The 10th annual Judgment Day took place at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Lest you think the WWE do something special to celebrate that milestone, outside of the return of Jeff Hardy (after yet another suspension for violating the WWE's wellness program), it was pretty much business as usual for a WWE PPV. Here's the card:

• John Cena vs. JBL - There's not much I can say about this match. I mean, I liked JBL's feud with the late Eddie Guerrero, b...Read the entire review
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  Let me tell you about myself.
  
  I am a die-hard New York Yankees fan. Have been since I was 6. In fact, I had the pleasure of reviewing the New York Yankees Fall Classic Collector's Edition 1996-2001 some time back. It's a good review (if I say so myself). Go check it out. I'll wait...
  
  Done? So now you know my long history with the Yankees and you may be asking yourself - "Why the hell are you reviewing this collection? You know the (future) D'backs won this world ...Read the entire review

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  If one were to stop and think about it, Survivor Series used to be like one long PPV filled with tag matches. Sure, the participants might not be "legit" tag teams, but watching these different wrestlers put their differences aside and work together toward a common goal. In the good 'ol days, the Survivor Series PPVs featured some great 4-on-4/5-on-5 matches. Heck, even 2006's Series had more than one 5-on-5 matches. Then again, 2005 only had one match, so maybe it's an &a...Read the entire review

  ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/32937 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:49:23 UTC Highly Recommended

  

  Up until Eric Bishoff created the "Elimination Chamber", the Royal Rumble was (hands down) my favorite gimmick match. It might be the unpredictability of opponents. Or it could be the novelty of wrestlers taking on opponents that were out of the ordinary. Whatever it is, I always mark out every time that damn :10 buzzer starts counting down. This year's Royal Rumble was significan...Read the entire review

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  Originally known as Taboo Tuesday, Cyber Sunday is (according to the WWE) the only PPV where the fans determine the opponents, the stipulations and the types of matches the WWE Superstars take part in. This year's Cyber Sunday originated from the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on October 28, 2007 and is 2 hours 46 minutes long. Here's the card:

  • Stretcher Match [Rey Mysterio vs. Finlay] - Edging out a "No Disqualification"-type match by only 4%, I thought this &qu...Read the entire review
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    "Because I said so."

    No, that's not a quote from Third Watch. It's my usual response when someone questions a (CDs/flick/insert your choice of medium here) that i've just recommended. I usually end up trying to explain why they should just take my word for it, but unfortunately, if I were to...Read the entire review
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    The most significant event of this, the eighth annual Armageddon PPV, for me was the return of Chris Jericho. It took him two long years, but he finally came back and was quickly thrust into a title match against Randy Orton (more on that below). In addition, we have another attempt at the Women's Championship by Ms. James (get her on the cover of Playboy so she'll get his push, stat!), as well as a good match between Rey and MVP. This year's event took place at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 16, 2007 and ran a total of 2 hours 40 minutes long. Here's the card:

    • United States Championship Match [MVP vs. Rey Mysterio] - While Rey's always...Read the entire review
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      As a reviewer on DVD Talk, there is a page we go to where we can select DVDs to review from a list of screener titles that HQ has recieved. After submitting my last batch of reviews, I noticed that there were three WWE PPV titles on there: Armageddon, Unforgiven and Backlash. Since i've become the de facto WWE reviewer on the site (a title I don't mind one bit), I decided to select the three sight unseen (believe it or not, it can become a chore at times..). Imagine my surprise, after opening the screener shipment, to discover that Backlash featured a match with Chris Benoit. Now, this wasn't his final PPV appearance (that would be Judgment Day), but a wave of melancholy came over me as I watched him put on a great match with MVP...Read the entire review

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      Though the brands had merged for the PPVs, the tenth annual Unforgiven seemed as much of a SmackDown! brand PPV as they've had in a while. Of course, the main event saw the return of the Undertaker, who was "taken out" by Mark Henry four months prior. Then again, there was the prerequisite ECW opening match, along with Triple H and Cena matches. Anyways, the event was held at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee on September 16, 2007 and lasted 3 hours 14 minutes long. Here's the card:

      • ECW Championship Match [CM Punk vs. Elijah Burke] - Since I only watch RAW, i'm occasionally entertained by watching wrestlers I don't see on a weekly basis. I'm not a...Read the entire review
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        "Nothing can go wrong if it's live." - Vincent Kennedy McMahon
        
