Wrestling Documentary

[Guest extremefanz]

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EXTREMELY CRAZY WRESTLING FANS “THE DOCUMENTARY”

Extremely Crazy Wrestling Fans pulls no punches as this DVD fully exposes wrestling fans as the most blood thirsty, insatiable and most of all, loyal fan base on the planet. These Extremely Crazy Wrestling Fans are as hardcore as the wrestlers they follow, as they live and die wrestling, everyday... NOW AVAILABLE!!!

[snuffbox 0]

Its the greatest dvd in the history of our great sport...

[Guest extremefanz]

Its the greatest dvd in the history of our great sport...

 

Well I wouldn't go that far! I feel your sarcasim!

[daileyxplanet 0]

Just what I wanna know, where Hat Guy eats lunch.

[LucharesuFan619 0]

He has this thread listen in the "Press" section of the site. Yeah, this thread is great press for the DVD...

[cawthon777 0]

extremefanz, with all due respect ... I think it was a great idea but could have been a lot stronger than it was.

 

I received a copy of the “Extremely Crazy Wrestling Fans” DVD earlier today. Thankfully I didn’t pay for it. And if I had to pick the best line from the DVD, it would be this:

 

“I wouldn’t invite any of these people over for dinner and, quite frankly, I’m surprised I’d spend 3 hours in a smoky arena with them.”

 

Now don’t get me wrong, I love wrestling fans. We all share a common bond and love for the show. But a good portion of fans featured on the DVD are the most stereotypical and obnoxious fans I can imagine.

 

If every time you’re in front of a video camera you cut a promo … you might be an obnoxious wrestling fan. And that’s what most of these guys do.

 

As some background, all the fan footage appears to have been shot outside Viking Hall just prior to and just after the ECW Hardcore Homecoming event last June. Because of that, this DVD is largely just an hour long commercial for THAT DVD.

 

What I did enjoy were the stories told by the fans of previous ECW shows they attended. Seeing The Night the Line was Crossed … RVD / Jerry Lynn … Shane Douglas / Bam Bam Bigelow … Sandman / Sabu … etc. I enjoyed the stories of traveling for hours to stand outside the former ECW Arena. One guy said he went to ever ECW show at the venue. That stuff was cool.

 

But the DVD ultimately fails because it only captures ONE wrestling fan demographic. Namely, the group that enjoys blood squirting out of a body like a Super Soaker.

 

Whoever edited the DVD did a horrible job. It’s clear they didn’t have enough footage from that one afternoon / evening because a lot of the same fan clips are shown multiple times. If I tried pulling that stunt in my college broadcast journalism class … well, I’d fail.

 

To compensate for the lack of actual fan footage, lengthy clips from the “extra” matches are shown. These include New Jack vs. Balls Mahoney and Raven vs. Shane Douglas from your average ECW-lite Indy show.

 

So is the DVD worth seeing? Sure. It’s a fun little DVD with some nice stories. But does it fully capture the ECW fanbase? I don’t think so. … At least I hope not.

 

I realize the goal of the project was to talk to ECW fans but they needed to vary their locations and vary the types of fans they featured. Spending an afternoon outside Viking Hall … well, you’re going to get the same answers to a lot of questions. To make the DVD worthwhile, it would have been a good idea to go on the road with the Hardcore Homecoming house show circuit. At least then you get a wider base of fans and perspectives. Or at least go to the MANY wrestling conventions held around the country each year, many of which are in the Tri-State area.

 

I think it was a great idea in theory but poorly executed. It comes off as a rush job when something like this could easily – if done correctly – be as long and enjoyable as your top shoot videos.