Say Hell, No! to Hell Yeah! DVD
By PAT HAAS -- for SLAM! Wrestling
In most stores DVDs are $10 extra than a VHS copy. Is the extra
footage in the DVD version of Stone Cold Steve Austin: Hell Yeah! worth
the extra money? In my opinion, to paraphrase Austin, 'Hell, no!'. All
you really need
to know is what is on the VHS tape. The only extra "stuff" the WWF adds
into
this are a few WWF superstar interviews. But take my word for it, unless
you
are a die-hard Austin fan, the VHS version is more than enough.
There are five chapters on this DVD. The first Chapter is the actual
Hell
Yeah! Home Video. With the only changes from the VHS Hell Yeah!, being
that
they use The Hell Yeah! song by H-Blockx at the start and have the
complete
Music Video at the end of it. But other than that this chapter is just
what
the VHS copy has. But if you haven't seen the video tape, here's a quick
run-down on what is on it:
- We see Stone Cold on his path to Wrestlemania 14 and him winning his
first WWF World Title.
- King of the Ring '98 where Austin faces Kane in a First Blood Match
which Austin loses the match and the title thanks to the Undertaker.
- Austin in all of his vehicles. (Zamboni, Limo-Monster Truck, Cement
Truck, Monster Truck, Beer Truck)
- SummerSlam '98 where Austin will face the Undertaker for the World
Title. (A match Austin wins)
- Over the Edge '98 where Austin faces Dude Love for the World Title
with McMahon at ringside. Austin ends up winning and knocking out Vince
with a chair shot!
- Breakdown '98 where Austin faces Kane and Undertaker at the same
time, where Austin loses as both Kane and Undertaker cover Austin at the
same
time to win the Title.
- Judgement Day '98 where Undertaker faces Kane for the World Title with
Austin as the ref. Austin stunners Undertaker and then with Kane and
Undertaker down Austin counts the 1-2-3 and declares himself
the winner. Vince then fires Austin!
- The next match is the Buried Alive Match between Austin and
Undertaker, which Austin wins and qualifies for the Royal Rumble '99.
- Next is Vince McMahon eliminating Austin to win the Royal Rumble.
- St. Valentines Massacre where Austin and Vince meet in a cage
and Austin wins the shot for Wrestlemania 15.
- Wrestlemania 15 where Austin faces the Rock with Austin winning to
become the WWF Champ!
- We end with Austin versus Rock at Backlash with Shane McMahon as the
ref.
Austin wins when Shane accidentally misses Austin with the title and
hits The
Rock, giving Austin the match.
- This chapter ends with the music video Hell Yeah! by H-Blockx.
The next chapter is called Rattlesnake Rules. It starts with Austin
throwing The Rock's IC Title off a bridge into the river. We then see
Austin
versus the Rock at In Your House DX. This is where Austin flips D-Lo
Brown
into his Pickup Truck's windshield, which breaks the glass, and then he
takes
D-Lo and gives him the Stunner on top of the Truck. The next part is
where
Austin comes to the ring, when Vince is about to give the WWF Title to
the
new champ, when Austin comes to the ring with the Zamboni. The next part
is
where Austin comes to the ring with the Beer Truck and soaks Vince,
Shane and
The Rock in Beer. The last part of this chapter is in the Doctor's Room
with
Vince McMahon. Austin pretends to be the Doctor and then starts to beat
on
Vince!
The next Chapter is called Say What Jackass? This part has
interviews of
Road Dogg, Edge, Godfather, D-Lo, Mr. Ass, Jeff Jarrett, The King Jerry
Lawler, Jim Ross,
The Rock and HHH. Most of the guys just said about how hard he works and
how
much he deserves his success. But one good story was from the Godfather.
He told us that one time he phoned the Undertaker (Austin's opponent
for the night) and told the Undertaker (pretending to be Steve) that he
was
good and the Undertaker should be ready, blah blah blah. The Undertaker,
not knowing Godfather was the one that called him, gave Austin
one of the most physical matches the Godfather has ever seen that
evening. In another segment, Mr. Ass
talks about how heand Austin used to travel together and that in a
two-hour
hotel room match, Mr. Ass got his only win versus Austin. Other than
that the
rest was just about how Austin changed the business and remade
wrestling.
The next Chapter is The Book of Austin. It starts out at the King of
The
Ring where Austin starts Austin 3:16. We then see Austin just jawjacking
to a
bunch of different backstage people from different times. We then see
Austin
in a bunch of different matches just doing good moves and the Stunner.
Then
we see Austin in the ring talking crap to different wrestlers. We then
see highlights from Royal Rumble '97 when Austin
was wanted by all 29 men in the Rumble and how he pissed everyone off
before
the Rumble. Eventually leading up to him winning the Rumble. It then
talks
about Austin's walk to the ring. He calls it the B.M.F. the Bad Mother
@#$%!
He wants to make the signal to the wrestlers in the ring on his way down
to
the ring. It then shows how Vince didn't want Austin to be the Champ
because
he is not a Respectful Champion. It would be a Public Relations
Corporate
Nightmare! It then shows the time where Austin dresses in a suit and tie
and
makes Vince believe he is a Corporate Model. Of course this leads to
Austin
ripping off the Suit and hitting Vince with a Stunner. This chapter ends
with Austin talking
about how he will do anything to prove Vince wrong. It then tells about
how
over Austin is with the fans.
The last chapter is called Last Call. It has a preview of Over The
Edge
'99, where Austin faces The Undertaker with Shane McMahon as the ref. it
shows
Austin handcuffing The Undertaker to his own symbol. Then we see the
Over The
Edge '99 match where Austin gets "Fast Counted" out of the WWF Title. It
then
shows Vince as the Greater Power, and then Austin as The NEW C.E.O. It
then
previews the King of the Ring match with the C.E.O title hanging from
the Top
of the Ladder. Then it shows the King of the Ring match and shows how
the
briefcase moved up as Austin was about to get it and then shows how
Shane
grabs the briefcase and wins the match. Then the next night on RAW it
shows
Austin win the WWF Title from The Undertaker. Then in a new video
package, it
has an article about Austin's childhood. And finally it shows the web
link
for StoneCold.com.
So once again unless you absolutely love Austin, I would stick with
the
VHS copy of Hell Yeah. Because what the WWF adds for $10 is
definitely
NOT worth it!
