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The History of the WWE Championship

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If you notice most of these matches have already been placed on, "Best Of" DVDs, hell.... I already have ALL of the third disk matches on different DVDs that I collected over the years! For me I am spliiting the collection with a friend of mine and am keeping the older matches while he gets the newer ones [new fan]
However if you are a new fan of wrestling, or who doesn't mind buying matches you already own [like me] this is still a strongly recommended DVD collection

Heres the list of matches:

DISK 1

Ivan Koloff vs. Pedro Morales

Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski

Bruno Sammartino vs. "Superstar" Billy Graham

"Superstar" Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund

Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine

Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter

Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan

Steel Cage Match
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy

Steel Cage Match
Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant [Wrestlemania 3]

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant

Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Hulk Hogan

DISK 2

Wrestlemania
Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior [Champion vs. Champion]

Summerslam 94
Steel Cage Match
Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart [One of the best steel cage matches ever! After the match all of Bret and Owen's family members try to climb the cage to stop Owen from beating up Bret, its pretty crazy.]

Wrestlemania 12
Iron Man Match
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michales [Great match but which longtime fan doesn't own this already?]

Mind Games
Shawn Michales vs. Mankind [Same comment for the Iron Man Match. Shawn does a cross body to Mankind at one point and both men fall through a table at ringside! The Undertaker makes an apperance near the end.]

Wrestlemania 14
Shawn Michales vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin [The Austin Era Has Begun!!!...to quote Jim Ross. Mike Tyson was funny to watch during the match.]

DISK 3

Royal Rumble 2000
Street Fight
HHH vs. Cactus Jack [Great, great match. Thumtacks, chairs, steel steps, barbed wire baseball bats, handcuffs....great match. The Rock makes an appearance as does Stephanie McMahon near the end.]

Summerslam 2000
Triple Threat Match
The Rock vs. HHH vs. Kurt Angle [Great match that had a lot of interference with Stephanie McMahon and a botched table spot near the beginning...watch the crowd explode when the Rock appears. Great moment when Angle turned on HHH after telling Stephanie he'd help her husband.]

Wrestlemania 17
The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin [The second of the three times the two fought at a Wrestlemania, and their best one of the three. Austin's heel turn is pulled off greatly]

Vengeance 2001
Undisputed Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho [Finally, Jericho wins the title he deserved more than once! Hopefully the celebration at the end will also be included!]

Vengeance 2002
Triple Threat Match
The Rock vs. The Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle [Three of the best made a fantastic match, one of the match of the year candidates of 2002. Each one hit the other's finishing move on the third man! Try to envision what I just said! ha ha. The Rock wins his last title]

Summerslam 2002
Undisputed Championship Match
The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar [Okay match to show Brock become the youngest [at that time] champion in history] Paul Heyman gets Rock Bottomed through the announce table!]

Royal Rumble 2003
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit [The best one on one wrestling match in 2003. This is the match i watch over and over again. Best moment was when Benoit german suplexed Angle all the way over so Angle did a 360 turn in midair!
The crowd appreciation for Benoit at the end of the match SHOULD be included to show how much Benoit and Angle entertained the audience]

Vengeance 2005
Triple Threat Match
John Cena vs. Christain vs. Chris Jericho [Good match, this was when Cena was untouchable but the crowd was evenly split for all three men. A great Tower of Doom moment in one corner of the ring.]

There you have it. For me, I would have liked to have seen different matches rather than getting HBK/Mankind, Iron Man Match at WM12 again. And also there were way too many Hogan matches for my taste. I would have liked to have seen other rare matches such as:

The Rock vs. Mankind - I Quit Match
Cactus Jack vs. Triple H, Hell in a Cell - No Way Out 2000
Chris Benoit vs. The Rock - Fully Loaded 2000
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit - Smackdown 2001
Rob Van Dam vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle - No Mercy 2001
The Rock vs. Chris Jericho - Royal Rumble 2002
The Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy, Ladder Match - Raw 2002
Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle, Iron Man Match - Smackdown 2003

And why aren't there any matches with Eddie Guerrero? What about these matches:

Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar - No Way Out 2004
Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle - Wrestlemania 20
Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL, Steel Cage Match - Smackdown 2004

Oh well, maybe these will be on other DVDs one day. If you are an old fan of wrestling, probably the only matches you might be interested in are in the first disk, but I still recommend this DVD for the collection of great matches. Show your friends who think wrestling is stupid this DVD collection and prove them all wrong!!!!

