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ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) - The Best of the Dudley Boyz [VHS]

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Before they achieved world wide fame as WWF superstars, Buh Buh Ray and D'von were legends in ECW - 8 time world tag team champions. This DVD collects and chronicles their storied ECW careers including some of their best (hardcore) matches and best (riot incenting) promos. Needless to say, there's tons of M-E-A-N footage on here that are probably "not good for the kids." In all, if you're into mild to hardcore violence and horrendous "verbal assaults" you'll love this video. In addition, the DVD also contains 3 exclusive features.

Here's a rundown of the DVD's contents.

Your Host is Joey Styles.

1. Introductory video of the Dudley Boyz in action.

2. Clips of tons of people taking the 3D (Beulah, the Public Enemy, the Eliminators, the Gangstas, Spike Dudley) and Balls Mahoney getting put through a flaming table.

3. D'von cutting a pre-match promo where he blasts out Philly. Match 1: D'von and Axl Rotten vs. Buh Buh Ray and Big Dick Dudley. Pretty insane match spanning the arena. Tons of tables. 3 stars

4. Highlights of the night D'von and Buh Buh put aside their differences and finally joined forces thus signaling the beginning of their reign of terror. Beat down on Spike, Sandman and the Gangstas.

5. A championship montage. Highlights of 7 out of 8 of their championship crowning moments showing the Eliminators, Gangstas, Vam Dam and Sabu, Tanaka and Mahoney and Balls and Spike falling victim to 3D.

6. Another Dudley promo issuing an open challenge, including Joel Gertner's hilarious trademarked intro. Match 2: New Jack and Spike (with loud Dr. Dre/Ice Cube music) vs. D'von and Buh Buh (w/ Big Dick, Sign Guy and Gertner). Another crazy hardcore match with tons of painful weapons. The post-match beat down of New Jack, including a reciting of the Dudley commandments, is especially brutal. 4 stars

7. MY PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE VIDEO. Clips from the Madhouse of Extreme. Here we get about 10 minutes worth of the Dudleys trading verbal assaults with the NYC fans. It's the most brutal and surreal scene you'll ever see as the crowd and the Dudleys just rip into one another. ECW at it's best.

8. Match 3: Buh Buh, D'von and Big Dick (w/ Gertner and Sign Guy) vs. Tommy Dreamer, Sandman and Spike Dudley (w/ Beulah). So-so match, few nice spots but tons of non-action. The crowd's reaction to the Dudley's (particularly Buh Buh) makes it worthwhile. Funny part toward the end where Gertner fights Beulah. 2 ¾ stars.

9. Dudley's cut their last promo in ECW before their farewell match before leaving for the WWF.

10. Match 4: Dudley's Last Match in ECW - Balls and Spike vs. Buh Buh and D'von. Overall, an insane match which sees the trademarked cheese grater, thumbtacks and flaming table. 4 stars.

11. Post-match: The Dudley's cut a promo on Tommy Dreamers and Paul E. which leads to...

12. Match 5: Tommy Dreamer vs. the Dudley Boyz with the surprise return of Raven

13. The big, tearful, heartfelt "Dudley Farewell" ceremony post-post-match where the locker room clears out to join the audience in sending off the Dudleyz.

14. Match 6: The little scene "Dudleys homecoming return" match from December 2000 where they teamed with Tommy Dreamer to take on Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger and C.W. Anderson. Funny stuff in here where Styles talks during the commentary about how they'll have to edit some of the more "non-TV friendly" match antics. Machetes, cheese graters, plus, Gertner molests Dawn Marie. 3 stars.

In addition, the DVD contains the following "Special Features."

1. D'von's ECW debut where he comes in during a Dudley pre-match promo to set Buh Buh, Sign Guy and Big Dick straight including a beat down of JT Smith and Little Guido.

2. THE FINAL ECW promo of Buh Buh and D'von given after their "Dudley's homecoming return" match in December 2000. Lotta heart in this one.

3. Bonus Match: Dudleys vs. Masato Tanaka and Balls Mahoney. Great extra match. Lots of chairs. 4 stars.

Overall, this is a good collection of the work of BUH BUH RAY and D'VON. You get some pretty decent matches, but it's actually all the promos that make this entertaining and makes it work for me. The collection does a good job of chronicling (basically only) Buh Buh and D'von's tenure in ECW.

