WWE OMG! 50 Most Shocking Moments Blu-ray Review

In all, WWE OMG is a fair collection of highlights. Given how often Steve Austin is included half the royalties should go to him.

WWE OMG! - The Top 50 Moments in the History of the WWE has one of the most irritating titles in the history of wrestling DVDs. I€™m already cringing at having to write it repeatedly and I can guarantee when you have watched this countdown you will be ready to just chuck your remote at the screen because of how many times 'Oh My God' is said after every new entry. The latest WWE special is out already in the US and is available in the UK from today on Blu-ray and DVD (which bizarrely are both priced at £17.99 on Amazon). Here is our review... This DVD is a meaty 3 disc set (or two disc if you have the Blu-ray). Disc one is the complete countdown of the 50 shocking moments in a highlight form, with various superstars and WWE behind-the-scenes folk commenting on what happened and why it was so shocking. Discs two and three feature selected full matches and segments that made the countdown with the Blu-ray having 4 extras. First the main feature. I won€™t reveal where any of the moments are placed so as not to spoil it for anyone, but I will be mentioning some of them specifically, so be warned! The main complaint I have with most WWE DVDs is the quality of talking heads they get on as 'experts' to discuss the footage. The Brooklyn Brawler has an opinion about ECW? No thanks, I€™m good. OMG actually has quite a few modern superstars and the people involved in the moments talking but after a while you soon begin to realise they could only be bothered to talk to the same four or five guys. Some (Cena, Kofi) have nothing more to say than how great the WWE is, but a few of the opinions add to the weight of the feature. Not Santino though, who someone, somewhere decided HAD to be in character. A highlight for me is CM Punk making fun of the fact that Tim White€™s suicide attempts were included. (€œWhy€™s that on the list? That€™s terrible!€) An opinion I have to agree with. This and some of the other moments on the disc would be more at home on a collection of embarrassing moments rather than shocking ones. I could have happily lived the rest of my life without seeing Mae Young giving birth to a hand again. Shocking yes, Embarrassing more so. The inclusion of the Tim White saga surprised me. For anyone unfamiliar, let me briefly describe what happened. Tim White was injured in a Hell in a Cell match between Jericho and Triple H, and hasn€™t refereed since then. To keep him busy, the WWE came up with the storyline that Tim also owned a bar called the Friendly Tap which would frequently be destroyed in bar brawls, by the APA in particular. So during Armageddon 2005, in an attempt to get over how the Hell in a Cell changes lives, WWE had Tim White act like it drove him mad and then (off camera) supposedly blew his head off with a shotgun, essentially killing off the character. This was obviously met with negative criticism at how ludicrous the whole idea was. So in a see through attempt to save face, WWE made a joke of it and turned it into a WWE.com weekly feature where he would attempt to kill himself in new ways and this went on for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks. In the post-Benoit wrestling world, I was sure WWE would never bring this storyline up again. Especially since it contained footage of Tim White with a noose. That and since Daniel Bryan was fired for choking someone with a tie this seems a bit of a double standard. I guess as long as there€™s quirky clown music behind it it€™s okay. Most of the chosen moments are deserving of their place. I€™ve always wondered why WWE rarely uses their footage of Shotgun Saturday Night where Undertaker tombstoned Triple H on top of an escalator, so its good to see it included. For the most part, the moments were genuinely shocking when they happened. I still remember the disappointment when John Cena retained the title at New Years Revolution, only to be completely shocked (and happy) that Edge cashed in Money in the Bank for the first time. Lots of WWE€™s most famous moments are featured as expected. Loads of Stone Cold antics, the Montreal Screw Job, plenty of Mick Foley hardcore and of course Piper€™s Pit. If I was producing the DVD I would have left a few out. John Cena lifting Big Show and Edge is impressive yes, but shocking€not really. He does stuff like that all the time. I would have left this out along with the Kiss My Ass Club, Concrete Crypt and Mae Young. There are other moments that deserved a spot more. Like Evolution turning on Orton, Kane unmasking or even Zach Gowen. I would say the WCW Radicals jumping ship should be on it, but since Benoit was involved I€™m not surprised it€™s not on there. Another plus point for the DVD is that they don€™t shy away from showcasing former employees. Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy and others are heavily featured. Given WWE€™s track record for disregarding past wrestlers it€™s good to see some of these great moments being remembered. As the title suggests however, it is only WWE moments. No WCW or ECW. I can only speculate it€™s because there were so many good WWE ones, there were no need to include them. They could probably fill a whole sequel DVD with WCW alone if they so pleased. But that€™s a minor gripe. The order in which the moments are placed aren€™t really important, and I didn€™t pay much attention to what was placed where. The only thing I really disagreed with was how high Jimmy Snuka€™s cage dive was placed. I know it was a completely groundbreaking moment, but it seemed odd that it was placed so high above awe inspiring dives that have surpassed it since. In all, WWE OMG is a fair collection of highlights. Given how often Steve Austin is included half the royalties should go to him. Unfortunately, the shocking moments eventually seem to get outweighed by embarrassing moments. As mentioned before Mae Young€™s hand birth is included, but so are many others. Big Show getting dragged around on his fathers casket, or Snitsky kicking a baby into the crowd are definitely moments I could do without watching in front of my non wrestling fan friends. Maybe a better name for the DVD would have been €œWWE OMG! I can€™t believe I watched that.€ If you can get past the nonsense moments, like these and the terrible voice over when JR was set on fire, then the DVD is passable. Turn your mind off for a few hours and enjoy. But for the most part, this collection is nothing new. WWE OMG! 50 Most Shocking Moments is available on Blu-ray and DVD from today.
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