WWE DVD Review - Live in the UK November 2012

With each UK tour the WWE keep pushing the envelope as they try to give their loyal fans even more value for their money. This past November saw the company roll into Birmingham, here they would not only put on one heck of a show, but they would also record episodes of the Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown shows before thousands of lively and excited fans. 

Another bonus here is the complete (unaired in the UK) WWE Main Event show that was recorded in Birmingham too.

Live in the UK saw many of the Survivor Series 2012 combatants and teams in action, as they embarked on the road to that Pay-Per-View.

So what can you expect from this two disc set? First up there are some nice features on the UK's own Wade Barrett and William Regal. Irishman Sheamus is also given the spotlight treatment. 

On the match front we have a great many to choose from. Highlights of which are CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler versus John Cena and Ryback. Wade Barrett teaming with Big Show to combat hard-hitters William Regal and Sheamus. Elsewhere Randy Orton and Alberto Del Rio have a well-paced Falls Count Anywhere encounter. Kofi Kingston and The Miz face-off for the Intercontinental Championship and the colourful combo of Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio tackle the fun duo of The Primetime Players.

WWE Live in the UK November 2012 is a very good DVD set indeed. Fans who attended will love this memento of their time there, others will enjoy seeing their heroes on UK soil and adapting their styles etc to suit them. These UK releases are very popular indeed and this is one of the best yet.

Extras wise we get two WWE Championship matches that were held in the UK. One is the near-classic Randy 'Macho Man' Savage and Ultimate Warrior scrap from Summer Slam 1992. The other is the very inventive match between The Rock and X Pac from the 1998 Capital Carnage PPV.

WWE Live in the UK November 2012 is available now on two disc DVD.

RRP £17.99

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By Phil Allely

WWE Live in the UK November 2011 DVD Review

WWE DVD Review: WWE Live in the UK – November 2011

By Phil Allely

The WWE tour the UK twice a year, these tours have grown bigger each year and recently the company have decided to record live versions of their hugely popular Raw and Smackdown shows on UK soil too.

This double DVD set offers up the live shows from last November that were recorded in Liverpool for broadcast in the UK and the US respectively.

As anyone who has seen a live WWE show knows these are always fun events, there’s never a sad face in the crowd at the end of them.  We the fans get to see our heroes in the flesh and get to see the big spectacle of shows that we usually only see on US TV.  The shows on DVD here however are far slicker affairs than non-recorded/televised ones, these are after all live shows which were being recorded for broadcast. So storylines were followed, scripts were adhered too and the entire roster were on the ball throughout.

Disc one features The November 7^th Raw episode and it features some pretty decent matches and segments. Highlights here are John Cena whipping the crowd into a frenzy, Zack Ryder’s appearances and the main event scrap between Cena/Ryder and The Miz/R-Truth.

This disc also houses an episode of NXT featuring a few nice matches and a retro match between Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Dude Love from the UK PPV ‘One Night Only’ in 1997.

Disc two on the other hand has a reasonable episode of WWE Superstars (10^th November) as its starting off point. There’s a very nice match with Daniel Bryan and William Regal here also.

The rest of the disc is taken up by the November 11^th Smackdown episode and it is a pretty good one too. Up for perusal here are a fine outing with Sheamus and Christian, Mark Henry Versus Daniel Bryan and an enjoyable Randy Orton and Wade Barrett brawl.

WWE Live in the UK – November 2011 is a very good collection of live shows and one that fans will lap up if they were in attendance or not. This is perhaps the best introduction to WWE live shows for anyone who has yet to witness them.

WWE Live in the UK – November 2011 is available now from www.silvervision.co.uk and all good retailers.