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Finally WrestleMania has come to DVD. While the WWE has really screwed up the current product, the DVD releases are simply amazing. Ever since the Hulk Hogan 2 Disc DVD, they have been batting 100% at least in my opinion. I just got the first 3 volumes along with the Jake Roberts DVD. Needless to say I am in 80's Wrestling heaven. <
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>The WrestleMania Anthology volume 1 is an incredible step in getting many of the older PPV's out on DVD. <
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>To put it simply, this is amazing. While I initially skipped over WM I & 2, I went straight to 3 to watch Steamboat vs. Savage, Piper vs. Adonis, then put in WM IV to watch Strike Force vs. Demolition and the WWF Title Finals with Savage vs. DiBiase. So I didn't get through the entire set and I didn't watch every second of each event, but for a fan like me, to see these matches in DVD quality....well I don't think it gets any better. <
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>Like everyone else I totally enjoy the fact that the Jessie Ventura commentary is there. During the Steamboat Savage match to hear him say "1, 2, 3.....WHERE IS THAT REFFEREE??!!!!" Makes me laugh every time. I can say the music changes that I noticed are minimal at best and I could really care less as it's all about the matches that gives Wrestlemania it's reputation. The quality is great. The menus are designed very basic, allowing you to pretty much pull up any match, segment or interview from the evening. <
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>I only purchased the first 3 volumes because I have the rest on DVD already, and I have no desire to own some of these titles twice. Great set for any fan that was there since the beginning, or still watches today because of how good it used to be. Fair-weather fans that only recently started watching because of Cena, will find the matches boring, but if you watch wrestling because of John Cena, you have other situations you need to take care of. The next set I would like to see would be SummerSlam! <
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WM Anthology Vol 1 - "Welcome To WrestleMania"
Finally, where it all started. WrestleMania's 1-5 make their DVD debut in stunning fashion. Who cares if there's no gimmick matches like recent WrestleMania's. This is bar none the set to have for historical reasons. WrestleMania 1 - do I need to say more? The 1st WrestleMania looks amazing. Mr. T & Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff, King Kong Bundy's "9 second" victory over SD Jones (which was more like 25 seconds, but...anyway). WrestleMania 2 - King Kong Bundy vs Hulk Hogan. WrestleMania 3 - this event alone is probably worth the price of the whole set. All the incredible story lines & drama. Roddy Piper's 'retirement' match, Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant. The 16-Man Heavyweight Title Tournament at WrestleMania 4, & Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage at WrestleMania 5. Ok, so I didn't watch every second of every disc, but what I did see had no visual editing at all. Every event appears to be in it's entirety. The only editing done for other copyright reasons was in the entrance music, most notably Hillbilly Jim, Butch Reed, Demolition, & Akeem/Big Bossman. I'm not too sure, but I think Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo, Ricky Steamboat, & Don Muraco also have different music as well (it's been a while since I've seen the Coliseum versions). Regardless, the first 5 WrestleMania's have never looked better. This is definatly the WrestleMania set to get.

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Growing Pains
Its nice of WWE to release all of the Wrestlemaina's on dvd. I ordered just the first three volumes because I have all the Wreslemaina's put out on dvd before this set came out. I kicked myself for paying over 50 dollars for a couple Wrestlemaina's on dvd, but they are worth it. The first five Maina's are alright, but have some growing pains. Matches range from plain stupid to amazing, but amazing is few and far in between. You wont see alot of gimmick fueled matches like today. Meaning ladder matches, iron match, etc. I wish they'd release Survivor Series or Royal Rumble in a complete set like this soon.