WWE: Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection Bundle

If you're here reading this review then I'm sure you're familiar with this phenom's body of work, so I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an amazing turn around by the WWE from their previously slanderous 'The Self Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior' dvd from 2005. Warrior here gets to tell his own side of the story & it's a good one. He's a highly intelligent, erudite & thoughtful speaker & once his face hits the screen & he greets you you'll sadly realize what a shock it is that he's gone. The matches on hand are some of the biggest & best of the Federation Years & the 25 include his feud with 'Ravishing' Rick Rude for the Intercontinental Belt, the title for title 'Ultimate Challenge' against Hogan at WrestleMania VI and his epic "career on the line" match against Randy Savage at WrestleMania VII. Some matches from bigger cards were left off that I expected to see, mainly 'The Match Made In Hell' from Summer Slam '91, the Heavyweight Championship steel cage match from Summer Slam '90 against Rude, his WrestleMania V Intercontinental Championship loss to Rude & his Summer Slam 1992 Face vs. Face match against 'Macho Man' Randy Savage for the Heavyweight title. This leads me to think that these matches and lesser ones (likes his WrestleMania IV match against Hercules) will pad out the running time on a hopefully second set of discs.

Ya know, this was a purchase I had been meaning to make since Warrior passed on last year. And now that I have, and the Blu-Ray at that, it was beyond a doubt well worth it. I had so much fun watching Warrior do his thing, especially since I actually didn't watch pro wrestling growing up other than shows like the original American Gladiators. And admittedly? I always kind of looked down my nose at those people who liked MMA and pro wrestling and especially boxing. But Warrior's death last year, and the outpouring of reaction from all corners of the folks I follow online, was instrumental in making me a fan of WWE. Not necessarily the current talent, mind you (I objectively think they're awful, with the exception of Paul Heyman's amazing promos), but I really liked almost everything in this collection! Now that I got this and enjoyed this, I am definitely going to get the new Always Believe set, on Blu-Ray of course, and I can NOT wait to have that in my hot little hands. Thank you Warrior. I had so much fun watching your set, and I am glad there's more to come, though you are not here to see it. Before I give you a description of what's on the Blu-Ray set (according to BluRay.com), I wanted to give you my objective thoughts on some things. Hogan: Actually I like what those two did in the ring, and I am sad that Eric Bischoff didn't want to do more with Warrior and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. That angle would have been really fun to see more of. Andre: I know many people look down on the latter Andre matches with the likes of The Ultimate Warrior for many reasons, but actually I liked what I saw. Probably good that they didn't include many of Andre / Warrior's matches here from what I hear though. Randy Savage: I only knew of Macho Man Randy Savage for his Slim Jim ads (one of which was proudly placed in my elementary school cafeteria for whatever silly reason), but objectively? Of the matches I saw on this set, and those are the only matches I've really seen so far, while I understand trying to paint the Warrior in the best light possible, it kind of doesn't reflect very well on Macho Man (nor on Macho Man's announcing, which is quite terrible). I guess if you grew up watching Macho Man do his thing you might feel differently, but because I didn't, I don't really see the appeal of enjoying watching a heel unless you enjoy watching a heel manager doing his thing like Paul Heyman or Captain Lou Albano (speaking of, why hasn't the WWE done a "Best of Captain Lou Albano" DVD / Blu-Ray set of JUST the best Captain Lou moments yet?). WWE / WWF being conflated: Um. Vince. Real talk here, but revisionist history in almost any instance is totally uncool. I can totally understand in the case of one Chris Benoit, as I'd love to see him wiped from the history books because of what heinous acts he did, but come on, people know that your thing was once called the WWF (and I actually thought it was funny that there was another WWF to confuse some folks). Why are you making people refer to the WWF days as "WWE"? Is that