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15 pieces on the floor.

Price: 120.00 to 700.00 Reset
Era 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Condition Mint Near Mint Very Good Good Fair
Vendor WWF Keep It Classic Lucha Libre Independent WWE
PriceUnder $30 $30 to $60 $60 to $120 $120 plus

15 pieces on the floor

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Era 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Condition Mint Near Mint Very Good Good Fair
Vendor WWF Keep It Classic Lucha Libre Independent WWE
PriceUnder $30 $30 to $60 $60 to $120 $120 plus

15 pieces on the floor

About this collection

Wrestling

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Vintage pro wrestling shirts, VHS tapes, jerseys, action figures, hats, programs, posters and promo gear from the Rock-N-Wrestling boom through the Attitude Era and the Monday Night Wars. 277 wrestling pieces live on the floor right now, most of them WWF pre-2002 and WCW from the nWo run, with ECW, AEW and the occasional NJPW or WCCW piece mixed in. Every item is one of one. When it sells, it is gone.

What era this catalog covers

The deep end of this collection runs 1989 to 2002. That window is the era the shop grew up inside and the window most of our walk-in regulars came up on: Hulkamania still selling out arenas at the start, the Hogan-Flair crossover, the 1993 Bret-Shawn era, the WWF New Generation run with Razor Ramon and Diesel, the jump to the scratch-logo Attitude Era in late 1997, the nWo takeover on WCW Monday Nitro, the Stone Cold and Rock peak, and the brand split that closed with the silent F and the WWE rename in May 2002. Everything on these shelves slots somewhere on that timeline.

Key brands and companies in the mix: Titan Sports and World Wrestling Federation (pre-2002 three-letter era, front and back), World Championship Wrestling (Turner-owned 1988 through 2001), Extreme Championship Wrestling (1992 through 2001), Coliseum Home Video (WWF’s VHS label from 1985 through the Titan Home Video transition in 1997), Warner Home Video and Turner Home Entertainment (WCW’s tape imprints), Hasbro (WWF figures 1990 to 1994), Jakks Pacific (WWF/WWE figures 1996 onward), Galoob (WCW figures), Mattel (modern WWE Retro and Elite lines), Nike and Reebok on the later NXT and 2015-plus shirt runs, and Fanimation / Chalk Line on the early-90s satin jacket and poster side. AEW shows up in the modern display; ROH and Impact make cameos.

Cultural markers worth knowing: the WWF switched from the block logo to the scratch logo in late 1997, which dates the tee era cleanly. Hasbro figures stopped in 1994, so any WWF Hasbro you see was sold into a retail window of about four years. The nWo shirts with the spray-paint logo began in July 1996 (Hogan heel turn at Bash at the Beach) and ran hard through 1999. Coliseum Home Video’s clamshell packaging switched to slimline retail cases for most 1997-onward releases, and the label was folded into Titan Home Video and then WWE Home Video after the F was dropped. We treat those dates as anchors when we write the PDP era line.

How to tell a real vintage wrestling piece from a reprint

Wrestling bootlegs are a real category. Modern boot shirts printed on new blanks are fine and disclosed as such on the PDP. What you want to watch for is when a boot is sold as a 1990s original. A few anchor signals we use on the floor:

  • Tag and blank. Pre-2002 WWF tees usually ride on a Hanes Heavyweight, Fruit of the Loom Best, Oneita or Tultex tag with a bolt-on WWF or Titan Sports license line. WCW licenses sat on similar tags. A modern Gildan Softstyle with a 2010s-forward neck label is a reprint, full stop, no matter what the graphic says.
  • Print method. Original plastisol screens from the era crack and split after 30 years of wash cycles. A graphic that looks perfect and feels soft-hand on a heavy cotton blank is almost always a reissue.
  • Copyright line. Real WWF tees carry a license line near the hem or inside the neck: © YEAR Titan Sports, Inc. or © YEAR World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. If the © year predates the show that the shirt references, it is printed wrong. If the © says WWE Inc. on a shirt marketed as 1996, that is a post-2002 reprint.
  • Coliseum Video vs. WWE re-release. Original Coliseum Home Video tapes from 1985 to 1997 sit in a black plastic clamshell with a hinged spine, run at SP mode, and carry a Coliseum label on the spine. Post-1997 Titan and post-2002 WWE re-releases sit in slimline retail cases with different catalog numbers. A Royal Rumble tape in a slim case is not an original Coliseum issue.
  • Hasbro figures. Real Hasbros have a 1990 through 1994 date stamp molded into the back of the figure, usually near the waistband. If the date stamp reads 2005 or later, it is a Retro reissue, which is a real product but not a vintage Hasbro.

