WIP: Summerslam 1989 Custom

Not alot changed other then I got the sun part looking much better, and a friend recut the Summerslam logo CLICK HERE to get that full logo, many thanks to Omen for the cut.

WIP: Summerslam 1989 Custom

Here is my latest project Summerslam 1989..Custom.

This will be my first of many classic covers I do custom's of turning them in to modern looking graphic covers, rather then in the past just being a convert, or custom being just to keep it looking original. In the past the closest I have came to doing custom classic covers are my WM9 and RR90 covers, both still had major intent to look basic and a little original, the RR90 cover was still meant to look like a 1990 cover, rather then this Summerslam 1989 cover that I hope looks like something from 2009.

Delaying one to start another...

Instead f starting my Bash 2009 cover like I had planned instead I'll be starting on a Summerslam 1989 custom cover.

WIP: Royal Rumble 1990

This was close to being the way I wanted the front to look.

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WIP: Royal Rumble 1990

Was just playing around with how the front could look, and added the card on the back.


Early Progress of it:
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Full Cover: Wrestling's Living Legend Bruno Sammartino

This video has to be a rare one, I've never seen the video at a rental store in my life, and I use to rent at a few places in the 90s that had almost every single wrestling video made, never seen this one though, nor do I ever find it on Ebay for sale. I think this is where I found this full at, but it had to be the only time I ever seen it, as it is I've had the full for a few years now.

Full Cover: The British Bulldogs VHS

Not in HQ, but better then nothing. I once owned this video, wish I still had it.

Full Cover: Even More Unusual Matches VHS

Not in HQ, but better then nothing.

WIP: Royal Rumble 1990

Not many changes made besides cleaning up the back

Early Progress of it:
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Full Cover: WCW Superbrawl 4 custom

This was a cover I made well before my WCF days, and before I knew much about cover making, but its still way better then my older covers. This IMO could be a good looking cover is the right font, and the front was cut well. but instead the font is terrible, and the front is just a poster that doesn't match in colors (see the white).

Event Info: via Wikipedia
WCW Superbrawl

WIP: Royal Rumble 1990

I changed up my idea for this a little, I was looking up some ideas on King of the Ring covers, and I seen Ben's KOTR 2008 cover and I thought that leather book background would look good, and make it look more official like, so I'm now playing around with that. Found the good background on DeviantART and it wasn't too hard to find.

Here is the early progress of it:
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WWF WWF King of the Ring 1993

My latest American convert DVD done, WWF King of the Ring 1993, I had got this video case about a month or so ago and as soon as I got it I started on this project, but the project was sort of put on hold over the past month.

So with nothing to do today I put a good 3-5+ hours into finishing it.

For more info on the cover, and to get the full then check out the WCF where its posted.


Event Info: via Wikipedia
King of the Ring (1993) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The event resulted from the WWF's decision to make its annual King of the Ring tournament into a televised event. It took place on June 13, 1993 at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. The card featured ten matches, which resulted from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by the WWF.

The central focus of this PPV event was the tournament itself. Wrestlers gained entry in to the tournament by participating in qualifying matches on WWF television programs, and the second, third and fourth rounds of the tournament were televised on the King of the Ring PPV broadcast. Bret Hart won the tournament by defeating Razor Ramon, Mr. Perfect, and Bam Bam Bigelow. He was attacked by Jerry Lawler during a coronation ceremony, which led to a feud that lasted more than two years. In addition to the tournament, the event featured Yokozuna defeating Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship as well as Shawn Michaels retaining his belt in match against Crush for the WWF Intercontinental Championship.

Reviews of the event have been mainly positive. Several reviewers have called Bret Hart's matches the highlight of the PPV. The match for the Intercontinental Championship has received positive reviews, but the ending to the WWF Championship match, which featured Hulk Hogan in his final PPV appearance in the WWF until 2002, has been criticized. The event was attended by 6,500 fans — the lowest attendance of any King of the Ring event. The PPV buyrate, however, was the highest of any King of the Ring event until 1999. The event has been released on VHS in North America and on VHS and DVD in the United Kingdom.

Old WIP: Wrestlemania 13

This is what I almost went with for my Wrestlemania 13 custom cover, it was more like the official poster for the event, but this is how the cover ended up looking Click Here

And also the front wasn't finished, nor was the back even close to being done.

So which is better? Wrestlemania 15 VHS covers

Here are 2 covers, one is sort of rare, the other is not. One is the official WWF Wrestlemania 15 VHS cover of the PPV, the other is the WWF Wrestlemania 15 highlight video cover. IMO the highlight video has a way better front.

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Hmm...Maybe this someday could make for a nice custom cover??

Gem: NWA Great American Bash 1987

IMO one of if not the best fronts for a wrestling cover, with its drawings on the front, with the cage, but the back is about as stale as they come, though for 1987 it still offered as much on the back as any WWF video did.

Its a shame more wrestling covers aren't made like this. Least the front anyway.