ElementZ

A great deal of information has surfaced regarding the long-talked about "History of the WWE Championship" DVD (release date 12/28/04). Apparently this is to be a MONSTER sized boxed set containing 14 DVDs, 110 matches (title switches/defenses), a 250-page hardcover book and a full size replica Championship belt.

No info on extras or anything, just the matches on each disc. If everything I saw is true then this will be a must own.

DISC ONE:
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Waldo Von Erich (Heavyweight Wrestling From Washington, 11/11/65)
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Smasher Sloan (Heavyweight Wrestling From Washington, 8/25/66)
-Ivan Koloff vs. Pedro Morales (Madison Square Garden, 2/8/71)
-Pedro Morales vs. George "The Animal" Steele (Madison Square Garden, 6/30/73)
-Stan "The Man" Stasiak vs. Bruno Sammartino (Madison Square Garden, 12/10/73)
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski (Madison Square Garden, 4/29/74)
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Spiros Arion (Greek Death Match, 4/14/75)
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen (Madison Square Garden, 4/26/76)
-Sammartino vs. Hansen; steel cage rematch for the WWE Championship (Madison Square Garden, 8/7/76)

DISC TWO:
-Bruno Sammartino vs. Superstar Billy Graham (Baltimore, MD, 4/30/77)
-Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bruno Sammartino (Madison Square Garden, 8/1/77)
-Superstar Billy Graham vs. Dusty Rhodes (Texas Death Match, 10/24/77)
-Superstar Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund (Madison Square Garden, 2/20/78 )
-Bob Backlund vs. Strong Kobayashi (Championship Wrestling, 5/17/78 )
-Bob Backlund vs. "High Chief" Peter Maivia (steel cage match, 1/22/79)
-Bob Backlund vs. Antonio Inoki (Takoshima, Japan, 11/30/79)
-Antonio Inoki vs. Bob Backlund rematch (Tokyo, Japan, 12/6/79)
-Bob Backlund vs. Big Bad Bobby Duncum (Madison Square Garden, 12/17/79)

DISC THREE:
-WWE Champion Bob Backlund vs. NWA Champion Harley Race (Madison Square Garden, 9/22/80)
-Bob Backlund vs. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (Madison Square Garden, 10/19/81)
-Backlund vs. Valentine rematch (Madison Square Garden, 11/23/81)
-Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka (steel cage match, 6/18/82)
-Bob Backlund vs. Iron Sheik (Madison Square Garden, 12/26/83)
-Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan (Madison Square Garden, 1/23/84)
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Dr. D" David Schultz (Minneapolis, MN, 6/17/84)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper (MTV's The War To Settle The Score, 2/18/85)
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (steel cage match; WrestleMania 2, 4/7/86)

DISC FOUR:
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff (steel cage match; Saturday Night's Main Event, 1/3/87)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (WrestleMania III, 3/29/87)
-Hulk Hogan vs. King Harley Race (Texas Death Match, 6/6/87)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (The Main Event, 2/5/88 )
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (WWE Championship tournament final; WrestleMania IV, 3/27/88 )
-Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase (WrestleFest, 7/31/88 )
-"Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania V, 4/2/89)
-Hulk Hogan vs. "Macho King" Randy Savage (The Main Event, 2/23/90)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (WrestleMania VI, 4/1/90)

DISC FIVE:
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Ravishing Rick Rude (steel cage match; SummerSlam, 8/27/90)
-Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter (Royal Rumble, 1/19/91)
-Sgt. Slaughter vs. Hulk Hogan WrestleMania VII, 3/24/91)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter (Desert Storm Match, 6/3/91)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker (Survivor Series, 11/27/91)
-Undertaker vs. Hulk Hogan (Tuesday In Texas, 12/3/91)
-Ric Flair wins the WWE Championship in the Royal Rumble (1/19/92)

DISC SIX:
-Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (WrestleMania VIII, 4/5/92)
-Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair (Hershey, PA, 9/1/92)
-Ric Flair vs. Bret "Hit Man" Hart (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 10/12/92)
-Bret "Hit Man" Hart vs. Razor Ramon (Royal Rumble, 1/24/93)
-Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna, Hulk Hogan wins the WWE Championship (WrestleMania IX, 4/4/93)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (King of the Ring, 6/13/93)
-Yokozuna vs. Undertaker (casket match; Royal Rumble, 1/22/94)
-Yokozuna vs. Bret Hart (WrestleMania X, 3/20/94)

