The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Abdullah the Butcher, Jerry Lawler, Mark Lewin, Ric Flair, Sunshine Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 360 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-12-11 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: World Wrestling |
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Movie Reviews of The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling
Movie Review: ...AND THEN THERE WAS ONE...
Summary: 4 Stars
For about 10 years have I longed for a in depth documentary of the world famous VON ERICHS and World Class Championship Wrestling...even after the release of HEROES OF WORLD CLASS was released....I was hoping that Vinnie Mac would buy the complete library from KTTV/ Channel 11 and the last survivor of the family Kevin. I have been a wrestling enthusiast for the better part of 30 years...and when people woof and blow smoke about which organization had the best or better talent..and then there was one...WCCW!!! For those that are not too familiar with WCCW, it was a territory of the old National Wrestling Alliance...and let the truth be know...World Class was on the verge of being bigger than the whole Alliance..but more on that later...when you talk about the names that have come through Dallas/ Fort Worth territory, time would fail me to list all of wrestlers that came through WCCW...the likes of SHAWN MICHAELS...RICK RUDE..ULTIMATE WARRIOR...RODDY PIPER...THE UNDERTAKER..TERRY TAYLOR...KABUKI...ONE MAN GANG...HARLEY RACE and RIC FLAIR on numerous occasions came through to defend at one time the "only" WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP of the NWA. There might have been super cards in MSG..the SuperDome...or the Last Tango in Tampa...but atleast 5 to six times a year, WCCW would put on STARWARZ shows at the 18,000 seat Reunion Arena...and have COTTON BOWL EXTRAVAGANZA'S...along with shows at Texas Stadium. Not to sound like a homer, because I live in Dallas, but I liked the VON ERICHS, but rooted for FLAIR or the FREEBIRDS whenever they would meet. I can remember watching a show on cable television around 1984 of MID-SOUTH wrestling..and to my surprise there was Kerry Von Erich teaming up with MAGNUM T.A.and the crowd were going ape @##$@!!..it took Kerry atleast 5 minutes to get down the aisle and into the ring..in Florida Championship Wrestling David was a star there along in Kansas City winning the MISSOURI STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.The popularity of WCCW and the VON ERICHS was contagious...and if Fritz wanted to go head to head with Vince during the time of the advent of cable television and his raid of other territories, I think he could have ran neck and neck. The major down fall of WCCW in my opinion was that stars that the promotion help get started turned their backs on the promotion and headed to Bill Watts UWF, WWF or the AWA...and when Jim Crockett started to monopolize the world title and basically high-jacked the NWA in his quest to turn his MID-ATLANTIC promotion into a national promotion....really, what can you do when you cant book the world title to be defended in your territory , yet at the same time you're operating under the same umbrella of the NWA system?...simple...you leave the NWA...and that is what WCCW did in 1986, when the declared their American Heavyweight Title a "world title".Depending on how you look at it...some say that is one element of WCCW failing...I won't get into the tradgedy part...I'll let the veiwers do that for themselves...but I just wanted to harp on specifics about one of the greatest promotions in the history of professional wrestling. On the DVD I'm sure they will talk about SUPER CLASH III, when the WORLD CLASS title was unified with Verne's AWA world title, culminating with the sale of the promotion to a out fit in Memphis which eventually became USWA. I have not watched the DVD yet, but hoping that they would have STARWARZ CHRISTMAS 1983...Michael Hayes had just lost a loser leave town the month before..at this show, we see a omnious santa claus at ring side passing out candy all through the show...and when the main event was over which pitted Kevin and Mike against the other FREEBIRDS in which the 'BIRDS lost...the mysterious Santa ranned in the ring in jubilant congratulating the VON ERICHS..and then starts to deck them...it was Hayes in disguise!!!...LOL...a funny moment in wrestling. I hope that those that buy the DVD will be treated to something unique and different....and know the history of a organization that operated with world class precision, showmanship, style, and tradition....