The Best Of IWA Wrestling – Volume Two
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Wrestling
has not been as popular as it was lately.
Aside from 9/11 effecting that a bit, the mixed fortunes of the WWE
(like losing their WWF name) has not helped and these things go in cycles to
boot. No alternate club has broken in
and when Time Warner sold the WWE’s biggest rival to them, that did not
help. The Best Of IWA Wrestling – Volume Two is a throwback to the
amusement sport before the WWF/WWE made it so commercial and relatively
polished.
Compiled
from 2005, it offers a variety of flashy names for the wrestlers that sound
like famous names (Mike Moore), are more obvious in their aggression (The
Pitbull Express) or play with stereotypes (Ivan Koloff) typical of it being one
of the last consistent bastions of political incorrectness. If you enjoy this kind of thing, you get
almost two hours of it and this is comparatively more raw than you might be
used to, but fans will not be too disappointed.
The 1.33
X 1 image is soft and shot in analog NTSC video, some of the last such
productions of its kind as HD comes in and will even change some dynamics of
this business. It could use the shot in
the arm. The Dolby Digital 2.0 is barely
stereo and is only so well recorded. The
combination passable, but often feels like something from the 1970s. Extras include stills and ad placements at
the time for the shows, but not much else.
- Nicholas Sheffo
