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Movie Reviews of WWE: The Best of RAW 15th Anniversary
Movie Review: Too Much Vince
Summary: 3 Stars
I have been home sick for several days, and decided to try and make the best of it by watching all three discs of this set. The first disc is pretty good, but the other two were big letdowns. First, let me acknowledge the obvious - it's impossible to put together a DVD set about Raw that captures everything. Of course they're going to leave out some stuff. The problem was that far too much time is spent on the McMahons.
Yes, some of the show's huge moments are here - 1-2-3 Kid upsetting Razor Ramon, ECW "invasion," the purchase of WCW, Foley's first title victory, The Rock's "This Is Your Life," Y2J's debut, etc. So in terms of covering their history, WWE did a good job.
However, while I don't have much bad to say about disc one (though the Macho-Crush "summit" might have been nice to see), disc two was where things started to get bad. This covered 1998-2002, the whole attitude era. Yet pretty much half of this disc is all Vince-Austin. I know this was obviously a huge angle, but it got way too much attention here. They showed tons of Austin-Vince moments - in their entirety - which took up a lot of time, and got to be a little repetitive. Meanwhile, characters who were major parts of the whole "attitude" era - Val Venis, The Godfather - were left out altogether. And disc three wasn't much better.
I know some of the other reviews on here were critical of the matches being edited down. Well, they should have edited the segments down as well. Lame, boring segments (inlcuding the Edge-Lita wedding, where you can clearly hear fans chant "boring") are shown in their entirety, and go on forever. More examples include DX impersonating Vince and Shane, Stone Cold giving stunners to the entire McMahon family, and musical chairs with Eugene.
Some of this is good for a trip down memory lane, but I can't give it a very enthusiastic recommendation.
Movie Review: Raw is Review! (Yeah, I know, that's lame)
Summary: 4 Stars
You know, I could go on a website dedicated to leprosy victims and there will be less complaining than what you people have done. I guess when you have A.D.D., pop-ups can be pretty distracting.
Anyway, I am happy with this DVD set. Sure there are moments/matches I would have liked to see on there and moments/matches that shouldn't have been; but you can't please everybody.
I was surprised to open it up and see the Very First Episode of Raw, which, besides Rob Bartlett's horrible commentating, was very nostalgic.
I would have liked to have seen, however, the first anniversary episode of RAW, which was the first live event I attended. Or at least footage from it.
RAW came out during the time I became a wrestling fan, so Disc One brought out a lot of good memories. It definitely had the best quality of matches. The Ric Flair/Mr. Perfect, Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannety, Bret Hart/1,2,3, Kid, Owen Hart/British Bulldog matches are worth the money alone.
Disc Two compresses the Attitude Era into three hours and did a decent job doing so. I was never a big fan of this paticular epoch, but this disc was very entertaining. Expect to see more memorable moments than classic matches.
Disc Three was better than the second but not as good as the first. Shawn Michaels, who was pretty much absent from Disc Two, comes back and put on some great matches for this disc. Including classic with Kurt Angle, Shelton Benjamin (the future) and Edge. It was only fitting that this set ended with the "Return of Shawn Michaels". Who, along with the Undertaker, are the only two remaining "superstars" that were on the first RAW.
Like a lot of people pointed out, the box included moments that the DVD itself didn't have. Common sense should chalk that up to an obvious typo, but like Voltaire said, "Common sense is not so common".
Overall, I'm very pleased with this DVD set. Sure, it's not perfect, but the WWE can't read the mind's of every WWE fan. I prefer the "New Generation" Era where most people would rather see the Attitude Era. Everyone isn't going to get what they want. Get used to it, I have.
Thanks, Vince.
Movie Review: Nice, but where's the wrestling?
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a very good collection of highlights from Raw's run and will pacify WWE fans with its inexpensive price, but this can hardly be considered a definitive collection.
While it gives the fan a warm feeling to see some of these moments again in (largely) unedited form, the DVD sacrifices a lot of really excellent matches for 'segments', some of which are just stupid. (Did anyone really need to see Mean Street Posse VS. The Stooges, or Musical Chairs with Eugene?).
The few matches that are picked are good, but seem totally random. Perhaps in the future a 'Best Matches' Compilation can be released.
BTW, while some fans have complained about segments being edited or about the pop-ups, I did not find either to be a major distraction. With this collection being over 9 hours, there is only so much footage that can be shown, and frankly, I didn't find it obvious what was edited and what wasn't.
Movie Review: Too much editing.
Summary: 3 Stars
I have to say if you want to buy this disk go buy it at wal-mart. They have the very first raw as a bonus disk for the same price as anywhere else. That being said, The segments while good in some parts the others were highlights or just edited. I would heed other reviews that state that some of the matches are not uncut. I thought this was the biggest deficit in this disk. I loved it otherwise, and anyone who loved the monday night wars will too. Anyway as a disk if you can overlook the blatant edits or just highlights you will like it. Again I would heed the other reviews that warn about this.
