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Summary: Third BEST Best of ECW DVD around!
Review: Actually i rate it 4 1/2 . You get a great deal here and awesome innovative action! Anyways here's the matches and ratings and these matches took place during the Bret Hart era and when Hogan just got into WCW. It's hard to believe that this tiny company in south philly produced some of the greatest matches ever.- ECW World Tag Team Champions Sabu & Taz vs. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko : 2 Decent match but for feb.95 this is great. - ECW World Tag Team Champions The Gangstas vs. The Eliminators - Weapons cage match : 3 Saturn is the number one player here as he jumps off the top off the cage about six times i think! Everyone bleeds, violent match. Not much wrestling but it is a war! - ECW World Tag Team Champions Raven & Stevie Richards vs. The Pitbulls - Two out of Three Falls, Double Dog Collar Chain Match: 3 2/3 : a wild match full of choas and more. Tables everywhere and just free for all action. - ECW World Television Champion Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull #2 - August 3, 1996- 3 1/2 I liked this match as it had old school wrestling,hardcore,brawling,huge moves and a ending that will get you angry! Pitbull 1's neck was broken a night earlier by the Franchise and sits and hopes his partner seeks revenge. -DVD only- ECW World Champion The Sandman vs. Cactus Jack - Singapore cane vs. Fist wrapped in barbed wire match: 2
Weaker match but cool spots. DVD only - Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu - Stretcher Match :4 great match,hardcore all the way. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera - Two out of Three Falls 5++ : Lucha libre at its ultimate maximum mayhem. Scientific,extreme lucha libre,hardcore,backlot brawl and these guys did all of it in about 15 minutes. Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee - High Incident Scaffold Match - October 26, 1996 :In my opinion worst match on the DVD *1/2 plus the fall by Lee was not that spectacular,it seems it would awesome to see a guy fall from that height through 3 tables but he was hanging off and only a piece of the second table and a tiny bit of the 3rd broke. DVD EXTRAS: Extreme Moments : guy breaks his leg,jt smith messes a spot,new jack dives. Brian pillman promo steve austin promo douglas vs. pillman wrestler bios hidden douglas interview Overall: This easily surpasses Deep Impact and Xtreeme Evoulution and could be tied with P.O.D. It has something for everyone and its a history lesson of a lifetime!
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Summary: Greatest hardcore DVD ever
Review: After seeing this DVD you will never be satisfied by another hardkore match in your life. These are the greatest hardkore matches in history
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Summary: Oh yeah
Review: All around, a really great DVD, and that is rare, considering all of the bad DVD releases wrestling-wise. Brutal hardcore wrestling, great high flying action... it has everything ECW was about, and everything that the WWE lacks today. Buy the DVD version, as it has a great promo from Steve Austin before he became the badass Stone Cold character, along with wrestler profiles for those not so familar with the now defunct ECW.
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs. Sabu & Taz (***1/2): Alright match, probably put on the DVD just to show how these guys got a start in ECW back in 1995, and how it launched their American careers.
The Gangstas vs. The Eliminators (*****): A brutal, brutal cage match with blood from everybody, especially John Kronus, who bleeds like a pizza. Perry Saturn (pre-WCW/WWE fame) takes about 10 dives off the cage, all of which are very cool. Not many wrestling holds are executed, but this one is fun to watch, for sure.
Raven & Stevie Richards vs. The Pitbulls (***): Okay match, the most memorable thing being the amount of tables used by the Pitbulls. Like most early ECW, it's all brawl and table, which is okay.
Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull 2 (*): Worst match on the DVD, just because it wasn't up to par with the rest of the stuff. Okay if you're a Douglas or Pitbull fan though, I guess.
Cactus Jack vs. The Sandman (**1/2): A great brawl, but nothing too spectacular. It's more of a crowd reaction thing than it is a good match, but these two ECW icons are great fighters and can put on a show, kinda.
