WWE: The Ladder Match (2007)
Gênero : Ação, Drama, Thriller
Runtime : 9H 0M
Director : Kevin Dunn
Sinopse
Follow the evolution of the ladder match and how it has come to be one of the most popular professional wrestling events today. From the earliest ladder matches through TLC and the 6-man Money in the Bank WrestleMania tradition, some of the craziest and most violent ladder matches are included.
Randy "Carneiro" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) é um solitário e famoso lutador de wrestler que se sustenta através das lutas e também de "bicos" que faz em um mercado local. Após um intenso combate, Randy sofre um infarto e, depois de uma cirurgia, é informado que corre risco de morte se voltar a praticar atividades físicas. Assustado, ele procura dividir sua angústia com uma stripper (Marisa Tomei), por quem nutre um desejo e, que o ajuda a retomar o contato com Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood), a filha abandonada por ele. Dividido entre um passado de glória e um futuro incerto, Randy se vê pressionado a retornar ao ringue para uma importante revanche que pode mudar a sua vida.
O vencedor do Oscar® de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante, Tempo de Glória, 1989, Denzel Washington (Hurricane - O Furacão) faz uma interpretação vitoriosa nesse filme comovente e inspirador. Baseado em um drama real, Duelo de Titãs é uma homenagem a uma cidade dividida pelo ressentimento, rancor e desconfiança, e que se reconcilia de uma maneira triunfante. O ano é 1971. Depois de levar o time a 15 temporadas vitoriosas, o técnico Bill Yeast (Will Patton) é rebaixado e substituído por Herman Boone (Washington), um profissional durão, obstinado e o oposto do estimado Yeast. A história fantástica deste filme revela como esses dois homens superam suas diferenças e transformam um grupo de jovens hostis em um time campeão. Você e sua família jamais se esquecerão dos Titãs.
Técnico do Shiloh Eagles há seis anos, Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick) nunca conseguiu levar sua equipe ao título da temporada. Além do mau desempenho no trabalho, Grant deve enfrentar outros problemas graves em casa e seu estado psicológico e moral nunca esteve tão abatido. Quando tudo parece estar prestes a ir por água abaixo, uma intervenção misteriosa muda o seu destino.
Um jogador de futebol americano luta contra as pressões sociais e raciais para ser bem sucedido. Talentoso, ele aprenderá que terá de se apegar à fé e à sua capacidade para romper as barreiras impostas pelo destino.
A equipe de futebol americano Cleveland Browns está tendo uma péssima temporada, e o gerente do time, Sonny Weaver Jr., está ameaçado de demissão. No tradicional dia de contratação de novos talentos, Sonny deve provar ao mundo dos esportes que é capaz de trazer os melhores nomes para a sua equipe.
Um íntimo olhar sobre os bastidores do futebol americano, passando desde os jogadores até os treinadores, a mídia e os donos de times, que controlam o jogo como um grande negócio que lucra milhões de dólares todo ano.
Nascido em meio a pobreza, Ernie Davis consegue passar vários obstáculos até entrar no programa de futebol da universidade de Syracuse. Guiado pelo treinador Ben Schwartzwalder, ele vira um dos melhores jogadores de sua escola, inclusive conseguindo ter mais êxito que Jim Brown. In 1961, Davis é o primeiro jogador afrodescendente a ganhar o troféu Heisman, mas ele tem que enfrentar outros obstáculos.
Santiago Muñez é um jovem mexicano que possui um grande talento para o futebol e que sonha em se tornar um profissional. Mas morando em Barrios, a leste de Los Angeles, seu sonho é algo quase inalcançável. Até que um dia, uma série de eventos possibilitam que ele seja contratado para jogar no Newcastle United, time que disputa a Premier League, a 1ª divisão do campeonato inglês.
Jim Carrol sonha em ser um astro do basquete, mas as pressões e angústias típicas da adolescência o levam a experimentar heroína. Viciado, é expulso do colégio e se une a um grupo de drogados descobrindo o inferno do submundo.
Uma jovem (Florence Pugh) deseja lutar na WWE, a associação estadunidense de wrestling, mas, para concretizar o seu sonho, precisará convencer seus pais e suportar uma dura rotina de treinamentos.
Paul Crewe é um ex-astro do futebol americano preso por dirigir bêbado uma noite. Ele é enviado para a Penitenciária Allenville, uma das prisões mais cruéis do país. Quando o diretor do presídio pede para Crewe montar um time para jogar contra os guardas da prisão, Crewe convoca Caretaker, um negociante malandro que pode conseguir para os prisioneiros o que eles quiserem. Os dois conseguem montar o Mean Machine, um dos times mais loucos já vistos para jogar!
