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• 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: Unrated
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: August 24, 2010
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001RCX6R4
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Join Hall of Famer Jim Ross and he hosts a panel featuring Micheal Hays, Mick Foley, Eric Bishoff and Jerry "The King" Lawler as they share the anecdotes, tales, and insights into some of the most controversial stars of professional wrestling, including Scott Hall, Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell, Vince Russo and more.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Man + The Total Package + The Outsider + The Stuff = The Biggest Pains In The Butt!, February 10, 2009

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This review is from: WWE: Legends of Wrestling Heat Seekers (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 with wrestling personalities of the past speaking on various subjects. This disc is from the second season containing a panel of Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler, Michael Hayes, Mick Foley, and Eric Bischoff discussing various personal & behind the scenes stories of each individual mentioned along with rare video highlights to showcase the point being put across. You'll get a set of bonus matches with most of them never released on DVD before.

This episode is based around wrestlers who caused the most backstage problems with either management or the talent themselves. The first name brought up was Michael Hayes himself & the Freebirds with Lawler telling a story that would becomine a running joke throughout the show. Lex Luger's attitude that rubbed so many people the wrong way, the Bill Goldberg theory of how he was "a nice guy AWAY from the business", the story behind Lawler breaking Paul Heyman's jaw on purpose, the backstage troubles of Scott Hall were also discussed along with Jim Ross' story regarding a phone call he recieved from Buff Bagwell's mother. Another subject that was heavily debated was the mean spirited paraodies in wrestling with Vince Russo's personal attack on Jim Ross with "Oklahoma", the nWo's mockery of Arn Anderson's retirement speech (and the irony behind that almost decade later), and Vince McMahon's "Dr. Hiney".

Matches Include:
Fabulous Freebirds vs. Ron Shaw, Rene Goulet, Charlie Fulton - This was the Freebirds debut during their short run in WWE and was really nothing noteworthy past how they were setup to be stars from the start with Cyndi Lauper & Dave Wolfe accompaning them in a limo.
Aug. '84

Lex Luger & Barry Windham vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard - The team also known as the "Twin Towers" dominated the first half of this match to the point where Luger he got the Torture Rack on Tully in the first minute & Barry had a sleeperhold so tight on Tully that he was able to keep it on when they both rolled out of the ring. The Horsemen later caught up & did what they did best in tag team wrestling by cutting the ring in half & making their quick tags having this match go back & forth between both teams with the crowd hot the entire time. James J. Dillion got involved in the end as this match didn't go long but it was non-stop action from start to finish.
"NWA Clash Of The Champions" Mar. '88
("Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen")

Paul E. Dangerously & Original Midnight Express vs. Midnight Express & Jim Cornette - Before the match gets started, you see to see the promos (including a classic comedic Cornette one) the week before this match. This was setup to be a "Loser Leaves NWA" where the person who lost the fall would have to leave however there was a change here with Dennis Condrey already leaving the NWA right before this match setting up Jack Victory to replace him. This was an average match as most of the heat was gone with Condrey gone but we did get the the confrontation between Heyman & Dangerously that everyone was waiting for towards the end.
NWA Chi-Town Rumble '89

NWA United States Champion Lex Luger vs. Michael Hayes - Lex Luger was out for revenge after Hayes turned his back on Luger during a tag match against Barry & Kendal Windham (also on the WWE DVD "Wrestling Families"). This was Luger using his strength and even attempting some high risk moves like a flying crossbody at one point where Hayes ducked & sent Luger straight over the top to the floor while Hayes wrestled Luger and was typical "P.S." doing a very entertaining at the same time with his heel tactics.
NWA WrestleWar '89

WCW United States Champion Goldberg vs. Scott Hall - This was from the same night that Goldberg won the WCW Championship from Hollywood Hogan...but for those who don't remember the show, Hogan made it clear that Goldberg had to get through Scott Hall first that night. Hall got a couple of moves in on Goldberg but this was mostly just a dominate performance by Goldberg on what would end up being the biggest night of his career.
"WCW Nitro" July '98

Scott Hall vs. Kevin Nash - This was nicknamed "The Battle Of The Outsiders" as at this time, the nWo was split into two different factions with Kevin Nash being the leader of the red & black "Wolfpac" while Scott Hall was a member of the black & white "Hollywood" version after turning on Nash back in May. Also during this time, WCW decided to make a storyline out of Hall's personal demons by having him come to the ring highly drunk & being in no condition to wrestle. This wasn't close to their memorable wrestling match back at SummerSlam '94 as this was more of a personal fight with Hall cheating early by blinding Nash & even having him bleed from his lip before Nash recovered and just tried to "beat some sense into Hall" until he had nothing else left to prove.
WCW Halloween Havoc '98

