Enigma 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Here a match listing and details for the forthcoming WWE History of the WWE championship three-DVD set, which will be released on 9/5. Production material for the set reads, "For more than forty years, the WWE Championship has been one of the most prestigious titles in sports entertainment, This three-disc set contains some of the greatest matches in the history of the WWE Championship from the ‘70s through today. Fans have been given the opportunity to participate in the creation of the DVD, as they voted on wwe.com for their favorite matches from each era. The DVD set will include a comprehensive timeline with multimedia highlights from every title change. Hosted by legendary announcer Jim Ross, matches on the three discs will feature all the great champions in WWE history, including Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, John Cena, and more!" Complete matches set for the collection are as follows: Disc One: WWWF Championship Match Ivan Koloff vs. Pedro Morales Madison Square Garden - 2/8/71 WWWF Championship Match Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski Madison Square Garden - 4/29/74 WWWF Championship Match Bruno Sammartino vs. "Superstar" Billy Graham Baltimore, Md — 4/30/77 WWWF Championship Match "Superstar" Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund Madison Square Garden - 2/20/78 WWE Championship Match Bob Backlund vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Philadelphia, PA - 1/16/82 WWE Championship Match Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter Madison Square Garden - 5/23/83 WWE Championship Match The Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan Madison Square Garden -1/23/84 Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy Wrestlemania 2 - 4/5/86 Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff Saturday Night's Main Event - 1/3/87 WWE Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant Wrestlemania III -3/29/87 WWE Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant The Main Event - 2/5/88 WWE Championship Match "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan Wrestlemania V - 4/2/89 Disc 2 WWE Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior Wrestlemania VI - 4/1/90 Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Owen Hart Summerslam - 8/29/94 Iron Man Match For The WWE Championship Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Shawn Michaels Wrestlemania XII - 3/31/98 WWE Championship Match Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind In Your House: Mind Games - 9/22/96 WWE Championship Match Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin Wrestlemania XIV - 3/29/98 Disc 3 Street Fight For The WWE Championship Triple H vs. Cactus Jack Royal Rumble - 1/23/00 Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Kurt Angle Summerslam - 8/27/00 WWE Championship Match The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin Wrestlemania X-7 - 4/1/01 Undisputed WWE Championship Match Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho Vengeance- 12/9/01 Triple Threat Match For The Undisputed WWE Championship The Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle Vengeance - 7/21/02 Undisputed WWE Championship Match The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar Summerslam - 8/25/02 WWE Championship Match Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit Royal Rumble - 1/19/03 Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Christian Vengeance - 6/26/05 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 They really could have left of the Cena match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Only one Austin match and the ironman man again... Maybe there aren't that many Attitude era matches because of the logo. EDIT: Ok three. They could have had the Undertaker vs. Stone Cold at Summerslam. That was a good match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Only stuff I don't already have are the old matches from Disc 1, but I guess that happens when a DVD is based on big PPV title matches and you own lots of PPVs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Arnold_OldSchool Report post Posted July 22, 2006 I have EVERYTHING not on Disc One! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slabinskia 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 The problem is that while most of these matches are available already, how can you leave them off. HHH/Cactus,Angle/Benoit, and Austin/Rock are all on the short list for wwf/e matches of the decade. Hogan/Andre,Hogan/Warrior, Austin/Michaels are some of the most historic matches in wwf history. Having said that,a few matches I would have liked to have seen are: Backlund vs Adonis 1/20/82 This is one of the best wwf matches of the 80s imo. Adonis was very underrated. Hogan vs Race SNME I've never seen it and I've heard its one of hogans better matches. Flair vs Bret 10/92 or 1/93 Having the ironman handheld match is wishful thinking but not having Bret's first title win on here is questionable Rock vs HHH ironman Why do they totally ignore this one ?ditto HHH/Foley HIAC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampiro69 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Do we have to have the Michaels vs Mankind match on DVD again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Cena being lumped in with the greats really bugs me. I know some look down on WM4, but I'd like the tournament for the title to be featured. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dandy 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Should have had Austin vs. Dude Love, for one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Hogan vs Race SNME I've never seen it and I've heard its one of hogans better matches. While this was a good, fun match, Hogan had already lost the title by then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danville_Wrestling 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Should have had Austin vs. Dude Love, for one. Definitely agree. Their match from Over the Edge 1998 should be included because it was innovative for its time since the whole "evil McMahon character" was in its infancy. It's definitely one of my favorite matches of all time and bought the tape of the event simply to have the match in my collection. The finish where the Undertaker chokeslams Brisco and Patterson through the announce tables when they try to count the pinfall for Foley and Austin using McMahon's unconscious hand to count the three was an excellent finish. Also, the crowd heat was amazing. Looks like a decent DVD set and I might pick it up but I don't think they really needed that Cena triple threat match on there. However, we all know the WWE is high on Cena so one of his matches was going to be on here whether we wanted it to be or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kizzo 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Why in the hell is Cena included with icons like Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock, and the rest of the greats?