Kronos Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 http://www.silvervision.co.uk/products/All...VD-3-Discs.html Throughout the years, fans of sports entertainment have enjoyed the controlled chaos of tag-team wrestling. Many present and future Hall of Fame Superstars have been part of a popular duo, including Shawn Michaels (The Rockers), Bret “Hit Man” Hart (The Hart Foundation) and Jeff and Matt Hardy (The Hardy Boys). Some Superstars will forever be remembered for their incredible impact as a team, including The Road Warriors, The Fabulous Freebirds and The Midnight Express. Some teams were a result of the unique, temporary pairing of two singles Superstars, including The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy “Macho Man” Savage), and D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels). Allied Powers: The World’s Greatest Tag Teams honours all the greatest duos in sports entertainment history, complete with matches from WWE, WCW, NWA, AWA, WCCW and Championship Wrestling from Florida. Packed with profiles of more than 20 historical tag teams and events and 25 tag-team matches, Allied Powers: The World’s Greatest Tag Teams gives fans twice the excitement, twice the action and twice the drama. Disc 1 Introduction by The Miz & John Morrison Miz & Morrison – Chemistry Between Two Individuals British Bulldogs British Bulldogs vs. Hart Foundation Madison Square Garden September 23, 1985 Steiner Brothers Title vs. Title Match Steiner Brothers vs. Hiroshi Hase / Kensuke Sasaki Japan Supershow March 21, 1991 Miz & Morrison – Daredevils Outstanding Aerial Achievement by a Tag Team 2 out of 3 Falls Tag Team Match Killer Bees vs. Demolition Houston, TX October 9, 1987 Hardy Boys # 1 Contender Match Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boys King of the Ring June 27, 1999 Miz & Morrison – Chick Magnets of the ‘80s Fabulous Freebirds Country Whipping Tag Team Match Fabulous Freebirds vs. Kerry Von Erich / Kevin Von Erich World Class Championship Wrestling October 1983 Best Brotherly Duos Funk Brothers vs. Brisco Brothers Championship Wrestling From Florida Harlem Heat WCW World Tag Team Championship Match Harlem Heat vs. Steiner Brothers Hog Wild August 10, 1996 Midnight Express NWA United States Tag Team Championship Match Fantastics vs. Midnight Express Great American Bash July 10, 1988 Honorable Mentions Anything Goes, Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight Public Enemy vs. Nasty Boys SuperBrawl VI February 11, 1996 Miz & Morrison – Rocking Your World Rockers Rockers vs. Brain Busters Madison Square Garden March 18, 1989 Disc 2 Miz & Morrison – Demolishing the Competition Demolition WWE World Tag Team Championship Strike Force vs. Demolition WrestleMania IV March 27, 1988 Worldwide Attractions WWE World Tag Team Championship Mike Rotundo / Barry Windham vs. Iron Sheik / Nikolai Volkoff WrestleMania March 31, 1985 Miz & Morrison – Get the Tables! Dudley Boyz Championship Unification Steel Cage Tag Team Match Dudley Boyz vs. Hardy Boys Survivor Series November 18, 2001 Outsiders WCW World Tag Team Championship Match Outsiders vs. Harlem Heat Halloween Havoc October 27, 1996 Miz & Morrison – Power… Horses Arn Anderson / Tully Blanchard NWA World Tag Team Championship Match Sting / Nikita Koloff vs. Arn Anderson / Tully Blanchard Great American Bash July 10, 1988 Tribute to the Classics Nick Bockwinkel / Ray Stevens vs. Red Bastien / Billy Robinson AWA All Star Wrestling December 1972 Miz & Morrison – The Greatest Tag Team of the 21st Century The Miz & John Morrison The Miz / John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio / Shawn Michaels RAW November 17, 2008 Hart Foundation WWE World Tag Team Championship Rougeau Brothers vs. Hart Foundation Boston Garden March 7, 1987 Bonus Features The Fabulous Freebirds – “Badstreet, USA” Music Video Animal Advice from the British Bulldogs Primetime Wrestling – August 31, 1987 Gene Okerlund Visits the Hart Foundation Headquarters Coliseum Home Video Exclusive – 1987 Camouflage, Bushwhacker Style Superstars – December 10, 1988 Gene Okerlund Interviews Demolition Wrestling Challenge – July 7, 1990 The Legion of Doom Return to Chicago Superstars – April 11, 1992 The Cutting Room Floor: Los Conquistadors The Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection Break Up? Raw – October 4, 1999 D-Generation X and the Meaning of Controversy Cyber Sunday – November 5, 2006 John Morrison & The Miz – “Mizfits & Mofos” Music Video Disc 3 Miz & Morrison – Reeking of the Most Awesomeness Edge & Christian Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match for the WWE World Tag Team Championship Edge & Christian vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Hardy Boyz SummerSlam August 27, 2000 Rock ‘N’ Roll Express NWA World Tag Team Championship