We write these signals into the PDP for every wrestling piece we list. If you want the full breakdown of any one category, the Coliseum Home Video vs WWE re-release guide and the WCW and Attitude Era tee authentication guide go deeper.

How KIC sources and grades wrestling

We pick this category on the floor first and online second. Most of the case comes out of Midwest and Southeast estate sales, fan-collection buyouts we drive to in person, wrestling-weekend floor pickups when the calendar lights up Vegas, and the occasional wrestler-adjacent connection we’ve kept warm over a decade in the space. Wrestling is one of the deepest categories on the floor and one we lean into hard. We read the tags, check the license line, and play every tape we list on the one VCR we keep in back for exactly this reason.

Shirts are measured pit-to-pit and top-to-bottom laid flat, not tagged by nominal size, because a 1995 XL runs different from a 2025 XL. VHS tapes are marked SEALED only if the factory shrink is intact and the security sticker has not been lifted. Figures are sold in the state they arrive: loose with all original accessories if we have them, loose without if we do not, or carded if the blister is intact. Condition is called on a six-tier scale described on the condition guide.

Inventory depth and typical price bands

277 active wrestling pieces in the case as of this week. Rough shape of the catalog:

  • Loose modern figures (Elite, Retro, Ultimate Edition): typical $20 to $50.
  • Vintage Hasbros and Jakks Ruthless Aggression figures: typical $25 to $80, higher on the clean carded pieces.
  • Wrestling tees (modern boots through true vintage): $25 to $150, with the 1996-1998 Attitude Era survivors pushing the top of the band.
  • Coliseum and WWF VHS tapes: $5 to $50. Sealed Royal Rumbles, SummerSlams and the early Coliseum exclusives carry the top of the band.
  • Programs, magazines, posters and promo: $10 to $60.
  • Jerseys and satin jackets on the wrestling rack: $50 to $200.

New pieces hit the floor every week, with a larger intake anchored around WrestleCon and the week after any major Vegas wrestling event.

Start with these pieces

Pair this collection with the vintage t-shirts case for non-wrestling tees from the same era, the VHS case for horror and genre tapes from the same Coliseum distribution window, the WCW sub-case, and the wrestling tees under $60 rack for a starter-price path in. Every spring during WrestleCon week, we run a booth at the Horseshoe with the rest of the year on the rack at the shop inside Container Park on East Fremont. Pull up.

New: Looking for context, dating notes, era by era? View the Vintage Wrestling Archive. Hulkamania through Ruthless Aggression, plus WCW and ECW.

Wrestling

Questions, answered

Questions about Wrestling

Wrestling is our deepest rack. Original 80s and 90s WWF, WCW, nWo, Attitude Era, ECW, plus figures, magazines, posters, VHS, programs, and one-of-one event pieces pulled from shows we actually hunted. Every tag, every print, every signature gets read before it hits the shelf. If you have a question we didn't answer here, call the shop at (702) 605-3332 or email info@keepitclassiclv.com.

From our wrestling inventory

WWF, WWE, ECW, TNA pieces on the floor

A slice of the wrestling inventory in the shop right now. Tees, posters, magazines, masks. Each piece is one of one, hand-graded, inspected on Fremont before listing.

Browse the full vintage wrestling collection for current floor inventory.

