WWE Brian Pillman DVD Review

I sat down this evening and watched the Loose Cannon: The Brian Pillman Story. It was a fitting tribute to the former WWE/WCW Star who passed away 9 years ago. What touched me the most was how Brian was a fighter. He was an underdog and everyone said he couldn’t do anything physically because of his size. I love the stuff that the Hollywood Blonds did. Austin/Pillman did great stuff together but because of backstage politics they were split up. Jim Ross said it best…If a member of the active wrestling roster is apart of the booking team, it’s a recipe for disaster (Kind of sounds like the state I live in.) My favorite part is when Brian did a parody of Ric Flair in Flare for the Old. That was great. Brian had some intense matches but my favorite one was the war the in Canada. The Hart Foundation vs. Austin/Shamrock/Road Warriors/Golddust. A lot of people said the last two years of Brian’s career they didn’t know if he was in character or he was himself. I believe Eric Bischoff said it as well…In order to be successful in this business you have to live your character outside of the ring as well.

It was nice that WWE involved his wife in the DVD and got her take on her husband. It was cool to see how his kids feel about him and how they turned out. I’ll always remember Brian Pillman as Flyin Brian because he started a whole knew element of professional wrestling in American. He was an innovator and a great athlete. If you are a huge wrestling fan, I urge you to pick up this DVD. You’ll love it. Flyin Brian, you maybe gone, but you will never be forgotten.

Top 5 Pillman moments
1 The 10-Man tag in Canada
2 The Gun incident when Austin broke in to his house
3 Hollywood Blonds vs. Steamboat/Douglas
4 The Flare for the Old Parody
5 When he made Bobby Hennan drop the “f bomb” on live TV.