Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20266 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-20
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 82 minutes

Synopsis
Chris Benoit is considered to be the best technical wrestler in the business today and we take a look at the real story behind his rise to the top from the early days in Canada, Japan and Mexico right up to the present day.

Customer Reviews

Great guide to WWE star
Hard Knocks consists of a documentary describing Chris Benoit's rise up the pro wrestling ladder plus 15 of his matches spanning just as many years, from his time in the Japanese federations in 1990 right up to Wrestlemania in 2004.

The documentary contains lots of interviews with Benoit's family and his WWE colleagues Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko. He comes across as a really nice guy and it's interesting hearing how dedicated he was to making a career in grappling at a very early age. He idolized the Dynamite Kid and from the clips it's amazing how similar their ring styles are - they even look alike.

Of the matches, I liked the two early Japanese shows the best, against Jushin Liger and Eddie Guerrero. These were the days when Benoit wrestled under the name Pegasus Kid and Eddie appeared as Black Tiger. You've got the option of alternative commentaries on these bouts so you get to hear Benoit commenting on his own moves, together with Malenko, who also wrestled at the same time in Japan.

Overall, this is a good value DVD with a nice balance between documentary footage and whole matches.

The greatest wrestler ever?
Chris Benoit is quite possibly the greatest professional wrestler to ever walk the Earth. Ask any wrestling fan if he has ever been involved in a bad match and straight away the answer would be "no". This DVD explores his life-story from his child-hood days admiring his wrestling hero Britains-own The Dynamite Kid to his days in New Japn Pro Wrestling as The Pegasis Kid and Wild Pegasis, right up to when he defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels to win the World Heavyweight Championship in Madison Square Garden at Wrestlemania XX in WWE. It also documents his times in ECW, WCW, the times he trained with the Heart family, his brief run with the 4 horsemen, his long running friendship with Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko and his real-life feud with former WCW booker Kevin Sullivan. The list of matches are incredible. The picks of the bunch are probably his IWGP Jr.Heavyweight title match against Japanese legend Jushin Liger, his cracking WWE title match with Kurt Angle at Royal Rumble 2003 and of coarse, the triple threat world title match with Triple H and Shawn Michaels. There are also great matches against Booker T, Eddie Guerrero and Too Cold Scorpio there to enjoy aswell.
This DVD is pretty much is a must buy for any wrestling die-hard. I say Benoit is the greatest wrestler ever, so what if he doesn't have the charisma of The Rock or Hulk Hogan? He doesn't need it! The fans love him and probably always will.

Hard Knocks the Chris Benoit story
This is the best wrestling dvd i have seen in ages,even if you are not a fan of Chris Benoits style i advise you to buy this as you will pleasently suprised. Not only does it have Benoit in his WWE and WCW days but also as Pegasus and Wild Pegasus.Out of the 15 extra matches i advise you to watch:
Chris Benoit vs Sabu (OW That had to hurt)
Wild Pegasus vs Black Tiger(Eddie Guerrero)
and
Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero
This is a must by for any wrestling fan.