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• Actors: The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Triple H
• Directors: Not Provided
• Format: Box set, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: April 14, 2009
• Run Time: 540 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001PPLJOU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,580 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The 1990s may have been the most turbulent decade in the history of sports entertainment. The biggest fight of the era was not in the squared circle, but rather between rival companies WWE and WCW, and survival was at stake. Like any good match, it saw its twists and turns, particularly when WCW brought WWE to its knees, winning the Monday-night ratings battle for more than 80 consecutive weeks. While WWE eventually prevailed, the real winners of the war were fans who got to see birth and rebirth of some of the biggest stars and factions in the history of sports entertainment. The Greatest Stars of the 90s profiles 15 of them. Hosted by SmackDown announcer and former ECW champion Tazz, the 3-disc set is packed with matches, interviews, comedy, and more.

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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The best of the 90s, almost April 14, 2009

By Movie Fan

If you purchased WWE Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80s and were disappointed with the profiles and match selections on that disc, WWE redeems themselves with the sequel that focuses on the best of the '90s.

First, the main thing that surprised me about this set was how strong they put over Sting. Sting is currently the world champion of their competition, the dreadful TNA promotion, yet they gave him his due on this release. When you open the 3-disc set up your eyes are drawn to a giant image of Sting on one of the DVD art panels. WWE talent and announcers really talk positively about Sting also and do nothing to make the champion of their rival look bad, very surprising indeed.

OK, on with the rest. Disc one is a 3 hour documentary that focuses on who the WWE considers to be the biggest wrestling stars of the '90s, which is without question the greatest decade in the history of the sport. The recently departed Tazz hosts the documentary and introduces each segment that chronicles each wrestler's career from it's beginning thru 1999. All the major players are covered: The Rock, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Hulk Hogan, Sting, Ric Flair, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Yokozuna, Triple H, Bret Hart, Lex Luger, Owen Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
The WWE saves Austin for last and Vince himself puts Austin over, and rightfully so, as the greatest star ever in the company. Some may think Bret, Shawn or the Rock are the greatest from '90s, and they're entitled to their opinion, but it's hard to argue with record setting PPV buys, ticket sales and merchandise sales that Austin achieved in the '90s. He's the best, and it's nice to see the company acknowledge it.

If I had to guess, I would say about 40% of the interviews in the documentary are from previous releases, but we do get some new comments from a few guys, most notably from CM Punk (see his comments concerning Lex Luger, he nailed him!). Each wrestler is covered nicely with what they accomplished in the '90s taking center stage.

WWE is famous for taking shots at people in their documentaries, but they really didn't bury anyone here. There are some subtle shots of note though. The most obvious one to me is how during Mick Foley's segment, they showed footage from his "This is Your Life" segment with the Rock from Raw, but failed to say how it was the highest rated segment in the history of Raw, an achievement they've always acknowledged in the past. That was interesting. Also, they take a few digs at Luger, they're fair digs though in my opinion, about how he may have been the total package, but never reached his full potential.

My only complaint with the documentary is that they included Owen Hart and left out a talent like Big Van Vader. I'm sorry, but as nice a guy as Owen was, he was not a main eventer or big draw during his career. Was he good and talented in the ring? Absolutely. Should he be called one of the greatest of the '90s, I don't think so. I would've replaced Owen with Vader. Vader dominated the '90s as a monster heel champion in WCW that helped WCW during a very dismal time in their history. His matches with Cactus Jack, Sting, Ron Simmons and Ric Flair are classics and it would've been nice to see his career highlighted here. That's my only complaint, otherwise it's a very entertaining trip down memory lane. They show a lot of clips and parts of promos during each wrestler's segment that I had forgot about, so there's some great stuff here.

Now, for the match selection. There are some great matches on this set. First, WWE has finally released Flair vs. Hogan from '91 at Madison Square Garden. This feud was going to headline WrestleMania VIII, but Vince scrapped the match after he wasn't impressed with the in-ring work, or the box office results (which I think was unfair because those matches took place during the first steroid scandal and a lot of fans were turning away at this point) from their series of bouts. I have to disagree, this match between Flair and Hogan is great! I never thought Hogan and Flair had good matches in WCW, but they have a pretty good bout here in WWF. It's well worth a look.
Vader is well represented in the match department with a forgotten classic against Sting at Slamboree '94 for the International World Title. For me, this match was worth the price of the set alone.

