Silver Vision (UK) Limited
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo production
Distribution label
GenreProfessional wrestling
Founded7 July 1990 (7 July 1990)
Defunct29 July 2014 (29 July 2014)
FateDissolved
HeadquartersThe Lighthouse, 1 Aden Road, ,
Area served
United Kingdom
Europe
ParentClear Vision Limited

Silver Vision Limited was a British video production and distribution label, and a subsidiary of Clear Vision Limited. The company was based in Enfield, London, England. The company is most famous for being the official home video distributor for WWE in Europe from 7 July 1990 to 31 December 2012.

History

Silver Vision had exclusive distribution rights to the WWE Tagged Classics range, a unique series of DVDs that were exempt from well-documented legal restraints imposed by federal lawsuits initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature in 2002.[2] The lawsuits prohibited the referencing and use of all versions of the World Wrestling Federation logo and the initials "WWF", with only the DVD cover art and menu screens of the "Tagged Classics" displaying the World Wrestling Entertainment logo and the initials "WWE".

In July 2012, WWE came to a new agreement with the World Wide Fund for Nature which allowed the WWE to no longer censor any of the WWF logos and the spoken initials of "WWF", however, WWE cannot use any WWF logos in the present day, except in archival footage.[3]

On 19 September 2012, Silver Vision announced on their website that the partnership between their parent Clear Vision Ltd. and WWE would end on 31 December 2012, with SummerSlam 2012 and nWo: The Revolution being the label's final WWE release. Silver Vision announced they would continue to release WWE DVDs while supplies last.[4] On 19 November 2012, it was announced that FremantleMedia (now Fremantle) would be the new WWE Home Video distributor for the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.[5] Silver Vision's website sold their last WWE DVDs by June 2013[6] and after that date, the brand officially was dissolved, with their website redirecting to their parent company Clear Vision afterwards.

In January 2013, Queensway Digital, Clear Vision's parent company, announced they had secured the deal to release TNA DVDs after losing their WWE license.[7] In December 2013, the company entered administration.[8] On 29 July 2014, the company went under a voluntary strike-off.[9]

The company continued to release DVDs until 2017, when its online store went offline, with its domain soon lapsing.

Home Media

Silver Vision released roughly 100 to 200 DVDs in 14 years from 7 July 2000 to 29 July 2014, which are: 1: documentaries about the WWE wrestlers, 2: two ECW documentaries and two PPVs, 3: all of the WWE exclusives and WWE Tagged Classics series.

Region 2 DVDs

Silver Vision Documentaries Exclusive Releases

Region 2
DVD Title Aspect Ratio Total running time Release Date
The Rock: The People’s Champ (1 DISC SET) 16:9 143 mins. April 25, 2000
The Rock: Just Bring It (2 DISC SET) 16:9 255 mins. October 1, 2002
SILVER VISION PRESENTS Mick Foley: Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life In Wrestling (2 DVD SET) 16:9 389 mins. AKA 6 hours and 29 Minutes January 1, 2008
Shawn Michaels: Heartbreak Kid & Heartbreak Express 16:9 N/A Jul 11, 2011
Triple H: The Game & That Damn Good 16:9 N/A Oct 17, 2011
Undertaker: This Is My Yard & Mick Foley: Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops 16:9 N/A Jan 16, 2012
Hardy Boyz: Leap of Faith & Lita: It Just Feels Right 16:9 N/A Mar 19, 2012
The Rock: The Epic Journey Of Dwayne The Rock Johnson (3 DVD SET) 16:9 6hrs 54 mins. April 23, 2012
Austin 3:16 Uncensored, Three Faces of Foley, Chris Jericho: Break Down the Walls & Kurt Angle: Its True, Its True 16:9 252 Minutes Sep 17, 2012

Silver Vision ECW Exclusive Releases

Region 2
DVD Title Aspect Ratio Total running time Release Date
SILVER VISION PRESENTS: The RISE + FALL OF ECW (2 DISC DVD) 16:9 366 mins. AKA 6 hours and 5 mins January 24, 2005
ECW: The Mist Extreme Matches (Double DVD) 16:9 350 mins. AKA 5 hours and 50 Minutes March 20, 2006
ECW: ONE NIGHT STAND & ECW BARELY LEGAL (2 DISC SET) 16:9 350 mins. AKA 5 hours and 50 Minutes June 11, 2006

