Anyone get an advanced copy of this yet?

i dont think anyone has it yet and since its a wrestling dvd, no dvdforum site will review it, so my suggestion is to bump this thread when the release date approches and maybe a few might have it by then.

I would review it. I know we had Tough Enough early, but I doubt that was brought out by WWE specificially and was probably brought out by MTV.

somebody says that in another forum, somebody has it!! can somebody link to the review if they can find it.

I think it has that match where he "hulks up" and then wins by doing a leg drop.

Cool, I saw that one!!!


HULK STILL RULES!!!

I was at richmond Smackdown when Brock "killed" him. I thought Hulk looked like he wrestles in slo-mo on TV. But he really is in slo-mo. Too bad, poor knees.

Ok I can not give a review, but I just got back from Best Buy with this DVD, and all I can say is, depending on how much they edit these matches, WOW. They don't tell you a damn thing on the back cover of the dvd, but here is what is on the pull out.

CH1 Growing up, Band days, Brisco Bros, and WWWF

CH2 Beginings, Battles with Andre, Rocky III and leaving the WWWF

CH3 Dawn of a Superstar. Frustrations with AWA, Vin Mac, and the return to WWWF

CH4 Birth Of Hulkamanis '84 VS Iron Sheik

CH5 Runs Wild, 9 Years and still running

These next few chapters look like an indebth look at fueds

CH6 Piper

CH7 Bundy

CH8 Orndorff

CH9 Andre

CH10 Savage

CH11 Hulkamanis Wings Down? (hopefully some good YOKO matches)

CH12 WCW Title wins and formation of nWo

CH13 NWO, and minday night wars

CH14 Back in WWE, nWo

CH15 WM X8 vs Rock

CH16 Leading to Backlash 2002

CH17 Backlash 2002 vs HHH

CH18 Hulkamaniacs

Just when you think thats good, then come the extras, these are the extras on disc 1.

CH19 MSG debut vs DiBiase '79 (WOW!!)

CH20 Shea vs Andre '80

CH21 Return from AWA '83

CH22 Birthplace of Hulkamania

CH23 Tuesday Night Titans (TNT) training Mean Gene '84

CH24 Big Event in Toronto vs Orndorff '86

CH25 Wrestlemania III (if you don't know who he took on here, you have no business reading this)

CH26 Vinnie and Lord Alfred Hayes ( YES !!) learn about nutrition TNT '84

and CH27 Summerslam with Brutus vs Savage and Zeus (Side note, this was my very first WWF event, at meadowlands area in NJ. I was 13)

Done.


Not

Disc 2 Extras, now it gets REALLY good.

CH1 All-star wrestling '80

CH2 BATB 94 vs Flair ( YES!!)

CH3 TNT Classic Hogan

CH4 Mean Gene Interview

CH5 with Gene vs Animal Steele and Mr. Fuji ( YES YES!!)

CH6 This Tuesday in Texas vs taker '91 (Ahhh, Jack Tunney)

CH7 vs John Studd

CH8 Saturday Nights Main Event ( YES!) vs Volkoff '85

CH9 Saturday Nights Main Event vs Perfect ( Awesome Match) '90

CH10 Saturday Nights Main Event with Andre vs Bundy and Studd

CH11 Werstlevision vs Piper '85

CH12 Rumble '90

CH13 Survivor Series '88 (was that the mega-powers?)

CH14 vs Race '88

CH15 vs Genius (nice) '89

CH16 vs Big Boss Man '89

CH17 vs Honky '89

CH18 A cardboard Rock '02

And that is it. Pending any easter eggs. Hope someone finds my typing this all out for the past 20 mins useful. I would have like to have seen 3 more things.

#1 Hogan vs Warrior, first clean pin on hogan in YEARS

#2 Hogan vs Goldberg, second clean pin in years

#3 Russo Shoot, I know they would never put this in, after all it is a pro-hogan DVD, but it is a part of wrestling history.

Speaking of easter eggs, third menu , i think, in the chapter selection. The one with Wrestlemania X8, highlight the hulk still rules icon for a treat.

do they show the entire matches with entrences and original commentary that was televised

I have not watched the entire thing, but the trend is....No and Yes.

In the main feature, No, they show Hogans entrance, but the matches are cliped.

But the Extras, they show entrences and the entire matches, from the ones I have watched.

Both with original commentary. But the main feature chops the matches pretty good.

