Product Details

• Actors: Terry Funk, Sabu, Kronus
• Directors: *
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Big Vision
• DVD Release Date: May 2, 2006
• Run Time: 240 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CEV3TG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,455 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

November 5, 2005, Philadelphia was rocked with one of the greatest shows ever to take place inside the World’s most famous Bingo Hall. See the historic return to Philadelphia of Brother Ray and Brother Devon, Team 3D, as they take on two hardcore legends teaming together for the very first time, Sabu and Terry Funk! Plus, witness the carnage as brothers’ Ian and Axl Rotten dip their gule-drenched taped fists into buckets of broken glass and face off in one of the most violent and brutal matches in wrestling history – The Taipei Death Match 2! Hardcore Homecoming: November Reign was universally praised by fans and critics as a nostalgic trip down hardcore memory lane, settling long-standing feuds in front of one of the most rabid crowds in wrestling history! See how this event set Philly on fire with a NOVEMBER REIGN TO REMEMBER! PLUS: Justin Credible vs. Jerry Lynn in a Steel Cage Match; Shane Douglas vs. Pit-bull Gary Wolfe in a Dog Collar Chain Match, and much, much more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore Homecoming: November Reign review, July 30, 2010

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J. Perez "Wrestle Dude" (La,Ca,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hardcore Homecoming : November Reign (DVD)

The Blue Meanie-Danny Doring match was sloppy & short. The Balls Mahoney-John Kronus match was not great but pretty good and the same goes for the Matt Hyson-CW Anderson match. Taipei Deathmatch between Axl Rotten & Ian Rotten while not as good as their first match from 1995,it was still a bloody,hardcore,hard-fought brawl. The Dog Collar match between "Pitbull" Gary Wolfe & Shane Douglas was pretty good for a Dog Collar match. The Jerry Lynn-Justin Credible-Steel Cage match was a hard-fought/solid bout with 2 surprise guests as a added twist. I give this event a 8 out of 10. F.Y.I This version does not have the tag team match with Team 3-D against the team of Terry Funk & Sabu which was the showstealer of the event. You have to buy the RF version of this DVD at [...] in order to see that tag team match.

3.0 out of 5 stars A "November 2 Remember" For The ECW Alumni, December 22, 2005

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D.P. (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hardcore Homecoming : November Reign (DVD)

This show was different than the previous Hardcore Homecoming show from the ECW Arena in that some of the ECW alumni who weren't available for the previous show due to being under WWE contract were no longer with the company allowing themselves to be able to compete here while WWE also heavily enforced their copyrights so some of the wrestlers weren't able to use their previous ECW names. Joey Styles was unavailable to do the commentary here as he signed a WWE contract shortly after One Night Stand and the main event of this show was a tag match between Team 3D (Dudley Boyz) vs. Sabu & Terry Funk but TNA's national DVD deal prohibits their contracted talent from appearing on nationally released DVDs outside of the TNA brand so the match was removed. Now keep in mind that I got the original copy of this event that had the Team 3D vs. Funk & Sabu match, not the version here where it's removed & replaced with the extra matches so this review is strictly based around the main show itself.

Blue Meanie vs. Danny Doring - This was very short & sloppy as they openly botched some moves making this nothing special.

Balls Mahoney vs. Kronis - This was a brawl from the start with both men fighting on the outside leading to Kronis doing a drop toehold on Balls into both a guardrail & chair face first that caused Balls to bleed. Balls returned the favor busting open Kronis after nailing him with the ring bell. The action returned to the ring as went arial with both men delivering a superplex while Balls later doing his own frog splash. A chair played a big part in the match as both traded chairshots before Kronis used it to do a face driver on Balls & an attempted corkscrew body press on the chair while Balls used the chair for his nutcracker sweep. It was a good brawl.

C.W. Anderson vs. Matt Hyson - For those who don't know, Matt Hyson is the former "Spike Dudley" while this was Anderson's first match since being hospitalized with liver failure only a few days earlier. This match had it's moments like C.W. using his old "Anderson" tactics by focusing on Hyson's arm using the pole & guardrail while applying the armbar, both men brawling on the floor, and Hyson doing his old "Acid Drop" onto the guardrail before using a chair on Anderson. This was an average match but you have to give it more credit for Anderson's performance just knowing his medical condition days earlier.

Right around here was a special segment as it was the introduction of the Hardcore Hall Of Fame with Terry Funk being the first inductee with both Todd Gordon & Terry Funk giving emotional speeches to the crowd.

