17 Things Only 90s UK Wrestling Fans Will Understand

By Jamie Kennedy /

12. Tape Trading? What's That?

As the above image shows, wrestling videos could be named in ways which didn't make it obviously clear which genre of entertainment they belonged to, and those were just the official releases! ECW's 'Big Ass Extreme Bash' is still an unfortunate event title, but officially released tapes of the hardcore promotion only became more available towards the end of the 90's. For most who wanted a fix outside of WWF and WCW, tape trading was the only way forward. Some of these VHS tapes were terrible quality, over-priced and rare, but there was a certain charm about the whole affair. Finally getting to see that Japanese event you'd heard all about, such as the 1994 Super Juniors Tournament was a thrill, for example.