As we begin the year, “The U.S. Championship – A Legacy of Greatness” is still on the way – right now the company has it scheduled for April 2016 as a worldwide Home Video offering.
Today we can reveal that the format of the DVD set will present NWA-era Championship matches from the ’70s and ’80s, WCW-era Championship matches from the ’90s and new millennium, and finally WWE-era Championship matches running through to the present day.
Disc 1 of the DVD will contain NWA material, Disc 2 WCW material, and Disc 3 WWE material. Between that will be video packages giving a history of the title. The current plan for the Blu-ray exclusive content is to compile a mix of all three eras with a series of extra matches.
We’re hearing that the finalized content listing is not far away…
If you’re a WWE DVD collector in the UK you may have noticed release times speeding up as of late – recent 3 disc sets “Owen: Hart of Gold” and “Best PPV Matches 2015” are two instances of titles that were in fact released to the UK a day before even the United States got them!
FremantleMedia’s efforts to make the UK WWE DVDs and Blu-rays available as soon as possible will also extend to the PPV releases in 2016. One such example is the Royal Rumble, due for release on March 1st to the United States, and just 3 weeks later on March 21st to UK fans.
A representative of the UK licensee for WWE Home Entertainment shared these comments:
PPV releases are even sooner than ever this year.
Where possible since taking over the WWE license we have tried to reduce the wait time for all releases, resulting in most 3 disc sets now being released day and date with the United States. PPV’s have always been slower to release primarily due to regionalisation factors and we will be taking measures to reduce these delays and ensure PPV titles will now be out as quickly as possible, whilst actually increasing the amount of regionalised titles in EU countries in 2016 (starting in Germany and France).
However, day and date [for PPV releases] with the U.S remains impossible due to the time it takes for BBFC classification.
For the first time Royal Rumble will be available before WrestleMania takes place with many other titles coming out 1-4 weeks earlier than ever before!
The next PPV title to hit the UK will be Survivor Series 2015, available on both DVD and Blu-ray formats this coming Monday. You can pre-order a copy now at Amazon.co.uk.
Kayfabe Commentaries have confirmed “Timeline: The History of WWE – 1998” to be their next DVD on the way in 2016. Vince Russo joins the team for this new addition to the series.
In February we will head back to the “Timeline: The History of WWE” series when Vince Russo takes you back to the blockbuster year 1998. Ever wonder what was happening behind the scenes as The Rock, Mankind, and Steve Austin were taking the world by storm? Well Russo will fill you in, week by week as only the Timeline series can!
DEALS: WWE’s $5 DVD sale has been and gone (leaving the Owen Hart Blu-ray and other titles sold out) but there’s a few potential deals to be had today on eBay at these links:
I’d like to see some Benoit matches on there like his Vengeance 2003 match vs. Eddie Guerrero or his 25 sec match vs. Orlando Jordan at SummerSlam 2005.
WWE better not muck up this set like they did with the match listing for the World Title dvd.
I hope WWE will put in the extra effort for the U.S. Championship set or at least put in the same amount of matches they did for the different eras on the history of the intercontinental championship dvd.
They should do a survey poll like the IC title set, where you pick a select amount of matches from each era. No picking specific Blu-ray exclusives either.
i figured it was gonna follow the same setup like best of the world title from 09. i hope we get maybe a benoit match but if not o well. wcw wise i hope we get some title matches from booker scott steiner scott hall. wwe wise eddie early cena 04 would be cool. maybe mvp matt only i had 1 title defence on a ppv, daniel bryan match or 2.
I kinda dislike getting the match listing so far ahead of the release. By the time it actually comes out I’ve thought about it so much that it is almost a letdown. Good to hear so much focus on WCW, though. I wonder how much 1970’s footage they even have to show.
WCW…I expect to see some Stunning Steve Austin, Sting, Rick Rude matches.
WWE….expect to see some John Cena US Open Challenges (the one with Neville where he debuted on RAW, Sami Zayn, Ambrose, Ziggler, and especially the one with Cesaro), Cena vs Rollins at Summerslam and Night of Champions.
I’ll be shocked if the WWE content above was left off the set.
Really…it is more than enough with how Sheamus is looking..we did’nt need to see how stupid(er) others would look..or in case of Lesnar, how they would completely loose their cool attitude.
US title compilation sounds Too Sweeet with that concept.. just..not too many Miz and Zack Ryder matches on disc 2 of the Bluray, please.. 😉
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Hope we get some good matches between Magnum & Nikita….their best of seven series was outstanding.
I was thinking the same thing. Plus Magnum vs Wahoo and some of his matches against Tully Blanchard.
I’d like to see some Benoit matches on there like his Vengeance 2003 match vs. Eddie Guerrero or his 25 sec match vs. Orlando Jordan at SummerSlam 2005.
WWE better not muck up this set like they did with the match listing for the World Title dvd.
or what?
I hope WWE will put in the extra effort for the U.S. Championship set or at least put in the same amount of matches they did for the different eras on the history of the intercontinental championship dvd.
They should do a survey poll like the IC title set, where you pick a select amount of matches from each era. No picking specific Blu-ray exclusives either.
that would be a double edged sword cause you know kids or whatever will vote for few matches that should not be in the dvd
i figured it was gonna follow the same setup like best of the world title from 09. i hope we get maybe a benoit match but if not o well. wcw wise i hope we get some title matches from booker scott steiner scott hall. wwe wise eddie early cena 04 would be cool. maybe mvp matt only i had 1 title defence on a ppv, daniel bryan match or 2.
i am looking forward to this dvd
I kinda dislike getting the match listing so far ahead of the release. By the time it actually comes out I’ve thought about it so much that it is almost a letdown. Good to hear so much focus on WCW, though. I wonder how much 1970’s footage they even have to show.
WCW…I expect to see some Stunning Steve Austin, Sting, Rick Rude matches.
WWE….expect to see some John Cena US Open Challenges (the one with Neville where he debuted on RAW, Sami Zayn, Ambrose, Ziggler, and especially the one with Cesaro), Cena vs Rollins at Summerslam and Night of Champions.
I’ll be shocked if the WWE content above was left off the set.
I was on the fence on getting the US championship blu-ray but seeing the details, I will have to get this
Really…it is more than enough with how Sheamus is looking..we did’nt need to see how stupid(er) others would look..or in case of Lesnar, how they would completely loose their cool attitude.
US title compilation sounds Too Sweeet with that concept.. just..not too many Miz and Zack Ryder matches on disc 2 of the Bluray, please.. 😉