TMPToW: Coliseum Video's Steven Hecht
Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast
Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling
4.8 • 356 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2015
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
You will hear in great detail about the creation of Coliseum Video, the initial pitch made to the WWF, Vince McMahon's feeling on the home video industry at the time, the hands on involvement of the talent being featured on the video cassettes, Coliseum's involvement in WrestleMania 3, the all time best selling video and so much more. This truly is the first of it's kind access into the world of Coliseum Video, a true trail blazer of the Home Video Industry.
Steven Hecht is currently the EVP , Business Development for ARC Productions and has almost 4 decades of experience in the production and media industries.
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| 0:00.0 | They've worked in and around the wrestling business. |
| 0:07.0 | They've met hundreds of wrestlers. |
| 0:10.0 | They own thousands of DVDs and have watched millions of hours of wrestling. |
| 0:18.0 | They are Prime Time Pause and Chad, the two-man power trip of wrestling. |
| 0:27.6 | The two-man power trip of wrestling. |
| 0:49.4 | I am Chad, and as always, I am joined by my tag team partner, Prime Time John Paz. |
| 0:56.0 | John, how are you? |
| 0:58.5 | What's up, brother? I'm doing good. How are you? |
| 1:02.4 | I'm doing quite well there, Hulkster. |
| 1:05.1 | And speaking of the Hulkster, our guest today was a part of bringing the Hulkster to home video. |
| 1:13.6 | And his name is Stephen Hecty is the former writer and producer of the original run of WWF Colise and Videos. |
| 1:22.6 | And of course, as children of the 80s, just as we are, you could not wait to get to the video store |
| 1:30.1 | and get your mitts on the newest Coliseum Video or, in my case, rent the same one |
| 1:37.5 | a thousand times until you memorized it, top to bottom. |
| 1:42.0 | What are your thoughts about our talk with a guy who, maybe not many people know who he is, |
| 1:47.7 | but man, did this guy have an influence on the WWF in the 1980s? |
| 1:53.1 | It's funny when you brought his name to my attention, I was like, hmm, I was like, who is this guy? |
| 1:59.1 | Who is? |
| 1:59.6 | And then you tell me who is, like, oh, my God. I was like, this guy, you know, I wouldn't say he's responsible for a lot of memories of our childhood, but he sure as hell brought him to the forefront. He sure as hell made it easily accessible for us to go to the video store and rent, you know, the Hokogen tape, well, one of many |
| 2:18.3 | Hokkogen tapes, and pop them in and enjoy wrestling. |
| 2:24.0 | Home video in the 1980s, obviously, was a booming, booming, booming, I guess, new outlet for the |
| 2:31.9 | most part for all of us to enjoy in the privacy of our own homes. |
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