nWo: The Revolution

Weird that Bryan & Vinny were reviewing the nWo DVD on their show this morning, because I actually got bored last night and watched it on Netflix myself. I was just as unmoved as they were, as it's pretty much a one-hour condensation of five years and still manages to feel like it overstays its welcome by 15 minutes. Most of it is reused interviews with the exception of new talking heads from guys like Joe Hennig, Matt Striker and Cody Rhodes, and most of it is very, very kayfaby with only occasional glimpses into what was actually going on. I was amused by Cody's tales of 11-year old Cody calling Dusty Rhodes to ask if Rey Mysterio was OK after the lawn dart incident and getting kayfabed by his own dad, but that's Dusty for ya. Goldberg wasn't even mentioned, everything was blamed on guaranteed contracts, and Jay Leno was portrayed as the height of the promotion because MAINSTREAM. I also found it weird that they played up the REALNESS of the angle (ironically championed by Dusty Rhodes, as he pointed out the folly of doing the same stuff over and over) but didn't even touch on Bischoff's grandstand challenge to Vince McMahon and the giant real lawsuit that resulted. They also didn't touch on Fake Diesel and Razor. And Vince Russo was there, denying everything as usual.

It was an OK use of an hour, but time to bury this dead horse already.