REVEALED: Why WWE Decided To Stop Selling DVDs & Blu-Rays

It was the end of an era for WWE this week as it emerged the company will stop producing DVDs and Blu-Rays at the end of 2023. WWE looked to shutter their Home Video division in 2021 but a last-minute change of heart meant they continued to put out physical media for another two years.

The final WWE Home Video release in the United States will be Survivor Series 2023 on December 26. In the United Kingdom it will be Crown Jewel 2023 on December 18. 

WWE have since confirmed their reasoning for scrapping the Home Video division, issuing the following statement to Haus of Wrestling: "The home video business has long been in decline, and it will no longer be a place where the company dedicates time and resources."

The decline of physical media has long been an issue within the entertainment industry. The Digital Entertainment Group has noted in recent years that sales of physical media are falling between 20% and 30% year on year. Video disc sales were down to $1.97 billion in 2021, while digital sales and subscriptions account for $9.7 billion in consumer spending in the United States. 

WWE had been in the physical media space since 1985, releasing events on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Betamax, Laserdisc, and even UMD.