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Summary: The Ultimate WWE Home Video
Review: This is without doubt the best WWE Video that has ever been produced. Never before has a man so great as Ric Flair been so honored with a DVD Collection like this one. The $30 for this 3 Disc Set alone is a bargain. The DVD is packed with Flair's historic matches with Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windam, Terry Funk. There are bonus materials on each discs that include interviews, promos, and heated pre-match battles. Some this stuff I haven't seen since I was a small child. A lot of the footage on the set is extremely hard/almost impossible to find anywhere. This is one DVD that's a keepsake and kept for future wrestling generations. Ric Flair is one of the best of all time, and after you watch this DVD will see that.It's all here. The Ric Flair Ultimate DVD Collection recounts so of the greatest moments in this man's career. Starting from the early mid-Atlantic days of the 1980s. In DISC 1, Flair battles the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race at the biggest extravaganza at the time "Starrcade 1983". Before Wrestlemania there was Starrcade and it was a night filled with excitement & carnage. Ric Flair took on Harley Race is one of the bloodiest and most brutal Steel Cage matches ever. BONUS FEATURES include pre & post match interviews with Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Jay Youngblood, Wahoo McDaniel, Bob Orton Jr., Dick Slater, and Harley Race. After the feud with Harley Race, Flair moves on his way to becoming the jet-flying limo riding kiss stealin wheelin dealin son-of-gun. The established ment of the Four Horsemen takes place. Flair becomes ruthless along with the Horsemen. At Starrcade 1985 is culminates in a match against The American Dream himself Dusty Rhodes. BONUS FEATURES include: PROMOS leading up to the match and the brutal attack on Rhodes via the Four Horsemen. Moving right into the mid 1980s, Flair finds himself a new foe, Barry Windham. The entire match from January 20, 1987 in which Flair defends the NWA Championship against Windham is one of the great classics. For 60 minutes they battled until the Television Time Limit expired and the results were left unfinished. BONUS FEATURES included: Flair & the Horseman attacking the US Tag Team Champions, Windham & Ronny Garvin, a match between Flair vs Windham on January 13th turns into chaos. And much more. DISC 2 On DISC 2, Flair talks about his biggest rivalry against his greatest competitor Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Flair & Steamboat's 2 classic matches are featured the first at Clash of the Champions VI and the other at WrestleWar 1989. These classic matches by two of the best pound for pound athletes are simply tremendous. BONUS FEATURES include: A workout by Steamboat, tag team match Flair & Windham vs Steamboat & Gilbert, and a Controversy Recap by Flair, Steamboat, Flair's lawyer, and Jim Herd. The decade of the 1980s finally closes out with Flair's classic "I QUIT" match against Hardcore Icon Terry Funk at Clash of the Champions IX. Back and forth the two went, it was a tremendous display of blood, sweat, and tears, until one couldn't take it anymore. BONUS FEATURES included: Press Conference announcing Flair's return to the ring, Terry Funk's brutal attack trying to suffocate Ric Flair with a garbage bag, and promos galore. Also included on Disc 2 are recaps of The Plane Crash involving Flair and others in 1975, History of the 4 Horsemen, and a day in the life of the Horsemen. DISC 3 On Disc 3 we finally reach Flair's WWF/WWE years. Flair talks about leaving the NWA/WCW because of his bitter relationship with Jim Herd and taking with him the NWA Championship Belt because of not receiving his $25,000 deposit for the championship. His entire 1992 Royal Rumble victory is here, one of the most memorable Rumbles ever, Flair last nearly and hour in the ring drawing number 3 in order. In my opinion this Flair's finest hour as a professional wrestler. He took home the WWF Championship in great fashion. BONUS FEATURES include: The first WWE TV Debut on September 9, 1991. Promos on about Rowdy Roddy Piper & Hulk Hogan, and his Royal Rumble post match interview and presentation of receiving the championship belt from WWF President Jack Tunney. Flair's short year & half stint the WWE was in his own words the most fun he's ever had. In returned to WCW in late 1993, the next chapter tells about his feud with Sting. There match at Clash of The Champions XXVII to determine the title Unification was a great match. BONUS FEATURES include: Sting's banishment from the Horsemen, and Promos leading up to the match. Finally in the last chapter of DISC 3, is a Swan Song for Flair. Going back to the beginning on this disc is the very first WWWF match of Ric Flair, he takes on Pete Sanchez at the Garden on March 1, 1976. Flair recalls his special night in Greenville, NC. His match against Triple H on May 19, 2003 and post match collaborations with the entire WWE Lockeroom & Staff. The Final WCW Monday Nitro where the Nature Boy addresses the fans of Panama City, Florida on last time. Also workouts with Roddy Piper in the early 80's & PWI's Wrestler of the Decade Award in 1989, close out this tremendous DVD set. After viewing all these features you will have the total Ric Flair experience embedded into your brain. This is a must for any wrestling fan WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Summary: Flair for Gold!!
