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WWE Hardcore
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0651191101825
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Sony
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 31, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Studio: Sony
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Editorial Review:
Sometime in the late '90s, the WWF was losing fans to more graphically violent and extreme wrestling companies. Fans, it seemed, preferred seeing guys beat the hell out of each other legally with foreign objects. Never above pandering to their fans, the WWF finally created their Hardcore division (and a Hardcore Championship, to be defended 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no less). This awkwardly produced, hourlong compilation tries to give historical perspective to the mutant, controversial wing of pro wrestling, while highlighting some of the more famous matches that took place over the past couple of years. You could argue that the strength of the WWF over the years has been the writing, the ongoing soap operas, and that Hardcore matches simply opt for easy sensationalism... but that's another essay. If you want to see men (and, in one instance, women) beat each other with broomsticks, pipes, beer mugs, and boxes of tampons, or choke one another with garden hoses, this is the tape for you. The appeal of this stuff is it usually ends up outside of the ring. For example, the funniest match has Al Snow battling the Big Boss Man in a bar across the street from the arena (talk about bar room brawls!). As one wrestler says, "Hardcore is like watching a car crash: you don't want to look, but once you do, you can't look away." --Dave McCoy
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - WWF To The Extreme
This was a DVD I just bought because I found it cheap, used, and it advertised 20 matches on the back. However, I have to say that this DVD was somewhat a disappointment because if you read the back of the DVD case...you'll see them advertise barbed wire baseball bats, steel cages, tacks & tables & chairs, and parental discretion is advised yet a majority of the 20 DVD extras matches are focused on the Hardcore Championship back when it was a comedic prop for the 24/7 storyline they did with ... Read More
Rating: - It was ok
I liked the hardcore concept at first even though I knew this was a watered down version of ECW. This was cleary WWE trying to imitate ECW. The hardcore title started out pretty cool at first. But I seriously lost interest when it became a total joke, when the 24/7 rule was bought to life. I didn't find to many of those segments funny at all. They were just plain stupid to me.
The documentary is hosted by Taz. He is in character the entire time. Several wrestlers who been in lots of hardcore ... Read More
Rating:  - Ah, memories...
By far this has got to be one of the best DVDs WWF/WWE has produced. It's also a clear distinction of how far the writing quality has fallen since back then.
I was just a kid when I watched WWF in early 2000 and I feel I took it for granted. Watching this DVD, I was brought back to the glory days of the Hardcore division in WWF, from 2000-2001, and the amazing feats of the likes of Crash Holly, Al Snow, Steve Blackman, Hardcore Holly, the Headbangers, Raven, and others.
Truly, ... Read More
Rating: - I long for more Hardcore...
I have been a wrestling fan since 1996 and have watched all kinds of wrestling. I have a wrestling DVD/VHS collection spanning over 50 all together. This is the most complete and accurate review of this event you will find. I hope you find this review helpful; remember to vote helpful or not helpful.(Note-Each DVD I review has a "Match of the DVD" award somewhere in it.)
Documentary
The documentary was what the original WWE - Hardcore VHS contained. It is based on WWE's hardcore matches, ... Read More
Rating: - Hardcore Indeed!
Documentary
Even if you're not a long time wrestling fan or hardcore division fan, you'll still feel right at home from the very beginning of this documentary on hardcore. The movie is hosted by former ECW Champion and Multi-Time WWF(e) Hardcore Champion, Tazz, so there's no question as to whether or not he knows what he's talking about. Right off the bat, various WWE superstars, hardcore or not, give their own definitions of what exactly "hardcore" is, and what it means to be hardcore. Soon after ... Read More
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