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WWE: Hulk Hogan - The Ultimate Anthology

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Here is what has been floating around the net in terms of a match listing. The DVD has been pushed back to an August/Early Fall Release at present.

DISC 1:

NWA Southeastern Championship Wrestling, 5/5/79: Terry "The Hulk" Boulder vs. Andre the Giant (arm wrestling match)

WWE, 13/11/79: Hulk Hogan vs. Harry Valdez (WWE debut, Championship Wrestling)

WWE, 17/12/79: "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan vs. Ted DiBiase (Madison Square Garden debut)

WWE, 9/8/80: "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (Showdown At Shea)

AWA, 18/4/82: Nick Bockwinkel! vs. Hulk Hogan (AWA World Championship)

AWA, 24/4/83: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hulk Hogan (AWA World Championship, Super Sunday)

NJPW, 2/6/83: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki (IWGP Championship tournament finals)

DISC 2:

WWE, 23/1/84: Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship)

WWE, 31/3/85: Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper & "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (WrestleMania)

WWE, 7/4/86: Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (steel cage match, WrestleMania 2)

WWE, 3/1/87: Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (steel cage match, Saturday Night's Main Event)

WWE, 29/3/87: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (WrestleMania III)

WWE, 29/8/88: The Mega-Powers vs. The Mega-Bucks (SummerSlam)

WWE, 2/4/89: "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, WrestleMania V)

WWE, 1/4/90: Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (Wre! stleMania VI)

DISC 3:

WWE, 27/8/90: Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake (SummerSlam)

WWE, 24/3/91: Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, WrestleMania VII)

WWE, 3/12/91: Undertaker vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, Tuesday In Texas)

WCW, 17/7/94: Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan (WCW Championship, Bash At the Beach)

WCW, 23/10/94: Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (WCW Championship - steel cage retirement match, Halloween Havoc)

WCW, 15/9/96: Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, & nWo Sting vs. Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, & Sting ("War Games:The Match Beyond", Fall Brawl)

WCW, 29/12/97: Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting (WCW Championship - Starrcade)

DISC 4:

WWE, 11/3/02: Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, & Kevin Nash vs. The Rock & Stone Cold Steve Austin (RAW)

WWE, 17/3/02: Hollywood Hogan vs. The Rock (WrestleMania X8)!

WWE, 21/4/02: Triple H vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, Backlash)

WWE, 4/7/02: Billy & Chuck vs. Hulk Hogan & Edge (World Tag Team Championship, SmackDown!)

WWE, 30/3/03: Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. McMahon (streetfight, WrestleMania XIX)

WWE, 21/8/05: Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam 2005)

The format will apparently mirror that of the Undertakers Tombstone set. Honestly, I really don't think the match selection could be any better. The only thing I might add would be another match or two from the WCW Era, specifically the one of the heel Hollywood world title wins (either over the Giant at Hog Wild or over Luger at Road Wild) and the match against Goldberg on Nitro. Also might have thrown in one of his celebrity matches with Rodman for the sheer camp value. Overall though, no complaints.

Here's my one major problem with this DVD set. Many of the matches are already available on other DVDs. The WrestleMania matches can be found on the WrestleMania Box Set, and "Greatest Wrestlers of the 1980s" and "Hulk Still Rules" has many of the same matches.

My question is this: Where are all the great Saturday Night's Main Event matches? How about some good MSG house show matches as well?

Hogan had some really good fueds in the 80s that didn't get a lot of television exposure. Matches against Greg Valentine, Ted DiBiase, Rick Rude, Big Bossman, Killer Khan, "King" Harley Race and others made good money at house shows and have appeared in the old VHS format on Coliseum Video's old "Hulkamania" series (for those of us old enough and lucky enough to own some of those!)

As far as the PPV matches go, hopefully the WWE will release SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series sets similar to the WrestleMania set. If so, why bother putting them on this set too?

