Wrestlemania 31 Two-Disc Blu-Ray Set Review

Wrestlemania is the biggest wrestling event of all time. It features high profile matches, celebrity involvement, and showcases World Wrestling Entertainment’s product on a global stage. An event this big only happens once a year, but that does not mean you only have to watch it once every 365 days. WWE has released every Wrestlemania on some sort of home video format whether it be on VHS, DVD, or Blu-ray. Over the course of the next few weeks, I will review the different home video editions of Wrestlemania that I own.

In this week’s post, I will review the two-disc Blu-ray version of Wrestlemania 31. Aside from seeing it live on television when it aired last year, I have only seen it on Blu-ray on a 16:9 television screen. Therefore I have no idea how the DVD version of Wrestlemania 31 is presented on a 16:9 or a 4:3 television.

Like my other Wrestlemanias on Blu-ray that I previously reviewed, the entire wrestling event is on the first disc. It starts with Aloe Blacc performing “America the Beautiful” and ends with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. There are three bonus features included on the first disc. They are the Fatal 4-Way WWE Tag Team Championship match between the Usos, Los Matadores, the New Day, and Tyson Kidd and Cesaro that aired on the Wrestlemania 31 Kickoff Show, and videos showing how Seth Rollins is the “future” and how John Cena prepared for Rusev.

The second disc features the entire 2015 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony. While the 2015 hall of fame class was not as star-studded as year’s past, it was still a pretty decent group of inductees. The biggest wrestling personalities to be inducted were Alundra Blayze, Rikishi, Kevin Nash, and the most legendary of the group, the “Macho Man” Randy Savage. It is a real shame that Savage was inducted posthumously as his induction was long overdue, and I can honestly say that he was one of my most favorite wrestlers of all time. His induction is the main reason every wrestling fan should watch this induction ceremony. Like the first disc, disc two has three bonus features. These include the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal that aired on the Wrestlemania 31 Kickoff Show, and two videos that center on Brock Lesnar and Daniel Bryan.

The packaging for this Wrestlemania is okay. The front is very simple as it showcases the Wrestlemania 31 logo and some of the more popular wrestlers who competed that night. The back of the packaging features some of the matches, a list of the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame inductees, and a collage of Wrestlemania 31’s biggest moments.

The inside of the packaging looks great as it is a panoramic picture of Levi’s Stadium as the show went off the air. There are fireworks exploding all over the place, and it makes for an epic looking picture.

In conclusion, this is a great home video version of an amazing Wrestlemania. This is my second favorite Wrestlemania of all time behind only Wrestlemania 17. Wrestlemania 31 featured great matches, epic encounters, and an ending that was almost as shocking as Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon joining forces at the end of Wrestlemania 17. You are doing yourself an injustice if you do not purchase this Blu-ray set. It should be in every wrestling fan’s collection.

Stay tuned for the Wrestlemania 32 Blu-ray review!