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WWE - The Stone Cold Truth

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What needs to be said about Steve Austin that hasn't been said already? He went from being stuck in WCW mid-card hell, to become the biggest draw in WWE history. He revolutionized the industry and became a mainstream success. The real story of Steve Williams is told as this DVD has interviews with his parents, his brother, ex-wife and daughters. It features can't miss words about the late Owen Hart, and the piledriver that almost permanently derailed Stone Cold's career.

DVD Extras:

*NWA & WCW World tag team champions the Hollywood Blondes (Austin & Brian Pillman) vs. Arn Anderson & Ric Flair in a two out of three falls match (Clash of the Champions XXIII , 20:54, 6/16/93)
*Promos from ECW
*Steve Austin vs. ECW Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck (ECW November to Remember, 4:38, 11/18/95)
*WWE Debut match as Ringmaster & "off-the-air" footage
*Family interviews & stories
*Plus much more

You see at the beggining how he was a football player then he changed his mind. Stone Cold talks about his career in wcw and how he got fired from WCW talks about the summerslam 97 accident and what had happened after the show and he Talks about his two daughters in england. This is the best wrestling biography ive ever seen.

DVD Extras:

-NWA & WCW World tag team champions the Hollywood Blondes (Austin & Brian Pillman) vs. Arn Anderson & Ric Flair in a 2 out of 3 falls match (Clash of the Champions XXIII)
-Promos from ECW
-Steve Austin vs. ECW Heavyweight Champion Mikey Whipwreck (ECW November to Remember)
-WWE Debut match as Ringmaster & "off-the-air" footage
-Family interviews & stories
-Plus much more

Yup, it's yet another Stone Cold Steve Austin DVD, but "The Stone Cold Truth" is pretty good. The extras are what really make the disc worth buying though. Matches include:

~The Hollywood Blondes vs. Ric Flair and Arn Anderson
~Stone Cold vs. Owen Hart - Summerslam '97 (great match until the botched piledriver)
~Stunning Steve Austin vs. Beautiful Bobby Taylor
~Steve Austin vs. Mikey Whipwreck

Plus, you get some great promos. Good disc, but you just wish that the WWE would take all the Austin dvd's and just make them into one really good set.

This dvd focuses more on austin's friends and family. However, this is good for die hard austin fan like myself to see steve austin the person ( steve williams) and to find out how austin's family feels about his whole career in the squared circle. There is good footage included of his early days in wcw and ecw. Im sure there will be some included on the upcoming austin dvd set as well. Anyway, i would recommend you purchase this dvd only if you are interested in knowing more about austin the person and not just the wrestler. I gave this dvd 5 stars because of the way it relates austin's real life with his wrestling career. The next austin dvd which comes out in november will provide a better comprehensive look at austin's career. The content will probably be a combination of previous austin dvds. This dvd is put together well, shows you a great amount of austin's family, and has some of his early matches and promos. So i give this dvd 5 stars and that is the "stone cold truth".

The fifth personality profile on Stone Cold Steve Austin in "The Stone Cold Truth", based off his book with the same name, takes place under a completely different setting than his previous volumes in that this set is the first one to come out after Austin retired from the ring along with this being more of a personal look at the man behind "Stone Cold Steve Austin" in the real life Steve Williams as you hear from not only various peers like Vince & Mick Foley & Eric Bischoff but also his family & his children. Keep in mind that this was also originally broadcasted as a one hour TV special so the documentary will come off short on time based off that fact but this is the first time you hear Austin talk in detail & candidly about various subjects.

