Product Details

• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001QVD0TK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,423 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

In one of the most popular shows on WWE's on demand channel, panels that include WWE Hall of Famers Jim Ross and Dusty Rhodes discuss the life and times of the legendary "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Sgt. Slaughter. These shows have never been available on DVD - until now! Fans can now enjoy these panel discussions along with bonus matches featuring the best of the highlighted superstars. - Slaughter Vs. Mike Rotundo - Mid-Atlantic May 12 1982 -Texas Death Match for WWF Title: Slaughter Vs. Bob Backlund - Sept. 24 1983 -Slaughter Vs. Iron Sheik - April 23, 1984 -Boot Camp Match: Slaughter Vs. Col. DeBeers - AWA SuperClash III Dec. 13, 1988 -NWA Heavyweight Title Match: Flair Vs. Lex Luger - Starrcade Dec. 26, 1988 -Thunderdome Match: Flair & Sting Vs. Terry Funk & The Great Muta - Halloween Havoc Oct. 28, 1989 - Flair Vs. Curt Hennig: WCW Nitro Oct. 11, 1999

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Nature Boy & America's Hero, February 10, 2009

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This review is from: Legends of Wrestling 5: Ric Flair & Sgt Slaughter (DVD)

For those who don't already know, the "Legends Of Wrestling" program is a program on WWE 24/7 On Demand channel that's a roundtable discussion featuring Dusty Rhodes, Jim Ross, Pat Patterson, Michael Hayes, and Mike Graham speaking on various subjects. Throughout each discussion, you'll hear various personal & behind the scenes stories of each individual mentioned along with rare video highlights & pictures to showcase the point being put across. On each disc, you'll get a set of bonus matches with most of them never released on DVD before & even rare ones never seen on national television either...with Jesse Ventura's commentry not removed from the matches.

Flair's revolved around how he lived his gimmick, was able to make stars including a certain one that Michael Hayes himself said that he "would never forgive Flair for", the difference between himself & Hulk Hogan as the two dominate World Champions of the 1980's, along with stories about his history Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdock. Sgt. Slaughter's discussion featured stories & discussions of how Pat Patterson brought him in, how great of a character & real man he is, the infamous "Iraq" heel run he had, the issues regarding his sudden WWE departure in 1984, and his importance as a backstage agent.

Matches Include:
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Mike Rotundo - A competitive match between these two that was good for what it was.
"Mid-Atlantic Wrestling" May '82

Texas Death Match: Sgt. Slaughter vs. WWE Champion Bob Backlund - Tony Garea was the special referee for this "no holds barred" match. This was a different type of match than expected from Backlund as he brawled on the outside early using things like the steps & ringpost on Slaughter. Unfortunally after that, this was pretty "tame" for a Death match as it was a nice encounter but wasn't anything special past a normal wrestling match after the opening moments.
Sept. '83

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik - This is nothing less than you would normally expect from a Sheik/Slaughter match as the crowd was absoutely crazy from start to finish as this match was just wild with both men taking the fight to each other nonstop throughout the match that always ended up just getting too out of control.
Apr. '84

Boot Camp Match: Sgt. Slaughter vs. Col. DeBeers - For those who don't know, a "Boot Camp Match" is just the military version of a street fight match. It was a brawl with both men using various weapons like a combat weapon & riding crop while fighting in the ring & on the floor. Various people got involved at times like "Diamond" Dallas Page, Iron Sheik, Adnan Al-Kaissie, and the Guerrero brothers resulting in Slaughter bleeding. It was a nice match but again, a bit "tame" for the level of violence expected in this type of match.
AWA SuperClash III '88

NWA Champion Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger - This had a special stipuation in that Flair would lose the belt if he got disqualified. I thought that this was possibly their most competitve match they've ever had as it wasn't the typical Luger/Flair match that involved a heavy amount of stalling & heel tactics as they went 30 mins. full of action here.
NWA Starrcade '88
("Starrcade: The Essential Collection")

Thunderdome Cage Match w/special referee Bruno Sammartino: Ric Flair & Sting w/Ole Anderson vs. Terry Funk & Great Muta w/Gary Hart - The rules for this match was that Ole Anderson or Gary Hart had to throw in the towel for their team for the match to end. This also used the Thundercage structure that was WCW's version of Hell In A Cell that not only covered the ring but the outside area as well. This match started out as a regular tag match but evolved into a four man brawl with each man using the cage at one point or another. Some "highlight moments" to look out for was Sting & Flair at various times using the rope that was the in the top corner of the cage to swing onto Terry Funk like "Tarzan" and Sting doing a huge leap splash from that same top corner of the cage all the way into the middle of the ring. The match was wild (the usual with Terry Funk matches) and truely one of the best matches held inside the Thundercage structure.
NWA Halloween Havoc '89

Ric Flair vs. Curt Hennig - This was a rare match as their more famous feud against each other happened two years earlier. This was a good TV match as they did some nice wrestling in the ring & had an entertaining encounter on the outside as well.
"WCW Nitro" Oct. '99

This is one of the disc in the collection that had a great overall discussion & valuable bonus matches in their own right...and on a personal note, ABOUT TIME they finally put the Thunderdome match on DVD! Great disc for old school fans to check out.