Product Details

• Actors: Andre the Giant, The Iron Sheik
• Producers: World Wrestling Entertainment
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2009
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001QVF3VS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,916 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

In one of the most popular shows on WWE's on demand channel, panels that include WWE Hall of Famers Jim Ross and Dusty Rhodes discuss the life and times of the legendary Andre The Giant and The Iron Sheik. These shows have never been available on DVD - until now! Fans can now enjoy these panel discussions along with bonus matches featuring the best of the highlighted superstars: - Roundtable Discussion - Iron Sheik vs. Tito Santana 1/21/84 - Iron Sheik vs. Bob Backlund - 3/31/84 - Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs. US Express - Wrestlemania - Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs. US Express - 8/25/86 - Andre the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan - 9/30/1980 - Andre The Giant and Rocky Johnson vs. Don Muraco and Big John Studd - 4/30/83 - Andre The Giant vs. King Kong Bundy - 9/23/85 - Andre vs. Macho Man Randy Savage - 9/29/88, Saturday Night's Main Event

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 8th Wonder Of The World & Howard Stern's Favorite Wrestler, February 10, 2009

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

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 featuring Dusty Rhodes, Jim Ross, Pat Patterson, Michael Hayes, and Mike Graham speaking on various subjects. Throughout each discussion, you'll hear various personal & behind the scenes stories of each individual mentioned along with rare video highlights & pictures to showcase the point being put across. On each disc, you'll get a set of bonus matches with most of them never released on DVD before & even rare ones never seen on national television either...with Jesse Ventura's commentry not removed from the matches.

This discussion was based more about the panels personal (and most times, hysterical) stories of the wrestlers themselves than various topics. For those who didn't catch it, the Iron Sheik's famous Hall Of Fame speech is shown here before getting into the discussion with the highlights being Michael Hayes talking about the time Sheik failed a drug test & a roadtrip he took with Sheik & Jimmy Garvin & "Mary Jane" while subjects like his backstory & elements of his character was talked about. Andre The Giant's discussion was very similar with stories of being a giant, his drinking, and one about what happened when Pat Patterson roomed with Andre one time that you have to hear to believe before going into his heavy involvement with WrestleMania III and his relationship with wrestlers that he did & didn't like.
Bonus matches here for the Iron Sheik include a rare WWE Title match vs. Tito Santana, vs. Bob Backlund (not the title switch) with Hulk Hogan in his corner, two matches with Nikolai Volkoff vs. U.S. Express (the WrestleMania match with Windham/Rotundo & a match later on with Spivey/Rotundo). Andre's matches include one vs. Hulk Hogan from 1980, vs. King Kong Bundy, vs. Randy Savage for the WWE Title, and a tag match with Rocky Johnson vs. Don Muraco & Big John Studd.

This is one of the disc in the collection that had just the right mix of funny stories that had me pause the DVD at one point because I was laughing so hard along with a good discussion that was the highlight of this disc with the bonus matches just being icing on the cake. This is one to check out.

5.0 out of 5 stars Andre and Sheik rare matches, November 1, 2009

By	retrowrestling (Pasadena, California) - See all my reviews

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I got this DVD mainly for the rare matches included that I had never seen before. Andre the Giant and The Iron Sheik will always represent for me my genesis period of watching wrestling in 1983. The panel discussion session had Freebird Hayes, Dusty Rhodes, Mike Graham, and Pat Patterson with host JR. Dusty considering his outgoing wrestling persona didn't speak as mush as I thought. The matches include:

Spectrum - 1/21/84
Iron Sheik(WWF Champ) vs Tito Santana

Spectrum - 3/31/84
Iron Sheik vs Bob Backlund w/Hulk Hogan

MSG(WM1) - 3/31/85
Iron Sheik/Nikolai Volkoff vs Barry Windham/Mike Rotundo(tag champs)

MSG - 8/25/86
Iron Sheik/Nikolai Volkoff vs Dan Spivey/Mike Rotundo

Allentown - 9/13/80
Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan w/Fred Blassie

Spectrum - 4/30/83
Andre the Giant/Rocky Johnson vs Big John Studd/Don Muraco

MSG - 9/29/88
Andre the Giant w/Heenan vs Randy Savage(WWF Champ) w/Elizabeth

Sheik/Santana had Tito taking the offense early and often. Sheik/Backlund rare rematch had a pumped up Hulkster trying to steal the thunder. The WM1 match favored the heels. Sheik-Volkoff/Spivey-Rotundo was just so-so. Andre/Hogan was a TV taping so the match was just a sample. Andre-Rocky/Studd-Muraco had a lot of stalling and some messed up video in the middle of the match. Andre/Savage had Heenan 'stalking' Elizabeth for a lot of the match.