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Continuing WWE’s year of outstanding Pay-Per-Views comes May’s offering. It begins in a strange fashion as the event starts immediately with an in-progress Battle Royal, not with the traditional video package and introduction from the commentators. This is different but not in a bad way, there’s something to be said for being thrust directly into the action, especially a multi-man match which has an important prize; The winner can choose whether to take on the Intercontinental Champion (Cody Rhodes) or the United States Champion (Santino Marella) later in the show. It spoils nothing to tell you that Christian wins and takes on Cody Rhodes later in the show, as the match is advertised in the Blu-Ray description. As with all Battle Royals, there are a handful of people who you believe have a chance of winning, padded out with a bunch of people who have zero chance of success, but it’s still fun nonetheless. I believed The Miz or Christian had the best chance of victory, as nobody else looked on their level, but I still had fun watching the hectic rumble.
The Battle Royal reaches it’s conclusion
The second match is as exciting as the first as the team of R-Truth and Kofi Kingston defend their Tag-Team Titles against Vickie Guerrero’s charges Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. This match contains all the enjoyment that you would expect from the four men involved and leads nicely into a feel-good Diva’s championship bout when Champion Beth Phoenix defends her title against a returning Layla. Layla really has improved during her year-long hiatus and this is one of the better Divas matches in some time. As Layla was a surprise entrant it becomes obvious that the crowd were expecting the return of the formidable Kharma and seem deflated that it wasn’t her, which is a real shame as Layla’s return was a genuine shock and also an impressive outing for the UK born Diva.
The Mexican Aristocrat shows his vicious side as he double-stomps Randy Orton to save Jericho (and the World Championship) from the pin in the exhilarating Fatal Four Way.
The second best match of the night is next as the World Heavyweight Championship is on the line in a Fatal-Four Way. The Champion Sheamus takes on three of the best in Randy Orton, Chris Jericho and long-time rival Alberto Del Rio in this scintillating encounter. On any other PPV this would have been the best match of the event but there’s no shame in taking the second-prize to CM Punk and Daniel Bryan. This is hard-hitting, relentless and at times technically beautiful as all four men bring their A-Game. Definitely one of my favourite PPV matches of the year thusfar and it is as exciting to watch the second or third time around.
I’m laughing as I upload this ridiculous photograph. Oh Miz…
The Miz takes on Brodus Clay in a throwaway match, however, The Miz dances like Michael Jackson in perhaps the most bizarre moment I have seen in some time, and honestly, is one of the reasons to watch this show as it hasn’t failed to be as hilarious or cringeworthy on repeat viewing (and I have watched it A LOT!) Which segues into the match that was set-up earlier in the evening as Battle Royal victor Christian chooses his opponent to be Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. This match is, of course excellent, even if I didn’t agree with the result. Although Cody’s unwavering certainty that Captain Charisma will choose to take the ‘easy win’ over Santino as he sucks up to Christian backstage in a bid to save his title on such short notice is very amusing. Cody Rhodes is such a special talent. I hope WWE realise this and elevate him soon.
A picture-perfect dropkick from the “Uncommon Son of a Common Man” as Cody Rhodes defends his IC Title against Captain Charisma.
This is for the World Title, this should have been the main event, CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan is not only the match of the night but also a strong contender for WWE Match of the Year. If you were wavering on whether or not to purchase this disc then this is your decider, it is just fantastic. A technical masterclass by two of the best wrestlers in the world. These men are no strangers to each other from their time on the Independent circuit, and it shows. This is just a phenomenal match-up between two men who are at the top of their profession, a real joy to watch. Expect this to show up on many ‘Best of’ compilations for years to come, simply breathtaking.
