WWF First UK PPV (1989) watchalong! - OSW 138
Well helloooooooo!
Our first 2025 vid is my (Jay) Host's choice: WWF's First Ever UK PPV! "WWF Superstars of Wrestling" aka "WWF Rampage" aka "First WWF UK Event", a live show from Oct 10, 1989 in London England. Shown exclusively on Sky. Main event is Hogan vs Savage!
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPSdLUTt140 (2h26m)
Your boys are back in the O.G. Hulkamania Era! This is WWF's first live show in the UK and it's not available anywhere in it's entirety. Not WWE Network, Netflix, Coliseum Home video or Silvervision. But I managed to finagle a copy and got our brah Nick Acosta to AI Upscale it, to give you optimal viewing experience. Our video is 2h26m -- since it's not available anywhere, I thought it'd be cool to do as a watchalong! We shove in as many facts and anecdotes and Qs for OOC as we can.
HQ Downloadable version on NoggerU! CLICK HERE!
(contains slightly higher quality footage of two matches from WWF World Tour 89/90 home video!)
SPECIAL THANKS:
📺 Wonderful @Wrestlespective vid on pre-WWF Vince McMahon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHiCFqHTq0
@scottie_rasslin (who runs WrestleSpective!) - research
👨💻 Nick Acosta - AI Upscale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXpzbuyuIZ0
✂️🎞️ Ciaran McNamara - WWF UK retrospective (hire him!) https://www.instagram.com/ciaranmcnamara92/
✂️🎞️ Dan MacRae - rando splicey
🎨 DKirbyJ - WWF Sky logo
🎨 Dino - Hogan/Macho Simpsons art
🎨 Mayor Aponte - OSW chocolate bar art https://ericmdirect.carrd.co/
💚 You!
Hope you love it and hope to see you for the premiere!
Love, Jay 💚
Comments (14)
It's tragic, but Mike Knox is indeed far too beloved and respected to stay on that boy's list. It was quarter past time to replace him. But he'll always be quarter past ten in our hearts. (Ahh, what a show too...it really is sweet to be back in this era, with all the dramatic grappling and massive coked out hot dogs)
Rest assured you guys are definitely like comfort food ☺️ by the way Illinois is pronounced "ill-annoy" 😂
That's what I get for trying to fancy it up! 😂
great news boys, i'm a bit of a cocktail nerd and i looked at the menu you posted for Hitman's Bar. The margarita named after Owen is blue! It's got blue curaçao in it, which is a bright blue orange liqueur. A lovely tribute, i'd love to have a drink named after me. Cheers noggers, raising a pint of the black stuff to ya.
I was more flabbergasted by the name, I just picture Bret coming up with a name for a drink for his new bar and thinking “how do I make money from the gimmick that killed my brother?”
Hooray my question was answered. And I’ve never heard my name in an Irish brogue before. How lovey
Awesome episode, really enjoy these watchalongs. You lads sounds much more layback and relax. And cheers for answering my question! Didn't except that one. I know it was a difficult question that doesn't have a straightforward answer but I'm pleased with what you lads had to say.
Great watch! I looked up this show, and you guys unfortunately didn't get to see the world's greatest dark match: Fit Finlay, Rollerball Rocco, and Skull Murphy defeating Al Perez, Dale Wolfe, and Tim Horner
I looked so hard for that. WWF FUNLAY!!
Awesome watch - more an extended listen than watch along 😂
You guys are the best! Perfect Sunday night viewing.
That's my evening sorted. What a legend Jay
Well there’s my evening sorted out. Winners are you!
Aww man, NFL playoffs start in 45 minutes, but excited to watch this tomorrow!