WWE - McMahon
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Actor: Shawn Michaels, Stephanie McMahon, Steve Austin, Triple H, Vince McMahonBrand: Genius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 94548
Studio: World Wrestling
Movie Reviews of WWE - McMahon
Movie Review: McMahon - A fascinating look at the Man and the Character
Summary: 5 Stars
2 Disc Collector's Edition (2006)
The McMahon DVD collector set is my favorite WWE set that I own and one of the first I ever got. What I enjoy most about this is that it follows my favorite style of documentary followed by matches so you can watch a comprehensive history in one sitting and jump to the matches later whenever you want. Some of the others are just matches with a bit of loose history inbetween like a narrative to try and string them together but it never delves into it as much as you'd like.
This DVD really goes into the character Mr. McMahon compared with the real person Vincent Kennedy McMahon. McMahon got his start following in his father's footsteps and becoming an announcer after someone walked off the job. He had a gift for straight commentary and his rolling voice worked well with others such as Jesse Ventura. After the Montreal Screw-job, the curtain was pulled aside and people realized that McMahon was pulling all the strings and he became the character McMahon as the big bad Chairman of the Board.
The more time went by, the bigger the walk and talk became for the heel of Mr. McMahon. The "No Chance in Hell" song has evolved over the years but is still great whenever he comes out to it. What really propelled the character into the spotlight was the rivalry with Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was the most famous involved rivalry between white collar and blue collar with the relate-ability of the beer-drinking Stone Cold character with the evil corporate boss.
Later the character got to to into new directions with feuds within his own family and the introduction of Triple H as the fake son-in-law who later became the real son-in-law. Hearing about Triple H's and Stephanie McMahon's backgrounds was really interesting for me because I'm a big Triple H fan. The character McMahon thought of himself as a ladies man so he was always engaging in "affairs" with all the hot divas, even when his wife, Linda was in a (fake) coma on Valentine's Day. He likes to set it up so he does worse and worse acts and then finally someone gets revenge on him.
You get to go into the history of the Kiss-My-Ass club that he started for a while and his fights with DX. When he acquired WCW and hired Eric Bischoff, it was the ultimate power play and great for publicity. One of my favorite segments in this story is all the people who have been fired once or multiple times by Mr. McMahon for the show or privately and their reactions.
Another great segment is the story of the origin of McMahonism, a special religion the character McMahon made up to mess with Shawn Michaels in a rivalry. I wish the match with Shawn Michaels had been on this DVD because it looked so amazing with Shawn jumping off a giant ladder onto a waiting McMahon in a trash can ON a table. What grapefruits to sit in that trash can and wait for the impact!
On the flip side, the real Mr. McMahon is a fighter and ultra competitive, but he is also a philanthropist and a proud family-man and grandfather. The history of the gradual acquisition of all the other wrestling companies and eventually becoming a publicly traded stock that the fans can own is interesting to me as a business person too.
He's also a patriot who takes his wrestlers overseas to entertain the troops every year around Christmas and seeing the footage, you can just see how much it always means to them. Vince McMahon is just a fascinating individual who has more guts and ego than anyone I've ever seen in my life and I loved the mix of reality and fiction for this documentary.
Matches:
McMahon does not wrestle many matches due to not actually being a professional but feels the need to jump in there when it is appropriate to the storyline, particularly when he can do it with family. McMahon's rivalry with Stone Cold was one of the most volatile effective rivalries the WWE has ever had so those matches are pretty great. McMahon makes awesome cartoony faces so his in-ring persona really works well. When he wrestles with Shane or Stephanie, especially if his wife is involved, he's great at telling the story. He's also gone up against classics: Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, and the Undertaker. It's easy to see why he would want to go up against Bret Hart with a history like this. They have such a personal history that bringing it out for the public eye really gets the audiences involved and it will be therapeutic for a final bout to put behind them so I am really looking forward to this match.
Mr. McMahon vs Stone Cold Steve Austin - 1998 on Raw
Mr. McMahon vs Stone Cold Steve Austin - 1999 Steel Cage Match
Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon vs Stone Cold Steve Austin - 1999 Handicap Ladder Match
Mr. McMahon vs Triple H - 1999 No-Holds-Barred Match
Mr. McMahon vs Shane McMahon - 2001 Street Fight
Mr. McMahon vs Ric Flair - 2002 Street Fight
Mr. McMahon vs Hulk Hogan - 2003 Street Fight
Mr. McMahon vs Stephanie McMahon - 2003 "I Quit" Match
Mr. McMahon vs Undertaker - 2003 Buried Alive Match
DVD Extras:
There are 7 extra stories in interview form that didn't quite make the cut into the documentary and flesh out a little more of discussed events. There are five deleted scenes, "The Motorcycle", "WWE Championship", "9/11 Taping", "Stuck in his ways", and "The Walk". Also two fun extras of "Slammy's 'Stand Back'" - his theme music and the Vincent Kennedy McMahon training package.
No matter what, Vince McMahon is willing to do just about anything for the WWE business whether it be making himself the heel and letting people beat on him or giving away money in a raffle or roping in celebrity after celebrity for cross promotion as with "Celebrity Apprentice" and "Project Runway" among others. He's a devoted family man and a powerful, smart business executive and I kind of hope he is immortal.
Summary of WWE - McMahon
Just who is Vincent Kennedy McMahon? To some he is the sports entertainment innovator and visionary corporate leader of a multimillion dollar company. To others he is evil personified- the manipulative sadistic boss of a corral of WWE Superstars who takes great personal pleasure in making others suffer. Mr. McMahon has achieved stunning successes and experienced humiliating defeats and yet keeps coming back for more. What other boss requires his employees to literally kiss his bare ass on national television? This 2 disc production takes a look back at what caused Vince McMahon to come out of the announcer booth and right into some of the most controversial moments ever seen on television. For the first time ever the onscreen and offscreen intrigues of the world?s most notorious boss are broken down by the people who know the man best. Exclusive interviews with Shane, Stephanie and Linda McMahon, Triple H, Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle, Eric Bischoff, Paul Heyman, and more. Mr. McMahon himself reveals when the seed was planted to screw Bret Hart in Montreal, what it was like to win the WWE Championship, the true story behind the battle against WCW, the XFL, his daughter Stephanie marrying and more. Plus you?ll see the Austin/ McMahon rivalry, the infamous Kiss My Ass Club, and his classic matches versus Stone Cold, Shane McMahon, Triple H, Hulk Hogan, the Undertaker, and Shawn Michaels. Who is the real Vince McMahon? You decide!Similar DVD Movies
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