Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7984 in VHS
• Released on: 1992-08-17
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 168 minutes

Video Description
Please note this product was created before 10 November 2002 when the World Wrestling Federation Entertainmnet Inc. traded as WWF. This product refers to WWF and carries a WWF logo

Synopsis
Featuring wrestling action from Ric Flair, Macho Man Randy Savage, Bret 'Hitman' Hart, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Rick Martel.

Customer Reviews

WRESTLEMANIA 8
Many Describe this PPV as the best ever
here are the matches and what i thought of them

Tito Santana vs. Shawn michaels
Not a bad Match but you have to keep in mind that in the early 90's and all the 80's they thought they could just have about three or four good matches then the rest of the card would just have to be acceptable 3/5

The Undertaker vs. Jake Roberts
Entairtaining but ot what it could have been 3/5

Intercontinental Title
Roddy Piper vs. Bret hart
What do you expect from a Bret Hart Intercontinental Title match
absolutely fantastic joint match of the night with the title match

8 man tag match
Sgt Slaughter, Jim Duggan, Bossman and Virgil
vs.
the Nasty Boys, the Mountie and the repo man
I thought it should have been a bit longer but its gets godd near the end when everything just breaks down and everyone beats the hell out of each other but that only lasts about 20 seconds

WWF Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage
I thought this was one of the best wrestlemania matches ever fantastic theres blood near falls interfereance everything you could want out of a match but it should have been the main event

WWF Tag team championship Match
The natural disasters vs. Money Inc.
It was slow and boring worst match of the night it was even worse than owen hart vs. skinner and that only lasted for about
30 seconds or less plus it ended by countout bot what do you expect from a tag title match at wrestlemania

Owen hart vs. skinner
I think they just through this in before the main event because there was time left totally pointless

Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice
If this had happened earlier in the show it would have been OK but it was the main event i think its just stupid to have the main event of wrestlemaniaend in Dq but someone said They Only did that in the last minute or something because sid was leaving for WCW but still with the out of the way Randy savage vs. Flair could have been one of the best mania main events ever

Overall i would give it 8/10
Had Two ofn the greatest matches of all time with the exception of jake roberts vs. the undertaker and the 8 man tag the undercard was crap but i only bought for the title match and the intercontinental title match

Easily one of the top three best Wrestlemanias of all time!
When I first saw Wrestlemania VIII in the spring of 1992 I was ten years old. Then, i thought it was fantastic as Wrestlemanias always are. But now I can appreciate the event even more. The show is so smooth with simply unbelievably well worked wrestling matches. The atmosphere at this Wrestlemania was also different. The arena gave the event so much as the night grew older.

Looking at past Wrestlemanias, especially those in the eighties and early nineties, makes you so nostalgic. These early Wrestlemanias, unlike the present day when we have twelve PPVs a year and four shows a week (including HeAt and Jakked/Metal here), gave the climax to the year. When the guys that had had a grudge for months got to fight it out for the first time in the main event. It was the night that the fans got what they wanted and the task for Vinnie Mac and co. was to present it in the best way.

Everything about this Wrestlemania is fantastic. With a double main event of Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair (names like that it has to be good) and Hogan vs. Sid Justice. The first was an old fashioned grudge match for the WWF Title. The background being that Flair and his 'advisor' Mr. Perfect had doctored photos of Savage's wife, Elizabeth, with Flair. Savage finally got his hands on Flair at Wrestlemania.

The final match of the evening was Hogan/Justice. A situation of Hogan prevailing against all odds against Justice who had promised Hogan prior to the night that he would finally end Hulkamania. Before this match there is an interesting clip of Hogan being interviewed by Vince McMahon, before Vince made it clear to the fans that he was the owner of the company (most people knew anyway but I have to say I didn't at the time, I was ten). The end to this match may not mean much to newer fans, but at the time this had almost without a doubt been the most unexpected end to a Wrestlemania in history. Also look out for Papa Shango, the man who is now known as the Godfather.

But aside from the main event the best match of the night I believe was for the Intercontinental Title between Bret Hart and Roddy Piper. I personally consider this match to be in my top five greatest matches of all time. It is a face vs face match (fan favourite v fan favourite) which made it interesting to begin. Apart from the fantastically well worked match one of the best, if not the best aspect, was the commentary from the late Gorilla Monsoon and in particular Bobby Heenan. Heenan as the heel or bad guy commentator initially hated the match as a face v face. There would be nothing for him to talk about as he hated both guys and he didn't care who won or lost. As the match progressed into somewhat of a bloodthirsty affair, Heenan got more and more into the match in classic fashion that only he could pull off. Throughout the night the commentary is really top class as Monsoon and Heenan's chemistry is electric.

Other things to look out for is a Heart Break Kid Shawn Michaels early in his singles career with Sensational Sherri as his manager. If you think his entrance music now is good, listen to its original. Also there is a classic, if not short, show of class by the late, great Owen Hart.

A long review but I had to air my feelings on what has to be one of the greatest shows the WWF has ever presented. In short this video is a must for any hardcore wrestling fan. Just simply buy it.

I remember when I was champion Monsoon!
This was the first WM I ever saw & holds a special place in me & my Brother Ted’s hearts. It has everything Hogan, Warrior, Hart, Piper, Flair, Savage, Michaels, Jake & Taker. It takes you back to a time when things were so different Hogan was wreslting, Bush was in the White House, War in Iraq & a Guns N Roses album was due out. Well maybe thing aint changed that much after all.

Flair v Savage is one of the best matches at a Mania (only beaten in my opinion by Austin v Hart @X3, Savage v Warrior @7 & Michaels v Ramon @X), Piper v Hart is right up there too. It still holds up with newer WM's, even with classic WM's like 4, 7, X, X3, X4, X7 & X8 it sticks out as the pinnacle of the Hogan era, especially as it was followed by the rank WM9(any event that involves Giant Gonzalez & Chloroform is just asking for trouble!)

The true brilliance is the commentating though, this is Gorilla Monsoon along with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's finest 3 hours. The chemistry between them is absolutely unparalleled; comparing them to even JR & The King in their prime is like apples & oranges... they are just simply head & shoulders above the rest

Personally this is the one Mania I wish they would bring out on DVD as 1992 was an awesome year for the pre-PPV feuds especially the Flair, Perfect, Savage, Warrior angle! The DVD extras would have been awesome, but thanks to the evil folk at the World Wide Fund for Nature (which by the way abbreviates to WWFN!) we will never see it. I will never forgive the WWF(N!) for forcing the change upon them & curse pandas anytime I get the chance as a symbol of my disgust at their blatant disregard for my childhood!

It is, was, & always will be the WWF! What the World is watching!