Cortado da equipe britânica de esqui, Eddie Edwards tenta uma vaga na prova de saltos na Olimpíada de Inverno de 1988. Para isso, contará com a ajuda de Bronson Peary, um ex-atleta que trabalha como motorista de máquina de limpar neve.
Desde muito pequena exibindo talento para patinação artística no gelo, Tonya Harding cresce se destacando no esporte e aguentando maus-tratos e humilhações por parte da agressiva mãe. Entre altos e baixos na carreira e idas e vindas num relacionamento abusivo com Jeff Gillooly, a atleta acaba envolvida num plano bizarro durante a preparação para os Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 1994.
Richmond, Califórnia, 1999. O dono de uma loja de artigos esportivos, Ken Carter, aceita ser o técnico de basquete de sua antiga escola, onde conseguiu recordes e que fica em uma área pobre da cidade. Para surpresa de muitos ele impõe um rígido regime, em que os alunos que queriam participar do time tinham de assinar um contrato que incluía um comportamento respeitoso, modo adequado de se vestir e ter boas notas em todas as matérias. A resistência inicial dos jovens acaba e o time sob o comando de Carter vai se tornando imbatível. Quando o comportamento do time fica muito abaixo do desejável Carter descobre que muitos dos seus jogadores estão tendo um desempenho muito fraco nas salas de aula. Assim Carter toma uma atitude que espanta o time, o colégio e a comunidade.
Com apenas 17 anos, Pelé, o maior jogador de futebol de todos os tempos, conduz o Brasil na campanha do título da Copa do Mundo de 1958.
Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) era um jovem negro, filho de uma mãe viciada e não tinha onde morar. Com boa vocação para os esportes, um dia ele foi avistado pela família de Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock), andando em direção ao estádio da escola para poder dormir longe da chuva. Ao ser convidado para passar uma noite na casa dos milionários, Michael não tinha ideia que aquele dia iria mudar para sempre a sua vida, tornando-se mais tarde um astro do futebol americano.
Fung (Man Tat Ng), uma estrela do futebol na sua juventude é hoje um simples auxiliar de uma grande equipa, constantemente humilhado pelo presidente, Hung (Patrick Tse). Mas o seu desejo é um dia chegar a treinador. Por seu lado Sing (Stephen Chow), antigo mestre de artes marciais, procura formas de reavivar o kung-fu de Shaolin, na Hong Kong dos dias de hoje.
De um inesperado encontro entre Fung e Sing surge a ideia de treinar uma equipa de futebol, com base no kung-fu de Shaolin, e inscrevê-la no Torneio Nacional da Super Cup. Para tal, Sing precisa de recrutar os seus 'irmãos' (cinco homens que estudaram sob o mesmo mestre), cujas vidas não levam o melhor rumo...
Viola (Amanda Bynes) é uma boa jogadora de futebol, mas sempre é impedida de jogar com os garotos de sua escola devido ao preconceito de que mulher não pode ser tão boa no esporte quanto um homem. Furiosa, Viola aproveita a viagem de seu irmão Sebastian (James Kirk) e decide se passar por ele em sua escola, jogando no time masculino de futebol. Ela tem apenas duas semanas para mostrar que sabe jogar futebol, mas acaba se apaixonando por Duke (Channing Tatum), seu companheiro de quarto, que acredita que ela é um homem.
Um estudante americano de jornalismo, Matt Buckner, vai morar com sua irmã e sua família em Londres. Lá, ele conhece Pete Dunham, que o introduz ao seu mundo tribal, onde os torcedores dos times opostos brigam antes e depois dos jogos. Mas Bovver, o líder de Pete, suspeita dos motivos de Matt e, inadvertidamente, reabre uma antiga rivalidade entre o irmão de Pete e o líder de uma gangue rival.
Cinebiografia de Jesse Owens, atleta negro americano que ganhou quatro medalhas de ouro nas Olimpíadas de Berlim, em 1936, superando corredores arianos em pleno regime nazista de Adolf Hitler.
WWE champ Rob Van Dam hosts this program that includes matches from 1993-2003, bonus features, interviews, promos and more. Van Dam goes up against some of the fiercest wrestlers in this compilation of his best matches. Opponents include Scotty Flamingo, Sabu, The Eliminators, Lance Storm, Tommy Dreamer, Bam Bam Bigelow, Jerry Lynn, Balls Mahoney, Chris Jericho and Christian.
Backlash (2006) was a PPV which took place on April 30, 2006 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. It was presented by Topps. It was the eighth event under the Backlash name and featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the Raw brand. The first main event was a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship, which saw John Cena defend against challengers Triple H and Edge. The second main event was Shawn Michaels and "God" versus Vince and Shane McMahon in a No Holds Barred match. The third main event was a "Title versus Briefcase match" between Rob Van Dam (the Money in the Bank holder) and Shelton Benjamin (the Intercontinental Champion).
