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Summary: Best WWE DVD Yet, Brother!!!!!!!
Review: "Hulk Still Rules" is a fairly comprehensive look at the career of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan. The feature proper is an hour rundown of his career. This two disc set also contains almost four hours of bonus material including some of his most significant matches as well as classic promos and skits from WWF programming. In all, it's probably THE BEST video put out by WWE ever and is surely a must-have in any wrestling fan's collection.THE FEATURE: The main feature is a "cliff notes" version of Hogan's wrestling career. Among other things it chronicles how he broke into the business in the Florida independent circuit through the Brisco Brothers and how he initially entered the WWWF as a heel with Freddie Blassie. From there it follows his career through the AWA, his phenomenal and history making second run in the 80's WWF including his feuds with Piper, Bundy, Orndorff, Andre and Savage to his second history making stint in WCW with the N W O to his recent return to the WWE. In all, a lot of ground is covered and a lot of it is incomplete (no mentions of his feud with the Ultimate Warrior, Lex Luger or Sting) but it hits most of the major highlights. THE EXTRAS: If you like extras, this DVD BRINGS the extras like no other. By far, this is THE most loaded wrestling DVD ever put out as it takes two discs to hold all the extras. The extras are a mixed bag of classic (and non-classic matches), miscellaneous skits and some classic Hulk promos. In all, some of it's great, some of it's not great but it's definitely stacked. Here they are: Disc 1: 1. Hogan's debut WWWF match against (a non-Million Dollar Man) Ted DiBiase at MSG on 12/17/79. Kinda weird seeing Hogan as a mega-heel and DiBiase as a clean babyface. Decent match. 2. "Heel" Hogan vs. Andre the Giant at Shea Stadium, 8/9/80: 7 years before their historic showdown. 3. Bob Backlund vs. the Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika), 12/83: Hogan's WWF return from the AWA as he helps Mr. Backlund. Post-match promo from both afterward. 4. Hogan vs. the Iron Sheik, 1/23/84: Witness the birth of Hulkamania as Hogan captures his first WWF title. Post-match promo by Hogan with Mean Gene (and the locker room). 5. "Mean Gene" training vignettes from Tuesday Night Titans. Funny and cute stuff. 6. Hogan vs. Mr. Wonderful, The Big Event in Toronto, 8/28/86: Awesome, big money match. 7. Hogan vs. Andre, Wrestlemania III, 3/29/87. The match itself wasn't much, but this was THE biggest match in the history of the sport. 8. Tuesday Night Titans vignette as Hogan teaches McMahon and Lord Alfred Hayes about nutrition. 9. Hogan and Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake w/Elizabeth vs. Zeus and "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Summer Slam '89. Another classic!! 10. Easter Egg: Title 1, Chapter 10. "Real American" music video. Cool and funny at the same time. Disc 2 1. Hogan vs. 2 jobbers, All-Star Wrestling match, 1/2/80: Token jobber squash match. 2. Hogan vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Bash at the Beach '94: The historic first MAJOR big meeting between the two 80's legends. One of the best Hogan matches as Flair carries Hogan to a good match. The one lone WCW match on here. 3. Another Tuesday Night Titans skit 4. Interview with Mean Gene that leads into... 5. Hogan and "Mean Gene" Okerlund vs. George "the Animal" Steele and Mr. Fuji. Fun match 6. Hogan vs. Undertaker (champ), This Tuesday in Texas, 12/3/91: Hogan's rematch for the belt. 7. Hogan vs. Big John Studd from Puerto Rico in the rain. 8. Hogan vs. Nikolai Volkoff from Saturday Night's Main Event, 10/5/85. 9. Hogan vs. Mr. Perfect (w/ The Genius) from SNME, 4/28/90 10. Hogan and Andre vs. Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy from SNME: Classic WWF style big man collision 11. Hogan vs. Piper, WrestleVision, 11/7/85: Another classic feud. 12. Royal Rumble '90: Joined in progress as Hogan enters featuring his confrontation against the Warrior. 13. Survivor Series '88. Team Mega-Powers (Hogan, Savage, Hercules, Hillbilly Jim and Koko B. Ware) vs. Team Mega-Bucks (DiBiase, Bossman, Akeem, Haku, Red Rooster). Great Survivor Series action!! 14. Classic Hogan promos: 1) King Harley Race, 2) The Genius, 3) Big Bossman, 4) The Honky Tonk Man, 5) "Cardboard" Rock 15. Easter Egg: Title 1, Chapter19, Mean Gene sings "Tutti Frutti" with Hogan on Bass from TNT. THE VERDICT: Overall, this is by default a thumbs up as this collect some of the best matches, promos and skits and reviews the career of wrestling's biggest star. This collection though is by no means perfect. A lot of ground is missing and a lot of Hogan's biggest matches are not (and in my opinion should have been) included. Some other things they could have put in are: 1. Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior from Wrestlemania 2. Hogan vs. Savage from Wrestlemania 3. Hogan vs. Sting from Starcade 4. Hogan vs. Goldberg from Nitro 5. Hogan and Rodman vs. DDP and Malone 6. Hogan and Bischoff vs. DDP and Leno There are more but as is the DVD is stacked great as is but they definitely could have done more. Also, the feature itself while well done is just too short at an hour. A lot of ground is left out (like his feud with the Warriors and his WCW activities)..In all though, as is, the DVD is well done and the extras are more than enough to make any wrestling fan (Hulkamaniac or not) happy. You Know You Want This One...