Daniel Bryan applies a Mexican Surfboard to CM Punk in this amazing WWE Title Match
Ryback takes on Hunico’s amigo Camacho in a decent little bout which features more competition than Ryback’s usual squash matches to calm down the crowd after what should have been the main event of the evening. I don’t envy the quasi-comedy match of John Cena vs John Laurinaitis having to follow that white-hot encounter between Punk and Bryan. The match is okay but is basically a timewaster or TV match and in no way should have headlined a Pay-per-View. The finish was obvious from the moment that John Laurinaitis fired The Big Show on the previous Monday’s Raw and the stipulation was pointless. It’s enough of a distraction to not put a dampener on the night’s festivities, but it has no re-watch value.
Hunico tries to help his friend in his outing against Ryback
The Blu-Ray exclusive features include an incomplete episode of Monday Night Raw and a match and segment from Smackdown. All of these releases should include at least one complete episode of each show to show you what led to the PPV and, ideally, the follow-up episodes of Raw and Smackdown from the week following the PPV to see what the fall-out was. For £17 (£12 on sale here) it could stretch to two discs to include these features and it would make it more appealing to me and I suspect, others too.
The two Johns take time out to do a touch of commentary in a genuinely funny comedy spot in their match.
All in all this release deserves: 8/10
Contents:
20-Man People Power Over the Top Rope Battle Royal
Open
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Jack Swagger & Dolph Ziggler
Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins receive their assignments from Eve
Divas Championship Match
Layla vs. Beth Phoenix
Matt Striker Interviews Randy Orton
Fatal 4-Way Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton
Eve and Cody Rhodes discuss People Power
Brodus Clay vs. The Miz
Intercontinental Championship Match
Cody Rhodes vs. Christian
Josh Mathews Interviews CM Punk
WWE Championship Match
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan
Eve and David Otunga discuss the main event
Ryback vs. Camacho
John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis
Special Feature
Home Video Exclusive
Matt Striker Interviews Sheamus Over The Limit – 20th May, 2012
Blu-ray Exclusive Content
Monday Night Raw 14th May, 2012
Triple H addresses Brock Lesnar
Big Show vs. Kane
Brodus Clay, Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. The Miz, Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger
John Cena confronts John Laurinaitis
SmackDown 18th May, 2012
John Laurinaitis disagrees with The Board of Directors
Presented by the amiable and always entertaining Mick Foley, this set kicks off in style with the former Cactus Jack explaining to us in his own silly style just what the term ‘Falls Count Anywhere’ will encompass in this DVD. He also tells us he is wearing casual dress slacks, and as such is a corporate sell-out, which is adorable (this isn’t the last we hear of his discomfort in wearing this garment) and it is moments like this that help this release give the fun (and often brutal) feeling that it has obviously set out to deliver.
Mick Foley presents a Cactus Jack Match. BANG! BANG!
Much like the UFC “Ultimate Knockouts” series, which is pure beer, pizza and buddy viewing, I think this was the intended audience for this set too. It really does have that dip in and out, frenetic pace which works so well as Saturday Night viewing as these gimmick matches are often appealing to non-fans and never super-serious feud enders. They always have the dangerous yet fun factor so the presentation is perfect.
To say it is a fun disc set is in no way to suggest it is a thrown-together compilation. It is VERY well-researched and compiled. We begin with a long forgotten 1981 “Alley Fight” between Sgt. Slaughter and Pat Patterson. As usual the picture is 4:6 with the blurred borders, but it’s not distracting at all, actually a lot of the archive footage is shown this way and it’s not a problem. This match is old, but it stands up well next to the other matches and is a cool insight into how the match-style has progressed. I love when the WWE feature rarely seen matches on Home Video Releases, it’s such a great way to use their extensive archives as this footage is unavailable in any other DVD. The same can be said for the fun mixed person Atlanta Street Fight from Starrcade 1985, which is up next.
The Referee’s face tells the story.