Hardy Boyz, Dudleyz and Edge & Christian have raised the bar on tag team matches to new heights. Their ladder matches are already the stuff of legend, and they've never met a table they didn't break. If you like over-the-top action and high-flyin' excitement, this show is for you.
The Great American Bash (2005) was a professional wrestling PPV that took place on July 24, 2005, at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The event featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the SmackDown! program. The main event was Batista defending the World Heavyweight Championship against John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). One of the featured matches on the undercard was Rey Mysterio versus Eddie Guerrero while the other was Orlando Jordan versus Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship. The event grossed over $375,000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 8,000, and received about 233,000 pay-per-view buys, the same amount as the following year's event. The event was also available free of charge for Armed Forces members and their families.
Your backstage pass for when the cameras stop rolling! Monday Night Raw has delivered pulse-pounding excitement to TV viewers for over 20 years. But what happens when the telecast ends? For the first time ever, see what happens after the screen fades to black! Watch WWE's most colorful personalities cut loose for the live audience! From Stone Cold Steve Austin beer bashes, hilarious improv, red-hot matches and heartwarming tributes, it's all here!
Survivor Series (2004) was the eighteenth annual Survivor Series PPV. It was presented by Microsoft's Xbox and took place on November 14, 2004 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio and starred talent from both the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main match on the Raw brand was a 4 on 4 Survivor Series match, a type of elimination match, between Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Maven) and Team Triple H (Triple H, Edge, Batista, and Snitsky). The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) versus Booker T for the WWE Championship. The primary match was a 4 on 4 Survivor Series elimination match between Team Guerrero (Eddie Guerrero, The Big Show, Rob Van Dam, and John Cena) and Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Carlito, Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak).
The greatest moments from WWE's long and storied history with Madison Square Garden.
Unforgiven (2006) was a PPV which took place on September 17, 2006 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the eighth annual Unforgiven event. The event starred talent from the Raw brand. The main event was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship between Edge and John Cena. One of the predominant matches on the card was D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) versus The Big Show, Vince and Shane McMahon in a Handicap Hell in a Cell match. Another primary match on the undercard was Lita versus Trish Stratus for the WWE Women's Championship in what was Stratus' final match of her full-time wrestling career.
Throughout the decades, fans of sports entertainment have long enjoyed the controlled chaos of tag-team wrestling. Many future Hall of Fame performers started as part of a popular duo, such as Shawn Michaels (the Rockers), Bret “Hit Man” Hart (Hart Foundation). Now, for the first time on DVD, fans can enjoy the greatest tag teams in sports entertainment history in Allied Powers: The World’s Greatest Tag Teams. Hosted by The Miz and John Morrison who are the current World Tag Team champions and the longest-running WWE Tag Team Champions in recent history. They bring their own brand of humor to this 3-DVD set that hits the biggest and the best duos throughout the annals of sports entertainment.
Global Warning is a World Wrestling Entertainment Tour of Australia that took place on August 10, 2002 at Colonial Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. The main event was a Triple Threat match in which The Rock defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H and Brock Lesnar. Other matches include a Bra and panties match between Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler, Edge vs Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle vs. Test, Rikishi vs Rico in a Kiss My Ass match, Jamie Noble vs Hurricane Helms for the Cruiserweight Championship, and Lance Storm 7 Christian defending the Tag team Championships against Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio.
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This is the veritable definition of high risk, high reward in sports entertainment, a rich reward hangs high above the ring and a superstar must climb a ladder to win the match and retrieve the prize. But the falls from the ladders can be devastating and the punishment one can inflict when using the cold steel ladders as weapons can be brutal. The first Ladder Match DVD in 2007 was one of the biggest-selling DVDs in WWE History, and now the Ladder Match is back with an all-new collection of memorable bouts from WWE, WCW, ECW, and more in The Ladder Match 2: Crash & Burn.
Insurrextion (2001) took place on May 5, 2001 at Earls Court in London, England. The main event was a handicap match with The Undertaker facing Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H. In a Queen's Cup match, Chris Jericho faced William Regal. Chris Benoit fought Kurt Angle in a two out of three falls match. There was also a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match between The Hardy Boyz, Edge & Christian, The Dudley Boyz, and X-Factor.
No Way Out (2006) was the eighth annual No Way Out professional PPV and was presented by Subway. It took place on February 19, 2006 at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland and was a SmackDown! brand-exclusive event.
The main event saw Kurt Angle defend his World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker. One of the predominant matches on the card was Randy Orton versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio's world championship match at WrestleMania 22. Another primary match on the undercard was Booker T versus Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship.
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