I don't understand why there's so much bad talk about Hogan. Everybody needs to chill out. He never perpetrated to be a great wrestler or anything like that. Hogan turned people into wrestling fans. He revolutionized the business. He is the most popular wrestler of all time. Nobody did more than him, except for maybe the McMahon family. So let's stop with the bashing. And Warrior being better than Hogan? Sorry, but you've got to be out of your mind. Warrior was a great hit for about five minutes. He no-showed events and botched many a match. He wasn't nearly as great an interview as Hogan, and he turned his back on his fans plenty of times. Oh, and the greatest match of Warrior's career? With Hogan. Hogan is the greatest sports entertainer ever. Not the greatest wrestler. The greatest sports entertainer. It's not his fault WCW gave him creative control. It's not his fault people love him. Appreciate the man, please.

I was disappointed with the WWE's latest (and probably last) offering on the legacy of the Hulkster. This "Ultimate" Anthology, in my opinion, was created solely to milk the very last drop from the very sore nipple of Hulkamania.

Mean Gene Okerlund and Jimmy Hart are your hosts on all 3 discs, introducing us fans to each match. And they completely lack any charisma whatsoever. It's almost like Vince McMahon himself had a gun pointed at them off camera to make them read off a cue card. Both of them must have said "You are absolutely right" about 100 times. Very irritating.

I personally think the WWE should have gone above and beyond to make this the best DVD they ever created. Without the Hulk, chances are the WWE wouldn't be what it is today. But, the best WWE DVD collection remains the Ric Flair Collection, which was done first class, and did not have the cheesy introductions to each match. I really could have done without Mean Gene and Jimmy Hart. Besides, anybody who remembers the Hulk from his WWF (now WWE) days in particular, will recall Jimmy Hart was a heel manager, and had nothing to do with Hogan besides putting his sideshow freak stable up against him. But, Hogan joined WCW with Hart as his manager, plus I think they are even related so that's how Jimmy got on here.

ANYWAY....

The set they are talking on is a generic WWE set, like from their WWF Confidential show. No real connection to the Hulk at all (no red and yellow backdrop, no pictures of Hulk...etc). I think since they probably only paid Mean Gene and Jimmy Hart a small fee (and who probably were eating out of KFC garbage bins the night before), they could have spent a bit more on the set.

Enough about the presentation. The meat of the Anthology is the matches. We are treated to some of Hogans relevant matches over the course of his career, but it is more of a spotlight on his biggest feuds, not necessarily a spotlight on his best matches. One match which was sorely missing was Hogans steel cage fight with The Big Bossman from Saturday Nights Main Event in 1986. Who could forget Hogan superplexing the Bossman off the top of the steel cage? Out of all of Hogans big matches, this one sticks out to me as one of his best.

Some of the interviews were new, but all of Hogans comments appear to be recycled from the "Hulk Still Rules" DVD. There is little to no special features whatsoever. I was thinking among the three discs that there would be hours of interviews, special content, maybe even a blurb about how Hogan influenced the whole "Rock N Wrestling" aspect in the 1980's, including his cartoon show, but...nothing.

The worst match on the DVD is Hogans' 2002 appearance in XWF, which was run by Jimmy Hart. Hogan faced "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, shortly after having reconstructive knee surgery. Hogan was simply there to make an appearance, but was talked into having a match. What a mistake. Hogan couldn't even go in the ring, and was tuckered out after a few minutes. I've never seen Hogan look worse. And all of this in front of maybe 100 fans. This was clearly added to the disc as a favor to Hogans personal friend, Jimmy Hart.

To add salt to the wounds, I bought the set that included Hogans terrible reality show, "Hogan Knows Best". If Hogan knew anything, he'd know that this show sucks and get his old butt and family off TV.

I would have to say that the chances of me buying another Hogan DVD is about the same chance Hogans' hair is going to grow back.

FOR HOGAN BIGGEST FANS ONLY!!

I pre-ordered the 4 disc set through WWE Shop expecting to get a 4th bonus disc of additional matches. I was browsing the site and discovered they changed the content of the 4th bonus disc to a Hogan Knows Best Bonus disc. It contains two episodes of the show plus a sneak peek into the upcoming season. I emailed them asking what exactly the bonus disc contained and i was told that it was the Hogan Knows Best. The reports of the bonus disc containing additional matches was an error. If you pre-ordered the 4 disc edition expecting the additional matches you will be dissapointed.