Steel Cage Match: Vince Russo vs. WCW Champion Booker T - This is the infamous match where after seeing the disaster that "David Arquette: WCW Champion" was, it was decided that Vince Russo himself could be WCW Champion. This match was wrestlecrap at it's best as it was just full of run-ins & interference ranging from Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger, Goldberg, Scott Steiner, and what seems like half the roster. It was just wild from start to finish with very unfunny commentary. As a side note, for anyone who pays attention to this stuff...pay close attention to when the babyface roster comes to ringside as you'll see that Rey Mysterio's face is blurred out as we know that in the world of WWE, he never lost his mask.
"WCW Nitro" Sept. '00

Boxing Match: Buff Bagwell vs. Roddy Piper - For those who don't remember the story behind this match, this was the conclusion of another attempt at a "young lions vs. old veterans" angle in WCW with Flair being in Piper's corner while Buff had his mom in his corner with legendary boxing referee Judge Mills Lane as the special referee here. This was probably the best "boxing" match in wrestling as "scripted boxing" just never worked in wrestling (see WrestleMania 2) so they kept this one entertaining with Judy Bagwell & Ric Flair getting involved at times for some very comedic moments. While some people would have rather had another Buff Bagwell match, if you hear the story during the main discussion regarding Buff & his mother...you'll understand why they put a match on here where she got heavily involved.
WCW Bash At The Beach '99

For those fans of wrestling who didn't start turning in until past the late 80's/Monday Night War era, this is the disc that would appeal the most to you more than the others that I recommend.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good stories and some good matches., August 29, 2011

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This review is from: WWE: Legends of Wrestling Heat Seekers (DVD)

WWE's 24/7 program, The Legends of Wrestling is a peek into the backstage and outside the ring stories of certain key wrestlers as some wrestling legends tell these stories and provide more insight which should be very refreshing to fans.

For this one, Eric Bischoff, Mick Foley, Michael P.S. Hayes, Jerry "The King" Lawler and host Jim Ross talk about various heatseekers in the wrestling business including Lex Luger, Michael Hayes himself, Scott Hall, Goldberg, Vince Russo, Paul Heyman and Buff Bagwell.

The opinions and stories each of them tell are very real, insightful and downright funny a lot of the time but also they do praise the good points about each of these heatseekers. I did love the comments Bischoff had about Luger and how everyone agreed Scott was a great guy when he had his head on straight. The whole discussion segment is very well done and is great to watch. I do feel this was the best of the "Legends of Wrestling" DVD's as each guy got to tell some good stories.

Matches Include:

-8/4/84, WWE, The Fabulous Freebirds vs. Ron Shaw, Rene Goulet & Charlie Fulton: This was the WWE debut of the Freebirds which was short lived but they got a good reaction from the crowd in Philly. It was your standard six man tag match, the Freebirds were the faces here and it was short as there was a triple team that lead to Terry Gordy hitting a variation of a powerbomb for the win in about 5 minutes. 5/10.

-3/27/88, Clash of the Champions, NWA Tag Team Championship Match, Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (Champions) vs. Lex Luger & Barry Windham: The horsemen could always make someone look better than they really were and Luger was a perfect example as Tully and Arn sold Lex's moves and made him look great. Windham gets isolated by the horsemen but he makes the tag to Luger. Arn gets thrown into a chair that manager JJ Dillon had set up and Luger makes the cover to win the tag titles. 8/10.

-2/20/89, Chi-Town Rumble, Loser Leaves the NWA Match, The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) w/Jim Cornette vs. The Original Midnight Express (Jack Victory & Randy Rose) w/Paul E. Dangerously: Before the match we get a classic Jim Cornette promo followed by a pre-ECW Paul Heyman promo, then we have this six man tag match. We get some good mat based wrestling and also good tag team moves from both teams. The managers get involved in the match mainly for comic relief though they do face off in the ring in whats some shall we say bad displays of wrestling moves. The crowd was behind the Midnight Express and Cornette throughout the match. Eaton and Lane hit a double flapjack on Rose and pin him and Rose must leave the NWA. 7/10.

-5/7/89, United States Championship Match, Lex Luger (Champion) vs. Michael Hayes: These two former tag team partners face each other with Hayes doing his usual antics and trying to wear Luger down while Lex used his strength and also works on Hayes arm with a few arm drags and arm bars. Its actually a pretty good match, which is saying something since Luger and Hayes are involved, Hayes wasnt the best in ring worker but he could work a crowd with his antics like very few could. Both men's heads collide, Hayes gets pushed onto Luger by Terry Gordy from the outside and Hayes pins Luger to win the U.S. title. 8/10.

