Road Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
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Actor: Animal, Hawk, Sting, Ted DiBiaseBrand: Genius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 360 minutes
Published: 2005-06-01
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: World Wrestling Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Road Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History
DVD Review: WHAT A RUSH!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Legion Of Doom are one of the greatest tag teams of all time. In a time where promotions were based around single wrestlers, they became the attraction people wanted & payed to see. Roadwarrior Hawk, Roadwarrior Animal, and manager Precious Paul Ellering...the Road Warriors.
The documentry starts with stories of Hawk & Animal growing up & working out at the gym which lead to them being trained as wrestlers. The evolution of their look & characters are discussed along with their relationship with manager Paul Ellering. Their stints in both Georgia Championship Wrestling and the AWA including fueds with famous teams like The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke, Fabolous Freebirds, Midnight Express, Four Horsemen, and the Koloffs are looked at in detail along with funny stories about Dick The Brusier & The Crusher and the Fabolous Ones. Their first run in the WWE goes over the fued with Demolition and if they were Road Warrior imitatiors & their historic SummerSlam '91 match. But just like everything in life, all good things must come to an end and that's where this documentry starts to go downhill as Hawk's problems & actions outside the ring led to the breakup of the Road Warriors, a brief discussion of the Japanese version of the Road Warriors, and their return to WCW that didn't work out well. Returning to WWE as L.O.D. 2000, the entire storyline involving Droz, and the death of Roadwarrior Hawk round out this documentry.
Matches Include:
vs. Joe Young & Randy Barber - This was during their early days before the facepaint look with them looking like a couple of bikers. As you would expect, they completely squashed the other team.
"NWA Georgia Championship Wrestling" June '83
vs. Arn Anderson & Paul Jones - This was back in the days of a young Arn Anderson as the Warriors completely destroyed this team as well.
"NWA Georgia Championship Wrestling" Aug. '83
Texas Tornado Match vs. Brisco Brothers - The Warriors used their usual "power/street fight" offense in the beginning but Gerald & Jack were able to fight back & gain an advantage with outwrestling the Warriors with moves like the figure four. The Warriors throughout the match worked on their backs with various bearhugs & backbreakers before things just got completely out of hand with chairs getting involved. A different match than expected from the Biscos Brothers but a very good match.
NWA, Aug. '83
vs. Mike Jackson & Stone - Just the Warriors eating up another team before spitting them out.
"NWA Georgia Championship Wrestling" June '83
vs. AWA Tag Team Champions Baron Von Raschke & The Crusher - This match saw Baron & Crusher used a strategy that worked in their favor by using the Warrior's strength against them while also out-wrestling them. Hawk & Animal stuck to their usual brawling/ground & pound offense but also showed smart tactics in cutting the "ring in half" and keeping the other guy in close to their corner before going on to win their their first World Tag Team Championship.
"AWA All Star Wrestling" Aug. '84
AWA Tag Team Championship Match vs. Larry & Curt Hennig - This was another match that saw Hawk & Animal work a "smart" match in that Larry Hennig matched power with the Warriors so the focused & worked heavily over the younger, less experienced & less powerful Curt.
"AWA All Star Wrestling" Apr. '85
AWA Tag Team Championship Match vs. Fabulous Freebirds - It should be noted that this combination of the Freebirds was Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy with Buddy Roberts in the corner while the 'Birds decided to paint their own faces, like the Warriors, with the image of the rebel flag. This was just a very entertaining match as Hayes had just natural heat here as they didn't even lock up yet & the crowd was all over him while Gordy was a great bumper for his size. The ending was something out of the "Dusty Rhodes" playbook but it didn't take away from this good match.
AWA SuperClash '85
vs. Magnum T.A. & Ronnie Garvin - This was the finals of the two day tag team tournament with a rare match with everyone being babyfaces while it should be noted that Ronnie Garvin had his hand taped due to an injury suffered by the Horsemen. Good back & forth encounter here before Ronnie Garvin's "hands of stone" came back to backfired him.
NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup '86
Chain Match vs. Ivan & Nikita Koloff - As you would just expect from these two teams, this was just a brawl from start to finish with the chains heavily coming into play to either whip, choke, or have leverage over your opposition here.
