History of the WWE Championship DVD Review

History of the WWE Championship DVD Review .

Just received this dvd a couple of hours ago in the mail , and thought i'd review it while i watch it . The WWE championship is the most prestigious championship in all of sports-entertainment . Many greats have held this championship such as The Rock , Stone Cold , Shawn Michaels , Bruno Sammartino , Billy Graham and Hulk Hogan to name just a few .

Disc 1

The first disc contains a timeline of every WWE Championship change up until the middle of 2006 . For the changes that didn't have footage , there is a paragraph describing what happened . I found this extra to be very entertaining .

Ivan Koloff vs Pedro Morales
It's gonna be hard reviewing these matches because of their time period , but i'll try my best . This match is very well paced for its time . I thoroughly enjoyed this . **3/4

Bruno Sammartino vs Killer Kowalski
This is a very hard hitting match that left both men , especially Bruno , bleeding from the face . I think this is here to show a match from the seven year reign of Bruno . 3/4*

Bruno Sammartino vs Billy Graham
This is one of the most important matches to the WWE championship as it ended the amazing seven year reign of Bruno . Good match while it lasted  **1/2

Billy Graham vs Bob Backlund
I won't rate this as it only shows the end of the match , but it is here to show the start of Backlund's five year title reign . N/R

Bob Backlund vs Greg Valentine : Steel Cage
I won't rate this one as it is clipped , but i have heard that the full match is great , and i wish it had been in full so i could see it . N/R

Bob Backlund vs Sgt. Slaughter
I always love the Sarge . Backlund does not waste anytime waiting for Slaughter and jumps him straight away . The Sarge is just getting his ass kicked here . Finally gets back into it and takes out Bob . This is fun . It was going great until the DQ . Good match . **3/4

Hulk Hogan vs The Iron Sheik
This is another important match in wrestling history as it shows Hogan winning his very first WWE championship . This was very fun while it lasted . This has got to be one of the loudest crowds i've ever heard in a match . *1/2

Hulk Hogan vs King Kong Bundy : Steel Cage
Ok why the hell was Elvira doing commentary here ? My god she sucked . Probably the reason why Wrestlemania 2 wasn't that good . This match was much better than i expected it to be . Was surprised to see blood in it , especially during this particular era . Really good match ***

Hulk Hogan vs Paul Orndorff : Steel Cage
Pro Wrestling Illustrated gave these two the award for best feud of 1986 . Very fast and fun so far . Both guys hit the floor at the same time , but the match is ordered to continue . Very good match here . ***

Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant
This is arguably the biggest match in wrestling history . It drew just over 93,000 fans into the Pontiac Silverdome , in one of the greatest events of all time . The match itself isn't very good , but that doesn't matter . What matters is how iconic it is and the massive impact it had on the wrestling world forever . Arguably the best main event in Wrestlemania history . * for the match . ***** for everything else .

Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant
This is the infamous SNME match with the ending that would rock the world . It was revealed that Dave Hebner's brother Earl was the evil referee that cost Hogan the match and the title . This is a fun match . I think about 33 million people watched this live all over the world . I'll give it  * but this was insane at the time .

Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan
This was the Austin/Rock of the 80s . It seemed you were either a Hogan fan or a Savage fan . I would call myself a Savage fan . At the same venue a year before , Savage won the WWE Championship in a tournament . I think the match itself is a little overrated but it is still a great contest . ***1/2

Disc 2

Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior
I can't even comprehend how huge this must have been at the time . I love this match , even though the Warrior never really went anywhere in his career after this . Amazing match with both guys showing how powerful they are . Warrior gorilla pressing Hogan above his head was an unbeliveable site to see . Such a great match . ****1/4

Bret Hart vs Owen Hart : Steel Cage
This was one hell of a match . Maybe the greatest cage match ever . These two brothers have unbelivable chemistry and always seem to pull off all their moves perfectly . The superplex off the top of the cage was amazing . Unbelivable stuff . ****3/4

Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels : 60 Minute Iron Man Match
I absolutely love this match . It's probably the fifth time i've watched the match and it still amazes me . 60 minutes filled with drama , great mat wrestling and close nearfalls . What more could you ask for ? Only some of the slower parts of the match stop it from getting the full five stars . ****3/4

Shawn Michaels vs Mankind
These two had amazing chemistry . Every minute of this match was great and never felt boring at all . I would give it the full 5 stars , but i dont think i can do it with a match that ends in a disqualification . If it had a finish , it would definitely be 5 stars . ****3/4