-7/6/98, United States Championship Match, Goldberg (Champion) vs. Scott Hall: This was the match Goldberg had to win to face Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the world title later in the broadcast. Hall did his usual offense and hit some good moves but you could tell he was a step or even 12 steps off. Goldberg hit some good moves including a couple of solid arm drags. After countering the Outsider Edge, Goldberg hit the spear and jackhammer to run his streak to 107-0. 7/10.

-10/25/98, Halloween Havoc, Scott Hall vs. Kevin Nash: Here the former Outsiders face each other, where Hall was taking it to Nash cause he didn't want anyone to help him with his demons he was battling. There was was brawling where Hall beat on Nash, knocking him down and it seemed like Nash wasn't fighting back at first. But then Nash came back hitting a big sideslam and used his size to gain the advantage. Nash also did some trash talking hinting at Hall's problems. After 2 Jacknife powerbombs Nash leaves and gets counted out but he proved his point. 7/10.

-9/25/00, WCW Nitro, Steel Cage Match for the WCW Championship, Booker T (Champion) vs. Vince Russo: Total wrestling crap at its best as Russo was in football gear and beat Booker with a bat and even brought in a ladder to try and climb out of the cage. Its more over booking as Flair even makes an appearance beating up Russo, there's a brawl between a bunch of wrestlers on the outside. Goldberg comes into the cage, spears Russo through the cage wall as Booker exits the door and the match just ends. 4/10.

-7/11/99, Bash At The Beach, Boxing Match, Buff Bagwell vs. Roddy Piper: One of the better worked boxing matches that was done in wrestling, however its still pretty bad. After round 1 Piper's corner man Ric Flair puts some substance on his gloves that gets in Bagwell's eyes. There's more crap as after Round 2, Bagwell's mother who was at ringside bit Piper's ear and then Bagwell hit the blockbuster for the win. 4/10.

I enjoyed this DVD, the discussion panel was very good and the match selection was not the best but there are some good ones and its worth having in your collection.

2.0 out of 5 stars It could have been much, much better, April 25, 2011

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This review is from: WWE: Legends of Wrestling Heat Seekers (DVD)

Alright, let me start with saying I am NOT wrestling fanatic. I haven't watched pro-wrestling regularly since the Monday Night Wars. I guess you could say I am a casual fan who was looking for a little nostalgia. This wasn't it.

The round table discussion is by far the best part of the DVD. My only complaint is that they didn't really finish the discussion about any wrestler. One person would tell a story and someone else would just move on to another wrestler. I did like hearing some of the backstage opinions but the discussion at times just felt choppy.

The matches on the DVD are really where this went downhill.

First match is the Freebirds vs 3 nobodies. The WWE now owns the libraries of WCCW where the Freebirds had legendary matches with the Von Erichs, they own the library of the NWA/WCW where the Freebirds fought a who's who of talent but instead the put this on the DVD?

The second match is the Twin Towers (Barry Windham and Lex Luger) vs Double A and Tully Blanchard. Actually this is a great match that highlights all the wrestlers. No complaints here.

Next, you have Paul E. Dangerously and the Original Midnight Express vs. Jim Cornett and the Midnight Express. They include the lead up promos cut by both groups. The only problem is that by the time the match rolled around Denis Cordrey had already left (a member of the Midnight Express originally that made the name the Original Midnight Express work) the company. Paul E. and Jim Cornett are not wrestlers. Why even show Paul E. as a wrestler? Show him as a manager interfering and you could have included much better matches.

Next is Lex Luger vs Michael Hayes. Look Lex Luger is a somewhat limited wrestler. He can perform when his opponents are great (such as his matches with Ric Flair, or the previously mentioned tag match). Michael Hayes was never considered a great wrestler...he was great with a microphone. This match is slow and boring. There are so many better fights that could have been included for each man.

Next you get into Goldberg vs. Scott Hall. This isn't a horrible match...but there were better more exciting moments for both guys. Goldberg vs Raven was pure excitement and even had a piece shown during the round table discussion, Goldberg vs Hogan was on Monday Night Nitro the same night Goldberg fought Hall. There are just better matches that could have been chosen.

Hall vs. Nash was just crap. This was during the time when Nitro decided that they would make Hall a drunk and act like he was wrestling drunk. Nash is another limited big man that can have good matches with the right opponents. Just another bad match-up.

Vince Russo vs Booker T is one of the worst matches ever. It has nearly everyone on the roster interfere and just wasn't good in any way. Why put the match-up on the disc? Vince wasn't a wrestler and just like Paul E. could have been left out of the collection of matches.

And then you end with Buff Bagwell boxing Roddy Piper. This boxing matches are never good. If you want to highlight Buff there are much better matches out there.

in the end it felt like the matches were another attempt by the WWE to bury guys from long ago. Don't you think them being included on a round table discussion about them being difficult to work with was enough? Why looking for crappy matches to further bury them? It is just a shame.