The Rise & Fall of WCW

Back in the day, WCW was wrestling for me. If it wasn't for WCW I would have never have began watching sports entertainment. For over a decade I've been watching wrestling and the time spent watching WCW before its demise is a small fraction of the time when compared to WWE and TNA. Yet even now, those years of WCW remain the epitome of wrestling for me. I became enthralled watching the battles between Sting, Flair, Hogan, Goldberg, nWo Hollywood, nWo Wolfpac, Diamond Dallas Page, and many others. It had action, drama, good vs evil, yet had a realistic edge to it all. Quite simply, WCW had everything that mattered to me. I loved it so much that I had an extreme brand loyalty to WCW. Even at what many consider its lowest points I still watched, and enjoyed it immensely. I liked Sting in his back in black persona, I liked Flair beating Bishoff and becoming the president and his subsequent fall into craziness. I liked the united nWo Wolfpac and Hollywood with Hogan at its head. There were still many enjoyable things during the year 1999 for me. Even in the year 2000 there were things I enjoyed, particularly the Sting and Vampiro feud and the Millionaire's Club vs the New Blood angle as a whole. The Silver and Black nWo was even cool. I continued to watch and enjoy WCW up until the final Nitro in Panama Beach Florida. So in short, I am easily the target audience for the release of the DVD The Rise and Fall of WCW. I eagerly anticipated this release, knowing full well the negative bias and slant that WWE has given towards the WCW legacy. I have often been disappointed in the WWE in this respect. I have even been more disillusioned by WWE with the blunders they committed on the utilization of WCW properties like the WCW invasion, the nWo, and many of WCW's former talent. I mean, DDP the motivational speaker and stalker? I mean, seriously, the things WWE has done in this area are as bad, if not worse, than anything WCW did itself in its lowest of lows. So I get as annoyed as anyone when WWE mishandles and bad mouths the WCW legacy. But with that being said, I did in fact enjoy The Rise and Fall of WCW Documentary. All in all it is an even handed and fair approach to WCW. Do I agree with everything said? Of course not, and there are several things that I don't think are accurately portrayed, but overall it was an immensely pleasant watch and I am glad I bought it. To be able to see the old WCW in action like this DVD does made me wax nostalgic and bring back a flood of memories. It was worth every penny for this aspect alone. I miss those days of wresting and to be able to witness them again, if for only brief moment, is something this DVD set excels at. Like others, my main complaint is that many aspects of the legacy of WCW is glanced over if not outright missing. The WWE often acts like WCW went out of business right after 1998 if not sooner than that, and only shows past 1998 when showing some of the worst of WCW. There was some good stuff during that time, in my opinion and it's annoying that the documentaries basically stop there. I for one would like to see both the good and even more of the bad of those years. That being said, a good portion of these missing parts from Rise and Fall of WCW, most pre 1999, are scattered across many DVDs already produced by WWE (The Monday Night Wars, nWo: Back in Black, Starrcade The Essential Collection, The Ric Flair Definitive and Four Hoursemen collections, Hulk Still Rules, and The Greatest Wrestlers of the 90's, just to name some off the top of my head). There is still a TON left to explore, and I hope that the WWE continues to give us more of the WCW footage they have. A Definitive Sting DVD collection? How about a definitive nWo DVD set chronicling all the various forms from the beginning, to the Wolfpac, and even the silver and black? Or how about a best of Nitro set? I know I would buy them and love them. And to be fair, it really is unrealistic to expect the WWE to have much more than what they did have for the Rise and Fall of WCW documentary. Could they do more? Probably, but I just I hope they continue to produce DVDs high lighting the WCW because like I said there is still a lot left to show. But to hold that against what is a great DVD set is a travesty. In closing The Rise and Fall of WCW is a must have for any wrestling fan. The WCW left an indelible mark upon the sports entertainment industry and provided hundreds of hours of some of the best aspects of professional wrestling in history. While not perfect, this DVD set is excellent and gives WCW and wrestling fans a chance to relive some of the greatest moments in professional wrestling from the late great WCW. For more on the WCW be sure to check out: The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro WWE Starrcade: The Essential Collection Eric Bischoff: Controversy Creates Cash Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen (2 Discs) (2007) WWE: Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive Collection WWE - NWO - New World Order: Back in Black WWE: Greatest Stars of the '90s (The parts on WCW stars, like Sting, could easily been on Rise and Fall of WCW) WWE - Hollywood Hulk Hogan - Hulk Still Rules The Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1

The documentary is okay. Lots of early facts about NWA and WCW beginnings that are great. I don't believe we should blame the N.W.O. for the downfall rather the lack of ideas and individuals to create good guys to balance out the bad guys in N.W.O.. Bischoff did some much good for WCW wrestling but lost control when he got in the spotlight and then Russo destroyed everything. I wish the WCW was still here so there would be competition on TV. The Vince show has just gotten awful in my opinion and that's why I don't watch wrestling anymore. I'd rather remember the days when it was really competitive between companies. The matches really make this DVD set fantastic. Lots of Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, and Hulk Hogan. You get the entire Diamond Dallas Page vs Goldberg match at Halloween Havoc 98 that went off the air during the match causing WCW to refund millions to pay-per-view customers and should be blamed for the beginning of the end of WCW and it's mismanagement. Overall I would recommend this DVD set to and WCW fan.