        This past January, the WWE celebrated a milestone when Monday Night Raw became one of the longest running original entertainment shows on television today. As of this writing, there have been 767 live weekly shows with no repeats. That statistic, inofitself should be considered a milestone. To commemorate  this event, the WWE has released the Best Of RAW 15th Anniversary, a three-disc set that gathers together what the sticker on the front of the set refers to as the "best 9 hours of RAW". There are occasional comments by Todd Grisham, but for the most part, these moments have no introduction, save for popu...Read the entire review

        ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/32381 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:41:42 UTC Recommended

        One of the greatest things about being a parent is the ability to dictate monitor what your children are exposed to when they're young. While some people don't let their kids watch TV, my 4 and 5 year-old are HUGE fans of the Shield, the Sopranos and they're just warming up to Dexter. Seriously though, when it comes to children's programming, I usually go with what I grew up on - the Electric Company, Animaniacs, Fat Albert, Mr. Rogers, Walt Disney (the classics) and Sesame Street ("old school" - withOUT Elmo).
        
        Every so often, my children will discover a show on Noggin or PBS Kids on their own. I have to ...Read the entire review

        ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/32331 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:22:04 UTC Highly Recommended

        

        "You know you sit there and you thump your bibles and you say your prayers and it didn't get you anywhere. Talk about your psalms, talk about John 3:16. Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass. Steve Austin's time has come and that's the bottom line 'cuz Stone Cold says so." - Stone Cold Steve Austin
        
        It was the end of the 80's. While the WWF had ingrained themselves in popular culture, Hulk Hogan and co. lead the company to a point so high, that it seemed that there was nowhere to go but down. Thanks to a lack of wrestlers that captured the attention of the public and the fact there were other promotions (ECW, WCW) competing for viewers, this led to a lull in the WWF. All that changed with the "Attitude" era, which...Read the entire review

        ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/32103 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:09:55 UTC Recommended

        

        "There it is, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is burning." - Howard Cosell.
        
        To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Yankees magical 1977 season, ESPN adapted Jonathan Mahler's Book, Ladies And Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning, into an eight-episode mini-series last year. Premiering last July, the Bronx Is Burning starred Oliver Platt, John Turturro and Daniel Sanjaya and documented the turbulent summer of 1977 in New York City. Mainly focusing on the relationship between Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, team manager Billy Martin and new acquisition Reggie Jackson, there are also plot threads involving the NYC mayoral race, the Son Of Sam hysteria and a blackout that crippled the city.
        ...Read the entire review

        ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31959 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:20:19 UTC Recommended

        

        

        Believe it or not, back in the day (otherwise known as the 80's), there was a time when the major networks treated Saturday morning cartoons the way their primetime lineups are treated today. They would advertise like crazy - particularly in Marvel and DC comic books - in addition to having "preview" shows in primetime to hook the kiddies into waking up early on a day where it wasn't necessary. Sure, there might have been some shows not deserving of my warm 'n fuzzy nostalgic feelings (Turbo Teen, i'm looking at you), but they're justified for the most part. When I selected the Littles - the Complete Unedited Series, I was was hoping that it would live...Read the entire review

        ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31920 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:22:22 UTC Highly Recommended

        

        The latest WWE release, the Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak & Triumph, is a 3-disc collection documenting one of the most flamboyantly reliable wrestlers in WWF/E history. A two hour documentary on disc one, covers his early days in Southwest Championship Wrestling to AWA to his final stop, the WWE, as well as most, if not all, of the bases of Shawn's life, both personal and professional. Some promos, stories and deleted scenes round out the content on the first disc, while disc two treats viewers to eight matches, three of them for promotions other than WWE. Six matches, including a (nearly) hour-long Iron Man match, can be found on disc three.:
        
        Disc One:

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        ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31893 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:25:48 UTC Highly Recommended

        

        Out of all of the events that the WWF/E has ever put on, the Royal Rumble is one of my favorites. Not the individual matches before the Rumble, but the Rumble itself. In case you don't know, it works like this: two men enter the ring and every two minutes thereafter, another wrestler enters the ring to join the melee. It's simple, I know, but I'm a mark for the unpredictability of not knowing which wrestler will be heading to the ring once the two minutes are up, combined with the possibility of setting up new feuds and storylines. That's not to say the writers always succeed in accomplishing these goals, but when they do, it's pretty damn cool. Anyways, this 5-disc set collects the first five Royal Rumble events, each on a separate disc, and watching them was an enjoyable trip down memory lane.
        