After that we head straight into the Nineties, and are treated to an eclectic mix of WWE, WCW and ECW and the running order is fabulous. Not only is it served up chronologically but it’s also the madness of the Attitude Era and the pressure of the Monday Night Wars but also the threat of an upstart company doing things better (ECW) that mean the competition and realism is stepped up and the result is some fantastically crazy and brutal matches. Bam Bam Bigelow vs Taz is excellent, but even the pre-Attitude Era Crush vs Macho Man from Wrestlemania X is really enjoyable, and a lot cleverer than I recalled. Great bout.
Randy Savage, an innovator in many ways
There is honestly no match on this selection that isn’t worthy of it’s place and every match is so much different than the last. The Shane vs Vince Street fight is so engaging and along with his ‘Love her or leave her streetfight’ shows what a daredevil Shane McMahon really was. The Divas are even represented with an amusing encounter between Mickie James and Melina. I think every base is covered here, and it is an absolute delight.
Even the Boss gets Brutal.
The set features a great deal of Smackdown and Raw matches too which goes along with my view on the old matches, it is exactly the correct usage of the WWE Library to showcase not only matches that are unavailable elsewhere, but also to show just how good their TV Matches are and can be. There’s not a single wasted moment on this Boxset and the segues with Mick Foley are just the icing on the cake. I cannot see how this could possibly be improved upon and I am so thrilled by WWE’s strong output recently, that for at least the third time in as many months I will give this Blu-Ray top marks, which is something I will never do lightly. The added BR features really add to an already packed release and feature some great and memorable encounters. I cannot wait to see what World Wrestling Entertainment has to spoil me with next.
10/10
Content:
Disc 1:
The Names May Vary
Alley Fight
Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter Madison Square Garden – 4th May, 1981
Atlanta Street Fight
Jimmy Valiant & Ms. Atlanta Lively vs. Midnight Express Starrcade – 28th November, 1985
Street Fight for the NWA Tag Team Championship
Doom vs. Barry Windham & Arn Anderson Starrcade – 16th December, 1990
A Fresh Face
Falls Count Anywhere Match
Sting vs. Cactus Jack Beach Blast – 20th June, 1992
Falls Count Anywhere Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Crush WrestleMania X – 20th March, 1994
Windy City Mayhem
Chicago Street Fight
Booker T & Sting vs. The Road Warriors Uncensored – 24th March, 1996
Chicago Street Fight
Ahmed Johnson & The Legion of Doom vs. Faarooq, Savio Vega & Crush WrestleMania 13 – 23rd March, 1997
Street Fight
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Bret “Hit Man” Hart Raw – 21st April, 1997
Disc 2:
Multiple Personalities
Falls Count Anywhere Match
Cactus Jack vs. Triple H Raw – 22nd September, 1997
Falls Count Anywhere Match
Tazz vs. Bam Bam Bigelow Heatwave – 2nd August, 1998
A Brand New Title
Hardcore Championship Match
Al Snow vs. Hardcore Holly St. Valentine’s Day Massacre – 14th February, 1999
Fully Loaded Strap Match
The Rock vs. Triple H Fully Loaded – 25th July, 1999
Love Her or Leave Her Greenwich Street Fight
Test vs. Shane McMahon SummerSlam – 22nd August, 1999
Dictators on a Power Trip
WWE Championship Match
Big Show vs. Kane Raw – 20th December, 1999
Hardcore Championship Match
Crash Holly vs. The Headbangers SmackDown – 16th March, 2000
Street Fight
Mr. McMahon vs. Shane McMahon Raw – 29th October, 2001
Street Fight
‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair vs. Mr. McMahon Royal Rumble – 20th January, 2002
Disc 3:
Greatest Comeback Story
Unsanctioned Street Fight
Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H SummerSlam – 25th August, 2002
Street Fight for the World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H vs. Kevin Nash Insurrextion – 7th June, 2003
Inside the Divas’ Locker Room
Falls Count Anywhere Match for the WWE Women’s Championship
Melina vs. Mickie James Raw – 5th March, 2007
Street Fight
Triple H vs. Umaga Cyber Sunday – 28th October, 2007
Street Fight
John Cena vs. Umaga Raw – 16th June, 2008
New Stars on the Rise
Submissions Count Anywhere Match
D-Generation X vs. Legacy Breaking Point – 13th September, 2009
Street Fight
Rey Mysterio vs. Batista SmackDown – 11th December, 2009
Street Fight
Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes SmackDown – 4th November, 2011
A Little Tidying Up
Blu-ray Exclusive Content
Boiler Room Brawl
Mankind vs. Santa Claus Raw – 20th December, 1999
Street Fight
Triple H vs. Sheamus Extreme Rules – 25th April, 2010
Falls Count Anywhere Match
Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes Extreme Rules – 1st May, 2011
Street Fight
Randy Orton vs. Kane SmackDown – 22nd July, 2011
It’s that time again everyone, as the lovely folks over at Silver Vision have been kind enough to supply you, the lovely listeners of Dropkick Radio, with some prizes. This time we have 2012 PPV event of Over The Limit, featuring a main event of John Laurinitis vs John Cena, with Laurinitis’ WWE career on the line, as well as a standout WWE Title match between CM Punk and Daniel Bryan.
