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WWF Unforgiven (2000)
The Return of Stone Cold
Unforgiven 2000 was a alright PPV, slightly down from last months great PPV Summerslam, but Unforgiven put forth a great effort nonetheless.
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Eight Man Tag Team Match: The Dudley Boyz and The APA VS The Right To Censor. Decent opener. This match saw the RTC get the win over the Dudley's and The APA.
Strapmatch Tazz vs Jerry "The King" Lawler: A return match from Summerslam and this match was stupider than the one they had at Summerslam. Tazz gets the win when Raven runs in and helps Tazz get the win. This was Raven's debut in the WWE.
Hardcore Championship Open Invintantional. Steve Blackman vs Al Snow vs Test vs Funaki vs Crash vs Perry Saturn: This was a pretty entertaining match. 10 minute time limit and the title could change hands at any time during the time limit. Crash was able to win the title but Saturn won it from him seconds later. Saturn held to belt for about 6 mins. or so of the match. Steve Blackman won the tuile back before the match ended.
Chris Jericho vs X-Pac: I thought this was a good match despite the fact Jericho was being somewhat demoted in status. From feuding with Triple H and Chris Benoit only months earlier to feuding with X-Pac. Anyways Jericho wins his first PPV match since Wrestlemania 16 by making X-Pac submit to the Walls Of Jericho. X-Pac attacks Jericho after the match insuring that this god awful feud would continue.
Steel Cage Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship. The Hardy Boyz vs Edge and Christian: Easily the best match of the night. There were great spots shown by Jeff. The corkscrew from the top of the cage onto Edge and Christian was just awesome. They still show that clip from time to time. The Hardys become the new tag team champions when they escape the cage after giving a con-chair-to to Edge.
Intercontinental Championship. Eddie Guerrero vs Rikishi: Dull match. This match was only used as a precursor to Eddie's heel turn. Rikishi wins on a DQ which means Eddie retains his title.
No DQ. Triple H vs Kurt Angle with Mick Foley as guest ref: Excellent match. A return match from Summerslam. Angle dominates most of the match by working Triple H's ribs. Triple H wins when Stephanie McMahon kick Kurt in the balls and Triple H gives him the Pedigree. This moment was a brief Triple H turns into a babyface angle.
Fatal Fourway Match for the WWE Championship. The Rock vs The Undertaker vs Kane vs Chris Benoit: Great match. I remember pulling for Undertaker to win but he didn't. Benoit had pinned Undertaker but his foot was on the rop and the ref didn't detect it so Mick Foley made the match continue. Rock eventually wins by hitting the Rock Bottom on Benoit for the 1-2-3. Rock keeps his title and will go on to No Mercy to defend the title.
This PPV also saw the return of Stone Cold Steve Assclown who was searching for the mystery driver who ran him down at the 1999 Survivor Series.
Overall this PPV deserves a B-. As the PPV'S would eventually go down the tube Unforgiven remains as a strong effort but it dosn't quite cut it. Unfortunately the next PPV No Mercy would go down even further, and that had Stone Cold return to the ring.
Summerslam (2000)
Great PPV
Summerslam 2000 was pretty good in my opinion. Great action and good story lines made this one of the last great PPV's for a while.
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Six Man Tag Match: The Right To Censor Def Rikishi and Too Cool. Good opener. Nobody likes the RTC even in the bible belt of the US. This was a great setup for the push RTC was about to receive.
X-Pac def Road Dogg. This match sucked. Friendly Rivalry storyline was good for hyping this match but the overall result was crap.
Intergender Tag Match for the Intercontinental Championship: Eddie Guerrero and Chyna def Trish Stratus and Val Venis, Chyna pins Trish to win the belt.
I enjoy the work of Eddie Guerrero, when he was with Chyna was when he had some of his best moments. Great action from Guererro and Venis. Alright Match
Jerry The King Lawler def Tazz. This match sucked as well. Jim Ross helps King win with the candy jar being slammed into Tazz's head. King can't wrestle good anymore. Neither can Tazz due to his neck.
Hardcore Championship: Steve Blackman def Shane McMahon. Great finish. Shane's bump from the top of the scaffolding was so surreal. Shane is what made this match great.
Best Two Of Three Falls: Chris Benoit def Chris Jericho. A great best two of three falls match that has been put on in a while. Jericho and Benoit have such great chemistry when they are working together in the ring. Benoit and Jericho win 1 fall a piece by their own submission moves. Benoit wins the final fall by using the ropes to pin Jericho. Jericho pust over Beniot in his 3rd PPV match with Jericho ever since coming to the WWE.
Tables,Ladders,and Chairs Match for the Tag Team Championship: Edge and Christain def The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz. The best match of the night. I was not sure that the Hardys and E&C could top their No Mercy match, but they did. Tons of great spots. Check out Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb miss off the top of the ladder onto a bunch of tables.
Thong Stink Face Match: The Kat with Al Snow def Terri with Perry Saturn. Ughh. Stupid match. Only eye candy. This match was so lame. Ohh there in thongs. Well its was lame after we had already seen The Kats boobs at Armageddon 1999.
