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The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Lousy
Review: Vince McMahon couldn't boil an egg, let alone produce a decent documentary. A waste of time and money. Save your money and buy any ECW DVD instead. They're still out there if you look hard enough, and they make WWE look sick.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Monday Night Wars
Review: Excellent dvd to watch. The best part was Jim Cornette on his opinion. Like the way they narrated the video. Definitely worth the money. Had different opinions from the wrestlers and just enjoyed it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great insight
Review: Just when you think you know what happened during the period in which WWE and WCW coexisted, you find out even more. You get to see what a shrewd businessman Eric Bischoff was and how VInce Mc Mahon was on the receiving end of alot of unfortunate problems. But, we all know how the story ends! The best parts for me were hearing how the legend Ric Flair really feels about Eric and behind the scenes of the now famous Degeneration X taking on WCW incident. Lots of extras worth checking out. A must for any long time wrestling fan!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Dvd,not so great matches
Review: I loved the dvd but the matches weren't that great. I am sure there were other matches they could have put on the dvd. They were pretty boring. The other extras were good in my opinion though. WWE may sound like they are talking down to WCW but if you listened closely who ever won the war would have braggin rights and guess who won. WWE!!! So that was not an issue to me. The Jim Cornette commentary in the extras section was a pretty powerful promo. I still love it to this day. I wish they would have show all of them. So if you are going to get this dvd don't because of the bonus matches. Do it for the knowledge of what happened behind the scenes. Nice extras though excluding the matches. This is of course my opinion you might enjoy them. I am a fan of almost 20 years and I didn't like them.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great To Have...But Not Detailed Enough!
Review: Despite my title, you should still buy this because it is enjoyable! I won't repeat too much from the other reviewers. Here's my synopsis of the Monday Night Wars from the WCW perspective side (that was not told as much as it should):

1995 - Nitro debuts with Lex Luger(!) appearing in WCW since losing the WCW title to Sting in 1992. He wrestled in the WWE just one day earlier! He explained that he was not under contract that day.

1996 - WWE starts losing notable wrestlers like Hall, Nash, Savage, etc. Hall and Nash form The Outsiders. Then, Hogan drops the bombshell by turning "heel" and forming the NWO. NWO changes the transition from "studio (old school) wrestling" to "WCW version of sports entertainment". I really liked afterwards when Hogan was making comments like "If it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff would be..." and then he told the fans to "Stick It!" Shocking even today!

1997 - WCW owns the Monday Night Ratings as the 83 week-streak is still intact. Luger regained the WCW title but lost it 5 days later to Hogan. The Four Horseman officially disbands when Curt Henning turns against Flair and Arn Anderson is forced to retire. Then the NWO does a humorous skit particularly Nash portraying Anderson about "unpaid bar tabs..."

1998 - The first part of the year, WCW owns the ratings as the streak ends...and all downhill for WCW. Different factions of the NWO like the Wolfpack and the LWO. Too many changes happening. Too much confusion.

1999 - More confusion (Why didn't Nash stay away from Hogan's potent finger to give away the WCW title?). WWE runs a long winning ratings streak and never looks back. Too many title changes (WCW title changes hands 11(!) times!) Start losing notable wrestlers like The Big Show and Chris Jericho. WCW starts losing money each day.

2000 - WCW begins the new millenium with no direction, no purpose, and no momentum. Seems like no one cares anymore. David Arquette and Vince Russo wins the WCW title. Very Bad! WCW loses a reported $80 Million! Russo "fires" Hogan. Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guererro, and Perry Saturn debut in the WWE as the Radicals.

2001 - WCW fate sealed for life. Ted Turner announces that WCW will fold and cancel both Nitro and Thunder. Fusient Media is close to buying WCW but was not meant to be: Vince McMahon buys WCW for a reported $3 Million. (I'm sure that 3 million dollars means as much to him as 3 dollars is to the common man LOL)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Its Not a Good DVD, Its A GREAT ONE!
Review: Im So glad I got the DVD
It's about how eric bischoff started running WCW and how he wanted to make it a bigger company by making a show in prime time Monday night and from there the monday night war begins an hour and a half documentary filled with angles and you can hear alot of wrestlers point of view one hell of a DVD certainly deserves 5 stars
-1.5 hours of Extras Include
*2 matches From Raw
-Shawn and Austin vs. Owen Hart and Bulldogg *****
-Shawn and HHH vs. Legion of Doom ****
*2 matches From Nitro
-Booker T vs. Chris Benoit **
-Goldberg vs. Hogan ***
* The Last Nitro
* Bischoff Challenges McMahon
* Much more
I Gave it a 4 star because i was very disappointed in the extras ive seen better matches and segments on raw i expected alot better

