Rating: 
Summary: A rather biased opinion:
Review: Being the Hart fan that i am and will always be, i have been waiting for years for a rerelease of Owen Hart vs. Brett Hart. It finally comes in the form of an all cage match dvd. Now, for someone like me, who just wants that match, the absolute boredom that comes from watching the first disc feature, the rather high price, and some unworthy matches are absolutely worth it. This DVD is not pure crap, uh uh. Just some of the matches and my ratings for each.Bruno Samartino vs. Ivan Koloff:
A very good match that is fun to watch if just to see how the match form has changed. 4/5 Jimmy Snuka vs. Don Muraco:
Legendary match that is not only historically significant, but fun to watch also: 5/5 Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard, I Quit:
Definately the second best match on the disc. An absolute masterpiece: 5/5 Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes:
Possibly the best match in the historic fued between two of the greatest ever: 5/5 Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart:
Never has a cage match expressed such emotion, such athletisism, such pure wrestling. Countless thrilling spots, many near finishes, and two of the greatest wrestlers of the 90s make what is, in my opinion, the greatest cage match ever: 5/5 Marty Jannetty vs. Shawn Michaels:
An odd choice for this DVD, while this match is very good, it is not nearly as good as the classics they had at that years Royal Rumble or the one on Raw: 4/5 Hunter Hearst Helmsely vs. Mankind:
Fantastic match from one of the greatest ppvs in WWE histoy, Summerslam 97: 5/5 Edge vs. Kurt Angle:
Apply what i said for Jannetty vs. Michaels here: 3.5/5
Rating: 
Summary: *****
Review: Bought this title off Amazon! Great feature with the best cage matches ever either for the athleticism (e.g. Bret and Owen) or the memories (e.g. Jimmy Snuka leaps off the top of the steel cage in two matches, and Vince McMahon falls off in another). The best among them are the FULL MATCHES (in the bonus section) of Bret Hart vs Owen Hart, WWF (that was the WWE's name back then) Heavyweight Championship, Magnum TA vs Tully Blanchard, NWA US Championship, I Quit rules; and The Rock N' Roll Express vs The Andersons, NWA World Tag Team Championship.
Rating:
Summary: Pretty good DVD, but shoud've been A LOT better..
Review: First off, where are the Hell-in-the-Cell matches? Where are the Wargames? Those are some of the greatest cage matches ever and with all the footage library WWE has now it should've added at least one of the Wargames. All well.. Maybe the "Cage Matches 2" DVD will have it or somethin.
First off there's a 2hr documentery on the History of the cage. Mainly it's just a bunch of clips of cage matches with the coach introducing them. It's OK, but I would've like to hear more from the people involved then just 5 min of each match. Also, the Steve Austin Vs. McMahon (****) is pretty much complete so you can add that as a full match. Also some of the supposedly "most incredible" cage matches aren't that great. I mean Yankem/Hart? come on :-) What about Buzz Sawyer Vs. Tommy Rich or Jim Duggan Vs. Dibiase? Anyway about the matches:
1) Bob Baclund Vs. Pat Patterson - (1979) WWWF Hwvy. Championship - Pretty cool MSG match with lots of near cage escapes. ***1/2
2) Bruno Sammartino Vs. Ivan Koloff - (1975) WWWF Hvwy - Bah! Kinda Like Hogan Vs. Volkoff: just kick, punch and throw into cage. Wished they had shown the Sammartino Vs. Zbysko match instead which is MUCH better. *1/2
3) Don Muraco Vs. Jimmy Snuka - (1983) I-C title - Not as great as everyone says, just has a good finish. Snuka/Backlund cage match was better. **
4) Bob Backlund Vs. Stan Hansen - (1981) WWWF Hwvy - Holy crap, Stan Hansen on DVD! Dont get excited, short match. **1/2
5) Tully Blanchard Vs. Magnum T.A. - (1985) U.S. title - This is a I-Quit match inside a cage featuring one of my favorite heels ever. After this match you'll be chanting: HE'S HARDCORE HE'S HARDCORE HE'S HARDCORE! *****
6) Dusty Rhodes Vs. Ric Flair (1986) NWA Hwvy - The Bash tour is winding down, Flair's getting tired. Could this be the night for Dusty? ***1/2
7) Rock N' Roll Express Vs. Arn & Ole Anderson - (1986) NWA Tag - Man! I was soooooo spoiled in the 80's with the tag-teams. Then: Rock N'Roll, Midnight Express, Arn & Tully, Bulldogs, Hart Foundation. Now: LA RESISTANCE... God I miss the NWA... *****
8) Bret Hart Vs. Owen Hart - (1994) WWF Hwvy - Owen beat his big brother cleanly at WM, so this is the rematch. An old school cage match with new school moves. Best match on the DVD. *****
9) Mankind Vs. HHH - (1997) These 2 always have great matches and so is this one. Foley unvails a new persona at the end. ****
10) Shawn Michael Vs. Marty Jannety - (1993) I-C - Raven and Gorilla Monsoon do the commentary, which is really cool! Good match from these two like always, but nothing special. ***1/2
11) Edge Vs. Angle - (2002) This is their Smackdown rematch right after Angle lost his hair to Edge. Really good match but again, "most incredible cage match"? Nope. ****
If you can find this for about 15$, It's definitly worth it, but you should stick to the ECW-best of or the new WWE comps instead.
Rating:
Summary: THIS DVD WILL ROCK
Review: From what I heard this will be one of the *BEST* WWE DVD's every to be produced...other then the fact the matches they have are going to make this DVD well worth it...