Rob Van Dam vs. Sabu (****): One of the best matches on the DVD in my opinion. It's known as the 'Stretcher Match', where you have to get your opponent on a stretcher and wheel him out. Sounds stupid, but the concept really is great. RVD wasn't that big when the match occured, but he impresses everybody with high spots and great brawling as well as wrestling. Sabu blows a bunch of spots as usual, but makes up for it with crazy moonsaults and eventually the big dive onto the stretcher for the win. Very cool match, but loses a star for blown spots.
Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (*****): This is a great example of how ECW brought lucha libre into the US. Mexican-style wrestling in this 2 out of 3 falls match, these guys are both about 170 pounds and they fly like ragdolls. Amazing, amazing in ring action.
Tommy Dreamer vs. Prime Time Brian Lee (*****): HIGH INCIDENT! Yeah, these guys brawl all over the ECW Arena before going up to the scaffold and fighting up there for about 5 minutes. After a few slugfests, Dreamer knocks Lee off the scaffold and into the ring through a ring stacked full of tables! Worth 5 stars just for that, one of the greatest high spots you'll see, ECW or elsewhere.
Buy this DVD now! The price is well worth it, whether you're an ECW fan, a fan of brawling-style wrestling, or just a casual wrestling fan, you'll probably enjoy something, cause this early years ECW DVD has it all.
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Summary: THE BEST ECW DVD YET
Review: All the matches are classics ECW matches at their best. The same stuff who made me jump in the living room when ECW was reborn on RAW. Included in the Pittbull vs Raven & Richards match is the 911 chokeslam on Bill Alfonso after months of build-up. A classic from ECW golden era. This time the easter egg is a an interviwew blooper with Shane Douglas and Francine. just select title 3 with your remote to get it. Can't wait for best of Cactus Jack and Best of Dudley Boys in October.
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Summary: Learned my history lesson, and it's hardcore!!
Review: Alright, more ECW DVD action here. Hardcore History is not the best ECW Video released by any means, but it is one of the better compilations they have out there. The matches, with year in parentheses: 1. Sabu & Taz Vs. Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit ('95): Great tag match with four guys who can really mix it up in the ring. Taz looks silly back in those tasmaniac days. Lots of brawling involved. 2. The Gangstas (Mustafa & New Jack) Vs. The Eliminators (Perry Saturn & John Kronus)- Tag Titles Cage Match. ('96): The bloodiest and most brutal cage match i have ever seen. More action than WWE's Hell in a Cell offerings thus far. Saturn goes to the top of the cage like, 6 times in this match. Kronus and the Gangstas bled like crazy too!. Gangtas retained their title in the end. 3. Raven &Steven Richards Vs. The Pitbulls- Double Dog Collar Tag Titles match ('96): Beulah McGillicuty made the match 2 out of 3 falls after declaring Stevie ineligible to wrestle due to a broken neck. He wrestled anyways, as the match progressed. Great action throughout, and crazy bumps for each fall. Pitbulls retained, after help from a legendary Innovator of Violence. 4. Shane Douglas Vs. Pitbull #2 ('96): Pitbull 1's neck was broken by DOuglas, so we got this revenge match. Lots of brawling in this one. 5. Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) Vs. The Sandman (Cane Vs. Barbed Wire Match) ('97): Brutal match with lots of bumps taken by both men. Douglas' interference ruined the end, though. 6. Rob Van Dam Vs. Sabu- Stretcher Match ('96): The best match out of these two best friends and legends before they clashed for the TV title a couple of years later. Plenty of high spots from the two, and scary moments, too. Nice to see RVD in his old ECW days. He even did a Van Daminator!. That was cool. Sabu wins it here. 7. Rey Misterio Jr. Vs. Juventud Guerrera ('96): A great lucha match with lots of flying and lots of submission holds. Oh yeah, it was 2/3 falls too. Rey won it in the end. 8. Tommy Dreamer Vs. Brian Lee- "High Incident" Scaffold match ('97): Imagine...about 20 tables stacked high in the ring, and a scaffold high above it that one of the wrestlers must pushed his opponent out of to get the win, and you've got this match. Slow at times, but picked up in the end. Nasty bumps here, the ending being the worst, of course. The Innovator of Violence takes the "W" here. Overall, a good DVD for hardcore wrestling fans, or anyone who wants to get into ECW in its early days. The extras are pretty cool too. SO, get it, and learn your history here!