Rock ‘N’ Roll Express vs. Ivan Koloff / Khrusher Khruschev World Wide Wrestling July 9, 1985 Miz & Morrison – Oh You Didn’t Know? New Age Outlaws WWE World Tag Team Championship New Age Outlaws vs. Rock ‘N’ Sock Connection Armageddon December 12, 1999 Blockbuster Tag Teams D-Generation X vs. Edge / Randy Orton Cyber Sunday November 5, 2006 Miz & Morrison – Technical Masterminds World’s Greatest Tag Team Los Guerreros vs. World’s Greatest Tag Team SmackDown! December 11, 2003 Crockett Cup Tournament Cup Finals Tully Blanchard / Lex Luger vs. Nikita Koloff / Dusty Rhodes Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament April 11, 1987 Miz & Morrison – Ohh, What a Rush! Road Warriors Legion of Doom vs. Money Inc. SummerSlam August 29, 1992 Miz & Morrison – Saving the Best for Last Looks like some rare stuff, maybe. Look at that AWA 72 match! Odd that the only Dudleys match is from WWE and not ECW. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 The AWA 72 match has been showcased before. Nothing wrong with it but it's not a new release from the vault or anything. If they were going to use a stock AWA tag match, I would have preferred they broke out one of the High Flyers-Martel/Santana matches from the summer of 1982. Really good stuff there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 When I saw the title and the folder, I immediately wondered why WWE was releasing something about the short-lived Lex Luger/Davey Boy Smith tag team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 When I saw the title and the folder, I immediately wondered why WWE was releasing something about the short-lived Lex Luger/Davey Boy Smith tag team. I made jokes about that in other places when I first heard about this set being released. Good matchlist. Some stuff they've released on DVD before, but I like the rarer stuff being on this set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 The Legion of Doom Return to Chicago Superstars – April 11, 1992 Isn't this the promo where they debut Rocco the Dummy? If so, AWESOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 The Legion of Doom Return to Chicago Superstars – April 11, 1992 Isn't this the promo where they debut Rocco the Dummy? If so, AWESOME. According to Graham Cawthon's site, no. That happened on the 6/27 episode. This is just one where they challenge the Beverly Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomk Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 This is a weak set but most amused by: WCW World Tag Team Championship Match Harlem Heat vs. Steiner Brothers Hog Wild August 10, 1996 Really? Harlem Heat getting "we hate jigaboos" heat in front of a biker crowd? Is this meant by the WWE as a shot at Booker, a shot at the WCW audience, or just a sign that no one has actually watched the matches selected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I would guess the latter. That match is pretty embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Morris Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Yeah, they could have picked another Harlem Heat match. I know they had several with the Steiner Brothers and surely you could find a better one to pick. I am disappointed that Steiners/Nasty Boys didn't get included. That's quite an underrated match, IMO, and from the time frame in which the Steiners were on a roll. Not sure why they pulled LOD/Money Inc. as the match to feature LOD, unless they were trying to work Money Inc. into the DVD. But regardless, that's a forgettable match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 I'm personally most amused by the fact that the set is hosted by Miz and Morrison. Talk about your total lack of long-term planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Just curious, but with their new blood editing policy, how many of the matches above would be affected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'm personally most amused by the fact that the set is hosted by Miz and Morrison. Talk about your total lack of long-term planning. More amusing was Tazz hosting the 90s set (which hit stores well after he got released) and Foley hosting the HIAC set (which hit stores well after he joined TNA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Not sure why they pulled LOD/Money Inc. as the match to feature LOD, unless they were trying to work Money Inc. into the DVD. But regardless, that's a forgettable match. I was actually watching the documentary section of the Road Warriors DVD a few days ago and J.R. (I think) was trying to spin that match as the peak of their popularity, only for Hawk to screw it all up with his demons. So it's a match the company is in love with, probably due to the major arena setting and the huge crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 So much of this is duplicative. The Rockers-Busters is already on Shawn's set. Use the Lost Angeles match, or the SNME match that wasn't on the SNME set. :/ John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 So much of this is duplicative. The Rockers-Busters is already on Shawn's set. Use the Lost Angeles match, or the SNME match that wasn't on the SNME set. :/ John Not disagreeing with what should be on there, but the one on Shawn's set is 1/23/89. This one is 3/18/89. