This time last week news was breaking of three major WWE DVD projects for 2017. Today we have solid content details for each of them and a verdict on which ones will go Blu-ray too!
First up, WWE’s new 1997-themed DVD, first referenced as “Dawn of the Attitude”, has the full name of “1997: Dawn of the Attitude Era”. As of now the plan is to include a documentary main feature on this title and therefore it will be produced on both DVD and Blu-ray.
The three-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray is currently scheduled for release in October.
“30 Years of Survivor Series”, also slated to be a three-disc DVD, is on the way for November. Early word is that the DVD will present 30 matches and moments (either shown in full or highlighted) celebrating the event’s landmark anniversary. A Blu-ray edition is not in the works for this one.
WrestlingDVDNetwork.com can confirm that WWE’s second NXT DVD, previously reported to be named “NXT: From Secret to Success” will now be “NXT: From Secret to Sensation”.
Like the Attitude set, NXT is penciled in for DVD and Blu-ray versions when it releases in December, with the format expected to be a documentary main feature and a selection of extras.
The names, formats and release times we’ve mentioned are applicable to both the United States and the United Kingdom. As always, keep locked to WDN for more updates.
The incoming “Seth Rollins: Building The Architect” WWE DVD will release exactly 1 week today to fans in the UK and follows next Tuesday in the USA!
Get the “Seth Rollins: Building The Architect” DVD; $17.99 from Amazon.com.
Courtesy of WWE Home Video UK, here’s a sneak peek at some of the material in the DVD:
In addition to a new and exclusive interview with Rollins (previewed in the clip), the three-disc DVD compilation will feature 21 of his best matches and moments from FCW, NXT, and WWE.
Can’t wait ’til next week? A “First Look” special will be added to the WWE Network this Thursday.
Get your hands on WWE’s “Seth Rollins: Building The Architect” DVD…
– UK/Europe: Next Monday! Get the new Seth Rollins DVD ordered here on Amazon.co.uk.
– USA: Next Tuesday! Get the new Seth (freakin’!) Rollins DVD now here on Amazon.com.
– Australia: TBA. Look out for your chance to pre-order a copy soon at Madman.com.au.
In case you missed it, Austin Aries took to social media over the weekend to air his displeasure at not being included on the WrestleMania 33 DVD!
The WM33 DVD/Blu-ray just released to the United States, Canada and is about to hit Australia this week. Due to space issues and tight scheduling these versions do not include the Kickoff Show matches, one of which being Austin Aries vs. Neville for the Cruiserweight Championship.
However, the UK’s DVD and Blu-ray (out 2 weeks today) will include the extras.
#WrestleMania 33 is now available on blu-ray in Canada. Too bad one of the #greatest matches of the night was left off the US/Canada DVDs.
— Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) May 19, 2017
Last night’s SmackDown-exclusive Backlash PPV will be combine with RAW’s recent Payback PPV in a 2-disc “Double Feature: Payback & Backlash 2017” DVD in stores next month.
Finalized cover artwork for the release should be available soon. Until then you can pre-order the new “Double Feature” pack for only $13.89 by clicking here to Amazon.com.
EBAY WATCH: Get eyes on eBay seller “countrockchocula” who has a copy of the not-yet-released Seth Rollins DVD and the newly-released WrestleMania 33 DVD up for grabs today…
$8.00 – Seth Rollins: Building The Architect DVD (Sealed, Free Shipping)
$14.50 – WrestleMania 33 DVD (Sealed, Free Shipping)
Several big-time rarity WWE DVDs are also being auctioned off on eBay today and tomorrow…
$19.99 – Triple H: The Game DVD (Signed!)
$19.99 – Triple H: That Damn Good DVD (Signed!)
$50.00 – Judgment Day 2002 DVD (Free Shipping)
$85.00 – RAW Homecoming 2005 DVD
$100.00 – Judgment Day 2002, Vengeance 2002 & Lita DVDs
And later in the week this big lot of WrestleMania’s including the original 16, 17 & 18 DVDs…
$105.13 – Big Lot of 19 WWF/WWE WrestleMania DVDs
Glad NXT & Dawn if the Attitude Era are getting docs. I’ve come to learn to expect short docs as that’s what they put out lately maybe except for a select few.
NXT doc should feature of course HHH Corey Graves, Enzo & Cass, Rollins, The 4 Horsewomen, Neville, KO, Zayn, and others.
The Attitude Era doc should feature Vince, JR, Lawler, Taker, SCSA, Bret Hart, HBK, HHH, Goldust, Vader, Foley, The Rock and whoever else especially the big names that were there during that time.
I’d also like to include guys like Ken Shamrock & Owen Hart.
@Brad Attitude: I’m not against that but rather it not be included. To me ECW content should be on ECW sets, WCW content should be on WCW sets, same for WWE. Yes the invasion was on RAW but it was an ECW invasion. 1997 has more than enough WWE specific content to put on this 1997 set as it is, no need to add anything from another company’s invasion. The Brian Pillman incident for example.
@SCSA: I’m sure both will be on the set. They were involved in one of the biggest matches of 97 that I’m expecting to be included because I am sure it will be – that big tag match from Canadian Stampede with Hart Foundation which included Owen Hart vs Austin, LOD, Goldust, Ken Shamrock.
It would be silly not to include a few ECW matches as the invasion lasted for the first half of 1997 and pretty much set the tone for the rest of the year giving the product a more edgier and “attitude” type feel to it.
I’d like to see a couple of ECW matches from their short lived invasion back in 1997.
I haven’t got a lot of faith with the survivor series dvd but I hoping the attitude era set will be awesome!
True! It all depends on the matches really! The matches from the 3rd Attitude Era set sucked big time, though I brought it thinking they’d be great! My mistake
This time I’ll have to read the content again ‘a little carefully’ n try findin details of the matches online n see what is written about em before buying!