I personally would have loved to have seen the ENTIRE Dudley family chronicled from when Dudley Dudley and Big Dick first broke in on the scene.

Overall, if you're a fan of the Dudley's from ECW, this is a pretty good collection. If you only know them from their WWF work, I recommend giving this a watch and seeing what more they are capable of.

Summed up, whether you rent, borrow or buy this is...

Highly Recommended (for Dudley fans)
Mildly Recommended (wrestling fans in general)

This is the one of two "profile" sets put out by the original ECW with one being Cactus Jack & this one starring Bubba & D-Von, the Dudley Boyz. Now unlike how the Cactus Jack DVD was where it was a timeline chronical of his entire ECW career, this was mostly just highlights & various matches. Various highlights shown throughout the presentation were how Bubba & D-Von finally came together after feuding for months, each of their first 7 ECW World Tag Team title victories, and their return to ECW (while under WWE contract) for one more night to team with Tommy Dreamer in a six man tag against Simon Diamond & Swinger & C.W. Anderson.

Complete Matches Include:
Bubba & Big D. Dudley vs. D-Von Dudley & Axl Rotten - This was back when D-Von first entered ECW & was feuding with his brothers. This was your typical ECW brawl as they used chairs & tables while fighting through the crowd and the most low-blows I've probably ever seen in one match to the point where Joey Styles had the quote of the match, "We have more black & blue balls than a Billards tournament."

vs. New Jack & Spike Dudley - Before the match, you got your classic Joel Gertner ring introductions. Knowing that New Jack is involved in the match, you knew exactly what to expect & you got it with it being a fight that spent more time on the outside than in the inside complete with his trashcan full of weapons. Look out for the one spot where Bubba threw Spike Dudley into the audience who then crowdsurfed him...not once but twice!
Guilty As Charged '00

w/Big D. Dudley vs. Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Spike Dudley - As Joey Styles explained before this match, this held at what was concidered "Dudleyville" by the ECW fans which is the "Madhouse Of Extreme" in Queens, NY due to just how much more heat the Dudleys got in this building more than anyone else...as shown by what happened before the match to the point where a fan jumped from the top balcony to get at the Dudleys while another fan threw a chair in the ring. This was a pretty tamed six man tag during the first half before it erupted into the brawl we all expected with fighting on the floor and even Beulah getting into it with Sign Guy & Joel Gertner.

Street Fight Match vs. ECW Tag Team Champions Balls Mahoney & Spike Dudley - This was the Dudley's final night as members of the ECW roster in a match that D-Von has gone on record saying he thought was their best match ever. This started off very gory from the start with Bubba using a cheese grader right from the start & later escalading into chairs & tables & thumbtacks getting involved. The Dudleys wanted to go out in a blaze or glory & they got it with winning the tag team titles one more time on their last night.

vs. Tommy Dreamer & Raven - The Dudley's came back out & called out Tommy Dreamer (who was still on the shelf with an injured back) leading to another title match for the Dudleys but Dreamer was alone and used a ladder to help even the odds but it just wasn't enough as the Dudleys beat him down to the point where the referee & staff & even their manager Sign Guy Dudley tried to stop the match because it was going too far...before Raven returned to ECW and helped Tommy Dreamer win the titles. Stay tuned afterwards as you got the never before aired post-match farewell speech from the Dudley Boys.

Bonus Match: vs. Balls Mahoney & Masato Tanaka - In what started as a normal tag team match between both teams quickly erupted into what you expected, an all out brawl. This had some special "Oh My God" moments like the agility of Bubba Dudley at his weight being able to do a dive over the top rope & Balls Mahoney hitting one of the biggest frog splashes you'll ever see in your life. You had the cheese grader, brawling on the floor, a dueling chair fight between both teams and the managers on the outside (Axl Rotten, Big D., Joel Gertner, Sign Guy Dudley) getting in on the action themselves. An extreme ECW brawl as you should & would expect from these men.

Other DVD extras include D-Von's debut (including the "My name is Buh-Buh-Buh-Buh-Buh" intro by Bubba Dudley) and the post show speech from their "one night only" return to ECW.