Review: This is absolutely the best DVD ever! His WWF debut as the "real world champion" with his WCW title was unprecedented. Maybe illegal. However, only Ric Flair and Vince McMahon could have pulled that storyline any better. So much more interesting than when Hogan came to the WCW. This DVD is filled with awesome promos that made Flair the most "hated" and entertaining wrestler of all time!! Given his situation, he made the best of it. What would WCW be without Ric Flair.
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Summary: The Bookers Ultimate Collection
Review: I do not see what the big deal was with Ric Flair, first, he rips off Buddy Rodgers gimmick, becomes good buddies with Dusty Roads, a major booker at the time, he is given the title left right and centor over the course of nearly two decades, while he is involved in some of the dullest of matches I have ever seen, buys the championship title off of W.C.W, damaging an age old rule in wrestling by not passing the torch and this guy is considered some great wrestler by ever one, hey Harley Race did the same thing back in the seventies, and diddo with H.H.H to this day. I just hope the W.W.E eventually comes out with something worth watching like oh I dont know a British Bulldogs collection, or more Dynamite Kid. Why is it the Dynamite Kid had matches in the 70's that still look crazy even to this day, and yet Flair has the slowest dumbest matches of all time, and they are praised with such high critical acclaim. The same will be done towards H.H.H twenty years down the road.
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Summary: An Honest Reviewer
Review: I have read so many reviews about this Ric Flair D.V.D. When I first heard that they were coming up with a Ric Flair D.V.D, many months ago that was set to come out in November I was very interested as to what matches they would include. I knew The Steamboat match from Wrestle War 89 would be on there, as would the Clash VI match etc. But I was very interested to see what else they would have on it. For six months I debated as to weither or not I should pick this D.V.D or the Cactus Jack D.V.D. I finally decided upon the Ric Flair D.V.D, and oh man was I ever disapointed. What CRAP, I feel sorry for all those guys that like this stuff, in short wrestling really is depressing, I have not watched wrestling in about 12 years or so, and I loved it when I was ten, I knew before I even picked up the D.V.D that I would not have the same emotions, I once had with wrestling, but I thought it would have been a nice symbol of my youth. It killed my love for wrestling, in fact I have not been able to sit through one match and there is what 10.5 hours of this crap. I am curious to know how long it took every one else to watch there D.V.D, before writing a review. Maybe every reviewer watched this thing cover to cover, with out seeing the light of day, maybe every wrestling fan have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I would not mind a Bret Hart D.V.D, Bret knew how to tell a story like no other. But this D.V.D is just a shame, I am going to try to sell it to some pour fool. DON'T BUY THIS D.V.D; GET OFF WRESTLING, READ SOME BOOKS, TAKE UP NEW HOBBIES, THE MATERIAL IN THIS D.V.D IS INTENDED FOR 8 YEAR OLDS, I DO NOT CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS THIS D.V.D IS CRAP.
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Summary: DVD Hidden Easter Eggs...
Review: I reviewed the disc in an earlier review, but here is a list of all the hidden EASSTER EGGS you will find... Disc 3. Go to "A Special Night in Greenville". Under the Bonus Features, right Click on the sub chapter entitled "The Last Nitro" and you will be able to watch a segment in which Ric discusses his trademark "Whoooooo!", and all the other superstars try their best impressions.
Disc 3: Go to Chapters. Go to the Special Night in Greenville chapter section. Go to the bottom and select Menu. Left click to highlight the beer in the picture. Hit enter. You will see Flair's WWE Entrace Titantron Video.
Disc 3: On the main menu page go to Play. Left click and once the WWE logo is highlighted, hit enter. You will see a Flair promo from 1987 talking about the Road Warriors, Freebirds, Jim Garvin and Precious
Disc 2: Go to Chapters. Left click on the chapter titled: "Day in Life of the Horsemen." You will see a promo with Flair from June 1987 talking about Jim Garvin, The Freebirds and Larry Bird.
