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Thought I'd review this since tonight is the highly anticipated 1000th episode of Raw .
The first part we are shown people talking about the very first episode of Raw and the UK release of this dvd includes the full first episode .
Mr Perfect vs Ric Flair : Loser Leaves WWE
Two of the greatest of all time here . I like the little facts they put in the corner of the screen . The only problem with matches like this is that the commercial breaks take away from it . Perfect sends Flair home with a perfectplex . ****
Mr Perfect and Shawn Michaels brawl outside the arena and onto the Fink's car . This seemed very real .
Razor Ramon vs The Kid
This is definitely one of the most important moments in Raw's history as it showed that anything can happen and anyone can be beaten . Ramon beats on the Kid the whole match until the end where the Kid one with a moonsault . 3/4* He was now known as the 123 Kid .
Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannetty
This is for the IC Title . Apparently this was the 1993 match of the year . Really hard to argue with that except for maybe the KOTR match between Hart/Perfect . Just amazing fast paced action in this one . Marty wins his first and only IC Title after a roll through . Amazing . ****1/4
Gorilla Monsoon comes out to throw Bobby Heenan out of the WWE . It must have been a shame to see him go .
Bret Hart vs 1-2-3 Kid
WWE Championship is on the line here . This is such a great match . Kid looked like he had no chance of hell winning this match but Bret made him look like a credible threat which says a lot for the Hitman . Bret pins Kid but his foot was on the rope and Bret tries to get the match restarted . The match starts over . Kid gets a close 2 count but the commercial break ruins it . Bret retains the title after a sharpshooter . What a match . One of the best in Raw history . ****1/2
Leslie Nielsen goes hunting for the Undertaker for Summerslam 1994 . RIP
William Shatner comes out as a guest on the King's Court to promote his new TV show Tech Wars . Shatner inducted Lawler into the Hall of Fame in 2007 . Shatner gives Lawler a monkey flip and Bret Hart comes out to raise his arm .
Shawn Michaels vs Owen Hart
Two amazing athletes here . This is the infamous match in which everyone thought Shawn was really injured because they made it look so real . It is still a good match though . After Owen kicks Shawn in the head , Shawn puts him over the rope and then collapses in the ring , ending the match . *** We come back from commercial and Shawn is being seen to by medics and is given oxygen . This looks way too real .
Vader pins Savio Vega at the end of a match . He attacks him and gives him another Vader bomb . He even attacks the ref . Another ref comes out and he is powerbombed . Gorilla Monsoon comes out to stop him and suspends Vader indefinitely . Vader attacks Gorilla and this was the first time a superstar attacked a high ranking official in the WWE .
We cut in to a match between Ahmed Johnson & Vader . Vader wins as Ahmed is knocked out . As Ahmed is on a stretcher , Goldust comes out and gives him the kiss of life . Ahmed comes around and chases Goldust . I'm pretty sure this was highly controversial at the time .
Now we are shown the infamous 'Pillman's got a gun' segment . USA Network felt uncomfortable with this segment and WWE had to apologise to stay on the network . Pillman was injured at home and Stone Cold was trying to get in to attack him . The segment ends as a gunshot was heard fired . The gunshot is edited out of the DVD .
Undertaker vs Mankind : No Holds Barred
These two had one of the best feuds of the 90's and usually had great matches against each other . This was not as good as the other matches they've had . Taker wins after a tombstone piledriver . **
Another controversial segment here with the ' Lost smile ' . It's hard to say whether Shawn is telling the truth here . He says he needs to take time off for a knee operation and has to give up his championship . Many think he made this up so he didn't have to drop the belt to Sid or Bret .
Goldust gives an interview regarding HHH . This was just to show the impact Chyna had when she first appeared in the WWE .
We are shown some clips of when ECW really invaded the WWE . Jerry Lawler never really seemed happy with it . Some interviews are shown with members of ECW .
Owen Hart vs The British Bulldog
This took place in Germany and was the finals of the newly created European Championship . This is arguably the greatest match in Raw's history . It is filled with amazing technical moves and non-stop action . This is what I would call a classic TV match . Bulldog wins the title after countering a pinning attempt by Owen . ****1/2
In the next segment we come back to Bret Hart standing in the ring . He complains that he's been screwed and shouts curse words . The same would happen only 8 months later .
