The Rise & Fall of WCW

Back in the day, WCW was wrestling for me. If it wasn't for WCW I would have never have began watching sports entertainment. For over a decade I've been watching wrestling and the time spent watching WCW before its demise is a small fraction of the time when compared to WWE and TNA. Yet even now, those years of WCW remain the epitome of wrestling for me. I became enthralled watching the battles between Sting, Flair, Hogan, Goldberg, nWo Hollywood, nWo Wolfpac, Diamond Dallas Page, and many others. It had action, drama, good vs evil, yet had a realistic edge to it all. Quite simply, WCW had everything that mattered to me. I loved it so much that I had an extreme brand loyalty to WCW. Even at what many consider its lowest points I still watched, and enjoyed it immensely. I liked Sting in his back in black persona, I liked Flair beating Bishoff and becoming the president and his subsequent fall into craziness. I liked the united nWo Wolfpac and Hollywood with Hogan at its head. There were still many enjoyable things during the year 1999 for me. Even in the year 2000 there were things I enjoyed, particularly the Sting and Vampiro feud and the Millionaire's Club vs the New Blood angle as a whole. The Silver and Black nWo was even cool. I continued to watch and enjoy WCW up until the final Nitro in Panama Beach Florida.So in short, I am easily the target audience for the release of the DVD The Rise and Fall of WCW.I eagerly anticipated this release, knowing full well the negative bias and slant that WWE has given towards the WCW legacy. I have often been disappointed in the WWE in this respect. I have even been more disillusioned by WWE with the blunders they committed on the utilization of WCW properties like the WCW invasion, the nWo, and many of WCW's former talent. I mean, DDP the motivational speaker and stalker? I mean, seriously, the things WWE has done in this area are as bad, if not worse, than anything WCW did itself in its lowest of lows. So I get as annoyed as anyone when WWE mishandles and bad mouths the WCW legacy.But with that being said, I did in fact enjoy The Rise and Fall of WCW Documentary. All in all it is an even handed and fair approach to WCW. Do I agree with everything said? Of course not, and there are several things that I don't think are accurately portrayed, but overall it was an immensely pleasant watch and I am glad I bought it. To be able to see the old WCW in action like this DVD does made me wax nostalgic and bring back a flood of memories. It was worth every penny for this aspect alone. I miss those days of wresting and to be able to witness them again, if for only brief moment, is something this DVD set excels at.Like others, my main complaint is that many aspects of the legacy of WCW is glanced over if not outright missing. The WWE often acts like WCW went out of business right after 1998 if not sooner than that, and only shows past 1998 when showing some of the worst of WCW. There was some good stuff during that time, in my opinion and it's annoying that the documentaries basically stop there. I for one would like to see both the good and even more of the bad of those years. That being said, a good portion of these missing parts from Rise and Fall of WCW, most pre 1999, are scattered across many DVDs already produced by WWE (The Monday Night Wars, nWo: Back in Black, Starrcade The Essential Collection, The Ric Flair Definitive and Four Hoursemen collections, Hulk Still Rules, and The Greatest Wrestlers of the 90's, just to name some off the top of my head). There is still a TON left to explore, and I hope that the WWE continues to give us more of the WCW footage they have. A Definitive Sting DVD collection? How about a definitive nWo DVD set chronicling all the various forms from the beginning, to the Wolfpac, and even the silver and black? Or how about a best of Nitro set? I know I would buy them and love them. And to be fair, it really is unrealistic to expect the WWE to have much more than what they did have for the Rise and Fall of WCW documentary. Could they do more? Probably, but I just I hope they continue to produce DVDs high lighting the WCW because like I said there is still a lot left to show. But to hold that against what is a great DVD set is a travesty.In closing The Rise and Fall of WCW is a must have for any wrestling fan. The WCW left an indelible mark upon the sports entertainment industry and provided hundreds of hours of some of the best aspects of professional wrestling in history. While not perfect, this DVD set is excellent and gives WCW and wrestling fans a chance to relive some of the greatest moments in professional wrestling from the late great WCW.For more on the WCW be sure to check out:The Monday Night War - WWE Raw vs. WCW NitroWWE Starrcade: The Essential CollectionEric Bischoff: Controversy Creates CashRic Flair & The Four Horsemen (2 Discs) (2007)WWE: Nature Boy Ric Flair - The Definitive CollectionWWE - NWO - New World Order: Back in BlackWWE: Greatest Stars of the '90s(The parts on WCW stars, like Sting, could easily been on Rise and Fall of WCW)WWE - Hollywood Hulk Hogan - Hulk Still RulesThe Best of WWE Confidential, Vol. 1

A fun watch! Brought back memories!

Yes it's on the WWE Network on Peacock 🦚 but I don't have a smart TV so the 📀 are great so my husband & I can watch on TV! I bought it used but it's like brand new! I 💕 the content on this.

The documentary is okay. Lots of early facts about NWA and WCW beginnings that are great. I don't believe we should blame the N.W.O. for the downfall rather the lack of ideas and individuals to create good guys to balance out the bad guys in N.W.O.. Bischoff did some much good for WCW wrestling but lost control when he got in the spotlight and then Russo destroyed everything. I wish the WCW was still here so there would be competition on TV. The Vince show has just gotten awful in my opinion and that's why I don't watch wrestling anymore. I'd rather remember the days when it was really competitive between companies. The matches really make this DVD set fantastic. Lots of Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, and Hulk Hogan. You get the entire Diamond Dallas Page vs Goldberg match at Halloween Havoc 98 that went off the air during the match causing WCW to refund millions to pay-per-view customers and should be blamed for the beginning of the end of WCW and it's mismanagement. Overall I would recommend this DVD set to and WCW fan.

I'm the fan of WCW since I was young and never thought that WCW has fall so fast!This stuff seems not the best one, especially the documentary on Disc 1, overall should have more detail especially for year 1997-2001?Some matches are quite good but thought that there are should have more matches in each of disc. Do you think so?Anyway, This set is definitely great gift for all WCW fan. It is a legacy!Because it was done!I hope that WWE will make the very long await about Sting stuff which I and thought that a lot of fan around the world has been waiting for either, there should be about 4-5 discs, I want to relive with him once in a life time as his first ever match debut, and with Ric Flair for Championship after his leg broken, with Great Muta, wrestler in Japan, duet with Luger era, with Hogan during he still short hair, and many stuff during in n W o's era (I also want to see the long story during he is in black/white character as when he came from top of roof in the ring to blew out all n W o member through when he is in Red/Black wolfpac) against with Goldburg (2-3 times) and especially tag team match with Ultimate Warrior VS Hogan and Bret Hart and definitely with Bret Hart in Halloween 1998, with Vampiro and so on until his last match with Ric Flair.Not only for Sting, I'm prey that I could spend for the stuff if WWE will produce any DVDs under the named WCW, cheers!!!

Man, oh man. This brought back some memories for me. I can't remember how many times when I was a young tyke when Sting and Flair were tearing it up, or when I was a teenager constantly switching between WWE and WCW on Monday nights to see the nWo and DX compete on my TV screen. I loved watching about how this company folded, and it was both necessary, but somber at the same time. It was necessary because that place needed an almighty purge by the end of it, but I wish it was just a reset button for them to start over. When WCW died, I hung on to the WWE for a while after that, but by 2004 I realized it was going to be the same, predictable garbage over and over again. So, I tuned out. WCW made WWE great. The competition lit a fire under WWE's ass and made them innovative and great, and vice versa (to a lesser extent on WCW's part). I can only hope one of these small wrestling territories rises up, and eventually becomes a solid #2 that can compete with Vince and his millions to make wrestling exciting again!