Highly Recommended

First, I want to thank the WWE for FINALLY letting Jim Ross host a DVD, especially one as important as this one. Jim Ross hosts this 3 disc retrospective look at the history of the WWE title. Most of the important moments are covered as Ross provides facts and information regarding the title's history inbetween select matches.

Before I get into the matches and the production, I want to comment on the DVD package. This DVD set is packaged in a high quality digipak that resembles a book. It also includes a foldout insert showing a detailed timeline of all the WWE champions, with info on their title wins. When you unfold this insert, you'll notice how few people have actually held the WWE title, it's a prestigous honor indeed.

Now, for the DVD matches themselves. Many have complained that too many of these matches have already been released a million times on DVD. This is true, however, there are some that are making their DVD debut, thus making the set worth picking up. Now, my only complaint is that I would have left off the Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart Iron Man Match from WM XII, Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind from Mindgames INYH and the Rock vs. Triple H vs. Kurt Angle from SummerSlam 2000 and would have replaced them with Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair (Bret's first WWE Title win), the Rock's first WWE title win against Mankind in the Survivor Series tournament finals and the Iron Man Match between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar. All 3 of these matches would be making their DVD debuts, and in my opinion, really would've sparked interest in this set. For example, many (not just myself) feel that the Iron Man Match between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar from Smackdown! was perhaps the best match that both men had in the WWE.
Other than that, it's hard to argue with the match selection that was chosen. Also, on disc one, there is a timeline video that shows every title change...ever. Each clip ranges from 3 to 10 seconds, but it's really cool to sit back and see how the title and the WWE changed over time. Plus, it's fun to try and remember each event and the circumstances behind each title change.

If you don't have these matches on other DVD sets, than this is a must buy. The presentation and detailed information from Jim Ross is priceless. Also, if you were wondering, they did NOT cut Jesse Ventura's audio from the matches he called, THANK GOD! The WWF attitude era logo is still blurred, but that will ALWAYS be the case from now on, after the WWE's legal loss to the World Wildlife Fund.

After seeing this, I really hope that we'll see a set, hosted by Jim Ross, devoted to the History of the World Title. Now, that warrants a 6 disc box set, due to that title's long and rich history! Flair vs. Sting, Flair vs. Rick Rude... the list goes on.

In my opinion, this will be one of the greatest collections that WWE has ever realeased.The History of The WWE Championship collection relives great moments such as Chris Jericho shocking the world and becoming the 1st ever Undisputed Champion, Steve Austin defeating Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 14, Bret Hart fighting his little brother Owen in a Steel Cage Match, the wrestling clinic between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit at Royal Rumble 2003, and a lot more.This collection is for all types of fans.If you like classic matches then look at Disc one, If you like the matches of the late 90s then look at Disc two, and if you like modern slobber knockers then look at Disc three.I recommend this collection to any WWE fan.Here is the entire card:

Disc One:

Pedro Morales vs. Ivan Koloff 2/8/71
Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski 4/29/74
Bruno Sammartino vs. Superstar Graham 4/30/77
Superstar Graham vs. Bob Backlund 2/20/78
Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine 1/16/82
Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan 1/23/84
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy 4/5/86
Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff 1/3/87



Disc Two

Hogan vs. Andre 3/29/87
Hogan vs. Andre 2/5/88
Hogan vs. Randy Savage 4/2/89
Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior 4/1/90
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart cage match 8/29/94
Michaels vs. Mankind 9/22/96
Michaels vs. Steve Austin 3/29/98
HHH vs. Cactus Jack 1/23/00


Disc Three:

Rock vs. HHH vs. Kurt Angle 8/27/00
Rock vs. Austin 4/1/01
Austin vs. Jericho 12/9/01
Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Angle 7/21/02
Rock vs. Brock Lesnar 8/25/02
Angle vs. Chris Benoit 1/19/03
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Christian 6/2/05

Extras: Superstar interviews, promo packages, and music videos.

Please tell me if my review was helpful or not.