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not What I Was Hoping For
Review: For the first half-hour or so, I was enjoying this look at the WWE/WCW rivalry that made Monday nights so interesting just a few short years ago. Then, something happened...the remainder of the documentary, for the most part, dwelled on only one half of the Monday Night participants--the WWE half. The stories/matches that made WCW so good/so compelling to watch during 1996/97 were pushed into the background, and the documentary plunged into a "What WWE Did to Fight Back" mode.

Why should I have expected anything different? This was, after all, produced by Vince McMahon's company. But come on, guys. Your DVD title DID imply a look at both sides. And I was hoping for a fair and balanced look...no such luck. Vince McMahon is portrayed as the knight in shining armor who rescued his company from upstarts Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff.

I'm not totally unhappy with the DVD--and fans of WWE will love it in spite of my complaints, because there is a wealth of vintage footage featuring superstars such as Stone Cold Steve Austin. If nothing else for WCW fans, there is pristine footage taken from classic Nitros and WCW Saturday Night programs, and bonus matches as extras. Having these preserved in the durable DVD format was worth the price of the disc.

However, as a documentary, it fell woefully short...for those of us who have fond memories of WCW during that time, at least.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outstanding Documentary - A must for any wrestling fan..
Review: Up until 1995, WCW had always been thought of as small time compared to the WWE. The WWE was the only company with an established Monday night show called RAW. However, in 1995 an ambitious man named Eric Bischoff was put in charge by Ted Turner. Bischoff created a live WCW show on Monday nights called Nitro. From there Bischoff would acquire big time WWE stars like Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall which lead to the greatest faction in wrestling history called the NWO. From that moment on, the WCW defeated the WWE 86 straight weeks in the ratings. This DVD will take you step by step through the whole entire Monday night war and show how the WWE eventually managed to overcome the WCW, and put them out of business.

I absolutely loved this DVD. WCW and the WWE going to war with each other featured the absolute best time in profressional wrestling. The reason this DVD is so great, is because you get to hear from both Eric Bischoff and Vince McManon on their different strategies, as well as their feelings towards each other. Thrown in, is a lot of great footage from both RAW and Nitro, which includes tons of NWO footage, DX footage, the Vince/Austin feud, and much more. This DVD manages to cover the Monday Night war each step of the way to tell the complete story.

If you are a fan of professional wrestling, you need to buy this DVD. This is best wrestling documentary I have seen since "Beyond the Mat". The DVD is worth owning just for the extras themselves. There is 86 minutes of matches and events that were major to both WCW and the WWE.

A solid 5 stars...

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Decent dvd if you wanna remeber the good ol days
Review: Cause this is the one people. The story about the MONDAY NIGHT WARS. The trueth. Every thing you wanted to know about the wars. Youll hear few comments from wwe super stars like mick foley,big show and more. The dvd was pretty good. Its esspecially good for a wwe fan if you watch it back in the old days with hogan. I really enjoyed and so should you. Its not the greates but it is one of the best dvds of wwe out there.

The matches they showed in the extras was pretty good.
I wish they had shown the entrance for hogan and
Goldberg though. But still it is well worth watching.
I didnt seem to like mcmahan saying crap about wcw on the
second half of the DVD though. Whats up with that. There were some twist and turns like when shane shocked the world about him and wcw. It is a must own for any wcw fan. Get and
now you can be there to witness THE MONDAY NIGHT WARS.
I give it a B+. Good dvd to put in your collection.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not As Good As I Expected
Review: I was disappointed. The dvd was so hyped that it wasn't as good as they said it was. The first half of it was good but when it came to the second half it just sucked. The second half was pretty much Vince and his stooge Brisco say that WCW sucked and the WWF is 1000 times better and thats why they died. The extras aren't that great either they could have been much better. If you buy this don't have high expectations like I did. Personally I thought that the NWO DVD was better.


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