Bad News About Future WWE Blu-ray Releases

[kennerado]

WWE DVD distributer Genius Products is in serious financial peril after being de-listed for the over the counter board after the company failed to release a third quarter fiscal report. Genius Products lost $11.7 million in the second quarter. This affects WWE as they had plans to start regularly releasing Blu-ray discs late last year, but with the financial problems
Genius had, they weren't able to make the shift. While Blu-ray releases are still considered a niche market, WWE officials weren't happy with UFC beating them to the marketplace with them.

Source: PWInsider.com

This sucks, I hope they find a new distributor.

[ryoohki]

Is that me of distributors are crashing left and right since the last 6 months?

[Shiggidy75]

I figured the problem would be the content on the discs themselves. WWE is nothing like it used to be.

[JamesKurtovich]

WWF/ECW/WCW video cassettes > WWE blu-ray

Unless WWE plans to release old stuff on BD.

[Frank White]

I hope they release WM13 on blu so i can watch austin vs. hart "i quit" match, in my opinion the greatest match of all time

[Clark Kent]

Genius also distributes Weinstein dvds and Blu-rays I believe. Bad news all around.

[kennerado]

Yeah I saw that when I just checked out their site.

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by Frank White

I hope they release WM13 on blu so i can watch austin vs. hart "i quit" match, in my opinion the greatest match of all time

I gotta say, the best matches of all time are..

Stone Cold vs. Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania

Undertaker vs. Mankind, Hell in a Cell match

Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart, Iron Man match

Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels, Ladder match (2nd one)

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Genius also distributes Weinstein dvds and Blu-rays I believe. Bad news all around.

This is correct. Bad news for Weinstein and WWE releases.

[RazorFromHRSnet]

I'm sure someone else will pick them up. (Both companies)

Unfortunately, WWF/WWE stuff is all 480i before they went hi-def. I mean, every WrestleMania uptil the most recent one on 2 discs is kinda cool, but I doubt it'll sell.

Bonus View commentaries on matches could be awesome though.... PiP Mick Foley doing commentaries on his Hell in a Cells,etc...

[djluis2k6]

I don't think this will be a problem for long for WWE. I'm sure they will either start their own distribution or quickly acquire another company to distribute their titles. Either way, I doubt the distribution was the main reason behind WWE not releasing more Blu-Ray titles.

[Jimbo976]

Well I personally care nothing about WWE but Genius being in trouble is bad news in general for Blu-ray.

[Blu_Ray_UK2007]

It's only a matter of time.. if Vince is unhappy something will happen.

I dont see them realesing older shows on Blu they havent been that great on DVD so I dont the transition being great.

[GOAT]

damn that sucks i was at least hoping for the big 4 to see BD this year.. glad to see other WWE fans on here... we need UFC shows on BD as well

[SideEffect34]

I was just wondering before I saw this post if they would release any more WWE Blu-rays. I haven't picked up WM24 yet, but I'll probably pick it up once the price goes down more.

[stahl7639]

When I was into wrestling, I hated watching old WWF television on the new WWE branding DVD's. I hate how the WWF logo is blocked out. It is very distracting.

I'm glad I won't ever see the WWF logo pixelated out @ 120hz.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by stahl7639

When I was into wrestling, I hated watching old WWF television on the new WWE branding DVD's. I hate how the WWF logo is blocked out. It is very distracting.

I'm glad I won't ever see the WWF logo pixelated out @ 120hz.

Only the WWF "scratch logo" from the late 90s-early 2000s is blocked out.

The old school block logo from the 80s-90s isn't blocked out.

[BluRayNick]

WWf over WWE! I miss the Austin days! I want WM14 on Blu...

[metsfan1545d]

not rly bad news considering the content of the shows the last few yrs, its not like many woulda have sold anyway

[Col. Zombie]

WWE DVD distributer Genius Products is in serious financial peril after being de-listed for the over the counter board after the company failed to release a third quarter fiscal report. Genius Products lost $11.7 million in the second quarter. This affects WWE as they had plans to start regularly releasing Blu-ray discs late last year, but with the financial problems
Genius had, they weren't able to make the shift. While Blu-ray releases are still considered a niche market, WWE officials weren't happy with UFC beating them to the marketplace with them.

And this is bad news, how?