Product Details

• Actors: Best of Deathmatch Wrestling 3
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Big Vision
• DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000I5X7WU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #72,179 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 02/27/2007 Run time: 300 minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just outstanding (provided you havent seen the matches before), July 4, 2007

By	BM "King Reviewer" - See all my reviews

I feel very stupid. I ordered this DVD and King of the Death matches DVD. I did not realize that this DVD is a 2 set DVD with the first DVD being the King of the Deathmatches DVD. This DVD is far superior because it has audio commentary for the matches. Also this one has a 2nd DVD!

DVD 1 1995 Deathmatch Tournament

Tiger Jeet Singh vs Gannosuke- Grade C-

Leatherface vs Terry Funk- Grade C+

Cactus Jack vs Terry Gordy- Grade B

Hiroshi Ono vs Shoji Nakamaki- Grade B

Ichihara vs Okano- Grade B-

Iceman vs Kamikaze- Grade C

Terry Funk vs Tiger Jeet Singh-. Grade B

Cactus Jack vs Nakamaki- Grade A-

The Headhunters vs Silver King and El Texano- Grade B+

Dan Severn vs Tarzan Goto- Grade C

Cactus Jack vs Terry Funk- Grade A-

Overall Grade B+ (I rated this one slightly better since it had audio, and the DVD quality appears enhanced)

DVD 2

XPW best of the Death matches.- You get the whole DVD 5 solid matches that last a bit over an hour. This was a good DVD by itself. Grade A-

Random Matches

Dynamite D vs New Jack- Dynamite actually does a good job and puts up some solid offense. New Jack dominates as always. Grade B+

Kronus vs Homeless Jimmy- Just an awesome match, and Kronus really amazes me. This match had an amazing finish.. Grade A-

Kaos vs Johnny Webb- Wow what a great match. We saw light tubes, barbwire, tables, thumb tacks, kendo sticks, and chairs. The match stayed at a great pace. Neither of them wanted to give up and each took a massive beating. Both of them had so many thumb tacks in there boots they where sliding around. A sick missed moonsault and Kaos landed on the tacks and light tubes. Grade A

Supreme vs Alterboy Luke- Wow great hardcore match. I was shocked, I assumed it would be a classic squash match, since Luke looked out of his league. Luke hit Supreme with everything he had but the monster took control. Light tubes, tables, and thumbtacks where used, and we saw an amazing finish. Grade B+

Nosawa vs White Trash Johnny Webb- Well this is a great match, but they show it twice on the DVD. This is also shown on XPW best of the Deathmatches.

The best of the deathmatches is one of the best series out there right now. This DVD is fanytastic. For what you would pay for 1 DVD you get The King of the deathmatches DVD, XPW best of the deathmatches, and then 4 other top level matches from other XPW ppv's. This is 4:30 hours long and if you haven't seen the matches, you need to get this. Grade A

3.0 out of 5 stars Little bit deceiving !!!, October 29, 2008

By	Zozobar "zozobar" - See all my reviews

As I was owning the previous one disc edition, in which only the tournament matches are shown in their entirety, I bought this 2 discs edition who claims to present, for the first time on an official release, the complete event...I mean, the jacket sleeve is even insisting on the non tournament matches, all of this making 2 hours of previously unseen footage....This ain't true !!! The first disc is just the one disc edition, still with the same edited matches but with a better picture quality and a slightly better soundtrack (and, oh yes, those dubbed chainsaw sounds in the "Terry Funk Vs. Leatherface" match are laughable...

The second DVD is indeed a re-release of an old XPW videotape titled "Best Of Deathmatches"....Yes, you buy an IWA dvd, and you get XPW matches (about which no mention is even made on the jacket sleeve !!!)

Well, I never been a fan of XPW, but the matches included here are cool, I have to admit it.

To get back to the 1995 IWA King Of The Deathmatch event (aka :"Kawasaki Dream"), well, it's an historical event, but it's not the most violent and extreme wrestling event I've ever seen....I own Atsushi Onita's FMW videotapes from the early 90's (before 1995) who are by far more extreme and violent....And I also own other events from the IWA which are so much better. Concerning the event, some people say that a full release of the event could not be possible since it never existed as the non tournament matches have not been filmed in their enterity on the master tape...While some other people claim that a true full version of the event, spanned on two discs is circulating among fans circles, but I never seen one to this day....Does someone have a clue ?

I think the 1995 edition of King Of The Deathmatch became so famous and legendary because it was actually the first time such an event was taking place in front of a so large crowd and since stars like Cactus Jack and Terry Funk were taking part, but the matches are not so good, many moves are botched, you see the wrestlers constantly calling for spots, most matches in the tournament are extremely short...In fact, this very first edition of the Tournament is like the very first WWE WrestleMania ; it became a legendary event, but is far to be the best ever put by the WWE !

Well, in the end, you get 4 hours of good to very good wrestling action (thanx to the XPW matches) for less than 20 bucks...But if you already have the one disc edition from 2005, think twice about considering buying this re-release.

And quite frankly, the 1995 IWA King Of The Deathmatch has to be owned by any true wrestling fan !

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 14, 2008

By	Michael K. Herndon (Vidalia, Georgia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Very clear, unedited action. Disc 1 has the entire death match tourney, including pre-match announcements and locker room interviews. Disc 2 has several hardcore matches from XPW, of which I have never really been a fan. If disc 2 had contained more Japanese death matches, this purchase would have gotten 5 stars, easily.