5 WWE DVD's you won't see on the WWE Network

When the WWE Network launched in 2014, suddenly second-hand stores and thrift shops were all stacked with WWE DVD's, having been sold to them by fans who had now purchased the Network, and would be watching all their former DVDs and a whole lot more on the Network from now on.

Yes, the WWE Network is truly magnificent. Apart from original programming, weekly shows and past episodes of WWE RAW, Smackdown, WCW and ECW, it also features every pay-per-view ever for each company and a large portion of bios they have released.

However, you won't find every past WWE DVD on the Network and therefore certainly shouldn't rush to part with them.

These are five WWE DVD's that you won't find on the WWE Network, and possibly never will, so hold on to them tight!

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#5 It’s Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story - Matches

This one is cheating just a little bit as you will find pretty much about 90% of this DVD on the WWE Network. However, it is in fact that other 10% that brings it to this list.

There are at least three matches on the DVD extras that you will never find on the WWE Nework. An Empty Arena Match pitting the King vs. Terry Funk, a No Disqualification, Loser Leaves Town Match for the Southern Heavyweight Championship match with the King vs. Superstar” Bill Dundee, and Jerry's iconic match vs. Taxi star and performance artist Andy Kaufman.

You won't find these three matches on the WWE Network because they are not actually owned by WWE, but Jerry Lawler. While Jerry has said as recent as last August that he is open to classic Memphis Wrestling appearing on the WWE Network, as of this writing he has yet to sign anything over.

#4 The Rise & Fall of WCW & The Monday Night Wars

Two for one with this entry. In late 2003 WWE released a heavily hyped DVD on the Monday Night Wars. The DVD was a disappointment as it was only one disc, and although some good points were covered, it just felt short.

In 2009, WWE took another crack at it with The Rise & Fall of WCW, this version heavily inspired by the ultra-successful Rise & Fall of ECW DVD from 2004. This DVD, although telling a better story than The Monday Night War, would also fail to meet expectations.

Both of these would carry the same flaw. WWE was just being too biased, and essentially branded WCW as the Devil who only cared about putting WWE out of business. While there is some truth that WWE put far too much emphasis on it, making it seem like it was the only thing they ever cared about.

You will never find either of these two bios on the WWE Network due to the vastly improved Monday Night War WWE Network series. Although that too comes off as a little biased, it still doesn't compare to the biased portrayal in the aforementioned DVD's.

#3 The Self Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior

Somehow Warrior and Vince McMahon could forgive each other, somehow

This is a WWE release that the company only wishes all WWE fans would forget even exists. Back in 2005, WWE first announced their brand new Legends contracts, where they would sign WWE legends to contracts and use them for appearances, Hall of Fame inductions, DVD interviews and more.

Vince McMahon decided to try to mend some fences, made deals with several legends who he had been at odds with for years, including Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper (who were inducted into the HOF), 'Superstar' Billy Graham, who signed a Legends deal, and Bret Hart, who teamed up with WWE to release a three-disc DVD set.

Another legend WWE wanted to be involved with again was The Ultimate Warrior. Much like Bret Hart, the plan was to release an in-depth three-disc DVD on Warrior's career and real-life beef with Vince. Warrior turned down WWE and took to his website to blast the company.

WWE responded by deciding to release a DVD on Warrior anyway, which turned into one giant verbal burial.

Dozens of WWE legends and then active WWE stars took dozens of shots at Warrior, calling him everything from difficult, to strange, to crazy, to an asshole. This is certainly a WWE bio that you will never see on the WWE Network.

Warrior and WWE would make up before his death in 2014 and would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, as well as having two far more respectable DVD's released on his life and career. Warrior had signed on with WWE to be an ambassador, a role now being filled by his wife, Dana.

#2 Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story

Even before Eddie Guerrero's untimely death in 2005, I always found this DVD to be underrated. The story is very well made and goes deep down into Eddie's years of substance abuse.

While a solid DVD about one of the greatest Superstars of all time, you will still never see this WWE DVD on the WWE Network, pretty much from its title alone. The title, and of course a big part of the bio, is how Eddie managed to overcome being on death's doorstep, to rise above and become WWE Champion.

Sadly, we would later find out that Eddie hadn't really overcome it and was just living on borrowed time, as he sadly died as a result of acute heart failure due to underlying atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, attributed to his years of drug and alcohol abuse, on November 13, 2005.

You can, however, find his second WWE DVD, Viva la Raza: The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero, on the WWE Network.

#1 Hard Knocks - The Chris Benoit Story

Well, this one was obvious, and we all know why. Talking about Chris Benoit will always be in a red area for a lot of fans. Some look at him as a cold-blooded murderer, while others are competent enough to know that Benoit had no control over his body during that fateful weekend and was pretty much already dead on the inside himself.

As WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page once put it, the Chris Benoit from that weekend was not the same Chris Benoit everyone knew. His brain injuries made him a different, confused and broken person that weekend who had no control over what he was doing.

Regardless, the bio portion of the DVD will never ever be found on the WWE Network and in one sense, could become the rarest WWE DVD of all time in years to come.

Edited by Nishant Jayaram