Fantasy Concept returns today to look at: WWE Championship: 50th Anniversary.
Next April will mark the 50th Anniversary of the WWE’s richest prize: the WWE Championship, and I decide this milestone should be marked with a four disc DVD and three disc Blu-ray set. The set would feature a documentary looking at the history of the championship, complimented with a selection of Championship matches from the 1970s up until the modern day.
Disc One
- Capitol Wrestling
- Buddy Rogers
- Bruno Sammartino
- 20 Years Too Soon
- All American Boy
- Rock ‘n’ Wrestling… Runnin’ Wild
- February 5, 1988
- Attention!
- 62 minutes and 2 seconds
- The New Generation
- Montreal
- Attitude Era Champions
- Undisputed
- Raw vs. SmackDown
- The Champ is Here
- Best in the World?
- Legacy
WWWF Championship Match
Pedro Morales vs. George “The Animal” Steele
Madison Square Garden • June 30, 1973
Steel Cage Match for the WWWF Championship
Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen
Madison Square Garden • August 7, 1976
Steel Cage Match for the WWWF Championship
Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bruno Sammartino
Philadelphia, PA • February 18, 1978
WWWF Championship Match
Bob Backlund vs. Ernie Ladd
Madison Square Garden • October 23, 1978
WWWF Championship and NWA Championship Unification Match
Bob Backlund vs. Harley Race
Madison Square Garden • September 22, 1980
No Disqualification Match for the WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. Big John Studd
Madison Square Garden • October 22, 1984
Disc Two
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper
The Wrestling Classic • November 7, 1985
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Ornorff
The Big Event • August 28, 1986
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
The Main Event • February 5, 1988
WWE Championship Match
Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase
WrestleFest • July 31, 1988
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Macho Man Randy Savage
London, England • October 10, 1989
WWE Championship Match
The Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter
Huntsville, AL • January 7, 1991
Desert Storm Match for the WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter
Madison Square Garden • June 3, 1991
WWE Championship Match
Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
Prime Time Wrestling • September 14, 1992
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Lumberjack Match for the WWE Championship
Bret “Hitman” Hart vs. Owen Hart
Portland, ME • August 17, 1994
WWE Championship Match
Diesel vs. Shawn Michaels
WrestleMania XI • April 2, 1995
WWE Championship Match
Bret “Hitman” Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
Survivor Series • November 9, 1997
WWE Championship Match
Kane vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Raw • June 29, 1998
Empty Arena Match for the WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Mankind
Half Time Heat • January 31, 1999
First Blood “End of an Era” Match for the WWE Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Undertaker
Fully Loaded • July 25, 1999
WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs. Kurt Angle
No Mercy • October 22, 2000
WWE Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
Rebellion • November 3, 2001
Undisputed WWE Championship Steel Cage Match
Chris Jericho vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Raw • December 10, 2001
Disc Three
Undisputed WWE Championship Match
Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. The Undertaker
Judgment Day • May 19, 2002
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar vs. The Big Show
Vengeance • July 27, 2003
WWE Championship Match
John Bradshaw Layfield vs. John Cena
WrestleMania XXI • April 3, 2005
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Rob Van Dam vs. John Cena vs. Edge
Raw • July 3, 2006
Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship
Triple H vs. Randy Orton
No Mercy • October 7, 2007
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Edge vs. Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy
Armageddon • December 14, 2008
Tables Match for the WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Sheamus
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs • December 13, 2009
Chicago Street Fight for the WWE Championship
CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho
Extreme Rules • April 29, 2012
Blu-ray Extras
WWE Championship Match
Ric Flair vs. The Undertaker
Landover, MD • February 9, 1992
WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Sycho Sid
Survivor Series • November 17, 1996
No Disqualification Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship
Randy Orton vs. John Cena
Bragging Rights • October 25, 2009
Undisputed WWE Championship Match
John Cena vs. CM Punk
SummerSlam • August 14, 2011
WWE Championship Match
Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk
Survivor Series • November 20, 2011
Huge thanks to William Slack for his help with this one.