WWE DVDS & WWE Tagged Classics Main Series

Region 2
DVD Title Aspect Ratio Total running time Release Date
WrestleMania I & II 16:9 232 mins May 10, 2004
Royal Rumble 1989 & 1990 16:9 283 mins
WrestleMania III & IV 16:9 N/A Jun 7, 2004
King of the Ring 93 & 94 16:9 N/A Jul 5, 2004
SummerSlam 88 & 89 16:9 N/A Aug 9, 2004
Royal Rumble 91 & 92 16:9 N/A Sep 6, 2004
UK Rampage 91 & Battle Royal in the Albert Hall 16:9 N/A Oct 4, 2004
Survivor Series 87 & 88 16:9 N/A Nov 1, 2004
In Your House 1 & 2 16:9 N/A Jan 10, 2005
One Night Only & Fab Four 16:9 N/A Feb 7, 2005
In Your House 13 & 16 16:9 N/A Mar 7, 2005
WrestleMania V & VI 16:9 N/A Apr 4, 2005
SummerSlam 90 & 91 16:9 N/A May 1, 2005
King of the Ring 95 & 96 16:9 N/A May 2, 2005
Royal Rumble 93 & 94 16:9 N/A Jun 6, 2005
Survivor Series 89 & 90 16:9 N/A Jul 4, 2005
WrestleMania VII & VIII 16:9 N/A Sep 5, 2005
SummerSlam 92 & 93 16:9 N/A Oct 3, 2005
Survivor Series 95 & 96 16:9 N/A Nov 6, 2005
Survivor Series 91 & 92 16:9 N/A Nov 7, 2005
Royal Rumble 95 & 96 16:9 N/A Apr 17, 2006
WrestleMania IX & X 16:9 N/A May 8, 2006
King of the Ring 97 & 98 16:9 N/A Jun 5, 2006
SummerSlam 94 & 95 16:9 N/A Jul 3, 2006
WrestleMania XI & XII 16:9 N/A Aug 7, 2006
Survivor Series 93 & 94 16:9 N/A Sep 4, 2006
SummerSlam 96 & 97 16:9 N/A Oct 2, 2006
Royal Rumble 97 & 98 16:9 N/A Jan 8, 2007
In Your House 3 & 4 16:9 N/A Feb 5, 2007
WrestleMania XII & XIV 16:9 N/A Mar 5, 2007
WrestleMania XII & XIV 16:9 N/A
In Your House 5 & 6 16:9 N/A Apr 2, 2007
King of the Ring 99 & 00 16:9 N/A May 21, 2007
In Your House 7 & 8 16:9 N/A June 4, 2007
In Your House 9 & 10 16:9 N/A Aug 6, 2007
SummerSlam 1998 & 1999 16:9 5hrs 58 mins Aug 20, 2007
In Your House 11 & 12 16:9 N/A Oct 1, 2007
Royal Rumble 99 & 00 16:9 N/A Jan 1, 2008
Cyber Sunday 2006 16:9 N/A
Survivor Series 97 & 98 16:9 N/A
In Your House 14 & 15 16:9 N/A Jan 7, 2008
Cyber Sunday 2007 16:9 N/A Feb 18, 2008
In Your House 17 & 18 16:9 N/A Mar 3, 2008
In Your House 19 & 20 16:9 N/A Apr 7, 2008
In Your House 21 & 22 16:9 N/A May 5, 2008
In Your House 23 & 24 16:9 N/A Jun 2, 2008
In Your House 25 & 26 16:9 N/A Jul 7, 2008
In Your House 27 & 28 16:9 N/A Aug 4, 2008
WrestleMania XV & Hell Yeah 16:9 N/A Sep 1, 2008
Fully Loaded & Unforgiven 99 16:9 N/A Oct 16, 2008
No Mercy 1999 & Armageddon 1999 (2 DVD SET) 16:9 5hrs 33 mins Nov 3, 2008
Survivor Series 99 & 00 16:9 N/A Jan 19, 2009
Cyber Sunday 2008 16:9 N/A Feb 25, 2009
WrestleMania 2000 (SPECIAL 2 DVD SET) 16:9 440 mins AKA 0VER 7 HOURS! Mar 16, 2009
No Way Out 2000 & Backlash 2000 (2 DVD SET) 16:9 5hrs 42 Mins Apr 13, 2009
Judgment Day & Fully Loaded 00 16:9 N/A May 11, 2009
SummerSlam 00 & 01 16:9 N/A Jun 8, 2009
Unforgiven & No Mercy 00 16:9 N/A Jul 13, 2009
Royal Rumble 01 & 02 16:9 N/A Aug 24, 2009
Armageddon 00 & No Way Out 01 16:9 N/A Sep 14, 2009
WrestleMania X-Seven (2 DVD SET) 16:9 4hrs and 05 mins Oct 12, 2009
Backlash & Judgment Day 01 16:9 N/A Nov 9, 2009
King of the Ring & Invasion 01 16:9 N/A Jan 18, 2010
Bragging Rights 2009 (UK Edition) 16:9 N/A Oct 25, 2009
Unforgiven & No Mercy 01 16:9 N/A Feb 22, 2010
Survivor Series & Vengeance 01 16:9 N/A Apr 12, 2010
WrestleMania X8 (2 DVD SET) 16:9 3hrs and 41 mins May 17, 2010
No Way Out & Backlash 02 16:9 N/A Jun 14, 2010
Capital Carnage 98 & No Mercy 99 16:9 N/A Jul 12, 2010
nWo: Back in Black, Diesel & Razor Ramon 16:9 N/A Aug 9, 2010
Rebellion 99 & Insurrextion 00 16:9 N/A Oct 11, 2010
Bragging Rights 2010 (UK Edition) 16:9 N/A Oct 24, 2010
Rebellion 00 & Insurrextion 01 16:9 N/A Feb 21, 2011
Wrestlefest 88 & 90 16:9 N/A Mar 21, 2011
Rebellion 01 & Insurrextion 02 16:9 N/A Apr 18, 2011
Year in Review 93 & 94 16:9 N/A May 16, 2011
US Rampage 91 & 92 16:9 N/A Aug 29, 2011
Action & Hardcore 16:9 N/A Sep 26, 2011
UK Rampage 92 & 93 16:9 N/A Nov 14, 2011
Brawl in the Family & Wrestling Grudge Matches 16:9 N/A Feb 13, 2012
Year in Review 95 & 96 16:9 N/A Apr 16, 2012
1993 UK Fan Favourites/1995 UK Fan Favourites 16:9 4 hours and 19 minutes 12 Nov 2012

