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Hardcore At Its Most Extreme

Mr. Richard D. Coreno | Berea, Ohio USA | 01/24/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"From 1999 to 2003, XPW took hardcore wrestling to the wild extremes mostly found in the smaller Japanese promotions. For several years, XPW held a death-match tournament, Baptized in Blood, which was the company's version of the legendary tournament hosted by IWA (Japan) in the mid-1990s.

The two DVDs are the initial two tournaments, with bonus footage. With barbed wire, thumb tacks, light bulbs, glass and baseball bats as the weapons of choice, this is intense action with crimson masks. And it's no wonder that wrestlers who made their reputations by taking matches to the outer limits are featured in the tournaments (Supreme, Kronus, Axl Rotten and Johnny Webb).

This is hardcore at its most extreme and the wrestlers are the stars in some of the most brutal matches ever held in the United States."