The ......... Dwayne ' The Rock ' Johnson DVD Review
This is the Rock's second three disc DVD set , with his first one being a match compilation and some promos , and this one with a documentary and matches and moments .
First off , the documentary was amazing . I'd definitely put it right beside Stone Cold's most recent documentary DVD . I didn't know too much about the Rock coming into this and every minute of it was entertaining and interesting to watch .
Overall I'll give the documentary 9/10
Disc 2
Crush/ Jerry Lawler / Goldust / HHH vs Marc Mero / The Stalker / Jake Roberts / Rocky Maivia : Elimination Match
Imagine making your debut at not only a Survivor Series , but also at the famed MSG . Jake Roberts was a house of fire here . Jerry Lawler is eliminated with a DDT . The Stalker is eliminated with a curtain call . This one wasn't very interesting . HHH eliminated with a moonsault . Crush eliminates Mero and Roberts with a heart punch . Just Rocky left . Crush is out after a running cross body . Rocky wins with a shoulder breaker . **1/2
The Rock vs Triple H : Ladder Match
Now here is a career making match . Only three months after this , The Rock would go on to win the WWE Title . And we all know how HHH's career went after this . This match certainly stole the show on this night which also included a great match between Austin/Taker . This was another match that involved working on an injured leg . This was just a classic brutal battle for the IC Title . Triple H wins the title . ****1/2
The Rock vs Mankind vs Ken Shamrock : Steel Cage Match
This was a No.1 contenders match for the WWE Championship . The double abdominal stretch was pretty cool . All guys took turns teaming up . The crowd went absolutely wild after that double people's elbow . The Rock pins Ken to pick up the win after Mankind hits Ken with a double-arm DDT . ***3/4
The Rock vs Mankind : I Quit Match
This is , without a doubt , one of the most brutal matches in WWE history , especially after I recently watched Beyond the Mat for the first time . WWE Championship on the line . These guys had a great series of matches from late 1998 to early 1999 . Mankind falling on top of that electrical equipment was an amazing site to see . The match becomes hard to watch after Mankind is handcuffed . Mankind appears to say he quits but it ended up being a recording . ****
Stone Cold vs The Rock : No Holds Barred Match
Shane McMahon is the special guest referee here , intended to give Austin a huge disadvantage . A month before this , these guys managed to save Wrestlemania 15 from being the worst ever and they had another great match on this night . Austin retains after a stunner and whacks Rock with the belt . ****
Disc 3
The Rock vs Triple H vs Kurt Angle
Angle actually was concussed before the match even began after being Pedigreed throught the announce table . According to Triple H's documentary , everyone was panicing over what was going to happen since Kurt was out . I'm surprised they got a really good match out of it . Even though it has turned into a singles match so far , HHH and the Rock have enough chemistry to pull it off . Kurt comes back in and we've got a triple threat again . This has been great so far . Stephanie punched by HHH ! Wow this is exciting . Great match ***3/4
The Rock & Undertaker vs Edge & Christian
The tag team titles are on the line here . Not entirely sure why this match is on the disc . It's this kind of match that makes me realise that Raw sucks nowadays . This isn't even an excellent match but it's still really fun . The Rock pins Edge after a people's elbow to win the tag titles . ***
The Rock vs Ric Flair
A non-title match and also a dream match here . The people's champion against the nature boy . This was a very entertaining match . The Rock gets the three count after a rock bottom . **3/4
The Rock vs Brock Lesnar
Quite the historical matchup here . Even after only being in the WWE for a few months , it was Brock's time to be the man . This showed how big an impact he made in the WWE , and still has an impact even today . This match took place at one of the all time great PPVs at Summerslam 2002 . This match starts off so quickly with a belly-to-belly from Lesnar . This is gonna be awesome . Such a fast paced , exciting match . Lesnar locked in the sharpshooter . Fans are really behind Brock . Rock hit with a steel chair . Heyman rock bottomed through an announce table ! Lesnar kicks out of a rock bottom ! Rock kicks out of a rock bottom ! Lesnar wins with the F5 . Overall an excellent match . ****
The Rock vs Hulk Hogan
Obviously this wouldn't be as good or as big as their Wrestlemania match due to it being on a B-show PPV , but it still sparked a lot of interest considering it was only the second time they'd ever faced each other . This was an ok match . When McMahon came out a big ' you screwed Bret ' chant started . The Rock wins with a rock bottom . **
We come to the Raw after the No Way Out PPV where Rock beat Hogan . Rock was hilarious just ripping it out of Toronto . This was just a great back and forth segment between the Toronto crowd and the Rock .
We now come to the second ever Rock concert and all three were great to watch . This one was to help promote the match between The Rock and Goldberg at Backlash .
This has to be one of the greatest returns in WWE history . The internet wasn't able to ruin this one ! For 20 minutes he does all of his classic Rock stuff and it is brilliant . He announces that he will see John Cena at Wrestlemania .
We now have The Rock's introduction for Wrestlemania 27 . He gets the crowd all fired up for the night by mocking Cena .
7.5/10 . The documentary is worth it for this DVD . Discs 2 &3 left something to be desired but there were still some excellent matches here .
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