The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1

The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1

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• WWE-BEST OF CONFIDENTIAL 2002 (DVD MOVIE)

Movie Reviews of The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1

Movie Review: The Inside Scoop
Summary: 5 Stars

Here are the segments presented in Best of WWE Confidential Volume I:

1. Why Stone Cold Steve Austin left the WWE in June of 2002

2. The DX Invasion of Monday Nitro (with new footage of them interacting with the WCW fans)

3. Why WCW died

4. Eric Bishoff joining the WWE in July of 2002

5. The History of the WCW Title

6. A Look at the Great WCW Champions

7. Career Retrospective on Jimmy Snuka

8. Career and Life Retrospective on the late British Bulldog

9. WWE Cribs: Trish Stratus' House

10. Regal's Reptile Collection

11. Three Generations of Orton's

12. Rikishi talks about Yokozuna, the Samoan Family and Fa'a Samoa

13. WWE's Oldest Fan, 107 Year Old Ms. Gertrude

14. Booker T's Spinarooni Story with Lavon Kirkland

15. Kurt Angle revisits the Olympic training center

16. The Montreal Incident

THE DVD Extras:

As a bonus, WWE has included 4 bonus matches on this DVD, all historic for different reasons. For collectors, the bonus matches alone make this disc a keeper. Here they are!!!

1. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka vs. "Crippler" Ray Stevens: 1982 from MSG. Snuka in his prime!!! So-so match where Snuka pretty much squashes Stevens. Okay for the novelty but match itself wasn't that hot. 2 stars. Too bad they didn't spring for the immortal Muracco match in the Cage.

2. Intercontinental Title Match: Bret "Hitman" Hart (champ) vs. "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Summerslam '92 from Wembley Stadium in London, England. The Match of the Year from 1992. This match will forever be remembered as Bulldog's greatest match. Easily one of the most physical and well worked matches in history by two of the best. 5 stars easily and worth the price of the tape alone.

3. WWF World Title Match: Bret "Hitman" Hart (champ) vs. Shawn Michaels. Survivor Series 1997 from Montreal. THE MOST infamous match in wrestling history where Vince McMahon screwed Bret Hart out of the WWE Title. Presented here are Vince's and Shawn's side of the story. Match itself was alright (2 stars) but for historical value you don't get any better than this.

4. WCW World Title vs. U.S. Title Match: "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner (champ) vs. Booker T (U.S. champ) from the Final Monday Nitro. Another so-so match big on historical value as this was the last title match held on the last Monday Nitro when McMahon bought out WCW. Booker closes out WCW on top by unifying the belts. 2 stars.

ANALYSIS AND VERDICT:

Overall this DVD may fly under people's radars simply for the fact that this is recycled TV footage. Many of the segments and profiles are keepers and some are so-so but overall the feature is a good watch and entertaining. At a minimum it is worth the rental if you are a fan of wrestling and wanna get more in depth with your favorite stars.

The bonus matches are EASILY the price of the purchase, particularly the Bret vs. Bulldog match. The Bret-Shawn match and the Steiner-Booker match, while okay wrestling wise, are worth it easily for historical value.

To sum, the purchase is worth it for the matches alone easily. The feature may or may not be worth the purchase however it is definitely worth the view if you have never seen it.

Overall, whether you purchase, rent or borrow, this DVD is...

Highly Recommended (a must for Hitman fans with two of his biggest matches on here)

Summary of The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1