WWE Home Video

WWE Home Video
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Formerly called	WWF Home Video (1997-2002);
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Biography, tape library
Founded	April 16, 1997
Headquarters	Stamford, Connecticut United States
Parent	WWE

WWE Home Video is a video distribution and production company that distributes WWE programming ran by Warner Home Video. A division of WWE formed in April 16, 1997 as WWF Home Video, it replaced a similar independent company owned by Evart Enterprises, Coliseum Video,^[1] which operated between 1985 and 1997.

WWE ceased distribution of WWE Home Video titles at the end of December 31, 2014 when Warner Home Video took over distribution of WWE titles.^[2] The new deal will also see future DVD releases of the defunct World Championship Wrestling, which was previously owned by Time Warner and sold to WWE in 2001.

History

Coliseum Video

The Coliseum Video logo.

VHS and Betamax cassettes released by Coliseum generally fell into several categories:

"Best-of" volumes highlighting classic matches, both recent and from the company's earlier years. Many of these releases included title changes that had happened since production of the previous volume was completed.
Wrestler profiles, which encompassed the WWF careers of company wrestlers, both current and former.
Theme videos, which showcased match types. Each of the WWF's three major men's titles – the Heavyweight Championship, Intercontinental Championship and Tag Team Championship – had a volume dedicated to the title as it progressed from champion to champion, along with classic matches contested for the championship. A handful of these volumes also showcased bloopers and comedy moments, rather than strictly wrestling matches.
Pay-per-view events.

Coliseum Video also released videos on the two World Bodybuilding Federation events.

Coliseum Video also released two non-wrestling videos: One on the New York Giants & one on Wayne Gretzky.

WWF/WWE Home Video

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The logos for WWE Home Video from 1997 to 2014.

Upon the folding of Coliseum Video, videos that were being or had been released by Coliseum Video were re-released with new packaging and the WWF Home Video^[3]^[4] name and logo in 1997. When the WWF became WWE in 2002, the name of the home video subsidiary changed as well. Content released by WWE Home Video^[5] continues to release the same content as Coliseum did, and also releases content produced exclusively for home entertainment such as swimsuit videos and retrospectives documentaries. Content from the World Wrestling Federation's "Attitude Era" (1998–2002), however, had to be edited due to the lawsuit that caused the WWF to become WWE. All WWF "scratch" logos and references to the initials WWF had to be blurred or edited out. However, the words "World Wrestling Federation" were not edited, and the old WWF logo was not blurred. In addition, the UK exclusive WWE Tagged Classics did not have any edits or censoring of the WWF initials. Some of the early WWE home video releases were also not edited such as (The Rock Just Bring It). Some of the Videos/DVD's in question were just renamed with the WWE logo.

In 2012, the WWE and the World Wide Fund came to an agreement which allowed WWE to use the Scratch logo in past photos and videos, thus ending the blurring on 'Attitude Era' PPV's and shows.^{[citation needed]}

In late 2012 WWE announced ^[6] that FremantleMedia would be handling all future WWE DVD, Blu-ray and digital releases in Europe. Their official UK website launched in January 2013 along with their initial releases - Night Of Champions 2012, Hell In A Cell 2012, Top 100 RAW Moments and The Attitude Era, all of which were issued on DVD and Blu-ray.

Expansion of the video library

With the expansion of the WWE Video Library, content has also been released from the vast library archives, including classic WWF, AWA, WCW, ECW, WCCW, and NWA content.

DVD format

Content has been released exclusively in the DVD and UMD format since mid-2005. WrestleMania XXIV is the company's first show, and the first sports related event, to be released on Blu-ray Disc, being released in stores on May 20, 2008 as a 2-disc set.

Takeover by Warner Home Video

On November 19, 2014, WWE and Warner Bros. (the former corporate sibling of WCW) announced a multi-year deal for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to distribute WWE titles in the home video market. The deal came as a result of the success the two had with Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery, as well as a Flintstones crossover and a sequel to the Scooby-Doo crossover. Additionally, despite remaining top-sellers, WWE Home Video releases had been in a decline in recent years due to streaming media services such as WWE's own WWE Network. The Warner deal took effect January 1, 2015, retaining the WWE Home Video banner.^[2]

List of Releases

The following is a complete list of WWE Home Video releases on DVD.

