Well, in a lot of ways, I think these territory sets were a teaser for the Network.  He did the AWA, World Class and Mid-South and there was a ton of great footage from all.  He barely scratched the surface, especially Mid-South.  Mid-South, from about 1982-85 had some of the best booking in the business.  There was so much great stuff, from JYD, at his peak, to Hacksaw Dugan's face turn and battles against Dibiase and the Rat Pack, the dawn of the Rock N Roll Express vs the Midnight Express, Volkoff and Darsow, Mr Wrestling II & Magnum TA, Murdoch and DiBiase  Steve Williams coming in, Terry Taylor beating Dibiase for the North American title then facing Flair; so much great stuff  AWA had so much Heenan, Bockwinkel and Stevens stuff, The Texas Outlaws (Rhodes & Murdoch) the Blackjacks, bruiser & Crusher, High Flyers, the ESPN years, Curt Hennig coming into his own, Scott Hall's rookie days, the Road Warriors, early Leon "Vader" White (though Vince never seemed to like Vader).

One thing the dvd set really failed to capture was the international flavor of the AWA.  They promoted Winnipeg regularly, which brought in a lot of Canadian talent, worked with All Japan and highlighted their guys, worked with Otto Wanz and cross promote with Catch Wrestling, etc.  In the 80s, they had a succession of international Champions:  Otto Wanz won it, then Bockwinkel regained, dropped it to Jumbo Tsuruta, who dropped it to Rick Martel, who dropped it to Hansen, who vacated the title and it went back to Bockwinkel.  Later, Masa Saito won it; Mad Vachon had held it.  That and the serious sports presentation helped make the AWA feel like a legit wrestling league, not just a company promotion.  The NWA was a true league, with various territories and the AWA covered a wide region, plus Canada and the belt was defended in Japan, etc, while the WWF was the northeast, until 1984.  Madison Square Garden, and the Philadelphia Spectrum and the Boston Gardens made the WWF important; but, it wasn't that big of a territory; it just had big population centers.  The AWA was similar; but, theirs were spread out.  In the 70s and 80s, the NWA and AWA were like the National and American Leagues, in Baseball.  That's where, if they could have put egos aside, they could have crushe Vince.  They had the talent and the early Pro Wrestling USA cards were loaded nd you had the AWA and NWA titles defended.  They could have done title vs title matches and World series tournaments and drawn huge; but, no one trusted anyone else and it quickly fell apart and Pro Wrestling USA became just another AWA syndicated show, like All Star Wrestling; and, later, the AWA on ESPN. 

Verne's problem was that his stars of the late 60s were mostly his stars of the 70s and the 80s, with a few younger guys (the High Flyers, Adonis & Ventura, in the 70s, the Road Warriors, Curt Hennig and Scott Hall, in the 80s).  The other promotions brought in new blood, to mix with the old and created new stars.  The NWA wasn't still having the Funks vs Briscos and Gene Kiniski, and Pat O'Connor, etc.  Harley was still in the mix and the Funks and briscos were still top draws; but, you also had Flair & Steamboat, Tommy Rich, Barry Windham, Lex Luger, Sting, Paul Orndorff, Masked Superstar, the Von Erichs, the Freebirds, the Rock N Roll Express, the Midnight Express, the Fantastics, etc, etc.  You had the Horsemen, the Russians, Wahoo, Kevin Sullivan's army.  They were vital.  Verne's promotion just got old and the young guys didn't get their due until it was too late.  By the time they elevated Curt Hennig, he was off to the WWF.