Other matches of note include: Diesel vs. Razor Ramon for the Intercontinental Title from WWF Superstars (you always knew there was going to be a title change when the belt was defended on Superstars!), Diesel and Shawn vs Yokozuna and Bulldog with all titles on the line from In Your House '95 (great tag match), Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels from Survivor Series '92, Austin vs Undertaker from SummerSlam '98, Sting vs Bret Hart from Halloween Havoc '98 and Triple H vs The Rock in a strap match from Fully Loaded '98.

WWE continues to release one great compilation set after another, and this one's no exception. Well worth a look.
Future sets I would love to see them make: The history of the World Title (and please go all the way back to when it was the NWA title), history of the ECW world title, a rise and fall of WCW set, a greatest gimmick matches set and 3-disc sets for the following wrestlers - Jerry Lawler, Big Show, Terry Funk, Chris Jericho and Ricky Steamboat.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Official Match Listing January 30, 2009

By Lloyd Van Buren

Disc 1

Tazz - Introduction

Shawn Michaels

From the Smallest Champion to the Largest

Yokozuna

Samoan Culture

The Rock

Drawing the Casual Fan

Women of the 90s

Tough and Sexy

Kevin Nash

Battle for Superstardom

Owen Hart

Fun Filled Memories

Ric Flair

Infamous Figure

Mick Foley

The Quest for Success

Not So Great Stars of the 90s

The Reinvention

Hulk Hogan

Attitude and Controversy

Triple H

Technical Savvy

Bret Hart

Pop Culture Phenomenon

Vince McMahon / Eric Bischoff / Paul Heyman

The Total Package

Lex Luger

The IT Factor

Sting

The Bad Guy

Razor Ramon

Respect

The Undertaker

A Rebel

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Tazz - Close

Extras

* Razor Ramon - Restaurant Vignette
July 11, 1992

* The Undertaker Builds a Coffin for Yokozuna
December 1993

* Bret Hart - New Generation Vignette
July 1994

* Owen Hart Inside a Steel Cage
August 20, 1994

* Shawn Michaels Press Conference Before WrestleMania XI
February 28, 1995

* Hunter Hearst Helmsley - "Riff Raff"
April 15, 1995

* Mankind - "And God Created Mankind"
January 6, 1996

* Scott Hall & Kevin Nash N.W.O. Vignette
August 19, 1996

* The Hart Foundation Reunites
March 31, 1997

* D-Generation X Reenacts the Montreal Incident
November 24, 1997

* The Rock Reads Steve Austin's Eulogy
April 19, 1999

* Steve Austin remembers the Shockmaster

Disc 2

Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan
Madison Square Garden - November 30, 1991

WWE Championship Match
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
Survivor Series - November 25, 1992

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna
King of the Ring - June 13, 1993

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
WrestleMania X - March 20, 1994

Intercontinental Championship Match
Diesel vs. Razor Ramon
Superstars - April 13, 1994

International World Heavyweight Championship Match
Sting vs. Vader
Slamboree - May 22, 1994

WWE Championship Match
Bret Hart vs. Diesel
Royal Rumble - January 22, 1995

WWE Women's Championship Match
Alundra Blayze vs. Bull Nakano
Monday Night Raw - April 3, 1995

Disc 3

Triple Header Match
Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Yokozuna & British Bulldog
In Your House - September 24, 1995

#1 Contender Match
Owen Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
In Your House - February 18, 1996

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Vader
SummerSlam - August 18, 1996

Steel Cage Match
Mankind vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
SummerSlam - August 3, 1997

WCW Championship Match
Lex Luger vs. Hulk Hogan
Monday Nitro - August 4, 1997

WWE Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker
SummerSlam - August 30, 1998

United States Championship Match
Sting vs. Bret Hart
Halloween Havoc - October 25, 1998

Strap Match
Triple H vs. The Rock
Fully Loaded - July 25, 1999

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Remembering Austin 3:16, nWo 4 Life, WHOOO!, Banzai, If You Smell....And More May 9, 2009

