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| The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment | 
 enlarge | Director: Wwe
Actor: The Rock
Studio: World Wrestling
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 5706
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 540
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.8
MPN: WWE94668
UPC: 651191946686
EAN: 0651191946686
ASIN: B00120LPQ0
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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Product Description
Throughout The Rock's incredible sports-entertainment career fans and foes alike knew enough to know their role shut their mouth or risk a beatdown from the Brahma Bull. While he's gone from WWE rings to the big screen his impact on professional wrestling will never be forgotten. The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment highlights the meteoric rise of The Great One the first man to hold the WWE Championship seven times. This package is packed with 3 discs filled with 19 amazing matches including:WWE Intercontinental Championship MatchThe Rock vs. Owen HartLast Man Standing Match for the WWE ChampionshipThe Rock vs. MankindWrestleMania XV WWE Championship MatchThe Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve AustinSteel Cage MatchThe Rock vs. Triple HWWE Tag Team Championship MatchThe Rock & Mankind vs. Undertaker & Big ShowWWE Undisputed Championship MatchThe Rock vs. Chris JerichoWrestleMania X8 Icon vs. IconThe Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan...And a dozen more!System Requirements:Running Time: 540 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SPORTS/GAMES/PRO WRESTLING Rating: NR UPC: 651191946686 Manufacturer No: WWE94668
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 Official Match Listing April 3, 2008
21 out of 26 found this review helpful
Throughout The Rock's incredible sports-entertainment career, fans and foes alike knew enough to know their role, shut their mouth, or risk a beatdown from the Brahma Bull. While he's gone from WWE rings to the big screen, his impact on professional wrestling will never be forgotten. The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment highlights the meteoric rise of The Great One, the first man to hold the WWE Championship seven times. This package is packed with 3 discs filled with 19 amazing matches.
Disc 1
Samoan Royalty
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Rocky Maivia
RAW (13/02/97)
Rock the Ruler
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Owen Hart vs. The Rock
RAW (06/04/98)
Nation vs. DX
King of the Ring Quarterfinal Match
Triple H vs. The Rock
RAW (22/06/98)
Rock's Big Chance
WWE Championship Match (Final Round)
Mankind vs. The Rock
Survivor Series (15/11/98)
Rivalry with Mankind
Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship
Mankind vs. The Rock
St. Valentine's Day Massacre (14/02/99)
So it continues...
Ladder Match for the WWE Championship
Mankind vs. The Rock
RAW (15/02/99)
Two of the Most Charismatic Superstars Ever
WWE Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
WrestleMania XV (28/03/99)
Disc 2
People's Champion
Steel Cage Match
The Rock vs. Triple H
RAW (05/07/99)
Rock `n Sock Connection
WWE Tag Team Championship
The Rock / Mankind vs. Undertaker / Big Show
RAW (30/08/99)
The Verbal SmackDown!
No Holds Barred Match
The Rock vs. Kane
SmackDown! (30/12/99)
McMahon - Helmsley Regime vs. The Rock
WWE Championship Match
Triple H vs. The Rock
Backlash (30/04/00)
The Following Night...
Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Shane McMahon
RAW (01/05/00)
The Great One vs. The Olympic Medalist
WWE Championship Match
Kurt Angle vs. The Rock
No Way Out (25/02/01)
The New Title
WCW Championship Match
Booker T vs. The Rock
SummerSlam (19/08/01)
The Undisputed Champion
WWE Undisputed Championship Match
Chris Jericho vs. The Rock
Royal Rumble (20/01/02)
Disc 3
Icon vs. Icon
The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan
WrestleMania X8 (17/03/02)
Triple Threat
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Undisputed Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker vs. The Rock
Vengeance (21/07/02)
Just Bring It
The Rock vs. Eddie Guerrero
RAW (22/07/02)
Third Time's A Charm?
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
WrestleMania XIX (30/03/03)
Transcending Sports Entertainment
The Rock: The Most Electrifying in Sports Entertainment
Extras
Promos
# Heat July 11, 1999 - "Billy's Prayer to God"
# RAW August 9, 1999 - "The Big Slow"
# RAW September 6, 1999 - "My Name is Kane"
# RAW November 15, 1999 - "Doughnuts"
# SmackDown! August 10, 2000 - "Hermie"
# RAW December 4, 2000 - "Armageddon Opponents"
# RAW August 13, 2001 - "Thomas Jefferson Sucka"
# RAW September 10, 2001 - "The People's Strudel"
# SmackDown! September 20, 2001 - "Great Balls of Fire"
# SmackDown! January 3, 2002 - "Copacabana"
# SmackDown! January 17, 2002 - "Camera Man"
# SmackDown! January 24, 2002 - "The Charleston"
# No Way Out February 17, 2002 - "NWO"
# SmackDown! July 11, 2002 - "Busta Rhymes"
# RAW March 10, 2003 - "The Superhero"
# RAW June 21, 2004 - "Miami Dolphins"
# The One-Liners
Excellent collection of matches and promos June 8, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I'm not even going to bother with the impact The Rock has made. If you're a fan of wrestling then you already know. If you're a fan of both The Rock and wrestling, than this is a must by. The matches and the promos were well picked. Of course others will have a different take. Even I have my list of what could have made it.
