Road Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History [DVD]

I bought this 2-disc DVD set after reading the wonderful Road Warriors book by Joe 'Animal' Laurinaitis. Although not intended as a connected release, that is how they come across. Read the book, see the movie!Disc One: The documentary on the first disc is surprisingly thoughtful and well-edited. I am subtracting one star for the absolutely terrible generic heavy metal played continuously through every interview. It sounds like a rejected score from the old Smackdown Two PS1 game. Thankfully they change the music when it comes time to relate Hawk's tragic early death.Do not pass up the Extras on disc one, some hilarious promos from the Road Warriors. But more importantly, and this is worth the purchase of the DVDS: Brief 1-minute commentaries from Michael 'P.S.' Hayes and Paul Ellering about life, and striving for goals. These guys look into the camera and tell the viewers (and aspiring wrestlers) to get up in the morning and reach for goals. And if you're not getting up in the morning with something to get up for, then FIND SOMETHING! And get up. Surprising, but effective advice. (Also great 2005 commentary from Jim Ross and Animal on an early match against two legends in Las Vegas.)Disc Two: One of the highlights of Animal's book (and a great recommend there) is his recall of the time the Road Warriors finally got to wrestle Hulk Hogan in Japan. Here, we see the actual 1991 Japanese match, to a sell-out Japanese crowd. Hulk Hogan and the Road Warriors are in their prime, and it shows. Hogan is almost a heel for this match, since it wouldn't be aired in America. Great stuff to watch, as hardcore as anything the later 'Attitude Era' could come up with. Hogan gets his own face paint shortly into the match, his own blood! Hawk gets busted open, too. The new alternate commentaries by Jim Ross and Animal for several of these matches is a true highlight, you've gotta hear them call these matches!After I bought this, I put off watching it for a few weeks. I thought I knew the Road Warriors. When I finally sat down to watch it, I was blown away. One of the best DVD releases from the WWE that I can think of. Buy it!

This overview of there career was amazing alot of great interviews and matches a must have for your collection

I've been a die-hard fan of The Road Warriors since I used to watch them on Saturday mornings in the AWA. In my opinion, there has never been another tag team who can compare with these two. This collection is great because it takes you from their true beginnings ( biker gimmicks, with no face paint!), to their rise (AWA,NWA,WWF tag champs),their WTF?! moments ( "Rocco"/!! REALLY??!!, & Hawk's battles with "his personal demons") to their end (the passing of HAWK). I remember, as a child, I used to get a little scared of them when they would rush into the ring & attack their opponents (or victims!) before the bell even rang. No other wrestler(s) had that instant fear factor, that "IT" factor... as did the Warriors. Watching those old matches on this collection really brought back great memories of how good wrestling USED to be!! I highly recommend this set. If you appreciate wrestling for what it is (athletic 'entertainment') then you can definitely get into this collection. The L.O.D. will live forever.

I enjoyed watching the documentary of the Road Warriors. It goes into detail of how they got started. I always like getting the backstory on wrestlers & how they got to the point they are.The matches left more to be desired though. While there were some great matches on the disc, you'd think being one of the world's most dominant tag teams, that they would have included more matches. They totally missed the fueds they had in the WWF with the Beverly Brothers & The Nasty Boys. While they talked about it in the documentary, they left out any matches that involved Droz. I would have also wanted to see the fake suicide of Hawk. This isn't a bad buy, but they should have added a third disc with more matches or special features. Some promos would have been a nice addition.

I've loved this team sints thy 80 s I used to have there posters on the walls of my bead room both sides there's never Bine a team so dominate in wrestling and never will im still lod fan wish could of seen um live hawk no menber of loh legin of heaven I pray animal follows hawk lead reseves Jesus I got$1.10 grate buy new condition thank God and prevues owner if ww lod fan git must have no true lod fan would pass up or do with out oooo whot a rush hawk with Jesus help wint out on top he defeted drugs yes liquor is a drug and hawk defeated satan with Jesus as is tag team partnergit this ya hear oooo whot a ruush

When you ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, had to get a team to settle a score, and get the job done, YOU CALLED THE ROAD WARRIORS !!! You hated to wrestle them, but man would you want to go into battle w/them !!!They had it all. Management and Direction (Precious Paul), Athleticsm, Charisma, and a killer Entrance Song (IRON MAN by BLACK SABBATH) !!! When you heard it, it was on, because LOD was ready to go to work, (EXCUSE ME, WAR) !!! The scaffold match @ STARCADE '86, makes this worth the purchase. To see the fear in Dennis's face, when he saw Hawk and Animal at the other end of the scaffold , and everyone is 30 feet above the mat, and LOD HAD NO FEAR, would make anyone think twice about what was to transpire !!!THEY TRULY WERE THE BEST EVER !!!Animal, Keep the LOD Legacy ALIVE !!!R.I.P. HAWK !!!

Over all, I did enjoy the Road Warriors DVD. It's a two disk set with interview\commentary of Animal. On Disk one you learn a lot about the home life, upbringing, and behind the scenes of the Road Warriors. Mostly positive and some negative. The clips chosen and the commentary are a little dated and seem to be more scripted then I like, which, I found boring at times. However, disk two more than makes up for lack of interest on the first one. The full matches played in their entirety takes me back to my youth and reminds me why I liked the LOD in the first place. I recommend this DVD to all LOD fans. You will not be disappointed.

This tells the story of Road Warriors Hawk & Animal better known as the Legion Of Doom from their childhood to how they became THE most dominant and successful tag teams in history.This shows some of the greatest matches LOD have ever had & their biggest venues like the wembley stadium for summerslam 97.This DVD can be very comical at times when talking about their times with manager Paul Ellering but can also be very emotional when talking about Hawks drinking problems and then the unfortunate passing of the great man himself which ended the dominant reign of The LOD.This DVD also touches on other small aspects of their WWF career from the Hawk wrestling drunk storyline which came about when Hawks problem became public knowledge to the LOD getting a 3rd member in Darron Drozdov aka The Droz.Wether you're just a casual wrestling fan or a true fanatic you will love this DVD because it has an aura of nostalgia to it.

If you like smash mouth and power wrestling, then this dvd is for you. The main program and the matches and action that follows is an interesting in depth view into one of the most dominant tag teams in wrestling history.

Hubby happy to see idols from his childhood

I love to see how it all started as a fan of them and I only saw part of the story as a tag team.

A wonderful DVD and was loved by my son.