We have found the anti christ hulk says say your prayers but when in wcw he got paid twice as much as rick flair and he used his power to bring down and destroy the man who got him his job. How do you think hogan had such a long reign in wcw he used his powers to push down others and used his powers gave to him in his contract to refuse to lose. Did anyone see when he whipped ric flairs son in the ring and was suppost to whip him with the belt 5 times he did it more like 16 times. well hogan will always be hated by ric flair fans for what he did as far as his work in the ring he is entertaining but he doesn't sell well and a leg drop what kind of lame move is that. Well whenever this dvd comes out i'm still buying it because he is entertaining and even though he is rude and to some point evil he could bring forth the crowd and bring forth energy. well back to the dvd it is suppost to be released nere november so i wouldn't get it unless it drops down a few more dollars i would wait until the release date is posted incase it gets canceled and you don't get a dvd or anything like that.

DISC 1:

WWE, 9/3/80: "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (Showdown At Shea)

AWA, 4/24/83: Nick Bockwinkel vs. Hulk Hogan (AWA World Championship, Super Sunday)

DISC 2:

WWE, 1/23/84: Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship)

WWE, 9/22/84: Big John Studd vs Hulk Hogan (WWE title)

WWE, 2/18/85: Roddy Piper vs Hulk Hogan (WWE title)

WWE, 3/31/85: Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper & "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (WrestleMania)

WWE, 7/4/86: Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (steel cage match, WrestleMania 2)

WWE, 8/28/86: Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (WWE title)

WWE, 29/3/87: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (WrestleMania III)

WWE, 2/4/89: "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, WrestleMania V)

WWE, 1/4/90: Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (Wre! stleMania VI)

DISC 3:

WWE, 24/3/91: Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, WrestleMania VII)

WWE, 3/12/91: Undertaker vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, Tuesday In Texas)

WCW, 17/7/94: Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan (WCW Championship, Bash At the Beach)

WCW, 8/10/96: Hollywood Hogan vs the Giant (WCW title)

WCW, 29/12/97: Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting (WCW Championship - Starrcade): It's not their best match because Hogan had too much say about it and wanted Sting to come off looking weak against him. He only ever let Sting beat him if their was interference or controversy.

DISC 4:

XWF, 11/14/01: Hulk Hogan vs Curt Hennig

WWE, 17/3/02: Hollywood Hogan vs. The Rock (WrestleMania X8)!

WWE, 21/4/02: Triple H vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE Championship, Backlash)

WWE, 4/7/02: Billy & Chuck vs. Hulk Hogan & Edge (World Tag Team Championship, SmackDown!)

WWE, 30/3/03: Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. McMahon (streetfight, WrestleMania XIX)

WWE, 21/8/05: Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam) >>

It's missing some matches though such as:

NJPW, 2/6/83: Hulk Hogan vs. Antonio Inoki (IWGP Championship tournament finals)
vs King Harley Race in the WWE
vs Kamala on Saturday Night Mainevent
vs Andre the Giant in the match where he gets screwed over by the Hebner brothers
vs Earthquake at SummerSlam
vs The Million Dollar Man
vs Paul Orndorf in a Steelcage
vs Mr. Perfect
in a rare match vs The Undertaker on Primetime
vs Big Bubba "the Big Bossman" on the first episode of Monday Nitro
vs Vader in a steelcage,
his real first ever match with Sting on Nitro where they both were faces and Sting didn't have on the Crow make-up
Survivor Series elimination matches,
Royal Rumble wins,
vs The Giant in a Steelcage (WCW title)
Hogan and Nash vs Piper and the Giant a pole match
NWO Hogan vs Flair in a cage where Hogan loses the title,
vs Luger on Nitro (WCW World title)
vs Luger at Hog Wild (WCW World title),
Hollywood Hogan vs Randy Savage at Halloween Havoc "96" (WCW title),
vs Roddy Piper at Strarcade 96 and Superbrawl 97,
in a rare match vs Scott Hall on Nitro
vs Goldberg on Nitro,
vs Kevin Nash at a ppv (WCW title),
Hogan and Macho Man vs The Milliob Dollar Man and Andre at SummerSlam
with Brutis Beefcake vs Zeus and Macho Man,
vs The Butcher (Brutis Beefcake) in WCW,
War Games with Sting, Savage and Luger vs Shark "Earthqauke" with Meng and Kamala and Zodiac "one of Brutis Beefcake's many gimmicks in WCW" in 1995
vs Ric Flair in a steelcage at Halloween Havoc 1994
in War Games with Scott Hall, Nash and fake Sting vs Sting, Flair, Luger and Arn Anderson
vs Flair in a successful title defense on Raw,
with Bret Hart vs Piper and Randy Savage
with Dennis Rodman vs Luger and the Giant
with Rodman vs DDP and some other basketball player
with Shawn Michaels vs Muhammid Hassan and Davari
with the Ultimate Warrior vs Sgt. Slaughter and the Iron Shiek and their manager at SummerSlam
Hogan, HBK and John Cena vs Jericho, Christian and Tyson Tomko on Monday Night Raw
plus him feuding with Billy Kidman in WCW was forgettable in WCW so they might as well remind people lol
vs Jericho in a successful title defense on Smackdown or his match with Kurt Angle. Plus might as well of added his bad second match with the Warrior in WCW. Just for fun they might as well of had him as Mr. America vs Roddy Piper in the WWE on the dvd.

