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Reviews
nWo: The Revolution (2012)
New World Order!
Another documentary that could have been better than what it was.
Now, it was very detailed and chronicled the history of one of the biggest wrestling factions in history but my biggest problem was wrestlers trying to keep kayfabe.
This documentary lacked because of that reason
WWE: The Rise and Fall of WCW (2009)
Could have been something Amazing.
Oh boy, where to begin with this WWE home video release.
I grew up watching WCW in the early 90s and when this title came out, I figured it would be just as good, if not better than the Rise and Fall of ECW .... It's not, not even freaking close.
A-lot of chapters should have just been merged into one, like the separate chapters for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic ... you could have had just one long chapter where you talked about the history of South East Pro Wrestling where you bring up each promotion. Then talk about Black Saturday then when Ole Anderson tried to bring back GCW as his own promotion while Vince had control of the actual Georgia territory
This documentary came off more as a "This is what you don't do to run a wrestling promotion" than an actual detailed history about WCW.
I would have liked to have seen more talked about the Bill Watts era and when Jim Herd was in charge. I would have liked to seen more talk about the great tag teams from the history of WCW like the Midnight Express, Rock N Roll Express, Road Warriors ... etc.
It's worth a watch definitely, specially for those who have no idea about WCW. It gives you a quick history lesson on the company that almost put the WWE out of business.