If you want to see or loved The Dudley Boyz before they were "toned down" in WWE & TNA, this is highly recommended.

This is the one of two "profile" sets put out by the original ECW with one being Cactus Jack & this one starring Bubba & D-Von, the Dudley Boyz. Now unlike how the Cactus Jack DVD was where it was a timeline chronical of his entire ECW career, this was mostly just highlights & various matches. Various highlights shown throughout the presentation were how Bubba & D-Von finally came together after feuding for months, each of their first 7 ECW World Tag Team title victories, and their return to ECW (while under WWE contract) for one more night to team with Tommy Dreamer in a six man tag against Simon Diamond & Swinger & C.W. Anderson.

Complete Matches Include:
Bubba & Big D. Dudley vs. D-Von Dudley & Axl Rotten - This was back when D-Von first entered ECW & was feuding with his brothers. This was your typical ECW brawl as they used chairs & tables while fighting through the crowd and the most low-blows I've probably ever seen in one match to the point where Joey Styles had the quote of the match, "We have more black & blue balls than a Billards tournament."

vs. New Jack & Spike Dudley - Before the match, you got your classic Joel Gertner ring introductions. Knowing that New Jack is involved in the match, you knew exactly what to expect & you got it with it being a fight that spent more time on the outside than in the inside complete with his trashcan full of weapons. Look out for the one spot where Bubba threw Spike Dudley into the audience who then crowdsurfed him...not once but twice!
Guilty As Charged '00

w/Big D. Dudley vs. Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, Spike Dudley - As Joey Styles explained before this match, this held at what was concidered "Dudleyville" by the ECW fans which is the "Madhouse Of Extreme" in Queens, NY due to just how much more heat the Dudleys got in this building more than anyone else...as shown by what happened before the match to the point where a fan jumped from the top balcony to get at the Dudleys while another fan threw a chair in the ring. This was a pretty tamed six man tag during the first half before it erupted into the brawl we all expected with fighting on the floor and even Beulah getting into it with Sign Guy & Joel Gertner.

Street Fight Match vs. ECW Tag Team Champions Balls Mahoney & Spike Dudley - This was the Dudley's final night as members of the ECW roster in a match that D-Von has gone on record saying he thought was their best match ever. This started off very gory from the start with Bubba using a cheese grader right from the start & later escalading into chairs & tables & thumbtacks getting involved. The Dudleys wanted to go out in a blaze or glory & they got it with winning the tag team titles one more time on their last night.

vs. Tommy Dreamer & Raven - The Dudley's came back out & called out Tommy Dreamer (who was still on the shelf with an injured back) leading to another title match for the Dudleys but Dreamer was alone and used a ladder to help even the odds but it just wasn't enough as the Dudleys beat him down to the point where the referee & staff & even their manager Sign Guy Dudley tried to stop the match because it was going too far...before Raven returned to ECW and helped Tommy Dreamer win the titles. Stay tuned afterwards as you got the never before aired post-match farewell speech from the Dudley Boys.

Bonus Match: vs. Balls Mahoney & Masato Tanaka - In what started as a normal tag team match between both teams quickly erupted into what you expected, an all out brawl. This had some special "Oh My God" moments like the agility of Bubba Dudley at his weight being able to do a dive over the top rope & Balls Mahoney hitting one of the biggest frog splashes you'll ever see in your life. You had the cheese grader, brawling on the floor, a dueling chair fight between both teams and the managers on the outside (Axl Rotten, Big D., Joel Gertner, Sign Guy Dudley) getting in on the action themselves. An extreme ECW brawl as you should & would expect from these men.

Other DVD extras include D-Von's debut (including the "My name is Buh-Buh-Buh-Buh-Buh" intro by Bubba Dudley) and the post show speech from their "one night only" return to ECW.

If you want to see or loved The Dudley Boyz before they were "toned down" in WWE & TNA, this is highly recommended.

Good DVD. The Duds aren't my favorite team, but their gimmick in ECW was priceless.