Plus they could've waited to add his most recent match with Randy Orton.

The bonus 4th disc is only avaiable in the UK and on WWE Shop site. Retailers (including amazon.com) will be selling the 3-disc set.

Bonus 4th Disc:

vs. Tito Santana

Madison Square Garden - 03/24/80

vs. Sonny Rogers & Chuck Greenly

AWA - 08/08/81

WWE Championship Match

vs. Terry Funk

Saturday Night's Main Event - 01/04/86

vs. King Harley Race

Saturday Night's Main Event - 03/12/88

Hulk Hogan Wins the 1990 Royal Rumble - 01/21/90

vs. Earthquake

Summerslam - 27/08/90

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Hulk Hogan

WWE Raw Homecoming - 10/03/05

Includes 4th bonus disc exclusive to one store in America and Silver Vision in UK and Europe.

vs. Andre The Giant

13/09/80

AWA Heavyweight Title

vs. Nick Bockwinkel

24/04/83

WWE Championship Match

vs. Iron Sheik

Madison Square Garden - 23/01/84

vs. Big John Studd

Madison Square Garden - 22/09/84

WWE Championship Match

vs. Roddy Piper

War To Settle The Score - 18/02/85

w/ Mr. T vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff

Wrestlemania - 31/03/85

Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship

vs. King Kong Bundy

Wrestlemania 2 - 07/04/86

WWE Championship Match

vs. Paul Orndorff

The Big Event - 28/08/86

WWE Championship Match

vs. Andre The Giant

Wrestlemania III - 29/03/87

WWE Championship Match

vs. Macho Man Randy Savage

Wrestlemania V - 18/04/89

Title vs. Title Match

vs. Ultimate Warrior

Wrestlemania VI - 01/04/90

WWE Championship Match

vs. Sgt. Slaughter

Wrestlemania VII - 24/03/91

WWE Championship Match

vs. Undertaker

Tuesday in Texas - 03/12/91

WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match

vs. Ric Flair

Bash at the Beach - 17/07/94

The Formation of the nWo

Bash at the Beach - 07/07/96

WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match

vs. The Giant

Hog Wild - 10/08/96

WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match

vs. Sting

Starrcade - 28/12/97

vs. Curt Hennig

XWF - 14/11/01

vs. The Rock

Wrestlemania X8 - 17/03/02

WWE Undisputed Championship Match

vs. HHH

Backlash - 21/04/02

WWE Tag Team Championship Match

w/ Edge vs Billy & Chuck

SmackDown - 04/07/02

Street Fight

vs. Vince McMahon

WrestleMania XIX - 30/03/03

WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

02/04/05

Legend vs. Icon

vs. Shawn Michaels

Summerslam - 21/08/05

Bonus 4th Disc:

