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Release Date: 29 August, 2000 Retail Price: $24.98 OUR Price: $22.48 You SAVE: $2.50! Cast: |
ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) - Extreme Evolution (Uncensored) Reviews
"Extreme Evolution" Review
ECW's first commercially-released video is a collection of classic matches hosted by the "voice of ECW", Joey Styles. Included on this video are never-before-seen matches like the Raven-Sandman barbed wire match and a tag team title match featuring The Dudleys that was considered "too graphic for TNN". There's also pay-per-view matches like the classic Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn rematch from "Hardcore Heaven" and Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome at the 1999 "November To Remember". There's also a mixed tag match featuring ECW beauties Francine and Beulah with their respective partners, Shane Douglas and Tommy Dreamer. While this video is billed as being the "best of ECW", there are a lot of great matches and moments that didn't make the cut while average matches like the slightly dissapointing and extremly overhyped main event from "Barely Legal" between Taz and Sabu are included. It's a good collection but with so much great action in the ECW video library, they could have put together a better show for their first commercial video. The DVD has some added moments and a special preview of Acclaim's "Anarchy Rulz" video game.
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Being a long time WWF mark, I was always intrigued by ECW. Unlike WCW, everyone who viewed it hailed it as the best promotion around. So I followed the advice of the reviewers on this site and purchased Extreme Evolution. I was impressed.
RVD vs. Jerry Lynn: Van Dam and Lynn put on an awsome hard hitting match that is very watchable. The very begining is annoying because RVD keeps stalling and showboating and his manager keeps blowing a whistle, but it picks up and becomes a great spotfest. High spot: Sunset flip powerbomb though a table which explodes on impact! .... ****.
Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome: Some of the spots are amazing because they are both relatively big men. Hard hitting match, very rewatchable. High spot: Awesomebomb through a table from the apron. ****.
Raven vs. The Sandman: Really brutal. My first barbed-wire match, so it's unlike anything I've seen. Lots of blood and painful looking hardcore spots, but not enough good wrestling. Highspot: Sandman wraps himself in barbed-wire and leaps onto Raven who's on a table. ***1/2.
The Dudleyz vs. Spike and Balls: Good tag team street fight with lots of blood, which is good, but it all leads up to the climax... the climax/high spot: Spike is powerbombed through two FLAMING tables, I mean alot of fire! .... ***1/2.
Elimianators vs. Two Japanese Guys: This match sucked big time, it was lame, short, and the elbow drop wasn't that good for god's sake! It's NOTHING compared to Shane McxMahon's at Backlash 2001! Lame DUD. High spot: Saturn's scafold elbow drop. *1/2.
Taz vs. Sabu: This was good, yet not great. It was mad stiff, but overall it wasn't that great. I'm sure it was great considering the hype and fued all coming together at the first PPV, but it's not as brutal as claimed. High Spot: Sabu missing a tornado DDT into a table. ***.
Behulah and Tommy Dreamer vs. Franchise and Francine: Nohing special besides the totally unrehersed "coming out" by Francine. ....**.
Special features: Not that great. You see New Jack jump off a basketball backboard, Benoit break Sabu's neck (not as cool as it sounds), and Taz throw Dreamer off of a stage through a table. Mick's hidden promo is funny. Overall a great buy. Very good replay value, and very entertaining for non ECW fans.
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