WWE DVD Review: Live in
the UK – April 2013
The WWE only travel to
our shores twice a year here in the UK/Ireland and as such these
events are highly charged ones for the most part. Recent years have
seen the company bring as many of their big name stars and they can
and even go so far as to record episodes of their weekly Raw and
Smackdown shows here too.
This two disc set
features all of the events that took place at the O2 Arena in London
during the WrestleMania Revenge tour (April 2013). This means you get
to see complete episodes of Monday Night Raw, Smackdown and never
aired in the UK instalments of Main Event, Superstars and Saturday
Morning Slam.
Talent wise the WWE
brought a fair number of their big hitters here. Which was not
surprising considering the shows were going to be broadcast. What was
special was the inclusion of Undertaker on the shows. It had been a
number of years since Taker stepped into a UK ring and yet here was
participating in two matches (one for Raw, one for Smackdown). That
name alone will insure this set sells well with fans.
Of course any of us who
attended any of the April 2013 live shows will want to possess this
snapshot of the tour, to remind them of what they witnessed. After
all the matches may have changed slightly, but many of the grapplers
featured here were at the other houses shows too.
Highlights from Raw
include Dolph Ziggler facing Chris Jericho, Undertaker & Team
Hell No versus The Shield and UK hero William Regal (on his farewell
tour) battling Fandango. There are of course numerous other features
here and even a few other matches.
Smackdown offers up a
fine No DQ scrap between Alberto Del Rio and Jack Swagger, Layla
versus Aksana, Undertaker tackling Shield member Dean Ambrose and
Wade Barrett taking on fellow Uk star William Regal. As with Raw
there are other features here too.
Of course we also have
the episodes of Superstars and Saturday Morning Slam too. Both of
which have a few nice matches as well.
On the extras front we
get a fine outing from the UK-based PPV Rebellion held in November
2001. Which featured an on form Chris Jericho versus an equally slick
Kurt Angle.
WWE Live in the UK :
April 2013 is available now from www.wwedvd.co.uk
and all good retailers.
RRP £17.99
By Phil Allely
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