"Essential Starrcade" DVD cover recieves mixed reviews

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Just this past week, the official DVD cover art for "Starrcade...The Essential Collection" was released and has been met with mixed reviews. Some wrestling fans love the cover, saying it is one of World Wrestling Entertainment's [WWE] best over the last year and is tight.

On the other hand, others have bashed the cover, citing Sting being front-and-center on the cover rather than Ric Flair or Dusty Rhodes, who those fans say were a bigger part of Jim Crockett Promotions [JCP] than Sting and that this has to be a marketing decision and not a wrestling decision.

I think that the fans criticizing this cover need to stop being so judgmental. What is not to like about this cover? The color scheme is eye catching, the logo is hard to miss and three legendary figures who made their names outside of WWE, one of which NEVER worked for WWE but is front-and-center, are on the cover.

Personally, when I think of WCW, the first name that comes to my mind is Sting because he was the reason I started watching WCW in the first place and not Rhodes or Flair, as I affiliate them more with the JCP/NWA era than the WCW era.

I think WWE was in a catch-22 situation on this cover. They put Sting front-and-center and some people are complaining that its not Flair or Rhodes. I personally feel that if Flair or Rhodes had been put front-and-center on the cover and Sting was in the background, fans would be screaming at the top of their lungs that Vince McMahon was trying to bury Sting, who most would agree was and is WCW, because he never worked for Vince's company.

I guess Sting's catchphrase would be appropriate here....The only thing for sure about professional wrestling fans is that nothings for sure.