DISC SEVEN:
-Bret Hart vs. the 1-2-3 Kid (Raw, 7/1/94)
-Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (Action Zone, 10/23/94)
-Bret Hart vs. Mr. Bob Backlund (submission match; Survivor Series, 11/23/94)
-Mr. Bob Backlund vs. Diesel (Madison Square Garden, 11/26/94)
-Diesel vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania XI, 4/2/95)
-Diesel vs. Bret Hart (No Disqualifications, No Countouts; Survivor Series, 11/19/95)

DISC EIGHT:
-Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (Iron Man Match; WrestleMania XII, 3/31/96)
-Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (In Your House: Mind Games, 9/22/96)
-Shawn Michaels vs. Sycho Sid (Survivor Series, 11/17/96)
-Sycho Sid vs. Shawn Michaels (Royal Rumble, 1/19/97)
-Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Undertaker vs. Vader (fatal four way; In Your House: Final Four, 2/16/97)
-Bret Hart vs. Sycho Sid (Raw, 2/17/97)
-Sycho Sid vs. Undertaker (WrestleMania 13, 3/23/97)

DISC NINE:
-Undertaker vs. Vader (In Your House: Canadian Stampede, 7/6/97)
-Undertaker vs. Bret Hart (SummerSlam, 8/3/97)
-Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (Survivor Series, 11/9/97)
-Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WrestleMania XIV, 3/29/98 )
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Dude Love (Over the Edge, 5/31/98 )
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kane (first blood match; King of the Ring, 6/28/98 )
-Kane vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (Raw, 6/29/98 )

DISC TEN:
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Undertaker vs. Kane (Break Down, 9/27/98 )
-Mankind vs. The Rock (WWE Championship tournament final; Survivor Series, 11/15/98 )
-The Rock vs. Mankind (Raw, 1/4/99)
-Mankind vs. The Rock (I Quit Match; Royal Rumble, 1/24/99)
-The Rock vs. Mankind (empty arena match; Halftime Heat, 1/31/99)
-Mankind vs. The Rock (ladder match; Raw, 2/15/99)
-The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WrestleMania XV, 3/28/99)
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Undertaker (Over the Edge, 5/23/99)
-Undertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (Raw, 6/28/99)

DISC ELEVEN:
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mankind vs. Triple H (SummerSlam, 8/22/99)
-Mankind vs. Triple H (Raw, 8/23/99)
-Triple H vs. Mr. McMahon (SmackDown!, 9/14/99)
-Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Mankind vs. Big Show vs. British Bulldog vs. Kane (six-pack challenge with Stone Cold Steve Austin as special referee; Unforgiven, 9/26/99)
-Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Big Show (Survivor Series, 11/14/99)
-Big Show vs. Triple H (Raw, 1/3/00)

DISC TWELVE:
-Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (Hell In A Cell; No Way Out, 2/27/00)
-Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Mick Foley vs. Big Show (WrestleMania XVI, 4/2/00)
-Triple H, Mr. McMahon, and Shane McMahon vs. The Rock, Undertaker, and Kane (Triple H's WWE Championship on the line; King of the Ring, 6/25/00)
-The Rock vs. Kurt Angle (No Mercy, 10/22/00)
-Kurt Angle vs. The Rock (No Way Out, 2/25/01)
-The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WrestleMania X-Seven, 4/1/01)
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle (Unforgiven, 9/23/01)
-Kurt Angle vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (Raw, 10/8/01)


DISC THIRTEEN:
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho (WWE/WCW Title unification; Vengeance, 12/9/01)
-Chris Jericho vs. Triple H (WrestleMania X8, 3/17/02)
-Triple H vs. Hulk Hogan (Backlash, 4/21/02)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (Raw, 5/13/02)
-Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker (Judgement Day, 5/19/02)
-Undertaker vs. The Rock vs. Kurt Angle (Vengeance, 7/21/02)
-The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar (SummerSlam, 8/25/02)
-Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show (Survivor Series, 11/17/02)

DISC FOURTEEN:
-Big Show vs. Kurt Angle (Armageddon, 12/15/02)
-Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (Royal Rumble, 1/19/03)
-Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania XIX, 3/30/03)
-Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle vs. Big Show (Vengeance, 7/27/03)
-Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (Iron Man Match; SmackDown!, 9/16/03)
-Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero (No Way Out, 2/15/04)
-Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania XX, 3/14/04)
-Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL (Texas Bullrope Match; The Great American Bash, 6/27/04)

http://www.livejournal.com/community...ng/109614.htm.