NWA Great American Bash '86
Scaffold Match vs. Midnight Express - The first major scaffold match in wrestling history. The match itself wasn't good by normal standards since they were very limited on what they could do but for the time, it was really a sight to see both teams being so high up, knowing how one team was going to fall all the way down, and the way they used the scaffold during the match. Watch out for the ending with Bobby Eaton & what happened to Jim Cornette afterwards.
NWA Starrcade '86
("Starrcade: The Essential Collection")
vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard - In their hometown of Chicago, the Warriors were after the Tag Team titles. This a clash of power in the Warriors vs. the wrestling technicians of the Horsemen with great storytelling by both teams.
NWA Starrcade '87
("Starrcade: The Essential Collection")
vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Express - This was during the process of an attempt to turn Hawk & Animal heel after they had already beaten down & taken out the eye of Dusty Rhodes. The Warriors divided & conquered as they had completely beaten down Bobby Eaton on the outside forcing Stan Lane to fight alone for a majority of the match before the odds just caught up to the Express leaving the Warriors to win their first (and only) NWA Tag Team Championship.
"NWA Main Event" Oct. '88
vs. Demolition - It should be noted that Ax was long gone from the company so this is the Smash & Crush duo with Mr. Fuji returning as the team's manager. This was pretty short & sweet here as this was the blowoff of the feud for the past few months between Demolition & the Legion Of Doom.
"Wrestling Challenge" Feb. '91
vs. Hart Foundation - This was one of the last matches with the Hart Foundation together as a team before Bret broke off into his singles run. L.O.D. were on the defense for most of the match as Hawn was heavily worked over by the Foundation before being able to somehow pull off a win here in a match that had both teams gain respect for each other afterwards.
WrestleFest '91
vs. Hulk Hogan & Genichiro Tenryu - This match happened during the period where WWE was having a working relationship with the SWS promotion in Japan to use each other's talent & aid in WWE's global expansion into Japan (hense why Tenryu & Koji Kitao wrestled at WrestleMania VII that month) & for those who have never seen Hulk Hogan wrestle in the Japanese setting, your in for a treat as he puts in more wrestling than you normally would see from him in the United States. The Warriors used their power game here early even press slamming Hogan & Tenru early on. Both teams brawled on the floor & through the crowd resulting on both Hogan & Hawk heavily bleeding while using chairs & tables on each other. This match was very physical (maybe even stiff at times) that just got out of control between both teams but still a lost gem in the careers of not only Hawk & Animal but also Hogan during his period of his career.
Mar. '91
Street Fight Match vs. WWE Tag Team Champions Nasty Boys - Another match that was short & sweet and enjoyable. It wasn't a weapons spotfest but a big brawl that was very well planned out & giving us a historcal finish with the L.O.D./Road Warriors becoming the first & only team to hold all the championship of all the major fedeations at that time.
SummerSlam '91
vs. Money Inc. - Eventhough they weren't the champions, these were the two best tag teams WWE had at that time. This was a good solid match all around with Money Inc. being the great mat wrestlers but still cheating heels meshing well with L.O.D.'s powerhouse style...but pay attention to L.O.D.'s entrance, it was quite a sight.
SummerSlam '92
("Allied Powers: World's Greatest Tag Teams)
vs. WCW Tag Team Champions Sting & Lex Luger - This was a very slow but physical match between these two & was very similar like the previous one in that there was tension between Luger & Sting but also the story was made clear that the Road Warriors had respect for Sting & wanted their hands on Luger. Overall, good match.
WCW SuperBrawl VI '96
vs. WWE Tag Team Champions Godwinns - The Legion of Doom had a long feud with the Godwinns beginning with Henry suffering a neck injury due to the Doomsday Device months earlier & this encounter was the L.O.D. putting their careers on the line for one last title shot so it was "win the titles or go home" situation. They went back & forth in this match with Animal getting hurt at one point while the Godwinns tried to take advantage of the "titles don't change hands on disqualification" rule before the L.O.D. made the emotional comeback & victory for their last set of tag team championships.
"RAW" Oct. '97
DVD extras include various promos, 3 Confidental pieces, additional comments from Michael Hayes & Paul Ellering, and the old school Road Warriors music video. Bottom line is that if you are a fan of tag team wrestling & classic "old school" footage then this DVD is a necessity.
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