Hey fellow wieners, I happened to be searching thet net late last night and ran across release dates on dvds and video. Being in the digital age I went and looked up dvd release dates for the rest of the year on one webpage. Interesting enough there is a DVD title set to be released the last day of this year.
Dec 31st: WWE: History Of The Championship
Basically I was wondering what should show up on that DVD. I personally like various matches that tell the story of where the title is today. What kind of champions we've had. Interviews...or what not. Well, what would everybody else out there specificaly like to see?
Ok, I didn't want to leave to much information about where I found due the fact people tend to get erked about leaving links but for those of you who want to see where the information is located check this website.
I'd like to see .sigs that aren't larger than people's actual posts, but that's just me. (And you're far from the worst perpetrater of that particular crime.)
It won't show up on the DVD but I'd like to see interviews with older company men about the split from the NWA. I'd like to hear what Vince and the Stooges have to say about that.
Just curious -- where did you see that? Do you have a link? Always on the lookout for planned releases.
As far as a DVD goes.... would love to see a bonus timeline type feature - showing each world champion and who they won it from (don't expect clips or anything, though that would ROCK.)
I assume they would have the most important title changes in the company's history (Sammartino-Rogers, Hogan-Sheik, Hart-Michaels, Austin-Michaels, Rock-Mankind, HHH getting handed the belt)... but who knows? Is it even the `World' title they're talking about?
This would be the WWE DVD purchase of the year as long as it doesn't end up being another WWE revisionist/brainwashing coverage of their (and wrestling's) past.
We're looking at 2 discs at least here, and as much as I'd like to have a library of every match where the title changed, there's not the DVD space for one collection and I doubt there'd be much consumer interest in such a product. Exactly how WWE treat the Rey Mysterio and HBK DVDs will give us a great insight on the direction they will take with the "History of the Championship" DVD.
I'd settle with a 2-3 hour programme highlighting the history with interviews, promos and clipped matches on DVD 1, and significant matches on DVD 2.
Originally posted by SteevBishopExactly how WWE treat the Rey Mysterio and HBK DVDs will give us a great insight on the direction they will take with the "History of the Championship" DVD.
Well, if you take a look at the matches on the Rey DVD, you'll notice that there's nothing of his WCW matches after he lost his mask to Kevin Nash, like they don't want us to remember he ever wrestled without his mask. Could be seen as an attempt to revise history, but WWE would never do that.
Originally posted by WhitebaconThis is going to be about the RAW belt, not the real one.
Geez.... can you imagine that? Highlights include: * Triple H getting handed the RAW belt * Triple H losing RAW belt to HBK (clipped) * Triple H regaining RAW belt from HBK
Interviews with all the former or current RAW champions, including Shawn Michaels and Triple H!
You have to remember that it's WWE putting the thing together. Therefore it'll probably be formatted like:
30 seconds of clips of the title up until 1983. 20 minutes of Hulk Hogan 10 minutes of Michaels/Hart 30 minutes of Steve Austin 30 minutes of The Rock 45 minutes of Triple H
So, if your expecting some cool old-school shit from the 70's and alike, don't bet on it.
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Remember when WWF treated RVD like the main-event star he is?
Well, if you take a look at the matches on the Rey DVD, you'll notice that there's nothing of his WCW matches after he lost his mask to Kevin Nash, like they don't want us to remember he ever wrestled without his mask. Could be seen as an attempt to revise history, but WWE would never do that.
--Monte N
True, but then there'd have to be a 30-60min programme to accompany the matches and tie the whole concept together. If they show anything to do with the de-masking (not to mention he once had Jr. at the end of his name), then I'd consider that a small success. BTW, thanks for the quote/reply. That's the first time I've had one and it made me feel a little warm knowing someone actually read what I'd typed (it might have helped that I actually said something worth responding to, too).
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It could also be just the history of the undispyooooted title from Jericho's two-belt flop of a push on...or it could be just about the SmackDown! title.
Either way, it'd be a disappointment. Here's hoping for a full lineage...wonder what the odds are on them including the WWWF rejoining the NWA in the 70's and the demotion of the title from "world" status (source: Keith's 1st book...sorry)
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