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Summary: EXTREME EVOLUTION
Review: THE MATCHES IN THIS VHS ARE ALL CLASSICS IN MY MIND.THE RVD AND JERRY LYNN FIGHT WAS A TRUE TEST TO BOTH STARS AS THEY TRY TO TAKE EACH OTHER OUT FOR THE TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP.MIKE AWESOME VS MASATO TANAKA IS THE ULTIMATE GRUDGE MATCH FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE.TANAKA SHOWS AWESOME HE IS A WORTHY OPPONENT AND AWESOME PROVES WHAT A FIGHTING CHAMPION HE IS.TAZ VS SABU SHOWED ME NEW HEIGHTS OF ENTERTAINMENT AND THE DUDLEYS SEND SPIKE DUDLEY CRASHING DOWN THRU TWO FLAMING TABLES.WOW CAN YOU FEEL THE HEATWAVE.YOU HAVE TO SEE THE CARNAGE THAT UNFOLDS IN THIS EXCITING WRESTLING ITEM. THE LONEWOLF ANDY ANDERSON RULES IN THE INTERNATIONAL WRESTLING ASSOCIATION AND THE WOLFGANG RULE SUPREME WITH THEIR INNOVATIVE STYLE IN PUERTO RICO.
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Summary: Hidden Cactus Jack Interview
Review: This DVD is certainly as good as its been hyped up to be. If you are a fan of any of the wrestlers on this disc, then I'd be willing to bet you'll love it! And, if you are a Mick Foley fan, Mick cuts a classic shoot-style interview on hardcore wrestling. If you think "Foley is God" then buy the DVD now!
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Summary: THIS IS EXTREME!!! Recommended Viewing
Review: Not having been able to watch ECW during its Golden Era, (it wasn't shown out in our parts) I immediately purchased this DVD when I had a chance. I WASN'T disappointed. This is the ECW I always heard about. Tons of hardcore, hard-hitting action, great athleticism and insane daredevil spots. THIS IS EXTREME. Here are the matches featured on this DVD: 1. Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn (5/16/99): CLASSIC match from their high profile rivalry for the ECW TV Title. Athleticism at its finest. Great mat wrestling, aerial action and counter action. Five stars. 2. Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka (11/7/99): Another classic feud spanning both FMW and ECW. This match dispelled any belief that Awesome was not a credible champ. AWESOME spot and bump fest featuring tables and tons of power moves. Dudley Boyz got nothing on these two when it comes to tables. As Joey Styles would say, "Oh My God!!!" Five stars. 3. The Sandman vs Raven (12/7/96): Classic barbed-wire match for the Heavyweight title. Garbage wrestling at its best. ECW hardcore action at its finest. You'll cringe at some of the things these two did to each other. Four stars. 4. The Dudley Boyz vs Balls Mahoney and Spike Dudley (8/14/99): Arena spanning WAR between these two teams. Another ECW classic with tons of great spots including a powerbomb into TWO tables LIT ON FIRE!!! Hardcore to the bone. Five stars. 5. The Eliminators vs Dr. Death Steve Williams and Freebird Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy (10/26/96): Special challenge between ECW's greatest tag team and the greatest gaijin tag team from Japan. One-sided battle between two great teams. Highlight is the finish of the match which features an insane bump from high above the ring. Four stars. 6. Sabu vs. Taz (4/13/97): Classic grudge match from ECW's first ever Pay Per View "Barely Legal." GREAT match with tons of great mat wrestling, high spots and good ring psychology. Plus an appearance by Rob Van Dam and the shocking turn that led to the formation of one of ECW's best heel stables. Five stars. 7. Tommy Dreamer/Beulah McGillycutty vs "Franchise" Shane Douglas/Francine (12/7/96): Decent bout with TA and the obligatory catfight. Douglas at his best as a heel. Three stars. Other extras on this DVD includes: 1. An Extreme Moments Montage featuring: New Jack's insane dive from a basketball backboard, Taz Tazplexing Dreamer off the stage into tables, Chris Benoit breaking Sabu's neck after a bad back drop. 2. Wrestler bios. 3. A preview for Acclaim's "Anarchy Rulz" Video Game. Here are my evaluations: Good: AWESOME action. In my opinion, not a single bad match on this DVD. This is the ECW that people always raved about. Extreme action at its best. The "Anarchy Rulz" preview was pretty solid also (though I've heard the game itself wasn't...). The Extreme moments montage was also a decent feature. The wrestler bios were a nice extra, though nothing spectacular. Bad: Nothing really... This DVD is great for any ECW fan, wrestling fan or anyone who likes to see great action. Is it worth watching? DEFINITELY. Is it worth buying and owning? In my opinion, yes. That's for you to decide though. If you do get it though, I doubt you'll be disappointed. Highly recommended.
