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WORLD EXCLUSIVE WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century - DVD Review

***SYNOPSIS***

DISC 1

Signature Open

Ground Breaking Superstars

Chris Jericho

Edge

Triple H

JBL

Kane

Kurt Angle

The Rock

Randy Orton

Brock Lesnar

Decade of the Divas

Jeff Hardy

Big Show

Eddie Guerrero

Shawn Michaels

Booker T

Stone Cold Steve Austin

The Undertaker

Rey Mysterio

Batista

John Cena


DISC 2

WCW Championship Match
Booker T vs. The Rock
SummerSlam August 19, 2001

Intercontinental Championship Match
Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam
Raw September 16, 2002

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Triple H vs. Kane
Raw June 23, 2003

60 Minute Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar
SmackDown September 18, 2003

WWE Championship Match
Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
SmackDown March 18, 2004


DISC 3

Fatal 4-Way Match for the WWE Championship
JBL vs. The Undertaker vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Booker T
Armageddon December 12, 2004

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
JBL vs. Big Show vs. Kurt Angle
Royal Rumble January 30, 2005

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Triple H vs. Edge
Raw February 7, 2005

Women's Championship Match
Lita vs. Trish Stratus
Unforgiven September 17, 2006

Triple Threat Match - Winner Faces John Cena For The WWE Championship At WrestleMania 23
Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge
Raw February 5, 2007

8 -Man Tag Team Match
John Cena & Batista & Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton & Edge & Mr. Kennedy & MVP
Raw February 15, 2007

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Batista vs. The Undertaker
WrestleMania 23 April 1, 2007

***MOVIE REVIEW***

The main feature on Disc 1 runs just a little under 1hr and 40min. So that breaks down to about 5 minutes per Superstar and turns into nothing more than a fun highlight reel of the first decade of the new millennium. The voice over narration was good but admittedly a little annoying at the start with generic guitar riffs playing in the background. My personal favorite segments was Kurt Angle which shows why he was one the all time greats and why it is such a sad state of affairs to see him on Impact now. Hopefully one day he can clear his head and make one last run in the WWE. Of course Brock Lesnar is put over huge and is the recipient of some of the best superlatives from the interview participants.
The interview participants include The Miz, Alex Riley, Arn Anderson, Santino Marella, John Cena, Josh Mathews, and Matt Striker. The Miz comes across the best as you can see how much this business means to him and how much he truly loved watching these certain competitors. Disc 2 & 3 have a good selection of matches with the absolute highlight of the whole set being the full 60 minute Iron Match between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar. Another highlight would be a WWE Championship match from Smackdown with Eddie Guererro vs. Rey Mysterio, what a great match this was. It even includes Paul Heyman's promo after the match. I also highly enjoyed seeing the hard work Batista and The undertaker put into their match for WrestleMania 23.
While not the most substantial 3-Disc collection WWE has released, this is a good effort overall and includes a couple 4 star matches for the ages. 8/10

***VIDEO QUALITY***
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century arrives on DVD with a 480p transfer in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. This is a solid that for the most part consists of the original 1.33:1 aspect ratio of the vintage matches and footage with a colored background on the sides of the image to fill out the screen on HDTVs without sacrificing the original footage and stretching it. Early footage was better than expected with good color saturation and nice contrast. Detail was an improvement over 80's footage from the past couple WWE releases. Interspersed between the main feature on Disc 1 are new interviews and they are pretty much perfect with deep blacks, rich color saturation, and superb facial details. A visually pleasing release. 8/10

***AUDIO QUALITY***
Audio is provided by a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. While this is a 5.1 track it is for the most part very front heavy. The front channels exhibit some decent stereo separation and there was some subtle crowd din in the rear channels. The mid 00's matches exhibited crisp and clean commentary and good bleeding of the entrance music. Narration on the main feature was crisp and clean as were the newly shot interviews. 7/10

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK PHOTOS WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century DVD

Hello all. I just got in WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century 3 -Disc DVD set to release on July 26, 2011. WWE has continued their new practice of having the full content listing on the first left flap of the fold out case (see photo below).