Would this set interest you? It’s great to hear your feedback, so please use the comments section below or tweet me @_MarkD_
oh jesus give me Shawn Michaels free with this Blue ray Disc
with love from Misha Armaan Rohit
from India
GREAT concept, I’d love to see more RAW title defences on here, I know there isn’t a lot, but some more would be cool to see! Just because they are not often released. 🙂
Good concept, but why don’t you or the WWE ever think about putting in the WM6 multi-title match-up for both the IC & WWF Championship between The Ultimate Warrior & Hulk Hogan??!!? I’ve been waiting for that match to come out on Blu-Ray ever since the start of wrestling Blu-rays!!
It’s like nobody wants it!
Where are the wwe championship elimination chamber and hell in a call matches, there have been some good ones.
Very nice! One suggestion for a future fantasy concept (not sure if this is out in real life, doubt it): The History of the WWE Tag Team Titles
This is great! good job great read
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT PROGRAM YOU USE!
Mark, as usual, a fine effort! It can be argued which matches should be used, should be replaced, should be used instead, etc. but I generally like the layout. What would sell me the most is the doc. A championship that’s been around for 50 years has a story that needs to be told. I think you have the chapter layout perfectly done.
I’m with the anonymous guy, cut the Austin/Kane title change and put on the Austin/Undertaker title change from June 1999 Raw.
i would put the stone cold steve austion vs undertaker from raw from the atittude era
when do you guys at dvd news think you will get the attitude era dvd cover
That would be an awesome DVD. Really like most of the matches. Wonder if there is any stuff out there from Bruno’s first run as champ.
Also agree the In Your House Final Four would be a great choice.
The In Your House Final Four championship match really was a great one….I hope its on the “Best of In Your House” next year…
I think it has a good chance of making Bret Hart’s unreleased collection.
Not bad at all, some repeats but enough stuff not on DVD (or HD not on blu ray yet.)
YES Mick is awesome! I sent him a tweet about his Boiler Room Brawl match with Big Show at Backlash 1999 for his new DVD/Blu Ray and he replyed back! Look it up on Twitter! 🙂 THANK YOU MICK!
I tried finding a record of a ric flair vs undertaker match from 1992 but I couldn’t find anything?
Try here: http://youtu.be/atU_cp-YQcI
Bob Backlund Vs Harley Race is an instant Sell for me, hope its on Best of MSG. Like to See Miz title win on there too.
This looks great. Love the plain/simple cover. Quite the match listing too.
This one got me excited.
I agree with Brad that’s a match we all have been wanting to see for a long while now! It is definately a classic!
Great concept although I’d replace the iron man match from Bragging Rights 2009 and throw in the iron man match from Judgment Day 2000 featuring Triple H vs. The Rock 🙂
I agree, I did try and get the Rock/HHH iron man on here – it’s just would you like that 1 match or 5 others?
Plus the reason I decided to go for the Orton/Cena Iron Man was because typically the blu-ray extras are mainly HD footage and as that match has never been released in HD, I thought it would be a nice addition.
Fans have long wanted to see the Iron Man match from Judgment Day 2000. I think in this case, it would be easy to choose that over 5 random matches. But if it were the 2009 iron man match, then I think its split 50/50.
I would like to see one on the western heritage title from wcw
I think a set on the WCW cruiserweight tag team championship would be sweet too.
I think that the wcw cruiserweight tag titles would be cool also..
why the f**k would u want a dvd on a title that only had two tag teams that held the title?
Looks good. The only potential problem I see is, and this may be a stupid question, but are all of those WWWF matches on disc one on tape?
All those matches certainly do exsist, I’ve seen them.
Thanks for answering! I just wasn’t sure because older footage can be kind of hit and miss.
i would replaced the hogan vs mr wonderful big event match with the match they had at maple leaf gardens in 1985 or their snme match from october of 1986.
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Rob Van Dam vs. John Cena vs. Edge
Raw • July 3, 2006
If I see this damn match on another set….
Like the concept, but hate the cover and choice of matches.
Some glaring omissions, imo:
Final Four
1st Six-Pack Challenge
Sid vs Bret (RAW)
Austin vs Taker(RAW)
Triple H vs Big Show (RAW)
Triple H. vs Rock (Ironman)
Vince vs Triple H (Smackdown)
Though I do love the concept.
Waaaaaay too many repeats.
