Dom Robinson reviews
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
Distributed by
Silver Vision
- Cert:
- Cat.no: WWF 1006
- Running time: 440 minutes
- Recorded: April 2nd, 2000
- Pressing: 2000
- Region(s): 2, NTSC
- Chapters: 28
- Sound: Dolby Surround (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Subtitles: None
- Fullscreen: 4:3
- 16:9-Enhanced: No
- Macrovision: Yes
- Disc Format: 2 * DVD 9
- Price: £24.99
- Extras : Scene index, Extra Footage Section, Alternative Voiceovers for
the Two-Fall Triple Threat Match, Extensive history on all previous 15 Wrestlemanias,
Interviews
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
expands greatly on the previous WWF releases by running for a massive 7 hours
and 20 minutes over two discs.
The first disc contains the entire 3hr+ Wrestlemania 2000 event including the
Fatal Four-Way Elimination Match for the WWF Championship between Triple H,
Mick Foley, The Rock and The Big Show, the Two-Fall Triple Threat Match
for the Intercontinental and European Championships between Kurt Angle,
Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit, the 13-man Hardcore Battle Royal, the
Triangle Ladder Match for the Tag Team Championship and the Cat Fight
between The Kat and Terri.
Disc two does the Wrestlemania's history proud with a compilation of clips
and interviews with all those involved since it first began in 1985.
Each event has its own separate title and lasts between 10 to 16 minutes
apiece.
Presented in a 4:3 ratio, I didn't spot any artifacts, but I didn't get any
chance because over both discs, apart from the Triple Threat Match, the
picture is as juddery as hell! Like
WWF Royal Rumble,
it is also presented in NTSC, but I have no problems with those discs myself
so I can only assume it's a fault with the discs' mastering as it doesn't happen
all the time including the menus, but does occur for most of it.
This is a real shame.
For the latest Wrestlemania event, the average bitrate is a steady 4.74Mb/s,
while on disc two, Wrestlemanias 1-7 are an average 5.61Mb/s and
Wrestlemanias 8-15 are 6.0Mb/s.
The sonic content, presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround), fills the room
with sound. Most of the noise tends to come from the audience cheering while the meatheads
in the ring shout a lot.
Extras :
Disc one contains 14 minutes of bonus material in chapters entitled:
Triangle Ladder Match Extras, Why a Triple Threat Match for the Intercontinental
and European Match Championships?, Backstage Axxess and The Road to Wrestlemania.
Audio commentary is also available from each of the three Triple Threat Match
participants separately: Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit.
The second disc is a pure Wrestlemania history DVD as previously described.
Fans couldn't really want more from it other than to see the entire matches
included, which wouldn't be allowed given the space limitations.
There are 12 chapters during the main 3hr+ event, an extra one for the Triple
Threat Match and another one apiece for each of the fifteen Wrestlemania
reminiscences.
For the languages, shouted English - and Spanish this time - is available for
the main event in plain surround sound with no subtitles. The second disc is
English only.
All of the menus feature animation in the form of clips from the show, each
with music.
This will be another big hit with WWF fans, given the huge amount of content
available. I just can't imagine what the problem was with the picture and why
no-one spotted it before releasing it.
The following is a list of all the The WWE/WWF DVDs and games review online to date :
2002 WWE Raw
2000
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