We have 3 prizes of a DVD of this event, and the first lucky winner may even have a chance to upgrade to Blu Ray.
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The road to Wrestlemania is a tough trek, but it is not without it’s rewards. However, those prizes are deeply hidden. Thus is the concept of The Elimination Chamber. Whilst the last chance to enter Wrestlemania as World or WWE Champion is just a pinfall away, it is also only available at the steep cost of your health, inside ‘Satan’s Structure’. Six men enter the cage and four of those men are then locked inside bulletproof pods until their time to enter the fracas presents itself. Two men start the match and trapped inside an enormous metal cell, anything goes. But, you have to wonder, is it beneficial to begin the match and try to outlast five other opponents or is it in your favour to come out last and fresh, but by that time, you have watched the damage and danger your fellow competitiors have endured, and the claustrophobia and anxiety has set in.
With that in mind, it is time to watch the carnage unfold, as CM Punk and Daniel Bryan head into the Chamber as champions, and try to leave the same way.
We open the show with the WWE Championship Match. The Champion, CM Punk and high-flyer Kofi Kingston begin the contest in exciting fashion, once co-holders of the Tag Team Championships together and still fan favourites, these two men know each other well and their styles mesh beautifully in the outset of this match. Part of the fun of this match-type is watching how the guys in the pods react and interact to the action. Here CM Punk’s nemesis, Chris Jericho, is taunting Punk from behind his plexiglass and Dolph Ziggler is using his pod as a personal gym, there’s always something going on (R-Truth and The Miz round out the line-up). The main story of this match is Jericho taking a bump to the outside which leaves him incapacitated, but that is far from the only memorable part of this fast-paced and exhilarating bout and it is perhaps the best Chamber match in recent memory.
Dolph Ziggler doing what he does best, Showing Off.
The divas title is then defended in a regular match (The Elimination Chamber is only used for the WWE and World Heavyweight title matches) by Champion Beth Phoenix against Tamina Snuka. Although Tamina is somewhat an unknown quantity as far as PPV matches are concerned, she holds her own wonderfully against the dominant Glamazon, in a genuinely enjoyable Divas match. This should be the standard at which WWE demands from their female competitors if the Women’s title is to ever be taken seriously.
