Wrestling Gold Special Edition
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Features
• Box set
• Color
• NTSC
In Theaters : 01 January, 2001
DVD Release : 24 April, 2001 |
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Wrestling Gold Special Edition Customer Reviews
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CLASSIC!!!!!!!
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This is a must have for Texas wrestling fans. According to his website, Kevin Von Erich will be releasing DVDs of World Class Wrestling (in other words, he owns most of the footage). However, there is a Kerry and David Tag match on this collection. There were many matches from my favorite wrestling organization: Southwest Championship Wrestling. This was owned by Tully's father - Joe Blanchard.
For those who think Mick Foley is hardcore, watch Bruiser Brody vs Abdullah the Butcher. You will ask, "Mick who????" Brody, as Jim Cornette says, was known as "Texas' favorite son." Who can forget Bruiser Brody!!!!!
The great Wahoo McDaniel is on this collection, too. Tully Blanchard and Wahoo had a great rivalry on SCW. I must not forget Gino Hernandez. Ivan Putski was great. Al Perez, Manny Fernandez, Eric Embry, Scott Casey, the very young Road Warriors, Tommy Rich - the list goes on.
Listening to the alternate commentary with Cornette and Meltzer (mainly the former), gives one insight as well as laughter. Meltzer reminded me of a simple statement that people hated: "Beat me (us).........if you can." The Grapplers always said this in their interviews. I won't give everything away, but Cornette says (and I do remember this) the USA Network did have a weekly Southwest Championship Wrestling show. Bobby Jaggers (who isn't on this collection) had a rivalry with Scott Casey. During one interview, Casey had a bucket, and I'll leave it there. It was hilarious. Cornette then says that was one of the reasons why Southwest wrestling was kicked off the USA Network.
A negative I found was there were no interviews on this collection from the time. At that time the interviews were even more entertaining than the matches such as the altercation described above. Back then, they actually wrestled. Another negative was/is that either the matches are joined in progress or the men were already in the ring when the footage starts. In other words, the entrances are missing. However, there may not have been music playing while the wrestlers went to the ring at the time. I can't remember. And for those of you like Edge who remember the Road Warriors coming out to "What a rush!!!" this is for you (then again, I'm older than Edge): when I first saw them (way before the 90's), the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom came out to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" which was very fitting.
Another reviewer said there were other wrestling organizations besides Texas' and Memphis. In other words, there is too much Texas and Memphis stuff. I agree. Nonetheless, we must keep in mind 1) who owns the material and 2) the owners may want to come out with their own collections such as St. Louis. Jim Cornette also says wrestling organizations often recorded over old tapes which brings up another negative: some of the video quality and video angles (or the lack of).
One of the few positive opinions I have about the WWE, theirs DVD's are pretty good quality. Then again, video became better in the latter 80's. There are few, if any, cameras at ringside in the Memphis footage. In this collection, there isn't really a clear, view at the wrestlers due to the video. The Southwest Championship Wrestling footage is good because it was taped in a small building (the audience was less than 10 rows), and, therefore, well-lit. Some matches were a little dark ( usually in the larger arenas) because, again, back then, video wasn't great, but also because wrestling did not have the big, bright lights like it does now.
We old wrestling fans (I say that for those who think WWE rules since I'm 35) are grateful McMahon doesn't own any of this stuff. If he did, we'd never see it again. I hate the fact that he owns all of the NWA/WCW of the 80's. Too bad my family didn't even own a VCR until 1988. I do have memorable stuff recorded.
Until I saw the Spoiler and Ox Baker on this collection, I forgot about them and something no one knew until now about me. I was SCARED of them. When I watched Ox Baker on a weekly basis, he used the heart punch. I had to be less than the age of 8 or 9. Around the ages 9-11, I saw the Spoiler on a weekly basis. He put a lot of fear into me that sometimes I slept in the living room or on the floor of my sisters' room so I would have to sleep alone in my room. Of course back then I really thought wrestling was real
Oh, yeah......... here's a very young Shawn Micheals, too. Many other wrestlers as well. |
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