Bret Hart , Owen Hart & The British Bulldog vs Undertaker , Stone Cold & Dude Love : Flag Match
This was Canada vs The USA . It starts off in the middle of the match so I don't think I can give it a fair rating . It took place in Canada , so the Hart Foundation were the clear favourites . Bret grabs the flag to win the match . N/R since we were only shown part of it .
We are now in the first Raw in MSG . This was the start of the famous and amazingly fun Austin/McMahon feud . Austin stuns McMahon for the first time ever and makes history . The roof comes unglued . Definitely groundbreaking .
We see McMahon with a black eye after Bret infamously punched him backstage . This was the first time Vince said ' Bret screwed Bret ' . He tries to justify his actions at the Survivor Series in Montreal . Luckily everything seems to be sorted out today .
Here we have Sable showing off her amazing body . She was immensely popular during this time . Brock Lesnar is one lucky bastard .
Rocky Maivia comes out with the Nation of Domination to confront Austin so Rocky can get his IC Title back . Austin comes on the tron and is shown on a bridge and throws the belt off the bridge and into the water .
Degeneration -X comes out to show their asses to audiences around the world . Sgt Slaughter comes out to put them in a match against each other . I won't review the match sine it isn't a proper one . HHH pins Shawn .
Disc 2
We now have the legendary moment between Stone Cold and Mike Tyson . This is still a moment that is fondly remembered when thinking of the WWE's greatest moments . Hearing JR yell ' Tyson and Austin ! ' is still great .
DX gives us a special report . They apologise for their profanities in the WWE . I found this hilarious .
We cut in to a No Holds Barred match between Cactus Jack and Terry Funk . Both guys are inside a dumpster when the New Age Outlaws come out . They push the dumpster right off the side of the stage . This was a definite Holy Shit moment .
We come now to the night after Wrestlemania XIV . HHH complains about Shawn dropping the ball . Sean Waltman comes back from WCW and into the WWE as X-Pac . Here's the new DX with HHH as the leader . X-Pac comes out to shoot on Hogan and Eric Bischoff .
Austin and McMahon are supposed to have a match and Austin has to have his hand tied behind his back . It was this night that Raw beat Nitro in the ratings . Dude Love comes out and attacks Austin . The match never starts .
We now have the infamous incident of DX trying to invade a WCW show in Norfolk . This was done brilliantly .
We have the segment where DX impersonated the Nation of Domination . This was hilarious , especially the Owen Hart impersonation .
This is the night , Austin drove in on a Miller Lite Zamboni and attacks Vince . The crowd goes absolutely crazy for it .
Another great moment in the history of Raw . McMahon in the hospital is visited by Mankind and a female clown . I would've hated to have been Vince here . We also have the debut of Mr Socko . Austin attacks Vince and hits him with a bed pan in a moment that never gets old .
We now have the infamous moment of Austin filling Vince's Corvette with cement . The window breaking helped the segment . Highly entertaining .
Another great segment between Austin and Vince . Vince was terrified he was gonna be shot in the head by Austin . Austin 3:16 says Vince just pissed his pants !
Mankind vs The Rock : No DQ
This match was taped and the night it was shown , WCW gave away the result and ended up giving away more viewers to the WWE . This was Mick Foley's first big title win and is still a great moment and a great match too . ***1/2
We now have what is probably the most memorable segment in Raw's history . Austin drives a beer truck into the arena and drenches The Rock , Vince and Shane with beer . Amazing .
The Rock holds a funeral for Austin , but Austin has a monster truck and drives over The Rock's car . This moment is clipped .
For some reason we are given the match between the Mean Street Posse and The Stooges . I don't even wanna rate this .
We are shown Vince revealing himself as the higher power behind the Ministry of Darkness .
The debut of Y2J Chris Jericho is shown . Possibly the greatest debut in WWE history . Still amazing to watch .
We are now given the highest rated segment in Raw's history . This is your life . This was The Rock's birthday present from Mankind . It is definitely a great segment even if it is a bit long .