Next up is a break from the action with an amusing in-ring segment featuring John Laurinatis gathering support to usurp Teddy Long and become General Manager of both Raw and Smackdown. This features appearances from Mark Henry, Alberto del Rio and Christian returning from injury to show allegiance to Laurinaitis. This is fun but in retrospect it makes little sense because ADR didn’t return until after Wrestlemania, so wasn’t on Johnny’s team and Christian has since returned as a Fan Favourite who has gone against the opinions he holds here. Nevermind, we still get this visual:
David Otunga; Wrestler, Bow-Tie Enthusiast, Lawyer, Photographer…
Surprisingly, it is already time for the Smackdown Main Event as World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan defends his title against Santino Marella, The Great Khali, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes and Big Show. Interestingly, Bryan starts his Elimination Chamber at a greater advantage than his Raw counterpart as he begins his defense inside a pod. So it is the Giant and the Bareknuckle fighter who kick this match off with more of a fight than the previous Chamber match. Looking at the combatants in this bout may give you the feeling that this is a weaker match than the excellent encounter earlier in the night with two lumbering giants and a ‘comedy act’ but you’d be wrong, this is every bit as enthralling as this type of match promises and despite us following Marella in a number of Rocky style montages, he is all business once the bell rings and the crowd support for him is heartwarming.
The following match is good but had it just been added without the ridiculous preceding segment featuring a dwarf and a flatulent Diva, it would have felt so much better. Justin Gabriel and Jack Swagger tangle over the United States Championship in a great little impromptu match in a battle of the criminally underused talent. They both deserve so much more and such better treatment, I can only hope that the cream will rise to the top sooner rather than later. Skip the stupid segment and enjoy this on it’s own merits because it’s how it should be viewed.
Great Wrestlers who deserve better
The main event is next. An Ambulance Match between Kane and John Cena. Can I just reiterate, the main event of the last PPV before Wrestlemania 28, entitled Elimination Chamber featuring box art of the ‘demonic structure’ is an Ambulance Match between two guys who aren’t even champions. Yes, that happened. The point of this match is to incapacitate your opponent and stuff him into the back of an Ambulance. This is, of course, a no-holds barred match. For what it is, it is enjoyable enough, it harkens back to the feud that made this match necessary, which is a nice touch and has enough spectacle to keep your attention, it’s not Main Event-worthy though and certainly not to the calibre of the cage matches, but it doesn’t matter, it’s good enough to not annoy.
2012 is another strong year and Elimination Chamber keeps it’s momentum going. A great event which is worth buying for the Raw Match alone and it is at a ridiculously low price at Silvervision’s website. I’d recommend this highly. The video and sound are both excellent, as is the presentation, the only special feature is an interview with Daniel Bryan, which is amusing, but you’ll only watch once. A Blu-Ray is available too, which has much better extra features.
After a strong 2011 we head into a new year with WWE’s 25th Annual Royal Rumble event. Since it’s inception it has continuously been one of the most highly anticipated dates on WWE’s calendar. Last year saw the first ever 40 man Rumble but this year we return to the familiar 30-man battle royal and it really was anyone’s year. We have some shock entries, some amazing comedy spots and most importantly a surprising and exciting finish.
Now in the wake of Wrestlemania we know who won the Royal Rumble and we also know that he was successful in his Wrestlemania Title Shot, awarded to him by his victory at this event. Unfortunately, if you didn’t know and watch your PPV’s on Home Video release, then you will know the result by looking at the DVD cover, which is a confusing trend that WWE need to alter.
Of course the actual Rumble will always be the spectacle and be the thing that draws you in, but to discount the undercard would be a great shame. The opener between Mark Henry, Daniel Bryan and Big Show was a great Triple Threat match and a fitting start to a fantastic show.
The Divas match is a strong 8-Woman Tag, which deserves a mention just for the amazingly co-ordinated outfits, I appreciated that symmetry Girls! The (in my view) boring Kane/Cena feud hits somewhat of a highpoint in the third contest, but isn’t anything special and the Funkasaurus squashes a man far too talented to be treated that way in Drew McIntyre.
Finally we get an extremely fun and exciting contest for the WWE Title as Raw GM John Laurinaitis officiates the match between Dolph Ziggler and the Champion, CM Punk.
Anyone who regularly reads my reviews will know that I considered 2011 to be amongst, if not, THE strongest year WWE have produced in the 30 years I have watched the product, and if this event is a preview of what 2012 holds then I am equally as excited for this year as I was by the previous 12 months.
