Go get your Judgement Day Blockbuster Exclusive today while its still newly released! Im pretty sure it can easily be snatched just asked the clerk stationed to check in their nearby cabinets or drawers for it!


I found another article (back in 2006) that these WWE Blockbuster Exclusives were part of the Weinstein/Blockbuster deal too.

DVDTALK thread Reference please click linkk: Blockbuster/Weinstein Exclusive Deal

And this made it so interesting about the WWE Blockbuster "sealed copies" since the Weinstein regular movie DVD deals were all "rental"/"Opened" and "Not for resale".

Lucky for those who obtained the 1st two releases. Its so limited having it sealed and with that 1st release of exclusive emblem from Blockbuster (the "circle" one - found in No Way Out and Royal Rumble) thats an excellent catch!


http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2006/2006_10_17.jsp

Genius Products and World Wrestling Entertainment Form New Tag Team
McMahons and Bob and Harvey Weinstein Form a Powerful Entertainment Partnership

October 17, 2006
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Genius Products, LLC. has entered into a multi-year agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), to be the exclusive home entertainment distributor of all WWE DVD titles, effective November 1, 2006, a partnership that lays the foundation for a "Smackdown" on the entertainment industry.

The announcement was made today by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairmen of The Weinstein Company, the majority owner of Genius Products, and Vince McMahon, WWE's Chairman, along with Genius Products' Trevor Drinkwater, President and CEO, Genius Products' Stephen K. Bannon, Chairman, and WWE's Shane McMahon, Executive Vice President, Global Media, and Donna Goldsmith, Executive Vice President, Consumer Products.

"Home entertainment is a major part of the WWE's business, and we believe we have found in Genius a company that understands our brand and will help us continue to drive our company's growth," said Vince McMahon. "Bob and Harvey Weinstein have a tremendous track record. We're excited about this partnership and its long-term potential."

WWE has successfully used its core businesses of live events, pay-per-view, and producing television content for broadcast and cable networks to establish a vibrant global brand with a presence in more than 130 countries. The company has significantly expanded its line of popular licensed consumer products, such as video games, toys, books and magazines, to territories around the world. WWE is focused on spreading its sports entertainment content to new media platforms, and has experienced success with subscription video on demand, broadband and mobile services, online advertising and ecommerce. It also has created a film division focused on the production of feature films, and other film and television projects.

Bob Weinstein noted, "WWE is not simply a brand; it is an American Icon. Harvey and I very much relate to Vince McMahon's entrepreneurial style and entertainment philosophy. We love what Vince has done in making WWE the leading sports entertainment franchise in the world, and we are very interested in expanding our relationship beyond DVD distribution to other facets of WWE's global entertainment empire. We view our relationship with WWE as a major alliance with great growth potential."

Shane McMahon added, "The entrepreneurial spirit of our two organizations is very similar. We look forward to the potential of working together on a wide array of future projects to include a line of co-produced direct-to-video movies."

WWE has seen particular success in offering its content in the DVD format, and its home entertainment business has successfully bucked the industry trend of flattening DVD sales. In 2006, 10 of WWE's DVD releases achieved the No. 1 position on the Sports DVD charts, according to Nielsen VideoScan. WRESTLEMANIA® 22 debuted at No. 5 among all DVD releases in the U.S. and is now the No. 1 best-selling WWE DVD of all-time. Home entertainment revenue accounted for $42 million, or 10 percent, of WWE's revenues for fiscal year 2006, more than double from the prior fiscal year.

Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Genius will be the exclusive U.S. distributor for all WWE DVDs. New releases will include content from WWE's 90,000-hour video library, the largest of its kind in the world, featuring content from RAW®, SmackDown!® and ECW® (Extreme Championship Wrestling(tm)), pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania, and past and present Superstar profiles, among others. The deal was negotiated by Trevor Drinkwater and Mitchell Budin, EVP Sales for Genius, and Joel Satin, Senior Director, Home Entertainment and Publishing, for WWE.

Genius assumes distribution for WWE's titles on November 1, 2006. The first title to be distributed features one of WWE's greatest legends, BORN TO CONTROVERSY: THE RODDY PIPER(tm) STORY (November 14, 2006, street date). This will be followed by THE SPECTACULAR LEGACY OF THE AWA® (November 21, 2006, street date) and the RAW brand's pay-per-view, WWE CYBER SUNDAY(tm) 2006 (December 5, 2006, street date). Genius will release a minimum of 25 new titles in 2007, with additional plans to exploit WWE's DVD catalog of more than 100 titles.

