So today will be a very, very special
Anniversary. This year marks the
35th Anniversary of
NO HOLDS BARRED, one of My most fave movies ever and arguably the best wrestling movie ever made
A couple years back I made a special of
No Holds Barred in Packer's
Movie Trailer Topic. Only he ever said stuff about it then so I guess everybody else either overlooked it...when people never look back, they miss so much good content and I say this all the time so here's the link to it so you don't miss it again --->
http://www.dctoyrevolution.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1254&p=44230&hilit=No+Holds+Barred#p44230Now, while people was doing this & that about and.or during
2020 (many still are), I returned to this great Forum and I posted about My
Christmas Haul which you can see this here --->
http://www.dctoyrevolution.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1044Here's My Quote from My
Topic...
BrandonDaCollector wrote:CHRISTMASThe WWF No Holds Barred magazine/program: As you know I am a huge wrestling fan (more to come later on that subject!). I loved the movie No Holds Barred, (R.I.P. Zues
IMO it is the best wrestling movie ever and when I little I asked My Grandma to get the book back in the day, she couldn't get it anywhere and it was sold out in the WWF warehouse/store back then. Well, fast forward over 30 years later she got it for Me on eBay and I am so happy about that!
Now with that being known, back then I didn't know where I was headed here because a lot had changed. When
2020 hit, I awoke and realized how important things of the past is. It hit Me when I got out My
OSTM ECW Figures and then I realized how much better the past was and that I need to heavily focus on that...the urge was always there but the spark needed to arrive and then it did. If you have been faithfully following Me, reading and seeing My great visually stunning showcases, then you know that I have significantly evolved since then and I have showed an absolute major load of great stuff including
Vintage & Modern Action figures, Video Games, VHS Tapes & DVDs, Movies Scores & Soundtracks, Books, Various Items and much more. I talk & show My own local stuff, past & present because I love it and seems like most of today's society doesn't care about any that which is a shame how that has become, however, it will never be that way with Me. Just look for instance what I've done in this very
Topic of My Vintage Wrestling Collection...I go in-depth about so much not to mention My other types of
Topics like My Composers, Horror & Kaiju ones. I'm one of the only people on the entire web that does what I do and once We're, gone...sadly that's it because I don't have the the confidence in this Generation doing what I do so things don't go into a Limbolic stage and fall to Oblivion...with My help that will not happen
So with that being said, I'm about to present My
WWF No Holds Barred Program Magazine in its ENTIRETY
So your getting a big free look at this classic
Book, see how many people online is doing this
First of all, here it is in the
protective Sleeve. This is great for
Magazines & Comics. The
eBay Seller named
Security is a smart one for doing that because not all Sellers do it
Now, out of the
protective Sleeve, here is the
No Holds Barred Magazine...gosh that
front Cover is so great looking, still one of the coolest
wrestling magazines to date
First, as you open up the
Program, your greeted by an
Advertisement of
Acclaim's Remote Controller which I have shown & talked about elsewhere. This was revolutionary back then in these days of the
NES yet how many people are still talking about this history
It pains Me how
Acclaim was the number one video game company in the
late 80s - early 2000s then they go out of business then society moves on like they never existed... kids today has no clue who or what they are & especially their sister companies
LJN, Arena, Flying Edge, Sculpted Software & Iguana, gosh that's super sad right there...they were arguably My fave video game company of all. On the next page is a
Poster Ad for No Holds Barred...look at that
Here's the
1989 Acclaim Copyright as well as the
"Shane Distribution Company", 1989 copyright this was released by New Line Cinema on June 2, 1989, 35 years ago this year during a great lineup of movies such as
Ghostbusters II, Batman, The Return of Swamp Thing, The Punisher, Star Trek V. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Burbs, Back to the Future Part II, Licence to Kill, Kickboxer & Cyborg, The Abyss, Deep Star Six, Leviathan, Godzilla vs. Biollante The Fly II, Warlock,Shocker, Hider in the House plus much more
By the way,
Shane Distribution Company was actually a sister company of
Titan Sports after...did you guess it
Shane McMahon just like
Stephanie Music that was for WWF The Music Vol. 2 (that I previously showcased here within
My Topic) was for
Stephanie McMahon I've always loved history & trivia since I was a youngster...like I always say, the more you now
Now as I said before, I wanted this great
Magazine Program way back when it came out as I saw it advertised in the
WWF Magazines and We never could find it at any store We went to. My Grandma MiMi went to order it through the
WWF Magazine Warehouse Catalog for
