Professional Wrestling Video/Book Reviews

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DVD/VIDEO Reviews

• "Beyond the Mat," DVD (DOCUMENTARY: It's supposed to be fun. It's not supposed to be real. But behind-the-scenes, professional wrestling is a whole different story.)
• "Deadly Venom: The Best of Sting," (WCW) VHS (Features matches of Sting vs. Nikita Koloff [1/2*], Vader, Jake Roberts, the famous Wargames Steel Cage Match [*], Lex Luger [*1/4], Rick Rude [**]; A young Bill Alfonso, Cactus Jack. Madusa, Paul Heyman, Jim Ross, and [Stone Cold] Steve Austin also appear on the tape!)
• "ECW Hardcore History (Uncensored)," VHS (Pitbulls vs. Raven/Stevie Richards, Guerrera/Mysterio Jr., Dreamer/Lee High Incident)
• "ECW HeatWave '98," VHS (Awesome/Tanaka: ***1/4)
• "ECW Path of Destruction (Uncensored)," VHS (Douglas/Jericho/Pitbull #2/Scorpio ***, Bigelow/RVD ***3/8, Sabu/Sandman Stairway To Hell **3/4, Axl/Ian 5/8*, Crazy/Lynn/Tajiri ***)
• "ECW Wrestlepalooza '97," VHS (Candido/Funk **3/4, Douglas/Taz, Dreamer/Raven **3/4, Sabu/Taz **1/2)
• "nWo Back In Black," VHS (The history of the historic New World Order faction, produced by WWE.)
• "WWF WrestleMania X7," VHS (Angle/Benoit, Austin/Rock, TLC II: Dudleyz/Hardyz/E&C, Triple H/Undertaker)
• "WWF RAW Attitude," VHS (RAW highlights, including Mike Tyson's famous pre-WrestleMania XIV [14] RAW appearance)
• "XPW Baptized in Blood," VHS (The Messiah vs. Supreme)
• "XPW Blown To Hell," VHS (Angel vs. G.Q. Money **1/4/K.O.T.D.M. Title Exploding Ring Deathmatch: Vic Grimes vs. Supreme **1/4)
• "XPW Go Funk Yourself," VHS (K.O.T.D.M. Title Match: The Messiah/Supreme ***5/8; Also: Sabu/Terry Funk 3/8*)

MATCHES

• The Kid vs. Razor Ramon (5/17/93; WWF) 1/4*
• Atsushi Onita vs. Hayabusa (5/5/95; FMW)
• Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy (5/12/97; WWF)
• Rob Van Dam vs. Taz (11/7/99; ECW) **1/4
• The Big Show vs. The Rock (3/13/00; WWF) *1/4
• Masato Tanaka & Gedo vs. Kintaro Kaneumra & Ryuji Yamakawa (2/6/01; FMW)
• Ric Flair vs. Sting (3/26/01; WCW) 7/8*
• The Hardyz vs. The Dudleyz vs. Edge & Christian vs. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho (TLC III) (5/24/01; WWF)
• Keji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu (6/8/01; AJPW) ***1/2
• Juventud Guerrera vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (6/24/01; NOAH) ***1/2
• Keji Muto vs. Satoshi Kojima (8/6/01; NJPW) ***
• Booker T vs. Kurt Angle (9/24/01; WWF) **1/2

ANGLE / SEGMENT / STORYLINE Flashbacks

• "The Hardcore Icon," The Sandman, debuts at XPW Rapture by saving Major Gunns from a Black Army beating, defeating the monsterous Vic Grimes, and, at the end of the event, makes the save for Sabu and again assaults The Black Army! (XPW; 7/7/01)
• "Stone Cold Appreciation Night" sees the entire Alliance praise Steve Austin and perform a tribute song to him, only to have the celebration ruined when Kurt Angle invades the arena in a milk truck! (WWF; 8/20/01)

BOOKS