DVD Review: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream
DVD Review: Shawn Michaels - Boyhood Dream
On the same Wal-Mart trip that I picked up the Roddy Piper DVD for $5, I also picked up this one for $5. The DVD title, and cover, was misleading because I thought this was a biopic. Really, all it was is a rerelease of a Coliseum Home Video VHS tape from the 90s on DVD. It's just a compendium of highlights of Shawn Michaels' title matches in 1996.
Really, I only found two things interesting about the DVD:
- I finally got to see the infamous incident with Kevin Nash and Maurice Vachon's prosthetic leg.
- It was interesting to get some historical perspective of what the WWF was doing for their headline matches in 1996 while WCW going gangbusters with the nWo angle. It really shows you why the WWF was about to get their clock cleaned in the ratings.
On the flip side, there's lots to not like about this DVD:
- Between-match narration by Michael Hayes in character as "Doc Hendrix".
- Not a single interview segment with Shawn Michaels, nor anyone else.
- Only Shawn Michaels matches from 1996.
- Not a single one of the matches was shown in its entirety.
- Even the fundamental premise fell flat. It's supposedly about him achieving his "Boyhood Dream". However, the first match you see is him achieving that, by winning the World Heavyweight Title at the Ironman Match at Wrestlemania XII. All of the rest of the matches are title defenses.
The price of this on Amazon is $9.95, and it's eligible for Super Saver Shipping. I was able to get it from the $5 DVD bin in Wal-Mart. Unless you are a huge fan of Shawn Michaels and want to see highlights of his title matches in 1996, this one is a non-starter.