WWE Presents: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
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Actor: Curt Hennig, Hulk Hogan, Sgt. Slaughter, Shawn MichaelsBrand: WWE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Running Time: 360 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: World Wrestling
Movie Reviews of WWE Presents: The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
Movie Review: An Absolute Must For A Pro Wrestling Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
With 13 matches spanning nearly 20 years, along with interviews with many of the stars - Verne Gagne and his son, Greg, Hulk Hogan, Baron Von Raschke, Bobby Heenan, "Mean" Gene Okerlund and Nick Bockwinkel - the two-DVD set is an important addition to the video library of any wrestling fan.
Founded by the legendary amateur and professional wrestler, Verne Gagne, and Wally Karbo, the American Wrestling Association was based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and operated from 1957-1991. The documentary portion provides a complete overview of the company's operation, with the matches from 1971 to 1988, and 10 of the bouts from the 1980s.
The AWA had a nationally-syndicated program throughout its existence, ran major shows - a forerunner to the WWE's WrestleMania spectacles - and marketed itself through a cable-TV program in the 1980s. Verne Gagne was not only the owner, but trained many of the wrestlers and held the company's world title 10 times.
The AWA revolutionized the industry in many ways, which makes the limited scope of this release a major drawback. But it would arguably be an impossible task to contain the cost by releasing a series of multi-disc, boxed sets. The project editors at WWE - owners of the AWA footage - did as good a job as possible to satisfy older fans who remember the AWA, while placing the company in a proper historical perspective for the new generation of enthusiasts.
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Rating: NR
Release Date: 21-NOV-2006
Media Type: DVD
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