A follow-up to “the Greatest Stars of the 80’s”, which was released absolutely ages ago, the Greatest Stars of the 90’s follows the same formula. That is, a DVD featuring a documentary that highlights some of the biggest stars of the given time period, accompanied by a bunch of matches that feature said superstars.

Essentially, this is a superficial run through, of who the WWE regard as “The Greatest Stars of the 90’s”. What that encompasses, is a brief bio on each chosen superstar, comprised of clips and interviews covering their career. If I had never seen a WWE retrospective before, I’d be blown away by this material. Unfortunately I’ve seen…

The Lo-Down: Andre Roussemoff was one of the most beloved performers in the history of the wrestling business. Under the guise of Andre The Giant, he achieved international recognition, and in his prime, was legitimately an insanely popular draw. Touring the world, and becoming, at one point, supposedly the highest paid wrestler on the planet, he became one of the most recognizable faces in the industry.

His match with Hulk Hogan, at WrestleMania III is one of the biggest, and most important Pro wrestling events in history, while he was a part of many memorable angles and TV segments. He also ventured into acting, most notably appearing..

Mark Bright looks at the third and final disc of Edge’s Decade of Decadence DVD set from the WWE.

WWE are to release ‘The Rise and Fall of WCW’ as a three-disc DVD set later this year.

WWE have released information for their upcoming ‘Allied Powers: The World’s Greatest Tag Teams’ DVD which looks like a must-see.

Welcome back to “Throwing in the Towel”, and that horrid, post-Mania depression we all enter into for a brief period. So WrestleMania 25 was the flattest rendition of that particular event for a number of years, and the WWE don’t especially care- as they steer us towards another show in a couple of weeks, with a very TNA type flavour to it. Meanwhile, the brand split means absolutely nothing, and the highlight of this week’s television was a man approaching sixty (no… not Vince). Yuck.

So what better way to pass the time, and alleviate those blues, than to slap some nostalgia into that shiny disc player, and bask in the glories of…

Disc 2 of Edge’s DVD kicks off with him sat in his “Joey Chair” apologising for the intermission, and plugging disc 2 as his return from injury. He talks about facing Randy Orton, and the upcoming match would prove who carried the Rated RKO tag team a few years later. Then we get a movie trailer about how Edge’s promising career was cut short with his broken neck, and his triumphant return.

Edge v. Randy Orton - WWE Vengeance 2004. The main thing I think about when watching this match is how much better it would be today. That’s not to say this wasn’t a good match, but Edge just wasn’t catching on as a babyface here, and…

As anyone who has read my Smackdown reviews on this site will know, I’m a huge fan of Edge. So when the WWE announced they were releasing a three-disc set of his best matches, I couldn’t wait to watch it.

They forego the documentary format here to instead have Edge talking a little (sometimes in character and sometimes not which is a little grating) on each match before the match itself is shown. As big a fan as I am of their great documentaries, I am actually OK with this decision, as Edge still has several years left in him as a top level guy, and really should get the documentary treatment at the end of his career.

The WWE’s next attempt at exploiting their extensive tape libraries is something that I had been waiting on for a long time, a DVD set based on the NWA/WCW’s highlight PPV, Starrcade.

Unfortunately in many ways this three-disc collection is a disappointment, as the documentary is scandalously short at just around 50 minutes, and the match selection was done by fan voting on WWE.com which leaves me wishing the WWE actually went with their usual format of “just randomly pick stuff” because at least you get some lesser known stuff and some hidden gems there.

The documentary portion of the show starts with…

Michael Campbell looks at WWE’s 3-disc DVD release looking at the career of the ‘Big, Red Monster’ Kane.

Mark Bright looks at WWE’s 3-Disc History of the Intercontinental Championship DVD.

Mark Bright with the conclusion of his three-part look at WWE’s new Eddie Guerrero DVD.

Mark Bright returns with the second part of his look at the new Eddie Guerrero DVD.