vs. Tito Santana

Madison Square Garden - 24/03/80

vs. Sonny Rogers & Chuck Greenly

AWA - 08/08/81

WWE Championship Match

vs. Terry Funk

Saturday Night's Main Event - 04/01/86

vs. King Harley Race

Saturday Night's Main Event - 12/03/88

Hulk Hogan Wins the 1990 Royal Rumble

vs. Earthquake

Summerslam - 27/08/90

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Hulk Hogan

WWE Raw Homecoming - 03/10/05

Now I'm not the biggest Hulk Hogan fan when it comes to his matches or his "politics" in the wrestling world but I can't deny that it's a great set for one of the biggest (if not THE BIGGEST) icon in sports entertainment/professional wrestling today...HULK HOGAN. Mean Gene & Jimmy Hart (who wore the old Hogan WCW jacket he had) host this DVD set while you'll hear new & old comments from Hogan regarding some of his matches along with thoughts & comments from such WWE superstars & legends like Ric Flair, Edge, Greg Gagne, Paul Orndorff, Iron Sheik, Sgt. Slaughter, Eric Bischoff, and Shawn Michaels. This DVD will showcase some reasons why the old school fans of professional wrestling love him & some of the new school "smart" fans hate him.

In my opinion, this DVD set does have some faults. WWE has edited some of Hogan's promos & commentary to say "WWE" whenever he was saying "WWF" instead of just censoring it which is stupid because everyone knows what he really said so it's silly for WWE to try to re-write small history like that. Also this DVD should feature all of his most important matches & not some randon ones like they did with Hulk Still Rules. I know people are complaining about the fact that some matches on here were on other DVDs but when your doing an Ultimate Anthology on anybody or anything (althletes or sports teams, musicians, actors or actresses) then you include their most famous moments or in this case...matches. Most of these matches should have been left off the other DVD releases like the "History Of WWE Championship" but shouldn't be excluded from his anthology. If you want Hogan's rare matches from such things like television or Saturday Night's Main Events then Hulk Still Rules might please you more than this. By the way, I did get the 4 disc set from Wal-Mart with the bonus matches (your crazy if you think I want "Hogan Knows Best" episodes) so those will get reviewed as well. And I'll let you know what matches were also on other DVD's for those interested.

Disc One:

vs. Andre The Giant - This was from Hogan's first run in the WWF under Vince McMahon Sr. The match itself is pretty short as the real highlight was Hogan doing what not alot of men were able to do & make Andre bleed. I would have preferred they put their more famous match from Shea Stadium since this is an ultimate anthology but either way, you get the message.

The Shea Stadium match is on Hulk Still Rules.

vs. AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkle - The beginnings of Hulkamania started here as the crowd was wild for Hogan & wanted him to take the title from Bockwinke & everyone thought he finally did but it slipped through his fingers again.

vs. WWF Champion Iron Sheik - Honestly, I can try to summerize this match but who hasn't already seen this match already & what can't be said about it that hasn't been said about it for over 20 years.

(Hulk Still Rules, Greatest Wrestling Stars Of The 80's, History Of The WWE Championship)

vs. Big John Studd - This was a rare match from MSG & people ofter forget about how good of a worker a big man like Big John Studd was but this match was nothing to really to write home about. The match just seems out of place to me & would have been good for the bonus disc.

vs. Roddy Piper (The War To Settle The Score) - This was the match to set up the WrestleMania main event as it was just a non-stop brawl with people getting into it left & right. I honestly love this match because I'm such a fan of Roddy Piper & the heat he could draw from a crowd. It wasn't Hogan doing his usual stuff so it was interesting to see.

(Greatest Wrestling Stars Of The 80's)

w/Mr T. vs. Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff (WrestleMania I) - The night & match that put sports entertainment on the map. Everyone does a great job making Mr. T look better than he actually was and just knew how to mix brawling & wrestling to make a good match to watch.

(WrestleMania Anthology)

Steel Cage Match: vs. King Kong Bundy (WrestleMania 2) - For those trivia buffs, this was the only REGULAR steel cage match to happen at WrestleMania. King Kong Bundy was a monster at this time. Hogan was selling his ribs to a tee as Bundy dominated him until Hogan was able to make his comeback.

(WrestleMania Anthology & History Of WWE Championship)

vs. Paul Orndorff (The Big Event) - Mr. Wonderful was on the best best workers at that time because his stuff looked so stiff that you thought the guy was really going to get hurt. Hogan did bring his A game to this one was Orndorff always did & put on a great back & forth match. The only negative I can say is that I would have liked to see their cage match as well on here & could have been put in place of the Studd match but you can't win them all.

