Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12692 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-04-14
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 573 minutes

Synopsis
Wreaking havoc on television screens for over 15 years, this WWE release celebrates RAW's anniversary with a thrilling compilation packed with action, interviews, and unseen footage from some of wrestling's biggest stars.

Customer Reviews

The Best of Raw - 15th Anniversary DVD
For fifteen years fans have looked forward to the over-the-top sports entertainment every Monday night, and WWE Raw has always delivered. The longest-running original entertainment show in television history, with more than 700 episodes, the show has had its share of wild and unforgettable moments, both inside and outside the ring, including Brian Pillman pulling a gun on Stone Cold Steve Austin, Edge and Lita's live sex show, D-Generation X's invasion of WCW, the shocking McMahon purchase of WCW, and more. This 3-disc DVD set shares those moments with fans of all ages. Get ready for sports entertainment history, including:

DISC ONE


First RAW - January 11, 1993

Mr. Perfect vs. Ric Flair Loser Leaves WWE Match - January 18, 1993

Parking Lot Brawl - May 10, 1993

Razor Ramon vs. The Kid - May 17, 1993

Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty Intercontinental Championship Match
May 17, 1993

Gorilla Monsoon Fires Bobby Heenan - December 6, 1993

Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid WWE Championship Match - July 11, 1994

The Search for The Undertaker - August 1994

King's Court with William Shatner - January 9, 1995

Shawn Michaels vs. Owen Hart - November 20, 1995

Vader attacks WWE President Gorilla Monsoon - January 22, 1996

A Touch of Goldust - May 27, 1996

Pillman's Got a Gun - November 4, 1996

Mankind vs. The Undertaker No Holds Barred - December 9, 1996

Shawn Loses His Smile - February 13, 1997

The Ninth Wonder of the World - February 17, 1997

Original ECW Invasion - February 24, 1997

Owen Hart vs. British Bulldog WWE European Championship Match-
March 3, 1997

Bret Speaks His Mind - March 17, 1997

Flag Match - United States vs. Canada - July 21, 1997

Stone Cold Stuns the Boss - September 22, 1997

Bret Screwed Bret - November 17, 1997

Sable in a Sack - December 8, 1997

Gold Meets Water - December 15, 1997

Christmas with DX - December 22, 1997

DISC TWO


"Tyson and Austin!"- January 19, 1998

DX Special Report - February 2, 1998

Dumpster Diving - February 2, 1998

Formation of the New DX- X-Pac Returns - March 30, 1998

Stone Cold vs. Vince McMahon - April 13, 1998

DX Invades WCW - April 27, 1998

DX Nation - July 6, 1998

Zamboni 3:16 - September 28, 1998

The Debut of Mr. Socko - October 5, 1998

McMahon's Cement Corvette - October 12, 1998

Bang 3:16 - October 19, 1998

Mankind wins the WWE Championship - January 4, 1999

Stone Cold Beer Truck - March 22, 1999

Monster Truck vs. Town Car - April 19, 1999

Mean Street Posse vs. the Stooges - May 10, 1999

The Greater Power Revealed - June 7, 1999

Y2J - August 9, 1999

Rock: This is Your Life - September 27, 1999

Bossman Sympathy - November 8, 1999

What Happens in Vegas... - November 29, 1999

Jericho not the new Champion - April 17, 2000

Shane Purchases WCW - March 26, 2001

Milk-o-Mania - August 20, 2001

Triple H Returns - January 7, 2002

Past Meets Present - February 18, 2002

Worlds Unite- Bischoff Hugs Vince - July 15, 2002

DISC THREE


"The Rock" Concert - March 24, 2003

Kane Unmasks - June 23, 2003

Musical Chairs with Eugene - July 5, 2004

Evolution Turns on Randy Orton - August 16, 2004

Are you ready for some wrestling? - November 22, 2004

Batista Turns on Triple H - February 21, 2005

Shelton Benjamin vs. Shawn Michaels - Gold Rush Tournament Match
May 2, 2005

John Cena Drafted # 1 to RAW - June 6, 2005

Edge / Lita Wedding - June 20, 2005

Shawn Michaels turns on Hulk Hogan - July 4, 2005

Jericho is Fired - August 22, 2005

Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle - WWE Iron Man Match - October 3, 2005

