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|  #1 Posted on 9.8.09 1720.34 | Instant Rating: 3.01 | This looks like one of the better WWE products. Seems like a LOT of old school footage, plus is that Jim Crocket in the video?
I haven't bought a WWE DVD since the WCCW one came out, but this one is a must have!
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| #2 Posted on 9.8.09 2016.06 | Instant Rating: 8.42 | First, the obligatory Amazon link (The W at Amazon)...
Here's a cut-n-paste of the contents:
Documentary chapters:
Jim Crockett Promotions
Georgia Championship Wrestling
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
Black Saturday
The Expansion
Crockett Sells to Turner
Greatest Talent in the World
New Management
Bill Watts Era
Bill Shaw Hires Eric Bischoff
Hulk Hogan Arrives
Nitro Debuts
nWo
Cruiserweights
Goldberg
WCW Ratings Champ
Celebrities
Goldberg vs. Hogan
Mistakes Begin
Vince Russo
A Corporate Merger
McMahon buys WCW
Legacy of WCW
Bonus features:
* Lost in Cleveland (Cactus Jack vignette)
* Bill Watts Defends Himself
* Spam Man
* The Origin of Goldberg
* Bischoff Gives Away RAW Results
Matches:
$1,000 Challenge Match
Ric Flair vs. Magnum T.A.
NWA World Championship Wrestling - June 15, 1985
Sting, Lex Luger & Barry Windham vs. Ric Flair, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon)
The Main Event - April 3, 1988
United States Championship Match
Dusty Rhodes vs. Barry Windham
Great American Bash - July 10, 1988
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. Ricky `The Dragon' Steamboat
Chi-Town Rumble - February 20, 1989
The Rock `n' Roll Express vs. The Midnight Express
Wrestle War - February 25, 1990
NWA United States Tag Team Championship Match
The Midnight Express vs. The Southern Boys
Great American Bash - July 7, 1990
WCW World Tag Team Championship Match
The Steiner Brothers vs. Sting & Lex Luger
SuperBrawl - May 19, 1991
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Sting vs. Big Van Vader
Great American Bash - July 12, 1992
WCW International World Heavyweight Championship Match
Rick Rude vs. Sting
Spring Stampede - April 17, 1994
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan
Bash at the Beach - July 17, 1994
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. The Giant
Nitro - April 29, 1996
WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - August 15, 1996
War Games Match
Team WCW- Sting, Lex Luger, Ric Fair & Arn Anderson vs. Team n.W.o.- Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & a Mystery Partner
Fall Brawl - September 15, 1996
United States Championship Ladder Match
Syxx vs. Eddie Guerrero
Souled Out - January 25, 1997
United States Championship No Disqualification Match
Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko
Uncensored - March 16, 1997
WCW Cruiserweight Championship Title vs. Mask Match
Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera
SuperBrawl VIII - February 22, 1998
WCW Unified World Tag Team Championship Match
The Steiner Brothers vs. The Outsiders
SuperBrawl VIII - February 22, 1998
Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan & Dennis Rodman
Bash at the Beach - July 12, 1998
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Halloween Havoc - October 25, 1998
WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Booker T vs. Lance Storm
Nitro - August 7, 2000
Right now it's $31.49 for a preorder - that price is a ripoff compared to $19.80 at WWEShop (wweshop.com) - they also have some special packages: for $26.99 you can get the DVD PLUS a "retro nWo T-shirt" - OR for $22.99 you can get the DVD with a copy of Eric Bischoff's "Controversy Creates Cash" - now THAT'S tempting!
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| #3 Posted on 9.8.09 2149.34 | Instant Rating: 0.79 | | Wasn't this on WWEDemand channel not to long ago for a couple of bucks? Anyway now I could probably find a lot of this on Y-Tube for no cost. Credit CRZ for the contents. | redsoxnation
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| #4 Posted on 9.8.09 2208.51 | Instant Rating: 4.74 | Can we go out on the limb and state that if Foley hadn't left the company, Lost In Cleveland would not be anywhere near this DVD?
Match selection really doesn't inspire me to make the purchase. Far too little JCP, and why would anyone want the Rodman/Karl Malone match to see the light of day again? | Big Bad
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|  #5 Posted on 9.8.09 2312.01 | Instant Rating: 5.56 | Originally posted by redsoxnation
Why would anyone want the Rodman/Karl Malone match to see the light of day again?
Well, '...the Fall' is right there in the title.
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| #6 Posted on 9.8.09 2314.16 | Instant Rating: 8.45 | 
Didnt I read a few months ago that Bischoff declined to be apart of this DVD? Seems really incomplete without him. I'll prolly still get it though.
