Home :: DVD :: Special Interests  

Art & Artists
Cooking & Beverages
Crafts & Hobbies
Dance
Educational
Fitness & Yoga
General
Health
History
Home & Garden
Instructional
Metaphysical & Supernatural
Nature & Wildlife
Outdoor Recreation
Religion & Spirituality
Self-Help
Sports
Transportation
Travel
WWE Wrestlemania 2000 / Wrestlemania History

WWE Wrestlemania 2000 / Wrestlemania History

List Price: $29.95
Your Price:
Product Info Reviews

<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .. 11 >>

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Wrestlemania unleased in all of its furry
Review: 1 of the best Wrestlemania's since WM 5 with HHH Vs. Catus Jack Vs. Big Show Vs. Rock was awsome with Vince Mcmahon in the Rocks corner Shane Mcmahon in Big Shows corner Linda Mcmahon in Catus JAcks corner and Stephine Mcmahon in Triple H's corner. This is a Wrestlemania this is never to be forgotin no WM fan isnt a ture one without the first Wrestlemania of the century.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Better than average ppv the second disk makes it great value
Review: Ok the ppv itself is better than average. The extras showing the lead up, get you in the mood as the WWF do great build ups and JR always gets you relly going. The other extras on the disk like the commentary to the triple threat match by all three participants seperately is slow and a tad boring but ok to watch once. But the build up for the ladder match and main event are great if you buy it. I seriously recommend watching these before the ppv.

The matches them selves in case nobody told you are:

Bull & Bossman vs Godfather and Do'lo ; not a bad match, Ice T at the start is funny but slow, Godfather gets you worked up but the match lacks any real excitment.

13 man hardcore title match; nice idea but it's painfully bad. You want to try to like it but you just can't. You can watch it once, but after that it's a forwarder.

T&A vs Head cheese (ok, ok its Al Snow and Blackman but you'll see what i mean); The match itself is a good one, it's a fun match with a nice build up to it, but Trish stratus is nothing more than eye candy in it, which is ok but annoys you ... considering she's ment to be a manager. The match also lacks that bit of an edge that would make it a real beauty. They should have built up anomosity with T&A more. "Lets go head cheese!"

Cat fight between funnily enough the Kat(with Mae Young) and Terri(with the fabulous Moolah) ref Val Venis. The pre-match sketch at the beginning and end are funny -- particulary Jerry Lawler. But the match, although it is short, should have been better.

Two fall Triple threat match(Jeriko, Benoit and Angle): not bad at all but it wears thin if your the type who watches matches over and over. If you are try the different commentaries. Jerico is interesting, Benoit is in character and Angle is the funniest (but they are all a little slow compaired to the king and JR)

Triangle Ladder match(dudleys, hardz, E&C), pre-fight you'll wish they'd let Bubba say ... which lets down a great pre-fight speech. The match is built up nicely, normal, then ladders, then table, but you just want more table carnage all the way through (well you will if you love hardcore type matches). To make it truly great, good match though, but need more tables and earlier in the match. I still like to watch the build up extra then the match for full effect.

Too Cool & Chyna V the Radicals -- the pre fight is great, the match is great. Eddy is funny. Chyna is smoulderingly sexy and you're happy with the result. 5-star match (not because its out of this world, it's just consistantly good in every aspect)

Kane (& bearer) & Rakishi, V Road Dogg & X-pac(& Tori); Good match the stuff at the end is funny to watch. The match is maybe just a little too short and the funny stuff maybe a bit too long is my only criticism of it.

Main event, WWF title, Big Show (&Shane O'mac), Mick Foley (& Linda Mac), Rock (& Vince Mac), HHH (& Steph). When i was thinking of buying this I read that Show and Mick were just here for the numbers, total...! I won't give the game away even though you know the results, see the match for yourself. In my opinion, its a good main event not the best because there has been some beauties in the past but its a good watch, nobody is there for the number you get some nice interviews between fights approaching the main event, the extras build up is great, the match itself is good but not out of this world, the ending makes you feel robbed as it is out of contrast and just mares a good match which could have been a great match if ended right.

Disk 2-Wrestle mania Historys, THIS IS GREAT, worth the price alone, adding it just makes it a value for money buy.

