Guest chirs3 Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Yea. I'll be getting some soon. So what are the best recent PPV's? 2000 to present? And which, if any, are good wrestler-specific kind (like Foley's "Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops")? Suggest, you bastards! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrRant Report post Posted June 30, 2002 I would get: Best of RAW Mick Foley Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops Wrestlemania X-7 WWF Hardcore isn't too horrible KOR 2001 just for Shane vs. Angle Invasion just because of the promise SummerSlam 2001 had a couple good matches with Rock vs Booker and SCSA vs Angle as well as RVD vs Hardy in the Hardcore Ladder Match All I can think of right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treble charged Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Hard Knocks, Cheap Pops is the only one I've seen, and dammit if it doesn't kick 10 different kinds of ass. Buy it now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JaKyL25 Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops is the essential WWF DVD thus far. Stone Cold Steve Austin "What?" is good, plus 2 good bonus matches. I just bought Triple H "The Game" and haven't watched it yet, but DVD quality Flair/Steamboat WrestleWar '89 is worth the 20 bucks alone, IMO. Plus you get Cactus/HHH from Rumble 2000. nWo "Back in Black" is essential if you were around during the original nWo storyline. To be honest, it needs to be longer though. One of the extras is the '96 WarGames match, which IMO is one of the better WarGames. As far as PPVs on DVD, I'd recommend Rumble 2000, Summerslam 2000, Rumble 01, WrestleMania X-7, Summerslam 01, Vengeance 01, and Rumble 02. InVasion 01 and Survivor Series 01 are essential if you want to re-live the Invasion storyline. I dunno why you would, but Survivor Series is really cool and dramatic if you pretend that it really all means what it should have meant. Rebellion 01 was a UK only PPV that got released on DVD, and I'd say it's a must-buy. A good Edge vs. Christian cage match, a great Jericho vs. Angle match, and a very good Rock vs. Austin match. Plus, one of the DVD extras is Rock vs. Jericho from Raw where Rock wins the WCW title back, which is essential if you (like me) want to have all of the major matches from the Rock/Jericho feud on DVD. [EDIT] I sure use the word "essential" a lot, don't I? Oh well, I'm a completist, and I must have EVERY WWF/E DVD eventually, so it's all essential to me. I'm willing to skip the Divas DVDs though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Undertaker This is my Yard for the Badd Blood 10/5/97 HITC match against HBK Mick Foley Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops for the Mind Games match against HBK Judgment Day 01 for Beniot vs Angle 2 out of 3 falls match Backlash 01 for Benoit vs Angle 30 minute submission match Invasion 01 for Jeff Hardy vs RVD and Kidman vs X Pac and Inaugural Brawl Summerslam 01 Hardy vs RVD and Tajeri vs X Pac and Austin vs Angle SummerSlam 2000 Jericho vs Beniot 2 out of 3 falls and TLC Royal Rumble 2000 Beniot vs Jericho Ladder IC match Wrestlemania 2000 for Beniot vs Jericho vs Angle and Hardys vs E&C vs Dudleys Ladder match plus a bonus disc of highlights of wrestlemania 1-15 Wrestlemania 17 for TLC 2 and HHH vs Taker and Austin vs Rock and Angle vs Beniot and Jericho vs Regal Royal Rumble 1999 HHH vs Cactus Jack and Hardys vs Dudleys Tables match and Tazz vs Angle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted June 30, 2002 inVasion is the only WWF DVD I own, and I'd say it's more of a curio than something actually worth watching over and over again. The RVD/Hardy match is good, but I actually think the RVD/Jericho match a few months later at Unforgiven (I think) was better. Kidman vs. X-Pac was OK too, but the rest of it just doesn't work that well. The Inaugural Brawl is just stupid... I'm sorry but a six-man has no business main-eventing a RAW, much less a PPV. On the DVD aspect, the inVasion DVD has a bunch of extra footage of the wrestlers doing last minute preparations before the match and exiting after the match/post-match interviews. Tazz' post match interview is probably the only one worth watching, because RAVEN~! pops in for no apparent reason and leaves just as quickly, and while they're talking the Big Show's pyro explodes and Tazz plays it off like he farted. Stupid? Yes. Pointless? Of course, but they all are. The only other one I can remember is Chris Jericho's preparations before the match where they show him rubbing himself down with baby oil (!)