WWE no longer making Blu Ray's and DVD's in 2022

[ben6543]

It’s with a very heavy heart we must pass on the news to our readers that WWE DVDs and Blu-rays will no longer be offered in the United States beginning 2022.

WWE Home Video has had a physical media presence with DVDs since 1999, dating back further with VHS since 1985 (taking into account Coliseum Video). Over the years WWF/E would release their content on physical media via several formats; VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc, DVD, Blu-ray and even UMD.

The update sadly means 2021 will have been the last year for WWE Home Video in the home market, which includes Canada too since those releases were closely aligned with the US.

As for reasoning behind the move, while specifics haven’t been stated to us, the why is probably the obvious and in the end will boil down to revenue, coupled with the company putting less emphasis on DVD and Blu-ray in recent years and more of a focus on new content for the WWE Network and Peacock, whereby WWE content is streamed online.

The final releases
The first WWE DVDs ever released were WrestleMania 15 and one on Stone Cold Steve Austin.

As it stands now, Survivor Series 2021 will be the final US WWE DVD release, which will be available on December 28th. Drew McIntyre’s DVD is also still to come this month, which will mark the last Superstar-themed DVD release in the US, scheduled for December 14th.

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[Nailwraps]

Someone has to come through and save them.

Maybe Shout! Factory?

[garyd97]

I wish we could have gotten the early wwf wrestlemanias on blu ray.

[Agent Bond]

End of an era.

[DanTheMan]

Man, I remember the good old days of renting Attitude Era PPVs on VHS from Hollywood Video. Plus, seeing racks of all the recent PPVs on DVD over at the old WWF New York store in Manhattan. My most recent tradition over the last decade has been collecting all the Manias on Blu-ray from 2008 to present, some of them coming from FYE and Amazon, but most of them stocked at Best Buy.

It was always a special feeling of hunting for, finding, and eventually collecting, WWF/WWE content on physical media. It’s a shame that it’s seemingly coming to an unceremonious end, but hopefully, the wrestling industry as a whole can bounce back in it’s popularity enough, that the fanbase can one day see the return of home video content from their favorite wrestling promotions.

[SGFfilmfan]

So sad, yet you knew it was coming. A very shortsighted decision.

[TheBluRayBandito]

Because their product sucks ass. No one's buying them.

I stopped buying about 3-4 years ago anyway. (I only bought the compilations that interested me. LOL at buying the PPV events.)

[Godzilla@1]

I'm glad that WWE is no longer making DVD's and Bluray's because quite honestly their product sucks worse than many other wrestling companies around the world. I would hope that some way some how an independent publishing company like Shout! Factory would license some of the original 1980's and 1990's content and put it out there for the folks to buy but unfortunately WWE is teaming up with that nonsense Peacock Streaming service to put out their content.
When wrestling companies like AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling are better than WWE nowadays you know your wrestling company sucks.

[thejoeman2]

End of an era for sure. I just bought Wrestlemania 37 Blu-Ray disc on eBay, as I figure that was the last Blu-Ray release from the WWE.

Funnily enough, Impact has a VHS release.

Hopefully AEW comes out with Blu-Rays and hopefully 4k Blu-Rays. Wouldn't mind a standard 4k release, with maybe 60fps.

[DetroitSportsFan]

They pretty much stopped releasing Blu-rays 4-5 years ago (except for Wrestlemanias). I really only bought the docs/compilations/ “best of” type releases because IMO the product has been trash for the past decade.

I’m sort of surprised this didn’t happen sooner due to the WWE network, the decline of physical media, and the decline in overall interest in the product.

[MifuneFan]

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[Nailwraps]

So I guess this means WWE on DVD/Blu is continuing!?

[Zillamon51]

I should probably try to track down a copy of the 1991 Survivor Series, the one where Undertaker pinned Hulk Hogan for the belt. I had second row seats by the corner of the entrance ramp, and can be seen in the crowd in a few shots.

[Thunderleg]

Originally Posted by ben6543

It’s with a very heavy heart we must pass on the news to our readers that WWE DVDs and Blu-rays will no longer be offered in the United States beginning 2022.

They haven't offered wrestling for many years either

[meremortal]

Thought they've mostly been discontuined for a while now. There are still a few I need, though I have no interest in the current product. I'd really only be interested in archival material from the 70s to early 2000s or so. Haven't gotten the network yet since I rarely get around to streaming even for the big providers like Netflix. But I'd love to watch a lot of the old ppvs completely uncensored as they aired on the ppv night.

[SGFfilmfan]

Originally Posted by meremortal

Thought they've mostly been discontuined for a while now. There are still a few I need, though I have no interest in the current product. I'd really only be interested in archival material from the 70s to early 2000s or so. Haven't gotten the network yet since I rarely get around to streaming even for the big providers like Netflix. But I'd love to watch a lot of the old ppvs completely uncensored as they aired on the ppv night.

Please check vintagestock.com, even if a store isn't near you, one can call and order anything from any location and they'll send a $5 coupon with the package to cover the shipping.

[Uncanny]

Why does the UK still get to have Blu-ray releases? In North America, WWE should have killed the dvd & keep releasing them on Blu-ray. I have always thought that WrestleMania should have been released on 4K discs!

[SGFfilmfan]

The current product HAS sucked for many years, but I would've been thrilled to continue buying any number of sets with collections about past events/superstars. It's a shame that won't be continued. There's still A TON of footage that hasn't seen the light of day. The Network never had the full catalog available and I doubt even a third of that will ever make it to the Peacock version.

[koberulz]

The UK have always had more Blu-ray releases than the US, because people in the UK actually buy them and people in the US don't.

[Batman90]

Originally Posted by koberulz

The UK have always had more Blu-ray releases than the US, because people in the UK actually buy them and people in the US don't.

Hard to buy something when it doesn’t get released. I’m sure wrestling fans would have buy them if WWE would have at least released a full year of WWE PPV’s on Blu-ray. It’s just like how a studio will release one season of a show on Blu-ray but won’t guarantee that the ready would be released on Blu-ray as well.