorhembrough1290

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Sheik dropped the Belt in under six minutes.

@box5bastard277

3 жыл бұрын

@@trevorhembrough1290 dudes lose belts in LEGIT fighting events in less time, while giving their best effort, so what does 6 minutes got to do with it? Yell

I will always and forever love this theme and intro the best one WWE has ever done hands down

Listening to this makes me feel like a kid again. I remember renting all the volumes as the local video store.

Watching this in 1986, I would get so pumped watching this.

I miss those day so much such a great time in wrestling.

I wish this were still the tone of pro wrestling.

@LDK47

2 жыл бұрын

(and I'm not pining for the old days in general, I like a lot of things better about current wrestling but the reverence, mystery and nods to ancient greece... beautiful)

That song unlocks all kinds of memories. I still love it.

"Enigma"..Epic Orchestra 🔥

This theme always felt so 70s

@travismcdonald6576

4 жыл бұрын

Joeyg50 Still awesome.

@VenueMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Made it feel like a 'sports' presentation

@sageantone7291

3 жыл бұрын

Still '80s

@rustykuntz94

3 жыл бұрын

@@VenueMedia This music was also used often for NFL Films highlight pieces in the mid 80s

2021 will be the last year for WWE Home Video. Its an end of an era that began with this!

Video store on Allerton Ave and Barnes Ave in the Bronx.

Even to this day I get chills watching this Colosseum intro

man I miss my childhood

Loved this theme!

So many memories. That is my childhood right there. Every Friday & Saturday evening I watched these videos with my Grandfather and Uncle who are both gone.

The Coliseum Home Video intro was the soundtrack of my childhood! Must have seen dozens, maybe hundreds, of videos they distributed!

My favorite. This was my childhood !

This was an awesome theme...

This little clip for a moment turned me back into a little Hulkamaniac... It's incredible to know that after so many years this jingle still exists!! I thank you very kindly for this video clip.

I always loved that intro. Great memories.

Love watching Patera swinging Tito like a rag doll while the music playing

@scottdodson8619

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's Jim Powers, not Toto Santana...?

@lardy70s

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottdodson8619 its Tito

@scottdodson8619

3 жыл бұрын

@@lardy70s Jim Powers was there that time. Tito didn't wear white at that time. That guy was bigger against Patera

@lardy70s

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottdodson8619 I stand corrected. It's definitely Jim like you said. Apologies and thanks.

@thelastround8085

3 жыл бұрын

Thats jim powers

I vividly remember renting these WWF Coliseum videos as a kid from "Major Video" (Metairie, LA). Great memories. That awesome intro music is ingrained in me.

I've always tried to figure out what the matches are in the intro and maybe someone can fill in the missing parts/make corrections: 0:34 Long shot of MSG 0:36 Jimmy Snuka vs. Jerry Valiant, 1983 0:37 Volkoff and Sheik vs ??? 0:41 Jay Strongbow vs. Afa, 1984 0:42 Tito Santana vs. ??? 0:44 Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo 0:49 Roddy Piper and Bob Orton Jr. vs. Jimmy Snuka and JYD in a Texas Tornado Match, MSG January 1985 0:52 Ken Patera vs. Jim Powers, 1984 0:56 The Cobra vs. The Black Tiger for the WWF Junior Heavyweight Title, MSG December 1984 1:07 The Cobra vs. The Black Tiger, Same match as above 1:08 Uncle Elmer vs. Big John Studd , MSG August 1985 1:10 Hulk Hogan vs. Greg Valentine for the WWF World Heavyweight Title, Philadelphia Spectrum August 1984 1:14 S.D. Jones vs. Magnificent Muraco, MSG 1984 1:16 Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham vs. The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, Mid-Hudson Civic Center December 1984 1:20 Andre The Giant vs. Kamala in a Steel Cage Match , Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens October 1984 1:23 S.D. Jones vs. Magnificent Muraco, same match as above 1:24 Tito Santana vs. Paul Orndorff for the WWF Intercontinental Title, Kiel Auditorium September 1984 1:27 Hulk Hogan vs. The Iron Sheik for the WWF Heavyweight Title, MSG January 1984

@Scorpiondeathlock81

6 ай бұрын

at 0:44 where Windham & Rotundo are waiving the flag is from the January 26, 1985 edition of Championship Wrestling right before Sheik & Volkoff's match.