Undertaker vs Kane went to a No contest: They sorta gave away the ending during the commentary by J.R. saying that the ref said he was going to let them go at it. Undertaker "wins" the confrontation by removing Kanes mask and Kane runs back to the locker room. Time Filler.
Triple Threat Match for the WWF Championship: The Rock def Triple H and Kurt Angle. Kurt Angle suffered a horrible concussion when he and Triple H fell through the table and Triple H couldn't protect his head in time before it smacked the monitor. After that The Rock came out and he and Triple H carried the match. Amazingly Kurt Angle came back out and continued the match. Rock wins when he pinned HHH. Angle continues his storyline feud with HHH by taking an unconscious Mrs.Game back to the locker room in his arms.
Overall this PPV gets a 9 out of 10. After this PPV the WWF starts its downhill decent in its PPV's starting with Unforgiven 2000 which was the next PPV.
Royal Rumble (2003)
The Next Big Thing Is On His Way To Wrestlemania
The Royal Rumble 2003 sunk even further than 2002 with the low quality matches and very predictable winner of the Royal Rumble Match.
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Brock Lesnar def The Big Show to enter the Rumble match. Boring
Stepdaughter vs Stepmother match: Torrie Wilson def Dawn Marie. Torrie always gets over.
Tag Team Championship: The Dudley Boyz def Willam Regal and Lance Storm to win the titles. The Title win was short lived as the face team of the Dudley were screwed over the next night.
World Heavyweight Championship: Scott Steiner def Triple H by DQ Triple H retains. I'm not a big fan of either men. Crappy match. I almost turned it off after this match. Luckliy I didn't
WWE Championship: Kurt Angle def Chris Benoit. The best match of the night and one of the best of the year. I was amazed that this match topped their match at Wrestlemania 17 and Unforgiven 2002. Made the rest of my night enjoyable.
Royal Rumble Match: Brock Lesnar wins after last eliminating The Undertaker. My money was on Lesnar and was 3 for 3 in Rumble matches. Strong showings by Chris Jericho, Shawn Michales, Undertaker and Kane. Watching Christian run in there and hug Edge was a classic. Edge beat his ass. HBK helped Jericho get eliminated by Test. Matt Hardy trying to align with Jeff was funny and resulted him getting a beating. Maven tried to eliminate the Undertaker again, but Undertaker knew what Maven was up to and Undertaker eliminated Maven and showed him who was boss. I guess Maven didn't learn from his ass beating in 2002 a dumb kid I tell ya.
Overall 6 out of 10
Royal Rumble (2002)
Average
The Royal Rumble 2002 was a good start for the year. I was expecting more than what 2001 brought but was not completely happy about how it all came out.
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Tag Team Championship: Spike Dudley and Tazz def The Dudley Boyz to retain the titles. Throwaway match. Nuff said
Intercontinental Championship: Willam Regal def Edge to win the title. I'm a big fan of Edge and was disappointed that he lost.
Womens Championship: Trish Stratus def Jazz to retain the title. Alright match. I always enjoy watching Trish wrestle.
Street Fight: Ric Flair def Vince McMahon. Two old geezers can put on a good match. Both were bleeding and both had their moments. Flair put McMahon in the Figure Four Leglock and Vince tapped like a drunk man.
Undispuited WWE Championship: Chris Jericho def The Rock to retain the title. Finally Y2J was a world champion for longer than a 3 week period. I thought this was the best match of the night. Jericho plays an excellent heel. Jericho wins by putting his feet on the ropes to keep Rocks shoulders down long enough for the 3 count.
Royal Rumble match: Triple H wins by last eliminating Kurt Angle. Once again this match was predictable. How else to cap off HHH's return other than him winning it. I had my money on him and once again for the 2nd year straight won 35 bucks. Strong showings by. Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Goldust, Val Venis, Mr. Perfect and Maven! watching Maven eliminate the Undertaker was great. Even better to watch his ass get handed to him by the taker.
Overall 7 out 0f 10
Royal Rumble (2001)
Stone Cold Stone Cold!!!
Royal Rumble 2001 was my first PPV event. I ordered it for the Ladder Match and Rumble match only. And those were the only matches that impressed me.
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Tag Team Titles: Dudley Boyz def Edge and Christian. Good match to start things off.
Ladder Match for the Interconitnental Championship: Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit. Best match of the night. I was surprised that Jericho won. Watch the part where Benoit does a suicide dive out of the ring and Jericho puts a steel chair right into his head. Ouch!
Womens Championship: Ivory def Chyna. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Bad acting by Chyna
WWF Championship: Kurt Angle def Triple H. Lots of people thought Hunter could pull this off for some reason. Stone Cold interferes and Angle retains his title.
Royal Rumble Match: Stone Cold wins by last eliminating Kane. I had my money on Stone Cold and he won it for the 3rd time. Which has not been beaten. Great match with strong performances by. Kane, The Rock, Undertaker, and Rikishi. Drew Carey was pretty funny getting his ass saved by Raven from Kane. Returns of the Big Show and Haku. All of this made this a pretty good Rumble match.
8 out of 10.