strummer Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 from PWI: The chapter list for the DVD is as follows: *Early ECW *The Public Enemy *Taz *Sabu *Terry Funk *The Night The Line Was Crossed *Paul Heyman vs. WCW *Tommy Dreamer *The Sandman *Sandman-Dreamer Feud *ECW Evolution *Cactus Jack *Mikey Whipwreck *The Extreme Begins *Philadelphia *Technical Wrestlers *Production Value *The Fans *Raven/Dreamer *Sabu Gets fired *Taz breaks his neck *The Monday Night War *Lucha Libre *Steve Austin Comes to ECW *Promos *Cactus Jack Leaves ECW *Taz returns *Sandman/Raven *The bWo *Beulah & Dreamer *ECW & WWE *The Crucifixion *The importance of PPV *ECW loses the PPV *The PPV is back on *WWE Co-promotion *Barely Legal: Lance Storm vs. RVD *Barely Legal: Taz vs. Sabu *Barely Legal: The Main Event *Raven goes to WCW and Jerry Lawler invades ECW *A Locker Room mole? *The Superstars' Roles (a discussion of everyone's out of the ring responsibilities) *Paul Heyman's creativity *WCW & WWE's ECW Imitation *Taz & the FTW Title *The Dudleys: the most hated tag team *Financial Woes *The TNN Deal & Taz Leaves *The Dudleys Leave ECW *Disappointment with TNN / RVD - the whole F'n show *Mike Awesome controversy & Tommy Dreamer wins the title *The Demise of ECW *Paul Heyman debuts on Raw Among the Easter Eggs on the DVD are The Public Enemy training Mikey Whipwreck for his ECW World title match against the Sandman, Michael Cole being shown an injury by Rob Van Dam from his feud with Jerry Lynn, and the build to Taz vs. Bam Bam Bigelow. Tazz also tells a story about a phone call he made to Paul Heyman while on his way to Madison Square Garden for his WWE debut. I was told that the DVD is "great" for fans who were familiar with the company during it's run but will also be entertaining for fans who may not have experienced it when it was in business. The first footage from the much anticipated Rise and Fall of Extreme Championship Wrestling DVD can be seen now at VideoDetective.com. Promotional material for the DVD set reads as follows: "E-C-W! E-C-W! E-C-W!" - a chant heard in arenas around the world. ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling redefined professional wrestling in the '90s with a reckless, brutal, death-defying, and often bloody style that came to be known as "hardcore". It attracted a rabid, cult-like following that is still going strong today. This 6-hour, 2-disc set follows the rise and eventual demise of the company that raised the bar and revolutionised sports-entertainment forever." The DVD set is scheduled to feature seven complete matches as extras: *ECW World Tag Team chanmpions Raven & Stevie Richards vs. The Pitbulls - Best of Three Falls Dog Collar Match (Gangstas Paradise, September 1995) *Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis - Best of Three Falls (October 1995, ECW Arena) *ECW World champion The Sandman vs. Mikey Whipwreck - Ladder Match (10/28/95 ECW Arena) - First Time Ever released in its entirety. *ECW World Television champion 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Sabu (Cyberslam '96, 30 minute draw, February 1996) *Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer - the final confrontation (WrestlePalooza '97, June 1997) Scheduled to feature alternative commentary *ECW World Television champion Tazz vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (Living Dangerously '98 PPV, February 1998) Scheduled to feature alternative commentary *ECW World Television champion Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (Hardcore Heaven '99 PPV, May 1999) Extras Listed for the Set: *Steven Richards Apologises for Leaving ECW *Tazz Seeks Paul Heyman's Blessing *Paul Heyman: Travel Agent
Youth N Asia Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Mikey Whipwreck gets his own chapter? I am so buying this. Cactus: "Mikey, the Public Enemy is very mad at us. Do you know what that means?" Mikey: "It means I'm gonna die." Cactus: "HE LIKES IT! MIKEY REALLY REALLY LIKES IT!"
Guest MikeSC Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 *looks at matches* Well, this is an easy "Can miss" release. -=Mike
Guest Salacious Crumb Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 So nice of them to use matches that were on the ECW DVDs. Too much Barely Legal stuff on there. Yeah it was the first PPV but everything that didn't include an M-Pro guy completely sucked the meat missile on that show.
Guest MikeSC Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 So nice of them to use matches that were on the ECW DVDs. Too much Barely Legal stuff on there. Yeah it was the first PPV but everything that didn't include an M-Pro guy completely sucked the meat missile on that show. The ONLY match I have any interest in is the final Dreamer v Raven match, as my copy of the event is so bad it's unwatchable. -=Mike
Guest Salacious Crumb Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Mysterio/Psicosis might be ok but I'm sure it was done better in WCW.
Guest MikeSC Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Mysterio/Psicosis might be ok but I'm sure it was done better in WCW. I would've preferred Rey v Juvy from Big Ass Extreme Bash (hell, use their first 2-out-of-3 falls match as it is the only one of theirs that I know of that Juvy won). -=Mike
Lord of The Curry Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Tajiri vs Psicosis from the Deep Impact DVD of Sept 2000 is infinetly better then the overrated Rey/Psicosis stuff.