The documentary begins at WrestleMania XIX with Austin knowing it was his last match due to his health issues at the time before going to the details of how he ended up in the hospital the night before the show. We then go into how Austin's life started with his mother & brothers describing him growing up, the family free, and what sports he was into. His story of watching wrestling at an early age, seeing it live in college, and breaking into the business is discussed before Austin talks about the rise & fall of his Hollywood Blondes tag team with Brian Pillman. His career in ECW & how Mick Foley felt that was the beginning of his "Stone Cold metamorphosis" was discussed before coming into WWE & where exactly the name & inspiration for the character of "Stone Cold" came from. After briefly having fun at the expense of his singing talents, we hear Austin talk about his relationship with his two daughters & hear from them. The biggest highlight of this documentary comes next as we hear Austin talk out of character about Owen Hart for the first time as Austin goes into details about the piledriver at SummerSlam & his feelings towards Owen afterwords before talking about how his death effected him. After briefly talking about his shaved head look, we conclude the documentary on Survivor Series 2003 with Austin giving his thoughts on helping the younger generation & his "farewell speech" from that night.

While most of the other Steve Austin tapes chronicle his WWE career between time periods, this was the most personal one that was ever done on Austin as you heard more about the man in Steve Williams than the character of Steve Austin which is already a treat when you get to know these guys more personally & if your interested in getting to know that side of a performer than this is something I would recommend for a viewing.

Let me say this about this DVD, I enjoyed it a lot, but, if you've seen the 3:16 or the WHAT? DVD you've already seen everything this video has to offer. If you already own the other 2 or 3 DVDs' on Steve, then you've seen this one, just save your money. I did enjoy all the extras, there were more than I thought there'd be, some of which you'll only see on this DVD or if you were there.

this is an excellent biography about one of wrestling's biggest stars ever. this dvd is loaded with extras and some easter eggs. the extras are what makes this dvd great. there are about 2 1/2 hrs of extras. the actual story is only about 45 mins. i only wish they had shown more matches of his career. the ecw coverage is excellent. the wcw coverage is ok, but they could have shown more. overall, this is a 4 star disc.

This is a AWESOME dvd. It features the UPN special that was on TV awhile back. BUT it also features tons of extras, after RAW segments which are really funny. So, if you like Stone Cold this is a must have dvd.

I'v watched a lot of WWE DVDs recently, I have to admit the production quality of TSCT was extremely well done. The Extras did have some good "off camera" shinanigans of SCSA, especially the "Beer Bash" with Goldberg in Montreal. It almost surpassed Austin showering Angle and the McMahon boys with the Beer Truck hose. But I do believe that the story jumped back and forth too much between starting out, and Austin's present status. It was extremely short for a dvd. Especially on arguably the best draw in wrestling history. And I think it was too soon for WWE to release a DVD on Austin when he carrer in the WWE, including actual wrestling, isn't complete yet. The coverage of his run in ECW was really short, as was WCW. More on Pillman would've have been good as well. Overall the dvd was good, but it seemed rushed. More matches would have worked, and more time spent on his carrer. Same goes if WWE released a Rock DVD. It's too soon. Now if they decide to release a SCSA DVD down the road, it will seem cheap, and repeatative. I gave it 3 stars cause I couldn't give it 2 and a half

Definitely, they should pay homage to their most popular wrestler to ever grace the WWE/WWF. They should do a compilation of his greatest matches from ECW, WCW, WWF/E, and even an indy match from WCCW run by the Von Erichs. I think a 3 or 5 Disc Set, complete with full matches and promos would be a treat for any WWE Fan. I wouldn't mind shelling out 40 or 50 bucks for a great DVD set like this.
Just think about it, they could cover his Hollywood Blondes days with Brian Pillman, his stint in ECW, his WWF debut as The Ringmaster w/ Ted DiBiase, his transformation into Stone Cold Steve Austin and turning on DiBiase, the birth of Austin 3:16, his feuds with Bret Hart, Taker, Shawn Michaels, Vince/The Corporation, The Rock, Kane, Mankind, HHH, Angle, etc. etc. etc.

I think something like this should be done for Stone Cold AND The Rock, they were the two most popular wrestlers in the past decade, and arguably the most popular wrestlers ever, rivaling Hulkamaina.