Rank 2003's PPVs

[Aero 0]

So, how does everyone rank all of 2003's PPVs? I'd say they were split down the middle of good ones and bad ones, with the bad just edging out the good. Here's mine...

 

1. Wrestlemania XIX

2. Vengeance

3. Summerslam

4. Survivor Series

5. Royal Rumble

6. No Mercy

7. No Way Out

8. Backlash

9. Armageddon

10. Judgment Day

11. Bad Blood

12. Unforgiven

 

Deciding between Vengeance and WM XIX for # 1 was a close-call, but I like WM XIX better for the epic, WM feel and all.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

1. Wrestlemania XIX

2. Royal Rumble

3. Vengeance

4. Survivor Series

5. Judgment Day

6. Summerslam

7. No Mercy

8. No Way Out

9. Armageddon

10. Unforgiven

11. Bad Blood

12. Backlash

[DerangedHermit 0]

1. Wrestlemania XIX

2. Vengeance

3. Survivor Series

4. Royal Rumble

5. Summerslam

6. No Mercy

7. No Way Out

8. Armageddon

9. Backlash

10. Judgment Day

11. Unforgiven

12. Bad Blood

[BifEverchad 0]

01. Wrestlemania XIX

02. Royal Rumble

03. Vengeance

04. Survivor Series

05. Summerslam

06. Judgment Day

07. No Way Out

08. No Mercy

09. Armageddon

10. Unforgiven

11. Backlash

12. Bad Blood

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

Vengeance rules because its the only PPV with Ultimo Dragon...well, he was on Heat, BUT THAT COUNTS DAMN IT! COUNT ITTTTTTTT!!!

 

(whimpers)

[the pinjockey 0]

1. Royal Rumble

 

Angle-Benoit is the only match this year I still watch repeatedly. Plus I am a mark for the rumble match.

 

2. Wrestlemania

3. Vengeance

 

Those are the only three WWF PPVs I saw this year.

[razazteca 0]

What was good about Vengence again?

[Tawren 0]

What was good about Vengence again?

Benoit/Guerrero, Mysterio and Kidman vs TWGTT, Taker/Cena, Angle/Show/Lesnar were all good -> great matches.

 

1. Vengeance

2. No Way Out

3. WrestleMania

4. Royal Rumble (for Angle/Benoit alone)

5. No Mercy

6. SummerSlam

7. Survivor Series

8. Judgment Day

9. Bad Blood

10. Unforgiven

11. Backlash

12. Armaggedon

[Kardo 0]

WGTT vs. Rey/Kidman

Brock vs. Angle vs. Big Show

Benoit vs. Guerrero

[razazteca 0]

Giving a list of the good matches from the PPV would help to explain why the show was worth the money.

[Mole 0]

I only saw WM and SummerSlam, so I can't comment.

 

You guys actually saw all 12 PPVs? Wow, that's a waste of money if you didn't see it at a bar or with a black box.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

There's only 2 matches that I would highlight for Vengeance and that would be the tag match w. Team Angle and Taker vs. Cena. Benoit/Guerrero was crap, and the 3 way was *shudders*....

 

Anywho,

 

Pride Final Conflict

Pride 25: Body Blow

Pride Total Elimination

UFC 43

UFC 44

Pride 26: Bad to the Bone

 

*shrugs* Whuddya expect? MMA murdered Wrestling this year in terms of quality shows.

[Tawren 0]

You guys actually saw all 12 PPVs? Wow, that's a waste of money if you didn't see it at a bar or with a black box.

I watched them at a friends, then watched the tape/DVD later.

[the pinjockey 0]

Damn you RRR. I was predicting within 10 posts you would do that.

 

You're slacking in your old age. For shame, for shame.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

I only saw WM and SummerSlam, so I can't comment.

 

You guys actually saw all 12 PPVs? Wow, that's a waste of money if you didn't see it at a bar or with a black box.

Not to offend anyone, but i'm not a picky little prick. I only found 2 PPV's to be BAD. Backlash & Bad Blood. Everything else I enjoyed either enough to say I didn't waste money or to a point I was like "Holy Fuck that was good".

[Brocklock 0]

1. Wrestlemania

2. Vengeance

3. Royal Rumble

4. Summerslam

5. No Mercy

6. Survivor Series

7. No Way Out

8. Unforgiven

9. Bad Blood

10. Backlash

11. Judgment Day

12. Armageddon

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Dude, I SO was going to be one of the first 5 people who posted in this - but I figured I might be coming off too strong and decided to wait a while so these lower-forms-of-life-that-are-WWE-PPV-purchasing-fans could discuss their crappy shows..