You get flashes of all the matches in a pro mo fashion for every wrestle mania followed by highlights and a show case match from each WM. You'll get people saying they should of shown this or that but what do we expect, ever WM for free! It's a good job and they show case some great matches like T and Hulk vs. Piper and Orduoff, Piper vs. Goldust, Micheals vs. Hart, Hart vs. Austin, Austin vs. Rock. The show cases are all 5-star matched chopped down (which is a blessing to lose some of the slow stuff) and done in the WWF pro mo fashion which is great. The excitement for the match is made better by this. Watch it yourself and be honest and you'll see I'm right, the only way it could be better would be to show YOUR favourite matches but for some guy trying to please everyone, its a ... good effort, I only wish the flashes of the other matches in each WM were longer so you got a feel for what happened. They could have done a pro mo flash for every match but you always get at least one turkey match in a ppv which you just can't dress up, which would have spoiled the great mood this disk builds.

On the whole its a 4-4.5 product. The ppv is just above average, the extras on the ppv are ok, some good some bad. The 2nd disk is worth the price alone. It holds you to the screen thoughout. You just wish they'd show a little more of certain things but you'll agree is still great.

Should you buy it? If you have the money in your hand and you want a WWF ppv DVD the answer is Yes, it's the same money as the others I'd have paid a little more than the price for the second disk alone. If you compair it like for like with all the ppv's you can buy in that price range and watched them all you probably still buy this ahead of the others. Not because its out of this world, but because you get both good quality and plenty of it for your hard earned cash.

And thats...the bottom line!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Well, at least it's not the *WORST* Wrestlemania ever.....
Review: I give the actual event 3 star's, but it gets bumped up to 4 stars for the extra DVD Disk. Why? .. Read on:

Matches (out of 5 stars): 1. The Godfather & D'Lo Brown Vs. The Big Bossman & Bull Buchanan - Ice Tea does a special apperance and raps The Godfather's entrance music, does a good job too. Average tag team match but the crowd was way into it, so a great start to a Wrestlemania. **1/2

2. Hardcore Battle Royal - 13 Men fight it out for 15min. Street Fight-type match. The competitors: Champion Crash Holly, Hardcore Holly, The Acolytes, Viseria, Tazz, The Headbangers, Kaientai, and The Mean Street Posse. The object is to pin whoever happens to be champion at the time and avoid being pinned till time's up. About 13 title changes took place here! It's a good idea that unfortunatly gets old really fast. Pete Gas is a bloody mess at the end of the match. *1/2

3. Headcheese Vs. T&A - Gosh this [was bad]! I love Al Snow's humor but this was REALLY [poor]. Snow does a Aesai Moonsault and a little dude in a cheese suit gets beat up, but still: 1/2*

4. Dudley Boys Vs. The Hardy Boys Vs. Edge & Christian - Tag Team Triple Ladder Championship Match - Ohmygod! What a match!! I still think this is a better match than their jaw-dropping future TLC matches. The object of the match is to climb a Ladder and grab the tag team belts. Unfortunatly 4 other guys are doing anything they can to stop you. Some crazy, insane and VERY dangerous bumps are here including, but not limited too, Jeff's 450 splash onto a ladder. Matt Hardy eats lumber twice, once off a modified scaffold! A Swanton offa 15ft A-frame ladder! Etc, Etc,.. much more but you need to see it for yourself. *****

5. The Kat w/Mae Young Vs. Terri w/The Fabulous Moolah - Cat Fight - The Special referee is lady's man Val Venis - Very confusing and ... stupid match. Well I wasn't expecting Steamboat/Flair so I shouldn't be too critical. No.. it [was bad].. Terri and the Kat are hot but this whole idea falls flat as soon as 80yr old Mae Young tries to take her top off. Oh, the first woman to be thrown over the top wins the match if anyone cares.. DUD

6. Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn & Eddie Guerrero Vs. Chyna & Too-Cold (err.. Cool) - What do you get when you have 3 of the best wrestlers in the world take on 3 clowns? Uhh, you get this match, which wasn't *that* bad I guess. Guerrero makes the match with his heel role and Too-Cool does their typical annoying stuff, if you like that. It's Interesting to see what happened to these guys 16 months later, 2 are gone, 1 talks to a mop, and poor Malenko's parking cars.. The horror.. **1/2

7. Kurt Angle Vs. Chris Jericho Vs. Chris Benoit - IC and European 2-Falls Championship - This is a 2-fall match: the winner of the 1st fall get the IC belt, the winner of the 2nd fall gets the European Belt. Kurt Angle held both belts at the time. Great match with the usual fanatasic moves by all three competitors. Jericho takes a NASTY head-first fall onto the Spanish announchers table. Great timing by all three made a great match to watch. ****