Well, it's time to talk about what's on this 3 disk set. Now this is the biggest problem for me and got me steamed in the beginning. The narration is not done by The Rock. The narration is done by someone but it's not him. You will not hear from Rock or any other superstars at all. I don't care what anyone says in defense of that. There is no excuse good enough for it. Since The Rock is alive.
Now the presentation does have a documentary feel and is ok at best. It begins by talking about The Rock's wrestling roots. His rise and big breaks. The heat from the fans and his heel turns. It also speaks on his biggest rivalries. The format follows the same pattern as Hogan and Austin's. A rivalry or match will be spoke on briefly and goes into the match. All of the matches are in it's entirety. Every match except for one is complete with full entrances. You also get a good portion of The Rocks promos. For those who would like to know, there is no reference to Chris Benoit at all.
This is the match selection for all 3 disk;
Thursday RAW, 2-13-97
WWE IC Title
vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
RAW 4-6-98
IC title
vs. Owen Hart
RAW 6-22-98
King of the Ring Quarter Final
vs. Triple H
Survivor Series 11-15-98
WWE Championship(Final Round)
vs. Mankind
St. Valenines's Day Massacre 2-14-99
Last Man Standing Match for WWE Title
vs. Mankind
RAW 2-15-99
Ladder Match for the WWE Title
vs. Mankind
Wrestlemania XV 3-28-99
WWE Championship
vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Disk 2
RAW 7-5-99
Steel Cage
vs. Triple H
RAW 8-30-99
WWE Tag Team Titles
w/Mankind vs. Undertaker & Big Show
Smackdown 12-30-99
No Holds Barred Match
vs. Kane
Backlash 4-30-00
WWE Championship
vs. Triple H
RAW 5-1-00
Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championhip
vs. Shane McMahon
No Way Out 2-25-01
WWE Championship
vs. Kurt Angle
Summerslam 8-19-01
WCW Championship
vs. Booker T
Royal Rumble 1-20-02
WWE Undisputed Championship
vs. Chris Jericho
Disk 3
Wrestlemania X8 3-17-02
vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Vengeance 7-21-02
Triple Threat Match for the Undisputed Championship
vs. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle
RAW 7-22-02
vs. Eddie Guerrero
Wrestlemania XIX 3-30-03
vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
The extras are loaded with some of the funniest promos and The Rock's oneliners. This set definitly delivered and anyone who is not familiar with The Rock would get a very good idea on what he's about. Fans will more than likely love the material on this set. But I know some are going to be just as steamed as I am, knowing The Rock doesn't even speak on his own set. Still, I'm glad I bought this set and feel my money was well spent.
Smell What Dwayne....opps, I mean The Rock Is Cooking One Last Time June 13, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Regardless of how you feel about Dwayne Johnson & his relationship (or lack thereof) with the WWE today & his movie career, nobody can deny that The Rock was without one of the top superstars in WWE's past & has not only made an impact in wrestling (in the ring or on the microphone) & outside of it...to the point where the word "smackdown" is now in the dictionary. This DVD set is a look back at his most of his career through matches & takes the format of Undertaker's in which you don't hear from a narrator instead of The Rock (unlike the other match anthologies released recently).
vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley - The Rock's first title win here against Hunter & what would turn out to be the foreshadowing of one of the biggest feuds in the WWF Attitude Era & The Rock's career.
["RAW" Feb. '97]
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match vs. Owen Hart - Nothing memorable past just a nice solid match between these two.
["RAW" Apr. '98]
King of the Ring Quarterfinal Match vs. Triple H - A rare match in their rivarly that only went around 10 mins. but was a good back & forth match in that time.
["RAW" June '98]
WWE Championship Match (Final Round) vs. Mankind - Jim Ross described it best during the match when saying "The Rock turned it up!" because this was one of the times you saw The Rock get real aggressive in the ring against Mankind along with taking it outside the ring including various moments such as both men using chairs including Rock repeating slamming the chair onto the steel steps which were on top of Mankind & fighting on the announce tables. In the end, The Rock becomes the Corporate Champion using a finish that was complete "deja vu."
[Survivor Series '98]
Last Man Standing Match vs. WWE Champion Mankind - Mankind came into the match with bad knees based off an attack by Rock earlier in the night. They brawled on the floor for most of the match using various weapons including TV monitors, steel steps, and a table which Mankind DDT'd Rock through. Of course this match had it's entertaining moments such as Rock doing commentary & singing "SmackDown Hotel!" while Mankind tried to execute "Mr. Elbow." The ending was a little bit of a jip but the quality is here.
