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Post by lmoney215 on Jan 18, 2007 20:56:39 GMT -5
i just the world class dvd last night and watched it. damn its a good dvd. its sad that fritz never wanted to go beyond dallas, how technology advanced they were at the time, and that almost 1/2 their active roster has died since 1982. a damn good dvd, a must buy for any true wrestling fan.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jan 18, 2007 21:02:30 GMT -5
I've been wanting this in the worst way. I should have a little money coming in relatively soon, I may bite the bullet and order it. I've heard nothing but wonderful things about it.
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Post by Se7en: Horse That Wrote Poems on Jan 18, 2007 21:02:35 GMT -5
it was good. A little depressing and the DVDs production values were low (audio and all that).
I want to see Vince's example of the Best of WCCW
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Post by Error on Jan 18, 2007 22:15:31 GMT -5
It was awesome. The part where Kevin walks through the Sportatorium one last time and the video package that follows had me tears.
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Post by lmoney215 on Jan 19, 2007 12:30:46 GMT -5
the extras on the second disc are okay, i liked the jim cornette intervew but everything else was mostly opinion pieces. seeing iceman king parsons' butt butt move was pretty bad ass as well. very historical, very interesting as well.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jan 19, 2007 12:32:37 GMT -5
when i saw the headline, my heart started racing because I read "Heroes of Wrestling DVD"
World Class was good too. I have to pick up that DVD.
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Post by lmoney215 on Jan 20, 2007 7:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by leemir on Jan 20, 2007 10:04:27 GMT -5
Some parts were really shocking & sad, Kevin Von Erich has to be one of the men I respect most in all Wrestling, it was shocking when he told how his Dad put the same gun that Kerry used on himself to his head. I felt sorry for Kev but then he said "Don't feel sorry for me, I've had a great life". Another quote from Kevin "Once I had 4 brothers & now I'm not even a brother".
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Post by Kerry Von Erich is my hero on Jan 20, 2007 12:36:31 GMT -5
i got this dvd a few days ago, and i must say it is really good, and if you have an extra 20 bucks or so lying around, definately pick it up. One thing I was sort of dissapointed about it was, that i wish it showed a bit more footage of guys like Rick Rude and Dingo Warrior rather than keeping the sole focus on von erichs/freebirds/adams&hernandez etc.. I also wished they could have gotten more wrestler interviews from people who had worked there. The only actual wrestlers we got to see talk were Kevin Von Erich, John Mantell, Skandar Akbar (who did wrestle in WCCW before becoming a manager) and Chris Adams. The rest of the interview pieces were all either managers, announcers or bookers. But all and all it was a good DVD, and i look forward to WWE's version of how the World Class drama unfolded
However, the best part of the DVD was the skit in which Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin was forced to be David Von Erichs slave for a day on the Von Erich ranch, and it was shown in its entirety too. I hadnt seen that since i was a little kid, and it brought back a whole lot of memories
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Post by darthpipes on Jan 20, 2007 12:53:49 GMT -5
I just got the DVD a few days ago and I'm looking forward to watching it.
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Post by lmoney215 on Jan 20, 2007 13:11:55 GMT -5
I think there was a lack of wrestler interviews was because most of the roster is dead. The majority of the big names were dead and some still work for wwe and probably couldn't get on cause of that as well.
Its amazing how big WCCW has gotten at one point. seeing a couple of old ric flair promos and matches were simply amazing at the time compared to now.
seeing bruiser brody in a positive light was good as well.
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Post by darthpipes on Jan 20, 2007 19:23:01 GMT -5
I just finished watching it and I thought it was a great documentary. The WCCW footage was just awesome and it was clear they knew how to do a wrestling show. I never realized just how much of the heart of Dallas wrestling David Von Erich was and how the promotion never fully recovered when he died. Also got the impression that Fritz's father was an even bigger pr*ck than Fritz was.
I know the WWE is going to be doing a WCCW DVD this year but I can't see it being better than this one. They'll have actual matches though and you should get interviews with guys like Michael Hayes and Flair.
