IWE Home Video

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IWE Home Video is a video distribution and production company that distributes IWE programming. A division of IWE formed in 1997 as IWF Home Video, it replaced a similar independent company owned by Evart Enterprises, Coliseum Video, which operated between 1985 and 1997.

History

Coliseum Video

VHS cassettes released by Coliseum generally fell into several categories:

• "Best-of" volumes highlighting classic matches, both recent and from the company's earlier years.
• Wrestler profiles, which encompassed the IWF careers of company wrestlers, both current and former.
• Theme videos, which showcased match types. A handful of these volumes also showcased bloopers and comedy moments, rather than strictly wrestling matches.
• Pay-per-view events.

Coliseum Video also released the two World Bodybuilding Federation events.

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

IWF/IWE Home Video

Upon the company's folding, videos that were being or had been released by Coliseum Video were re-released with new packaging and the IWF Home Video name and logo in 1997. When WIWF became IWE in 2002, the name of subsidiary changed as well. Content released by IWE Home Video also falls into the same categories mentioned above, as well as content produced exclusively for home entertainment such as swimsuit videos and retrospective documentaries. Content from the International Wrestling Federation's "Attitude Era" (1998–2002) has to be edited due to the lawsuit that caused the IWF to become IWE. All IWF "scratch" logos and references to the initials IWF had to be blurred or edited out. However, the words "International Wrestling Federation" are not edited, and the old IWF logo was not blurred. The UK exclusive IWE Tagged Classics have no edits or censors of IWF. Some of the early IWE home video releases were not edited such as (The Rock Just Bring It). This was probably because some of the Videos/DVD"S were just renamed with the IWE logo.

Expansion of the video library

With the expansion of the IWE Video Library, content has also been released from the vast library archives, including classic IWF, AWA, WCW, XCW, 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.

List of Releases

The following is a complete list of IWE Home Video releases on DVD, while select titles are marked as also being released on Blu-ray Disc and UMD. The Pay-Per-View Events are listed in order of their original Pay-Per-View airing, while the other categories are listed in alphabetical order.

Pay-per-view events

Pay-per-view event DVD box sets

• Royal Rumble: The Complete Anthology (1988–2007)
• WrestleMania: The Complete Anthology (WrestleMania 1–21)
• SummerSlam: The Complete Anthology (1988–2007)
• Survivor Series: The Complete Anthology Vol. 1 (1987–1991)
• Survivor Series: The Complete Anthology Vol. 2 (1992–1996)

Superstar documentaries

• Batista: I Walk Alone (3-Disc)
• Big Show: A Giant's World
• 20 Years Too Soon: The "Superstar" Billy Graham Story
• [[IWE - Bobby "the Brain" Heenan|Bobby "the Brain" Heenan (2-Disc)
• Bret "Hit Man" Hart: The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be
• Brian Pillman: Loose Cannon (2-Disc)
• Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain (1-Disc or 3-Disc Collector's Edition DVD & 2-Disc Blu-ray)
• Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story (2-Disc DVD & 1-Disc UMD Releases)
• Breaking The Code: Behind the Walls of Khris Jericho (3-Disc)
• CM Punk: Best in the World (3-Disc DVD & 2-Disc Blu-ray)
• D-Generation X
• Divas: Desert Heat
• Divas Do New York
• Divas In Hedonism
• Divas: South of The Border
• Divas: Tropical Pleasure
• Divas Undressed
• Viva Las Divas
• American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story (3-Disc)
• You Think You Know Me: The Story of Edge (3-Disc)
• Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Brian McAlmond Story (2-Disc)
• Hardy Boyz: Leap of Faith
• Twist of Fate: The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story (2-Disc)
• Heart & Soul: The Hart Family Anthology (3-Disc)
• Hulk Still Rules (2-Disc)
• Jake "The Snake" Roberts: Pick Your Poison (2-Disc DVD & 1-Disc UMD Releases)
• Josh Hooper: My Life, My Rules (3-Disc)
• The Dustin Simpson Experience (3-Disc) (Also available on Blu-ray Disc)
• Dustin Simpson: My Life (3-Disc)
• Dustin Simpson: Word Life
• John Cena: My Life (3-Disc)
• The John Cena Experience (3-Disc DVD & 2-Disc Blu-ray)
• Lita: It Just Feels Right
• Attitude Collection: Three Faces of Foley
• Mick Foley: Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops
• The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect (2-Disc)
• nWo – Back In Black
• nWo: The Revolution (3-Disc DVD & 2-Disc Blu-ray)
• Kevin McAlmond: The Evolution of a Predator (3-Disc)
• Rey Mysterio: 619
• Ric Flair: The Definitive Collection (3-Disc)
• Ric Flair and The 4 Horsemen (2-Disc)
• Ricky Steamboat: The Life Story Of The Dragon (3-Disc)
• Road Warriors: The Life & Death of The Most Dominant Tag Team in Wrestling History (2-Disc)
• The Rock: The People's Champ
• Rock: Just Bring It (2-Disc) (This is a re-release of a 1 disc WWF DVD that has no edits or censors of WWF). With the exception of the scratch logo covered with the block logo.
• Attitude Collection: The Rock: Know Your Role
• The Rock: The Epic Journey of Sam "The Rock" Simkins (3-Disc DVD & 2-Disc Blu-ray)
• Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story (3-Disc)
• The Ryan Barnhart Story: Heartbreak & Triumph (3-Disc)
• Attitude Collection: Johnson 3:16 Uncensored
• 'Cause Stone Cold Said So
• Hell Yeah - Stone Cold's Saga Continues
• Stone Cold Steve Johnson: What?
• The Stone Cold Truth
• Stone Cold Steve Johnson: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time (4-Disc DVD & 3-Disc Blu-ray)
• Matt Borske: It´s True, It´s True
• Trish Stratus: 100% Stratusfaction Guaranteed
• Attitude Collection: The Undertaker: The Phenom
• Undertaker: This Is My Yard
• Undertaker: 15-0
• The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior (DVD & UMD Releases)
• Matteson (2-Disc)