a kayfabe name or something? Also, why are you blurring out references to the WWF in some instances, but not others? I'd dearly love to know these things. Rick Rude: Um... I don't really think that character went much of anywhere. Ted DiBiase (aka The Million Dollar Man): Real talk, for the longest time I conflated his MDM character with the Six Million Dollar Man and thought they were the same thing. As far as the audiovisual quality goes: For live action footage from that era, that looked and sounded surprisingly good. Great remastering job WWE, and I hope to see more of that on the upcoming Always Believe set! Anywho, here's the disc listing for the Blu-Ray as seen on BluRay.com: Disc One: Career Match: Blade Runners vs. Perry Jackson & Shawn O'Reilly. UWF -- April 11, 1986. Career Match: Dingo Warrior vs. Chris Adams. World Class Championship Wrestling -- August 8, 1986. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Barry Horowitz. Challenge -- November 7, 1987. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Steve Lombardi. Superstars -- November 14, 1987. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "King" Harley Race. Boston Garden -- March 5, 1988. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. Los Angeles Sports Arena -- July 15, 1988. SummerSlam Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Honky Tonk Man. SummerSlam -- August 29, 1988. WWE Intercontinental Championship Match : Ultimate Warrior vs. Honky Tonk Man. Philadelphia Spectrum -- December 17, 1988. Title vs. Title: Intercontinental Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Boston Garden -- February 11, 1989. WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude. SummerSlam -- August 28, 1989. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Bob Bradley. Prime Time Wrestling -- September 18, 1989. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Brian Costello. Prime Time Wrestling -- December 25, 1989. Ultimate Warrior Confronts Andre the Giant: Brother Love Show. Superstars -- July 29, 1989. WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Andre the Giant. Madison Square Garden -- October 28, 1989. WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Andre the Giant. Saturday Night's Main Event -- November 25, 1989. Ultimate Warrior Promo: "Crash the Plane." Challenge -- March 10, 1990. WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect. Madison Square Garden -- March 19, 1990. Title vs. Title: Intercontinental/WWE Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan. WrestleMania VI -- April 1, 1990. WWE Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. Tokyo Dome -- April 13, 1990. WWE Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Saturday Night's Main Event -- July 28, 1990. WWE Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Ted DiBiase. The Main Event -- November 23, 1990. WWE Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter. Huntsville, AL -- January 7, 1991. Disc Two: Steel Cage Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage. Madison Square Garden -- January 21, 1991. Career Moment: Ultimate Warrior Ends Brother Love's Career. Superstars -- March 2, 1991. Retirement Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage. WrestleMania VII -- March 24, 1991. Career Moment: Ultimate Warrior on Paul Bearer's Funeral Parlor. Superstars -- April 13, 1991. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Undertaker. Maple Leaf Gardens -- June 2, 1991. Career Moment: Gene Okerlund Interviews Ultimate Warrior and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Superstars -- July 25, 1992. Career Moment: "Riding on the Edge of a Lightning Bolt." Superstars -- November 14, 1992. WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Ultimate Warrior & "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase & I.R.S. Saturday Night's Main Event -- November 14, 1992. Career Moment: "Faster Than a Cheetah." RAW -- March 11, 1996. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Hunter Hearst-Helmsley. WrestleMania XII -- March 31, 1996. Career Moment: Ultimate Warrior Returns -- RAW -- April 8, 1996. Career Moment: Mr. McMahon Interviews Jerry "The King" Lawler and Ultimate Warrior. RAW -- June 10, 1996. Career Match: Ultimate Warrior vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler. King of the Ring -- June 23, 1996. Career Moment: Ultimate Warrior Interrupts "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. Nitro -- August 17, 1998. Ultimate Warrior Promo: From RAW -- October 26, 1998.