KnightLerxst

Holy ****ing shit!!!

That can not be true...no way...no how!!!

Corvin

I'm not really into wrestling, but. . .wow.

KnightLerxst

If it is true...I hope they sell it without the belt...that would make the price way too sky high...

nodeerforamonth

I don't believe this. The link is dead. And I don't know if a "livejournal" entry counts as a "news source".

I can't see the WWE putting out something this extensive. It's going to cost a fortune and they wouldn't put out something like this unless they could get a ton of sales off it. That's too many disks at once for the average buyer and it's just going to encourage bootlegs, which the WWE is cracking down on pretty hard these days.

BUT, I'm going to start saving my money now, just in case.

I'd rather see a history of the NWA title though.

Dan1boy

Jiminy Christmas....!

Talk about comprehensive....but will I have to refinance my condo to afford it??

Mike Lowrey

Geez, I've never bought a Wrestling video before in my life, but this set I may consider getting if the price ain't too outrageous.

nodeerforamonth

This is going to cost $500, at least, if true.

As far as I know, the WWE is planning on a best of Four Horsemen disk for the end of the year and a History of ECW set (2005). Eddie Guerrero 2 disk set comes out next month.

Randy Miller III

I don't know about this. It would make much more sense to release these as individual volumes, without the box or any other fancy replica stuff. That way, they could continue to release volumes as the years went on...and it would be much easier for more casual fans to pick and choose.

MovieMaster11

These specs. sound like total bullshit. This has been listed as a 12/31/04 release date and the retail is $24.95. This will probablly just be a WWE documentary of the championship over the years with a select few matches thrown in as extras.
Source:http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=53095

robsul82

I really don't think that's true, lol...it'd be at least $500 and it'd be a VERY limited buying audience.

Later.

RJS

Tarantino

That's a lot of netflix right there...

nodeerforamonth

Sounds like the "livejournal" source was just a wish list, not reality. I read all the pro-wrestling sites and subscribe to some of the trade sheets, and I never heard of anything this extensive.

chente

Wow, that would be totally cool but it sounds very fishy to me.

Bill Geiger

I heard the history of the title (WWE/WWF) is scheduled to be only 2 discs. pwinisder.com mentioned this this afternoon.

JoeyOhhhh

14 disc set, combined with WWE's markup for DVDs as it is, plus the hardcover book and replica belt make this sound like wishful dreaming.

Now if WWE were to put out 7 dual sided disc set with these matches, that would be more reasonable and affordable (without the collectable stuff).

Dr. DVD

Sounds too good to be true, and if it were I hate to think that it will get tainted by ending with JBL as the champion when all is said and done. I know it is current, but couldn't they wait until somebody better is champ or end it with Eddie?

fumanstan

I dont believe it, but it would be sweet

superdeluxe

Hrmm..i'd pay a 100$ for a 14 disc set like that ;-)

realsandman420

i have to go change my pants.......

Ruderic

Sounds amazing but it reminds me of when the Ric Flair DVD was about to come out they listed about 15-20 additional matches that were later not on the set.

Mike Lowrey

I haven't watched Smackdown in quite a while, and so I'm not up on what the deal is with JBL. Why did he switch to become, uh, what do they call the badguys? Loved him as Bradshaw. He used to be on Fox News' Saturday business block and knew what he was talking about.

nickmondo1

Thats such BS, I wish that stuff would come out but sadly its just some mark trying to make stuff up.

The Cow

Well, your thread title is true...

"This can't be true"

thegame370

Either way, the 2 Disc version sounds cool as well, i really enjoy the WWe/WWf documentaries.