In making the announcement, Drinkwater noted, "The WWE has transformed sports entertainment into a cultural phenomenon through broadcasting, live events and the Superstar icons they create, which are brands unto themselves. We are honored to be associated with a global brand such as WWE. The company continues to expand its presence in the marketplace through creative programming and brand-building, which, in turn, helps provide for unique, high-quality DVD programs."

Added Donna Goldsmith, "Our DVD titles continue to dominate the sports category and to grow in popularity. With Genius and its team of savvy, experienced industry veterans, we will continue this track record of performance and expand upon it."

The momentum behind the WWE further strengthens Genius' rapidly growing library of sports and entertainment content. Over the past year, Genius has been strategically expanding its position in the industry through the introduction of new brands and strategic content provider partnerships across key power alleys such as Sports and Fitness and Lifestyle, now complemented by WWE and ESPN.

Steve Bannon added, "Our partnership with WWE validates our thesis of building a company with major studio infrastructure/supply chain and independent studio attitude and aggressiveness. WWE has demonstrated its confidence in Genius' ability to achieve broad retail distribution with a 'best in class' philosophy. Partnerships with this caliber of company will enable Genius to deliver long-term shareholder value."

Picked up the only Judgment Day at Blockbuster today. They had 2 copies of each other 4 exclusives in the new dvd section.

What exactly is on the Judgment Day 2007 bonus disc???

Manager at mine said he got a Rumble, a couple Backlashes and a No Way Out with his shipment that Judgment Day came in.

So are these sealed BBV copies going to be pretty rare or what?

While in the store this morning I purchased Judgment Day 07 sealed and they had Royal Rumble 07 sealed so I grabbed that even though I already have the anthology.

Do you guys really think they're worth double-dipping for and should I keep the BBV Judgment Day sealed and buy a copy at Bbuy to open and watch?

Just looking for opinions! Thanks!
Shane

Just what a few people said:



contains the Edge - Taker match and footage from afterwards. 34 minutes.

It just depends what you want to do. It doesn't matter how rare something is if you don't ever want to sell it. If you never want to watch the great cage match and title change, that's fine too. If you're one of the guys on here that wants a sealed copy of every possible release and bonus, do that. Me, I'm never selling my dvds, I like watching matches, I like having the cage match to watch, I opened mine in the car. I think it's going to take a while to determine how rare they end up being. My Blockbuster got a shipment with some of the earlier releases this week. Whether they're trying to clear out the warehouse making them rare eventually, or whether they're doing more printings, and making them available longer, who knows.

Again, I will pay sticker price, shipping, plus $7 for anyone who can get me a sealed Judgment Day Blockbuster version. I REALLY don't want to drive an hour and a half for this. Email me at jkglazner AT hotmail DOT com

Now we wait and see if One night stand on july 3rd will carry a bonus disc.

I plan to keep mine sealed. Can you tell me if there's any other xtra's besides the ppv event on the dvd. I read on the fye website that there was supposed to be a bonus match & exclusive interview clips on the dvd. Thanks for info.

Fye Prod. Description....

Shawn Michaels 3 disc set:
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...cart=557411810

PLEASE let there be NO duplicate matches carried over from the "FROM THE VAULT" release. There are so many great HBK matches, and no reason to keep rehashing the same damn stuff.

what are the wwe releases for july? only the One night stand dvd?

I bet there will be duplicate matches

None of the Blockbusters around me got any copies of Judgement Day today. So, I bought it off their website. My question is, will it be the exclusive version or the regular version. Because if it's the regular, I'll return it for a refund. Please could someone let me know. Thanks.

We have no idea, but as soon as you get yours, please let us know.

Can anyone tell me the number on the spines of both the normal version of Judgment Day, and the Blockbuster version? That would help me out a lot. Thanks in advance.

you will get the exclusive version

Thanks Xage. I hope you're right.

Hope it includes the IC title match against Jarrett. A sorely underrated and forgotten match.

Actually i think there is a mistake on the FYE site, the exclusive clips on the DVD are:

- Teddy Long & Kristal celebrate w/ MVP and his entourage
- Todd Grisham Interviews Randy Orton post match
- The New Breed Story

Those are what they probably mean by "exclusive interview clips", i don't think there is an extra match and is likely a typo. The ones that FYE are selling are probably the same as other retail stores except Blockbuster of course.

That would be awesome, also his match with Sid at Survivor Series 96 and Vader at Summerslam 96 would be great if it was included.

I think they might also add his 55 minute epic match with Cena on RAW in England.

You are indeed correct there!

I came from FYE, Suncoast and Sam Goodys (TWEC stores) and all of their Judgement Day for sale are the common ones. It was only Blockbuster who have Exclusive Bonus disc for this PPV to DVD release.

Well if it is not on the Michaels DVD it will be on the new Cena DVD for sure.

Can I ask how you know this for sure?