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Movie Reviews of WWE - McMahon
Movie Review: Interesting Look At This Complex Individual
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this set along with my WrestleMania 24 DVD set at a local store for the same price that I would've paid if I got WM24 by itself so not a bad deal!
Now, to the DVD itself, Vince McMahon has been both viewed as a winner and a villian by both sports entertainment fans and the general public for years. While I don't think the whole truth was told here, you DO get a glimpse of who he is.
Things are discussed is his beginnings, how he took the then-WWWF and made it a nationwide power while wiping out other territories like WCCW, WCW/NWA, AWA and many others. Now, he claims he didn't mean to do it but I have my own thinking on that one. Others that speak on the DVD DO agree that WWE was its best when there was competition (particularly WCW) around.
Also discussed was the whole HHH/Stephanie relationship and his feelings on it! This is the first time, that I know of, that the relationship has even been touched on anywhere in a public forum. Also, this is released as it was in 2006. I say that because Chris Benoit appears in it at least once during the video when discussing all the charity work they do, especially for kids (I don't think I need to explain the irony here).
Many stars, including John Cena, Shawn Michaels, HHH, Sgt. Slaughter, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Jim Ross and others speak on McMahon. The extras are fairly good as it does feature some McMahon matches I haven't seen such as his streetfight with HHH back in 1999 and others that I have but want to see again (his match with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a cage in February 1999).
He does go into his successes with WWE, his failures such as the XFL, his controversial times such as the "Montreal Screwjob" with Bret Hart and his struggles such as the "Monday Night Wars" and the fact that his daughter was dating one of the wrestlers (HHH).
Don't expect a hard-hitting look at McMahon but it does give you some idea of who he is. Not required viewing but it is worth a look.
Movie Review: An Ongoing Rib That Has No End
Summary: 2 Stars
It is well-documented that Vice McMahon, Sr. - when he owned the powerhouse WWWF - would not allow his son to wrestle. Obviously, McMahon, Sr. did not want the drama associated with having family involved in what can be terrible conflicts of interest inside the ring.
The AWA (Gagnes) and WCCW (Von Erichs) oftentimes pushed family members, with a terrible detriment to the product, which - ultimately - paved a clear path for McMahon, Jr. to dominate the industry through his WWF and WWE.
With this historical setting, the two DVD set chronicles the ongoing rib McMahon, Jr. has with the past practices in other organizations (disc one), while taking it to the squared-circle, as the major talent has to carry him - and family members - in matches (disc two).
Even in the storylines of pro wrestling, the theater of the absurd can be very painful to watch. And, at some point, the joke gets very stale. The discs have a disturbing feel of McMahon, Jr. wanting to settle "feuds" that he has already won with people who - though misguided at times - wanted only to do the best for a business they wanted to protect.
Movie Review: I got two words for ya... WHO CARES!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Wouldn't even spend a penny on this peice of trash. I never bought it, and nor do I care to. This would make a good frisby for your dog. (that's probably the only thing this dvd is good for.)Movie Review: A Very Fair View Of The Boss
Summary: 3 Stars
I know I'm around a year late reviewing this but to be honest, I wasn't interested in this because I thought it would be a DVD version of his "Kiss My Ass" club but I was actually suprized as this was a fair look at both Vince McMahon & his "Mr. McMahon" character in that it openly shows people critizing moves & mistakes he's made in the past along with highlight certain aspects that people heavily forget about when talking about Vince McMahon.
The documentry stars off by talking about the story behind how he became the lead announcer for the WWE. His beginnings of taking WWE national & buying out the local territories is also covered with comments from Greg Gagne about the meeting they had about buying the AWA at one point. The story behind WWE buying Georgia Championship Wrestling & having WWE wrestling on TBS only to lead to a lawsuit with Ted Turner & the deal eventually ending starting the war between Vince & Ted that included losing various WWE talents to WCW like Scott "Razor Ramon" Hall & Kevin "Diesel" Nash. People's assumption of when the Mr. McMahon character began was the next topic of conversation covering his television transition from being the announcer to his real life character of being the owner. The "Survivor Series" screwjob is talked about next & how the heat from that incident helped his character take off. The Steve Austin fued was next with various superstars talking about their favorite moments from it along with highlights & looking back at their infamous cage match. Mr. McMahon's in-ring style is heavy discussed & is a very comedic part of this DVD as everyone just tells the truth in that he's not good in the ring but he knows how to fall down & make it look funny with Triple H going as far as saying "He thinks he's Lou Thesz." The story behind WWE becoming a publicly traded company on the New York stock exchange along WWE's charity work with various companies like Make-A-Wish is also discussed. Here was one of the most shocking parts of the DVD where they talked about the XFL with Joey Styles being very blunt on why the XFL was blasted by the media by incorporating WWE elements into the product (The Rock being the first thing they saw on the