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Summary: Hulk Still Rules - What an appropriate title for a great DVD
Review: When I was a little boy, I put no hero above Terry "Hollywood Hulk Hogan" Bollea. However, as I grew older, I changed with the times, but he didn't. What was worse, I started to hear reports about how difficult he was to work with behind the scenes in the former WCW, which was bad enough without having him, and how he would always put himself above the younger guys. Recently, however, on his last run, he has returned to his roots and reconciled with Vince McMahon and is now back in WWE. I've also been hearing that he has been a lot more accessible and is evidently selflessly losing to every big star WWE has now. As a result, I've regained the respect for Hogan that I once lost. And this DVD is a fitting tribute to the man. There really isn't any period of Hogan's career that is not covered here, and that's why there's no excuse for a Hogan fan who owns a DVD player not to have it. Even if you hate Hogan and you just feel nostalgic, it's worth it because there's footage from all three of the major promotions he was in. And I would like to take time out to personally thank Terry Bollea and Vince McMahon not only for making an insecure young man rekindle his childhood with the reemergence of Hulkamania, but also by taking him back to its' heyday when he was a little boy with this very DVD. Highly recommended. Two posedowns up!
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Summary: Not That Godd
Review: I was really looking forward to this DVD but it really was a let down. The story of hogan was great but the extra matched were not that good. Mostly all of them were boring, and some didnt even have announcing. Overall this is ok, but I would really think before buying it.
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Summary: Great Overview, Lacks Some Important Moments
Review: In the world of "smart" wrestling fans, Hulk Hogan has been much maligned over the years. I was first introduced to the "immortal one" back in 1985 and have been a 'maniac ever since. I've seen the heydays of Saturday Night's Main Event and early Wrestlemanias, and I've suffered through the lows of poor WCW booking and promotion with The Hulkster. Whatever the era, whatever the moment, Hulk Hogan has been at the epicenter of wrestling. First off, if you are not a Hogan fan, don't bother with this DVD, you'll hate it. For the rest of us, there is a lot to enjoy. The 60 minute documentary is well done with plenty of old WWF footage of Hogan's early career and some still shots of his AWA days. Very cool. It's nice to see WWE dip into that vast video library and resurrect those classic moments instead of just recylcing the latest events of the past three years or so. It's difficult to not feel nostalgic and a bit choked up to see some great clips of Andre and Hogan together celebrating Hogan's firt championship. A golden moment in wrestling history for sure. The first years of Hogan's WWF run are chronicled nicely, but the last couple of years ('91-'93) are a bit rushed. His debut in WCW is mentioned as is the formation of the nWo, but much like his final years in his first WWF run, a little too short for my tastes. Also for those who say Hogan is an egomaniac who simply looks out for himself, check out some of the touching moments with fans at a Toys 'R Us appearance and then tell me about Hogan's so called superego. The are some things I would have liked to see explored a little more. The Megapowers got a little bit of time, but there could have been more. I would have liked to see more WCW footage as well. Of course the nWo was given props, but there were some other classic WCW moments that would have fit in just as nicely. Mainly the showdowns between Hogan and Warrior, the nWo split into the Woflpac and Hollywood factions, and of course the classic showdowns between Hogan and Sting. The extra features on both discs are good. I love seeing these matches brought back to life on the DVD format. The picture for some of those timeless matches are very clear and the audio is cleaned up nicely. Props to the WWE production team for doing their absolute best! However there are some matches that were deserving to be included in the extras: Hogan vs. Goldberg from WCW Nitro
Hogan vs. Sting from Starrcade '97
Hogan vs. Randy Savage from Wrestlemania V So there you have it. This is a must-have DVD for all Hogan fans. Buy it, you won't be unhappy that you did. Peace.
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Summary: Shockingly Bad documentary, great extras
Review: I bought this DVD based on the reviews I read here at Amazon.
Are we all watching the same DVD?