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| #7 Posted on 9.8.09 2357.47 | Instant Rating: 8.31 | Originally posted by redsoxnation
why would anyone want the Rodman/Karl Malone match to see the light of day again?
I believe that was the second biggest match in WCW history, and I think Hogan/Sting was on another DVD already. | ekedolphin
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| #8 Posted on 10.8.09 0300.49 | Instant Rating: 1.94 | As far as I can tell, only one of these matches is already on a compilation DVD that I own, that being the War Games '96 match, which was on nWo: Back in Black.Having said that... Hogan v. Sting at Starrcade '97 was indeed on the Best of Starrcade DVD that was just released, so that's probably why it didn't get on this one. (I wouldn't have minded seeing their rematch from SuperBrawl VIII for the vacant title, though.) Of course, if this were a perfect world I'd like to see the finale of Booker T and Chris Benoit's "Best of 7" series (which ended in eight matches); or Benoit winning the U.S. Title from David Flair; or the triple-threat between him, Page and Raven... (I know. Keep dreaming.) I can say with authority that the ladder match from Souled Out '97, in which Eddie Guerrero defended the U.S. Title against Syxx (who had physical possession of the belt), is fantastic. If I'm not too much mistaken, this is the first match from that pay-per-view ever released on a WWE DVD. (Not that I've taken the time to look through eight years worth of catalog titles.) The Souled Out '97 atmosphere was... well, "bizarre" doesn't quite do it justice. The Booker T vs. Lance Storm match for the World Title should be quite interesting to see, too. Storm, of course, was a triple-champion at that point, holding the United States, Cruiserweight, and Hardcore Championships concurrently. (Which he renamed the Canadian, 100 KG and Under, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Titles, respectively.) I'm there, even though my protest about the continued whitewashing of you-know-who has been registered.
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| #9 Posted on 10.8.09 0912.37 | Instant Rating: 6.44 | Originally posted by redsoxnation
Can we go out on the limb and state that if Foley hadn't left the company, Lost In Cleveland would not be anywhere near this DVD?
If Foley were still in the WWE, I wouldn't be at all surprised if this still made the cut just so he could do commentary on it.
What's Black Saturday? (Oh, hey, I'm on the Internet and can probably look that up for myself. It was when Vince McMahon bought out Georgia Championship Wrestling's TBS TV deal which apparently kicked off the entire Ted Turner/Vince McMahon rivalry. (Is it really a rivalry if only one person is actively participating?) Here's the Wikipedia article about it for anyone else who had never heard of it.)) | DJ FrostyFreeze
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| #10 Posted on 10.8.09 1107.19 | Instant Rating: 8.45 |
I'd read about Black Saturday before, but I'm surprised WWE referred to it by that name on their own DVD.
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| #11 Posted on 10.8.09 1158.14 | Instant Rating: 0.72 |
The Booker T vs. Lance Storm match for the World Title should be quite interesting to see, too. Storm, of course, was a triple-champion at that point, holding the United States, Cruiserweight, and Hardcore Championships concurrently. (Which he renamed the Canadian, 100 KG and Under, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Titles, respectively.)
This is a terrific match. I remember being red hot for it in 2000 thinking Storm had a chance. Perfect way to elevate a wrestler. At least Russo gave new people chances.
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| #12 Posted on 10.8.09 1231.49 | Instant Rating: 7.73 | Originally posted by Psycho Penguin
The Booker T vs. Lance Storm match for the World Title should be quite interesting to see, too. Storm, of course, was a triple-champion at that point, holding the United States, Cruiserweight, and Hardcore Championships concurrently. (Which he renamed the Canadian, 100 KG and Under, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Titles, respectively.)
This is a terrific match. I remember being red hot for it in 2000 thinking Storm had a chance. Perfect way to elevate a wrestler. At least Russo gave new people chances.
I'm thinking it's on for a different reason.
Originally posted by CRZ, August 7, 2000
Off the ropes, up and over, Storm leapfrog, SOME GUY delivers food to Awesome and Heidi...they just CAN'T have a match in WCW, can they.
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We look at a plate of Arby's while Heidi complains that there aren't any donuts on the plate. For the love of God, how about the MATCH.
My hunch is that it's in as a bad example of Russo, in that even when he gives new people chances, he cuts their legs out from under them by surrounding bullshit.
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| #13 Posted on 10.8.09 1549.41 | Instant Rating: 0.72 | Unless they mention him by name, I doubt it.
Besides, it was Booker T vs Lance Storm for the world title.
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