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        ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31811 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:23:57 UTC Highly Recommended

        After the successful theatrical release of Curious George, the monkey (without a tail) found his way to PBS seven short months later. This latest collection, Curious George Plays In the Snow And Other Awesome Activities!, features what amounts to four episodes which are narrated by William H. Macy and have brief live-action segments sandwiched in between. Here are the episode listings:

        • Ski Monkey - George takes a ski trip with his friend Bill.
           
        • Curious George's Low High Score - After losing their basket...Read the entire review
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          I feel it's my duty to preface this review by stating that I am not a fan of John Felix Anthony Cena. His recent title reign was one of the most painful ones that i've been subjected to. It's not that he's not a hard-worker, after watching My Life, it'll become apparent he is. It's just that he really hasn't grown or improved his wrestling skills.
          
          Anyways, My Life is a three-disc set documenting Cena's days in Massachusetts all the way to becoming WWE Champion. Disc one is where the documentary can be found. It runs one hour forty-seven minutes long and I thought it was interesting that Cena didn't participate whatsoever. Sure, his friends, family and contemporaries are interviewed, but Cena doesn't make his presence felt. Disc ...Read the entire review

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          "Hook will never win as long as there's faith, trust and pixie-dust." - A grown-up(!) Wendy Darling.
          
          With the departure of Michael Eisner, there are are two remaining problems I have with Disney - "Direct To DVD" sequels to their animated classics and their double dipping on films without any significant upgrades other than adding a cutesy subtitle. So, you could imagine my enthusiasm for Disney's latest re-release Return To Never Land: Pixie-Powered Edition.
          
          In case you missed it the first time around, Return To Never Land takes place during World War II and follows Wendy Darling and her offspring (son Daniel, daughter Jane), as they deal with their husband and father who is off fighting the war and an announceme...Read the entire review

          ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31738 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:32:54 UTC Recommended

          

          "And the waters prevailed so mightly..." - Genesis 7:20
          
          Six short days before No Mercy, John Cena suffered a torn pectoral muscle during a match with Mr. Kennedy on Raw. Since this injury would sideline him anywhere from six months to a year, Vince stripped him of the title and announced a new champion would be crowned at No Mercy. Well, at least that was the idea. Anyway, this year's No Mercy took place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemonth, Illinois on October 7, 2007. Here's the card:

          • Mr. McMahon Presents the WWE Championship To Randy Orton - I thought it was pretty funny when Vince said he was going to give the fans what ...Read the entire review
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            "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Rey Mysterio
            
            My first exposure to Rey Mysterio was, unfortunately, his WWE debut. I remember how awed I was watching him fly across the ring doing a "619" or the "West Coast Pop". Heck, even seeing him do a hurricanrana gave me goosebumps. Watching this latest WWE release, Rey Mysterio - the Biggest Little Man, I realize how much i've missed. Man is a 3-disc collection of the diminutive wrestler's greatest bouts from the various promotions he has worked for. Each disc is close to three hours long and here's how the content breaks down:

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              Another milestone. Another PPV that could've been shown on broadcast television.

              This year's SummerSlam joins fellow WWE PPVs Survivor Series and Royal Rumble in celebrating its platinum anniversary. And, much like those two events, it's pretty much business as usual. Well, to be fair, that's not entirely true. SummerSlam 2007 is significant for the return of two of the WWE's most popular wrestlers - one, because the public thinks so; the other, because the WWE tells us so.

              This year's event took place at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 26, 2007 and has a running time of two hours and forty minutes. Here's the card:Read the entire review

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              "It's better to burn out than to fade away." -Neil Young

              If I didn't know any better, i'd think Neil wrote that line after being subjected to the fifth and final season of Miami Vice. Heck, i'm sure these twenty-one episodes helped finish off hammering whatever nails were remaining in Vice's coffin. The utter contempt that everyone from Michael Mann to Don Johnson to NBC had for the show was apparent on the screen. And man, was it painful. Though the show was in a slow downward spiral since the third season, by the time season five rolled around, it was a shell of its former self - Mann was replaced by future Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, Jan Hammer was replaced by someone name...Read the entire review

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              Another year, another WrestleMania.