There are only 7 repeated matches (excluding PPV/Anthology releases) out of 36, that’s 80.6% new matches.
Why exclude those? A dvd release is a dvd release, whether it is a ppv, anthology, or any other kind of set. Again, I’m a fan of your work and I appreciate the time and thought you put into these.
don’t bother defending yourself Mark, anybody who’s going to complain about a Fantasy Release isn’t even worth your time.
Yeah, heaven forbid somebody have an opinion. He has no reason to defend anything, and if he did, I’m sure Mark can take care of himself. Thanks anyway, Superman
This!
And there you go with that, Superman!
Looks like a nice collection of matches and a documentary would be pretty awesome.
I would also include Diesel vs. Bret Hart from King of the Ring 1994…surprised this match has yet to be released on DVD (other than the Tagged Classics in the UK). I thought this was their best match together, but their RR 95 and SSeries 95 matches were also really good, but the KOTR match was a rare gem.
Good concept and I hope WWE will do one last set on Shawn Michaels because he deserves it and he had some 5 star matches when he was champion in 1996, against Bulldog, Mick Foley, Goldust in a ladder match its on YouTube last I saw it, and many other classics.
How the hell did WWE not think of/promote this? I don’t think I’ve ever heard WWE even talk about the 50th anniversary on TV. Which is wierd since they love patting themselves on the back so much with their statistics. Mark, this is incredible!
I love these, Mark D does a phenomenal job with these.
It would interest me if only if SILVERVISION were to still stay available in the UK.
Your match listings look great, though I don’t understand why nobody has ever put up the WWF/IC title match yet from WM6 between Hulk Hogan & The Ultimate Warrior 🙁
That match needs to come out on Blu-Ray!
Amazing collection of rare and well-known matches with a great looking documentary. I would have replaced the John Cena vs. JBL WM 21 match with their I Quit match at Judgment Day 2005 as I feel that is way superior, but great collection nonetheless.
ThaT would be awesome would love to see it, also view my YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWazperviz/featured
I want on blu-ray
Even though WWE released the History of the WWE Championship previously, I think a 50th anniversary edition is fitting. Like this concept shows, with the added documentary on the history, and an entirely new match listing….this would be a great release, I think. I really like the match listing here. Each disc seems jam packed.
I hope WWE will continue with the “History of” titles sets in those booklet style cases to compliment with the WWE, World and IC title sets.
The US one would be a nice addition since it does have a rich history like the IC title.
agreed
A United States Championship DVD would be quite welcome. I would say tag titles too but I don’t really see them releasing a set on one that is retired. Makes no sense to me why they retired the titles with the most history by the way (Women’s and World Tag Titles) and kept the versions that really don’t have much crewdibility (Divas, WWE Tag Titles). I would also say that they really need to improve their belt designs, stop making them look so gimmicky and make them look like a championship that people would work hard every night to have possession of. Simple but effective.
Its rare for me but I’m not too keen on this fantasy concept. I don’t think a set about the belt should feature rare and random matches but just the true defining moments and that is kind of what the set they released was. So I would be in favour of just an update to that set. But keep up the good fantasy work Mark, My faves so far were your Rick Rude, nWo and Bret Unreleased concepts. We are lucky that 2 of those are actually happening. Maybe they are watching you.
I agree about the championship designs. My favorite WWE title design was when Brock Lesnar had the WWE Undisputed Championship back in 2002-2003. Awesome design. I really don’t like how the title today says “CHAMP” on it. Cheapens the meaning, it in my opinion.
I agree with you as far as the US title history. I’d like to see the history of the Tag Team title And the Million Dollar Man Bruno Samartino and Jerry Lawler DVD sets. I’d like to see the Fantasy Concept’s for those. I think part of the resion the US Title has not been done. Might be because of Chris Benoit. He was a big part of the the US title’s comeback in the last 10 years.
I would prefer some DVD-Sets about the other Titles. The WWE Title has a History set and I think it’s enough. But I would buy it because I don’t own the other set. 😀
I will definitely be giving this one a miss.
It’s not real, dude.
I wouldn’t buy this though, the last History of the WWE Championship was good enough. And quite frankly, not much worthy of note to do with the title has happened since, lol.