DISC ONE
-First RAW - January 11, 1993
-Mr. Perfect vs. Ric Flair Loser Leaves WWE Match - January 18, 1993
-Parking Lot Brawl - May 10, 1993
-Razor Ramon vs. The Kid - May 17, 1993
-Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty Intercontinental Championship Match May 17, 1993
-Gorilla Monsoon Fires Bobby Heenan - December 6, 1993
-Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid WWE Championship Match - July 11, 1994
-The Search for The Undertaker - August 1994
-King's Court with William Shatner - January 9, 1995
-Shawn Michaels vs. Owen Hart - November 20, 1995
-Vader attacks WWE President Gorilla Monsoon - January 22, 1996
-A Touch of Goldust - May 27, 1996
-Pillman's Got a Gun - November 4, 1996
-Mankind vs. The Undertaker No Holds Barred - December 9, 1996
-Shawn Loses His Smile - February 13, 1997
-The Ninth Wonder of the World - February 17, 1997
-Original ECW Invasion - February 24, 1997
-Owen Hart vs. British Bulldog WWE European Championship Match - March 3, 1997
-Bret Speaks His Mind - March 17, 1997
-Flag Match - United States vs. Canada - July 21, 1997
-Stone Cold Stuns the Boss - September 22, 1997
-Bret Screwed Bret - November 17, 1997
-Sable in a Sack - December 8, 1997
-Gold Meets Water - December 15, 1997
-Christmas with DX - December 22, 1997
DISC TWO
-"Tyson and Austin!"- January 19, 1998
-DX Special Report - February 2, 1998
-Dumpster Diving - February 2, 1998
-Formation of the New DX- X-Pac Returns - March 30, 1998
-Stone Cold vs. Vince McMahon - April 13, 1998
-DX Invades WCW - April 27, 1998
-DX Nation - July 6, 1998
-Zamboni 3:16 - September 28, 1998
-The Debut of Mr. Socko - October 5, 1998
-McMahon's Cement Corvette - October 12, 1998
-Bang 3:16 - October 19, 1998
-Mankind wins the WWE Championship - January 4, 1999
-Stone Cold Beer Truck - March 22, 1999
-Monster Truck vs. Town Car - April 19, 1999
-Mean Street Posse vs. the Stooges - May 10, 1999
-The Greater Power Revealed - June 7, 1999
-Y2J - August 9, 1999
-Rock: This is Your Life - September 27, 1999
-Bossman Sympathy - November 8, 1999
-What Happens in Vegas... - November 29, 1999
-Jericho not the new Champion - April 17, 2000
-Shane Purchases WCW - March 26, 2001
-Milk-o-Mania - August 20, 2001
-Triple H Returns - January 7, 2002
-Past Meets Present - February 18, 2002
-Worlds Unite- Bischoff Hugs Vince - July 15, 2002
DISC THREE
-"The Rock" Concert - March 24, 2003
-Kane Unmasks - June 23, 2003
-Musical Chairs with Eugene - July 5, 2004
-Evolution Turns on Randy Orton - August 16, 2004
-Are you ready for some wrestling? - November 22, 2004
-Batista Turns on Triple H - February 21, 2005
-Shelton Benjamin vs. Shawn Michaels - Gold Rush Tournament Match May 2, 2005
-John Cena Drafted # 1 to RAW - June 6, 2005
-Edge / Lita Wedding - June 20, 2005
-Shawn Michaels turns on Hulk Hogan - July 4, 2005
-Jericho is Fired - August 22, 2005
-Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle - WWE Iron Man Match - October 3, 2005
-A Stone Cold Homecoming - October 3, 2005
-Eric Bischoff Trial - December 5, 2005
-Edge / Lita - Live Sex Celebration - January 9, 2006
-DX Impersonates Shane and Mr. McMahon - June 26, 2006
-Edge vs. Rob Van Dam vs. John Cena - Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship - July 3, 2006
-Edge vs. Shawn Michaels - Street Fight - January 22, 2007
-Shawn Michaels Returns! - October 8, 2007
Movie Review: Pretty good set, but still has a few flaws
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought this set was done fairly well. A lot of reviewers didn't like the pop-ups that tell little facts during the matches/clips. This didn't bother that much at all. What did bother me was that on the back on this set, it mentions certain moments that are not on the actual DVDs! Wtf? There was no Vince McMahon paternity test, and no Big Show choke slamming The Undertaker through the ring, both of which are mentioned on the back on the set! Also, there are some moments that seemed to be skipped through that I would have liked to see, and a lot of the later years stuff on disc 3 pretty much sucked. But then again, its still pretty cool to have a lot of the classic raw moments all together, as well as the very first episode of raw as a bonus disc (Yeah, I bought mine at Wal-Mart, and I'm not sure if this edition has that bonus disc with it.) Anyway, despite a few complaints, I did enjoy this collection, and I feel its definitely worth having if you're into wrestling.