Taipei Death Match II: Axl Rotten vs. Ian Rotten - This was the rematch from their famous match over a decade earlier under the same conditions that both men had their fist taped before dipping it into glue & attaching glass to it. Both men started with stiff punches to the face causing them to bleed right away. Axl used a fork to stab Ian's arm & head but he returned the favor using the fork to stab Axl in the arm & head & groin. They took the brawl to the floor before a staple gun was brought into play by both men who them stapled dollar bills to parts of the others body from their cheeks & arm to even Ian's tongue. With thumbtacks & chairs getting involved, this was bloody violent to stay the least.

Dog Collar Match: Pitbull Gary Wolfe vs. Shane Douglas w/Francine - This match was based off the "Forever Hardcore" documentary where each man blamed the other for the incident in 1996 where Wolfe had his neck broken in the ring via a DDT in Shane on top of a championship belt & it should be noted that before the match, Shane Douglas had some words for Vince McMahon. This was mostly a brawl that went all along the outside floor with Wolfe getting busted open on the ringpost & in the ring with Francine getting involved & almost having a "wardrobe malfunction" in the process but it was just an average brawl.

Steel Cage Match: Jerry Lynn vs. P.J. Palaco - A couple of notes here in that P.J. is the wrestler formerly known as "Justin Credible", Dawn Marie (who was pregnant at the time) was at ringside holding the key to the cage, and this was Lynn's first cage match at 42 years old. This match had it's moments like P.J. caught Lynn off the top rope with a superkick, Lynn's knee hitting the top of the cage, both men bleeding & kicking out of finishers at one point, Lynn falling off the top of the cage through a table on the outside, and surprise appearances from some "players" who were known to make an "impact" with P.J. in the past. This was a good cage match.

DVD Extras:

Pittsburgh, PA Hardcore Homecoming house show Fancam:
*Blue Meanie vs. Tracy Smothers
*Danny Doring & Roadkill vs. Chris Chetti & CW Anderson
*Ian Rotten vs. Balls Mahoney vs. New Jack
*Jerry Lynn vs. Justin Credible

1993 Los Angles Fan-Cam Bouts:
*Sabu vs. Al Snow (turns into 3 way with Terry Funk)
*"Pegasus Kid" Chris Benoit vs. 2 Cold Scorpio

XPW matches featuring former ECW stars :
*Jerry Lynn vs. Psicosis vs. Juventud Guerrera
*Shane Douglas vs. Vic Grimes

Bonus match from Big Vision's Desperados Del Ring series:
*Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera from 1990s in Mexican Bullring, Spanish commentary by Konnan and Larry Rivera.

*Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara's comments on ECW
*Highlights of Forever Hardcore Director's Cut
*trailer for Desperados Del Ring.

There will also be an Easter Egg hidden on the DVD set.
[On disc two, go to the extras option then click down twice & then click right to get footage of the Public Enemy in XPW.]

In the end, this show wasn't as strong as the first show but still had it's moments (Axl/Ian & the Steel Cage match) with the heavy amount of extra matches that should be able to make up for the 3D/Funk & Sabu match & other lackluster matches on here so this is something I would recommend for the hardcore alumni that want to get their hands on anything ECW.

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3.0 out of 5 stars About ANOTHER Hardcore Homecoming DVD, April 1, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Hardcore Homecoming : November Reign (DVD)

Just for those who don't already know, there is another Hardcore Homecoming DVD out there besides the original event & November Reign. This DVD is about the September show they did in Cleveland called "Reunion Tour" available at RFvideo.com. I personally wouldn't get it because most of it was boring to me but just incase you want all the events available in DVD.

Tod Gordon welcomes the fans with appearence from Bill Alfonzo
Chris Chetti vs. Danny Doring
Blue Meanie vs. Tracy Smothers (basically, almost the same match from the first H.H. event because they did the same exact comedy spots at the same time)
Roadkill vs. New Jack (they both end up turning on the referee & attack him. New Jack went off on a fan doing the "WHAT?" chant during his promo)
Memorial Segment with Gary Wolfe & Johnny Grunge
Rhino vs. Raven
Shane Douglas vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Sabu (not a 3 way dance but triple threat match. Shane was really off this night)
Team 3-D vs. Ian Rotten & Balls Mahoney
Justin Credible vs. The Sandman (Singapore Cane Match)

Oh yeah, on this DVD. The theme songs aren't edited (you hear Natural Born Killaz throughout New Jack's whole match) and neither are the ECW references & chants.