Guest Salacious Crumb Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I would've gone for Dean Malenko/Eddie Guerrero's final ECW match over most of the stuff on this DVD.
Lord of The Curry Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I just noticed. No Dudleyz? The fuck?
NoCalMike Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 That is a hell of a lot of chapters....Damn. This will be the first ever WWE-produced DVD I purchase.
cbacon Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Raven dosen't get his own chapter? Other than that and the lacking match list, it sounds good.
Scroby Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I'm not worried about the matches that are on this dvd, mainly because if their cut or something is edited out, I already own the entire matches on other VHS and DVD's. I'm just worried about the main feature not being very describitive about what was going on the time with the acutal storylines or wrestler or whatever.
strummer Posted October 26, 2004 Author Report Posted October 26, 2004 Raven dosen't get his own chapter? Other than that and the lacking match list, it sounds good. Vince hates Raven, I mean he really hates him
MARTYEWR Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I would've gone for Dean Malenko/Eddie Guerrero's final ECW match over most of the stuff on this DVD. That's already on the Eddie DVD, if you're still looking for it.
NYU Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I just noticed. No Dudleyz? The fuck? *Early ECW *The Public Enemy *Taz *Sabu *Terry Funk *The Night The Line Was Crossed *Paul Heyman vs. WCW *Tommy Dreamer *The Sandman *Sandman-Dreamer Feud *ECW Evolution *Cactus Jack *Mikey Whipwreck *The Extreme Begins *Philadelphia *Technical Wrestlers *Production Value *The Fans *Raven/Dreamer *Sabu Gets fired *Taz breaks his neck *The Monday Night War *Lucha Libre *Steve Austin Comes to ECW *Promos *Cactus Jack Leaves ECW *Taz returns *Sandman/Raven *The bWo *Beulah & Dreamer *ECW & WWE *The Crucifixion *The importance of PPV *ECW loses the PPV *The PPV is back on *WWE Co-promotion *Barely Legal: Lance Storm vs. RVD *Barely Legal: Taz vs. Sabu *Barely Legal: The Main Event *Raven goes to WCW and Jerry Lawler invades ECW *A Locker Room mole? *The Superstars' Roles (a discussion of everyone's out of the ring responsibilities) *Paul Heyman's creativity *WCW & WWE's ECW Imitation *Taz & the FTW Title *The Dudleys: the most hated tag team *Financial Woes *The TNN Deal & Taz Leaves *The Dudleys Leave ECW *Disappointment with TNN / RVD - the whole F'n show *Mike Awesome controversy & Tommy Dreamer wins the title *The Demise of ECW *Paul Heyman debuts on Raw I think I may actually have to buy this DVD.
MARTYEWR Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Mysterio/Psicosis might be ok but I'm sure it was done better in WCW. I would've preferred Rey v Juvy from Big Ass Extreme Bash (hell, use their first 2-out-of-3 falls match as it is the only one of theirs that I know of that Juvy won). -=Mike Good choice, Mike. I still love that match too.
Youth N Asia Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I already have all the matches on tape, so the matches aren't a selling point for me. And they should get non WWE ECW guys for the DVD, but they won't
Lord of The Curry Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I was referring to no Dudleyz matches as extras.
RavishingRickRudo Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 No Feature on Their Last most dominant champion? That's Just Incredible!
Lord of The Curry Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 This DVD lacks one thing and three words: Angry.Amish.Warrior.
RavishingRickRudo Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 They fear that if the WWE audience saw Roadkill, they would realize how shitty the current product is and would stop watching until they got The Amish Chicken Plucker.
Lord of The Curry Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Roadkill + Rosie = Tag Team of the Year.
Enigma Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I can't wait to see how they're going to spin the whole Mike Awesome jumps to WCW with the ECW Title deal. Expect tons of verbal masturbation about how a WWE wrestler beat a WCW wrestler for an ECW Title and how that makes WWE rule all.
Guest MikeSC Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Sadly, they'll never mention one fact: If not for Vince giving them money, ECW would have died long earlier than it did. -=Mike
Youth N Asia Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I never minded Justin as champ. I actually liked his stuff.
HollywoodSpikeJenkins Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 Mikey said I reminded him of Roadkill. Except not as bitter. Must be my beard. And I should pick this up.
humongous2002 Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 I'm definitely buying it or renting it from netflix.
razazteca Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 This DVD lacks one thing and three words: Angry.Amish.Warrior. C.W. Anderson and Sign Guy as Lou E. Roadkill + Rosie = Tag Team of the Year. Roadkill + Sal E = the never ending JR orgasm.
Guest Dynamite Kido Posted October 26, 2004 Report Posted October 26, 2004 This DVD looks like a buy IMO. I was a huge fan in years past.......but the extra matches are terrible. This one is for the chapters.....not the matches.
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