I was waiting for this DVD since the voting began to decide the matches on wwe.com and I was so excited when it was finally released. Then I read the matches (in case no one has posted it yet or you want to read it again)
Disc 1

1. WWWF Championship Match
Ivan Koloff vs. Pedro Morales
Madison Square Garden - 2/8/71
2. WWWF Championship Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski
Madison Square Garden - 4/29/74
3. WWWF Championship Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. "Superstar" Billy Graham
Baltimore, Md 4/30/77
4. WWWF Championship Match
"Superstar" Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund
Madison Square Garden - 2/20/78
5. WWE Championship Match
Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine
Philadelphia, PA - 1/16/82
6. WWE Championship Match
Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter
Madison Square Garden - 5/23/83
7. WWE Championship Match
Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan
Madison Square Garden -1/23/84
8. Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy
Wrestlemania 2 - 4/5/86
9. Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event - 1/3/87
10. WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
Wrestlemania III -3/29/87
11. WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
The Main Event - 2/5/88
12. WWE Championship Match
Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Hulk Hogan
Wrestlemania V - 4/2/89

Disc 2

1. WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior
Wrestlemania VI - 4/1/90
2. Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
Summerslam - 8/29/94
3. Iron Man Match For The WWE Championship
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
Wrestlemania Xii - 3/31/98
4. WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind
In Your House: Mind Games - 9/22/96
5. WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestlemania XIV - 3/29/98

Disc 3

1. Street Fight For The WWE Championship
Triple H vs. Cactus Jack
Royal Rumble - 1/23/00
2. Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Kurt Angle
Summerslam - 8/27/00
3. WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestlemania X-7 - 4/1/01
4. Undisputed WWE Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho
Vengeance- 12/9/01
5. Triple Threat Match For The Undisputed WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle
Vengeance - 7/21/02
6. Undisputed WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar
Summerslam - 8/25/02
7. WWE Championship Match
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
Royal Rumble - 1/19/03
8. Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Christian
Vengeance - 6/26/05

Disc 1 is like opening a buried treasure chest filled with classic matches that have never been on DVD with the exception of the wrestlemania matches. At first this is fun to watch and the matches are good but you lose interest in them fast because of the very slow old school style. The matches they chose also are not some of the greatest choices either (Backlund vs Slaughter for example is not as good as it sounds). And of course there is Hogan all over this DVD, even tho he has had two separate DVDs already. Disc 2 finally has Hart vs HBK in their ironman match and that is superb. Disc 3 is not bad but again, alot of the matches are still so new and easily available for purchase separately. Many people complain about the matches they want not being chosen and I would do that too but no one will ever agree. But there is a general concession of what should not be on this DVD set and why it was left in is a mystery.
Nonetheless, this DVD is worth buying mostly for the history of the first disc and the ironman match on disc 2. If you are a hardcore wwe and wrestling fan, get this. If not, pass on it and wait till it goes down in price.

This is the first DVD review I've done for a DVD that honestly, I haven't purchased & don't intent to purchase for the fact that I think WWE dropped the ball for the release because if you have alot of the other DVD's that WWE has released over the past couple of years then there's not enough on here to appeal to you.

They had the chance to pick matches that were more important to the history of the WWWF/WWF/WWE & more rare matches that haven't been released to DVD yet. However (not including the WrestleMania Anthology & PPV only DVD's), 14 of these matches have been released on DVD already (in some cases, 2-4 seperate DVD sets) or already scheduled for DVD sets within the coming months (like Hogan's anthology).

Matches such as the finals of the first WWF Title tournament at WM4 (Savage vs. Dibiase) or even the finals of the second tournament (Rock vs. Mankind); one of the WWF Champion vs. NWA Champion matches from the late 70's-early 80's (ala Backlund or Graham vs. Harley Race), Bret Hart's 1st WWF title win against Ric Flair in Canada, Rock vs. Triple H from either Backlash or Judgment Day 2000's Ironman Match. Austin vs. Undertaker at either SummerSlam '98 or Over The Edge '99 (which was never released due to Owen's death that night)...and how can you forget about the one WWF Title match that changed the business forever; Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels from Survivor Series '97? Even classic title matches from RAW/SmackDown such as the Austin/Taker rematch in July '99 or even the Ironman Match on SmackDown between Kurt Angle & Brock Lesnar.

