kliko400
This came as a good surprise for me, I mean so many people have commented this being a bad event, but it was really good.As the show began, Stone Cold Steve Austin came out & said that he would be on the top of the fans watching the show from his Skybox. He then gives Tazz a beer then leaves off through the crowd as the show begins.FIRST MATCH- JOHN CENA & F.B.I {JOHNNY STAMBOOLI & CHUCK PALUMBO W/ NUNZIO} VS. CHRIS BENOIT, RHYNO & SPANKY {BRIAN KENDRICK} IN A 6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH Before the match, Cena makes a very good rap about himself & the F.B.I. Even though this match was only 4 minutes, it was fast-paced & contained great wrestling from all 6 competitors. After a double-team by F.B.I, Spanky gets pinned as John Cena & the F.B.I have won this match. 5/10SECOND MATCH- LA RESISITANCE {SYLVAN GRENIER & RENE DUPREE} VS. SCOTT STEINER & TEST W/ STACY KEIBLER Surprisingly this was an okay tag team match, which came as a surprise to me as Test & Scott Steiner are real bad wrestlers. Test accidentally hits Steiner with the Big Boot, which leads to La Resistance nailing their double-team move for the victory in their first PPV appearance. 5/10THIRD MATCH- EDDIE GUERRERO & TAJIRI VS. WORLD'S GREATEST TAG TEAM {SHELTON BENJAMIN & CHARLIE HAAS} IN A TAG TEAM LADDER MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Tajiri was taking up Chavo's spot as he was injured. The best match so far, & easily the match of the night. While Eddie is climbing up the ladder, Benjamin tries to intervene, but Tajiri nails him with the Green Mist as Eddie Guerrero grabs the belt to become the WWE Tag Team Champion with Tajiri. 6/10FOURTH MATCH- SABLE VS. TORRIE Wilson IN A BIKINI CONTEST SPECIAL GUEST: TAZZ I had to fast forward this one because it was a bit to roud as my sister was watching. Great hot bikinis, but a waste of time in my opinion, Torrie is hot. Torrie wins then gives Sable a kiss on the lips, then leaves. 3/10FIFTH MATCH- OVER THE TOP ROPE BATTLE ROYAL FOR THE VACANT WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Superstars in this match is Booker T, Kane, Goldust, Chris Jericho, Christian, Rob Van Dam, Test, Val Venis & Lance Storm. I like battle royals, & this one was really good & entertaining. Booker T eliminates Christian, but the referee was down, so Christian enters the ring, nails Booker T with the IC title, the throws Booker T out of the ring as the referee sees it & Christian is the new WWE Intercontinental Champion. 5/10SIXTH MATCH- MR. America W/ ZACH GOWEN VS. ROWDY RODDY PIPER W/ SEAN 'O' HAIRE Before the match, Mr. America introduces Zach Gowen to watch his match from ringside. Very boring match, it takes some interference from Sean 'O' Haire to try & build the pace of the match a bit. Sean 'O' Haire accidentally nails Roddy Piper with a steel pipe, which leads Mr. America to a leg drop for the win, while Zach Gowen stops Mr. McMahon from interfering. 3/10SEVENTH MATCH- TRIPLE H W/ RIC FLAIR VS. KEVIN NASH W/ SHAWN MICHAELS FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Before the match, Michaels & Flair brawled all the way to the back, leaving Nash & HHH to fight in the ring one on one. I was expecting more from this match because it was for the World title, but it was more of a brawl rather than a wrestling match. HHH hits the referee with a sledgehammer, making him disqualified. After the match, Nash goes berserk & Jacknife Powerbombs HHH through the Raw announce table. 3/10EIGHT MATCH- JAZZ W/ THEODORE LONG VS. VICTORIA W/ STEVEN RICHARDS VS. JACQUELINE VS. TRISH STRATUS Another boring match with Divas in it. It's like watching two single Diva matches. Jazz wins after a DDT on Jacqueline for the win & to retain her WWE Women's Championship. 3/10NINTH MATCH- BROCK LESNAR VS. BIG SHOW IN A STRETCHER MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP Great & acceptable main event as Brock Lesnar topples down the Big Show in this grueling fight. The real highlights off the match is when Brock Lesnar drives a forklift through the arena, & Rey Mysterio interfering during the match. Brock Lesnar nails an F-5 on Big Show then puts him on a stretcher high in the air with a forklift past a yellow line to win & retain his WWE Championship. 5/10A very good event, with most of the matches being excellent, while others being let downs. But still a very good event as Raw & Smackdown prove that combined they produce good events.Overall I'll give it 7/10 & a C+
wrestlingsitewebmaster
This was a bad PPV, but 2 matches were very good indeed.Things get off to a disappointing start as Rhyno, Spanky and Chris Benoit battle FBI members Palumbo and Stamboli and John Cena. This was only 4 minutes long and it was a waste of time. Then Torrie Wilson battles Sable in a bikini challenge. Nice bikinis! but you can't help the fact that WWE stands for World WRESTLING Entertainment! Next up Hulk..... oh sorry Mr America battles 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper in a crap match. Why these two were on the show I do not know. Hogan and Piper apparently still believing it was 1985 tried to put on a good match, it didn't happen. Then Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin took it to Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero's replacement, Tajiri in a ladder match. This was a 1st class, ace match, and it saw Tajiri and 'Latino Heat' come out on top.Next up a disappointing IC battle royal takes place. All former IC champs which included Kane, RVD, Test, Lance Storm, Val Venis, Christian, Chris Jericho and Booker T (even though he wasn't a former IC champ before 2003) tried to put on a good match. It didn't happen, about 6 participants got eliminated in the first minute of the match, and Christian won by cheating! All Y2J done was shout during the match and Kane got eliminated 2nd! Just awful.Next up La Resistance battled Scott Steiner and Test in a match that they will be probably want to forget. This was crap. The only person I was interested in was Stacy Keibler. Then Trish Stratus, Jazz, Victoria and Jacqueline, 4 of the best Women around had an acceptable match for the Women's match.Then Kevin Nash took on Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship in a p*ss poor match. This bored the arse off me and I think a Mae Young vs Goldberg match would have been better. Well it wouldn't but you get the picture! Then Brock Lesnar battled The Big Show in a fantastic stretcher match. Paul Wight (Big Show) had to win back the fans and locker rooms loyalty, because at Backlash he treated Rey Mysterio like a piece of garbage when he strapped him to a stretcher and swung him around the ring post. This sent Oscar Gueirretez (Mysterio) to the hospital folks, no kidding. Mysterio even made an appearance himself, before Lesnar put Show on a folk lift for the win! Overall Grade - C-
inchalada
I agree with the other imdb user. This PPV was the pits, ladder bout aside. The segments between Austin-Bischoff were amusing but we dont buy the PPVs to watch interviews. This was probably the worst card since King of the Ring 95 and that event was just inferior to this one. If you havent seen this event, DONT.
Skrogz
The card for this one was so ugly that it couldn't really disappoint. There were a few nice surprises that sprung from the fact that I wasn't expecting very much at all.If there's any reason to check it out, it's the main event. Not only was Brock Lesnar -vs- Big Show more entertaining than it had any right to be, it was actually entertaining by more general standards. The ending totally rules. The ladder match was messy, but it has enough 'WHOA!' spots to make if worthwhile. That's all though. Everything else was pretty much 'meh'.