Here is a more realistic view for anyone thinking about buying.
1st of all, the doco. only goes for 1hour!
(come on WWE, the man has been around 20 years) The doco goes as follows:
1) Looking at Hogan's entrance to the busines
2) Playing the bad guy early in his career
3) Brief, brief mention of Rocky III
4) Brief mention of AWA run (little footage)
5) Return to WWF and birth of Hulkamania
6) Wrestlemania I, Paul Orndof and Roddy Piper
7) Wrestlemania II and King Kong Bundy
8) Wrestlemania III and Andre the Giant This is all great stuff, but here is where it gets weird.
After a mention of Randy Savage (and their personal problems!)
Wrestlemania IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX are not mentioned at all!
Hogan main evented all of these (except IV where he still featured heavily). Apparently the Ultimate Warrior, Sgt Slaughter, Sid Vicious, and Yokozuna feuds never happened!
Their are brief clips of Hogan matches as he mentions this entire period in a few sentences. Apparently he 'went away for a while' then decided to go down to WCW to show people down south Hulkamania. Brief look at inital WCW run then explanation and highlights of NWO run - no matches mentioned. No mention of steroid trials, waning popularity or fallout with McMahon. Hogan then blames WCW's demise on Vince Russo,
and we then skip back to his WWE return. After showing him initally return as a heel we see the return of Hulkamania and spend the last 15 minutes of a 1 hour doco looking at the past 4 months and talking about The Rock.
The extras totally save this disc. Lots of rare, lost and interesting choices that many Hogan fans have probably never seen. I did find it odd that Hogan Classics such as Randy Savage (WM5) & Ultimate Warrior (WM6) aren't on here. There is also not a single match from his NWO period which he is (rightly) very proud of.
Most reviews here list them all individually so I won't go over them again. Hope this helps.
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Summary: HULKAMANIA is RUNNING WWWWWWILD!
Review: This DVD is awesome. I liked the DVD footage alot, first Hogan in his 1979 debut in the WWWF and then onto his first WWF Title reign from the Iron Sheik that started "Hulkamania" then some WCW footage of him and wrapping up with his match against Triple H at Backlash and the rebirth of Hulkamania. But the DVD extras are amazing, 15 extra matches, I haven't even seen them all yet but I'm sure their awesome. Some of them are: Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant- Wrestlemania III
Hulk Hogan vs Iron Sheik- January 26, 1984
Hulk Hogan vs Undertaker- Tuesday Night Titans ..........And much more! BUY THIS DVD NOW!
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Summary: Tremendous retrospective of one of the best ever
Review: Let me start by saying this: If you're looking for a lot of "insider" information, then this DVD isn't for you. Backstage information is minimal, and seems to be slanted heavily in Hogan's favor, but that's not the point of this video. The point is to relive the career of the most popular pro wrestler in history. And be sure to get the DVD, as it has a TON of extra matches and interviews, literally spanning Hogan's entire WWF career. While there are a few matches (Hogan/Warrior vs. Perfect/Genius from TME) and interviews (full "new world order of professional wrestling" interview, first RAW promo with The Rock) included, I think that's inevitable when trying to pick moments from a career with 20 years at the top. If you ever went crazy when you heard the opening guitar riff of "Real American," then this DVD is for you.
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Summary: HULK STILL RULES!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I have to admit, I'm not the biggest fan of Hulk Hogan's wrestling ability, but any fan of the wrestling business has got to respect what this man has done for professional wrestling. He was the goose that laid the golden egg and paved the way for future sports-entertainers. I have to admit this is one the best dvd's on the market today. It's a 2-disc set with the Disc 1 has Hogan talking about his enitre career and then some. It also features bonus matches and interviews. Disc 2 features more matches and interviews. There's 4 HOURS total of bonus material and enough to make the hardest wrestling critics say "WOW". A must for any fan of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan
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Summary: FOR ANY HULK HOGAN FAN.
Review: This in one the best dvd purchases I've ever made. Any fan of Hulk Hogan will LOVE this dvd. With 4 HOURS of bonus material(including Hogan's 1979 MSG debut, where's he's announced as "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan, against Ted DiBiase and the ultra rare 1981 Shea Staduim match vs. Andre the Giant, six years before their big money match at WM 3(that match is on there also). Hogan also talks in depth on a lot of subjects. A total must have for any fan of Terry Bollea a.k.a. Hulk Hogan.
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Summary: Easter Egg
Review: The best wrestling dvd out there today bar none; I just wanted to reveal another easter egg. On disc one, go to chapter selection, then to the page that has the chapters on WCW, NWO etc., and highlight the Hulk Still Rules sign to watch a Real American music video.
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