Product Details

• Actors: Dudley Boyz, Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Tokyopop Pictures
• DVD Release Date: October 23, 2001
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005OOQO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #117,914 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
The deadliest hardcore wrestlers in the world!! Sabu, Mike "Gladiator" Awesome, Terry Funk, Sandman, The Dudley Boys, One Man Gang, John Cronus Tommy Dreamer, Tajiri, Super Crazy, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mr. Gandsuke, Tanaka, Hido, Ricky Fuji, Kanemura, Gedo and Jado with ECW's Paul Heyman setting the table!
Three-way dances FMW-Japan style! Two epic three-way dances are featured with Buh Buh Ray Dudley vs. Sandman vs. Terry Funk and Kanemura vs. One Man Gang, vs. Sabu.
Six-man tags: Brutality is multiplied ECW X FMW!!! War breaks out with Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and Sandman taking on Mike "Gladiator" Awesome, Mr. Gandsuke, and Kanemura. In a three-way six-man tag, it's Hido and Mike "Gladiator" Awesome vs. The Dudley Boys vs. Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Almost totally Useless, December 2, 2001

By	Bill Battershill (Canada) - See all my reviews

All the matches except the main event of Masato Tanaka vs Bam Bam Bigelow were clipped. Most were clipped to the point that it was not even fun to watch. The only thing to save the DVD was the fact that the DVD extras were FULL VERSION matches, unlike ALL other FMW DVDs, even the other one released with this one, The Judgement. These Bonus matches were very cool too: Shane Douglas vs Tommy Dreamer for the ECW Title, and The Dudley Boyz vs Sabu and RVD in a great ECW Tag Title Match.

Buy it for the Bonus Matches, and avoid all other FMW DVDs like I am, as they seem to be clipping everything except the main events of all their DVDs now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ECW vs. FMW: Good For A Rental..., January 20, 2002

By	Mr. JKW "jkw" (Honolulu, Hawai'i) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

FMW: International Slaughterhouse DVD features 11 matches pitting the stars of ECW vs. the stars of FMW. While the billing sounds impressive, the product itself leaves a little to be desired. A majority of the matches are "clipped" with the action being about average to slightly above average. Still wrestling fans who favor hardcore wrestling, ECW or Japanese style hardcore wrestling may still find this DVD worth at least a rental or a borrow.

Here are a rundown of the contents of this DVD:

Your Hosts are "Straight Up" John Watanabe and Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski

1. Paul Heyman promo extolling the virtues of the work ethic of ECW wrestlers, Japanese wrestlers and the Japanese fans.

2. Buh Buh Ray Dudley vs. Sandman vs. Terry Funk: 3-way Ladder match. Decent spots and hard action, but nothing overly exciting. 3 stars.

3. Gedo and Jado vs. the Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D'von): Not never really got underway as they brawled to a double DQ within minutes. DUD.

4. Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman vs. Mike Awesome, WING Kanemura and Mr. Ganosuke: Awesome six-man action. Tons of caning. 4 stars

5. Hido/Mike Awesome vs. Dudleyz vs. Dreamer/Funk: 3-way tag elimination match. Wild match with all 6 men fighting at the same time. Lots of action. 3 1/2 stars.

6. John Kronus/Ricky Fuji vs. Jado and Gedo: Short match but tons of nice aerial/martial arts spots 3 ¾ stars.

7. Tajiri vs. Super Crazy: Short, but decent cruiser action from two of the best. I've seen better from them though. 3 stars.

8. WING Kanemura vs. One Man Gang vs. Sabu: All-out hardcore 3-way war with tons of tables, chairs and high-flying mayhem. 4 ¼ stars.

9. Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Masato Tanaka: AWESOME match. Hard-hitting, tons of psychology. Awesome work. Best match on the DVD. 5 stars

10. Post-match Interview with Tanaka in the locker room.

Bonus Match 1: RVD/Sabu vs. Dudleyz: Decent hardcore war. 4 stars

Bonus Match 2: Dreamer vs. Shange Douglas w/Francine: Ditto 4 stars

THE VERDICT:

Overall, the DVD and matches were fairly mediocre with no matches being really
BAD (except the Dudleyz vs. Jado/Gedo) but again only a few matches are really of noteworthiness (Bigelow/Tanaka and the 6-man tag match). Overall, the best reason to buy the DVD is for the mere novelty of the International/promotional match-ups and not the matches themselves. Still, nonetheless, the DVD (or at least the VHS) is worth a watch if you come across it. It's entertaining enough for an afternoon rental.

Recommendation to Rent/Borrow

2.0 out of 5 stars Editing & Bad Commentary Ruin This DVD, May 27, 2006

By	D.P. (California) - See all my reviews

This is basically a compilation of matches taken from a couple of ECW tours with the FMW promotion in Japan. The DVD itself was poorly put together as some of the matches are not shown in its entirety and the commentary is just completely awful as the guys calling the actions don't know much about the ECW wrestlers or the moves as they're mostly there to tell jokes amongst everything else. Plus there are only 5 chapters when there are 8 matches on the DVD. Matches are Sandman vs. Terry Funk vs. Bubba Dudley, Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Mike Awesome & Hido, John Kronis & Ricky Fuji vs. Jado & Gedo, Sabu vs. WING Kanemura vs. One Man Gang, and Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Masato Tatanka. Tajiri vs. Super Crazy, Dudley Boyz vs. Jado & Gedo, Funk & Dreamer & Sandman vs. Mike Awesome, Mr. Ganosuke, WING Kanemura are matches that are clipped and aren't complete.

DVD extras include two matches that don't have english commentary on them...ECW Champion Shane Douglas vs. Tommy Dreamer and Tag Champions Dudley Boyz vs. RVD & Sabu which results in a rare "overseas" title change.

Unless you're a hardcore fan of ECW, I wouldn't waste my time on this because even though the matches are average to good...the way this DVD is put together would piss anyone off.