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Post by bob on Nov 19, 2015 15:02:33 GMT -5
Remember when they released this a few years back?
It has every WM from 1985 to 2005.
What did everyone think of this and what did they change?
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Post by -Lithium- on Nov 19, 2015 17:24:08 GMT -5
Horrible. If you're asking for that much money, pay for the original music and don't blur everything. Otherwise don't bitch when people download the real version for free.
Also, its amazing how much we paid for it considering how much you get with the network for just 10 dollars...
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Nov 19, 2015 17:39:51 GMT -5
Yeah, it was a complete hackjob. I wouldn't pay $1.99 for it.
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Post by BRV on Nov 19, 2015 19:45:36 GMT -5
Honestly, it's the DVD series that got me back into wrestling.
I hadn't watched WWE from between mid-2002 to early 2006 and I was in a Strawberries or FYE one day and I saw the boxed set. I bought it because I had a little extra folding money and I was feeling nostalgic for WrestleManias VI through XV. After watching it over a period of months, I decided to start tuning my television back to Raw on Monday nights and I haven't really looked back since.
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Post by chrom on Nov 19, 2015 19:49:45 GMT -5
Lousy, they edited out guys themes and music. Big Bossman comes out to his Attitude Era theme instead of his Hard Times song for example.
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Post by Starshine on Nov 19, 2015 19:51:26 GMT -5
I really appreciated it since I'd never seen most of those shows. It might seem ridiculous these days with the network so easily available, but finding these complete older shows was really difficult back then. The editing never bothered me. Entrance music is only like 1% of of importance to wrestling for me, and the blurs didn't bother me too much.
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Post by thegame415 on Nov 19, 2015 20:13:34 GMT -5
Didn't they do this with Royal Rumble. SummerSlam and a lot of survior series?
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan on Nov 19, 2015 20:22:00 GMT -5
Nothing sucked my interest in seeing a previously unseen Demolition match out quicker than their horrible dubbed theme instead of their iconic theme that pumps you up immediately.
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Post by JCBaggee on Nov 19, 2015 20:29:51 GMT -5
Also, its amazing how much we paid for it considering how much you get with the network for just 10 dollars... Yeah, but in a few months you'll have paid more long term for the network than you did at once for that box set.
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Post by -Lithium- on Nov 19, 2015 22:23:38 GMT -5
Also, its amazing how much we paid for it considering how much you get with the network for just 10 dollars... Yeah, but in a few months you'll have paid more long term for the network than you did at once for that box set. True, but of course that's just one thing. Like 1% of what you get. The network is an insane deal. Like I'd pay for it just based on the archives alone, but with PPVs...it is really stupid to not get it. I know I sound like Michael Cole right now, but its the truth...
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Post by CertifiedBA on Nov 19, 2015 23:53:39 GMT -5
I own it, was sort of a disappointing purchase.
I get the blurring and censoring of WWF, but the fact you had to flip the disc over was just a pain.
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Post by 4TheGlory on Nov 19, 2015 23:58:15 GMT -5
It was awesome when I got it, it was the first time I saw a lot of those shows. But now with the Network and them no longer having to blur the crap out of it, it's obsolete.
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Post by bob on Nov 20, 2015 8:24:17 GMT -5
Didn't they do this with Royal Rumble. SummerSlam and a lot of survior series? Yep
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Post by KevFalcön07 on Nov 20, 2015 20:35:44 GMT -5
I got it when it come out. My memory of Wrestlemanias 14- 18 are a blur.
There are a ridiculous amount of usually unnecessary edits of audio. In retrospect, pretty ridiculous to price it $250 or whatever it was.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 20:41:17 GMT -5
Didn't they do this with Royal Rumble. SummerSlam and a lot of survior series? Yep They released the 1st 10 series then booked the main event around hornswaggle "comedy" for a month,did a terrible buyrate,blamed it on survivor series being a dead brand,almost got rid of the name & cancelled the rest of the anthology.
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Post by britishbulldog on Nov 21, 2015 0:25:05 GMT -5
I bought the original vhs anthology and the dvd. The DVD were a Hell of a lot better due to tracking issues and really low quality tapes on the bus. But the vhs were I believe unedited.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Nov 21, 2015 1:16:24 GMT -5
I actually won the SummerSlam Anthology in a contest sponsored by WWE. I already had many of the shows taped from the original broadcast (meaning no blurring and all the original music) but I figured, what the hell, I won't win anyway. Lo and behold, I did! The coolest part was that I got to talk to someone from WWE HQ for the details about how to claim my prize. It wasn't anyone famous, but at least I could say that I did it.
I thought making the box look like a cooler was a pretty ingenious idea--it fit the summer theme perfectly.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Nov 21, 2015 9:42:54 GMT -5
I actually won the SummerSlam Anthology in a contest sponsored by WWE. I already had many of the shows taped from the original broadcast (meaning no blurring and all the original music) but I figured, what the hell, I won't win anyway. Lo and behold, I did! The coolest part was that I got to talk to someone from WWE HQ for the details about how to claim my prize. It wasn't anyone famous, but at least I could say that I did it. I thought making the box look like a cooler was a pretty ingenious idea--it fit the summer theme perfectly. Well my brother and I pranked WWE HQ pretending to be Hulk Hogan after he got fired.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2015 10:02:53 GMT -5
I liked it for what it was, but with the Network around now, rather pointless to hold onto. Granted, I only got volumes three and four, I got them at a reduced price, and already had Mania 17 and 20's original DVD releases.
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Post by Zen411 on Nov 21, 2015 13:02:45 GMT -5
It was cool to sort of relive the wrestle mania events prenetwork. I frigging hated the blurs and the fake themes. Dusty coming out to some generic song other than common man...demolition and boss man's missing themes was tragic. Even orient express had some generic theme.
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