This came out after the Rise & Fall of ECW and having seen both I can say this is not a cheap clone, like many say it is. They are both very good for different reasons. ECW's because of how raw(no pun intended) it was, and this for it's history. The business would not have been as it was if not for both of these companies. If you enjoyed WCW programming or The Rise & Fall of ECW, then I'm sure you'll like this too.

I'm the fan of WCW since I was young and never thought that WCW has fall so fast! This stuff seems not the best one, especially the documentary on Disc 1, overall should have more detail especially for year 1997-2001? Some matches are quite good but thought that there are should have more matches in each of disc. Do you think so? Anyway, This set is definitely great gift for all WCW fan. It is a legacy! Because it was done! I hope that WWE will make the very long await about Sting stuff which I and thought that a lot of fan around the world has been waiting for either, there should be about 4-5 discs, I want to relive with him once in a life time as his first ever match debut, and with Ric Flair for Championship after his leg broken, with Great Muta, wrestler in Japan, duet with Luger era, with Hogan during he still short hair, and many stuff during in n W o's era (I also want to see the long story during he is in black/white character as when he came from top of roof in the ring to blew out all n W o member through when he is in Red/Black wolfpac) against with Goldburg (2-3 times) and especially tag team match with Ultimate Warrior VS Hogan and Bret Hart and definitely with Bret Hart in Halloween 1998, with Vampiro and so on until his last match with Ric Flair. Not only for Sting, I'm prey that I could spend for the stuff if WWE will produce any DVDs under the named WCW, cheers!!!

A fun watch! Brought back memories!

Wow, at last WWE is finally releasing the very best of WCW on DVD with the rise and fall of World Championship Wrestling. I just hope WWE covers the birth of WCW from when Ted Turner bought the company under Jim Crockett in 1988 to Eric Bischoff as the president who ran WCW to the debut of Nitro, nWo, Goldberg's rise to stardom, Sting, and heaps others. As much as i love the WWF/E, WCW was my favorite as well for certainly one reason at the time, Bill Goldberg and now the nWo, Sting, Sid Vicious, etc. Yes, thanks WWE and give you credit for the Monday Night War DVD, nWo, The Best of Starrcade and now Rise & Fall of WCW. The sad thing, however, Eric Bischoff is not going to be part of this new production.

This DVD set is good, but it looks oddly familiar. If you have seen the Starrcade DVD set, you have basically seen half of the first disc. If you have seen The Monday Night War DVD, you have seen the other half of the first DVD. To be fair, there is a little more than what can be found on other DVDs, like the time when WCW went off the air before a pay-per-view was over and a young Vince McMahon announcing for WCW. Most of the interviews, with the exception of Goldberg's took place in 2002/2003. I found the Goldberg interview extra to be a nice feature, but the extras and matches seem quite thin. The included matches don't portray WCW at its height very well. I have watched WCW and WWF/WWE since the early 80s. I can tell you there is a lot of the late history of WCW missing in this set. For example, Bret Hart can be found in only one scene. The Horsemen get a mention here or there. Thursday Thunder gets a brief mention. While the nWo is covered, there's nothing about the different nWo factions (black, red, latino). There's also no real sense of the chaos the original nWo caused. What about all the heel turns made by various wrestlers when they joined the nWo? It just isn't covered. One more thing...The Ultimate Warrior and his on again-off again behavior is missing from the DVD. The video/music package at the end of Disc One was artfully done, and is probably the highlight of the first disc. Overall, I had huge expectations for this DVD set. I was hoping it would recapture the glory of WCW and then reveal some juicy details about its fall. The DVD set falls short on both. If you want the real story, Eric Bischoff's book does a better job at telling the rise and fall of WCW.

Yes it's on the WWE Network on Peacock 🦚 but I don't have a smart TV so the 📀 are great so my husband & I can watch on TV! I bought it used but it's like brand new! I 💕 the content on this.

A historical look at wcw.

Ich hab mir dvd nur geholt wegen denn NWO matches. Hat sich gelohnt

RAS

I never seen much about WCW and the things I heard about is about the backstage problems. This is a good DVD and has some good matches!

Partiamo dalle cose positive: il prezzo di acquisto (per me è stato meno di 8 euro spedizione inclusa) per un triplo DVD in edizione cofanetto è senza dubbio ottimo, come spesso accade su amazon. Il primo DVD narra sotto forma di racconto e interviste ai protagonisti, tutta la storia della WCW, mentre gli altri due ripercorrono in ordine temporale alcuni degli incontri più importanti della federazione di Turner, a partire da quando era ancora NWA e Ric Flair era poco più che un ragazzo. Se devo trovare una piccola nota stonata è la presenza di un solo match di Goldberg, che invece secondo me ha sostenuto parecchio la WCW intorno agli anni 2000. In sostanza un prodotto più che soddisfacente, da avere e conservare per tutti gli amanti del wrestling.