... now how is it they have all these Divas Undressed shows, when this little segment proves they're more than capable of putting on a little Y2Jerotica... I'd pay to see that! OK, not really. Actually, there is a programming error on the DVD because the only two post-match segments I actually wanted to see, Kidman and Angle, are the only two that don't work! Quick question though for anyone who knows... on the King of the Ring DVD, do they feature any of the qualifying matches on the disc as well, or just the semi-finals and finals matches that were on the PPV? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Is the "Best of 2001" DVD any good? It's 2h30min, so I'm assuming that some of the top 10 matches are clipped. Does anyone know for sure? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zero_Cool Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Last night, I bought the HHH DVD, and the best of RAW (1 and 2). The Triple H DVD itself is kinda funny, because there are some parts which make the smark in you laugh, but then there's him talking about getting a dish for his hotel room in Birmingham when he was re-habbing. He needed it to get the WWF shows...and as a bonus he got porno. Not a bad story. The Flair/Steamboat match is worth the twenty bucks anyway. It had the best chopping I've ever seen. The best of RAW is pretty cool...reliving stuff from when I was in the seventh grade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AlwaysPissedOff Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Well, to go on overall quality, the PPV DVDs should probably be bought depending on how you liked the show. Here's the ones I have and my recommendations: Stone Cold Steve Austin: What?- One of the best WWF/E/whatever DVDs out there now. The main feature is great and the extras are damn good as well although they could have chosen a better Austin/Steamboat match. High recommendation Mick Foley: Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops - Probably the best WWF DVD out on the market now. Great feature, great extras, you will watch this one over and over again. Highest recommendation NWO: Back In Black - Not that good at all and WAYYYY too long with some seriously boring parts. The extras aren't that good except for the Bash '96 match. Slight recommendation if you want to check out some of the eariler history of the NWO. Royal Rumble 2001 - Not much in the ways of extras, but the show is pretty damn good. No Mercy 2001 - Solid show, but no extras whatsoever. Survivor Series 2001 - Meh, average show, decent extras(except for Vince getting Regal to kiss his ass). Vengeance 2001 - Lackluster up until the Hardcore Title match and the main event. Royal Rumble 2002 - Good show, average extras(unless you like Tazzzzzz and Spike watching their match in kayfabe) WrestleMania X-8 - Lackluster show, but they packed the extras on both disks including the Hogan/Warrior match from WM 6. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Some Guy Report post Posted June 30, 2002 I have these ones: NWO - New World Order: Back in Black: Very good WWF - Action!: Decent, has Booker vs. Angle from SD! WWF - Backlash (2001): not good, but has Angle vs. Benoit & Raven vs. Rhyno WWF - Best of Raw, Vols. 1-2: One of the best WWF DVDs, covers Raw from late 97-99 WWF - Invasion: decent WWF - King of the Ring 2000: Crap WWF - King of the Ring 2001: decent, Angle vs. Shane & Benoit/Y2J/Austin Mick Foley - Hard Knocks and Cheap Pops: One of the best WWF DVDs WWF - Rebellion: pretty good, Rock/Jericho WCW title is an extra. WWF - Royal Rumble 2000: great, 4 or 5 great matches WWF - Royal Rumble 2001: great, Angle/HHH and Benoit/Y2J Ladder Match WWF - Royal Rumble 2002: good WWF - Stone Cold: What?: great, Austin/HHH NWO 2001 and Austin/Steamboat are extras WWF - Summerslam (2001): very good, Rock/Booker and Austin/Angle WWF - Summerslam 1999: ok, three comentaries on the ME (Foley. HH. Austin) WWF - Summerslam 2000: good, Benoit/Jericho 2-3 falls WWF - Survivor Series 2001: decent, fun ME WWF - The Rock - The People's Champ: great, all Rocks promos from 97-99 WWF - The Rock: Just Bring It: good, follow up from above, too much Scorpion King shit, Rock/RVD Easter Egg, Rock vs. Shane/Booker, and Rock/Angle from NWO 2001 are extras WWF - WrestleMania X-Seven: great DVD, Raw highlights from the night after WWF - WrestleMania XV: decent, Rock and Austin commentaries on the ME Wrestlemania 2000: great, , WM history on 2nd disc WWF - Wrestlemania XVIII: good DVD with a bunch of extras Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted June 30, 2002 Action also has the Austin v. Angle match from jan 2001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
