Monday Night Mayhem DVD Review: Kayfabe Commentaries' "My Side of The Story: Magnum/Nikita"
Posted: Oct 26th 2008 By: mikeiles
Courtesy: www.MondayNightMayhem.com
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Content: 8.0
Another great style of shoot interview is provided through Kayfabe Commentaries in their recent series with "My Side of The Story: Magnum/Nikita." Unlike one-on-one question and answer style shoots, this interview blends two interview subjects asked the same questions separately & spliced together for every answer so that you will indeed get to hear their sides of the classic feud in the mid 1980?s. At the time, the United States & the Soviet Union were both huge world leaders, and Nikita was pushed as the villain to the patriotic sensation Magnum T. A.. Both men feuded over the NWA United States Championship, and even had a legendary "best- of-seven" series for the title that no historian of our sport will ever forget. The feud was legendary & the discussion is fantastic. Here?s your chance to re-live the moments through their own memories. After they answer the selected questions, Kayfabe Memories then reunited both Magnum & Nikita together and asked even more questions, telling us even more memories of this feud from over 20 years ago.
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Video: 8.0
One Camera to simply focus on the interview subject during each man?s answers. The setting is a little dark for each person, but in the end when they reunite the lighting is much better which is I think the effect Kayfabe Commentaries wanted their viewers to build through.
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Audio: 8.0
The answers to all of the questions are very clear. However, the questions asked are not provided through any audio in the first half, but rather on screen for the viewer to read. They then will split the answers from both Magnum & Nikita in crisp dolby surround two-channel volume. The viewer will have no issues understanding anything, however the reading of all the questions can become a pain, as you just may want to listen.
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What's On The DVD?
Besides all the discussion, you will also get a great understanding on the personal sides of each individual. Hear great stories about their memories (or lack thereof) the first time they ever met in the ring & how they developed a match style working together. At first, it was another match, but when they began the epic feud, you become taken in by their styles & how Magnum covered working with a very green Nikita. But it wasn?t until after the "best-of-seven" series & when Magnum was finished in the ring due to a motorcycle accident that both men built up a tremendous respect & developed a close bond after the tragedy. You can hear about how each other persevered through adversity, and it?s seen here. Neat stuff to see...even though I wished this was done many years earlier, as opposed to so many years later on.
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The Verdict:
This DVD features a great story from an awesome time in NWA Wrestling. The story is memorable, and if you didn?t live through it, a viewer will probably wish they could have.
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Overall Recommendation:
Buy this DVD. Enjoy the story as it?s told. Witness the reunion. Kayfabe Commentaries provides a great idea to a wonderful subject.
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Overall Rating: 8.0
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DVD Reviewed By "Wild" Bill Brown
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