Before They Were WWE Superstars

Before They Were WWE Superstars

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Movie Reviews of Before They Were WWE Superstars

Movie Review: Great Video!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

THE CONTENTS

These are the following WWF superstars featured in this video:

1. Kurt Angle: Kurt and family talk about his childhood and his amateur and Olympic wrestling career.

2. "Mighty" Molly: Molly discusses her gymnastics background, her love for classic cars and how she broke into the wrestling business on the indy circuit as well as WCW.

3. Bradshaw: Bradshaw talks about his football career and the many years he spent touring through Japan, Europe, Mexico as well as the indy circuit and overcoming various injuries before making it to the WWF.

4. Spike Dudley: Spike and family talk about his childhood love for wrestling and how Spike has always been tougher than leather. COOL video footage of Spike as a baby swimming, as a teen playing football and as an adult killing himself on the independent scene.

5. Stacy Keibler: Stacy talks about her life in show business as a professional dancer from early childhood. Her career transitions from cheerleader to WCW Nitro Girl to Diva are recapped.

6. Billy Gunn: Billy talks about how he went from the fast and furious life of the rodeo circuit to the pro-wrestling circuit. Plus we get a cool recap of how he broke into the WWF as one-half of the Smoking Gunns.

7. Steven William Regal: It's a cool journey through England as Regal takes us on tour of his old stomping grounds recapping how he was a Carnival Hooker who'd wrestle fans out of the audience.

8. Matt and Jeff, the Hardy Boyz: The "Cinderella" story of the bunch as Matt and Jeff take us through a journey of their life-long love of wrestling and how they grew up with a single-father (mom died at an early age) and how they spent YEARS wrestling locally as well as in their backyard (complete with home movies of their various characters) and as WWF TV jobbers before finally making it big.

9. Lita: Lita recounts her childhood athletic background as well as her travels to Mexico and all her Lucha Libre buddies (including a collection of their masks), her time spent with the Hardy's in North Carolina's OMEGA promotion, and her stint in ECW before becoming a world-renowned WWF Diva.

10. Edge and Christian: Life-long buddies Edge and Christian (and parents) take viewers on a tour of their local high school where it all began for them, recounting how they individually fell in love with the sport and their intertwined paths that led them into the WWF.

In addition to the above great profiles, the DVD also includes these special features:

1. Jackie (champ) vs. Starla Sexton (Molly): Sunday Night Heat, 10/11/98. GREAT action for a women's TV match from two talented performers. 4 stars.

2. Gillberg (champ) vs. Essa Rios (w/Lita): Sunday Night Heat, 2/13/00 for the WWF LHW title. Lita's WWF TV debut. Rios puts an end to Gillberg's 2 year title monopoly. 2 stars.

3. Justin Hawk Bradshaw (w/ Uncle Zeb) vs. Undertaker: WWF Raw, 4/1/96. Decent big-man match. Mankind run-in. 2 stars.

4. RVD vs. Jeff Hardy: WWF Raw, 5/12/97. Lawler promo. The Hardy's had been working as jobbers long before this, but this is a popular Jeff match. This was part of the aborted "ECW Invasion of the WWF" from 1997. Basic jobber squash for RVD. 2 stars.

5. "Angle Family Christmas." WWF Raw, 12/22/00. Popular Christmas sing-along angle featuring Kurt and family, Stephanie, Edge, Christian and Y2J Chris Jericho.

6. Angle, Edge and Christian vs. Y2J and the Dudleyz: WWF Raw, 12/22/00. Continuation of the promo from above. Decent match with Kurt's family getting involved. 2 stars.

7. 1-2-3 Kid and Bob Holly (champs) vs. The Smoking Gunns: WWF Raw, 1/3/95. Early Billy Gunn match. Looooong match at 15 minutes (a 15 minute match on Raw??????) with decent back and forth action. 3 stars.

8. "Mr. Manners." WWF Raw, 9/18/00. William Regal's TV re-debut where he tries to teach the crowd manners. Y2J makes a "guest appearance."

9. "Hamlet." WWF Raw, 9/25/00. Regal recites Shakespeare to the masses before Stone Cold voices his opinion.

10. "No Holds Beared." Extended interview with Bradshaw.

11. "Ice Rules." Edge and Christian extended interview where they talk about what Lance Storm dubbed as the infamous "Death Tour" in Northern Canada as they drove over frozen lakes to wrestle on Indian Reservations.

12. "Spike's Hardcore." Extended Spike Dudley interview.

13. "I Told You So." Extended Christian interview.

14. "50 Cents." Extended interview with Angle.

THE VERDICT

In all, at about a total of two hours counting the special features, this DVD is WELL worth the watch, and if you are so inclined, the addition to your DVD collection. The interviews are well done. Some may criticize that the talent choices are a little questionable, but the stories behind ALL the wrestlers are great to listen to.

The DVD extras are decent. While the matches may not be blow-away ones, they are decent (the women's match) and great for nostalgia (the Smoking Gunns' match and Bradshaw match).

Overall, whether you are a casual or a diehard fan, you should enjoy this video. If a diehard, this is definitely a video you may consider adding to your collection. Hopefully they'll be another volume with additional stars in the future!!!

Highly Recommended

Summary of Before They Were WWE Superstars