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Yesterday was a big day for WWE product releases.

First off was a 3-disc boxed set featuring a series of roundtable discussions from long-time wrestling personalities and Hall of Famers in their own right, talking about other legends and important moments in wrestling history. The format features a moderator and four long-time wrestling personalities sitting roundtable style giving their uncensored thoughts on the subjects at hand. The discussion is truly unscripted and unfiltered, as these panelists have known and worked with these discussion subjects for a long time, and all have their own unique thoughts, whether good or bad. It’s a good thing there is a moderator to keep the subject on task or else the charismatic panel would take the discussion somewhere completely off subject.

The first disc features a panel discussion on former World Heavyweight Champions Sgt. Slaughter and “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair. In addition to the discussion a series of matches from both men’s careers are included as extras on the disc. The second disc follows the same format with a roundtable discussion on and match extras of Jerry “The King” Lawler and Junkyard Dog. The third disc is the most interesting of the boxed set, as the roundtable discusses “Heatseekers” in wrestling, which essentially was a talk about controversial or unpopular people and characters in wrestling history. The extras features matches from a variety of people, including the Fabulous Freebirds, Scott Hall, Vince Russo, Buff Bagwell and others.

Also yesterday the company released their ninth music album full of original theme music, called “Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9.” The disc contains thirteen original tracks penned and composed by WWE music guru Jim Johnston. The title track, “Voices,” features Rev Theory front man Rich Luzzi on vocals, and is easily the highlight of the album.

Both the DVD and CD have special sets offered exclusively through Best Buy. The retail chain is also selling three separate DVDs with more roundtable discussions and match extras. One highlights former WWE Champions Andre the Giant & the Iron Sheik, a second is about another pair of former WWE Champions in Hulk Hogan & Bob Backlund and the third and final disc discusses the always wild and controversial characters of Rowdy Roddy Piper and Terry Funk.

Best Buy is also selling a two-disc edition of “Voices” that includes a bonus disc called “Legends of WWE” and features tracks from legendary stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Ultimate Warrior and Jake “The Snake” Roberts, among others.