Disc 2: Go to Chapters. Right click on "Home." You will see a promo with David Crockett and Ric Flair following the newly formed Horsemen injuring Dusty Rhodes.
Disc 1: Go to Chapters. Go to the Dusty Rhodes chapter section. Left click on the sub-chapter titled: "Flair Cuts a Promo." You will see the never-before-seen "Lost Promo" from Flair!
Disc 1: Go to Chapters. Right click on the chapter titled: "Barry Windham: Keeping up with the Champ." You will see a promo from Flair from the Summer of 1985 where he talks about Magnum T.A., Nikita Koloff, Buddy Landell and James J. Dillon ENJOY!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Ric Flair OK but Andy Kaufman/Jim Bakker outsmarted him
Review: I'm not much of a wrestling fan, but what little I do know about it comes down to this. Pat Patterson, Rocky Johnson, Hank Renner, SACTO back when! . . . I Know Where It's At! And, yeah, Ric Flair's something of a giant. Not Andre mind you but something of a tag team artist back then . . . O.k. Yeah, he took on, what's his name-- Harley Race?-- or Clod Von Erich? or "Steamboat" ("Steamboat"-- gimme a break)? Mainly he (Ric) was an Inside promoter guy who could skip matches, pay off "opponents," pay off the refs, to the point where they'd slap down one, two, three, four, five, six, seven-- yeah, that's right-- THEN they'd start counting the count . . . THEN it'd be one, two, THEN OOps "Flair's got his foot over the rope!", and THEN the Ref says Well, I guess the match is a Draw, and Flair runs out of the ring, title still in hand, 'cuz it's a draw (remember those rules?). People would boo. ("BOOO!") It was great. But Flair, show some skills, pal! Show up for each match! I admire Flair, though! "Title" still in hand, one day Fleihr erred when he took on that patsy-- comedian Andy Kaufmann, who double-crossed him, stole a quick one on the Nature Boy, and then Kaufman took his act to Memphis, Tennessee, where Flair and Lawler started going at it, in a little noted chapter in wrestling history. Here's where it gets really inside. Thing is, this isn't talked about, 'cuz Kaufman's move kept the Nature Boy pinned to the mat SO LONG it's EMBARRASSING, and the Ref couldn't easily do that "hesitation" before Count 3 move-- you Flair fans KNOW what I'm talking about! (Kaufman's move relied on the fact of Flair's back pain, so that Flair's attempt to roll out allowed Kaufman to "top" pin him severely, while the actual roll-out move still showed Flair's shoulders both ABJECTLY on the mat-- as Kaufman summoned the ref, "Start the count, start the count, who's payin' 'ya, pal?" Very funny, actually. You can hear this, even on my copy of the tape, as Flair screams "AHHHH!" and the crowd goes wild.) Proof? See, this was back in '83, when vid-cams were scarce. Alas, at the Mid-South Coloseum-- yeah-- Mid-South's the name on the tape, and I'm sure that's right, Mid-South Memphis and yes, Nature Boy, don't contradict me 'cuz folks actually DID videotape the thing! It's a little loud, and a little distorted, but you can hear Flair screaming "Ahhhh!"-- in pain, AS IF he's not getting pinned (though Kaufman IS pinning him)-- To me, this is one of the greatest suppressed moments in Big Time Sports! FLAIR GETS HIS BUTTISSIMO KICKED BY KAUFMAN! (I'm told that thsi was in the first draft of "Man in the Moon" but taken out . . . Get hold of the very FIRST scrreenplay which has some Flair stuff in it if you can, because, even though half of THAT is made up, it's funny.) But that cheap move by Kaufmann totally befuddled the Ref-- that's great-- you've gotta hand it to Kaufmann for breaking out of the, uh, scenario to do that. Flair's bio probably dis-includes all that 'cuz he's squeamish about the back pain plus getting pinned in the middle of the ring. Anyway, out of all this Kaufman/Tennessee/Lawler-related stuff--and this is VERY inside stuff-- Flair decided to take his act to the WCW in lieu of the (then) WWF-- and he got into that thing with Rhodes. In one sense Flair won. (You remember-- the 4 Horseman have "a new mare!" Great!) That's Flair's sell point, y'know-- always losing, never quite lost. So Flair, with a little help from theose klazy fans who buy into all that Nature Boy stuff about Yeah I lose but I'm still a great athelete-- Flair wiht a little Insider help salvaged that Rhodes match and went on to perform some great matches (I admit) with Steamboat and Savage. But these guys (Steamboat won't talk about it) always laugh at how Kaufman had that move, where he flipped the Figure Four and pinned the Nature Boy who couldn't pull out of it w/o hurting his back. I'm sure Flair didn't plan it that way, but you gotta hand it to the late Andy Kaufman. I mean, I'm talkin' Slick Andy not Slick Ric-- Got it, Nature Boy?! I know it burns I know it hurts I know it stings but wrestling fans deserve the Truth. By the way, there were other people taping the match and they had some better views and equipment than me, so I know that, um, Fliehr would feel compelled to deny the whole thing... Anyway, YOU, Flair, had some very fine moments, and I think you'll be very represenative of the folks of Norht Carolina if you elect to attain the Governorship, by acclamation, no doubt, in, whooh! NoCaro. And Wrestling FAns out there, try to disprove this review! See, this DVD-- it OMITS stuff! I didn't even get into the episode where not Jerry Lee Lewis (who was scheduled) but Jimmy Swaggart-- yes, Swaggart!-- sang the National Anthem in a runup to a Nature Boy title defense! JIM BAKKER was FRONT ROW, at that time! There's a photo! WWE should release this as a single! (Perhaps a "retro" "45," with Bakker on the cover. WHOOOOOH!)
