WWE: The Ladder Match
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Movie Reviews of WWE: The Ladder Match
Movie Review: Good God! WWE Finally Got One Right.
Summary: 5 Stars
Every time I watch a WWE DVD I get the feeling that something's missing. "If only this match or that match were on here." It's always debatable what should be on a DVD. Not with this one. I got it, watching it right now, love it. Period. Name a big name and he's likely on here: Undertaker (I forgot he had a ladder match, but let's face it, it was to spotlight JHardy), HBK, RVD, The Rabid Wolverine, The Rock, Triple H, Bret Hart, the usual Ladder suspects (Edge & Christian, The Hardys, the Dudleys) and my main man Chris Jericho (since WWE did nothing as far as a DVD to highlight his career antics since the "Break Down The Walls" VHS, I have to find him where I can. It's always good to see ol' Y2J).
I really don't know how else to say that this is a DVD worth the money. I'm rebuilding my wrestling DVD collection and this is definitely a main eventer here. AND I'M NOT EVEN DONE WATCHING THE FIRST DISC.
The segments with Todd Grisham were cool. He spoke with Shawn Michaels, Edge, Jeff Hardy, etc. The way they were done were not over the top; I got the impression that WWE wanted the matches to speak for themselves and the commentary and appearances were to enhance the experience as opposed to the usual "hey, look it's me, now buy the DVD since I'm on it with my catch phrase."
Another thing was that the WrestleMania ladder matches were referred to, but not shown in their entirety. I guess WWE caught on that fans are only gonna buy they same repackaged stuff for so long. I didn't even know that HBK and Razor Ramon had a second ladder match. These are the matches that need to be shown.
I'm done. Time to pop in disc two.
Movie Review: Great DVD, with a strange censored portion.....
Summary: 5 Stars
The ladder match and the Hardys made me fall in love with wrestling in my preteen years, so its great to see a DVD that is basically dedicated to both (after all, Matt and Jeff are partly responsible for putting the match on the map). I like that the WWE went way back with the history of ladder matches and the selection here is great overall. I'm also very glad that only one or two of these matches overlap to the "Edge: A Decade of Decadence" DVD. Since he's been an integral part of the evolution of the ladder match, it would have been easy for duplicate matches to appear on both DVDs. Its good to see that WWE took the time to make sure this wasn't the case.
One thing struck me as odd, however: In the RAW match between RVD and Eddie, there is a shot where Eddie is climbing the ladder and the camera cuts to Benoit in the crowd. While the shot is on Benoit you hear the ladder crash, and the camera cuts back to the ring with Eddie and the ladder on the ground. Now, I watched this episode live on TV with a friend and in that moment a fan in a D-X shirt ran out and knocked the ladder over. Needless to say, this made us FREAK OUT, and explains why Eddie looks so pissed all of a sudden! I just find it silly that the WWE felt the need to edit this "one in a million" moment out. Come on guys, learn to laugh at yourselves a little!
But anyway, great and extensive DVD set! My only complaint is that the "formula" of the ladder match can get a bit repetitive if you watch the whole set in one sitting, but that's just minor nitpicking on an otherwise stellar collection.
Movie Review: Wrestling evolution shown in this set...
Summary: 5 Stars
This set includes a vast array of ladder matches...I'd strongly recommend this set for those, like me, that want DVD quality of rare matches (like the HBK vs. Bret Hart ladder match; previously only available on tape)...
This set is dynamic in that it shows a different side of wrestling,evolving it along the way, and how that side itself has evolved...compare matches from the beginning of the set (i.e. - Hart vs. HBK) to more recent ones like Nitro vs. Hardy. Whereas in the past the ladder was just used as a gimmick and the matches were effectively a normal wrestling match with the rare ladder spot, nowadays the match itself is competition to upstage a previous ladder match (some times more wrestling occurs on the ladder than in the ring)...
To those complaining about certain matches lacking the reason is simple: WWE has released many of those matches multiple times on DVD (HBK vs. Ramon from Wrestlemania X for example)...if you want those matches, look for them on other sets (Wrestlemania Anthology and HBK's Inside the Vault)...other's were truly that good (most ECW ladder matches were garbage matches...with a ladder thrown in)...
This, along with the steel cage DVD set "Bloodbath" truly shows how WWE can put forth an AMAZING collection of themed matches...
A big recommendation to order it...
Movie Review: You'll never get bored with this dvd
Summary: 5 Stars
I pre-ordered this a while back and somehow got it in the mail yesterday, 3 days before its release date. Lucky me, hell we're all lucky to see all these matches. For me personally, it was a chance to see the classics (like the TLC's), matches I haven't seen in years (Smackdown's TLC, RVD vs.Guerrero), and matches I've never seen period (4 way tag team match at Armegeddon, Benoit v. Jericho at Royal Rumble).
I've seen maybe half of all the matches so far, and I'm constantly picking my jaw up off the floor. So many highlights, I won't even bother to go into detail. Clearly, the is THE best dvd has ever put out, bar none.
My only gripe is the very first match, Jake Roberts (he's not even "The Snake" yet) v. Big Daddy Ritter (aka, Junkyard Dog). It's probably on here for nostalgia, to see these guys early in their career. Not a fun match, watch it once, then pretend it never happened. One of the funnier things I noticed on the Shawn Michaels/Razor Ramon match is an advertisement for Shawn's sunglasses and his poster, only 21.99, sadly the 800 # is blurred out. I have a feeling Vince will eventually put out some WCW stuff b/c their match on here is outstanding.
Anyway, stop reading this and start watching the dvd..
Movie Review: It's about time the WWE went all out!
Summary: 5 Stars
You already know what matches are on the dvd from other reviews so I'll just say it's great that they went all out with this dvd but there's still some good matches missing. Such as Eddie Guerrero vs X-Pac at NWO Souled Out (U.S title), Chris Beniot vs Jeff Jarrett at Starcade (U.S Title) "although we're lucky they didn't hold back the release of this dvd to take out the Beniot matches that are already on it", The Money in the Bank Match that RVD won and the one that Kennedy won.
Plus HBK's first Ladder match with Razor Ramon, both their Ladder matches could've been here since both are good. Goldberg also had a Ladder match with Scott Hall in WCW and that's not here either but I don't remember that one being too good. I remember Kurt Angle vs Chris Beniot in a Ladder match with the medals on the line but that might've been a 3 Stages of Hell match so that could be why it's on not here. But despite some matches missing this is a more sold WWE dvd than the WWE title match dvd. I hope they release a Vol 2 of the World Heavyweight Title History since a lot of good matches are missing and I'm not talking about John Cena matches "snores".