Here is the scoop courtesy of WrestlingMegaStore.com... > WWE STEEL CAGE MATCHES ON DVD
- On October 28th WWE will release 'WWE Bloodbath: Wrestling's Most
Incredible Steel Cage Matches' on DVD, a double disc set with a total
running time of a whopping 5 hours and 30 minutes. 15 matches will be
featured plus another 5 as part of the extras. These are the matches on
the DVD. Bob Backlund vs. Pat Patterson (1979); Bruno Sammartino vs.
Larry Zbyszko (1980); Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy Snuka (1980); Jimmy Snuka
vs. Don Muraco (1983); Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard (1985); Hulk Hogan
vs. Paul Orndorff (1987); Ric Flair vs. Ronnie Garvin (1987); Bret Hart
vs. Owen Hart (1994); Isaac Yankem vs. Bret Hart (1995); Triple H vs.
Mankind (1997); Triple H vs. The Rock (1999); Stone Cold Steve Austin
vs. Mr. McMahon (1999); Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boyz (2000); Kurt
Angle vs. Chris Benoit (2001); Edge vs. Kurt Angle (2002). The other
five are: Bruno Sammartino vs. Ivan Koloff (1975); Bob Backlund vs. Stan
Hansen (1981); Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes (1986); Rock 'n' Roll Express
vs. Andersons (1986) and Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty (1993).
Rating:
Summary: Memory Lane
Review: I agree with on reviewer stating that the matches from the past five years should of been left out. But if they had to show one in it's entirety, the Benoit/Angle cage match should of been it, instead of the Edge/Angle one. This is a DVD, where the extras are more important than the feature. The feature is a show hosted by Coach, and Coach basically tells use the background of each match. The matches are heavily clipped and we could of done without secondhand storytelling. I'll be intrested in what Spike and Dreamer have to say when there is the Best of ECW DVD, which is now owned by King Vince. I know Bruno, Bret, and Hogan would rather worship Satan than talk to Vince right now, but Flair, Snuka, Morraco, and some others featured on that DVD were available. On the extras, for those fans who know nothing about WWE Champs before Hogan, get this DVD, and get to know Bob Backlund and Bruno Sammartino, two of the greatest WWE Champions of all time. The old NWA is covered and the fact they have the TA/Blanchard "I Quit" match is worth buying this DVD period. The Snuka/Morraco match and Bret/Owen match are must see matches as well. There were some worth cage matches left out, but in all a solid DVD, the WWE is on to something here, and it has nothing but cool written all over it.
Rating:
Summary: ahhhh, memories
Review: I bought Bloodbath the day it hit the shelfs. I have no complaints. It's a great mixture of some of the old & some of the new. It was also nice to see the WWE finally use the old WWF & NWA footage. I can't wait until Ric Flair's DVD set come's out. The full matches looked great. Hidden extra's
disc 1: on chapter menu
- click right on Bruno vs Larry for Larry's heel turn leading to the cage match.
- click right on Garvin vs Flair for footage of Ronnie Garvin winning the title from Ric Flair, also in a cage match.
on extra's menu - click right on Snuka vs Muraco for 'Buddy's Corner' which led to their cage match - disc 2: click right on Owen vs Bret for an empty arena interview in the cage with Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart.
Rating:
Summary: Bloodbath delivers
Review: I bought this dvd for the old NWA footage and wasn't disappointed. The mighty fueds of Rick Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard, and the Andersons vs. the Rock and Roll Express are covered here.
Since Sammartino and Backlund were part of the WWWF (eventually shortened to WWF) I had never seen them wrestle until now. Even though Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka is shown here from the WWF, he was in the NWA/Mid Atlantic Championship wrestling area sometime in the early 80's, winning the NWA World Tag Team belts with Ray Stevens. In fact, there was a spectacular tag team cage match between Snuka/Stevens and Steamboat/Youngblood, circa 1980 (not on this dvd).
I didn't care much for anything post 1995 on these 2 dvd's.
Note: There are a couple of hidden dvd features.
And be forewarned - if you don't have the stomach for the site of blood, stay away from this dvd set.
Rating:
Summary: They forget one...
Review: I can't give 5 stars because when they made this compilation they forget one of the greatest:
Mankind vs. The Rock vs. Ken Shamrock al IYH: BreakDown on September/1998. It was incredible the way that Mankind almost defeat both of them, flying from the top of the cell to land on this pair of morons. Sadly the referee applied that stupid rule of nail one of your oponents in the mat instead of go out of the cage, and the Rock won nailing Ken. Meanwhile Mankind scalate the cage.
This was one of the best matches that I ever seen !!!
Rating:
Summary: Bloodbath- a real use of the WWE video library
Review: I have to say, I have been waiting for something like this for quite some time, but I was somewhat disappointed in it. I was wondering if anyone else noticed these things: First, the Bob Backlund-Pat Patterson match was clipped, second, the Rock n Roll Express vs the Andersons was clipped in the middle. Did anyone else notice these? Otherwise, everything else was excellent.
Rating:
Summary: Raw Magazine Run Down
Review: I just saw the DVD ad in the November 2003 issue of RAW. There is over 3.5 hours of bonus material-11 complete matches. The extra matches included are: Bruno Sammartino vs. Ivan Koloff 1975
Bob Backlund vs. Stan Hansen 1981
Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes 1986
Rock 'n' Roll Express vs. Andersons 1986
Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty 1993
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