Product Details

• Actors: Jeff Jarrett, Kurt Angle, Sting, Christian Cage, Samoa Joe
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Tna Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Run Time: 210 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000V8ZN3U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,240 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Instant Classic: (adjective) (in-stant class-ic) : (1) See "Christian Cage" (2) The main event (as usual) or the greatest wrestler of the last decade. (3) Greater than great. (4) The champion of the universe. (5) A living modern marvel / one of the wonders of the world. (6) Champion 24/7, 365 days a year. If you didn't know…now you know! "Instant Classic: The Best of Christian Cage" contains nearly four hours of the matches, interviews, bonus footage and more dedicated to the TNA superstar!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Captain Charisma The Instant Classic Christian Cage, February 11, 2008

By	William C. Coppedge "Mr. Snowman" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

TNA Wrestling The Instant Classic Christian Cage

I really enjoyed this dvd I enjoyed the interview part of it I kind of wish they would do like wwe dvds and interview alot of Christian's fellow wrestlers but it didn't heavily disappoint me. The disappointing thing for me is they do not include what Christian is best at on this dvd and that's his promos. How can you make a dvd for someone who is a king of cutting promos, a master of the mic and not put his greatest TNA promos on it? Whats up with that TNA? Now the matches were pretty good but most all of them except one have been previously released on dvd, here's the match rundown.

Against All Odds February 2006
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Christian Cage Vs. Jeff Jarrett (C)
This was a good match, I watched it live on pay per view back in February of 06 and I enjoyed it. It was refreshing to see Jeff Jarrett realize how over Cage was and decide to drop the belt to him. The after match celebration was a pretty special moment in TNA wrestling history as well. Rating 4.5/5

Bound For Glory October 2006
8 Mile Street Fight
Christian Vs. Rhino
This was an excellent hardcore match. These 2 guys really put on a good show, the match actually starts outside and works its way into the arena and eventually the ring. The storyline was great too, best friends are now even better enemies. Rating 5/5

TNA Impact November 16 2006
Six Sides Of Steel
Christian Cage Vs. Rhino
This was an awesome match for it being on Impact and not pay per view. This was a good rivalry Rhino and Cage work well against each other. Rating 5/5

TNA Impact November 23 2006
Christian Cage Vs. "The Icon" Sting
This match was very short and not as good as it should've been but it did serve it's purpose and that was for Tomko to debut. So I understand why it was put on this dvd. Rating 3/5

Final Resolution January 2007
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Christian Cage Vs. Sting Vs. Abyss (C)
This was a pretty good match I just wish it could've been a little longer, but the match added more to the Abyss-Sting storyline. Rating 4/5

Against All Odds February 2007
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Christian Cage (C) Vs. Kurt Angle
This was a good wrestling match and a great main event, the addition of Samoa Joe as the special enforcer helped keep the coalition out of the match. Rating 5/5

Destination X March 2007
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
Christian Cage (C) Vs. Samoa Joe
This was a great wrestling match I would like to see these two wrestle each other a couple more times. Excellent ending. Rating 5/5

I am giving this dvd 4 out of 5 stars and I will recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Christian Cage to go out and get this dvd if you haven't already. If ya don't know now you know, Cause that's how i roll!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Captain Charisma....oops, The Instant Classic Gets TNA's Best Effort To Date, October 28, 2007

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

Christian Cage was someone in the WWF/E who as was part of a tag team revolution during their "Attitude Era" and a solid midcard performer who showed the potential & qualifications to be a main eventer but hit the "glass ceiling" when it came to getting an opportunity to compete at that level. So he went to TNA, got that opportunity, and became an "Instant Classic". Now here's his DVD set...one of TNA's best to this day.

This comes with 7 complete matches such as his first World Title win against Jeff Jarrett; two matches against Rhino in an 8 Mile Street Fight & Barbed Wire Cage Match; an Impact match against Sting featuring the debut of Tomko; his second World Title win in a 3 way dance against Abyss & Sting; and title defences against Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe. Personally, I wouldn't have had the the Sting match on here since it wasn't anything special past Tomko's debut & his match against AJ Styles from Genesis (which I thought was the match of the night at that PPV) would have been a better replacement as far as inring quality. Speaking of replacements, the "No Surrender" match against Rhino was a way better match than their 8 Mile Street Fight on here I would have preferred to see that match instead but you can't win them all.

One of the big attractions of this DVD would be his interview where he touches on various subjects. Going up & moving around; his college years & previous jobs including how he was scared of getting his hand cut off at one place; how an injury as a kid helped him became a wrestling fan; how his relationship with edge developed from a toy ninja star; how they broke into the business and eventually met Rhino; his worst injury: the story behind Jim Cornette helping him get into WWF; how he met his wife; his reasoning behind leaving WWE for TNA; favorite TNA moments; and what he wants to do after he retires. Throughout the interview is where you'll see the archival footage from his independent days along with a DVD extra of an interview with Edge as part of The Suicide Blondes. The other extra is photo gallery.

You also get a "MTV Cribs" view of his house...the same one Abyss beat him up in back in April 2006, which Christian does remind us of from time to time. You get to see his cars, pet cats, various rooms like his "dance studio", and a rare "Bashin' Brawlers" plush toys...and if you watch, you'll see why it's a "Big Sexy" rare toy.

My title for this review says it all, this was TNA's best efforts put into a DVD set for a superstar. They didn't use the old format where they had just their matches with little clips of an interview inbetween each one & unlike the Sting DVD, footage from his early days in wrestling were used instead of just still photos. The only downfall for this DVD was the Sting match which was really forgettable just it was a small knick on a DVD that's an "Instant Classic" for TNA. I recommend.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's my #2 favorite wrestler, December 25, 2008

By	thunderbunny24 (Little Rock, AR) - See all my reviews

I love this DVD! Great interview! Great matches shown! The only thing that would have made this better would have been some of his stuff from the WWE, but I understand why they couldn't do that. If you are a fan at all, this is a great buy.