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMFabianoRPL Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 So much of this is duplicative. The Rockers-Busters is already on Shawn's set. Use the Lost Angeles match, or the SNME match that wasn't on the SNME set. :/ John Not disagreeing with what should be on there, but the one on Shawn's set is 1/23/89. This one is 3/18/89. Funny, I could only count six duplicates: Anything from SummerSlam or WrestleMania, obviously (four). Horsemen vs. Sting/Nikita. And I guess the Cyber Sunday match. If I missed anything, let me know. Anyway as I don't plan on getting the PPV anthologies (I can only take the music changes and all in small doses), it doesn't affect me. Yes I wondered why Rockers vs. BB I from SNME didn't make it. (You'd think they were saving it for this since it wasn't on the SNME set) But I like the MSG/house show/weekly TV love here in general. Also, just to let you know, Harts/Bulldogs is not the one on Bret's set. Looks like some rare stuff, maybe. Look at that AWA 72 match! Odd that the only Dudleys match is from WWE and not ECW. . . Ditto Public Enemy and others...but I fear the ECW library will soon be Benoit-ed given the PG rating. Oh and did they say the AWA match was on the Spectacular Legacy? OK make that seven. Also... Did the post above mean the Steiners/Nasty Boys Havoc '90 match? You see so little of pre-Bischoff WCW on DVD (1990-1993), so yeah. But hey...Steiners in Japan! We can go on ad infinitum about what would have/should have been good additions. But this lineup looks decent and varied to me. I do miss the really early days of WWE Home Video (2003-2005), though, when it seemed like they got everything right. The first Flair and Benoit are shining examples of this, as those had pretty much everything we would put there, given WWE's library holdings. And they seemed to take care to pick good matches. Now, there's a lot more randomness and I like the classic footage in general, but yeah, it seems they were more careful in the good old days. New things they have to exclude for various reasons don't help either...there's a lot more problems now than just editing WWF references and uncleared music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB8 Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 I'm especially interested in seeing the Russians/Rock 'n' Rolls tag from JCP, which I think I recall Loss being pretty high on, although I'm really not sure where I read that, if I even did at all . The response to the omission of the Harts/Steiners tag from 1/94 has been bordering on outrage on some forums, since I guess people were expecting that to be a lock for this ever since it was announced. I'm not terribly fussed about it myself, though; never really was that high on it. I'm still a sucker for the Steiners/Hase-Sasaki match, so I'm glad - and maybe a little surprised - that that's been included. And I don't really know why, but I'm psyched to see the Demolition/Killer Bees 2/3 falls match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Oh and did they say the AWA match was on the Spectacular Legacy? OK make that seven. The AWA match wasn't on the AWA DVD. Earliest match from the set was from '74 (although WWE fucked up and said '71). I think KHawk means it's been available elsewhere, like WWE 24/7 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 The AWA match wasn't on the AWA DVD. Earliest match from the set was from '74 (although WWE fucked up and said '71). I think KHawk means it's been available elsewhere, like WWE 24/7 or something. Yeah, this. Probably on one of the AWA specials that Verne originally produced that have been aired on 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Morris Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 So I bought the set and have gone through the first two discs. Miz and Morrison work well as the DVD hosts... they stay semi-in-character for lack of a better term and it works pretty well. The one disappointing part is they don't have Miz and Morrison do an intro segment for each tag team that is prominently featured. They say nothing about the Midnight Express or the Hart Foundation, for example, and they just go right to a highlight package to lead into the match. There are segments in which they lump notable teams into several categories. The Daredevils are essentially 