Tombstone: The History of the Undertaker

This DVD hits home for me! I'll never forget the night me & my friends walked to Best Buy & bought this! By far one of my ALL TIME favorite WWE's Homs Video's! Couldn't of been better, This Shows all of undertakers BEST matches from the beginning of his career In the WWE to it currently 2005! Everytime time I watch it it's like the first time all over again! UNDERTAKER is the bloodline of what WWE is today if only I was able to go back 14 years ago & Relive this all over again I'd so do it!!! & I'll say that till I REST IN PEACE! ✝🌌❌

'Tombstone: The History of the Undertaker' is just as incredible as I expected it to be...To be honest, what do u expect from one of the greatest legends in WWE history? Undertaker beats just about every WWE icon thinkable with his Choakslam and Tombstone. For me every single match on this DVD sums up what Undertaker's legacy is all about, and you can see from his spine-tingling entrances (sometimes accompanied by Paul Bearer) how much he changes in his decade and a half of destruction. What also really impressed me about the structure of the DVD was the narrator, he has the best possible voice you would want to hear, as his creepy tone links with the mysterious and dreary atmosphere you can only experience from the Undertaker. This DVD is perfect for showing off Undertaker's every attribute. We are treated to a chronological account of his best matches, the DVD progresses like a story, and then you see the full match as proof. Also the extras really compliment the many story-lines and feuds Undertaker has been part of. This DVD is one of my crucial possessions as a massive Undertaker fan, and it's a must have for every WWE fan - Past, Present and Future!!!! Undertaker is one of those rare superstars who is honored by all of his peers, and of course the whole World. Undertaker's Legacy will last forever!!!! Rest In Peace Deadman!!!!

This DVD presents itself as a straight-forward presentation of matches, but when I started watching it, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is actually a full fledged documentary on The Undertaker's 15 year WWE career, as well as featuring unedited matches (including entrances!).

However, while the segment before the '91 Hogan match is very detailed, after that the documentary features just sort of skim over what happened in between each match or reuse promo footage, even forgetting to mention certain highlights of UT's career (like the '96 Phantom mask or his Hardcore Championship reign). But at least it does have more than just the matches.

And as for the matches selected, no complaints here. While not every single bout is a classic, they are all essential in that they either show important moments or document eras in The Phenom's career (except that John Cena match, what's that doing there?) The pixalation over the 'WWF' can be an eyesore, but there's nothing that can be done about that.

The extras are, except for a couple of pretty good matches, inadequate. Instead of interviews, which mostly feature the incredibly irritating Paul Bearer, it would have been better to have the promo films for all of the matches instead, kind of like HHH's 'That Damn Good' DVD. Then maybe the documentary could have been a little more focused.

The only thing that's truly disappointing about this set is the lack of involvement from The Undertaker himself. I can only assume the WWE is trying to maintain the integrity of The Undertaker's silent Deadman character; as the real Mark Calaway takes a great deal of pride in his career and accomplishments, I'm sure he would have participated if asked.

The DVD case is pretty silly with the single box, stack-the-DVDs-on-each-other set up. And the cover is really dumb looking, it looks like he's walking under the sea.

The crux of the biscuit is that even though this is a rushed and somewhat badly produced tribute, it's still by a mile the greatest Undertaker compilation ever and, as he is one of the WWE's immortals, one of the all time best wrestling DVDs. I greatly enjoyed it.