Product Details

• Actors: Dave Bautista, Chris Benoit, Adam Birch, Michael Bucci, Carlos Cabrera
• Directors: Kevin Dunn
• Writers: Alex Greenfield, Brian Gewirtz, Christopher DeJoseph, Court Bauer, David J. Lagana
• Format: Closed-captioned, 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: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009YNSME
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,120 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "WWE Great American Bash 2005" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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GREAT AMERICAN BASH 2005 - DVD Movie

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Royal Rumble 2006 is more garbage than this, July 8, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: WWE Great American Bash 2005 (DVD)

I don't get why everyone says this is the worst pay per view ever in my opinion Royal Rumble 2006 is more garbage than this.Both events had crappy main events but the reason Batista vs JBL was so boring was because it was so long and there was no wrestling only brawling.But Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry was half the length of Batista vs JBL and in my opinion that match was alot crappier than Batista vs JBL because even though Kurt Angle won the match he won with a rollup.Both events had Rey Mysterio in the best match.But at least Great American Bash had a better womans match than Royal Rumble.Boogeyman vs JBL was the worst match of the royal rumble but was crappier than the worst match of the great american bash which was the BWO vs The Mexicools.Both events only had one big moment which was Rey Mysterio winning the rumble and Undertaker last riding hassan off the stage. Royal Rumble 2006 had 2 good matches the cruiserweight match and the rumble match.The WWE Championship match was an Ok match but the rest of the royal rumble was garbage. The Great American Bash 2005 had 2 good matches Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio and Undertaker vs Muhammad Hassan. The rest of the matches were either average or garbage.My point basically is this is not the worst pay per view ever. There are at least 3 pay per view's i know that are crappier than this Armageddon 2003, King of the ring 2002,and Royal rumble 2006 there might even be more. I don't recommend you buy the DVD but i'm just saying that this isn't as bad as everyone claims it to be. It's just not a very good pay per view.

24 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars LOWEST POINT IN WWe DVDS!, July 31, 2005

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M. Grant "MacGyver of the Books" (Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WWE Great American Bash 2005 (DVD)

This was one of the worst WWe PPV shows ever! Why anyone except maybe a WWe historian would consider owning it is beyond me. If I could give it a '0' rating I would.

The booking of the matches was some of the worst of all time. Skilled wrestlers like Chris Benoit should never lose to glorified jobbers like Orlando Jordan. The main event with Batista vs. JBL will put you to sleep. GUAR-AN-TEE!

If you're looking for quality wrestling DVDs, check out Shawn Michaels: From the Vault, Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story, or The Ric Flair Collection.

AVOID THIS DVD AT ALL COSTS!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Great American Crap, December 12, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: WWE Great American Bash 2005 (DVD)

1. MNM VS. Road Warroior Animal & Heidenreich
(WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP)
Going in, I didn't think this would be a stellar match. However, since it was the match to open up the show, the crowd was pretty hot so they were really into this match and that helped a lot. The wrestling itself was not so good but with the crowd well behind the faces it worked out well. Nice moment after with Animal dedicating the win to Hawk. 1/2*

2. Booker T VS. Christian
We've all seen this before. These guys were involved in a long feud for the IC Title on Raw two years earlier. Now they were on the same show again and I guess the writing team were having flash backs. This match was pretty solid but it was nothing you haven't seen before or will remember anytime soon. Booker wins with the scissors kick. **1/2

3. Orlando Jordan VS. Chris Benoit
(UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP)
I found it both weird and discouraging that there was no feud here at all. Benoit just won a No. 1 Contender's match against Booker T and there was no interaction between Benoit and Jordan until in the Bash. Very strange booking. Anyways, the match itself was not good at all. OJ is not very impressive. He used a lot of restholds which put the crowd right to sleep. He also got no heat whatsoever during his entrance or when he was on offense like you would expect any heel to. All he got was silence. Jordan won with the use of the exposed steel buckle. What a yawner. *1/2

4. Undertaker VS. Muhammad Hassan
(NO 1. CONTENDER'S MATCH)
This was not really a match. It was more of an angle for the ending of the Hassan character. That's funny considering this is the second year in a row at the Bash that a Taker has killed someone off. Paul Bearer last year and Hassan this year. Funny. Taker won with the chokeslam and then delivered the last ride right to the concrete floor underneath the stage after moving up a part of it. 1/2*

5. BWO VS. Mexicools
Nothing exciting. Usual stuff you see on Smackdown all the time. Mexicools won. *

6. Rey Mysterio VS. Eddie Guerrero
You had to know coming in that this was going to be your match of the night. It was but they have had better matches like Judgment Day and a match on Smackdown about a month earlier. The wrestling was great as always and there was a lot of drama with Dominick being involved sitting at ringside. This was good and it was the only bright spot on the whole show. Rey wins, meaning that Eddie would have to keep the secret locked away forever...even though he didn't. ***1/2

7. Torrie Wilson VS. Melina
(BRA & PANTIES MATCH)
Nothing worth mentioning. Melina wins. She is then disrobed after the match by Torrie and Candice (who was special guest referee). All three end up leaving in the undergarments.

8. Batista VS. JBL
(WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP)
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Yep, that about sums it. This was a MAJOR snoozer. Letting these two guys just wrestle for all those minutes was a bad decision because they both have limitations. The crowd was dead for this and I MEAN DEAD!!! This sucked. JBL wins by DQ. Big Dave proceeds to destroy both JBL and OJ after. *

This was pretty bad. Worse than last year's Bash. This seems to be the time of year in which Undertaker "kills" somebody. All of the matches (except for Guerrero/Mysterio) did nothing to stand out or were just plain bad. The main event was a complete snooze. Don't go out of your to see this. You can do better.