That would have made this DVD release more worth my money. Anyways, here's the list of matches scheduled to be on this release & I'll review the ones that I have seen and also note which other DVD's you can see most of these matches on.

Disc 1

WWWF Championship Match
Ivan Koloff vs. Pedro Morales
Madison Square Garden - 2/8/71

WWWF Championship Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski
Madison Square Garden - 4/29/74

WWWF Championship Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. "Superstar" Billy Graham
Baltimore, Md 4/30/77
(20 Years Too Soon...Superstar Billy Graham Story)

WWWF Championship Match
"Superstar" Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund
Madison Square Garden - 2/20/78

WWE Championship Match
Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine
Philadelphia, PA - 1/16/82

WWE Championship Match
Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter
Madison Square Garden - 5/23/83

WWE Championship Match
Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan
Madison Square Garden -1/23/84
(Hulk Still Rules & The Hulk Hogan Anthology)
*The match that started Hulkamania. What else needs to be said that hasn't been said about this already for years.

Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy
Wrestlemania 2 - 4/5/86
(WrestleMania Anthology)
*King Kong Bundy was a monster at this time. Hogan was selling his ribs to a tee as Bundy dominated him until Hogan was able to make his comeback.

Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event - 1/3/87
(Highlights of it on the Steel Cage DVD "Bloodbath")

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
Wrestlemania III -3/29/87
(Hulk Still Rules & The Hulk Hogan Anthology)
*The biggest match in the history of professional wrestling as it headlined the 93,000+ indoor attendance record. Just like the Sheik match, there's nothing I can say about this match that hasn't been said for years.

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
The Main Event - 2/5/88
*I remember this match from when I was a kid. This was the big rematch almost a year later that ended in controversy when Ted Dibiase payed off Earl Hebner to replace Dave Hebner in the match causing Hogan to be counted down even when his shoulder was up.

WWE Championship Match
Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Hulk Hogan
Wrestlemania V - 4/2/89
(WrestleMania Anthology & The Hulk Hogan Anthology)
*The Mega Powers Explode. Randy Savage was a real workhorse back then and Hogan knew what to do to get the crowd to react to everything he does. Awesome match with inring storytelling that you rarely see these days.

Disc 2


WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior
Wrestlemania VI - 4/1/90
(Self Destruction Of Ultimate Warrior & The Hulk Hogan Anthology)
*This was at the time the most unique WWF Title match in the companies history. The two most popular wrestlers in the company fought each other in the main event with both the Intercontinental & WWF Title on the line. This was one of the best Ultimate Warrior matches in his lifetime as they just told a great story & this is truely a classic even down the commentary (I don't know if Ventura's voice is still going to be included) where they didn't have a "good guy vs. bad guy" guideline to follow & the fans being split right down the middle.

Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
Summerslam - 8/29/94
(Bloodbath [The Steel Cage DVD])
*Bret Hart said it himself, "We made people forget that a cage match is usually a bloody masscre." This was a classic professional wrestling match to the point to where the cage was only there just to make the moves more high impact.

Iron Man Match For The WWE Championship
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
Wrestlemania Xii - 3/31/98
(WrestleMania Anthology & From The Vault: Shawn Michaels)
*I know this match gets alot a praise but honestly, I could only watch the match once since it became predictable after around 20 mins. that they were just going to wrestle the match straight for one hour instead of actually using the "ironman concept" to tell a story of them one upping each other, I just found myself watching the clock & counting it down.

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind
In Your House: Mind Games - 9/22/96
(From The Vault: Shawn Michaels; Mick Foley: Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops; Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses)
*This was Foley's best match of his career and probably the best match of 1996. HBK's high flyin' lucha libre influenced style mixed with Mankind's hardcore daredevil style made for one hell of a match.

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestlemania XIV - 3/29/98
(WrestleMania Anthology)
*Shawn Michaels was on a high as the leader of D-Generation X but Stone Cold was also becoming the biggest name in WWF. HBK was also working with a bad back injury which you just see in pain throughout the match but it was a great back & forth action match. Mike Tyson on the outside also adds another element to this match. Again, just a great back & forth match.

Disc 3

Street Fight For The WWE Championship
Triple H vs. Cactus Jack
Royal Rumble - 1/23/00
(Triple H: That Damn Good; Triple H: The Game; Mick Foley: Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops; Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses)
*This is the match that catapulted Triple H into the bonified main event superstar that he is today. Thumbtacks, barbed wire, and blood all over the place.

Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Kurt Angle
Summerslam - 8/27/00
(Triple H: That Damn Good)
*Triple H has stated this was the most unusual match he's been in. It's more like HHH vs. The Rock featuring Kurt Angle because Kurt gets beat up & carried to the back before the match really starts. On the "Don't Try This At Home" promos before the start of any WWE video, you'll see a part where HHH tries to pedigree someone on a table but it breaks...this is where that clip came from. HHH & Rock go at it but after this, Kurt comes back & gets involved in the last 5 mins. along with Stephanie McMahon. Again, this match was unusual but every entertaining.

WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestlemania X-7 - 4/1/01
(WrestleMania Anthology)
*Just like Hogan vs. Warrior, the two most popular wrestlers in the company fought each other in the main event but they were in Austin's home state which gave him the slight homefield advantage. Austin & Rock never deliever a bad match & this was no exception. High impact, intense, and just great mix of wrestling & brawling...the ending through was a real shocker at the time.

Undisputed WWE Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho
Vengeance- 12/9/01
*The match itself was just above average due to Jericho already just going through a match with the Rock while Austin had a match with Angle around 15 mins. earlier. The bigger issue here was just Jericho becoming the first Undisputed Champion in decades.

Triple Threat Match For The Undisputed WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle
Vengeance - 7/21/02
(The Rock: Just Bring It Collectors Edition)
*This was one of those triple threat matches that allows everyone to look strong & showcase their dominance at one point or another. When you mix in The Rock, Kurt Angle, and Undertaker...you will never lose there. One of the best triple threats I've seen.

Undisputed WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar
Summerslam - 8/25/02
(Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain)
*The Next Big Thing Had Arrived (then soon left but that's another story...LOL!) The match was absolutely solid from start to finish but the bigger story here was just how through midmatch that the crowd turned on The Rock & were behind Brock Lesnar. This was one of those matches where you knew the result going in but it didn't take away from the great match.

WWE Championship Match
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
Royal Rumble - 1/19/03
(Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story)
*This was a professional wrestling (not sports entertainment) fans dream match. Honestly, this is one of those matches that words would not do it justice. Wanna know how good this was...people were giving both Angle & Benoit standing ovations after the match.

Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Christian
Vengeance - 6/26/05
*Awesome triple threat match with, of course, Tomko tryin' to get his shots in as well. We all know whenever you involve Jericho & Christian in the same match...you'll get something worth watching.


Again, the matches on here weren't bad but again...it's ones that we've seen time after time after time on other various WWE DVD's. They had the chance to pick matches that were more important to the history of the belt & more rare matches that haven't been released to DVD yet. Bottom line, if you don't have alot of these other DVD titles with these matches on it then get it but if your a WWE DVD fan like myself, save your money & pass because it wouldn't be worth it past disc one.

A good DVD set, although I've already noticed a few big things missing:

* Survivor Series '94 - Bret Hart (w/British Bulldog) vs Bob Backlund (w/Owen Hart) - This was the towel match which saw the Bulldog knocked out and unable to throw the towel. Great psychology & story - - why was it not on the DVD?

* Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant in The Main Event - - the match was on the DVD, but they TOTALLY eliminated EVERYTHING post match. They cut the match when Andre surrenders the title. NOTHING about the double refs, etc. Cut out the best part of the story for that match as the match itself was short and really a throwaway.

Some great ones, but really, who doesn't already have most of these matches?
Disc 1

WWWF Championship Match
Ivan Koloff vs. Pedro Morales
Madison Square Garden - 2/8/71

WWWF Championship Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski
Madison Square Garden - 4/29/74

WWWF Championship Match
Bruno Sammartino vs. "Superstar" Billy Graham
Baltimore, Md -- 4/30/77

WWWF Championship Match
"Superstar" Billy Graham vs. Bob Backlund
Madison Square Garden - 2/20/78

WWE Championship Match
Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine
Philadelphia, PA - 1/16/82

WWE Championship Match
Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter
Madison Square Garden - 5/23/83

WWE Championship Match
Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan
Madison Square Garden -1/23/84

Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy
Wrestlemania 2 - 4/5/86

Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event - 1/3/87

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
Wrestlemania III -3/29/87

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant
The Main Event - 2/5/88

WWE Championship Match
Randy "Macho Man" Savage vs. Hulk Hogan
Wrestlemania V - 4/2/89

Disc 2

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior
Wrestlemania VI - 4/1/90

Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
Summerslam - 8/29/94

Iron Man Match For The WWE Championship
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
Wrestlemania Xii - 3/31/98

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind
In Your House: Mind Games - 9/22/96

WWE Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestlemania XIV - 3/29/98

Disc 3

Street Fight For The WWE Championship
Triple H vs. Cactus Jack
Royal Rumble - 1/23/00

Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Triple H vs. Kurt Angle
Summerslam - 8/27/00

WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestlemania X-7 - 4/1/01

Undisputed WWE Championship Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho
Vengeance- 12/9/01

Triple Threat Match For The Undisputed WWE Championship
The Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle
Vengeance - 7/21/02

Undisputed WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar
Summerslam - 8/25/02

WWE Championship Match
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
Royal Rumble - 1/19/03

Triple Threat Match For The WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Christian
Vengeance - 6/26/05

As good as most WWE DVDs are, they have a very annoying nack of dubbing over entrance music (if they include the entrances of matches at all), dubbing out Benoit's name during commentary (when they include a Benoit match), etc....... SO before I make the decision of purchasing this DVD set I would like to know what entrances have been dubbed over or left out.

I would also like to note that the WWE usually does those things above in MOST if not ALL of their dvds ON PURPOSE for reasons unknown, and those dvd negatives above are usually NOT listed in reviews for WWE DVDS, and the last times when I simply try to warn people on Amazon about being careful when purchasing a WWE DVD set, my 1st Amendment Right (to free speech) gets violated by Amazon barring me from posting discussions because I'm "not withing good standings" within the Amazon community, so you guys be the judge.

Honest feedback would be appreciated =)

Great DVD with a lot of classic matches. Let's get to it:

Ivan Koloff vs. Pedro Morales (2/8/71)--This is a hard match to watch due to the quality of the tape. The WWE did do a good job of cleaning it up though. Good match with a near riot when Koloff won the title. I give this match two stars!

Bruno Sammartino vs. Killer Kowalski (4/29/74)--Was never a fan of either of these two. Standard match. I give this match one star!

Bruno Sammartino vs. Superstar Billy Graham (4/30/77)--Pretty good match but very slow. I give this match two stars!

Superstar Graham vs. Bob Backlund (2/20/78)--I hate this match because you only get to see the last 5 minutes maybe. I think the whole match should have been shown, Bob was that good. I give this match a half star!

Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine (1/16/82)--Again, just clips of this match is shown. Why couldn't they show the whole match? I think Bob Backlund is one of the greatest champions ever and should have had these matches shown complete.

Bob Backlund vs. Sgt Slaughter (5/23/83)--This match is complete and is pretty good. It is a very physical match from Backlund which is suprising due to his outstanding wrestling ability. I give this match one and a half stars!

Hulk Hogan vs. Iron Shiek (1/23/84)--Pretty short match, almost a squash match. This was the start of Hulkamania with this one title win. Good match. I give this match two stars!

Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy (4/5/86)--This match was at Wrestlemania 2 in a cage and for some reason I love this match. It did introduce the big blue cage but it was fun to watch. I give this match three stars!

Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff (1/3/87)--This is the cage match from Saturday Night's Main Event and it was a good match. I give this match two stars!

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant(3/29/87)--One of the most infamous matches in the world that featured the "slam heard round the world" in front of over 93,000 fans. This match was good but was overshadowed by the Steamboat/Savage match. Still well worth seeing. I give this match two and a half stars!

Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (2/5/88)--This was front the Main Event and featured the infamous doublecross with the twin referees and Andre stealing the belt from Hogan and selling it to the Million Dollar Man. Classic storyline! I give this match two stars!

Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage (4/2/89)--This is probably their best match together and to me the first real main event of Wrestlemania. This is poetry in motion with not a single flaw. I give this match four stars!

Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (4/1/90)--This is a classic between the two "goody two shoes" going at it. This is probably the Warrior's greatest match and greatest moment from his career. This was Hogan's finest moment as well being able to bring that kind of match out of the Warrior. I give this match four stars!

