Sorry, Triple H, but:
Twist Of Fate: The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story has topped Billboard's Recreational Sports DVD chart for the second consecutive week. It's also overtaken the new Triple H DVD in the process.
Here's a look at the most recent Billboard chart (click on it for enlarged view):
If you've seen either of these DVDs, write in and let us know your thoughts on them.
Wanna re-live the return of John Cena? This year's Royal Rumble will be available on DVD on February 26.
Here is a list of the matches:
Fans of Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy should make April 29 down on their calendars. That's when "Twist of Fate" hits stores across the country.
Here's how Amazon.com describes the WWE DVD:
September 27, 1998 two young wrestlers made their debut on Sunday Night Heat. From their very first match the fans knew they were something special. Risk takers, crash and burners these two performers exemplified the heart and soul of the tag team division.
Simply put, they are artists_ both in and out of the ring. SummerSlam 2000, the Hardysâ competed in their very first ever ladder match, rocketing them through the ranks of the tag team division winning the titles on four occasions and making the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match a staple in the WWE.
While they may have gone their seperate ways they have managed to capture the Intercontinental, Hardcore, European, Light Heavyweight, WCW Tag Team and Cruiserweight Championships respectfully. Now, relive âTeam Extremeâ once more as they continue to climb to new heights when you own the Hardys Twist of Fate DVD.
Plans are in place for WWE to release DVDs on the following superstars in 2008:
WWE will also be releasing a Summerslam Anthology box set, which will feature every edition of the company's annual August pay-per-view from 1988 through 2007.
There will also be a compilation DVD on Hell in the Cell matches.
WWE will be releasing a three disc DVD set titled: The New and Improved DX. The following is the material confirmed for the set:
*Spotlight: Shawn Michaels and Triple H
*Mr. McMahon forces DX to reunite?
*DX re-united
RAW - 6/12/06
*Official reunion of DX
RAW - 6/19/06
*5-on-2 Handicap Match
DX vs. Spirit Squad
Vengeance - 6/25/06
*DX impersonates the McMahons
RAW - 6/26/06
*DX banned from Monday Night RAW
RAW - 7/3/06
*Mr. McMahon & Shane vs. Eugene
RAW - 7/10/06
*Elimination Match
DX vs. Spirit Squad
Saturday Nights Main Event - 7/15/06
*Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon
RAW - 7/17/06
*Shawn Michaels vs. Jonathan Coachman
RAW - 7/24/06
*Shawn Michaels vs. Umaga
RAW - 7/31/06
*Triple H vs. Umaga
RAW - 8/7/06
*DX talks about SummerSlam
RAW - 8/14/06
*DX vs. Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon
SummerSlam - 8/20/06
*DX Vandalism
RAW - 8/21/06
*DX vs. William Regal, Finlay & Mr. Kennedy
RAW - 8/28/06
WWE will be releasing a new ECW two-disc DVD set titled Extreme Rules on Januarty 3. It will be hosted by Joey Styles and Tazz and will feature the following matches:
Disk #1:
- Sandman vs. Cactus Jack (Singapore Cane vs. Barbed Wire) Hardcore Heaven '95.
- Gangstas vs. Eliminators in a Natural Born Killaz cage weapons match (8/24/96).
- Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Lee High Incident scaffold match (10/26/96, with Jonathan Coachman & Dreamer doing new secondary commentary).
- Sandman vs. Sabu Stairway to Hell (House Party '98).
- The Dudleys Boyz vs. The Sandman & Tommy Dreamer & Spike Dudley in Extreme Street Fight (Heatwave '98).
- FTW champion Sabu vs. ECW World champion Tazz: ECW Death match - Living Dangerously '99.
- Mike Awesome vs. ECW World champion Masato Tanaka White Plains, NY 12/31/99.
- Tables, Ladders, Chairs & Canes: ECW World champion Steve Corino vs. The Sandman vs. Justin Credible (Guilty as Charged '01).
Disc #2:
- The Dudley Boyz vs. Tommy Dreamer & Sandman (ECW One Night Stand).
- WWE World champion Rey Mysterio vs. Rob Van Dam (WWE vs. ECW special).
- WWE World champion Rey Mysterio vs. Sabu (ECW One Night Stand II).
- Mick Foley & Edge & Lita vs. Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk & Beulah (ECW One Night Stand II).
- ECW World champion RVD vs. Big Show (7/4/06).
- ECW World champion Big Show vs. Ric Flair (7/11/06).
- Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam: Ladder match (8/16/06).
- Rob Van Dam & Sabu vs. Test & Mike Knox (9/5/06).
- Rob Van Dam vs. Hardcore Holly from 9/26/06.
Anyone who reads Bill Simmons (aka "The Sports Guy"), ESPN's online columnist, knows he's a major wrestling fan.
We're not sure how he feels about ECW, but Simmons included WWE DVDs on his list of summer recommendations in a recent column:
Somehow I landed on the WWE's DVD mailing list a few months ago. Every 10 days or so, a Fed Ex envelope shows up with another DVD, followed by the Sports Gal grumbling, "Oh, no, it's from the WWE. I'm throwing it out," then me acting cool and pretending there's no way I would ever watch it ... then, as soon as she's not looking, I race off to watch it.
Most of them are serviceable, some of them are terrible (like the unwatchable one about "Degeneration X"), but four recent ones are worth renting if you cared about wrestling at any point over the past 25 years:
Truth be told, I'm against these DVDs because they remind me that Vince McMahon chooses to make money this way over forming the all-wrestling channel that should have happened years ago. Since the WWE owns the rights to just about every relevant match now, this really shouldn't be hard to pull off.
Heck, the MSG network showed old matches from the '80s on Wednesday nights this summer (I probably received 200 e-mails from delighted wrestling fans alerting me about it).
Just give us a network. For God's sake. Throw us a bone. Like some of you wouldn't check the Wrestling Channel 10 times a day to see what they were showing?
But here's the real reason I bring this up: Why haven't they made an Andre the Giant DVD yet? Andre, the one wrestler who could never be recreated or duplicated, the Eighth Wonder of the World, someone who touched the lives of everyone he ever met. Screw the footage; you could make a two-hour documentary just of people telling Andre stories. He was that memorable. I don't care whether it's the WWE, ESPN, HBO, whoever ... somebody needs to make an Andre documentary. I don't ask for much.
