WWE Home Video are pulling out of the bodily media market after virtually 4 many years within the business.
The dwelling leisure market is in an odd place in 2023. While filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro and Christopher Nolan are singing the praises of the Blu-ray and 4K codecs (and, purely anecdotally, it looks like bodily releases are gaining much more traction in film-y circles within the face of streamers deleting content material from their platforms) some distributors are pulling disc releases fully.
That’s what’s taking place over at Freemantle. Despite releasing VHS, DVD and Blu-ray editions of WWE programming for a whopping 36 years and having devoted sections in lots of an area DVD store, WWE Home Video’s ultimate launch would be the Crown Jewel 2023 2-disc DVD on the 18th December within the UK.
“With nice unhappiness we should announce that WWE have taken the choice to withdraw from the Home Video class,” the corporate stated in an announcement. “No licensing offers will probably be renewed worldwide after 2023.”
“Everyone at WWE Home Video UK want to thank all our collectors and followers for a few years of assist and keenness.”
This actually does really feel like a little bit of an finish of an period – and possibly a hefty blow to a phase of the bodily media neighborhood.
Who is aware of, although – if all these disc-related issues do continue to grow in reputation, perhaps we’ll see WWE on a DVD case once more in the future.