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Summary: 4-1/2 stars, but I knocked it up a notch! BAM!
Review: ECW always puts out great DVD's so let's see what we got here: 1. Sabu/Taz Vs. Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko - Really great match but short, especially when one of them leaves with an injury. What's here is great though! **** 2. The Gansters Vs. The Eliminators - Cage match - Not the greatest match, but with the Gansters you'd know they'd be blood everywhere. They beat on each other with various objects like they were in a video game or somethin :-).. Saturn Flies off the top of cage like 5 times giving this an extra star. *1/2 3. Raven/Steven Richards Vs. The Pitbulls - 2/3 Fall Double-Collar match - The stipulation is that each person is attached to an opponent with a collar wrapped around their head. Sounds stupid, but they really pulled it off. Violence and tables .. TO THE EXTREME!.. Really great match with a really great ending and Tommy Dreamer and 911 getting involved at the end. ***** 4. Shane Douglas Vs. Pitbull #2 - Pitbull #1 was injured by Douglas and his partner vows revenge! This series always seemed
boring to me and unfortunatly so did this. *1/2 5. The Sandman Vs. Cactus Jack - Barbed-Wire match - Cactus gets his chance at the ECW Championship belt. Some crazy spots in this match from both wrestlers made this a surpring good barbed-wire match. **** 6. Sabu Vs. RVD - Stretcher match - The first person to be carried out on a stretcher loses. Crazy, Insane, Career-Ending Spots in this one. Sloppy match, but the insane moves these men attempt make this my favorite match of the DVD. ***** 7. Rey Mysterio Jr. Vs. Juventud Guerrera - 2/3 Falls match - Ridiculously non-stop lucha match with both men flying around inside and outside the ring.. Even outside the arena! Awesome match ***** 8. Tommy Dreamer Vs. Brian Lee - Scaffold match - A Scaffold match is where 2 wrestlers battle on a cakewalk 15ft or so over the ring, first one thrown off loses. This one has a 1,000 tables or so under the scaffold for someone break on the way down. For a scaffold match (which always suck) this isn't too bad - **1/2 -Another great DVD from ECW with a little something for everybody. Cya!
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Summary: ECW scores one from the grave
Review: ECW continues to show the world how they truely changed pro wrestling forever. The cage match between the Gangstas and the Eliminators was a great, bloody bout for the tag titles, that featured several dives from the top of the cage. The Raven & Stevie Richards vs the Pitbulls was a double dog collar match. Buellah somehow talked the Pitbulls into making this match a two out of three falls which may not have been in the best interest of Stevie Richards as he lost alot of blood by the end. The Shane Douglas vs Pitbull 2 was a classic match with a great angle. This one also ends up bloody with Pitbull 2's face turning completely red. The Cactus Jack vs Sandman bout was very entertaining. The Sandman comes to the ring, as usual, with his "Singapore Cane" and Cactus Jack enters with his right forearm wrapped with barbed wire. This is definetly not a disappointing match. But my favorite match on this DVD is most certainly the stretcher match between Rob Van Dam & Sabu. This match contains alot of high flying, alot of good reversals, as well as many boken tables. The DVD also has some other bonus material including an extreme moments montage. This montage features JT Smith diving over the top rope, but his legs get caught up on his way over causing him to hit the concrete floor face first very hard. You can see his head swelling before he can get back to his feet, which is pretty amazing because I didn't think he was getting back up. The montage also shows a New Jack balcony dive that was basic New Jack. But the most gruesome part of the montage featured a huge (450 pound) wrestler that I'm not familiar with. He jumps off the top rope landing on one leg, completely snapping his shin in two. You can accually hear and see his leg fold in half. All in all this is a very good DVD, especially if you're a hardcore wrestling fan.
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Summary: Must-buy..