80's teams known for being high-flying duos and the Worldwide Attractions are those tag teams in which "where they hail from" was played up to at least some extent. Although in watching the Best Brotherly Duos listing, I chuckled at the Smoking Gunns being listed there. I'm surprised WWE would still keep kayfabe with them. As for the Honorable Mentions, that seems to be the category in which they just tossed out notable teams that didn't really fit in any of the other categories they mentioned... so you have MNM, the Hollywood Blondes, Billy and Chuck and the Nasty Boys being put in the same grouping. There are some matches that are quite good, and I found myself a bit surprised in watching Outsiders/Harlem Heat in that Hall and Nash had their working boots on... although there did seem to be that subtle hint of burying Harlem Heat by the way the finish came off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I didn't mind Mizorrison not talking about every team, especially they were in heavy character mode anyway. Agreed about the finish of Outsiders/Harlem Heat. Didn't mind Parker being a chickenshit (it suits his character) but the way Sherri and Stevie Ray were standing there speechless while Hall pinned Booker really came across bad. Made Harlem Heat look dumb. I also chuckled at how the Brotherly Duos were almost all kayfabed brothers. BTW, the RnR Express-Russians match goes WELL over 30 minutes. Easily the longest match on the set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Morris Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Watched the final disc tonight. And yes, that RnR/Russians match is a long one, and the textbook example of how to really stretch out the hot tag. They may have done it too long, though, but you talk about a big crowd reaction when the hot tag is finally made, there you have it. What I think does work about the set is that the tag matches all tend to vary in terms of how they work the tag team formula, and serve as a good way to compare among the matches as to where it works well and where it doesn't work as well. And interestingly enough, they also serve how to compare commentators. You learn quickly how bad David Crockett was, how good Tony Schiavone was at one point, how Jim Ross went from being very good at what he does to sounding like he's board, to Gorilla Monsoon varying in his level, but definitely making a good observation in one of the matches in how the referee is showing no consistency with allowing a tag he doesn't see. The Monsoon bit is the one tag team spot that always bothered me... the heels switching places behind the referee's back and the referee questioning it but doing nothing about it, only when the face makes a tag the referee doesn't see, he doesn't allow it. I'm fine with heels switching off and the referee getting confused by itself, or the face team making a tag he doesn't see and it isn't allowed by itself, but when the two are put into the same match, it just makes no sense how the referee can be confused by the heels switching off, but know exactly which face is the legal wrestler in the ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHawk Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 The Monsoon bit is the one tag team spot that always bothered me... the heels switching places behind the referee's back and the referee questioning it but doing nothing about it, only when the face makes a tag the referee doesn't see, he doesn't allow it. I'm fine with heels switching off and the referee getting confused by itself, or the face team making a tag he doesn't see and it isn't allowed by itself, but when the two are put into the same match, it just makes no sense how the referee can be confused by the heels switching off, but know exactly which face is the legal wrestler in the ring.If you notice in matches where both are done, usually the heels have completely switched out, while when the faces do it usually both faces are still in the ring when the referee turns around. So the referee is most likely to believe the heels did tag since they've switched out, but since both faces are in the ring the referee can't really believe the tag was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsurutaman Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Seriously.... clipping matches for a DVD (when time allows full matches) taking out the blood for hardcore adult fans... being totally clueless WHAT matches to choose in your 75,000 hours tape library.... and...having the "McMahonized" version of history shoved down the purchasers throats. Jim Cornette had it right in 2006 The WWE could (Screw Up) a Wet Dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 What did they clip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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