Road Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History [DVD]

This documentary was great. Great showing of The Road Warriors in the AWA, NWA, WCW, and the WWF(now WWE). Also includes story of how Road Warriors broke into the business. Great extra features shown on both discs. Really wish "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath was included but knowing the cost of today's music license fees. I cannot blame WWE for putting in-house music for their matches that were not in WWE. Ohh, what a rush!!! For those wrestling fans that do not know the Original Legion of Doom consisted of The Road Warriors, "Precious" Paul Ellering, Jake 'the Snake' Roberts, The Spoiler, King Kong Bundy, Arn Anderson, The Iron Sheik, the Original Sheik(Sabu's uncle), and Matt Borne(Evil Doink). Just a bit of wrestling history.

When you ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, had to get a team to settle a score, and get the job done, YOU CALLED THE ROAD WARRIORS !!! You hated to wrestle them, but man would you want to go into battle w/them !!!They had it all. Management and Direction (Precious Paul), Athleticsm, Charisma, and a killer Entrance Song (IRON MAN by BLACK SABBATH) !!! When you heard it, it was on, because LOD was ready to go to work, (EXCUSE ME, WAR) !!! The scaffold match @ STARCADE '86, makes this worth the purchase. To see the fear in Dennis's face, when he saw Hawk and Animal at the other end of the scaffold , and everyone is 30 feet above the mat, and LOD HAD NO FEAR, would make anyone think twice about what was to transpire !!!THEY TRULY WERE THE BEST EVER !!!Animal, Keep the LOD Legacy ALIVE !!!R.I.P. HAWK !!!

A great dvd set

There is some really good footage on here including lots of full matches that are very good. The story is on disc one and is excellent. Disc two is just full of matches. The only complaint I have is that WWE should have put more of the Road Warriors' classic matches from there early days if they had the footage. I know of one match that is missing from a PPV which included a triple tierd cage match which was a pretty good match. Also I know the Road warriors had fought Dusty Rhodes and there was just a brief mention of that. But all in all if you are a Road Warriors fan this is an excellent DVD to own.

If you love the Warriors and want to get a bit of their history this DVD is for you.

I've been a die-hard fan of The Road Warriors since I used to watch them on Saturday mornings in the AWA. In my opinion, there has never been another tag team who can compare with these two. This collection is great because it takes you from their true beginnings ( biker gimmicks, with no face paint!), to their rise (AWA,NWA,WWF tag champs),their WTF?! moments ( "Rocco"/!! REALLY??!!, & Hawk's battles with "his personal demons") to their end (the passing of HAWK). I remember, as a child, I used to get a little scared of them when they would rush into the ring & attack their opponents (or victims!) before the bell even rang. No other wrestler(s) had that instant fear factor, that "IT" factor... as did the Warriors. Watching those old matches on this collection really brought back great memories of how good wrestling USED to be!! I highly recommend this set. If you appreciate wrestling for what it is (athletic 'entertainment') then you can definitely get into this collection. The L.O.D. will live forever.

I bought this 2-disc DVD set after reading the wonderful Road Warriors book by Joe 'Animal' Laurinaitis. Although not intended as a connected release, that is how they come across. Read the book, see the movie!Disc One: The documentary on the first disc is surprisingly thoughtful and well-edited. I am subtracting one star for the absolutely terrible generic heavy metal played continuously through every interview. It sounds like a rejected score from the old Smackdown Two PS1 game. Thankfully they change the music when it comes time to relate Hawk's tragic early death.Do not pass up the Extras on disc one, some hilarious promos from the Road Warriors. But more importantly, and this is worth the purchase of the DVDS: Brief 1-minute commentaries from Michael 'P.S.' Hayes and Paul Ellering about life, and striving for goals. These guys look into the camera and tell the viewers (and aspiring wrestlers) to get up in the morning and reach for goals. And if you're not getting up in the morning with something to get up for, then FIND SOMETHING! And get up. Surprising, but effective advice. (Also great 2005 commentary from Jim Ross and Animal on an early match against two legends in Las Vegas.)Disc Two: One of the highlights of Animal's book (and a great recommend there) is his recall of the time the Road Warriors finally got to wrestle Hulk Hogan in Japan. Here, we see the actual 1991 Japanese match, to a sell-out Japanese crowd. Hulk Hogan and the Road Warriors are in their prime, and it shows. Hogan is almost a heel for this match, since it wouldn't be aired in America. Great stuff to watch, as hardcore as anything the later 'Attitude Era' could come up with. Hogan gets his own face paint shortly into the match, his own blood! Hawk gets busted open, too. The new alternate commentaries by Jim Ross and Animal for several of these matches is a true highlight, you've gotta hear them call these matches!After I bought this, I put off watching it for a few weeks. I thought I knew the Road Warriors. When I finally sat down to watch it, I was blown away. One of the best DVD releases from the WWE that I can think of. Buy it!

Hey I remmember going to see Hawk and Animal when I was in Abbeville High School S.C.back in 1978.They were the best tag team and best showman of wrestling and this DVD shows that.I was really sad to hear Hawks passing but I was really happy to learn Animal became a born again christian and was able to lead his brother (HAWK) to become a believer in The LORD JESUS CHRIST before he passed! Long live Animal and Hawks memory(WHAT A RUSH)! ! ! !!!!!!

Love this release from the wwe, 4thumbs up!

This is honestly, bloody great... Absolutely worth buying.I'll tell the truth though. I am an avid collector of music & film & buy hundreds of DVD's & CD's every year. To accommodate my habit i had to start re selling many not only for the extra money to buy more but also because i was simply running out of room... So, my point is i get through a hell of allot of stuff and often want to write a review purely to let people know how awesome something is and how much i personally liked it. Problem is i can never be bothered & can't ever think of anything original to say... So, I've decided to copy this very review you're reading now and use it only when i think a product is worthy of your attention. Now you'll know that if you see this review on another item it's not spam and i have actually watched or listened to the product with a keen eye & ear as i am a huge fan of the type of things i buy & sell.Occasionally I'll get around to writing the odd proper review but for some things, a good old thumbs up is all you need.I'm basically saying, I don't know about you but in my opinion it's worth a go... What more do you want??? ;)

最近のハイデンライク＆アニマルのチームもそれなりにいい味だしてますが、やはりご本家にはかないませぬ！もうお宝映像満載で、彼らの物に関しては以後もこれ以上の物は出てこないでしょう。このコンテンツは800字では書ききれません。試合の収録も多く、英語のわからない私でも充分楽しめました。リージョンコード変更しても見るべし！しかし、この作品も含めアンダーテイカー、ブレット・ハートレッスル・マニアのフルコンプ、80年代物の三枚組等々プロレスファンにはいいアンソロジー物が出てるのに日本版（リージョン2）は出る気配がないですねー。まあ、日本では売れないのかもしれませんが。

Dieses Produkt ist für meine Sammlung 👌

Die Anfangszeit der Road Warriors in der NWA oder die Zeit der WWF , jeder Gegner wurde platt gemacht . Ob Demolition ,Hart Foundation oder Steiners, die Gegner wurden zerlegt . Einfach das Beste im Tag Team Bereich .