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Extreme Evolution: The Pinnacle of ECW
Friends and fans of hardcore wrestling, and genuine wrestling in itself, this is the DVD for you. The now-defunct promotion of Extreme Championship Wrestling was always controversial, down its dying days, and produced many WWF and WCW friendly faces. But in ECW, where television standards and practices weighed little, everything was a little more intense. Taz was darker, Rob Van Dam flew higher, and the Dudley Boyz would still put you through a table, but first, they'd light it on fire.

TV Champ Rob Van Dam VS Jerry Lynn: Many consider it to be the greatest ECW title defense of the decade, pitting a cruiserweight high flyer against a heavyweight acrobat. Fast-paced action follows Van Dam's enormous ego and Lynn's injury, which doesn't cost him the match, but makes him fight harder than ever.

World Champion Mike Awesome VS Masato Tanaka: Superior to many of the FMW matches, these two gave Vince McMahon a lesson on what his wrestlers could do with chairs, and shows progressive high impact to a finale you can feel.

Barbed Wire Match: World Champion Sandman VS Raven: Neither man was famous for their technical wrestling skills, and even if Raven has bored you to death on WWF television, this is that one, special match where the two men used their bodies to entertain, no matter how much blood was spilled.

ECW Tag Champion Dudley Boyz VS Little Spike Dudley and Ballz Mahoney: A testimonial to Paul Heyman's booking tag teams in the main event, this match featured fire, ladders, cheese graters, and exotic wrestling maneuvers that make even fans of the TLC matches sweat.

The Eliminators VS Terry Gordy and Steve Willliams: A weaker match with less high impact and more of the classic, big bully wrestling. Except when Perry Saturn noticed the scaffold hanging dozens of feet above.

World Champion Taz VS Sabu: Joey Style's favorite match, a classic of grapple wrestling meeting suicidal high-flying, two ultraviolent opponents met in a match that wasn't without table spots, but didn't need them.

Tommy Dreamer and Beuluh VS Shane Douglas and Francine: A mixed tag main event is questionable, and certainly pales in comparison to half of the other matches on the DVD, but there are high points. The most sought-after wrestling chest shot of the 90's, a fan trying to start a riot in the middle of a match, and a story told through the match that smells of nostalgia for the simpler WWF days.

But on DVD's, you're paying for the little extra's, because VHS offers the same matches. Here, you'll get to see a young Chris Benoit's entire match against Sabu. It's less than two minutes, because Chris breaks Sabu's neck. If that doesn't sell you, a man named New Jack does a flying splash, off of a basketball backboard, and a poor man is sent off a stage, through tables. There's a few bio pages on the DVD for you history enthusiasts, who want to look up such familiar faces as Rhino or Steven Richards. And to be honest, the ability to click between matches, Joey Styles' introductions, and musical tributes to the athletes, instead of just fastforward or rewind, is worth a dollar, too.

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Revolutionary Wrestling
This is a great way to introduce yourself to ECW if you have never seen it. Here's a rundown of the matches. I'll rate by stars.

Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn: Granted this match isn't groundbreaking, but it is one of the most hard-hitting matches you will see, with two guys pouring their guts into the it.(****)

Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome: Both guys take alot of punishment. The chairshots are downright vicious, plus the loudest Holy S**t chant I've ever heard.(****1/2).

Raven vs. The Sandman: A barbed wire match. That pretty much says it all. A bloody, brutal confrontation.(***)

The Dudley Boyz vs. Spike Dudley and Balls Mahoney: A wild brawl which culminates in Spike being thrown through two flaming tables.(***1/4)

The Eliminators vs. Steve Williams and Terry Gordy: Not the kind of match you think would be on this DVD. The only interesting feature is Saturns elbow drop from a scaffold.(*)

Sabu vs. Taz: Probably one of the greatest matches in ECW's history. It happened at their first pay per view Barely Legal. It helped put ECW on the map.(****1/2)

Tommy Dreamer and Beulah vs. Shane Douglas and Francine: This match would be standard fare except for Douglas being attacked by a fan and Francine "coming out of her top" so to speak during a piledriver!(**)

The special features include: Extreme moments where Chris Benoit breaks Sabu's neck, wrestlers bios, and a video game preview. I also found an EASTER EGG! If you go to search mode on your remote and put in title 5 you will find a promo featuring none other than Mick Foley! It's pretty funny and worth checking out. All in all a great DVD for wrestling fans.

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Is this really the best of ECW?
ECW Extreme Evolution

I had never seen any ECW before buying this, but this is what I thought of it...

RVD V Jerry Lynn
This is a good match, although it takes a while to get started because of RVD taunting. When it does though, the match makes up for the slow start. There's a nice table spot and lots of chairs. 7/10

Awesome V Tanaka
The best match on the DVD. 2 tables break and lots of chairs are used! There are some good bumps and lots of high-flying moves too. I was surprised at how good this was. 8/10

Barbed wire Match Raven V Sandman
It's bloody, brutal and lots of tables break. It could have been better though, because it's quite clumsy (the last table brakes before the move actually happens). Also, it was paced a bit too slowly. 7/10

Dudleys V Spike & Balls
This was pretty good, but I expected more. Spike jumps off a high ladder at the start, which is cool. Also he gets put through a flaming table, which is pretty good. 7/10

Eliminators V Williams & Gordy
This match was only on the DVD for the end elbow drop. It is not really that high, especially as Perry sits down. Shane McMahon jumping of the Titantron at WWE Backlash 2001 was miles better. The rest of this match was crap and not worth watching making this a waste of space. 3/10

Sabu V Taz
This was very far off the "most amazing grudge match ever", but it was still cool. I thought it would be more hardcore actually, although there are some good spots. They use tables and chairs. 7/10

Dreamer & Beulah V Douglas & Francine
I don't know why this was on the DVD. Tommy gets hit with a chair by a fan, but that's about it. At least it's better than the Eliminators' tag match though. Why they made it the main event I don't know either. 4/10

Overall
There were no amazing matches here really, and some of the matches were actually quite crap. I've seen a lot better PPVs from WWE, and this was supposed to be a "best of" DVD!