Road Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History (2005)

totally outstanding dvd!

if you love the road warriors you will love this dvd! its a MUST HAVE! December 20, 2007

Excellent Review Of The Most Dominating Tag team Ever

I could care less about wrestling now, but in the 1980's & early 90's professional wrestling was a lot of fun with many memorable characters and matches. At the top of the tag team food chain were the seemingly unbeatable Road Warriors. With their painted faces, street fighting tactics and spiked shoulder pads, the Legion Of Doom were a sight to behold. The fact that they revolutionized pro wrestling is redundant now but delve into this extraordinary trip through time to find out how they did it.I just finished watching this excellent 2 disc set on the legendary Road Warriors, Animal & Hawk and i have to say it is essential viewing for wrestling fans of the 80's & early 90's. The disc 1 documentary gives us a real, behind the scenes look at this awesome team. It chronicles the training, formation of and subsequent explosion of the Road Warriors onto the wrestling scene in 1983, forever changing the world of professional wrestling. They would eventually storm their way to all 3 major tag team titles (NWA, AWA & WWF), and have many memorable feuds with the likes of The Fabulous Freebirds, Midnight Express, The Koloffs, Four Horseman & Demolition. The falling out of the Road Warriors while at the very top of their profession was surprising to learn and will pique the interest of anybody who deemed this duo inseparable. Their subsequent reformation and return to action 4 years later was triumphant but too soon touched by tragedy with the sudden passing of Hawk. The disc 1 documentary is a thoroughly absorbing overview of The Road Warriors/ Legion Of Doom. The remainder of disc 1 and all of disc 2 contains many of their most memorable matches including the bloody Superclash AWA tag team title match vs. The Fabulous Freebirds, the Koloff Russian Chain Match at The Great American Bash 86, The famous Skywalkers scaffold match vs. The Midnight Express at Starrcade 86 and the bulldozing of The Nasty Boys at Summerslam 91 to capture the WWF gold. Some important matches are overlooked, such as the Ultimate Warrior team up against the 3 members of Demolition (instead we get a quickie count out match with the inferior version of Demolition, Smash and Crush) and the subject of why the Road Warriors never battled the original, superior version of Demolition, Ax & Smash, in a dream match is never discussed. Also missing is the infamous blinding of Dusty Rhoads with Animal's shoulder spike but that's about it. The WWE did a fantastic job with this dvd release and i highly recommend it for fans of the golden age of wrestling, a fitting tribute to the most dominating tag team of all time. September 4, 2007

The Road Warriors Were the BEST

Great DVD for any true Road Warriors fan. I remember watching some of the matches on the DVD as a kid. I thought I'd never get to see those again. The nostalgia and background info on the Warriors makes this a must have. April 20, 2007

What a DVD!

I was a Road Warrior fan back when they were in the AWA. In fact I have an original VHS tape they released of them when they were in the AWA. SO to see this coming out was great. The documentary was almost tear jerking in the end and the extras are awesome. They have matches from Georgia Championship Wrestling, NWA, AWA, Japan, WCW, and the WWF/WWE. I loved it and I would recommend it. November 24, 2006

WHAT A RUSH!!!

If you only know the Legion Of Doom as the team of Heidenrich & Animal...then you really need to peep this one because the ORIGINAL Road Warriors are one of the greatest tag teams of all time. In a time where promotions were based around single wrestlers, they became the attraction people wanted & payed to see. Roadwarrior Hawk, Roadwarrior Animal, and manager Precious Paul Ellering...the Road Warriors.

The documentry starts with stories of Hawk & Animal growing up & working out at the gym which lead to them being trained as wrestlers. The evolution of their look & characters are discussed along with their relationship with manager Paul Ellering. Their stints in both Georgia Championship Wrestling and the AWA including fueds with famous teams like The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke, Fabolous Freebirds, Midnight Express, Four Horsemen, and the Koloffs are looked at in detail along with funny stories about Dick The Brusier & The Crusher and the Fabolous Ones. Their first run in the WWE goes over the fued with Demolition and if they were Road Warrior imitatiors & their historic SummerSlam '91 match. But just like everything in life, all good things must come to an end and that's where this documentry starts to go downhill as Hawk's problems & actions outside the ring led to the breakup of the Road Warriors, a brief discussion of the Japanese version of the Road Warriors, and their return to WCW that didn't work out well. Returning to WWE as L.O.D. 2000, the entire storyline involving Droz, and the death of Roadwarrior Hawk round out this documentry.

DVD extras are spread amongst two disc as various interviews, 3 Confidental pieces, additional comments from Michael Hayes & Paul Ellering, and the old school Road Warriors music video are here in addition to various matches from their career. In addition to three "squash" matches (including one featuring a young Arn Anderson) where they just destroyed their opponetts are matches with alternative commentary with Jim Ross & Animal facing wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan & Tenryn, Bisco Brothers, Magnum T.A. & Ronnie Garvin in the Crockett Cup finals, and their AWA title win against Baron Von Raschke & The Crusher. Larry & Curt "Mr. Perfect" Henning, Fabolous Freebirds, the Koloffs in a chain match, two matches featuring the Midnight Express (including the Starrcade Scaffold match), Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, Demolition, their SummerSlam '91 title victory against Nasty Boys, Hart Foundation, Money Inc., Sting & Lex Luger, and their final tag team title victory against Godwinns round out the additional matches on this DVD set.

Bottom line is that if you are a fan of tag team wrestling & classic "old school" footage then this DVD is a necessity.
July 10, 2006

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