8. Kane & Rikishi Vs. X-Pac & Road Dogg w/Tori - X-Pac stabbed his former partner Kane in the back and stole his girlfriend Tori. So now Kane wants revenge. I really couldn't get into this match. Kinda entertaining but nothing special. "Stink faces" galore in this match. **

9. Triple-H w/Stephanie McMahon Vs. The Rock w/Vince McMahon Vs. The Big Show w/Shane McMahon Vs. Mic Foley w/Linda McMahon - WWF Championship - This is a 4-way no DQ elimination match so when someone is pinned or gives-up, their gone and the match continues. Like in a soap opera, all 4 wrestlers have a McMahon (the family who owns the WWF) in their corner. And of course all the McMahon's are mad at one another :-) Mic Foley came out of a brief retirement to fullfill a life-long dream and headline a Wrestlemania. A critized, but in my opinion, a great great match. Foley had to have broken somethin' when he hits the announcers table. The Big Show press-slams Triple-H and The Rock! And the Rock and Triple-H battle all through the arena. A Controversial finish but one I really enjoyed. It's worth a look! ****1/2

DVD Extra's: 1st Disk - For the actual event, a 2nd audio Spanish Audio track is included as well as various match Retrospects. A real gem is that all 3 wrestlers involved in the Three Way match, Angle, Benoit and Jericho, supply commentary and their match. A really nice touch as all three do a great job and give the fans "their" perspective of the match.

2nd Disk - A GREAT Documentary of the first 15 Wrestlemania's! For old school WWF watchers, like me, this is a great addition. I don't know the exact running time but I think it's between 3 1/2 and 4hrs. No full matches are shown but various clips of ones with their original commentary are provided.

All in all, with the 2nd disk, a good buy!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wrestlemania 2000 ROCKS!!!
Review: How can you not enjoy such a brilliant event?In my opinion,this was the 2nd best event of 2000,only to SummerSlam.To start off,the 13 man Hardcore Battle Royal was very unique and was great to see the title change hands so many times.I have to admit,the Godfather+Dlo VS BossMan+Buchanan was a slight letdown,But the T&A VS Al+Blackman match was good.That legdrop by Al on Test was Amazing,And the addition of ChesterMcCheeserton was Entertaining!The Triangle ladder match was Brilliant,and outdoes The Micheals VS Razor match,if i dare say it.There were so many Breathtaking Elements in this Contest,Such as the Swanton off the Ladder,& the Buh Buh cutter.The Catfight was not too good for the only 1on1 match,But TooCool&Chyna VS The Radicalz was Good,Especially the Double Worm!The 2/3 Fall triple threat match is the best Triple Threat Match iv ever seen,seeing as though the Stakes were so high.The Kane&Rikishi VS RoadDogg&Xpac was thrilling,especially seeing the return of Pete Rose & The Famous Chicken!The Main event was the 1st of its kind at a Wrestlemania,and in my view the Best.Although Rocky didnt win,he did what everyone wanted to see,Kick Stephanies ...!!Vince always has to screw it up Though,Doesnt he?

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: VERY AVRAGE WRESTLEMANIA
Review: Wrestlemania 2000 was a very average ppv and here is my rundown of the matches DUD - awful * - bad ** - okish *** - good **** - very good ***** - perfect

Match 1: The Bossman & BULL Buchanan vs. The Pimp Daddys - the daddys are D-Lo Brown and The Godfather, very average tag team macth here. Buchanan is very talented for his size though Rating: **1/3

Match 2: Hardcore Battle Royal - I loved this match, it was very entertaining and if you like wwf hardcore wrestling then you need to see this match Rating: ***1/2

Match 3: T&A vs. Headcheese - bad tag team match considering how good Test is Rating: *

Match 4: Edge & Christian vs. The Hardyz vs. Dudleyz in a Ladders Match - wonderful, awesome, incrdible ladder match here no difference between their TLC matches b/c this is the same Rating: *****

Match 5: The Kat vs. Terri in a Cat fight - Hey, I love chicks fighting but this wasn't that good Rating: DUD

Match 6: Chyna & Too Cool vs. The Radicalz - awesome 6-man tag team match. Malenko, Guerrero, and Saturn just rule but they loose to Chyna and Too Cool Rating: ***