Stone Cold vs Shawn Michaels
This match is great considering that Shawn was fighting with an injured back . All through the match you can clearly see the pain on his face , and tries to complete the match . This was a great match all things considered and gave Austin his first WWE Title win and started off the Attitude era . ****

Disc 3

Triple H vs Cactus Jack : Street Fight
Everytime i watch this match it gets better every time . This is the match that made Triple H a bonafide superstar and for good reason . He took a lot of pain in this match , but not compared to Cactus . Cactus takes a huge chair shot about 4 mins into the match . This match is just one big highlight reel and holy shit moment . And HHH takes a freaking suplex on wooden palets ! HHH returns the favour and back suplex's Cactus on a trash can . I'll try not to comment on everything but it's been great so far ! And HHH is cut right open with a barbed wire bat . Holy shit this is amazing . HHH has an ugly looking gash on his leg . Bulldog on the bat ! Hip toss to the steel steps ! Cactus has been handcuffed just like the year before . HHH actually broke a chair on the spine of Cactus . This has been a war . Piledriver on the table ! And here come the thumbtacks . Cactus back dropped onto the tacks and somehow kicks out of the pedigree ! Pedigree face first onto the tacks ! What an absolute classic match . *****

The Rock vs Triple H vs Kurt Angle
Angle actually was concussed before the match even began after being Pedigreed throught the announce table . According to Triple H's documentary , everyone was panicing over what was going to happen since Kurt was out . I'm surprised they got a really good match out of it . Even though it has turned into a singles match so far , HHH and the Rock have enough chemistry to pull it off . Kurt comes back in and we've got a triple threat again . This has been great so far . Stephanie punched by HHH ! Wow this is exciting . Great match ***3/4

Stone Cold vs The Rock : No DQ
This is without a doubt one of the biggest matches ever , with the two faces of the Attitude era facing off in a match that would end that era . This was , in my opinion , the best match of this Wrestlemania which is considered the greatest WM in history . Holy shit this match started off amazingly . It's just non-stop action here . This is war . Both men are busted open here . Such an amazing match here with both men giving their all to win the championship . Austin gives Rock a sharpshooter ! Cobra clutch to Rock ! Stunner to Austin ! Unbeliveable ! Jim Ross does a brilliant job in this match . Vince McMahon comes down to the ring . Rock hits the People's elbow but Vince breaks the count . Rock bottom to Rock and only a 2 count ! Vince and Austin have teamed up . Austin keeps hitting Rock with the steel chair and gets the 3 count . Another absolute classic on this excellent dvd . *****

Steve Austin vs Chris Jericho
This is the match that created the first undisputed championship that Jericho won ( and would never stop referencing ) . The match isn't very good but that's understandable considering both of them were in a match earlier in the night . Austin against Angle , and Jericho against Rock . Booker T interferes and hits Austin with a title belt to give Jericho the win . Solid match . **1/4

The Rock vs The Undertaker vs Kurt Angle
This is another match that seems to get better every time time I watch it . One of the better triple threat matches in WWE . The belt used in this match is probably my favourite variation of the Championship . Either that or the Winged Eagle belt . I loved the way they used their opponents finishers against them . Shows how much they wanted that title . This was a fantastic match overall . ****1/2

The Rock vs Brock Lesnar
Quite the historical matchup here . Even after only being in the WWE for a few months , it was Brock's time to be the man . This showed how big an impact he made in the WWE , and still has an impact even today . This match took place at one of the all time great PPVs at Summerslam 2002 . This match starts off so quickly with a belly-to-belly from Lesnar . This is gonna be awesome . Such a fast paced , exciting match . Lesnar locked in the sharpshooter . Fans are really behind Brock . Rock hit with a steel chair .  Heyman rock bottomed through an announce table ! Lesnar kicks out of a rock bottom ! Rock kicks out of a rock bottom ! Lesnar wins with the F5 . Overall an excellent match . ****

Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit
Can't wait to watch this match . Holy shit , a DDT to Kurt on the ring apron . That looked brutal . Sharpshooter to Kurt . Quite a lot of Sharpshooters on this dvd . Very technical so far . Benoit countered the angle slam into the crossface ! Now Benoit had the angle lock , and Kurt counters that into an angle lock and Benoit counters that into a crossface ! Benoit taps to the angle lock . This was just flat out awesome . ****1/2

John Cena vs Chris Jericho vs Christian
Not sure why this match is here . Probably just to show Cena defending his champioship . Very fun triple threat match . Very enjoyable . ***1/2

Overall 9.5/10 . This DVD set is definitely worth owning , especially if you don't have a lot of these matches already . Every match on this set is worth watching for one reason or another . Get this !