WWF Coliseum Video: Battle at the Royal Albert Hall (1991) Review

system · February 16, 2018, 3:01am

Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2018/02/15/wwf-coliseum-video-battle-at-the-royal-albert-hall-1991-review/

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John Pollock and Wai Ting dig into the WWE Network’s newly released Coliseum Home Video Classics archive to review Battle at the Royal Albert Hall from the historic Royal Albert Hall in London, England.

Highlighted by a 20-Man Battle Royal for the “prestigious” Royal Samovar Trophy, the show features early 90’s appearances from Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Roddy Piper, The Undertaker, The Legion of Doom and of course, The British Bulldog in his home country.

You can watch the entire show on the WWE Network here.

WWF Battle at the Royal Albert Hall
Thursday, October 3, 1991
Royal Albert Hall
London, England
*The Nasty Boys vs The Rockers
*Ric Flair vs Tito Santana
*Earthquake vs Big Boss Man
*The Mountie vs The Texas Tornado
*The Undertaker vs Jim Duggan
*WWF World Tag Team Championships: Power and Glory vs Legion of Doom
*The British Bulldog vs The Barbarian
*20-Man Battle Royal

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Christian · February 16, 2018, 9:39am

I never really noticed until listening to a lot of these review shows just how annoying it must have been to be booked against Jim Duggan, who rarely gave anyone a clean win over him. He was an over guy for sure but nowhere near a level where he should have been “protected” and you could argue he actually made things worse as 9 times out of 10 he looked like an idiot or sore loser by using his 2x4 to cost himself a match.
Anyway great review guys, I remember renting this video when I was young and loving it as it was probably the second show I saw the WWE do in the UK (I ordered One Night Only as just got into wrestling in 97) but to this day I’m still a fan of them doing shows over here as it gives them such a different vibe.

Oliver_Babbles · February 17, 2018, 2:37am

Heenan and Monsoon were so great together. It’s so much better having announcers that are more like people you’d want to watch the show with in your living room, rather than guys just constantly shilling like a non-stop commercial like it is now.

Also, one of my favorite part of watching old wrestling over new wrestling is that old stuff doesn’t have the constant jump cuts for every move. Such a more viewer friendly experience.