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The Rise and Fall of WCW DVD (Available October UK)
« on: July 03, 2009, 12:28:13 am »


Disc 1

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

• Bill Watts Defends Himself

• Spam Man

• The Origin of Goldberg

• Bischoff Gives Away RAW Results

Disc 2

$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

Disc 3

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

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That looks to be a great match selection, it'll be interesting to see how well they do the story part.  The ECW one was great, I loved that DVD, but for this DVD the likes of Turner and Bischoff have refused to be involved, shame.

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Just a few thoughts...

"Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero" (Halloween Havoc)

"Ric Flair vs. Sting" (The Last Nitro)

"Sting vs. Bret Hart" ect...


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Just a few thoughts...

"Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero" (Halloween Havoc)

"Ric Flair vs. Sting" (The Last Nitro)

"Sting vs. Bret Hart" ect...
There's plenty of time for more Best ofs featuring solely matches, I will admit the Sting vs. Flair one was a strange omission but the Mysterio one was already released on the Mysterio DVD and WWE doesn't like to repeat matches across DVDs releases (which is a good thing).

I just want a strong documentary here the matches they have put on are good.

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I haven't bought a wrestling DVD/video for ages, might have to pick this one up.

Shame Bischoff isn't involved though. :(
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Hell yeah

u guys will get to see what I grew up with in the 80's!

Can't wait to watch some of that although they probably touched on most of it in the Monday Night Wars DVD
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Hell yeah

u guys will get to see what I grew up with in the 80's!

Can't wait to watch some of that although they probably touched on most of it in the Monday Night Wars DVD
I'd expect this to be more detailed that DVD just seemed to "Skim over" things.  The fact that they have named and seemed to be presenting it similiarly to the ECW one bodes well.

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Wish it came out sooner.

Can't wait to see the RNR Express vs Midnight Express at Wrestle War.

they have some great matches in there.

I use to love the Jim Crockett Tag team tournaments they'd have.
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Horrific match selection. ONE match from that 83-86 era is unacceptable and just pure laziness on the part of WWE. Mcmahon really seems to despise that era of NWA, probably because it was a superior product at the time.


Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper dog collar match Starrcade 83

Andersons vs Thunderbolt Patterson and Ragin Bull

Ric Flair vs Harley Race Starrcade 83

Rock n Roll Express vs Russians Starrcade 85

Magnum TA vs Tully Blanchard I Quit match

Road Warriors vs Magnum TA and Ron Garvin Crockett Cup Finals

Road Warriors vs Midnight Express scaffold match

Dusty vs Luger cage match


You cant truly pay tribute to that era without including all or most of that.
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I use to love the Jim Crockett Tag team tournaments they'd have.
That first one was way ahead of its time and Crockett simply flushed all its potential down the toilet. Its unfortunate that NWA was ran by such inept individuals during the peak of its product.

That first Crockett Cup had loads of attention, was very innovative, and was actually the first event that truly got people ready to deal with heel vs heel, face vs face matches.

Placing TA and Garvin against the Road Warriors in the final round was pure genius. No one expected it.
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Agree 1 million percent Lofton

That damn Magnum TA/Tully I Quit match was a classic and **** brutal for its time.

Damn chair leg to the head..........
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Horrific match selection. ONE match from that 83-86 era is unacceptable and just pure laziness on the part of WWE. Mcmahon really seems to despise that era of NWA, probably because it was a superior product at the time.


Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper dog collar match Starrcade 83

Andersons vs Thunderbolt Patterson and Ragin Bull

Ric Flair vs Harley Race Starrcade 83

Rock n Roll Express vs Russians Starrcade 85

Magnum TA vs Tully Blanchard I Quit match

Road Warriors vs Magnum TA and Ron Garvin Crockett Cup Finals

Road Warriors vs Midnight Express scaffold match

Dusty vs Luger cage match


You cant truly pay tribute to that era without including all or most of that.
As I said to Atari, a lot of those matches are on other DVDs and WWE are not known for wanting to repeat match selections.

The Dog Collar match is on the Piper DVD.  The Harley Race vs. Flair bout is on the 1st Flair DVD.  The Scaffold match and the bout with Magnum TA and Ronnie Garvin are on the Road Warriors DVD.  The Dusty vs. Luger Cage match is on the Dusty DVD.  The Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard I Quit match was in a Steel Cage wasn't it?  Because I'm sure I have seen that on the Steel Cage Matches DVD.

As someone who collects A LOT of WWE DVDs I'd be furious if they repeated match selections, everytime I get a WWE DVD I want the matches on it to be different, I'm actually thankful most of the matches you mentioned I have I might watch them later today, refresh my memory, the only one of those DVDs I don't have is the Dusty one.

Edit: Just checking the Starrcade DVD listing and 3 or 4 of those matches are repeated on that, given it was only released a few months since they definately wouldn't want to repeat themselves, they were only repeated on this because it was released as the "20 Greatest Matches of Starrcade" and voted on by people on wwe.com so they were forced to put the most popular ones on.
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Did they really need to put aNBA tag match on here. If I remember that match like I think so its a horrible match.
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