@Scorpiondeathlock81

5 ай бұрын

At 0:42, Tito Santana winning his match against Terry Manton from the December 8, 1984 edition of Championship Wrestling.

coliseum wwf videos were awesome. Piper's video in 1985 was great.

This is the theme that will always remind me of my favorite time for wrestling

Remember this theme from the old Coliseum Video VHS tapes back in the day. Have the Steel Cage Match on DVD towards the end of the clip . Andre The Giant Vs Ugandan Giant Kamala from Torontos Maple Leaf Gardens in October 1984. Classic Match . A must watch .

OMG....I haven't seen this since I was only 4-5 years old 🤩

The WrestleMania 2 vhf, first time heard this song. Takes me back

This brings back some great memories. Patera spinning Santana around in the full nelson.

I was at the video store every Sat morning renting coliseum videos and it was glorious. I especially loved the Andre/Kamala spot. Incredible memories

There's a video of the full version of this song somewhere. I think it's called Enigma something...anyway, it was also used on the 49ers yearbook video after either the 1981 or 1984 season

@blozier2006

9 ай бұрын

Correct. "Enigma" by Tim Souster, from the DeWolfe Production Music library. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIp50ZV9mpe1pKQ.html

Awsome theme. 😀😃😄😁

1:17 the refs reaction still makes me laugh to this day 😂

just brought back my childhood...thanks...i was in awe after best of wwf vol 1...First Match Andre teaming with Hogan

Now this was the theme as a kid I remembered

This was everything once apon a time!

Two other songs that is classical music named Carnival Overture and Willian Tell Overture was played on this show that is called Tuesday Night Titans hosted by Vince McMahon. So whether these songs were played on the T.N.T. wrestling show or not it was played here.

Coliseum home video

I remember this intro; I loved it as a kid and I still love it now!

The best

This intro was the greatest thing on earth when I was 9 years old. I still have the entire best of the WWF series in digital copes. Awesome stuff.

I had the poster when Andre slammed Kamala

I actually downloaded this to my Xbox 360 version of wwe2k14 and used it as the entrance theme Andre the giant

I remember me and my brother staying over with my grandfather sometimes and we’d walk across the street in Coney Island to this little video store that had so many Coliseum Videos. And you’d get so excited to go back and rent the ones you hadn’t seen yet. The Best Of The WWF series was aces and of course the early Manias

Recognize this theme from my WrestleMania 1 vhs tape.

To this day, still the best intro.

I always thought this would be the perfect intro for Bob Backlund during his Mr. Backlund heel run. Especially if he had held the title for a while.

fukin epic!

The bit with Uncle Elmer at 1:07 wasn't in the version I remember, anyone know what it replaced?

WWE Network redubbed the opening and closing music for CV.

This is wrestling as it should be! Like it was in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome! Not like the modern "WWE" which is not wrestling and not entertaining!

finally found it last heard it on vintage collection years ago

I remember when The Clarences played this song at LewisFest '08 in San Francisco.

Big part of my childhood!!!

Makes you want to jump into the ring

I love this theme its a classic but it also makes me sad because majority of these guys I grew up enjoying watching is no longer with us anymore

The app doesn’t have this song in the intro. Why did they change it? It was so 80’s.

Intense part was always Andre slamming Kamala

This song fires me right the F up.

Goosebumps

Glorious Past

This theme just reminds me of how rasslin in General needs to go back to this format

The best theme!

Amazing

I love this intro

Legendary and it was funky too

Fantastic theme.