Honor his memory, relive his moments with happiness. Thank you for all the happy memories. Rest In Peace, Ultimate Warrior. Growing up in my early teens, I couldn't find anything that I could relate with. I couldn't relate to any type of music - I didn't listen to the radio, and there wasn't much on TV at the time. Besides following basketball and Magic Johnson, I could not find anything in popular entertainment that would really struck a nerve. Growing up awkward, not a jock, not rich, not a brainiac(maybe a few of you can relate), there wasn't much that could bring out the inner me. Then one day on a Saturday night, while channel surfing, I perchance came upon a peculiar tune. A thunderous bass, some kickin' percussion, and a wicked guitar riff - What was this?? Then out of nowhere shot out a man - no, it was more than a man. It was a spirit, an energy, a force - it was THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR! I would never forget that moment which changed my life, which gave something that I could attach myself to and find meaning within these forces called "growing up." Here I was, a shy, taciturn, introverted boy. No way to express myself, no outlet to channel my thoughts, no medium to funnel my energy. Yet when I heard that music, and saw this embodiment of energy zipping through the crowd, jumping up the stairs, shaking the ropes, rumbling the ring, I finally found my meaning of existence, and that all is right with the world. Say what you will about the man - if he took steroids, if he was a jerk to the other wrestlers, if he was anarchistic to The Man(Vince McMahon & the WWF). When you're a kid, and you witnessed The Ultimate Warrior, you don't think of any of that, and it didn't matter. It didn't matter if we couldn't really understand his interviews and monologues. More than the man, The Ultimate Warrior was a symbol, he was a beacon for those of us who were awkward, who were confused, who were shunned, who were laughed upon, who were lost. He was that guiding light for our childhood, that no matter how bad our day was, our week, our family, our school, our personal life. For those 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, when you were in the world of the Warrior, you were realized, you were recognized, you were understood. More than a man, The Ultimate Warrior was the personification of our thoughts, the manifestation of our feelings. The Ultimate Warrior was the culmination of us - he was the ultimate culmination of my childhood, he was the culmination of me. So once again, thank you, Warrior. More than the matches, more than the show, like Guns N' Roses afterwards, like the song "Eighteen" by Alice Cooper, you allowed me to find my way, you allowed me to grow up, you allowed me to understand myself, you allowed me to be me. And I was all right after all. Your life has passed, but your energy remains in all of us who had the honor and the pleasure to witness your being. The Ultimate Warrior lives on in all of us. Thank you.

Great DVD, good matches, fast delivery, good seller

After WWE disgraced Warrior on a previous dvd, Warrior returns but not to talk about that dvd. At the start of the dvd he seems like a good guy & well spoken. However, I disagree with him when he said that he has tons of great matches in the vault. This set is everything you want of the Warrior-his best known matches, jobber matches, but too many repeat opponents. I would have prefered seeing him wrestle the bigger guys at the time like Haku, Earthquake, or Papa Shango. Hell his feud with Shango isnt even metioned & most of his return in 92 is ignored expect his run with Macho Man as the Ultimate Maniacs. In the end he says there could be another dvd release but I highly doubt it even though this dvd will sell well. Overall, a exhausting dvd over the Warrior with his insight in between matches, the promos leading to matches, & the matches itself. The only real draw back to the set is the same opponent are constantly repeated & no matches from his comeback in 92 like Shango. If you're a Warrior fan, you'll love it. If not & love old school WWE, then you'll love it. If you're just curious to learn more about him, then you'll love it. I enjoyed the set but don't expect too many quality matches.

I was a Warrior fan growing up watching Superstars of Wrestling. He was larger than life and his character was completely revolutionary during the "Golden Era" considered the Glory days. My all time favorite match as a kid was: Ultimate Warrior vs Hulk Hogan Wrestlemania 6 April. 1, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario. It was the first time of its time to hardcore fan favorites fought title for title dividing the crowd. It was a win-win match no matter who won and the Warrior was the first superstr to ever beat Hogan 1 on 1 straight up fair and square getting the best of him while others had to cheat to win. Hogan handed the belt to the Warrior, they shook hands and hugged it out. The greatest Wrestlemania childhood moment for me as a fan. Other great matches on the dvd are: Ultimate Warrior vs Macho Man Career match from Wrestlemania 7, Ultimate Warrior destroying The Honky Tonk Man Summerslam 88 winning the Intercontinental title in 30 seconds ending his long reign that lasted like 2 years or so and many other great matches to view. The best part is hearing Warrior talk about his past and come full circle with WWE ending his legacy on a bright night before his death after being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame. Gone but certainly not forgotten. #The spirit of the Warrior lives on

Justice is always skin deep, such is the case of the Ultimate Warrior, hero loved by many, figure of good, with an intensity no matched by any other wrestler to date. This collection captures only one part of the many that he possessed during his tenured in the ring, his matches on the Independents, WWF, and WCW. But I feel that the story was incomplete, as told by the Warrior himself on the program, it was just scratching the surface, which in fact did, at the time of this title release, WrestleMania 30 was happening that weekend, he was inducted into the WWE hall of fame that very same day, and was appearing on the next Monday night Raw the next day. It was a Warrior weekend, sort of. But sadly, the very night after the taping of Monday Night Raw, he died of a massive heart attack :( This collection constitutes, as his only authorized story endorsed by him. I know that later on, the WWE paid tribute to him, by doing a definitive version of it, by adding commentaries from the McMahons and appearances from friends and wrestlers that knew him, hopefully will see release at some point as the part of his story. In all, it was bitter sweet finally seeing my childhood hero getting the respect and recognition that he deserves for so many years of abandonment. Pick it up if you are a fan, or love wrestling, and you'll see who was, is and forever be... THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR! Music hits!

