Just in time for Christmas, on December 14th, World Wrestling Entertainment will release a three-disc set that will have old school fans and new school fans discussing past and present superstars. Before John Cena got opponents to submit to his STFU, Lou Thesz pioneered the Stepover Toehold Facelock (minus the “U”) when he competed inside the confines of the squared circle.
With the release of Top 50 Superstars of All Time, besides a countdown of the top fifty superstars, where new fans will have the opportunity to be introduced to former greats like Jake “The Snake” Roberts, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Henning, and The Funks (Dory Jr. and Terry), they will have two discs worth of matches to pour over as they witness how wrestling gravitated from being just a “sport” to being sports entertainment.
Among the highlights, WWE includes a classic from the Coliseum Home Video release Smack’em Whack’em, as well as a match involving a Gorilla and a Giant. (No joke.)
Disc 1
Top 50 Superstars Countdown Feature – (Click here if you want to read the complete rankings)
Disc 2
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Lou Thesz vs Argentina Rocca
Buffalo, NY
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Jack Briscoe vs Dory Funk Jr.
Championship Wrestling from Florida
Women’s Championship Match
The Fabulous Moolah vs Susan Green
Madison Square Garden – June 16, 1975
Gorilla Monsoon vs Muhammad Ali
Philadelphia, PA – June 2, 1976
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
Harley Race vs Terry Funk
Championship Wrestling from Florida – February 6, 1977
Boxing Match
Gorilla Monsoon vs Andre The Giant
Puerto Rico – September 23, 1977
WWE Championship Match
“Superstar†Billy Graham vs “The American Dream†Dusty Rhodes
Madison Square Garden – September 26, 1977
WWE Championship Match
The Iron Sheik vs Hulk Hogan
Madison Square Garden – December 28, 1984
Six Man Tag Team Elimination Match
Ricky “The Dragon†Steamboat, Rowdy Roddy Piper & Junkyard Dog vs Randy “Macho Man†Savage, “The King†Harley Race & Adrian Adonis
Madison Square Garden – February 23, 1987
“Ravishing†Rick Rude vs Ricky “The Dragon†Steamboat
Madison Square Garden – December 26, 1987
AWA Heavyweight Championship
Jerry “The King†Lawler vs “Mr. Perfect†Curt Hennig
AWA – August 13, 1988
No Disqualification Match – Virgil Barred from Ringside
Jake “The Snake†Roberts vs “Million Dollar Man†Ted DiBiase
Madison Square Garden – December 28, 1989
Disc 3
WWE Championship Match
“Nature Boy†Ric Flair vs Bret “Hit Man†Hart
Saskatoon, CN – October 12, 1992
WWE Championship Match
The Rock vs Mankind
Halftime Heat – January 31, 1999
Fatal 4-Way Match for the WWE Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs The Rock vs Undertaker vs Kurt Angle
SmackDown! – December 7, 2000
Undertaker, Kane, Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy vs Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Edge & Christian
Raw – April 23, 2001
Edge & Triple H vs Kurt Angle & Chris Jericho
SmackDown! – May 16, 2002
Eddie Guerrero vs Big Show
SmackDown! – April 15, 2004
Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Kurt Angle vs Rey Mysterio vs Randy Orton
WrestleMania 22 – April 2, 2006
John Cena & Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker & Batista
No Way Out – February 18, 2007
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Edge vs Undertaker
WrestleMania XXIV – March 30, 2008
