Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20869 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-01-24
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 366 minutes

Synopsis
An insight into Extreme Championship Wrestling, featuring former stars such as Steve Austin, Rob Van Dam, Rey Misterio, Tazz and The Dudleys.

Customer Reviews

AMAZING
this has got to be the greatest wrestling docmentery and one of the best dvds ever made it has a 3 HOUR documentry about the rise and the fall of ecw and takes you through every high and every low with great detail this is a must for any wrestling fan even if you have never watched ecw, when i got this i had never seen ecw in its original days and i love it. BUY IT NOW

fantastic dvd
not seeing ecw when it was first around and seeing the rubbish wwe call ecw now, i had to buy this dvd, and oh my gosh, one of the best dvds ever watced, the story of ecw was fantastic, makes me wanna go out and buy all the ecw ppvs, loved one nite stand aswell, ECW ECW ECW ECW EC FN W

the best i have seen in wrestling i would say !
The biggest selling wrestling of all time may have a wwe logo on it but this is not about the wwe,this is about ecw which reigned from 1993 to 2001 before it went bankrupt,the brain behind this company was paul heyman and any wrestling fan worth a note knows that man.
Disc one serves as a documentary about the companies early days,how it found fame,how it even got pay per views and then got a spot on the channel TNN,but ultimately this killed it in the end due to lack of advertising and TNN trying to tone down the violent content of the show,oh yeah in case you didnt know ECW stands for extreme championship wrestling.
The company was built on a territory based show primarily with low production values,little in way of great lighting and pyros and glamour,instead it focused on wrestlers beating the life out of each other,the referees didnt do much bar count to three or hear a submission,the matches were bloody messes mostly and the fanatical fanbase screamed them on.
The fans were a big part of the show,they brought weapons that would be handed to the stars and they would use,one such item was a paddle from a canoe,that was funny to watch.
The documentary shows that ecw was very real to its fans,with honest confessions being the order of the day,the matches werent reallty scripted,heyman would guide the wrestlers on what they should do and that was that,no creative team was present.
Frank and detailed analysis by ex stars of the company give insight to what went on,even vince mcmahon talks about the impact of it and indeed he helped promote the first ever ecw pay per view by letting some of its stars invade monday night raw,i think he still cant believe he allowed that,jerry lawlor and eric bischoff hated the company but many enjoyed it and some were very loyal,as paychecks bounced and so forth then some left for bigger things but people like tommy dreamer stayed until the end,dreamer is one of the main sources of info here and he is very interesting.
This is probably the most interesting documentary that i have seen about wrestling,truly stunning,from the highs to the crushing lows and there was still a second dvd to watch and watch it i did.
On the second dvd 7 full matches are featured and they are just excellent featuring a host of top names,blood and high skill is very much order of the day,i wont dissect each match as i have taken up enough of your time but i will say this,this was truly class and as a double disc feast this will take some beating,world class.