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Summary: ECW's First DVD comes out with a bang!
Review: This DVD is amazing! ECW's Extreme Evolution is a perfect by for a long time Extreme Championship Wrestling fan or any wrestling fan in general! Contains great matches from early ECW and current ECW action. Great DVD completly worth it!
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Summary: Great video but not ecw's best.
Review: I have seen many ECW pay per views and matches to say that this video is fair to good but it is not hardcore! The only match that is close to hardcore is The Raven vs. Sandman barbed wire match. And the Awesome vs. Tanaka match is good but he others are too much WCW look a like.
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Summary: Best ECW tape I have ever seen!
Review: Best tape ever. TV title RVD vs. Jerry Lynn great,World title Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka best match on the tape,World title barbed wire Raven vs. Sandman a little boring but good, Dr. Death Steve Williams amd Terry Gordy vs. The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus) all boring except Saturn's flying elbow from the scaffold, and Francine and Shane Douglas vs. Tommy Dreamer and Beulah mostly bad except the riot and catfighting. Overall great tape.
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Summary: A lot better than I expected
Review: I really love watching ECW and hated it when they lost there TV deal. When i oredered this DVD I was afraid it really wouldn't be that good. Boy was I wrong. Some really great fun to watch stuff. I'll put it this way, it was good enough that the night that I got it and watched it I oreder Path of Destruction. I say go for it!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I bought the VHS version of Extreme Evolution and I was pretty (although not extremely) disappointed with it. The highlight is the Sandman/Raven barbed wire match, which is brutal, to say the least. Tanaka/Awesome is also worthwhile, if only to see just how much punishment Tanaka is capable of taking, and Jerry Lynn/RVD is full of amazing stuff, but the match would be much better if it were shorter. Saturn's elbow drop from the scaffold is impressive, but not enough to save the boring tag match which it caps off. The tape will have you reaching for the fast forward button in a lot of places, which is a shame, because I know that ECW has better stuff in the vaults than what shows up on Extreme Evolution.
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Summary: ECW the real fans choise
Review: If your a fan of wrestling and i mean wrestling, this is a must own dvd. The ECW guys but and unbeliavble show on, and live only to entertain their fans. Guys like Tommy Dreamer,Sandman,Raven and Rob Van Dam risk their own personal health, just to please the fans. The dvd has some of the greatest ECW action ever, high-points begin Buh Buh Ray Dudley powerbombing Spike Dudley through two flamming tabels, Perry Saturn dropping a elbow drop from 20 feet,the whole Van Dam vs. Lynn match and of course the insane barbed wire match between Sandman and Raven. If WWF&WCW makes you go WOW! Extreem Evolution will kill you.
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Summary: Good matches, not so great production. (The Story of ECW)
Review: I was really expecting to be amazed by this DVD, I am an avid fan of ECWs product and all of the old video I have seen has been absolutely horrible quality-wise. The matches on this dvd were good, generally speaking. The two best being the Tanaka/Awesome Match and RVD/Lynn. The thing that REALLY kills this dvd is the commentary, it is the original match commentary from the TV and Joey Styles really sucked back in the day, I think this dvd would have been MUCH better if they had recut the audio with Joey/Cyrus or Joey/Gertner. As it is, the Audio is low and when you can hear it clearly, it is lacking, which makes the whole thing look bush league. The other thing that was kind of strange was the "in between match" cut scenes have a strange pattern on the microphone that is kind of distracting, and also adds to the budget look of this dvd (perhaps I am nitpicking..but it could have been fixed easily). All in all I am not sure this is the best intro to ECW for the uninitiated. I give it a B for match choice and a C- for production.
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