[St. Valentine's Day Massacre '99]
Ladder Match vs. WWE Champion Mankind - This match picked up where the previous one left off with both men going hardcore on each other in & out of the ring using the ladder & chairs with Rock targeting Mankind's hurt leg. This wasn't a "spotfest" type of ladder match but another good encounter in their series.
["RAW" Feb. '99]
WWE Championship/No DQ Match vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin - The first of their WrestleMania trilogy of matches that started off with a bang on the floor & through the crowd for the first half of the match before delivering the type of performance that made their rivarly a classic with Mankind making an important cameo.
[WrestleMania XV]
Steel Cage Match vs. Triple H - Just like their earlier King Of The Ring match, it was a short match but real good for what it was.
["RAW" July '99]
w/Mankind vs. World Tag Team Champions Undertaker & Big Show - The birth of the Rock & Sock Connection here as they went on to win the Tag Team titles but besides that, this was nothing special.
["RAW" Aug. '99]
No Holds Barred Match vs. Kane - This match just went over 5 mins. & nothing really noteworthy here.
["SmackDown!" Dec. '99]
vs. WWE Champion Triple H - Rock & Triple H put on a solid encounter (like they usually do) with the addition of Shane as the referee, Vince getting a couple of shots in here & there along with cameos appearences from Stephanie, Linda, Patterson & Brisco, and Stone Cold Steve Austin...this was a wild encounter from start to finish.
[Backlash '00]
WWE Championship/Steel Cage Match vs. Shane McMahon - Eventhough Shane got a few shots in at times, this was mostly dominated by The Rock with Vince, Triple H, and referees Patterson & Brisco trying to help Shane...including using a stick to poke Rock like a shark through the cage.
["RAW" May '00]
vs. WWE Champion Kurt Angle - Kurt came off as ruthless here & even had to have his language censored at one point & delivered one of the Rock's greatest "straight wrestling" matches that went back & forth between both men that didn't depend on brawling outside the ring, or tons of interference. And for those wondering, yes...the ending where Earl Hebner screwed up is still in here.
[No Way Out '01]
(Also available on The Rock: Just Bring It)
vs. WCW Champion Booker T - The people's champion of the WWF meets the guy alot of people concidered the people's champion of WCW...who both just happened to have the same finishing move in the Rock Bottom/Book End. These two had a fast paced match that had some entertaining moments including one where the APA come out & get revenge on Shane McMahon by giving him one of the stiffest lariats I've seen from Bradshaw. This gave the fans what they wanted as The Rock returned & became the WCW Champion.
[SummerSlam '01]
vs. Undisputed WWE Champion Chris Jericho - It wasn't their best encounter (I think that was the No Mercy one months earlier) but a very enjoyable back & forth match between the two.
[Royal Rumble '02]
vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan - In my opinion, this was the last classic Hulk Hogan match I've seen. Hogan brought his A game as did The Rock & the crowd was so heavily into each & every move they made...it made the match seem even better. Words can't do this match justice.
[WrestleMania X8]
(Also available on Hulk Hogan's Anthology)
vs. WWE Undisputed Champion Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle - This was one of those triple threat matches that allows everyone to look strong & showcase their dominance at one point or another. When you mix in The Rock, Kurt Angle, and Undertaker...you will never lose there. One of the best triple threats I've seen. Look out for the opening sequence where Angle wanted Rock & Undertaker to show him some attention...and he damn sure got it along with each man stealing each other's finishers at various times.
[Vengeance '02]
(Also available on "The History Of The WWE Championship")
vs. Eddie Guerrero - Unfortunally they didn't show the pre-match promo where Guerrero was talking about burning his kids poster of The Rock earlier in the night but unlike the Guerrero match on Austin's DVD, this was a very good short encounter between the two wrestlers but look out for the one part Guerrero reversed the Rock Bottom in a way you never saw before...and haven't seen since.
["RAW" July '02]
vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin - Out of all the numerous PPV matches they've had against each other...this one was the most entertaining as The Rock was just at his best as a heel in regards to being ruthless (targeting Austin's leg & all the Rock Bottoms) & just asking like an ass (wearing Austin's vest & stealing his finisher). Since this would end up being Austin's last match, this was a classic match to end his career on.
[WrestleMania XIX]
Also the beginning of this DVD, you also get a brief background on his families wrestling history (if you want a more detailed history, check out either the 2008 Hall Of Fame on the WrestleMania XIV or the Most Powerful Families In Wrestling DVD set). DVD extras include highlights of his past one-liners & punchlines along with 16 of his past promos...some of which were on his past DVD releases as well but the difference here being that some are shown in full (like "Thomas Jefferson Sucka!") unlike how they were presented on the other DVD's like "Just Bring It!" and all the commentary is removed from there so you don't hear Jerry Lawler or any of the other commentators during the promos.