Big Boss Man reads a sympathy card to the Big Show .
The wedding of Test and Stephanie McMahon . It turned out that Triple H had already married her .
Triple H vs Chris Jericho
This was for the WWE Championship . After a good match , Jericho hits the lionsault and pins HHH to win the championship . The crowd went absolutely wild . *** Later on the decision was reversed and HHH got his title back .
We are now shown the moment when Vince revealed that he had purchased WCW . A huge moment to say the least .
Kurt Angle comes out to parody the beer truck incident and this time has a milk float . He drenches the Alliance in milk . Milk o Mania is running wild !
We now have possibly the greatest return in WWE history . After almost a year away , HHH returns to MSG .
Hulk Hogan is in the ring and The Rock comes out . They stare each other down . It was an amazing moment and so was their epic match at Wrestlemania . Their Mania match was made here .
Now we have one of the most surreal moments in history . Eric Bischoff is announced as the new general manager of Raw . This was unbelievable . Eric and Vince hug !
Disc 3
The Rock puts on his first concert . Every one of his concerts are hilarious and all are worth watching .
Kane finally unmasks . A lot of people thought this ruined Kane , but I still loved him . I kinda wish he would take it off again .
Eugene is the general manager and makes a game of musical chairs to decide a no.1 contender . It sounds bad but was made funny thanks to Chris Jericho and especially Ric Flair .
Randy Orton celebrates his first World Championship win with Evolution . Evolution attacks him and starts his god awful face run . I remember being shocked by this as a kid .
Vince spoofs the NFL and I don't know why since I live in Scotland . Seemed funny .
Batista has to decide which brand to go to since he won the Rumble . He chooses Raw and powerbombs HHH through a table starting his 4 year long face run .
Shelton Benjamin vs Shawn Michaels
This was a tournament for a World Championship shot . Shawn was making his return after his five star match with Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania . This is such a great technical match . Shawn gets the win after Shelton leaps from the ropes and receives an amazing looking sweet chin music . Painful looking as well . ****
Chris Jericho holds a Highlight Reel to see who the first draft to Raw is . It shockingly turns out to be John Cena . This was very exciting at the time . Cena has a good back and forth talk with Christian .
We come to the wedding of Edge and Lita . Snitsky's poem was very humorous . Kane interrupts the wedding and then tombstones the priest .
Shawn Michaels gives Hogan a superkick after a match , starting off their feud leading up to their hilarious Summerslam match .
John Cena and Chris Jericho compete in a Loser is Fired match . Y2J loses and is dragged out by security guards .
Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle : 30 Minute Iron Man Match
This was a little disappointing considering the two classics these two had earlier in the year and the history both men have with the Iron Man concept . Still a really good match though . Angle gets the first fall after an Angle slam from the top rope . HBK evens the score with a roll up . Angle gets another point after making Michaels submit to the Angle lock . HBK evens it up again after a superkick . The match ends in a draw with 2-2 . ***1/4
On the same night as the previously mentioned Iron Man match , Stone Cold stunners every major member of the McMahon family . Highly entertaining .
Eric Bischoff has a trial for his job . This was all pretty funny . He ended up being fired .
Edge and Lita have a live sex celebration . This was a highly rated segment and obviously a controversial one .
Triple H and Shawn Michaels impersonate Vince and Shane McMahon . This was pretty funny , especially HBK as Shane .
John Cena vs Rob Van Dam vs Edge
This match for the WWE Championship had to take place because RVD was being suspended for his use of drugs and they needed a new champion . Edge becomes the new champion after Cena gives RVD an F-U and Edge throws Cena out the ring to pin RVD . ***
Edge vs Shawn Michaels : Street Fight
This is the second Street Fight these guys have faced off against each other on Raw . This was a really good match with good use of weapons . Edge wins after Orton interferes and gives HBK an RKO . ***1/2
Randy Orton is celebrating his new title win when Shawn Michaels makes his return after 5 months . He gives Orton a superkick . Don't know why they ended the DVD with this .
8.5/10 . This is a great DVD but it can be tiring watching segment after segment with so few matches .
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