Wrestlemania: The Complete Anthology Volume IV 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.

The anthology portion of this series of posts finally concludes this week as I review Wrestlemania: The Complete Anthology Volume IV. This is the last volume of the Wrestlemania anthology DVD set that WWE released. Contained within this volume are Wrestlemanias 16-20. The editing for these discs are only on Wrestlemanias 16, 17, and 18 and are the same as the edits for Wrestlemania 15 in that there are musical changes, the muting of the letter “F” when WWF is said, and the blurring of the WWF scratch logo. Wrestlemania 19 and Wrestlemania 20 are not as edited since most of the musical licenses had not expired when these DVDs were released, and WWF had changed its name to WWE when these two Wrestlemanias took place meaning there are no logo blurs.

This is the only volume in which every disc is double sided meaning you will have to flip the DVD when the first side finishes in order to continue watching. If you are a couch potato, then avoid this volume like the plague.

The packing for this volume is the same as the first three volumes except for the pictures on the inside as they feature legendary moments from Wrestlemanias 16-20.

Also included is a program that lists all of the matches and segments that take place at each Wrestlemania. The picture that they chose for the faceoff on this program is very obvious as it features the two biggest stars of the era who were engaged in the best rivalry of the era. The faceoff is of the Rock and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.

This is my favorite volume of the four as it contains five great Wrestlemania events. Wrestlemania 16 has the breathtaking triangle ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, Wrestlemania 17 is the greatest Wrestlemania of all time and features fantastic matches throughout the entire card, Wrestlemania 18 turns a dream match into a reality as the Rock and Hulk Hogan had an electrifying bout, Wresltmania 19 was almost as good as Wrestlemania 17 as it too featured many incredible matches, and Wrestlemania 20 brings the event back to where it began in Madison Square Garden.

If you only buy one volume of the Wrestlemania anthology series, then I recommend you buy this one. Wrestlemania: The Complete Anthology Volume IV has a ton of great matches and segments that will keep any wrestling fan entertained for hours.

You can also purchase all four of the Wrestlemania anthology volumes as a boxed set. If you do, make sure you get the 2006 version as it contains Wrestlemanias 21 and 22 packaged in with it. The 2005 version only adds Wrestlemania 21.

The anthology as a whole is a great way to start your Wrestlemania collection. It contains fantastic pieces of wrestling history, epic Wrestlemania moments, and will have the inner wrestling fan inside of you jumping for joy.

Stay tuned for the Wrestlemania 21 DVD set review!