WORLD EXCLUSIVE FIRST REVIEW - WWE The Big Show: A Giant's World 3-Disc DVD

***SYNOPSIS***

Big Show lays claim to the title of World s Largest Athlete and anyone who doubts it may be on the receiving end of his devastating knockout punch. The 7-foot giant has been a staple of the Sports Entertainment scene since his WCW debut in the 90s, and has battled some of the all-time greats, including Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting, Undertaker, Triple H, John Cena, and more. He's also cast his enormous shadow in the worlds of television and movies with roles on Royal Pains, Saturday Night Live, The Waterboy, MacGruber, and Knucklehead.
Now for the first time ever, Big Show s mammoth career will be highlighted in a DVD set. This 3-disc release will include a never-before-seen documentary on the life and times of Big Show featuring new candid interviews where Show discusses how a giant lives in an average-sized world, his sports entertainment career and more.

***MOVIE REVIEW***

I'll start by saying that I personally have always respected and enjoyed The Big Show but was surprised they were going to release a 3-Disc DVD on his career. Well those feelings of surprise were easily erased when I put in Disc 1 and started the main feature that runs at (59min59sec) I was enjoying what was the most refreshingly candid and fast paced documentary that WWE has provided in quite some time. We start as usual from the beginning but this is no usual childhood story. When Paul Wight (The Big Show) was 9 years old he developed a tumor on his Pituitary gland that caused growth hormone to secrete. He was 6' 4" when he hit 12 years old. The first 20 minutes or so are focused on his upbringing that included his hard working but caring Father, Aunts & Uncles, and Cousins. They are all interviewed here except sadly his Father whom passed away when Paul was in college playing Basketball, the pain from the loss and the surgery that removed the tumor but in turn caused his weight to gain more rapidly played into his decision to quit Basketball and school.


He was playing a charity Basketball game for Danny Bonaduce when he was noticed by Hulk Hogan who of course saw dollar signs, the rest as they say is history. The rest of his career is looked at with some great insight from The Big Show himself as well as new interviews from HHH, Edge, Pat Patterson, John Cena, William Regal, and Chavo Guerrero, even Henry Winkler for a brief moment We are for once thankfully spared from having to hear from Matt Striker in any interview segments. HHH has some very funny stories about The Big Show that he shares with us. One of the best parts of the documentary is to see in detail how the man has to travel to keep healthy and keep this going for a few more years. He has a personal driver that picks him up at the airport in his tour bus and then they are driven to the shows fro rest of the week and then flies back home.


The extras on the first disc are well worth taking your time to watch , we even learn how Vince McMahon came up with name "The Big Show". The matches that are included are fun to watch. I especially enjoyed his match from the 2002 Royal Rumble versus Brock Lesnar in MSG. It was a quick paced match and it was great to see what a powerhouse Lesnar was. We also get the official weigh in from RAW and the match at WrestleMania XXVI between Show and Floyd "Money" Mayweather , it was a great spectacle. Overall this is a fun and informative set that should be in every fans collection. 9/10

***VIDEO QUALITY***
A Giant's World arrives on DVD with a 480i transfer in the aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The documentary and recently shot interviews segments are very crisp. Colors are well saturated and I didn't notice any signs of bleeding. Black levels were solid throughout. The many never before seen still photos from his childhood show good detail. There are matches and segments from the WCW era , WWE Attitude era, that were shot in standard definition due to the technology at the time. These segments are presented in their original 1.33:1 aspect ratio with a split Big Show logo on the sides where black bars would usually be to fill your HDTV. The older footage is still very good with some spots of softness in 1995-96 WCW stuff. Overall this is a great presentation. 8/10


***AUDIO QUALITY***
Audio is provided by both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo tracks. The main documentary is in 5.1 but it is a front heavy presentation with decent stereo separation from music cues. Surround usage was nil. The extras on Disc 1 and all of Disc 2 and Disc 3 are 2 channel presentations. For all 3 discs the dialogue and commentary was crisp and clean. A strong if underwhelming presentation. 7/10