Now, i havent watched wrestling in a VERY long time, but after the passing of Warrior man, i decided to look him up. I watched a few clips from his matches and i was hooked. I immediately searched for a collection of his greatest matches and the Ultimate Collection did not disappoint. I grew up watching hogan in his prime and i loved it, but for some reason, i never saw any of the Ultimate Warrior's matches. I was thrilled to see the Hogan Vs. Warrior fight in this collection and it was great. This collection even shows the beginning of the Undertaker and Triple H's careers! I enjoyed every minute of it, especially the Macho Man Vs. Ultimate Warrior retirement match! I HIGHLY recommend this collection to any wrestling fan.

This is simply a must-have for any Ultimate Warrior fan or any fan of the WW'F' during the late 80's to early 90's period. I really enjoyed the matches shown both for their siginficance in the history of the Ultimate Warrior and for their entertainment value. I know some people complained that some squash matches are included, but we must not forget that the Ultimate Warrior persona was built on squashes and job matches. Even Warrior himself acknowledges it and recognizes the importance of those matches in establishing his character. Between the matches, we are treated with comments from Warrior himself. These comments are really insightful and give a great perspective on his career. I actually wish there were more of those comments! If I have something negative to bring up, it is for the 'quality assurance department': -There is a mistake on the artwork listing a match between Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant at Summerslam 89 (Warrior faced Rick Rude at Summerslam 89) -The match against The Brooklyn Brawler has some glitches on the speed of the image in certain shots -One Saturday Night's Main Event match ends with a half a second shot of Macho Man in the locker room (proper editing job should have taken care of that one) -A match between Warrior and Andre the Giant cuts to shots of the crowd when Andre is being choked. Yet other matches show some strangling (as vs Jerry Lawler for instance) -A not-so-subtle plug for the WWE network found its way in the main feature Those things should have been reviewed and kept out of the final product. So in conclusion I would give this release a 5/5 for the content and a 4/5 on production values.

So after almost two decades of acrimony between Warrior and the WWE, broken bridges were mended and he was finally welcomed back to the company. First came the 2K14 video game and later in April 2014 the blu ray, the hall of fame induction & his final public appearances at WMXXX and Raw. The timing of his death was erie, almost as if once he had finally got the recognition he deserved and the right story had been told his mission was over; It was time to load the spaceship with the rocket fuel and return to parts unknown. After the smear campaign 'Self Destruction' DVD of 2005, a true career retrospective that did UW justice was long overdue and 'The Ultimate Collection' does just that. What we've got here is about 30 matches, all remastered looking much better than they do on youtube, interspersed with a new interview with Warrior filmed at his home in January of this year as he gives introductions to certain matches or reminisces about other legends such as Macho or Andre. All of UW's greatest matches are here and with a running time of over eight hours you will not be left unsatisfied. My only gripes were that they could have included a few more promos (They were a big part of what defined UW, I think there are only about 5-6 in total throughout) and that some noteworthy matches are strangely absent;- Rude v Warrior (WMV), Losing the belt to Sgt Slaughter, The Papa Shango feud, Macho v Warrior SS 92, more of his 1996 matches and the admittedly crap yet still iconic WCW Hogan rematch etc etc. It would be nice to see a volume 2 that had this stuff & the HOF speech perhaps narrated by Dana Warrior? Overall this is an Awesome collection packed with some of the greatest wrestling matches of all time. Ultimate Warrior was a true wresting legend and icon;- an absolute beast in the ring, underrated in his in-ring abilities and with more charisma and intensity in his little finger than half of the current WWE roster. Rest in Power ULTIMATE WAARRYAAARRRR!!!!!!

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Jeder der den Ultimate Warrior mag, wird diese Bluray sicher gefallen. Sie hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht. Denn ich bin ein großer Fan. Sehr gut dokumentiert, und die Kämpfe sind sehr unterhaltsam.

Perfetto come tempi e consegna un must x appassionati consigliato a tutti per rivivere gli anni 80 90 del wrestling. Recensione troppo lunghe accorciate le parole!