Kevin VonErich Presents - Best of the VonErichs (2004)

Terrific

This is great too!! But I wish it was longer, had more matches or even if there was a Part II or something. Maybe some day............... September 29, 2008

This one is not very good.

I have been a Von Erich fan since the late seventies. And was very excited when I heard about the release of this DVD. But upon watching it, I was very disappointed. First of all it was falsley advertised as a "Von Erich" DVD, leading you to believe there would be some focus on all of them. When in fact it focuses heavily on just Kerry. And for some reason, any official release does not contain any matches with David by himself. Both Kevin and David had some really incredible matches. But none of them are on the disc. And for some reason about half of the matches are missing Bill Mercers live commentary. And this disc, as all the others do, focused on that very narrow 82-84 time frame. But I remember as far back as 1978, some six man tag matches with Fritz, Kevin, and David that were incredible. Where is all that stuff. Where is the monumental match of David vs. Harley Race. Or Kerry vs. Greg The Hammer Valentine. All that gets released is the same characters over and over again. Von Erichs, Freebirds, Iceman King Parsons, Chris Adams, Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin over and over again. What about Wild Bill Irwin, Kamala, The Great Kabuki, Gino Hernandez, Al Madril, Jose Lathario, Brain Adias, and to go further back.... The Spoiler, the Grapplers, Mil Mascaras, Tonga John, the Guerreos, Bruiser Brody, Sweet Brown Sugar, plus the many wrestlers who passed through from other territories. Whats the deal, it's like a conspiracy. This disc is worth owning I guess, it does show the Von Erich ranch(which is being flattened as I write this to be turned into a housing sub-division) and the interview footage is pretty good. And the Von Erichs vs. Freebirds 6-man title match was a pretty historic battle. But other than that, the matches are pretty run of the mill examples of the regular weekly stuff. There is none of the monumental stuff that made the WCCW the greatest in the world. If anyone at WWE reads these things, let me give you some advice. Focus less on the gimmick matches(i.e. hair vs. hair) and get to the good stuff. Here is a list of more worthy matches......

#1. Kevin vs. Harley Race.
#2. David vs. Harley Race.
#3. Kerry vs. Ric Flair (Best 2of3 match in Ft. Worth)
#4. Kerry, Brody vs. Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy
#5. David vs. Kamala (the first one)
#6. Kevin, Kerry vs. Chris Adams, Gino Hernandez
#7. David vs. Wild Bill Irwin
#9. Kevin, Mike vs. Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts (Reunion Arena)
#10. Kevin, David, Kerry, Mike vs. the Freebirds, Jimmy Garvin(8-man tag) February 9, 2008

The Glory Days Of WCCW

This is an outstanding DVD that gives long-time fans a nice trip down memory lane of the glory years of WCCW and is a must see for wrestling fans who were too young to remember when the industry was separated into territories.

The production quality of WCCW remains cutting-edge, with these matches from 1983-1984. Kevin Von Erich and David Manning - a top referee for the company - provide the commentary, with matches featuring Kevin, Kerry and David in single's and six-man tag team bouts against the Fabulous Freebirds, Gentleman Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez.

The WCCW library must be tremendous and I hope the DVD is part of an ongoing series taken from the syndicated TV shows and extravagnazas witnessed by upwards of 50,000 fans at the Cotton Bowl and Texas Stadium.

February 7, 2008

from a fan from that time!

the previous reviews are in my opinion, PETTY!!! Nothing will satisfy such people! This production could be let's say volume 1, hopefully, vol. 2 and 3 will come later on, and they'll include what the previous reviews complained this one doesn't have. Please keep in mind, that putting out a product is risky, and wrestling today is more entertainment than sportsmanship and technical holds! I applaud Kevin for putting it out for us oldie but goodie fans! Thanks Kevin!!! Thanks a Billion!

This dvd focuses on one of their main feuds, with the Freebirds, and this is one of the more memorable feuds with the von erichs, yeah, flair's matches w/ them are imp. but more momentum was fueled w/ the freebirds. the cover does have pics and some video clips of kevin vs. flair, but not the actual match. But the other matches are what I was looking for, the freebirds vs. von erichs feud matches, there is another one of gentleman chris adams (may he r.i.p.) vs. kevin von erich (2 matches, one which leaves kevin bloodied and taken to the er by an ambulance. I've bought other collections looking for the freebirds, but the matches aren't complete. This dvd has the complete matches, and yes, only 2 matches have the ringside commentary, but don't get discsouraged by it, the audio of the crowd, the ring announcer and the music for the wrestler's enterance is audible and the very wrestler's themselves are audible as they pant to victory. It gives you the raw feeling of what wrestling was before it became too clownish or hollywood. the audio does fade just a little, but it quickly gets restored. I hope more volumes keep coming!
although, as it seems, they might not, people want too much, when these collections are the glory of what wrestling was at world class championship wrestling, WRESTLING! buy it if you were a fan, buy it if you'd like to see awesome talented moves of kevin, and not just behemoth giants kicking, punching, slamming and yelling, wccw is truly missed! January 14, 2007

If you like wccw you will like this, if not this may not be for you

I grew up watching all the old territories and I liked WCCW. This disk does a great job highlighting all those old matches and fueds. However some of the matches do not have the original commentary. This disk does not have the classic Kerry Von Erich versus Ric Flair match in Texas Stadium. It brought back so many warm memories of when there was a variety to pick from in wrestling. I wish in some ways it could still be like that. December 9, 2006

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