A Stone Cold Homecoming - October 3, 2005

Eric Bischoff Trial - December 5, 2005

Edge / Lita - Live Sex Celebration - January 9, 2006

DX Impersonates Shane and Mr. McMahon - June 26, 2006

Edge vs. Rob Van Dam vs. John Cena - Triple Threat Match for the
WWE Championship - July 3, 2006

Edge vs. Shawn Michaels - Street Fight - January 22, 2007

Shawn Michaels Returns! - October 8, 2007

BONUS DISC

1st Ever Raw!

Koko B. Ware vs. Yokozuna

The Steiner Brothers vs. The Executioners

Shawn Michaels vs. Max Moon - Intercontinental Championship Match

The Undertaker vs. Damian Demento
Plus interviews with Jim Ross, Vince McMahon, Razor Ramon, Doink the Clown and more!

Need a reminder?
The product description calls this a compilation packed with action, interviews, and unseen footage. Fair enough, that's what it gives you; though there doesn't seem to be much "unseen" footage to speak of.

I can only recommend this DVD for loyal fans, new fans would do well to avoid this.

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If you're a loyal, old fan of wrestling (or the WWE to be precise) I suppose you might appreciate re-living the nostalgic moments this DVD contains. The two major problems you'll suffer would be:

1. The sound*; the DVD-sound-transfer seems to have destroyed all the (satisfyingly) loud cheering and atmosphere, making what seemed like an exciting moment become a funeral reception.

*Worth noting however- that I only watched the DVD on a stereo TV.

2. Censorship; despite the 18 certificate, profanities are still bleeped and a certain hand gesture is blurred. There's also the whole issue of the WWF logo; footage from the much loved "Attitude" era have all its logos blurred, affecting the titantron, turnbuckles, even the T-shirts of the officials; it's a constant, nagging irritation.

True, these problems are only cosmetic, but re-watching particular sections just left me hugely under-whelmed; it's just hard to pinpoint what was missing.

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If you're a new fan of wrestling, you'd do well to steer clear of this compilation completely. The main problem you'll suffer would be simple lack of background information.

The footage is incredibly unforgiving to the ignorant; there are moments where the viewer has no idea what's going on or what the significance of it is.

The worst examples of this would be "Mean Street Posse vs. The Stooges" and "Mankind Wins the WWE championship", one of these moments is very significant, but you'll have to research into the subject before understanding what the significance was and why, because this DVD WON'T tell you what it is.

There are captions of information that appear on-screen occasionally, but ONLY occasionally, which offer SOME information- but it's usually only concerning the titles the particular wrestler on-screen has won; which is irrelevant.

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There were always bound to be particular "classic" moments included that one would not agree with, and others which would be left out*, but looking at the whole you could say the DVD has enough content to warrant its price tag. (No more than £18)

*The worst omission in my opinion would be the debut of the "Radicalz", sadly left out of the DVD obviously due to recent events (Benoit).

It's just sad though, at how the Undertaker and John Cena are featured on the cover of the DVD despite having little to practically NO footage involving them; so this DVD certainly isn't for fans of the Undertaker or John Cena.

It might be worth seeking out the numerous other DVD's focusing on a particular wrestler's career, there's a good chance their best moments on Raw will also be included there.

For the most part, this compilation is a celebration of Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin and Triple H, but not a very good one at that.

lovely stuff
If you're a WWE fan, or a fan of wrestling in the past 10+ years or so, this DVD should be a definite purchase. With 9hrs of highlight material showing 15 years of great moments it's hard to not recommend. Everything that should've been included on this DVD has been. Nothing has been left out. The UK version also comes with a 4th ("bonus") dvd of the first Monday Night Raw in 1993. Yeah OK, it's not essential but it sweetens the deal. Purchase this DVD.