By D.P. VINE™ VOICE

Without a doubt, the decade of the 90s has seen more changes to the professional wrestling business than any decade before it & possibly any decade since then which will make the 1990's probably the most memorable decade at this point to any wrestling fan. Now this is one of those WWE documentries just like their "Greatest 80's Stars", "World's Greatest Managers", and "Powerful Wrestling Families" where certain wrestlers are selected and their important moments of the 1990's are profiled. Tazz host this DVD and along with hearing new comments from people like C.M. Punk (listen to what he had to say about Lex Luger & Sting), Gerald Brisco, Jim Ross, Mr. Kennedy, Jeff Hardy, Jerry Lawler, Gene Okerland, Joey Styles, John Cena and Beth Phoenix (check out her comments regarding Kevin Nash)...this DVD also reuses footage & commentary from other DVD sets and past interview archives like the old WWE Confidental show.

Here are some highlights from the profiles on this DVD:
Shawn Michaels - Going from a tag team with the Rockers to being a singles wrestler, the importance of Sherri, the importance of his singles championships, quality as an in-ring performer, innovative & memorable matches, DX, career ending back injury.

Yokozuna - Abilities as super-heavyweight, main eventing WrestleMania IX, weight problems that eventually lead to his death.

The Rock - Being trained by his dad, getting into WWE, transformation from Rocky Maivia into The Rock, feud with Stone Cold, his ability to entertain.

Kevin Nash - Early WCW characters, coming into WWE as Diesel, friendship with Shawn Michaels, level of charisma, his run in the nWo.

Owen Hart - His feud with Bret, his acomplishments such as King Of The Ring & Slammy Awards, being a tag team specialist, his runs in the Hart Foundation & The Nation, his tragic death in 1999.

Ric Flair - His WWE run in '91-'92, going back to WCW, his Starrcade '93 match vs. Vader, the ability to raise other's game in the ring.

Mick Foley - The runs in WCW & ECW, his hardcore style, the Mankind character, importance of the WWE championship win, Mr. Socko, the Rock 'N Sock Connection, his (original) retirement from the ring.

Hulk Hogan - This just really discussed his runs in WWE in the early '90s and early days of coming into WCW before going into his transformation into Hollywood Hogan & the nWo.

Triple H - His original bloodblood character, the importance of the Interconentinal title & King Of The Ring, DX, transforming into "The Game", ability to incorporate past wrestlers styles into his own.

Bret Hart - His Intercontinental & WWE Championship runs, becoming King Of The Ring, his Ironman Match vs. Shawn Michaels, the Stone Cold feud, his run in the new Hart Foundation, Survivor Series '97, his WCW run & end of his career.

Mr. McMahon/Eric Bischoff/Paul Heyman - This was just video highlights of each man's on screen characters showcasing them as the heads of the top 3 promotions of the 1990's.

Lex Luger - Being WCW champion, art imitating life with his Narcississt gimmick, buildup to SummerSlam '93 by slamming Yokozuna & the Lex Express (complete with the "I Need A Hero" song," his jump to WCW & the impact he had there, did he live up to his potential?

Sting - Becoming the NWA champion, how he just connected with the crowd, transformation into the darker character, his Starrcade match vs. Hogan.

Scott Hall - The orgins of his Razor Ramon gimmick, being Intercontinental Champion, his WrestleMania X ladder match vs. Shawn Michaels, his success as part of the nWo.

Undertaker - Winning the WWE Championship in his rookie year, the WrestleMania streak, ability to move like crusierweight but retain the larger than life persona.

Steve Austin - His runs in both WCW & ECW, Austin 3:16, the WrestleMania 13 match vs. Bret Hart, his SummerSlam '97 match vs. Owen Hart, his feud with Mr. McMahon, winning the WWE Championship.

Along with this are certain highlight features showcasing how WWE became a big part of pop culture, some of the top women of the decade (Sable, Alundra Blazye, Sunny, Chyna, Marlena, Debra), and just some of the characters from the decade like Baston Booger & Glacier & Repo Man that make you go "WHAT THE HELL WHERE THEY THINKING WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH THAT!"