How do you verify a wrestling tee is the real vintage and not a reprint?
We read the whole tee, not just the graphic. Tag brand (Salem Sportswear, Lee Sport, Delta, WWF Euro tags), tag print vs. woven, single-stitch or double-stitch hems, print method (puff, glitter, plastisol, heat transfer), blank weight, and the copyright year stamped next to the WWF or WCW logo. Modern Hot Topic and Amazon retros give themselves away fast: tagless heat-set neck labels, 100% ringspun blanks, crisp DTG prints with no texture, and wrong copyright dates. When a piece passes all four reads, it makes the floor. When even one read is off, it stays in the back.
What's the difference between a WCW Salem tag and a WWF Euro tag?
Salem Sportswear printed most US-market WCW and WWF tees from roughly 1989 through 1995, with a distinctive boxy label and a clear WWF or WCW copyright line below the brand name. WWF Euro tags are smaller, usually white-on-black, and mark a piece that was licensed for UK or European distribution (often with different colorways that never hit US stores). Both are originals. Euro tags are rarer in Vegas and usually command a premium when the graphic is strong.
How do I tell the nWo black-and-white era from the nWo Wolfpac red-and-black era?
Black-and-white spray-paint nWo graphics are 1996 through 1997, tied to Hogan, Hall, and Nash's original faction. Wolfpac red-and-black is 1998, tied to Nash, Savage, Konnan, and the split roster. A red nWo tee with a 1996 copyright is a reprint. A black-and-white nWo tee with a 1998 copyright is also suspect. Copyright year is the tell, every time.
Are LJN, Hasbro, and Jakks figures all vintage?
They're all collectible, but they're different eras. LJN rubber figures ran 1984 through 1989 (the big stiff 8-inch guys your uncle had). Hasbro poseables ran 1990 through 1994 (the spring-action punchers). Jakks Pacific took the WWF license in 1996 and ran the Attitude Era. True rare pieces inside each line: LJN Andre the Giant in blue singlet, Hasbro Mean Gene (mail-away only), and Jakks Bone-Crunching Action Stone Cold with Austin 3:16 shirt. We price by line, era, and whether the card is intact.
How do you authenticate signed wrestling memorabilia?
Signatures on our floor fall in two lanes. In-person at our shop or at Container Park / WrestleCon events: we get the photo and the piece in the same frame, posted to @keepitclassiclv the same day, and that post is the provenance. Third-party signed: we buy only from sellers with a matching COA (PSA, JSA, Beckett, or the talent's own authenticator), and we cross-check signature style against dated reference photos. If we can't verify both the source and the signature, we pass. No mystery autographs on our shelf.
Is cracking or fading on a wrestling tee print a defect?
On a 30-year-old screen-printed tee, cracking on a plastisol print is the era showing through. It's how 80s and 90s prints aged under washes and dryers, and on heavy graphics (full-front Hulkamania, back-print WrestleMania logos) it's part of what collectors want. We grade it with our condition scale so you know exactly what you're getting. A listing photo always shows the print up close. Fading on a darks tee from the Attitude Era is normal. Holes, heavy fabric wear, and bleach spots are different, and we call those out in the grade.
How do you ship figures and magazines so they arrive intact?
Loose LJN and Hasbro figures ship in bubble wrap inside a rigid box, not a poly mailer. Carded figures ship in a figure case or a custom cardboard sandwich with corner protection. Magazines and programs ship flat in a rigid mailer with a chipboard backer, never folded. Rare and high-value pieces (signed, graded, or over $200) default to USPS Priority with tracking and signature on delivery. Ask at checkout if you want insurance added.
Can you find a specific wrestler, match, or era I'm hunting?
Yes, and we actually like getting these. If you want a 1992 Bret Hart Intercontinental tee, a Goldberg streak WCW piece, a WrestleMania 13 program, or anything we don't have listed right now, email info@keepitclassiclv.com or DM @keepitclassiclv with the wrestler, year range, size, and your budget. We pull at estate sales, from private collections, and at shows (WrestleCon, Vegas conventions). Want-lists get first look before pieces hit the floor.
What's the return policy on signed or high-value wrestling pieces?
Standard return policy applies to most wrestling inventory: 14 days from delivery for online orders, buyer covers return shipping. Signed pieces, graded figures, and anything over $500 ships with extra documentation (photos of every side, hologram or COA scan) and returns require the same documentation back, unopened if graded, in the original packaging. In-store purchases on signed memorabilia are exchange or store credit only, no cash refunds. Questions before buying a signed piece? Call (702) 605-3332 and we will walk you through it.
What is the Stone Cold x Keep It Classic collab tee?
We worked directly with Stone Cold Steve Austin on a limited KIC collab tee that dropped at the shop and has been our top seller across the floor. It's a new piece, not vintage, printed on a heavier blank and designed to hold up the way an original 90s tee would. Any drop that follows the same format (talent-led, limited, made to age well) will announce on @keepitclassiclv first. That's the first place to watch.
Do you buy wrestling collections?
Yes. We buy complete collections and individual rare pieces: tees, figures (loose or carded), magazines, programs, posters, VHS, ring-worn pieces with provenance, and signed memorabilia with COA. Text photos and a short inventory to (702) 605-3332 or email info@keepitclassiclv.com. Cash, store credit, or trade. We pay more for store credit, and we pay fast for cash on pieces we already have buyers for.
When is the best time to visit for wrestling inventory?
The rack rotates weekly and the deepest restocks land ahead of WrestleMania weekend and around WrestleCon. If you're in town for either, come see us first. 707 E Fremont Street, Suite 1170, at Downtown Container Park, ground floor east side. Open daily. Full hours and directions on the Visit page.

Every piece in this collection earned its spot through hands-on sourcing, condition grading, and a lot of late nights. We pull from estate sales, dead-stock attics, and the occasional miracle. If it is here, we trust it.

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