Match 7: Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit for the euro title - all three of these men know how to wrestle and they prove it here Rating: ****

Match 8: Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit for the I-C title - see above Rating: ****

Match 9: Kane & Rikishi vs. DX - terrible match that was only a squash and lasted about 4 min Rating: *

Match 10: HHH vs Foley vs. The Rock vs. Big Show for the world title - good match here that lasted 40 minutes and didnt disapoint for a wm main event Rating: ****1/4

Bottom Line: Average

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: wwf wrestlemania 2000
Review: The matches were good, and the angle vs benoit vs jericho is a classic. The 3 way for tag team championship between edge n christian, dudleys and hardys was a good show. Other than those, other matches weren't as great. The history of Wrestlemania DVD is a must for all wwf fans

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: So-So
Review: This PPV was alright, the Triple Threat Match and Triangle Ladder Matches were incredible, and the fatal four way was so-so, but,by far, the best part about this DVD...the history! You can watch highlights of all the Wrestlemanias. See Hulk slam Andre, the Mega-Powers collide, Ultimate Warrior wins title, the incredible first ladder match, and HBK's boyhood dreams come true! This is great history, for a fan interested in the past, and a long time fan...again, the event wasn't incredible, but the history is!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A disgrace to the Wrestlemania legend.
Review: I remember when this event was hyped with matches like the "Fatal four-way" WWF World Title match. Unfortunately, hype can be very deceitful. You know you have problems when the abominible Terri-Kat "Cat Fight" is the only one-on-one match. Almost every match is poor except for The "Triangle Ladder Match" and "Triple Threat Match". The actual main event was a flop, with people selling longer than they should have just so the Mcmahons could divert the action away from the wrestlers. Mick Foley and the Big show's presence in that match was clearly just for appearance's sake. Most other matches are forgettable. The one great match was the Ladder Match, but it still wasn't the Shawn Michaels-Razor Ramon Ladder Match, nor did it save Wrestlemania 2000. Go look for another PPV. This isn't worth it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Why Such Bad Reviews?
Review: After this PPV many people said to me that it was the worst one they have ever seen. I feel differently. I thought that it was excellent. The triangle ladder match was one of the most entertaining matches I can remember. The three teams put on a wonderful spectacle. The ladders were used in such creative ways and some of the usages really burned images in my mind. For instance the fall of Christian and Matt off the ladder to the outside. Also when Jeff ran on the security wall and was hit in the midsection by a ladder in mid air by Buh Buh. The Buh Buh cutter off the ladder was incredible, as was 450 by Jeff missing Buh Buh and landing on the ladder. When The Dudleys pulled out the Tables the crowd went wild followed by a series of events that left me in awe. The 13 man hardcore match was also very entertaining. My favorite part was when Bradshaw began to nail people over and over again with a cookie sheet. The glass jar at the end was also really cool. The 2 fall match was ok, its comical with Jericho on commentary. To top it off was the Fatal 4 way. Why did this get such bad reviews? It was a great match. I can see the fact the Mick didn't win was a dissapointment, but other than that, it was a wrestlemania worthy main event. Mick's elbow drop off the turnbuckle was fouled up so badly, but ended up looking very painful when he bounced off the annouce table. The shot to HHH with the 2X4 wrapped with barbed wire was cool. Big Show was impressive in the opening of the match. He was dominating. The McMahon fights ouside of the ring were cool too with a really good chair shot to Vince by Shane. The Rock and HHH one on one at the end was a great physical contest. I was very satisfied with it, and between the matches I have reviewed, it was well worth the money. With all this and the best of past wrestlemanias additional DVD, it is a smart buy.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: it blew me away!
Review: yea wresltemania 2000 was great. the WWF has a habit of messing stuff up at wrestlemania, like making things out to be amazing and not delivering at wrestlemania, but they got it right in 2000. they were out with the old, in with the new, becuz almost every match had some kind of gimmick or twist in it, like 6 man tags between chyna & too cool vs. the r4dicalz or a three way tag team title ladder match that turned into a ladder and table match which was the most excting match i had ever seen until they struck lightning three times with TLC1 and TLC2 (and might i add i am writing this review the same day of TLC3 on smackdown!!). the fatal 4 way was great, and even though we have seen the mcmahon screw job swerve about 18 times, it was still a shock. and Triple H became the first heel to ever take a Wrestlemania main event! it was outstanding!


<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .. 11 >>

© 2004, ReviewFocus or its affiliates