For those wondering, their cage match is shown in full of the History Of WWE Championship DVD. Don't get the Bloodbath Steel Cage DVD because it only shows highlights on that one.

(Hulk Still Rules)

vs. Andre The Giant (WrestleMania III) - The biggest match in the history of professional wrestling as it headlined the 93,000+ indoor attendance record. Just like the Sheik match, there's nothing I can say about this match that hasn't been said for years & who hasn't seen this already.

(Hulk Still Rules, WrestleMania Anthology, History Of The WWE Championship)

Disc Two:

vs. WWF Champion Randy Savage (WrestleMania V) - The Mega Powers Explode. Randy Savage was a real workhorse back then and Hogan knew what to do to get the crowd to react to everything he does. Awesome match with inring storytelling that you rarely see in Hogan's matches these days.

(WrestleMania Anthology & History Of The WWE Championship)

vs. Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior (WrestleMania VI) - This was at the time the most unique WWF Title match in the companies history. The two most popular wrestlers in the company fought each other in the main event with both the Intercontinental & WWF Title on the line. This was one of the best Ultimate Warrior matches in his lifetime as they just told a great story & this is truely a classic even down the commentary where they didn't have a "good guy vs. bad guy" guideline to follow & the fans being split right down the middle.

(Self Destruction Of Ultimate Warrior, WrestleMania Anthology, History Of The WWE Championship)

vs. WWF Champion Sgt. Slaughter (WrestleMania VII) - This was the conclusion of a storyline that WWF had did to make some money off the war in Iraq by having the american hero (Hogan) case & defeat the american turncoat (Slaughter). The match itself was good but again, nothing really special to write about except Hogan winning the title for a record (at that time) 3 times. By the way, their an audio glitch at the end of the match but it's nothing really big.

(WrestleMania Anthology)

vs. WWF Champion Undertaker (Tuesday In Texas) - This was the rematch from their Survivor Series match (on Undertaker's DVD) which was Hogan going back & forth with Taker until the outside interfearence from Paul Bearer, Ric Flair & Jack Tunney. This was a fun match for me to watch.

(Hulk Still Rules)

vs. WCW Champion Ric Flair (Bash At The Beach '94) - Hogan's debut match in WCW and one of Hogan's best wrestling matches in his WCW reign. He all know Ric Flair is one of the best wrestlers in the history of the sport & Hogan knows what to do to get the crowd hooked into a match. This was a match that did live up to all the hype it had surrounding it.

(Hulk Still Rules)

The formation of the nWo (Bash At The Beach '96) - This was from the "Hostile Takeover" match involving Hall & Nash vs. Luger, Savage, and Sting. They only show everything from when Hogan started walking from the entrance. I know some people said that the whole match should have been shown but if Hogan wasn't in the match for the first 20 mins. or even mentioned during it until the end, it shouldn't be on his anthology. This whole speech basically kicked off the biggest period in WCW and professional wrestling in the '90s...by creating the nWo.

(Hulk Still Rules & Monday Night War. The complete match can be seen on nWo: Back In Black)

vs. WCW Champion Giant (Hog Wild) - Honestly, this match was about nothing more than continuing the nWo storyline by winning the WCW Title...however, the most memorable moment of the match was when they spraypainted the title with the nWo letters & that's not shown here. This match was one of the flops of the DVD as they could have used this space to include another good match from his WCW career (not all of them were good...remember nWo Souled Out or the Havoc match against Warrior?). Matches such as his cage match with Flair from Havoc '94, his Havoc '95 match with Giant, either the SuperBrawl or Bash cage match against Vader, or one of his tag matches with Dennis Rodman against either Luger & Giant or DDP & Karl Malone.

vs. Sting (Starrcade '97) - This was the biggest match in WCW history as they had it built up for over a year (which you rarely see these days). Hogan & Sting brought their best to the table & delieved a good back & forth match. However, the way the finished happened just absolutely horrible & it did take away from the match itself. Great match with a crappy finish.

Disc Three:

vs. Curt Hennig (XWF) - The story behind this match was pretty funny to hear. The match itself was really nothing special as this was one of those Hogan matches where he just does enough to get the crowd to react. Hennig made Hogan look better than he really was in this encounter.

vs. The Rock (WrestleMania X8) - In my opinion, this was the last classic Hulk Hogan match I've seen. Hogan brought his A game as did The Rock & the crowd was so heavily into each & every move they made...it made the match seem even better. Words can do this match justice.

