Best of Clash of Champions DVD set

[Vegas]

Details on WWE's upcoming "The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions" Video:

WWE's European video distributor Silvervision has released details for The Best of the WCW Clash of the Champions video release. The title is scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray on May 22, 2012.

Disc 1

The Real Story

NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair vs. Sting
Clash of the Champions - 27th March, 1988

NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Lex Luger & Barry Windham
Clash of the Champions - 27th March, 1988

Why Wait a Whole Year?

NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Sting & Dusty Rhodes
Clash of the Champions II - 8th June, 1988

Russian Chain Match
Ricky Morton vs. Ivan Koloff
Clash of the Champions III - 7th September, 1988

“I Quit” Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk
Clash of the Champions IX - 15th November, 1989

Mil Mascaras vs. Cactus Jack Manson
Clash of the Champions X - 6th February, 1990

NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express
Clash of the Champions XI - 13th June, 1990

Disc 2

To Be The Man, You Gotta Beat The Man

NWA United States Championship Match
‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger
Clash of the Champions XII - 5th September, 1990

The Young Pistols & Z-Man vs. The Fabulous Freebirds
Clash of the Champions XV - 12th June, 1991

15-Man Battle Royal
Clash of the Champions XVI - 5th September, 1991

WCW United States Championship Match
Sting vs. ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude
Clash of the Champions XVII - 19th November, 1991

Other Stars On The Rise

2 out of 3 Falls Match
‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs. The Hollywood Blonds
Clash of the Champions XXIII - 17th June, 1993

Brian Pillman vs. “Stunning” Steve Austin
Clash of the Champions XXV - 10th November, 1993

WCW Television Title Match
Lord Steven Regal vs. Dustin Rhodes
Clash of the Champions XXVI - 27th January, 1994

Elimination Tag Team Match
Sting & ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair vs. ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude & Vader
Clash of the Champions XXVI - 27th January, 1994

Disc 3

Here we are Again

Championship Unification Match
Sting vs. ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair
Clash of the Champions XXVII - 23rd June, 1994

WCW United States Championship Match
“Stunning” Steve Austin vs. Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat
Clash of the Champions XXVIII - 24th August, 1994

Hulk Hogan & ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage vs. ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair & The Giant
Clash of the Champions XXXII - 23rd January, 1996

Madusa vs. Bull Nakano
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - 15th August, 1996

Match for the BattleBowl Ring
Diamond Dallas Page vs. Eddie Guerrero
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - 15th August, 1996

I’m gonna watch this

WCW World Tag Team Championship Triple Threat Match
Harlem Heat vs. The Steiner Brothers vs. Sting & Lex Luger
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - 15th August, 1996

WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko
Clash of the Champions XXXIV - 21st January, 1997

WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Guerrero
Clash of the Champions XXXV - 21st August, 1997

Diamond Dallas Page & Lex Luger vs. Scott Hall & ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage
Clash of the Champions XXXV - 21st August, 1997

35th and Final Clash

Blu-ray Exclusive Content

'Nature Boy' Ric Flair and Barry Windham vs. Midnight Express
Clash of the Champions IV - 7th December, 1988

Sting and Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat vs. ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude and Steve Austin
Clash of the Champions XVIII - 21st January, 1992

Thunder Cage Match
Dustin Rhodes & Sting vs. Big Van Vader, Paul Orndorff and Barry Windham
Clash of the Champions XXII - 13th January, 1993

[jasonjaconetti]

Always loved Clash of the Champions and this set is no different. Sure some may argue for this match or that match, but overall this is a solid set

[Big Bri]

Yes, a pretty solid set. Here's what's missing (yes, let the debates begin)...

-Steamboat vs. Flair (April 1989)
-Jimmy Garvin being revealed as the new Freebird (June 1989)
-Doom being forced to unmask (early 1990?)
-Sting gets kicked out of the Horsemen & then injures his knee (February 1990)
-Ric Flair vs. Scott Steiner (January 1991)
-Ric Flair vs. Bobby Eaton (June 1991)
-Ron Simmons vs. Lex Luger (September 1991)
-Missy Hyatt vs. Paul E. (arm wrestling contest) (Fall 1991?)
-Ricky Steamboat returns (November 1991)
-Steiner Bros. vs. Doc & Grody (surprise end of night match) (July 1992)

I'm sure there's a few more, but those are some of my favorite Clash memories. The early ones were as good as (and sometimes even better) than some NWA/WCW PPVs. I'd say after Hogan showed up, the Clashes were meaningless. They were like an extra Nitro.

[Avarice]

The great thing about this is that the WWE didn't do any COTC's so they can't put their "version" of it on here like they did for the GAB and other DVD's. Also if one wants to do it, I've seen them all in entirety over youtube before I even heard about this. Some nostalgia for sure.

I remember being excited when these would come on...it was a big event for me as a kid/teen. They were PPV's for free!

[Vegas]

I picked this up over the weekend and it will be the first wrestling DVD set I watch once my summer vacation starts next week (but I'll start watching this even before then.)

Good to see I only own I think 6 of the 24 matches- so 75% of the matches will be ones I do not already own.

[Mr. Jimmyface]

I can't wait to check this out. For those who didn't live in the era, this was a pretty big deal. PPV had replaced live events as far as "must watch" events, and a lot of kids parents weren't shelling out to see every pay per view. At the time, the Clash of The Champions show was like watching a free PPV.

It actually reflects what wrestling is today. Look at any program from back in the day, and it was star vs. jobber time and again, with interview segments to get you to either the live event or the PPV. Clash had stars of similar quality going against each other. Every college I went to, we had a crew that would gather in the student union when these would come on, and we would lose our collective minds! New York KnockOut, for me, best TV wrestling event I've ever seen as far as storytelling, getting the fans excited, and man, it got us JACKED!

[Deleted]

Mar 6, 2012 10:12:42 GMT -5 Big Bri said:

Yes, a pretty solid set. Here's what's missing (yes, let the debates begin)...

-Steamboat vs. Flair (April 1989)
-Jimmy Garvin being revealed as the new Freebird (June 1989)
-Doom being forced to unmask (early 1990?)
-Sting gets kicked out of the Horsemen & then injures his knee (February 1990)
-Ric Flair vs. Scott Steiner (January 1991)
-Ric Flair vs. Bobby Eaton (June 1991)
-Ron Simmons vs. Lex Luger (September 1991)
-Missy Hyatt vs. Paul E. (arm wrestling contest) (Fall 1991?)
-Ricky Steamboat returns (November 1991)
-Steiner Bros. vs. Doc & Grody (surprise end of night match) (July 1992)

I'm sure there's a few more, but those are some of my favorite Clash memories. The early ones were as good as (and sometimes even better) than some NWA/WCW PPVs. I'd say after Hogan showed up, the Clashes were meaningless. They were like an extra Nitro.

The April Steamboat/Flair match is on Steamboat's DVD that came out a couple of years ago, that's probably why it wasn't on this set.

[subvert69]

Has anyone realized that the run time on this disc isn't very long. The first disc is somewhere around 2:30 and the second disc is a little less then 2 hours I believe. Usually the E fills the DVD's up to 3:00 per disc.

[TTX]

it's a trend lately, unfortunately.