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Great Collection of Matches, Cool Nostalgia...
2005-10-25
This DVD set is a combination of a tribute and a documentary of sorts. It features some of the more memorable matches in the Legion of Doom's career as a tag team and it also puts a spotlight on the tumultuous life of the late, great Hawk.
I was afraid the latter would be a tacky show on exploitation on Vince McMahon's part, as he's had an up and down relationship with both Road Warriors. However, the look back at Hawk's rocky life is done in a classy way with insight on his life, commentary by Animal and none of the "shock value" stuff that the WWE used in their more recent Ultimate Warrior DVD. It's the matches that make the DVD set, though. There are so many great selections from the LOD's time in Georgia Championship Wrestling, the AWA, the NWA/WCW and, of course, the WWE. Some of these matches even include commentary by Animal himself. A really cool feature, in my opinion. If you're a lifelong wrestling fan, such as myself, you're bound to enjoy this selection. One of the better "legend" compilation DVD sets out there right now. Even better than The History of The Undertaker, as far as I'm concerned.
A Tale Of Tag Team Legends!
2005-10-17
I purchased this back in June and I still find myself looking at it once in a while. While I enjoyed the matches, I think the story behind the "spikes" (so to speak) is just as exciting!
Disc 1 is pretty much Hawk & Animal's journey from two kids in Chicago that moved to Minnesota. From there, they grow up working out at a local fitness center simply known as "The Gym" to their bouncing days along side the late "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Barry Darsow (known as Demolition Smash), John Nord, Scott Norton and a few others. The future LOD also trained with these mentioned guys with Eddie Sharky, who also trained their future manager "Precious" Paul Ellering! From there, we follow their rise from the NWA Georgia Championship Wrestling area to the AWA and their first World Tag Title. They later returned to the NWA, this time to the Mid-Atlantic area and won the NWA World Tag Team Championship. From there, they went to the WWE and won their version of the world tag titles twice! In between, there was ups and downs. Rises and falls (particularly with Road Warrior Hawk) but through it all, the off-camera friendship between Hawk & Animal survived until Hawk's untimely passing back in 2003. Also on Disc 1, we see early and rare NWA Georgia footage of how they just annilated their competition. We then see an early NWA World Tag Team Title match against Jack and Jerry Brisco as well as the match where they won the AWA World Titles from The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke. The rest of the extras are mainly interviews from NWA, AWA and WWE as well as as look at Animal's "Trophy Room", WWE Confidential special on Hawk as well as tributes from Paul Ellering and Michael Hayes (formerly of the Fabulous Freebirds). Disc 2 is all matches. Here they are: The Road Warriors Vs. Larry "The Axe" Hennig & Curt (the late Mr. Perfect) Hennig (AWA World Tag Team Title Match) - This is pretty much a Warrior style beating here! Larry Hennig holds his own but Curt gets beat to a pulp! The Road Warriors Vs. The Fabulous Freebirds - In a period when The Warriors were virtually unbeatable, the Freebird trio of Michael Hayes, the late Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts were one of the few teams that really put The Warriors in jeopardy! The Road Warriors Vs. Magnum T.A./Ron Garvin - This was the finals of the Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup. Garvin and Magnum put up quite an accounting for themselves against the favored Roadies! The Road Warriors Vs. Ivan & Nikita Koloff - The Koloffs were another team that gave the Warriors some scares! This one was a double Russian Chain Match affair! The Road Warriors Vs. The Midnight Express - This was the famous scaffold match from Starrcade '86! The combo of the Midnights at the time were Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton. The Road Warriors Vs. Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson - The future "Brainbusters" in the WWE defended the NWA World Tag Team Championship as part of The Four Horsemen in this match with The Warriors with a very controversial ending! The Road Warriors Vs. The Midnight Express - This duo was Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane and this was that famous match in New Orleans where they just pretty much brutalized the Midnights to win the NWA World Tag Titles! The Road Warriors Vs. Demolition - This Demolition duo was Smash and Crush by this point. While we got a taste of Warriors/Demolition, we never got to see the real confrontation that most fans wanted and that was The Road Warriors Vs. the original members of Demolition (AX/Smash). Still, this is a significant match in their careers. The Road Warriors Vs. The Hart Foundation - A very rare match that most until this DVD set didn't know happened back in 1991 but it did! The Road Warriors Vs. Hulk Hogan/Genichiro Tenryu - Interesting to note that Tenryu was once the Warriors' six man tag team championship partner in the U.S. during the late 80's! Anyway, this match was surprisingly brutal and some bleeding does take place! The Road Warriors Vs. The Nasty Boys - The match that put LOD into immortality as they took the WWE Tag Team Titles from the Nasties at SummerSlam '91! The Road Warriors Vs. Money Inc. - This duo comprised of Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Shyster (Mike Rotunda). Surprisingly, they held their own against LOD! The Road Warriors Vs. Sting/Lex Luger - Not really a good match but fun to see how WCW was back in those days. Certainly not the physical territory they wrestled in back in the 80's! The Road Warriors Vs. The Godwins - See The Roadies win their final major tag team title on an edition of RAW in 1997! All in all, a great ride! Worth the money!
awesome
2005-09-25
Awesome if ur a wresting fan from start to finish. Will keep you keep you very busy for awhile.
A great dvd, from the history
2005-09-24
This is one great dvd, because tell the short history of the road warrios all their conquers in the wrestling world and the end of an era, i strongly recomend.
What a Rush!
2005-09-24
I Got this DVD 3 weeks ago. And I love it. The 80's and 90's ruled. The only reason I writing this is the comment made by the dork who thought the dvd was long and boring, and that the LOD was dumb. And they thought they should have did the dvd on someone more recent. Well someone should kick the snot out of that jerk the way the warriors used ta destroy opponents back in the day. I've been a wrestling fan since 1981. Flair in the NWA stylin' and profilin'. Hogan from Thunderlips to WWF. Piper's Pit with Snuka, the coconut and the banana. It was great up until red neck rattlesnake Austin. Then as good as the athletes were just got to stupid and boring. Certain guys wouldn't lose to certain wrestlers cause they were cry babies. The way Bret Hart got screwed. The whole thing with Vince buying WCW,ECW and everthing else just about. And the chicks made it pornographic at times but the bimbos would pose nude for Heffner. I still wanna see Medusa naked. Anyway I hope to see more old WWF stuff from the 80's and early 90's. HEY VINCE!!!PUT THE FREAKIN' WRESTLEMANIA BOX SET OUT FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD.......THE STEEL CURTAIN WARRIOR!!!!!!!!!!!
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