Review: First, let's get to the match reviews.. *May Contain match spoilers* ----------------------
Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs Sabu & Taz
It's odd to see Taz with curly hair and no boots.. Thankfully, he still had all his awesome suplexes in this match. Before the match, PE and Malenko/Benoit had a showdown.. I don't know what that was all about, but a nice solid, long match. Rating: 4/5
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The Gangstas vs The Eliminators
Lots of brawling in the beginning, with some nice dives by Saturn. Too bad Saturn doesn't go much to the top anymore.. Okay match, but nothing to get excited about. Rating: 3/5
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Raven & Stevie Richards vs The Pitbulls
Nice match, with alot of tables, although some botched. I'm surprised Raven was able to Piledrive Pitbull #2 through that table without it giving way.. Tables now, they'll either break on you too quickly, or not break at all. Rating: 4/5
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Shane Douglas vs Pitbull #2 Shane got LOTS of heat. I have never seen that kind of heat before. Shane plays a good heel, and can also take a beating. Long, bloody, solid match. I actually liked this one. Rating: 5/5
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Rey Misterio Jr. vs Juventud Guerrera
I forgot Juvi even wore a mask.. Nice high flying/technical match with good spots. Rey and Juvi in their prime. Rating: 4/5
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Tommy Dreamer vs Prime Time Brian Lee
Either Brian Lee was putting his "Brick Wall" impression off very well, or this guy does NOT know how to sell. Bunch of stupid fans in this one, too. I think at one point while Dreamer/Lee are brawling, Dreamer shoves a group of fans down.. but, they deserved it. Just watch the brawling at the beginning, and you'll see. Rating: 3/5
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Cactus Jack vs The Sandman
I've never really liked Foley.. I don't know why he's so great. And he proves that to me more in this match. OK match, but overall, a bit slow. Rating: 3/5
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Rob Van Dam vs Sabu
I really don't know about this match.. I like ANY match that involves Sabu/RVD, but, this one was a bit short, and not many good high-flying moves were pulled off. RVD looked incredibly sloppy. Not Sabu or RVD's best match. Rating: 3/5
---------------------- Overall, this was a cool DVD. Worth the buy.
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Summary: THIS IS WELL WORTH IT
Review: HARDCORE HISTORY ,,,CLASSIC MATCHUPS BIG NAMES ,,,,EXTREME MATCHUPS ,,,, BOTTOM LINE BEST ECW TAPE OUT THERE FOLKS THAT PACKAGED WHAT ECW WAS ABOUT ....BUY IT NOW ...
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Summary: Ahh More ECW!
Review: Hardcore History is a much better offering than Deep Impact. The choice of matches is great. Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko vs. Taz/Sabu. This is a decent tag match to start things off,plus you get to see how silly Taz used to look. Gagstas vs. The Elminators inside a cage. This is the definatley the bloodiest most violent cage match I've ever seen.Perry Saturn shines in this match,even with out Moppy. Raven/Stevie Richards vs. The Pitbulls in a 2 out of 3 fall dog collar match. This is tied for the best ECW style match on the DVD.Blood,tables,and the old school Raven.Awesome match. Shane Douglas vs. Pitbull 2. This match is the other tie for best ECW style match. It as brawling,and great wrestling,and Pitbull #2 bleeds like a stuck pig! Cactus Jack vs The Sandman in a barbed wire fist/singapore cane match. This is a nice little brawl that shows some of the interesting match ideas that ECW tried out. Sandman wraps himself in barbed wire wich is always fun to watch! RVD vs. Sabu in a stretcher match. This match is an awesome display of what both men are capable of. I liked their match for the TV title a lot better though. Rey Misterio Jr. Vs. Juventud Guerrera2 out of 3 falls. This is probably the best lucha match I've seen. It's better than anything either one did in WCW. Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee in High Incicdent. This is a scaffold Match above a ring filled with tables. Great finish as you can tell. If you have the DVD go to wrestler biographies and go to Joey Styles. Clik the right arrow on your controller twice.A cool blooper segment with Shane Douglas,a can of spray paint and a camera apears. Pretty funny stuff. I also got it when I clicked into Styles Bio and hit DVD menu.Just play with some buttons in the bio area and you'll find it I guess.
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