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Summary: The Best Ric Flair Collection Available
Review: It took almost 2 years after his return to the WWE, but the company has finally released a Ric Flair compilation set, the largest single set ever dedicated to one performer. Lots of rare promotional interviews and footage from Flair's heyday in the 1980's, along with some of his most popular matches against opponents such as Ricky Steamboat, Terry Funk, Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, and more. Flair himself acts as host and provides insight into the opponents, the matches, and the performances featured. There are also interviews with Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, frequent on screen partners for Flair during the height of his career in the 1980's. Among the rarities featured is an excellent 5 star 1987 match between Flair and Barry Windham, the May 2003 Flair/Triple H match and the never shown on TV post show Ric Flair tribute, and Flair's memorable 1992 62 minute performance to win the WWE World Title at the 1992 Royal Rumble, in which he battled against such notable wrestling stars as Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Sid Justice, Jake Roberts, Roddy Piper, Shawn Michaels, and The Undertaker, among others. Flair also talks in depth about the 1975 plane crash in which he nearly died. Other notable items include his World Title win over Steamboat (Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine's 1989 Match Of The Year) and early footage from 1976 when Flair was returning to action after the plane crash and was just formulating his now legendary "Nature Boy Ric Flair" character. Wrestling fans will truly enjoy this collection (3 DVD's in all, nearly 11 hours of footage) and Ric Flair fans will adore it. On the negative side, very little of Flair's 1990's career is featured, with little or no mention of Flair's work vs Hogan, Savage, The NWO story, or Vader at all. Flair had some truly memorable performances during that time that time that are not chronicled, but his career in wrestling is literally big enough to support two collections the size of this one so only so much can be featured in one set. Maybe the WWE should take note and release a follow up set. When first released, this collection was the biggest selling WWE DVD release in company history so there is a market out there.
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Summary: Wheelin' DVD'n
Review: This excellent DVD is what I believe to be a test and launching pad for a series made in the same format. Aside from the contributing factor of the subject matter to the greatness of this DVD, the format itself is innovative and successful. Many fans have been clamoring for such a format for years, and what a wrestler to start it with! The set is divided into three sections, each on its own DVD, detailing different eras in the Nature Boy's career. Fans of 1980's Flair will be overcome with nostalgia as Flair works in the ring with the likes of Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Barry Windham. Old school interviews round out these matches, making viewers yearn for the old days of wrestling. The matches are shown in their entirety, allowing you to get into the psychology and intensity, which is lost when they are shown in clips, as evidenced in the form of From the Vault on WWE television programming. If you are a Ric Flair fan, or a wrestling fan in general, then this DVD is for you. It's a living history and record of the transformation of the pro wrestling industry in one package. And for the price, it's an absolute steal.
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Summary: Can You Say Amazing????????????
Review: This was the best DVD of the superstars career things. It was amazing. For the person who called Flair a "gimmick man" is [way] wrong. Look at all of the 5 star reveiw for this DVD. Obviously you don't know Sh** about wrestling or Flair.
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Summary: Yeay
Review: This DVD collection exemplifies the best booking in wrestling... Ric Flair would be nothing if people like Dusty Rhodes and Tirple H didn't book him to win matches. If it wasn't for the bookers, this DVD wouldn't exist today so appreciate it!
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