The negatives is that with Rock moving on from the WWE that this may be the last DVD set we ever get of him so some matches could have been left off in favor of better performances that were left off like the
Kane & Rock N' Sock match (their Buried Alive match would have been a better selection). Also I don't understand why Triple H didn't have a Rock match on his recent DVD set while this one has 4 of them when the two ones from RAW could have been left off in favor of one of their better performances like their back to back Fully Loaded matches (2 out 3 falls/strap match), the forgotten cage match from the UK only Rebellion PPV, or if there was enough room on the disc...the Ironman match from Judgment Day 2000. But in the end, regardless if you have any other Rock DVD's, this is one collection that I recommend to pick up that will leave you more satified than the movie "Doom" ever will (it's alright Dwayne, everyone acts in at least one crappy movie in their career.)
 World Wildlife Fund: I hate you June 19, 2008
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
The dumbest lawsuit ever, The World Wildlife Fund suing The World Wrestling Federation, has resulted in some of the most extensive blurring of video and censoring of audio I have ever seen in a WWE DVD release. It's totally distracting if in the middle of a classic Rock promo he gets the "F" in WWF censored out of his speech. Likewise, in the background of the matches you have at least 5-10 spots where the attitude-era WWF logo is being blurred. It takes a lot away from the presentation.
The match selection is great but they included very few of his promos. This is The Rock after all, his promos were half the point I pre-ordered the DVD. But again, there's so much censorship on this DVD that even the promos get ruined.
It's hard to believe The World Wildlife Fund was actually suffering any damages from sharing their initials with the World Wrestling Federation. That lawsuit has effectively ruined the archives of one of the greatest eras in professional wrestling. I will definitely never donate any money to the World Wildlife Fund as a result of all this.
That's right...3 stars. So much wasted potential. June 12, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
OK.
First of all, I was the biggest Rock fan imaginable. To me he brought everything that the WWE needed during the Monday night wars and the Attitude era. He managed to bridge athleticism and entertainment in subtle ways, and helped to elevate some of the most memorable names: Owen Hart, HHH, Steve Austin, Booker T, etc.
So...if I'm such a fan, how could I dare give this anything lower than a 5?
I'll tell you why. It's because this DVD set, being 3 DVDs, is severely disappointing. It's almost like WWE did the bare minimum they could rather than really showcase this man and his many years in the company. Geez, where do I begin...
1: The man's promos are scarce. Where are his various promos and exchanges with Farooq, like when Rock gave him the portrait? Where's the Nation of Domination's parody of DX? Where's the faux funeral for Stone Cold? Where's the "die die die" promo? Where's the promo he cut on Paul Wight (Big Show) when he first debuted? "Know Your Role Michael Cole"? The Rock's interaction with the first Diva Search contestants? The Thanksgiving where we learned about the Rock's love of pie (and the fact that Michael Cole never had any)? The infamous Trish kiss? His interaction with Taijiri (sick freak)? The Stephanie McMahon birthday jingle? Rock/Austin singing together? Rock's promo on Brock Lesnar? "Sing along with the Rock"? The legendary Rock concert of 2003 "...when the Lakers beat the Kings in May~!" None of these are here, and it really pisses me off.
2: The matches are the bare basics. Where's the Undisputed Championship match with him, Austin and Jericho? Where's his single matches with Taker? Why only two matches with Austin (but yet 4 matches with HHH)? Where's his match with Ric Flair? Chris Benoit (need I even ask...)? What about Rock, Austin and the Hardyz vs. DX? The Brahma Bullrope matches (ok, they might have been some crap, but I still wanted to see them!!)? Rock vs. Lesnar? Why didn't they show the WHOLE "I Quit" match with Mankind, including the controversial ending?? Ugh, I could go on and on.
3: None of the matches show Rock losing, even though he lost some of his greatest matches.
4: Way too much blurring of the "F" in the old WWF. I mean, it's not like they're profiting off of the logo anymore, is it really necessary to have so much blurring? I mean all the blur spots really do detract from what you see.
5: Why was this not released on Blu-ray in remastered HD quality like Wrestlemania 24?
6: Not published in widescreen. Come on Vince, give me a break. We're in 2008; get with the times please.
7: The whole DVD is organized as though it were trying to tell someone 50 years from now what "The Rock" was about. I don't agree with that approach - 1, because it wasn't done very well with all of the stuff missing that I mentioned above, and 2, this should cater to fans or former fans. That means it should be as thorough as it can be, not barebones.
Bottom line - there's a lot missing, and as a result, I can't justify giving this any more than 3 stars.
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