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10 Pounds 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Disc 1 is the most interesting for me, as I already saw/own all the matches on discs 2 & 3 except for Austin/Jericho. If I ever buy this, I'll pick it used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Why in the hell is Cena included with icons like Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock, and the rest of the greats?? They want to represent all eras and that would include John Cena, whom they want to be presented as Hogan/Rock level star. The problem was, they didn't have much to choose from and selecting Cena/Christian/Jericho is really awkward. Cena/JBL from JD05 would have served better in putting Cena over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dangerous K89 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Why in the hell is Cena included with icons like Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock, and the rest of the greats?? They want to represent all eras and that would include John Cena, whom they want to be presented as Hogan/Rock level star. The problem was, they didn't have much to choose from and selecting Cena/Christian/Jericho is really awkward. Cena/JBL from JD05 would have served better in putting Cena over. Cena/HHH from Wrestlemania would have been the best choice if they wanted Cena to look like a Hogan/Rock level star as the match had Hogan/Rock'a Jabroni heat. Not to mention that Cena went over CLEAN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dandy 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Why in the hell is Cena included with icons like Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock, and the rest of the greats?? They want to represent all eras and that would include John Cena, whom they want to be presented as Hogan/Rock level star. The problem was, they didn't have much to choose from and selecting Cena/Christian/Jericho is really awkward. Cena/JBL from JD05 would have served better in putting Cena over. Cena/HHH from Wrestlemania would have been the best choice if they wanted Cena to look like a Hogan/Rock level star as the match had Hogan/Rock'a Jabroni heat. Not to mention that Cena went over CLEAN. No. No it did not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haVoc 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 Why in the hell is Cena included with icons like Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock, and the rest of the greats?? They want to represent all eras and that would include John Cena, whom they want to be presented as Hogan/Rock level star. The problem was, they didn't have much to choose from and selecting Cena/Christian/Jericho is really awkward. Cena/JBL from JD05 would have served better in putting Cena over. Cena/HHH from Wrestlemania would have been the best choice if they wanted Cena to look like a Hogan/Rock level star as the match had Hogan/Rock'a Jabroni heat. Not to mention that Cena went over CLEAN. No. No it did not. I think Cena's heat topped the Rocks. The Rock's heat was due to the crowd being so PRO-Hogan. Cena's heat was because the crowd was very Anti-Cena. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2006 John Cena vs. Triple H didn't have anywhere near the heat that The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan had. Anybody who thinks it came close is insane and should be put to sleep. You know who you are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyHendricks 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Many of these matches are supposed to have Jesse on commentary. I seriously doubt I will pick it up if it's just Gorilla or Vince talking to themselves in half of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danville_Wrestling 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Why does the WWE have to be so cheap to get rid of Jesse's commentary? I mean its the man's "intellectual property" so pay him his money nevermind the fact that his interactions with Monsoon, McMahon, and Schiavone have been some of the funniest stuff in WWE/WCW history. It's like this company just does little things to piss on the fans, especially die hard fans who will probably have the highest interest in this set especially if they were fans for the disk one matches. One other thing, why is Backlund-Sheik not on the list? I've never seen it and can't attest to its quality but I figured they'd use it as a way to transition into the Hogan title win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ken adams Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Randy Savage was a 2 time Champ back in the day when Hogan hardly ever lost & all he gets is 1 match?!!!! Sure am glad Cena is on there (note heavy SARCASM). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karnage 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 And this is what the cover art looks like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Amazing Rando 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Is their a name on that title or is it just kind of a blurry mess/"Champ" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
landy1987 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Is there a documentary section to the DVD or is it just a bunch of matches. As if there is a documentary, they might go over all the other title changes that have happened and other important matches for the title Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Is there a documentary section to the DVD or is it just a bunch of matches. As if there is a documentary, they might go over all the other title changes that have happened and other important matches for the title Well, if you had read the paragraph before the match listing... "The DVD set will include a comprehensive timeline with multimedia highlights from every title change." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 I'm going to buy it. I'm hoping they do a dvd set for other titles as well. A History of the IC and tag title belts could be awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyHendricks 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2006 Is their a name on that title or is it just kind of a blurry mess/"Champ" It either says "HHH", "King of Kings", "The Game", or "Cena" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2006 Well, some of you people should be happy. The Spinner Belt isn't on the cover. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2006 The biggest neglect just from glancing at the list seems to be Flair/Savage from Wrestlemania VIII. That really should have been on here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zaius 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2006 Is there a documentary section to the DVD or is it just a bunch of matches. As if there is a documentary, they might go over all the other title changes that have happened and other important matches for the title Well, if you had read the paragraph before the match listing... "The DVD set will include a comprehensive timeline with multimedia highlights from every title change." I'm really sure that answers the question, since I have no idea what a "a comprehensive timeline with multimedia highlights" is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