EDIT:

I am at work now and have time to answer and give my personal review.

Great DVD

Hogan narrates all the chapters with a shoot style interview. Awesome insight into the Hogan-Savage personal problems. The feature itself, as I stated above, butchers the hell out of the more recent matches. The older ones are cut up, but it doesn't seem as much.

Put yourself in Vinnie Mac's shoes. What was the best match at X8. Hogan/Rock. If they gave you that truely magical match, in its entirety, on this DVD, or the nWo DVD, whould you buy the X8 dvd? No. Same with HHH/Hogan title match. Slide back out of Vinnie Macs shoes.

Classic stuff. A great part of the feature is when Hogan addressed the "3 punches, a boot, and a leg drop issue". He basically admits its all he has, but its how he does it. Great interview.

The Extras are what makes this DVD a true treasure. Watching Hogan and Andre battle it out at Shea, with Classie Freddie Blasie at Hogans side. Awesome. Another Easter egg on Disc 2 is hidden once again in the chapter selection. Highlight the Hulk Still Rules icon in one of the chapters screens, and you get the Tootie Fruitie Music video fron one of the wrestling albums, with Mean Gene singing, and Hogan on bass.

If you watch wresting, and are a newer fan, get this, because it will show you the magic that was Hogan in the 80's. If you are an old fan that EVER marked out for ANYTHING hogan did, get it. If you hates Hogan and just wanted to see him get his ass kicked, get it. Yeah he never got his ass kicked, but it means you cheered for his opponents, of witch there are plenty on this disc.

question about a match, is the "birthplace of hulkamaina" the one where he beats the iron sheik for the title in 84. also, i know that at the begining, hogan came out to eye of the tiger, is that on there or is it just the hogan theme song.

Yeah he had Eye of the tiger and that instramental song, with the HULK HULK, chants in it. I havn't listened to all of them yet, but I will check when I get home. I plan on watching the entire feature tonight.

good since in the wrestlemania 6 dvd, there was a match between two women in the first wrestlemania on disc 2 and insted of using the cindy lauper song, they used a techno song insted because of licencing, so thats why i was wondering.

OK, finally checked it out. HOLY ***** If you are a wrestling fan or even a little bit of a hogan fan this DVD is phenomenal. I had chills watching some of this stuff & felt like a kid again.

The DVD itself is a great documentary taking you through the career of Hogan & give you some really interesting stuff like how close Hogan was with Macho Man & their downfall & hogans real life feud with Paul Orndoof.

All of the matches on the extras are the entire match with him walking to the ring & there are tons of promos.

2 easter eggs which are probably the 2 best hidden features I have ever seen on a DVD (And I have almost 200). The original Hogan video to "I am a real american" which is one of the funniest things I have ever seen & the second is an actual classic song performed by Mean Jean Okurlan & Hogan on Bass(remember he was a musician before a wrestler), this alone is worth the price of the DVD

This DVD is phenomenal, my only complaints are the lack of NWO skits which are my all-time favorite Hogan moments & the fact that hogan really kisses the rock's butt.

This is without a doubt the greatest wrestling DVD ever produced & get's my highest praise.

Like I said.

first of all , great dvd!!!! the matches look very clear (most of them anyway) and the documentary is pretty cool,i respect hogan more after seeing this. he really did make WCW what it was for the short time...


my only complaint is where are these classic hogan matches:

hogan vs warrior (wm6 i believe)
hogan vs savage (wm 4 or 5)

hogan vs earthquake?!??!?!
hogan vs yokozuna?!??!?!



also, how do i unlock the easter eggs? are there any easter eggs of hidden matches?

no one knows how to unlock the easter eggs?

The easter eggs like most are very easy to unlock.

I don't have the DVD in front of me but on both DVDs just highlight the hulk Still Rules logo in the bottom corners of the menu, I'm not sure which one exactly, I belive on the first DVD it's on the last page of the chapters menu, either way just try highlighting them all till it works, like I said earlier I think they are perhaps the 2 best easter eggs I have ever seen on a DVd.

Since I haven't seen anyone answer that yet, yes it is that match.

My Blockbuster doesn't even have this for rental yet... The reviews it has been getting here make me want to buy it, but I'm concerned about the re-watch value of this DVD.

Cool stuff!

if you were a kid at this time or were a big wrestling fan at the time like i was, this is a must buy for you. it beats the crap that the wwf (i refuse to call them the wwe) has put out in the last year.