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WWF - 'Cause Stone Cold Said So

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Contrary to what most people assume, this is not a brand-new release by the WWE. Rather, it's a 2003 re-release (on DVD) of a 1998 VHS tape of the same name. On this disc, hosted by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin himself, you'll find highlights of his first two years in the WWE. It includes his King of the Ring 1996 transformation to the bada$$ he is today. It also highlights some of his greatest disses, "a$$-whoopins", and matches before late 1997. Also, it makes note of some of his greatest feuds, with the likes of Brian Pillman, Vader and Bret "The Hitman" Hart. If you own this original release, I don't suggest you pick it up. It is absolutely no different than the original version. If you don't have it, however, you might as well get it. It's a very good buy for the Amazon price of $9.98.

WWE claims that he's the highest grossing & biggest superstar in the history of their company but he had to start somewhere & that's what this tape is about. This is the first tape WWE released on Stone Cold Steve Austin & it was history in itself as this tape showcased the beginning of WWE focusing towards the "Attitude Era" with it being the first ever tape WWE released that had a TV-M rating which meant that this was completely uncensored when it came to language & some of the footage as Austin personally hosted the video himself.

The video begins with the story behind how "Austin 3:16" was born with highlights from both of his matches from the King Of The Ring tournament in 1996 & the infamous speech afterwords. Footage of the various verbal & physical confrontations he's had with various talents were shown before we see footage of Austin from his days in the original ECW promotion with his impressions & comments towards the then-champions of Sandman & Mikey Whipwreck. His issues with Brian Pillman are shown next from breaking his ankle to the controversial home invasion followed by highlights of what Austin himself describes as "opening a can of whoop-ass!" & highlights of his participation in the 1997 Royal Rumble. The biggest highlight of the tape comes here as Austin goes into his feud with Bret Hart starting from the various times he called him out to footage, their first encounter at Survivor Series '96, and Austin injuring Bret Hart on RAW with a special treat of getting the complete submission match from WrestleMania 13. Footage from his title match against Undertaker at "Cold Day In Hell", feud with the Hart Foundation, and how that evolved into his tag team championship partnership & King Of The King with Shawn Michaels close out the documentary with the closing credits further pushing the idea that this was HIS video.

Matches Include:
Submission Match w/Ken Shamrock as the referee vs. Bret Hart - Just knowing how physical & intense this feud was for the previous months, you got exactly what you expected here in that this was just an all out brawl that went from in the ring to ringside & through the crowd with these men using anything they can get their hands on (ringpost & guardrail & steel steps & ringbell & cables) to just beat the living hell out of each other to the point where Austin was heavily bleeding. Bret Hart did try to focus on Austin's knee with moves like the figure four on the post while other submissions were tried like a combination of a arm bar & head scissors, and boston crab. This match is a classic & memorable for so many things such as it launched Austin that launched Austin from a superstar to a main event talent, the beginning of the most unique heel turn in wrestling history with Bret Hart, and the highlight image of Austin fighting out of the Sharpshooter with the blood just pouring down from his face. It should be noted that the entrances from Bret & Shamrock along with their confrontation after the match wasn't shown.

This definitely was a good showcase of Austin's breakout year. WWE has since released this again onto DVD & I haven't seen that version but if it's anything like what WWE did to with the DVD release of the original D-Generation X tape then it was heavily toned down & censored so you don't really get the full impact that this tape originally had so for those reasons, I would recommend the VHS tape over the DVD.

This Dvd is so fun and a good laugh. Austin narrates it and makes it 10 times better. Its a quick watch about an hour but worth it! Check it out it contains language, blood and hell-raising! Thats the SOB we want. So not much else to say. This dvd is great do you know why? 'Cause stone cold said so!

This video is hilarious. Especially when Austin yells at the guy for counting him down..."Don't do this...don't count me down this is my video, and if ya keep countin me down i'm gonna open up a can of whoop-ass!" "I aint leavin yet, and you can stop countin me down i already told youi once and i think we got a damm problem cause i aint gonna take this sh*t no more!" and then when he yells at the security guard "You did this didn't ya? You did this didn't ya!" and then when he yells at the cops "tie my shoe...TIE MY SHOE RIGHT NOW!" and some other funny stuff like when he's beating up those random people in a swimming pool. Oh yeah and when he immitated Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan...funny stuff haha i'm laughing

This video is not too bad. It features highlights from the period of Stone Cold Steve Austin's career spanning from his King of the Ring win in 1996 to the end of 1997; in other words, the time when he really was "Stone Cold". It's a passable way to spend some time, the only problem is, like everything Austin, it does get a bit predictable after a while.

This video is great. With Austin narrating it it becomes hilarious. It shows many matches from King of the Ring to Wrestlmania 13 to May IYH: Cold Day In Hell. It also shows the infamous fued with Brian Pillman and how Austin and Shawn got the tag team belts. It also shows the 96 Royal Rumble. The thing that really pissed me off about the video though is that 20 minutes of it, no lie, is the ENTIRE Austin vs. Bret Hard I quit match at Wrestlemania 13. This pissed me off cuz i would much rather see highlights of a fight, not the whole damn thing, that was a good waste of a third of a tape. But if you would like to see the entire match than you will love it. Now i have both Austin videos and I have to say i like this one much better than Uncensored. Its much more nasty and Uncensored lacked a bit in many parts. But other than that problem i loved the video.

Theres one thing i saw wrong wiht this dvd and tht is, is tht when Stone Cold and Bret Heart took over most of the dvd. They could have put a little more about the Stone Cold and Mr.M. But other then tht there was a good deal of action and reivelrys. Im glad i got tht dvd!

this dvd is ok its an hour so how much can you really put in it?
its some of 1997 it has some of his submisson match with bret hart, stone cold beating up the brooklyn brawler,stone cold winning the rumble, stone cold breaking brian pillmans ankle, hunting down bret hart, yelling at police and all that but like no mcmahon stuff!


its not the best dvd but its still a very good dvd if you love stone cold

if you are a true wrestling fan then you would enjoy this video better than the 316 one. This shows the badd ass attitude that austin had when he first arrived. this video even shows some ecw footage. this is the true stonecold character coming through.

I only watched a few minutes so far of this DVD, as it just arrived in the mail. But so far I'm laughing and I am impressed with this DVD. Stone Cold Steve Austin hosts his own DVD in this, and there are a variety of chapters, like "can of whoop a**" that shows him beating the crap out of various people. There's one where he throws a guy into a kiddie pool. I laughed so hard! He even yelled at the camera guy for "counting me out!" and then grabbed him and threw him.

He's in full-on character mode as Stone Cold, sounding so tough and angry while hosting that I'm convinced if I were to walk in during this taping I would've gotten a can of whoop a** opened on me!

This is the Stone Cold Steve Austin that I grew to love in the late 90s (this video was made in 1998) and this is why I became a fan. The man was never afraid to stand up to his boss.

If you're a Stone Cold fan, this is a must have. I bought mine used and it arrived in excellent condition. If you can find a used DVD in "very good" condition go for it. Also the price was decent too, and I got a DVD I will enjoy for years to come!

Just one warning to those with children though, none of the profanity is bleeped out. There's no censorship at all.

Overall: Definitely worth purchasing. Five stars for my beloved wrestler!