WWE Tagged Classics

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Cover art of the first Tagged Classics set released in 2004, featuring WrestleMania 1 and 2. WTC001 L.JPG
Cover art of the first Tagged Classics set released in 2004, featuring WrestleMania 1 and 2.

WWE Tagged Classics is a series of two-disc DVD sets produced by former WWE video distributor Silver Vision for retail markets in Region 2 in PAL format. The majority of sets in the series feature a WWF/E pay-per-view event from one year on one disc, with another disc that featured the same event from the following year, or two consecutive pay-per-views. [1]

Contents

The first Tagged Classics DVD set released was WrestleMania 1 and 2 in 2004 and the last to be released was UK Fan Favourites 1993 & 1995 in 2012. [2]

History

The sets are composed of two WWF/E events each, which were previously released on VHS. They contain no extras beyond the events (unless an extra was included in the original VHS release of the event, i.e. the original WrestleMania XIV DVD release includes a post-match press conference with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mike Tyson) up until the release of King of the Ring 1999 & 2000 , in which the King of the Ring 2000 disc contained the same extras that the original VHS release did.

Most of the sets in the series are simply re-releases of commercial WWF video tapes; however, they are taken from master WWE source tapes of these releases. The same edits on the ex-WWF tapes (as different from the live broadcast PPV version of the event) are present on these sets. The series includes events such as Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, King of the Ring, SummerSlam and Survivor Series, as well as In Your House pay-per-views that began in 1995. There have also been releases of other shows such as One Night Only and UK Rampage 1991 as well as other original VHS titles. [3]

A limited amount of Tagged Classics were released in the United States, spanning the years 2003-2005 and in Canada; 2002-2005, these sets were not produced by Silver Vision. They included present WWE PPVs 'tagged' together. For example, Royal Rumble and No Way Out 2003.

The Tagged Classics series was discontinued when Silver Vision lost its WWE license at the end of 2012. [4]

A screenshot from a Tagged Classics release showing the WWF scratch logo that was censored mostly from 2002 to 2012. Taggedclassic.jpg
A screenshot from a Tagged Classics release showing the WWF scratch logo that was censored mostly from 2002 to 2012.

In May 2002, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to settle a long-running trademark dispute with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which concerned usage of the "WWF" trademark. [5] In April 2003, the Fund lost a British lawsuit which attempted to prevent the WWE from re-issuing legacy video games that failed to censor "WWF" references. The court ruled that it would be too difficult to censor these "WWF" references due to the configuration of the software, and also that external packaging on these releases had censored any "WWF" references at consumer-level, and that overall, there was no harm caused to the Fund's brand. [6]

As a consequence, the Tagged Classics DVDs followed the video game precedent, with all "WWF" references preserved in footage prior to the WWE name change. Only the external packaging and menu screens of the Tagged Classics display the "WWE" initials. [7]

The Tagged Classics DVDs feature the theme music from the original VHS releases, unlike some later American WWE Home Video DVD re-issues where the music is dubbed over. For instance, on the American WrestleMania: The Complete Anthology re-released DVD box set — Demolition's entrance theme is dubbed over with generic production music. However, any edits that were made to the original VHS releases are the same on the corresponding Tagged Classics release, for example, Unforgiven 1999's main event video package featured music by Fear Factory and System of a Down, but it was dubbed over on the VHS release and thus is also dubbed on the Tagged Classics reissue. [8]

List of WWE Tagged Classics

Below is the complete list of all 84 WWE Tagged Classics released by Silver Vision between 2004 and 2012. The sets are ordered by their release date:

References

  1. ↑ Bee, Daniel (2010-04-30). "New UK WWE Tagged Classics DVD Announced | Wrestling DVD Network | Wrestling DVD Network". www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  2. ↑ "WWE DVD". History of Wrestling. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  3. ↑ Bee, Daniel (2011-08-26). "WWE Tagged Classics: Triple H The Game & That Damn Good DVD Cover | Wrestling DVD Network | Wrestling DVD Network". www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  4. ↑ "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT". silvervision.co.uk. 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Wrestling body submits to name change". 2002-05-08. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  6. ↑ "Wildlife Fund demands UK videogame withdrawal". SPOnG. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  7. ↑ D, Mark (2012-06-28). "Full List of Silver Vision WWE DVDs & Tagged Classics | Wrestling DVD Network | Wrestling DVD Network". www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  8. ↑ WWE Backlash 2001 / WWE Judgment Day 2001 DVD (WWE Tagged Classics) (United Kingdom) . Retrieved 2026-02-03– via www.blu-ray.com.
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