Superstar documentaries/Compilations

1998

D-Generation X
Three Faces of Foley
The Undertaker: The Phenom
Austin 3:16 Uncensored

1999

The Rock: Know Your Role
Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga Continues

2000

Kurt Angle: It´s True, It´s True
The Rock: The People's Champ
Mick Foley : Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops

2001

The Undertaker: This Is My Yard
Hardy Boyz: Leap of Faith
Lita: It Just Feels Right

2002

Austin vs. McMahon
Triple H: That Damn Good
The Rock: Just Bring It
nWo – Back In Black
Hulk Still Rules
Stone Cold Steve Austin: What?

2003

Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain
Trish Stratus: 100% Stratusfaction Guaranteed
From The Vault : Shawn Michaels
Rey Mysterio: 619
Ric Flair : The Ultimate Collection

2004

'Cause Stone Cold Said So
Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story
The Stone Cold Truth
The Undertaker : He Buries Them Alive
John Cena: Word Life
Shawn Michaels : Boyhood Dream
Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story
Mick Foley : Greatest Hits and Misses

2005

André the Giant
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be
Rob Van Dam: One of A Kind
Tombstone : The History of the Undertaker
Jake "The Snake" Roberts: Pick Your Poison
Road Warriors: The Life & Death of the Most Dominant Tag Team in Wrestling History
The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior

2006

20 Years Too Soon: The "Superstar" Billy Graham Story
Brian Pillman: Loose Cannon||
American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
The New & Improved DX
Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
McMahon
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story

2007

The Undertaker: 15-0
Rey Mysterio : The Biggest Little Man
Ric Flair and The 4 Horsemen
John Cena: My Life
The Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak & Triumph

2008

Viva La Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
Edge: A Decade of Decadence
The Twisted, Disturbed Life of Kane
The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin
Ric Flair: The Definitive Collection
Twist of Fate: The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story
Triple H: King of Kings – There Is Only One
The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect

2009

Batista: I Walk Alone
Hulk Hogan: Unreleased Collector's Series
Macho Madness: The Ultimate Randy Savage Collection
Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules

2010

WWE Legends of Wrestling Roddy Piper & Terry Funk
WWE Legends of Wrestling Hulk Hogan & Bob Backlund
WWE Legends of Wrestling André the Giant & The Iron Sheik
WWE Legends of Wrestling Jerry "The King" Lawler & Junkyard Dog
WWE Legends of Wrestling Ric Flair & Sgt. Slaughter
WWE Legends of Wrestling Heat Seekers
Big Show: A Giant's World
Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
The John Cena Experience
Shawn Michaels : My Journey
Hart & Soul: The Hart Family Anthology
John Morrison: Rock Star
Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story of the Dragon

2011

DX: One Last Stand
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
Rey Mysterio: Life of a Masked Man
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
Greatest Rivalries - Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart

2012

WWE Superstar Collection - Daniel Bryan
WWE Superstar Collection - John Cena
WWE Superstar Collection - Kofi Kingston
WWE Superstar Collection - Randy Orton
WWE Superstar Collection - Rey Mysterio
WWE Superstar Collection - Shawn Michaels
WWE Superstar Collection - Sheamus
WWE Superstar Collection - Zack Ryder
The Rock vs John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
You Think You Know Me : The Story of Edge
The Undertaker: 20-0: The Streak
CM Punk: Best in the World
nWo: The Revolution
The Rock: The Epic Journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

2013

For All Mankind: The Life & Career of Mick Foley
Bret Hitman Hart - The Dungeon Collection
Triple H : Thy Kingdom Come
Goldberg: The Ultimate Collection

2014

Shawn Michaels: Mr. WrestleMania
Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name is Paul Heyman
The Best of Sting
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
The Brothers of Destruction
Macho Man — The Randy Savage Story

2015 (Under Warner Home Video)^[7]

Destruction of the Shield
The Road Is Jericho: Epic Stories & Rare Matches from Y2J
Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe
It’s Good to be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Owen: Hart of Gold
The Kliq Rules
Undertaker: The Streak R.I.P. Edition 21—1
Sting — Into the Light

Special documentaries/Compilations