WWE DVD BOX SETS WORTH HAVING

I remember when I was younger, maybe 12 or 13, walking through our local video store, taking a look at all the wresling video tapes (remember them?) they had; wishing a could rent them there and then. Up to that point in time I had yet to see WrestleMania 2, having seen every one but #2. (This would be somewhere around 1990 so there had only been 6 to that point). I finally was lucky enough, sometime later, to finally sit down and see Mania 2. I loved it! It was the best one I had seen and remained my favorite Mania for quite some time.
Once the WWE released the first 20 WresleManias on dvd (in the box set) it was like reliving my youth all over again. Yes, those matches from the mid-1980's were tame by today's standards, but it was great to sit back and be taken back to my younger days.
The same holds true with the Royal Rumble box set that was released a couple of years ago. One of the most amazing things about the Royal Rumble collection is that they included the very first Rumble from 1988. That Rumble wasn't available on pay-per-view; it was shown on the USA network in the States. I don't think it was shown in Canada at all. Anyway, the very first Rumble match featured only twenty superstars (not the thirty that we get now). The most interesting thing about the match is that it didn't feature "the big names" in the wwe (then wwf);
there was no Hogan in the match, no Andre, no Ted DiBiase, no Randy Savage etc. While the match was missing the big names, they did have some notables: the Ultimate Warrior; Bret "Hit Man" Hart, Dino Bravo etc.
Considering the lack of big names, the Rumble was still pretty fun to watch. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan came out on top, winning the match by last eliminating the One Man Gang. The following year, the Fed expanded the event to 3 hours and made it available only on pay-per-view. Next time will look at the 1989 Royal Rumble which would feature one of most unique Rumble matches ever!