(WrestleMania Anthology)

vs. Undisputed Champion Triple H - This began Hogan's last WWE title run as Triple H played the Curt Hennig role here & made Hogan look like a million bucks in the ring. The finish started to get a little too screwy but overall, the match was good. I would have prefered to see his match with Kurt Angle later in the year but I can understand why they put this one on here.

w/Edge vs. Tag Team Champions Billy & Chuck - The big story here was Edge winning the tag team titles with his childhood hero Hulk Hogan. Edge & Hogan were just clicking this match with Billy & Chuck and showed in what was a great match for SmackDown TV.

Street Fight: vs. Mr. McMahon - This match wasn't really great but it was good to just sit back & watch. Hogan was really broken down at this point & McMahon isn't that good of a wrestler but knows how to take a beating & sell it good. I didn't really care for it past the whole "20 years in the making" standpoint.

(WrestleMania Anthology & McMahon)

Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony - Basically the entire speech from his Hall Of Fame induction. You'll hear his stories about growing up in the business & who he has to thank for his career.

(WrestleMania 21)

vs. Shawn Michaels (SummerSlam '05) - Overall, this was mostly just HBK bumping, selling, and being a "spot monkey" for Hogan and getting the occassional spots in before Hogan makes his eventual comeback & finish.

Bonus Disc:

vs. Tito Santana - This was from Hogan's first run in the WWF and it was a nice short match against an early Tito Santana. Nothing special but nice to watch.

vs. Sonny Rogers & Chuck Greenly - This was one of Hogan's AWA bouts but it was nothing special as Hogan took on two jobbers in a short handicap match just to show put over how much of a monster Hogan was.

vs. Terry Funk (Saturday Night's Main Event) - I didn't know this match ever happened but I'm glad sure it was put on here. Terry Funk & his manager Jimmy Hart knew just how to get people entertained & laughing while enjoying the wrestling at the same time. Funk & Hogan was just an entertaining match to watch & I wish they did more with each other after watching this.

vs. Harley Race (Saturday Night's Main Event) - Another match between two legends that I forgot happened. Just another nice match that went back & forth at times.

1990 Royal Rumble - This only shows everything after Hogan enters the Rumble match. Typical Royal Rumble stuff that you see but the big story here was the first confrontation between Hogan & Ultimate Warrior which started the build towards their WrestleMania VI match.

(Hulk Still Rules)

vs. Earthquake (SummerSlam '90) - This was their match from the "Get Well Hulk" storyline which Earthquake put Hogan out of action for several months. Basically for the '90s this was a good match but for today, it was just really slow & dull at times. I would have prefered another match here that I either listed earlier or maybe even another Saturday Night's Main Event, SummerSlam, or even Survivor Series elimination tag match instead of this one.

RAW Homecoming Interview - This one interview will showcase why the "smart" wrestling fans today do not like Hulk Hogan & ended the DVD set on a bad note for me. In this interview, Hogan touches on two things. One is that he says if Shawn Michaels wants a rematch from SummerSlam, he's game. However, anyone who knows the real story knows that HBK wanted a two match fued in which he gets a win & Hogan gets a win but Hogan used his politics & creative control to get one match with HBK with him winning in the end. Hogan's other point was to plant the idea of a match with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Now the smart fans know that Hogan has gone on record saying that if he won't lose to Austin if they have a match & Austin refuses to work the match because of Hogan's politics...but Hogan still comments that he wants to do the match & bring the idea up throughout interviews knowing Austin has refused to do the match. I would have left this out & put on one of his return tag matches from RAW such as the 6 man with Cena & HBK vs. Jericho & Tomko & Christian, Backlash tag match with HBK vs. Hassan & Davari, or if they're just looking for a moment...put his WrestleMania 21 return when he confronted Hassan & Davari.

Overall, this anthology isn't perfect as some stuff could have been left off & put on but overall, it's great for anyone who's a true fan of Hulk Hogan throughout his entire career & heavily makes up for alot of things that were left out of Hulk Still Rules. I recommend.