The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment [Blu-ray]

History of the WWE
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DISC 1

Documentary

Beginnings
Bruno Sammartino
The Northeast
Stars of the 70s
Titan Takeover
Hulkamania
First WrestleMania
Saturday Night's Main Event
WrestleMania III
PPV Expansion
Steroid Trial
New Generation
Monday Night RAW
Monday Night War
Montreal
Attitude Era
Tragedy in Kansas City
SmackDown
Expansion
Brand Extension
WrestleMania Stadiums
Hall of Fame
WWE Studios
Securing the Future
50 Years

DISC 2

WWE Championship Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. "Superstar" Billy Graham
Baltimore, MD * April 30, 1977

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
WrestleMania III * March 29, 1987

Royal Rumble Match
Royal Rumble * January 24, 1988

First Episode of Raw
Koko B. Ware vs. Yokozuna
RAW * January...

Half A Century Of Sports Entertainment
When the name "wrestling" is said in the general public, the number one word association with that is World Wrestling Entertainment as it's had a 50 year history full of ups & downs as far as expansion & making history in more ways than one so here's WWE telling their own story about their history. You'll hear from various superstars & other personalities throughout the presentation such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, NBC executive Dick Ebersol, Bruno Sammartino, James J. Dillion, The Blackjacks (Mulligan & Lanza), Captain Lou Albano, George Steele, Ken Patera, Chief Jay Strongbow, Fabulous Moolah, Jimmy Valant, Ivan Koloff, Mr. Fuji, Arnold Skaaland, Harley Race, Pat Patterson, Stan Hansen, Rocky Johnson, Mike Tyson, Triple H, Mad Dog Vachon, Sgt. Slaughter, Larry Zbyszko, Paul Bearer, Bob Backlund, Tony Chimel, Ernie Ladd, Ric Flair, Don Muraco, Linda McMahon, Jack & Gerald Brisco, Gene Okerland, Hulk Hogan, Freddie Blassie, Roddy Piper, The Rock, Bret Hart, S.D. Jones, Jake Roberts,...

History of the WWE was a missed opportunity
"The History of the WWE" is a three-disc set consisting of a two-hour documentary (Disc 1) and fourteen matches or highlights from WWE programming (Discs 2 and 3). The video and audio quality of the matches and television highlights are consistent with other WWE DVDs and constrained by the eras in which they were originally recorded.

The documentary is a linear history of the WWE, from the early 1960s to the present day. For a long-time WWE fan, the highlight of the documentary is the first twenty minutes. It reviews an era that has not been mined by previous WWE DVD releases. There are chapters on Jess McMahaon and Vince McMahon, Sr. building the company, Bruno Sammartino's reign as champion, and the company's dominance in the northeast United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Highlights of these sections are interviews with key figures--Sammartino, Jimmy Valiant, Larry Zybsko and Bob Backlund,--who have not appeared on previous releases. These interviews and clips of...

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