              That's what the 23 edition of this annual event felt like to me. See, back in the day, WrestleMania was an event. Heck, reviewing WrestleMania III a few months back was like a breath of fresh air. Sure, some of it might've been nostalgia kicking in, but it seems to me that Vince is all about flash and repetition nowadays. In fact, watching some of those segments from the weekly Raw and SmackDown! shows makes me realize how much time is wasted because we see the same stuff...Read the entire review

              ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/28251 Fri, 25 May 2007 13:13:15 UTC Highly Recommended

              

              To celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest WrestleManias ever, the WWE has re-released a "Championship Edition" of WrestleMania III. This double disc set contains the entire PPV which took place at the Pontiac Silverdome on Sunday, March 29th, 1987.

              From Aretha Franklin's opening rendition of "America the Beautiful" to ...umm... Aretha Franklin's opening rendition of "America the Beautiful" during the "WrestleMania III Recap" (she originally closed with "Who's Zoomin' Who", but i'm sure Vince didn't w...Read the entire review

              ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/27863 Wed, 02 May 2007 12:23:52 UTC Recommended

              You would think that Vince would celebrate this, the twentieth annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view. You would think that Vince would go all out to celebrate this, one of the three longest annual PPV events. You would think that Vince would honor its history somehow (other than holding it in the same city as the tenth annual Rumble), while having an eye toward the future.

              You, my friend, would be wrong and apparently don't know jack...err...Vince.

              To be fair - there are things that make this Royal Rumble unique - this is the first time that the ECW "extremists" participated and...umm...okay, so that's about it. Frankly, i'm surprised (and disappointed) that V...Read the entire review

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              When Vince brought back ECW, there were some who were hoping against hope that, with Heyman's involvement, it would slightly resemble the ECW of old. Well, here we are, almost a year and a half later, and it resembles some of the worst of WWE and is a pale imitation of what ECW used to be. In fact, they're slowly phasing out the majority of the "extremists" that they brought back for the first "One Night Stand" two years ago.

              Well, this ain't your daddy's ECW. Heck, this isn't even entertaining wrestling. Before I get carried away, i'll tell you that this PPV is an anorexic two hours and fifteen mintues. That's right - TWO hours and FIFTEEN minutes. It also took place at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia on December 3rd, 2006. Here's the card:

              • One Night Only [the Hardyz vs. MNM]...Read the entire review
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                The third-annual New Year's Revolution took place at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri on January 7, 2007. Unfortunately, it's also the first not to feature the Elimination Chamber, and that, right there, knocks it down a few pegs in my book (i'm not even going to get into the PPV, ECW's December To Dismember, that it was sacrificed for).

                If you're a regular viewer of Raw, like myself, there wasn't much on here that wasn't shoved down our throats on a weekly basis. The difference being, if you didn't want to wait for the DVD, you'd have to pay to see it. I'm beginning to think that Vince needs to step his game up when it comes to pay-per-views. I understand that Survivor Series, Read the entire review

                ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/27464 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:54:24 UTC Highly Recommended

                Originally published in 1962 by Norman Bridwell, Clifford the Big Red Dog gets animated thanks to Scholastic, who adapted Clifford for PBS Kids beginning in 2000. Doghouse Adventures collects nine episodes that follow Clifford and his friends Cleo, T-Bone & Mac and their various adventures on Birdwell Island.

                Included on the disc are:

                • Clifford Cleans His Room - As Clifford is cleaning his room, he reminisces about how he obtained items like Mr. Bleakman's boots, Emily's mom's mop and a towel that he and the gang found at the beach.
                
                •&nbsp;Doggie Garden - Clifford, Cleo and T-Bone do their part to keep Birdwell Island beautiful by planting their very own garden.<...Read the entire review

                ]]> DVD Video https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/27462 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:03:39 UTC DVD Talk Collector Series

                The New And Improved! DX is the latest DVD from the WWE highlighting all of DX's escapades from last year. This three DVD set contains nine hours of content, from their appearances on Raw to various PPV matches, it's all here.

                Now, I wasn't around for the first incarnation of DX. Heck, I missed the entire "Attitude" era. So when HBK and HHH reformed DX, I had a slight advantage - I had no basis for comparison. Therefore, I wasn't biased one way or another - except on HBK and HHH's characters in a solo capacity (well, not counting Evolution). However, I have to admit I marked out like a little schoolgirl when Shawn made the save as HHH was taking on the Spirit Squad. And, unlike DX's first go 'round, I saw ea...Read the entire review

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