Silver Vision WWE Exclusive Releases

Region 2
DVD Title Aspect Ratio Total running time Release Date
The Classic Five of 2001 16:9 N/A Sep 9, 2002
The Classic Five of 2002/2003 16:9 N/A Oct 6, 2003
Raw: Homecoming 2006 16:9 N/A 2006
Best of Raw & SmackDown Vol. 1 – SmackDown’s Most Memorable Matches 16:9 86 minutes Apr 3, 2007
Best of Raw & SmackDown Vol. 2 – Raw’s Most Memorable Matches 16:9 86 minutes 2007
Best of Raw & SmackDown Vol. 3 – Cena vs. Edge 16:9 N/A 2007
Best of Raw & SmackDown Vol. 4 – Return of Batista 16:9 N/A Oct 8, 2007
Best of Raw & SmackDown Vol. 5 – Batista vs. Undertaker 16:9 N/A 2007
WWE Live in Italy 16:9 N/A 2007
Live in the UK: October 2007 16:9 N/A Feb 11, 2008
Live in the UK: April 2008 16:9 N/A Sep 15, 2008
Live in the UK: November 2008 16:9 N/A Feb 9, 2009
Live in the UK: April 2009 16:9 N/A Jul 20, 2009
Live in the UK: November 2009 16:9 N/A May 3, 2010
Best of WWE Vol. 1 – Rey Mysterio 16:9 N/A May 28, 2010
Best of WWE Vol. 2 – John Cena 16:9 N/A
Best of WWE Vol. 3 – Batista 16:9 N/A
Best of WWE Vol. 4 – Undertaker 16:9 N/A
Best of WWE Vol. 5 – Edge 16:9 N/A
Best of WWE Vol. 6 – New & Improved DX 16:9 N/A
Best of WWE Vol. 7 – Kane 16:9 N/A
Best of WWE Vol. 8 – Undertaker vs. Batista 16:9 N/A
Live in the UK: April 2010 16:9 N/A Jul 18, 2010
Live in the UK: November 2010 16:9 N/A Mar 28, 2011
Live in the UK: April 2011 16:9 N/A Jul 18, 2011
WWE Movie Triple Bill Boxset 16:9 N/A Oct 3, 2011
WWE 2011 Annual 16:9 N/A Oct 10, 2011
Live in the UK: November 2011 16:9 N/A Feb 20, 2012
Live in the UK: April 2012 16:9 N/A Aug 6, 2012
WWE 2012 Annual 16:9 N/A Sep 24, 2012
Best of Raw Vol. 1 & 2 16:9 5 hours and 3 minutes Oct 15, 2012
The Road to WrestleMania 2012 16:9 10 hours and 54 minutes Nov 5, 2012

References

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