WWE - Wrestlemania 1 To 5 (Digipack) (DVD)

WWE Wrestlemania 1-5 Digipack Boxset.

This boxset is superb and great value for money to. If you were to buy the first 5 Wrestlemania’s separately you would pay anything between 45 and 60 quid. The digipack costs 34.99 direct from www.silvervision.co.uk, who also offer free home delivery on all their items. The only downside to this is that there are no extras included on the discs, but still good value.

In 1984 Vince ...
...in the process of wiping out all of the other wrestling organizations that were trying to compete with him and thought that a mega event would put him further ahead in his quest. The result was WWF Wrestlemania.

On March 31st 1985 at New York’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. The first Wrestlemania event took place. And what an event it was. A huge success. A show with the best wrestling superstars that the WWF had to offer ... more

WWE Wrestlemania 1-5 Digipack Boxset.

This boxset is superb and great value for money to. If you were to buy the first 5 Wrestlemania’s separately you would pay anything between 45 and 60 quid. The digipack costs 34.99 direct from www.silvervision.co.uk, who also offer free home delivery on all their items. The only downside to this is that there are no extras included on the discs, but still good value.

In 1984 Vince McMahon had a vision of a wrestling supershow. He was in the process of wiping out all of the other wrestling organizations that were trying to compete with him and thought that a mega event would put him further ahead in his quest. The result was WWF Wrestlemania.

On March 31st 1985 at New York’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. The first Wrestlemania event took place. And what an event it was. A huge success. A show with the best wrestling superstars that the WWF had to offer combined with a huge number of celebrities.

The Main event of the first Wrestlemania put Hulk Hogan and Mr T with the Superfly Jimmy Snuka in their corner against Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff with Cowboy Bob Orton in their corner. As if that wasn’t enough, the match also had Mohammed Ali as the special referee and Liberace as the time keeper.

Others on the show included Andre the Giant, Big John Studd, Greg The Hammer Valentine, The Junkyard Dog, Brutus Beefcake, Ricky Steamboat and Tito Santana.

After Wrestlemania was a huge success, McMahon had another idea, Wrestlemania 2. Only this time he wanted it to be bigger than the first one. Many people had doubted that this was possible. How could you possibly top Wrestlemania 1?

The answer to that was to hold the second Wrestlemania in 3 different arenas in 3 different cities. The Nassau Coliseum in New York, The Rosemont Horizon in Chicago and The Los Angeles Sports Arena in California all played host to this event. When matches were happening in one arena, the other two arenas saw the matches take place on a huge video screen. Despite all the doubters, this event was another huge success.

In the Wrestlemania 2 main event, WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defended his title against King Kong Bundy inside a Steel Cage. This event also saw the debut of three of the greatest superstars of all time, Bret Hitman Hart, Jake The Snake Roberts and Macho Man Randy Savage.

In other matches, Rowdy Roddy Piper fought Mr T in a boxing match, The Dream Team faced the British Bulldogs for the WWF Tag Team Championship and WWF Superstars faced NFL football players in a 20 man battle royal.

It was clear after this that Wrestlemania was going to be a annual WWF event as plans for Wrestlemania 3 got underway. 97,000 fans jammed packed the Pontiac Silverdome in Chicago to watch WWF Champion Hulk Hogan defend his title against his former best friend, Andre the Giant, in the Main Event.

That match was good, but the match that stole the show that night was WWF Intercontinental Champion Macho Man Randy Savage against Ricky The Dragon Steamboat for the title. Many people consider this match to be the greatest Wrestlemania match of all time.

Other superstars included in the event were Bret Hitman Hart, Jake Roberts, Honky Tonk Man, Davey Boy Smith and George The Animal Steele. Rowdy Roddy Piper also competed in what would be his last WWF match for almost 3 years as he left the company afterwards.

On to Wrestlemania 4. Held in a sold out Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, this version of Wrestlemania could possibly be the worst one so far. 15 matches crammed into such a short time space didn’t work to well.

Shortly before the event, the WWF World Title was declared vacant and there would be a tournament to crown a new champion at Wrestlemania 4. The tournament included such superstars as : Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Ted Dibiase, Butch Reed, Ravishing Rick Rude, Macho Man Randy Savage, Jake The Snake Roberts and Greg The Hammer Valentine.

Other matches include a 20 man battle royal, the Ultimate Warrior against Hurcules, Brutus Beefcake against Honky Tonk Man for the WF Intercontinental Title and Demolition facing Strike Force for the WWF Tag Team Title.

The following year, Wrestlemania 5 was also held in the Trump Plaza. It was like WWF was trying to make up for the poor event the previous year. If that was the plan then it worked well because Wrestlemania 5 was a great event. Former tag team partners and friends Hulk Hogan and The Macho Man Randy Savage fought in the main event for the WWF World Title. Also on the event was The Ultimate Warrior against Ravishing Rick Rude for the WWF Intercontinental Title, Demolition faced Powers of Pain for the WWF tag team titles and Jake The Snake Roberts squared off with Andre the Giant.

Wrestlemania 5 also featured the debut of three future legends, Mr Perfect, Owen Hart and The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels.

The Wrestlemania 1-5 Digipack is well worth the money. I would highly recommend it to everyone. Especially if you want a piece of wrestling history. 

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