Dudley Boyz had already left ECW to go to WWF, and they were given a ECW career overview. I think it is weird ECW released a best of set of two current WWF stars-Cactus Jack and this set. I wish they released best of sets of Raven or Sandman instead, but WCW was not paying ECW at the time. This set is well worth it and im not even a big fan of Dudley Boyz. The story flows well together, picture quailty is better then the Cactus Jack story, and matches are decent but not to amazing. I highly recommend this set to fans of the old ECW and Dudley Boyz.

I notice they have two different Best of Dudley Boyz dvds. I dont think there is a difference, just the price.

This DVD isn't a bunch of matches like the other ECW DVD's so if you are looking for that, buy one of the other ECW DVDs. This is more of a History. You see the end of a lot of matches (when the Dudleys won the titles on 8 different occasions) you only see a few full matches. Like D-Von and Axl Rotten Vs. Buh~Buh Ray Big Dick, and Dreamer Vs. Dudleys (with Raven comming to save the day). All in all the DVD is great. The matches that they do show are great. We even get to see the Introduction of D-Von to ECW!!!!!!! Can't wait till they make 2 more ECW DVDs

Although its not as good, or as long as "The best of Cactus Jack" DVD this one is quite watchable. Most of the matches are cut, I think there are only two that aren't, but it is quite entertaining to see the Exteme Dudley Boyz before the WWE toned them down alot. I think ECW could of put more information in for example, all of there 8 Tag Team Champ wins are on this DVD, but you basically only get the pinfalls, so that segment lasts about 2 minutes, when it could of lasted 2 hours.
The DVD has a few extras, Dvons debut, an extra match and a farewell speech. If your a fan of the Dudleys or ECW I highly recommend this DVD. If you want to see some really hardcore action, I think thats where this DVD falls a bit short.

I am a huge ECW and Dudley Boyz fan so I was Extremely excited when I got this disc. And I must say that it was worth every penny. I loved it. It has a good mix of matches, clips, and promos. First the good stuff. The first match between Buh-Buh and Devon is an awsome display of hardcore brawling all over the ECW arena.It shows what they could do to eachother if they ever split up. The match from Guilty as Charged 99 vs Spike and New Jack is truly EXTREME in every way you can think of. Their last ECW match is also a true classic gem that you will continue to watch and cringe at. And there is an amazing promo they cut before a match in which a riot nearly starts. What a team!

Now they stuff they could have improved on. As a whole the disc has some moments where things drag on a bit too long and it makes you want to ffwd a bit. They censor some of the language and leave some stuff they censored before on later.Whats up with dat? And the worst part of the whole thing is the audio. It is too low and distorted, if you have surround sound it does not use the speakers the way the other ECW dvds do.

Overall its a must buy for WWF fans! And as far as true ECW fans go I know they already own the disc. I hope this review helped you a bit if your still woundering weather or not to get this disc. Get it!

I just baught this dvd today and i didnt even think it was supposed to be out yet! Well, it was, so i purcahsed it. First off this is a really great DVD showcasing the dudley boyz in ecw. It is more of a history than a best of. it shows their 8 wins for the ecw tag titles and even shows when they cause a riot( i think someone was looking forward to that). Joey styles narrates it. It has 3 metionalbe special features: D-von's debut, an extra match against masato tanaka and balls mahoeny, and their farewell speech b4 they left for the WWF. All in all this is a great ECW DVD, that i especially like becuz I was a late starter with ECW(97-98) and i was lucky enough to see great classic matches. Buy this DVD.

Again a great content DVD with everything from Dudley in ECW you ever wanted and more. Like for example for the first time ever their farewell speech before leaving for WWF and their return match and speech just before the company folded. Those speeches are very emotional and they will bring a tear to your eyes as those moments will never be again in the wrestling business. Thanks to all the boys and Paul Heyman. Like a I said in my Cactus review the presentation is lacking a little and not much effort done to update it from the original titles in the serie. They could used a secondary track with maybe Joey Styles or any available talent doing a behind the scene track. They should used all the DVD tools to make these discs the very best in the wrestling world. I hope they will bring a Best of RVD, Sabu and the Dreamer/Raven saga. I hope they also have another best of ECW coming soon with some Rhyno and Corino matches, the Douglas speech trashing the NWA and the triple treath from the night the line was cross. Another must for your DVD collection.