Production quality, audio and visually, this DVD release is perfect. The event alone garners a strong 9 from me, but WWE’s refusal to use the ‘extra features’ as anything other than a couple of interview segments really lets it down. Some small interviews with past winners explaining what the victory meant to them and their career would be infinitely more insightful and important than a short statement from a guy who will discuss his feelings on WWE.com or the week’s following TV shows anyway.
If you have the means to purchase the Blu-Ray, ALWAYS do that, the features on WWE’s BR are always excellent. This release is great and the event is essential, but the laurel-resting when it comes to the extras is enough to dock it a full point. It’s like still mewing about ‘Interactive Menus’ on DVD boxes. That area needs re-evaluation.
As part of a global media conference call ahead of the TNA Sacrifice PPV event, that will air this coming Wednesday (16th May) on Challenge TV here in the UK, we had the opportunity to ask former TNA World Champion Mr. Ken Anderson a few questions.
Here for you is the transcript of our conversation with him that will also be aired on our program this coming Monday (14th May, live from 7pm GMT) at DropkickRadio.com
DKR – Hello Ken, how are you doing?
KA – What’s up Jeremy?
Former TNA Champion Mr. Anderson
DKR – Doing good thank you, doing good. I just wanted to ask you, TNA recently began a new monthly concept in the form of Open Fight Night. Quite a unique concept given you’ve got the Gut Check & you’ve got people coming out who can challenge seemingly anybody and I just wanted to get your thoughts on concept and how you think it can help further develop IMPACT Wrestling in the long run?
KA – Y’know it’s something I have always been a proponent of and I kind of got this idea from Paul Heyman, when I was at OVW, and that is that everybody should always be going after the title. They should be going after the title because it’s the most important thing in the company. Throughout the history of wrestling it seemed like there’s always just been one person, maybe sometimes two people, going after the ‘prize possession’ of the company at one time. So I really, really enjoy this idea. I think it’s going to open up a ton of avenues, there’s a million different places you can go with it and I just think it opens up the options for entertainment [that] are literally endless.
DKR – You’ve toured internationally both with WWE & with TNA but I wanted to ask you from the international perspective how has your experiences with the two differed and when it came to you being on the UK tour last year, what’s a lasting memory of that tour for you?
KA – Oh man. The experience with both companies, from a logistical standpoint, just from hotels, accommodation, things like that is roughly the same. Actually the tour that I had with TNA, the one [international] tour I had with TNA [last year], was one of the hardest tours I’ve ever been on and it wasn’t that long of a tour either. The most I’ve ever been on for an overseas tour was a 21 day tour and I believe we did 19 shows in 21 days. I believe we did 7 or 8 shows on the tour with TNA and it was emotionally, mentally and physically draining because we had lot of [traveling] and not a lot of downtime. But the shows were fantastic, the crowds are always great and I specifically remember the UK show, the England show & the Ireland show. It was just absolutely… the fans were just insane. Personally I would love to have an Impact [TV] taping or a PPV taping there.
DKR – I wanted to ask you a question relating to your very integral catchphase when it comes to your dialogue, that being about the use of the word a**hole. It’s quite unique to say the least and I wanted to ask you if you could elaborate on how it came to be you using word regularly and what your thoughts were when the fans actually started chanting back you “we are a**holes”?
On the A**hole catchphrase getting over with the fans: ” …egotistically it was one of the best moments of my career…”
KA – Well, I’ll tell you egotistically it was one of the best moments of my career and I’ll tell you why. Because when I was working my butt off on the [independent circuit] a long time ago, I think 2004/2005 maybe even earlier than that, I remember watching the wresting shows and whenever somebody was not well received by the audience, the audience would often chant “a**hole” repeatedly over & over again. And I just remember thinking, at the time one of my catchphrases was “nice guys finish last, thank god I’m an a**hole”. I just remember thinking ‘god wouldn’t it be cool if you could call yourself an a**hole and get the crowd to chant “a**hole” but have it be a positive thing instead of a negative thing’. Now I remember when I had my first meeting with Vince [McMahon] he asked me “do you have any catchphrases?” and that was one of the things I brought up. I kind of pitched that idea to him and he kind of shook his head at it, he poo pooed it. Which at the time the show was going [in] a PG direction, [it was] starting to head that way and that was his decision.