first show) & having their cheerleaders acting like strippers instead of traditional cheerleaders. The Bob Costas interview Vince did was discussed before they went into a discussion about the "Katie Vick" incident where The Rock & Joey Styles were very blunt in saying that it was stupid & so over the top that it wasn't funny while Vince says he enjoyed it. Vince's relationship with his family on & off screen is heavily discussed here as the story behind Triple H & Stephanie getting together is finally revealed while the story behind Vince & Linda meeting at church. The Mr. McMahon character's relationship on screen with the divas is talked about with Trish Stratus giving her thoughts on the angle between her & Vince including the time he frenched kiss her infront of Linda on SmackDown. The next conversation was a real highlight here as people from Jerry Lawler to Dusty Rhodes give their opinions on Vince buying WCW & the negative effect it's had on the business since there isn't any more competition. Now what would a Vince McMahon DVD be without talking about the "Kiss My Ass" club as that's briefly talked about before moving on with talk about the brand extention & various talents thoughts on how it's developing & if it's working. The story behind Steve Austin's walkout of the company in 2002 was also talked about before the topic of conversation moved over to the story behind Vince McMahon hiring Eric Bischoff & why he did it. The WM19 fued between Hogan & Vince along with his fued with Zach Gowen are discussed before they show highlights of Vince going into the Madison Square Garden Hall Of Fame. The "behind the scenes" story of the No Mercy match between Stephanie & Vince that happened less than a week from her wedding (and wanting to put that on PPV) is discussed by all the family involved before Stephanie revealed storylines that her dad suggested revolving about her baby that she turned down...and boy, you could understand why after hearing them. The story behind his quad injury at the 2005 Royal Rumble, his "your fired" catchphrase with Matt Hardy & HBK & Sgt. Slaughter telling stories of how they were fired from the company at one point, Vince McMahon showing support to the troops, his life as a grandfather & turning 60, along with his fued with HBK & the precious Muscle & Fitness magazine cover round out the documentry.
DVD extras include interview outtakes such as various talent talking about & imitating the Mr. McMahon walk, Big Show talking about a prank he thought Vince pulled on him during the Iraq trip with a hidden extra of Triple H confirming that Vince pulled the joke on Show, William Regal talking about how Vince took care of him when he had his drug problem, the story behind Vince's motorcycle accident in 1999 that caused him to be on crutches & a wheelchair for several weeks, a funny story where Triple H talks about how competitive Vince is, how Vince is able to convince people to go with his vision of what he wants,
and how Stephanie wants people to remember her dad. Other extras include the infamous performance of "Stand Back" from the Slammy Awards & the highlight video of Vince training for the 1999 Rumble with hidden outtakes of him trying to catch a chicken.
Matches on here include the RAW "match" between Austin & McMahon were Dude Love made his return, the steel cage match against Austin, the handicap Ladder Match with Shane McMahon against Austin, No Holds Barred vs. Triple H, Buried Alive match against Undertaker were he was busted over after the first punch, his "I Quit" match against his daughter Stephanie, and three seperate Street Fights against Shane, Ric Flair, and Hulk Hogan.
Overall, this DVD was a fair view of both Vince McMahon & his character of Mr. McMahon. The only faults are that they didn't focus enough on the past as we didn't hear anything or really go indept about the early days of the WWF such as the story behind the first WrestleMania, the first run of Hulkamania, the steriod trial that almost put him in jail, and the WBF (which they advertised on the DVD commercial). This product is a year old so those who wanted to check this out have already had the chance but if you haven't yet, it's worth a look.
Movie Review: kiss my @ss club
Summary: 4 Stars
Who is the real McMahon? That is the question addressed in this special DVD (along with many of his famous matches). However, this DVD also talks about the history of the WWF/WWE, and how Vince brought wrestling to the next level in the 1980's. It also highlights some of his mistakes, like the XFL football league. I also like how they talked about the splitting of the RAW and SMACKDOWN brands, which I still hate to this day. If he really wanted to create a seperate brand, he should have replaced Smackdown with WCW thunder. It's really dumb having 2 sets of WWE heavyweight champs, tag champs, etc.
There is a certain amount of sugar coating here. His daughter Stephanie has a large part in the documentary and swears that her father is actually a great guy. Oh come on, what daughter wouldn't say that? Also, Vince pretends that he didn't lose that much money on the XFL. Yeah right.
I enjoyed the matches, especially the early ones where he got beat to a pulp. I don't like the later matches with Hogan and Flair, where he practically goes toe to toe with the legends of wrestling. I mean c'mon, if Vince can beat up Flair or Hogan, we might as well bring back David Arquette.
So who is the real McMahon? I would say he is a conservative hardnosed buisness man, with a giant ego. If you want to carry on a grudge with McMahon, he will try his hardest to bury you (like with the warrior). However, if you are willing to be nice and apologize, McMahon seems like he can be very forgiving (Like with SuperStar Billy Graham). If you have any doubt that McMahon is a nice guy with a big heart, I suggest that you watch the Billy Graham "20 years too soon" DVD.