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Post by Kerry Von Erich is my hero on Jan 20, 2007 19:35:56 GMT -5
I think there was a lack of wrestler interviews was because most of the roster is dead. The majority of the big names were dead and some still work for wwe and probably couldn't get on cause of that as well. Thats not true, I believe only (and i use that word loosely) about 18 WCCW wrestlers have passed on. There were plenty of people who they could have interviewed who arent currently employed by WWE, Buddy Roberts, Jimmy Garvin, Missing Link, Kabuki, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Warrior, Fantastics, Shawn and Steve Simpson, just to name a few. |
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Post by kidtamagotchi on Jan 21, 2007 2:05:06 GMT -5
I saw this DVD at Best Buy today (for $15.99), and I'm kicking myself for not getting it! I really want to see this.
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Post by lmoney215 on Jan 21, 2007 5:26:42 GMT -5
I think there was a lack of wrestler interviews was because most of the roster is dead. The majority of the big names were dead and some still work for wwe and probably couldn't get on cause of that as well. Thats not true, I believe only (and i use that word loosely) about 18 WCCW wrestlers have passed on. There were plenty of people who they could have interviewed who arent currently employed by WWE, Buddy Roberts, Jimmy Garvin, Missing Link, Kabuki, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Warrior, Fantastics, Shawn and Steve Simpson, just to name a few. 18 people is a very significant number, i didn't even want to number how many people that the dvd showed who passed on because that is quite a number. im sure the director tried to get as many people as he could for this documentary, perhaps some people just dont want to talk about world class, cause of its past or for money or whatever. but for what its worth, its definately a good buy, and will probably cover things that the WWE world class dvd will probably miss. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2007 10:25:48 GMT -5
However, the best part of the DVD was the skit in which Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin was forced to be David Von Erichs slave for a day on the Von Erich ranch, and it was shown in its entirety too. I hadnt seen that since i was a little kid, and it brought back a whole lot of memories That was actually part of the first wrestling show I had ever watched. I still remember it clear as day. That skit, Iceman Parsons & Brian Adias beating the Super Destroyers for the American tag titles. Good times. |
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Post by lmoney215 on Jan 21, 2007 13:07:36 GMT -5
However, the best part of the DVD was the skit in which Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin was forced to be David Von Erichs slave for a day on the Von Erich ranch, and it was shown in its entirety too. I hadnt seen that since i was a little kid, and it brought back a whole lot of memories That was actually part of the first wrestling show I had ever watched. I still remember it clear as day. That skit, Iceman Parsons & Brian Adias beating the Super Destroyers for the American tag titles. Good times. Mr. Sandman, long time no see. I have a question for you, could you explain why Freebird Buddy Roberts wore boxing headgear on his head for a while. I want to say that its cause of the hair feud versus iceman king parsons, but im not sure cause he wore it for a while. any ideas? And yes, that jimmy garvin/david von erich skit was hillarious. |
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Post by lmoney215 on Jan 21, 2007 23:47:25 GMT -5
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Post by Kerry Von Erich is my hero on Jan 22, 2007 13:46:44 GMT -5
yeah i never understood the boxing headgear either, and you could see he had some hair underneath it, so i dont know what its purpose was. I had forgotten all about the Super D's until I watched the DVD. and hell, if i had known they sold it at Best Buy, I would have bought it there. Instead I ordered it on ebay and the seller took like a month just to send it out. David Von Erich was the man! I never saw too much of him because I was just a little kid when he died, I remember the fued with Garvin, but looking back on this now, you really see how important he was to the promotion, and how out of all the Von Erich kids, he was the best mic worker, and even though he didnt have the best physique (compared to kevin and kerry) he was probably the one that was destined for the most fame and noteriety
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Post by Will Has 'Til Five, Ref on Jan 22, 2007 21:44:33 GMT -5
That was actually part of the first wrestling show I had ever watched. I still remember it clear as day. That skit, Iceman Parsons & Brian Adias beating the Super Destroyers for the American tag titles. Good times. Mr. Sandman, long time no see. I have a question for you, could you explain why Freebird Buddy Roberts wore boxing headgear on his head for a while. I want to say that its cause of the hair feud versus iceman king parsons, but im not sure cause he wore it for a while. any ideas? And yes, that jimmy garvin/david von erich skit was hillarious. I think the reason for the headgear was that after Roberts lost his hair vs hair match with Iceman he started wearing a wig and Iceman kept ripping it off so Roberts started wearing the headgear over the wig to keep it from getting ripped off. That's what I remember from when ESPN used to show World Class Classics. |
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