Review

It's kind of funny how WCW and WWF were like Coke and Pepsi, you sort of liked one or the other.

I was loyal to WCW as a kid but I still checked out what was going on with the WWF from time to time. And looking back the WWF really did have some quality stuff going on.

The Jake Roberts part of the documentary was tough to watch. He could've probably made the whole thing about Jake. Then again, the movie did need some
lighter (relatively) parts.

I would agree about the tone. Although the story tells itself and the director did a good job in presenting it, it feels like he tried to end on an up note when the previous footage was all relatively depressing.

The one thing I'd sort of agree and disagree with your Review on though would be that you need to be a Wrestling fan. While that would help immensely, I still think the message is strong enough so that even the lay person can appreciate it. Of course there is a different degree and having watched a lot of these wrestlers (well, specifically the WWF Attitude stuff) you'll likely connect with it on a deeper level. I mean, when I was a kid, these guys were all larger than life superheroes and supervillains. Seeing this now, you realize that these guys were all too human.

Finally, being a WCW fan I really wished Blaustein would've been able to follow around somebody like Sting. But yeah, retrospectively that's the one thing missing since at the time this came out WCW and WWF were huge rivals and it would've painted a more complete picture.

Great documentary though. This is the genre in its best and truest form. You don't get any more real than the Jake the Snake segment of Beyond the Mat.