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WWE - Raw Tenth Anniversary

WWE - Raw Tenth Anniversary

List Price: $24.95
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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A nice walk down memory lane for a hardcore fan
Review: A lot of people hated this show because they were expecting huge names to return. For whatever reason, no one huge came back. Nonetheless, the show was still somewhat entertaining and a nice look back at the program that changed sports-entertainment, Raw. The DVD extras will include over an hour of additional footage, with features such as:
- 18 additional great moments
- 15 superstar interviews
- 2 awards not shown on TV (Now That's An Entrance and Lasting Impression)
- Behind the scenes footage of the making of "Raw On The Roof" intro (from 1995)
- Backstage at the Raw X Show
- Raw's First Main Event - Undertaker vs. Damien Demento
- Raw's Greatest Match
- Slide show of "It Looked Good on Paper"
- Seven Raw Show Openings

WWE DVDs usually have great extras and this looks no different. For a longtime hardcore fan, it's worth it just for some of those extras.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Great Anniversary Show
Review: Alot of people said they hated this show because they thought they were going to see classic WWE superstars attend the show. That's what they thought of the show. I enjoyed the show, I thought it was great so who cares if some old timers didn't show up, the show was really great. I recommend buying thid DVD.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: not very impressive
Review: As panned as the original television broadcast of this show was, I expected nothing less than complete garbage. I entered into watching this DVD with the lowest possible expectations. I can honestly say that the 10th Anniversary show for RAW was better than I expected. I can also honestly say that it still wasn't that good of a show.

For a 10 year special show for Monday Night RAW, I would have expected something special. The WWE had advertised past superstars, suggesting Steve Austin (he was not with the company at the time of the broadcast), Bret Hart, Mick Foley, and Bobby Heenan. It would have been nice to see Ted Dibiase, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan (not sure where he was at the time), or the Ultimate Warrior. The returning legends for the broadcast were Mene Gene Oakerlund and Pat Patterson. Not what you'd call a marquee lineup. The only top level superstars that were at the show were those that are current employees wrestling today. The hype that the WWE put forth led to the let-down in the show.

The format of the show itself was as an awards show. Shawn Michaels gives an award for Diva of the Decade (nominees being Sable, Chyna, Sunny, Lita, and Trish Stratus). Trish gets up and gives a mini-speech. We see short clips of the Top 10 RAW Retro moments throughout the show. It comes off as a weak awards show and is not special at all.

There are several extras dealing with the creation of the RAW 10th Annivesary Show, there is a load of other RAW Retro moments, a series of interviews taken from the show, a bonus award presentation or two. Then, there are two bonus matches. One is the main event from the first RAW episode. Undertaker vs Damien Demento. This was somewhat of a short match and not very interesting. It is notable only because it is the very first main event on RAW. The other bonus match was voted the RAW match of the Decade: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 4. This is the one good extra on the disc, but not enough reason to buy the DVD.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: To those who criticise: What the heck were you expecting???
Review: Despite popular belief that this is a worthless DVD that doesn't live up to it's expectations, let us remember that this is an anniversary show, and all the best bits were VOTED by US, or YOU, the public. So, it is very much irrelevent that there is too much emphasis on 'the austin era' as that is exactly what the public voted as the most entertaining moments in the history of RAW.

Now that is cleared up, we can see that the actul ceremony on the DVD is not that bad, many of the top names were in attendance, The Rock via satellite, Jericho, HBK, Triple H, Kane ect, so to say that the show was below-par does not cut the mustard. Within the awards bash, many great moments are mentioned, and shown in segments, such as the infamous Austin vs Tyson on RAW, Owen Hart Tribute and the time that DX invaded WCW.

As far as features are concerned, there is the complete, unforgettable TLC match from 2002 which was voted Best Match from RAW, and there are many clips taken from RAW's history that are only available on DVD, such as JR kissing Vince's backside, Mae Young getting powerbombed through a table by Buba-Ray Dudley and a short summary of why Bret Hart left WWE on bad terms with Vince.

There are some short interviews from the after-awards bash, look out for the hilarious reaction from Big Show and Pual Hayman, and also William Regal.

The only area that lets this DVD down is that they could have included four or five matches instead of two under the MATCHES section, and they also could have made the clips longer regarding the RETRO MOMENTS, as some were condensed to a mere 15 seconds, when a full minute should have been used, after all, this is a DVD! where WWE could have elaborated on this for the fans. That is why I cannot give this a 5/5 rating.

Unfortunately Stone Cold Steve Austin was absent, but this was due to him leaving the WWE several months prior to the show, and it is frustrating that he did, in fact, return within a month of the show being aired, (if only he had come back four weeks sooner!)

However, it is a decent enough DVD with entertaining features and excellent footage. Do not buy this if you are simply a casual fan as the DVD is expensive at about £16.99 in the UK, but if you are a true fan of the WWE and its history, then this is a must buy to your collection, as much of the content is pure gold.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Review That Describes it all
Review: First off they did ignore the first 5 years of Raw and yes, we did get to vote on the categorys but they were picked by WWE officals. The superstar category omitted Diesel (Dont know why), Bret Hart (due to Heat with WWE), Razor Ramon (alot of outside problems), and I belive Stone Cold (walked out). All wrestlers were a big part of Raw, and all the categorys where choosen from 1999 and on, when WWE became huge with Stone Cold, The Rock, DX, and The WCW Monday Night Wars. . Its called the Ten Year anniversey but it barely covers early years. I love old wrestling footage, so of course I tuned in but when I saw heard about it, but it was a huge disappointment. The only reason why I got the DVD is because I love the TLC 4 Match and I wanted to see it again, when I heard it was on this dvd in complete form I snagged a used copy for cheap. I wouldnt pay more then 10 dollars for this dvd, it is a big disappointment.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: IF YOU'RE A FAN OF WWE RAW, YOU MUST OWN THIS DVD!
Review: For all of you ... let me explain it to you. It has all of the Raw openings from all 10 years of Raw, It has about a million Raw Retro moments, it has extra awards, lots of interviews and many more extras included. Not just that but this was a great show already, I really enjoyed watching this on TV and reliving the first 10 years of Raw.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Geez, was this a horrible "anniversary show". I can't believe the WWE even put this on DVD. They basically ignored the first five years of RAW, so what was the point? This show got so many well-deserved negative reviews when it aired on TNN. Invest your money on other worthy wrestling events.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Geez, was this a horrible "anniversary show". I can't believe the WWE even put this on DVD. They basically ignored the first five years of RAW, so what was the point? This show got so many well-deserved negative reviews when it aired on TNN. Invest your money on other worthy wrestling events.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Geez, was this a horrible "anniversary show". I can't believe the WWE even put this on DVD. They basically ignored the first five years of RAW, so what was the point? This show got so many well-deserved negative reviews when it aired on TNN. Invest your money on other worthy wrestling events.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Horrible Tenth Anniversary For Greatest Wrestling Show Ever
Review: I don't own the DVD so I can't comment on the special features, but this had to be the biggest disappointment ever. At the time Stone Cold Steve Austin was on hiatus from the WWE after walking out the year before. WWE kept bringing notions on their television show that Austin would return at the special but after the superstar of the year was announced we all were left in disappointment. Plus WWE seemed to only award athletes who were in the organization at the time of the show. I can't see why they called it the tenth anniversary when all they did was really show highlights of the Austin era to time of release. Another reason why professional wrestling has lost its fans is this show. A huge disappointment and not even worth the one star for the lowest rating that it can be rated.


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