Back Issues one may have missed as she's done this for Me previously with success, but it was out of stock and they never did get it back in, so I never did get it. Quite frankly I never knew why the heck I never looked for it later on during the heyday on
eBay...however, I feel the reason was because I was really stupid, following the trends and buying that & this that is new & modern in the
2000s - 2010s...most of the things (which is a lot) has already been disregarded by society especially since there's a new different Generation
So again,
2020 came to be and I awoke. Come around
November/Early December it popped in there about
No Holds Barred...soon after that, I started thinking of the cool
Magazine Program I wanted so darn bad when I was a youngster as well...so I looked on
"The Bay" and lo and behold there was only a few of'em available. My Grandma always got Me something for Christmas, I told her the story and she's like ok, pick out the best version and I'll give you my card number. So I did and I got it
It was
over 30 years in the making...I repeat...THAT'S OVER THIRTY YEARS IN THE MAKING Now think to yourself about that
This was really one of the last
Christmas Gifts she ever got Me but I'm so thankful for this that she did this for Me
Now I'm not going into details
page-by-page, if you clicked the link above to
My Spotlight of the Movie and/or if you know the movie as much as I do which I've watched countless times, as much as
My Science Project, Ghostbusters 1 & 2 and Big Trouble in Little China which is a lot then you'll know what is going on here. If not, perhaps you're a noob, a novice or just need to be re-freshened, then you'll be surprised here because there's a lot to be seen plus when I got the
Book, I was surprised because many of these
stills I never seen before so here...we...go
Here's the
introduction about
Rip Thomas & "The Human Wrecking Machine" Zeus...
while
Mr. Brell played by
Big Kurt Fuller wants
WWF's Rip Thomas for his
WTN - World Television Network. As I said before, this predated
Ted Turner & The Monday Night Wars by years...again, as I always say, look back to the past as it's already there, this generation seriously needs to heed this
Notice the
WWF Magazine Ads, I will show them in detail in moments.
I just loved how
Zeus makes his first appearance in the epic film, it's one of the most exciting yet mysterious ones of a villain in all fighting films IMO
Look as he just defeated
Neanderthal played by
WWE Hall of Famer Stan "The Lariat" Hansen Mr. Brell just found his
"Anti-Rip" This was great...
I've featured and talked about this many times on the board but really never gets acknowledged. This was the first time that
Zeus played by
Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr. encountered
Jeep Swenson. In the film he plays
Lugwrench Perkins in a
boiler room of all places.
Jeep was a wrestler on the other wrestling circuit such as
WCCW, AWA & GWF. Hulk Hogan always said he has the largest arms in world with his
24" Pythons but that wasn't true because
Swenson did at
26" In the year of change of
1996, he became
The Final/Ultimate Solution...he joined
Zeus with The Alliance to Destroy Hulkamainia then in
97, Jeep was chosen to play
Bane in Batman & Robin then unfortunately he passed away
Coincidentally, years later,
Zeus played a convict in
2008's The Dark Knight then years later he passed away, in fact, he died around the time I received this
Book in
2020 I'm one of the only people ever that thought that is was/is a strange yet big deal. Here's a close up of
Jeep fighting Zeus Continuing the story
Mr. Brell has one of his goons attack the lovely
Samantha played by the classy hot
Joan Severance...
Zeus nearly kills
Rip's little brother Randy played by
Mark Pellegrino and
Hogan shows great emotion here, honestly, it's darn near award nominee material
The
showdown between Rip & Zeus was awesome, one of the best climaxes of any movie thus far
Here's this great profile of
"The Hulkster" himself...
as it continues, there's a great
WWF Magazine Offer page that features
"The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart...look at the coolness & fun of how it was way back in great
1989 Here's the
back Cover on this fantastic
Program. Look at that, it's an
Advert for
WWF Wrestlemania V when
The Mega Powers EXPLODED Look at the
VHS, it was
$39.99 and you get a
Free Wristwatch plus look at the
Hulkster Marvel Comic Copyright:batwink:
As I said before, I was a loyal
WWF subscriber for over a decade. I learned so much thru
Magazines before the
Web was even considered to be a thing. I always wanted to know things and I did it as often as I could. Here's a close up of the
WWF Magazine Subscription Inserts SPECIAL BONUS Here's My
No Holds Barred Collection as you see My just now seen
Magazine along with My previously seen
VHS & DVD. Now look at that, it's not much to others but it's very much to Me because when this movie came out, it was a huge part of My world and really it still is
That's all for this special
35th Anniversary of No Holds Barred and the Magazine Program that was from My Grandma MiMi...
30 years in the making I have some more great Vintage Wresting stuff coming up in the future so be alert for that, until the next showcase, I'll see you around