WWE Tombstone - History of the Undertaker (2005)

 Nice for the price
I really liked this DVD, it has a lot of footage and it's really cheap. It's worth every penny.

BEST FEATURES
- It's doesn't show just the matches, but also a little documentary in-between the fights, explaing what happened before and after each featured match.
- There are a couple of Extras that live up to their hype, like the match vs Bret Hart, or when Undertaker atacks Hulk Hogan in the funeral parlor.
- This DVD shows, by far, the most savage Hell-in-a-Cell match I've ever seen. That Undertaker vs Mankind, the sound bout, where the latter literrally flies from the top of the cell into the anouncers table.

WORST FEATURES
- The Undertaker as a Bike-Rider storyline was pretty dumb, but I thing the worst was the Undertaker, in his dead parents graveyard, talking about his fight with Kaine and how he will accept his "eternal damnation".
December 24, 2007

 Great for the matches, but expect no insight
The packaging is pretty dumb, with all three discs stacked atop each other, with the center bar long enough for all three.

Because of the Undertaker's gimmick, and the strict kayfabe-ness of this DVD, you'll get great drama and emotion, and full-length matches, but you won't get any insight into Mark Calaway, or his time in the WWF/WWE.

The documentary? It may as well not be there. It features Mean Gene Oakerlund with a disguised voice narrating the Undertaker, moving so fast through the early years that they skip his debut match, and seem to display him as having ADD, as he jackknifes from one opponent to another without any coherence. One part of the DVD, he's facing off against Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan, then a few seconds later, he's wrestling Yokozuna, then after that match, he's feuding with Bret Hart, and seconds later Mankind arrives and attacks him.

The mood and tone of the DVD collection is great, and the discs feature full-length matches in the "documentary", so it will take a very long time to watch through the entire collection.

The part where the DVD fumbles and bumbles is where the Undertaker changes his gimmick to the more down-to-earth biker guy. At that point, Oakerlund shuts up most of the time, and there's no more documentary... just promos playing leading up to matches, and followed by Oakerlund (acting as if the Undertaker were still the lord of darkness) narrating of how the Undertaker goes on to attack someone else random, all up until his Wrestlemania XX redebut as the true Undertaker, but by that time, the DVD collection is nearly over.


Bonus features are sparse, including some promos and such, and plenty of full-length matches, but expect no insight into Mark Calaway, or even into the Undertaker's kayfabe past. If it weren't as long and detailed and full of matches and such as it was, I would have given this a much lower rating. December 8, 2007

 The Undertaker is the best.
I"ll just get to the point. All the matches were very well done. I also liked the extras . How they put in the graveyard segments. I wished that they would of put undertaker vs psycho sid at wrestlemania 13 but oh well. I recommend this dvd set very much but look out for the packaging. October 15, 2007

 documentry really lacking but still must-have for taker fans.
I enjoyed this dvd but the usual documentry styles of interviews with the superstar and others was missing. Instead you are taken Chronologically through his carrer stopping for his most important matches with a narrorators deleviering the story.

Some matches I skipped because I had already had them or seen them before like the first hell in a cell with hbk. I was suprised with the inclusion of the Lesnar vs taker HIAC encounter with how wwe and lesnar's relationship fell apart. I wasn't a fan of his at all during his biker stage but still enjoyed the matches nevertheless.

Even if you are not a taker fan there are a lot of defining matches with a wide assortment of superstars to enjoy. Mick Foley HIAC is something to witness at least once. early Hogan match is classic good vs evil matchup. No commentaries are included but skits and viginettes are. September 18, 2007

 RIP
Over 9 hours of undertakers best matches, very interesting, changed how i think about him.. he truely is a legend.

highly recommended June 19, 2007

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