DVD extras include one of the original Razor Ramon vignettes, all the vignettes with Undertaker building the casket for Yokozuna leading up to their Royal Rumble '94 match, a Bret Hart "New WWF Generation" commercial, Owen Hart being interviewed inside the cage leading up to SummerSlam '94, Shawn Michaels' comments at the WrestleMania XI press conference, one of the original Hunter Hearst-Hemsley promos, one of the first Mankind promos that he did in a basement, a "The Following Announcement Has Been Payed For By The New World Order" promo featuring Hall & Nash, the reunion of Bret & Owen & Bulldog on RAW, DX reinacts the Montreal incident, the Rock giving a funeral for Steve Austin that featured a monster truck & a Lincoln Continental & a hearse, and Steve Austin talking about the comical debut of the "Shockmaster" in WCW. Hidden DVD extras include one of Sunny's "Viewer Discression Is Advised" advertisments before RAW and Road Warrior Animal telling a story about Steve Austin giving the stunner to 12 kids.

Matches Include:
Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair - This is a rare match here as this was their first encounter against each other in Madison Square Garden. Hogan took control of the match early with the action going both in & outside of the ring. Just as expected with Flair being "the dirtiest player in the game" in that he got the advantage once Hogan took his eyes off him and worked over Hulk's knee. The ending (classic heel Flair) setup future encounters between two but this was more of a teaser match for their more famous future encounters.
"MSG" Nov. '91

WWE Champion Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels - This one of those matches that have been classified as a "lost classic" because it's a high quality match that have gone down as one of the best in both men's careers but always gets overshadowed by other encounters that are more famous (or infamous) for one reason or another. This was the first singles match between both men on PPV, Shawn Michaels' first PPV main event, and for those Survivor Series historians...this was first of 3 times Bret & Shawn would face each other at this event & this match was exactly 5 years (give or take a few days) before the "screwjob". Shawn Michaels walked into this match as the Intercontinental Champion after defeating British Bulldog for the belt around a week earlier so the added story to this match was that Shawn had the advantage since he recently beat the man who Bret Hart at the previous PPV. This is a match that I can't describe as words wouldn't do it justice as they went around 30 mins. here in a classic performance that showcased the new era that WWE was going in where it was built on athleticism & wrestling. Again, a lost classic that made both men walk out with more credibility than they walked in with.
Survivor Series '92

WWE Champion Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna - After that ending to WrestleMania IX, this was the rematch. If this wasn't Hogan's last WWF match for almost a decade, it wouldn't have been very memorable as the match never seemed to move out of first gear & was the sterotypical Hogan performance of being dominated before "Hulking Up" & making his comeback in the end but I'll give Hogan credit in the fact that he heavily sold for Yokozuna just based on his facial expressions throughout the match & the fact that he didn't slam Yokozuna. The ending was crap but in the end, Yokozuna regained the WWF Title & Hulk Hogan left the WWF to not be seen again until 2002.
King Of The Ring '93

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart - They started off by trying to one-up each other in the beginning with Owen having some very entertaining taunts towards Bret before both men ended up exchanging slaps to each other. This went into a very technical match as Owen worked over Bret's back after ramming it into the steel post, doing a variation of the camel clutch, and even doing the imfamous piledriver that he did to Steve Austin years later. The target would eventually turn towards Bret's knee with Owen using the figure four & hurting it even more with the ringpost. Bret gained momentum back & we even had a battle of the sharpshooters before Owen was able to get one step ahead of Bret (literraly) and have what was without a doubt the breakthough performance of his career with Lawler quoting the moment perfectly, "He didn't step out...he jumped out of the shadow."
WrestleMania X
("Bret Hart: The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be")

WWE Intercontinental Champion Razor Ramon vs. Diesel - This match happened a little while after the classic ladder match between Shawn Michaels & Razor Ramon at WrestleMania as it was time for Shawn's bodyguard, Diesel, to attempt to gain the Intercontinental Championship. Razor came out very aggressive while Diesel used his power & size to his advantage. There were times where Razor was able to counteract Diesel's size like a top rope bulldog but in the end, numbers amongst other things caught up to Razor as Diesel would go on to win his first championship. This was more of a teaser for their upcoming SummerSlam match than anything else but a very good match for the "Superstars" show at that time.
"Superstars" Apr. '94

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