Special documentaries

• Allied Powers: The World's Greatest Tag Teams
• Before They Were WWF Superstars
• Before They Were IWE Superstars 2
• Greatest Stars of The 80's (3-Disc)
• Greatest Stars of The 90's (3-Disc)
• Greatest Stars Of The 21st Century (3-Disc DVD & 2-Disc Blu-ray)
• Hardcore
• IWE History of WrestleMania (1985–1993)
• IWE Starrcade: The Essential Collection (3-Disc)
• The Monday Night War (DVD & UMD Releases)
• The Most Powerful Families In Wrestling (2-Disc)
• The Rise & Fall of XCW (2-Disc)
• The Rise & Fall of WCW (3-Disc)
• The Rock vs. Dustin Simpson: Once in a Lifetime
• The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA
• The Triumph & Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling
• The World's Greatest Wrestling Managers
• Top 50 Superstars of All Time
• IWE: Greatest Rivalries - Ryan Barnhart vs. Bret Heart (3-disc DVD & 2-disc Blu-ray)
• The True Story of WrestleMania

Superstar match compilations

• Undertaker 20-0: The Streak (4-Disc)
• Undertaker's Deadliest Matches (3-Disc)
• The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man In Sports entertainment (3-Disc)

Special match compilations

• The Very Best Of WCW Monday Nitro
• The Greatest Cage Matches of all Time
• The Ladder Match
• The Ladder Match 2: Crash and Burn
• Falls Count Anywhere
• The Best of King of the Ring

Other specials

• Best of Confidential Vol. 1
• Best of Raw Vol. 1
• Best of Raw Vol. 2
• Best of Raw 2009 (3-Disc)
• Best of Raw 2010 (3-Disc DVD and 2-Disc Blu-ray)
• The Best of Raw: 15th Anniversary (3-Disc)
• IWE The Best of SmackDown! 10th Anniversary (3-Disc)
• Best of SmackDown! vs. Raw (2008) (Blu-ray Disc, Packaged with the PlayStation 3 Collector's Edition Release of IWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009)
• The Best Of WCW Clash of the Champions (DVD/Blu-ray)
• Eve of Destruction (2000)
• Hall of Fame (2004)
• OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in IWE History (3-Disc)
• Top 50 Greatest Finishing Moves (available 8/21/12) (DVD/Blu-ray)
• Ramped Up: WWE The Videos Vol. 1
• Raw 10th Anniversary
• Raw The Beginning: The Best of Seasons 1 & 2 (4-Disc)
• Wrestling's Highest Flyers (2010)
• IWE Tribute to the Troops (2-Disc)
• IWF Action!
• IWE Originals (Packaged with IWE Originals CD Release)
• IWE ThemeAddict: The Videos (Packaged with ThemeAddict: IWE The Music, Vol. 6 CD Release)
• IWE Biggest Knuckleheads (Wal-Mart exclusive; Two Pack with Knucklehead release)
• IWE Legends of Wrestling Roddy Piper & Terry Funk
• IWE Legends of Wrestling Hulk Hogan & Bob Backlund
• IWE Legends of Wrestling Andre Giant & Iron Sheik
• IWE Legends of Wrestling Jerry the King Lawler & Junkyard Dog
• IWE Legends of Wrestling Ric Flair & Sgt Slaughter
• IWE Legends of Wrestling Heat Seekers

Other

• The Best of Raw and Smackdown 2011
• IWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2009-2010
• IWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2011
• IWE The Very Best of WCW Monday Nitro
• IWE Raw The Best of 2010
• IWE The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event
• The Rise and Fall of WCW
• The History of the IWE Intercontinental Championship
• The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
• The History of the IWE Championship
• IWE The True Story of WrestleMania
• IWE Greatest Stars of the 90s

Mattel IWE figures with DVDs

References