Is "Mania of Wrestlemania" available on the network?

[radiantsilvergun]

Been meaning to watch this again so hoping its on the Network when i subscribe. Is this WM19 documentary available?

[Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer]

No it's not, sadly as its a great documentary. I bet they have forgotten they made it!

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Oct 17, 2015 5:38:55 GMT -5 Martin: #TeamBella Treasurer said:

No it's not, sadly as its a great documentary. I bet they have forgotten they made it!

They probably remember, but just like the Rock vs Cena Once in a Lifetime special that aired on television, the music fees would be insane.

[DiBiase is Good]

Wasn't it technically the first thing released solely by WWE Films? Can't see any reason why it's not on the network. I've got it on the Wrestlemania XX DVD but even so, would be nice to have it on there.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Oct 18, 2015 0:52:38 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

Wasn't it technically the first thing released solely by WWE Films? Can't see any reason why it's not on the network. I've got it on the Wrestlemania XX DVD but even so, would be nice to have it on there.

Ya, it was the first sole project for the studio. Really, really like that documentary. And with Austin's issues the day before, the fact that only a handful of people knew this was his last match, Brock nearly killing himself, and everybody praying that Angle walked out of the match alive, there probably aren't alot of shows in the past 10-15 years that would have made for a more interesting documentary then this one.

[MAD TITAN]

Just finished watching it after this thread.

Popped in the ol' WrestleMania 20 DVD and sat back. Really great documentary.

Damn near teared up during Rock/Austin segment. The backstage footage is really great to see. I remember watching the televised version when they gave it on UPN the first time.

WWE 24 on the Network is the closest they've came to doing something like this, but it still falls flat. Doesn't give you that hard hitting feeling of the business like this and E: 60 did.

[TheDieselTrain]

Nope and they probably never will because of jesse ventura. I remember so many matches they released on dvds over the years and half the commentary is muted because its him talking because he wants tons of $$ for them to use his voice.

That lost a lot of points with him for me.

[cjh]

Oct 19, 2015 11:36:05 GMT -5 TheDieselTrain said:

Nope and they probably never will because of jesse ventura. I remember so many matches they released on dvds over the years and half the commentary is muted because its him talking because he wants tons of $$ for them to use his voice.

That lost a lot of points with him for me.

They don't edit him out on anything other than WWE Home Video releases (and only when it's just a couple matches; if he's too big of a presence to edit, his voice won't be removed).  He is all over WWE Network, including entire PPVs.

WWE edits him out because he won a lawsuit in 1994.  It basically went like this:

Jesse returned to the WWF in August 1986 (he left after WrestleMania 2).  He did not have a written contract.

He was told multiple times by WWF reps in the late '80s that there were no payoffs for being included on Coliseum Video releases.  The company actually did pay guys for that but not Jesse, likely because he had no written contract.

Jesse sued after leaving the company in 1990, and during discovery, he found out about the home video royalties, in contrast to Vince's claims that the WWF didn't pay home video royalties.

Jesse won the trial in May 1994 and was awarded over $800,000.  He also said earlier this year that he gets royalty checks from WWE every 3 months.

Since the lawsuit was about home video, things like TV airings, the defunct WWE Classics On Demand, and WWE Network are not affected.

[DiBiase is Good]

Yeah, I'm inclined to side with Jesse on that issue.