What sucked exactly about it? Personally I enjoyed that they were previously unreleased matches. Calling the set The Attitude Era Vol.3 considering the content was misleading a bit but doesn’t mean it sucked.
I hope the Survivor Series dvd will feature the debut of Kurt Angle, Yokozuna, Undertaker and Sting as well as featuring matches like Bret Hart vs Diesel, Hulk Hogan vs Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Triple H, Team Raw vs Team Smackdown (2005), Bret Hart vs Stone Cold Steve Austin just to name a few.
I like all of that and also hope they make the cut.
Sting & Taker debuted as part of matches so those matches should be included in full. Hyped on TV as an high stakes all important match, I suspect the Winner Take All match from 2001 will make it.
Taker vs Hogan….match quality wasn’t good bc due to his character Taker couldn’t display his full wrestling talents and Hogan wasn’t the greatest wrestler but bc he was mega over he really didn’t have to be. Won’t bother me at all if it gets included.
PS. Apologies for double posting.
A thought just came to me…..that’s why I wish this SSeries release was a True Story set with a doc so there could be a chapter on Debuts focusing on the debuts of the names u mentioned and others, talking about their debuts, impact they made since if any, the careers they went on to have, etc. Another chapter on a specific superstar’s success at the event like Taker who had great success rivaled only by his dominance at WM even after The Streak ended (he only lost 2x yet wrestled 25x at WM) however wins/losses are just one of many successes.
Why not release WrestleMania as a four-disc set? That way, NO match is left out and fans will be left happy. I was disappointed at not seeing the Battle Royal, Dean Ambrose vs Baron Corbin, and Neville vs Austin Aries matches. BIG LET DOWN.
I agree. Either that or shorten the event time. Don’t have the set & didn’t see it yet but thinking there was probably some live music performance where the artist performs the WM “theme songs.” I love music, definitely a place for it but a wrestling event isn’t the place for a live music performance unless it’s part of a wrestler’s entrance. If there were musical performances, they could’ve cut those off the set and included the preshow matches and maybe some other extras alongside that.
The musical performance with Flo-Rida and Pitbull was only about 6 minutes. All three pre-show matches clock in about 45 minutes or so (without entrances).
Wouldn’t have made any difference. Only thing they could done is include the pre-show matches on the 2nd disc of the Blu-ray. Was going over and only chapter is Reigns/Taker which is about 45 minutes and the HOF is about 3hrs 30 minutes with the total disc running 4 hrs 30 minutes. Usually that is the length WWE go with on their BD releases while maintaining high quality. They could have pushed a little over 5 hours on the disc but no telling how HD quality would have ended up.
The music performance barely lasted 7 minutes. Removing that still wouldn’t have left any time for the pre-show matches.
Unless Austin Aries was just a big fan of that Andre Battle Royal, or really dug what Corbin and Ambrose did. 🙂
It should have been Attitude & Survivor Series both on DVD & Blu-Ray
Good to hear Attitude and NXT are on blu-ray. Hopefully Kurt Angle and Unreleased Matches will be as well.
As far as I know, at least as of now, those 2 are slated to be DVD releases. Nothing about BR for those sets. It’s ok though in a way bc The Unreleased Matches content will predate BR, HD, and even DVD eras and the Kurt Angle set will predate HD as his WWE career started in 99 and ended in 06 before WWE went HD in 08 with if I’m not mistaken their first event broadcast in HD being the 2008 Royal Rumble.
very disappointed about the Survivor Series release seemingly not coming on bluray.
Me too ☹️
The attitude cover is sweet
Is that the actual cover? Well I’m glad it’ll be released on Blu-Ray! Too bad it’s another 5months wait 🙁
When are we going to get the match list for the Kurt Angle dvd?
I wonder why Austin Aries is upset? I mean he can just watch his pre-show match on the Network…
Oh wait, that’s right, wrestlers don’t get residual checks from the Network, only DVD/BR releases. Now you know why these guys are upset. WrestleMania is the biggest home video release of the year and everyone looks forward to getting those checks.
They should instead have deleted the complete Total Divas inspired Cena-Boy/Bella Bimbo vs. Mizzy and Maryse segment..especially the horrible fake and crappy “performed” proposal.
No need to delete anything, adding an extra disc would’ve solved the problem.
doesn’t the UK release prove that an extra disc wouldn’t be needed, at least not for the bluray version?
It is all a load of BS.. A blu-ray disc can easily have about 5-6 hours of content without lowering the quality in sound and picture.
Segment never should have happend in the first place..but, its of course Cena and the “Reality”-TV era, so how could it be any different.
Totally agree as it wouldn’t have killed them to add an extra disc to really make the set complete and special, but that’s just outright laziness on their home video department.
Exactly. And they could have included the NXT TakeOver: Orlando show on the extra disc also. No good reason why they couldn’t do that.
Tell the retailers to order a 4 disc set ahead of time then
Its not up to the retailers. WWE can include as many discs as they want.
That is incorrect sir. I work in retail, it’s up to the stores beforehand
It’s up to the retailers if they choose to carry it, it’s not up to them how many discs WWE includes. WWE can include 10 discs if they want, and the retailers then decide if they want to carry it or not. If they don’t then WWE can sell it somewhere else, like on their own website or Amazon. And honestly I haven’t seen many retail stores carrying WWE releases the way they did a few years ago anyway. Best Buy for example has almost no wrestling section anymore. But that’s more a sign of the times than it is a wrestling thing. The DVD/BR section in Best Buy has shrunk drastically over the last few years.
You people give me a headache sometimes
I know. I get one trying to keep track of how many times you post under a different name.
I know right??
Preordered my copy of the Seth Rollins DVD this morning!