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (8/29/94)--This is their cage match from Summerslam with their family at ringside. This, to me, is the greatest cage match of all time. I loved this match. I know the match is around 33:00 long and i once did a count of escape attempts of the cage and there was like 38 of them, so if you break that down that's an escpae attempt ever minute of the match with 5 of them left over!! I give this match four stars!

Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)--The infamous Iron Man match from Wrestlemania 12 that delivered. This was a great match from start to finish and even the overtime was very well done. I really at the time of this match don't think that there were two other guys in the WWE who could have pulled this match off like these two did. Very well done. I give this match four stars!

Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (9/22/96)--Awesome match! I still think this is one of the best title matches the WWE ever had. The only thing that ruined it was a DQ ending instead of a clear cut winner by either pinfall or submission. Otherwise, very well done match. I give this match four stars!

Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin (3/29/98)--This is the match we all thought was Shawn's last as his back was put to the test and it took 4 years off his career. Still, this was a good match and the beginning of the Austin era in the WWE. I give this match three stars!

Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (1/23/2000)--This was the street fight from the Rumble and I still consider it to be the best one I have seen. This match had everything from blood, boards wrapped in barbed wire, announce tables breaking, chairs being broken over people and yes thumbtacks! This is a classic. I give this match four stars!

Rock vs. Triple H vs. Kurt Angle (8/27/2000)--Good match but really a one on one encounter as Angle was hurt after about 2 minutes into the match. Still this was ok. I give this match two stars!

Rock vs. Steve Austin (4/1/01)--Great match! This was the second time they would wrestle at Wrestlemania and this one was maybe the best with a lot of blood, counterholds and false finishes this one is a classic. The only problem I have with this match is the ending with Austing and McMahon working together. It came from out of nowhere and left everyone confused. I give this match four stars!

Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho (12/9/01)--This was the match to unify the WCW and WWE world titles. I hate this match because of all the people in all the world to make unified champion they choose Jericho. I like Jericho but if I'm McMahon and i have a choice of Jericho or Austin I'm picking Austin to carry the company. I give this match three stars!

Rock vs. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle (7/21/02)--Great Triple Threat match, maybe the best one done in the WWE. I give this match four stars!

Rock vs. Brock Lesnar (8/25/02)--Really good match. I was never really a Rock fan when he wrestled so this match was really good to me because Lesnar just put him threw the wringer. I give this match four stars!

Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (1/19/03)--Great match! To me Angle and Benoit in the ring was like Flair and Steamboat. They were awesome and their matches never sucked. This match was maybe their best one that they ever had. I give this match four stars!

John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Christian (6/26/05)--Didn't like the match. John Cena to me is not a world champion and is the whole reason why I stopped watching wrestling. He's nothing but a joke. I give this match one star!

Another great DVD set. I would have liked to have seen more of Bob Backlund and more of Bret Hart but other than that this is still a great DVD and a good buy.

Now, there are a lot of people who are down on this DVD. Granted, there are a lot of matches on there that are on other DVDS, but it's the History Of The WWE Championship after all. Can you imagine the WWE not putting Hogan vs. Warrior on there? Or Michaels vs. Foley? Or Cactus Jack vs. Triple H? Or Hogan vs. Andre and so on just because they are on other DVDS? These seem like pretty historical matches to me and I feel that they belong on the DVD no matter what anybody says. Would you buy this DVD if it didn't have those matches on there? I know that I wouldn't have bought it if those matches were not included even though I have a HUGE wrestling video/DVD collection with just about every major WWE DVD title in it: From The Vault, Chris Benoit, both Hogan DVDS, Bret Hart, and both Undertaker DVDS just to name a few. Call me weird, but the duplicate matches issue that many complain about doesn't affect me when I buy DVDS.

What many people probably forgot is the fact that half the choices were picked via the fans vote. There were many choices that were never before shown on any DVDS but fans failed to vote them onto the DVD. Who's fault is that? It's not WWE's thats for sure.

Now, my challenge to you negative people is this. Take a look at the match listing. Study it real carefully then take out a pen and paper. One by one subtract all duplicate matches but keep the new selections. Write down the matches you would have wanted to see in addition to the matches that were released for the first time. Compare your list with the original match listing and see if your list is better then their list.