But when I got to TNA and had a little more freedom, a little more freedom creatively on the microphone, if I was given a promo there was just bullet points and if I didn’t really necessarily ‘feel’ what was on the paper I was pretty free to change it up. I went out there one night and I hit that line. And interestingly enough Vince Russo the wrote for me, the next week, the line about ‘Jeff Hardy has his fans, he calls them the Creatures Of The Night, well I’ve got my own fans [and] and I call them Anderson’s A**holes’ and right at that moment the crowd, the entire crowd started chanting “we are a**holes” and it was like, kind of a vision, an idea that I had had in my head for seven or eight years had finally hit and it stuck and it worked. So I was very happy. A lot of times they always say it’s better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission, because a lot of times if you have a picture in your head of something, and a lot of times I’ll have a picture in my head of something I know with beyond a shadow of a doubt will work. But if you try to explain that to somebody they don’t quite see the picture the way that you do and they don’t agree with it and they tell you no. Well you’re SOL [S**t Outta Luck], you can’t do it at that point. Even if you do it and it’s successful you’re going to be in trouble. So it’s better to sometimes just take a chance and say “hey, I’m sorry. I thought of that on the fly [and] I won’t do it again”.
DKR – Excellent. Thank you very much.
KA – You’re welcome.
The TNA Sacrifice PPV event will air for free this coming Wednesday (May 16th) at 10pm on Challenge TV.
April 11th 2011 was a sad day for Wrestling, not only did we lose Larry Sweeney, but Edge unexpectedly retired. For almost 13 years Edge had been one of WWE’s most charismatic and exciting Superstars. Although plagued by neck injuies, he had just successfully defended his World Title at Wrestlemania 27 when the surprise announcement aired on Monday Night Raw and it shook the WWE fanbase, he was a top guy, and in a puff of smoke, he was gone.
This DVD runs an impressive near seven hours and encapsulates his career beautifully, and his rarest and best-loved matches are divided between Discs Two and Three, but as always, the draw here for me is the first disc of the set. Disc one is a near-two hour long documentary about the man behind Edge, Adam Copeland, and his fantastic career. The talking heads featured here are of the highest calibre, from his beloved Mother, to childhood and College friends to Rhino, Lita, William Regal, Trish Stratus, all his peers and dearest friends.
First impressions are thus; Edge brought you to this release but Adam keeps you here, he is so disarmingly sweet and humble that you want to sit and hear what he has to tell you, and what he has to tell you is fascinating. Not often do you see an ex-wrestler so at peace with being just that. He doesn’t miss anything about the spotlight, and his serenity is intoxicating, he regrets nothing and is just enjoying his life and the fruits of his labour, it’s just… lovely.
He’s so honest too, he admits times when he lucked his way through situations that turned out to his favour, and is so open about the Lita/Matt Hardy affair that it’s hard not to sympathise with the difficult predicament that he found himself in following the scandal.
There is no lull or points in the documentary that drag or feel like filler. His career and life is just so interesting that the hour and fifty minutes pass quickly. It ranks up there with one of WWE’s finest documentary releases which is praise indeed for a company with an exceptional back catalogue.
The two discs of matches are listed here along with the Blu-Ray extras which is also available at a special low price from http://www.silvervision.co.uk. Of course, the picture quality, sound quality and menu screens are all perfect as is the case with all WWE releases.
An excellent keepsake for one of WWE’s most memorable Superstars, and it’s hard to think of a man more deserving of a DVD package of this calibre than the Rated-R Superstar. Enjoy your free-time Edge!
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