WWE Superstar Collection - Daniel Bryan DVD Review

WWE Superstar Collection - Daniel Bryan is out now on DVD as an www.amazon.co.uk exclusive, currently priced at £5.45. This single disc set looks at the WWE career of Daniel Bryan between February 2010 and January 2012, expect to see Sheamus go up against some of WWE's best around that time, including Chris Jericho, Kane, Sin Cara, Wade Barrett and Big Show!

Content Listing

Singles Match

Daniel Bryan with The Miz vs. World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho with Wade Barrett

WWE NXT #1.01, 23rd Febuary 2010

Daniel Bryan & The Miz history

United States Championship Match

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz (C) with Alex Riley

WWE Night of Champions, 19th September 2010

Money in the Bank Ladder Match

Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Heath Slater vs. Justin Gabriel vs. Kane vs. Sheamus vs. Sin Cara vs. Wade Barrett

WWE Money in the Bank, 17th July 2011

Singles Match

World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank Holder Daniel Bryan with Big Show vs. World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry

WWE Friday Night Smackdown #637, 4th November 2011

World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Triple Threat Match

Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Big Show vs. Mark Henry

WWE Royal Rumble, 29th January 2012

Review

Imagine a time before entire arena chanted "YES! YES! YES!", it feels like such a long time ago, but that's what this DVD presents, as we take a look at the early WWE career of Daniel Bryan. 

We kick off the set with Bryan's debut on the main roster as he took on Chris Jericho on the very first episode of NXT. The match is wrestled to crickets and it really isn't that interesting. Jericho seems intent of sand bagging Bryan at every turn, leading to Bryan taking a nasty bump into the announce table. Following, this we get a nice video package detailing Bryan's feud with The Miz, making the feud look awesome, which to be fair, it was. Bryan then get's a shot at the United States Championship against the aforementioned Miz. An enjoyable match, which builds the then LeBell Lock as a terrifying manoevre, with The Miz playing his role down to a tee. I miss heel Miz, there I said it! 

2011's World Heavyweight Championship Contract Money in the Bank Ladder Match is next, with Cody Rhodes, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Wade Barrett, Kane, Sheamus and Sin Cara joining Bryan for an exhilarating battle with all the spots and excitement that the fans have come to expect from these kinds of matches. A Friday Night Smackdown encounter with Mark Henry looks promising, until Big Show decides to get involved and the bout is cut short. The final match on the disc see's Bryan beginning his heel turn, defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show and Mark Henry in a Steel Cage Triple Threat bout. This one is alright, nothing special. It's shorter than you'd expect from a World title bout on one of the big four, but that's probably just enough to get over what was needed. 

This another decent outing for the Superstar Collection, surprisingly I didn't enjoy this disc as much as the one looking at Sheamus, mainly because Bryan was never presented as a star at any point. There's a lot of fun to be had especially with the bout with The Miz and the Money in the Bank Ladder match, and even if the bout with Chris Jericho isn't that great, I bet it won't be released on any other DVD set, so for a couple of quid this isn't a bad purchase at all.

Top Three Matches on Superstar Collection - Daniel Bryan

1. Money in the Bank Ladder Match

Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Heath Slater vs. Justin Gabriel vs. Kane vs. Sheamus vs. Sin Cara vs. Wade Barrett

WWE Money in the Bank, 17th July 2011

2. United States Championship Match

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz (C) with Alex Riley

WWE Night of Champions, 19th September 2010

3. World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Triple Threat Match

Daniel Bryan (C) vs. Big Show vs. Mark Henry

WWE Royal Rumble, 29th January 2012

WWE Superstar Collection - Sheamus DVD Review

WWE Superstar Collection - Sheamus is out now on DVD as an www.amazon.co.uk exclusive, currently priced at £5.45. This single disc set looks at the WWE career of Sheamus between December 2009 and January 2012, expect to see Sheamus go up against some of WWE's best around that time, including Chris Jericho, Edge, Daniel Bryan, John Morrison and Randy Orton!

Content Listing

WWE Championship Tables Match

Sheamus vs. John Cena (C)

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, 13th December 2009

WWE Championship Fatal Fourway Match

Sheamus vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge vs. John Cena (C)

WWE Fatal 4-Way, 20th June 2010

King of the Ring 2010 Final Match

Sheamus vs. John Morrison 

WWE Monday Night Raw #914, 29th November 2010

United States Championship Match

Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (C)

WWE Monday Night RAW #929, March 14th 2011

2012 Royal Rumble Match

Joined in progress from when Sheamus enters at #22 (also including Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, David Otunga, Wade Barrett, Jey Uso, Road Dogg & Kofi Kingston)

WWE Royal Rumble, 29th January 2012

Review

I found this one disc, 90-minute presentation to be a fairly entertaining look back at the WWE career of Sheamus. After a short intro package, you are thrown straight into the action as Sheamus chases his first WWE Championship in a Tables Match against John Cena from WWE's inaugral TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs PPV. It's a decent enough encounter with plenty of suspense based spots and a decent storyline based around Cena's supposedly injured back, which for the most part Cena sells pretty well. I'm still not sure if the finish is a botch though! Up next is an exciting Fatal Fourway bout from the aptly named Fatal 4-Way as Sheamus chases the WWE Championship again, with Edge and Randy Orton been thrown into the mix this time. This is what you'd expect with the action staying at a fairly high pace, with plenty of false finishes and signature moves, unfortunately the finish to this one holds it back. The match of the disc comes in the form of the 2010 King of the Ring final, as Sheamus takes on John Morrison. This probably isn't the best match that these two had, as I remember them having a stellar series of matches in the latter part of 2010, but it's certainly entertaining with both men coming off looking better for being apart of it. It's strange to see Sheamus slipping down the card as he challenges for Daniel Bryan's United States Championship on Raw in 2011. It's a decent enough match, but these two certainly had bigger and better later, nothing particularly memorable here. To round of this disc we get the tail end of the 2012 Royal Rumble from Sheamus's entry at number 22. There isn't anything particular notable in this one, until the very end with the final two men left in, as they both put on a good display with a number of exciting spots to close the disc.

I found this to be a nice little look back at one of WWE's more underrated wrestlers of the past year, but also one of WWE's success stories, as Sheamus is one of the few wrestlers who have risen up through the WWE ranks over the past couple of years. The action for the most part is entertaining, and pretty easy to sit and watch, and for less than a fiver you can't really go wrong with this disc, the match with Morrison would be a nice addition to any ones collection. It's a shame Christmas has come and gone as this would have made for a nice stocking filler for the kids. 

Top Three Matches on Superstar Collection - Sheamus

1. King of the Ring 2010 Final Match

Sheamus vs. John Morrison 

WWE Monday Night Raw #914, 29th November 2010

2. 2012 Royal Rumble Match

Joined in progress from when Sheamus enters at #22 (also including Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, David Otunga, Wade Barrett, Jey Uso, Road Dogg & Kofi Kingston)

WWE Royal Rumble, 29th January 2012

3. WWE Championship Fatal Fourway Match

Sheamus vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge vs. John Cena (C)

WWE Fatal 4-Way, 20th June 2010