 

Didn't want to come off too strong, you see

[Mole 0]

I only saw WM and SummerSlam, so I can't comment.

 

You guys actually saw all 12 PPVs? Wow, that's a waste of money if you didn't see it at a bar or with a black box.

Not to offend anyone, but i'm not a picky little prick. I only found 2 PPV's to be BAD. Backlash & Bad Blood. Everything else I enjoyed either enough to say I didn't waste money or to a point I was like "Holy Fuck that was good".

Well you do think Patrick Ewing is a GoD, so I'll let this slide.

 

If anyone is a GoD, it's Joss Whedon.

[the pinjockey 0]

:smacks RRR for insulting me:

 

Hey, I bought two of them live (RR on DVD).

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

Dude, I SO was going to be one of the first 5 people who posted in this - but I figured I might be coming off too strong and decided to wait a while so these lower-forms-of-life-that-are-WWE-PPV-purchasing-fans could discuss their crappy shows..

 

Didn't want to come off too strong, you see

Since I kinda am getting tired of WWE PPVs.......how good are Pride shows? And how long do they lost....and price (checks wallet)

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

1. Wrestlemania

2. Vengeance. The good stuff at Vengeance was better than the good stuff at Mania, but the bad stuff was worse. I enjoyed Wrestlemania more as a whole.

3. Royal Rumble

4. Survivor Series

5. No Mercy

6. Summerslam

7. Backlash. Things really begin to bottom out around here.

8. Unforgiven

9. Judgment Day

10. Badd Blood

11. Armageddon

12. No Way Out. Just awful with three negative star matches to end the show.

[razazteca 0]

Shrills Suncoast for cheap old MMA dvds.

[bob_barron 0]

1. Vengeance

2. XIX

3. Royal Rumble

4. Summerslam

5. Survivor Series

6. No Way Out

7. No Mercy

8. Bad Blood

9. Armageddon

10.Backlash

11.Unforgiven

12. Judgement Day

[the pinjockey 0]

If you took the Vengeance PPV and had the same matches/performances on a WM or a RR, would it still be as highly regarded? It seems to benefit quite a bit from the low expectations going into it.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Pride SUCKS at coming out with DVD's. They're just getting around to releasing PRIDE 20: Armed and Ready. Each show generally has a really good match on it (usually due to Sakuraba - his match with Carlos Newton has better mat wrestling than you will see in 99% of pro wrestling), but the ones I recommend have at least 3 which make it worth watching.

 

www.sherdog.com is selling em cheap (10 bucks),

 

Pride 10 - Is probably the most recommended show for newcomers to Pride. It features a lot of “old stars” (which, given the turnover rate of stars in MMA, is only after 3 years) and really got the ball rolling for PRIDE. Mezger/Silva, Vovchanchyn/Inoue, Sakuraba/Renzo are all really freakin good matches. Plus there are some _sick_ KO’s in it.

 

Pride 12 - Silva vs. Henderson rules. Sakuraba vs. Gracie is really good. This was the first Pride a friend-of-mine saw and he became instantly hooked.

 

Pride 14 - Daijiro Matsui vs. Pele is really, really good. Shoji vs. Henderson is non-stop. Silva continues to build his reputation. Mezger vs. Liddell is back-and-forth action with a sick finish.

 

Pride 17 - a really awesome bout between Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera and Heath Herring. One of the best heavyweight fights you will see. This is the show where they determine the 2 champions (Heavyweight and Middleweight) and it’s in the Tokyo Dome so the atmosphere is amazing. This show has a lil bit of everything on it and features mainly current fighters. - these are the top 4. If you can get Pride 19 and 20, do so. Newton vs. Pele is stunning, as is Ninja vs. Sperry.

 

But the _really_ awesome shows have came out this year. Pride 25 was _the_ best show I've seen *ever* up until Pride Final Conflict... and had those 2 not happened this year, Pride Total Elimination would have taken the cake... so we're talkin about 3 shows in the top 5 in this year alone. That's like... unheard of. Which is why I had to bring it up in this thread... yeah, THAT'S why...

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

Thank God my local Sam Goody (or is it Goodies? I keep forgetting) has a bunch of Pride DVD's...to bad they still sell XPW crap.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Vengeance shouldn't have had low expectations going into it. The WWE tends to do their big 3 ways well, Benoit vs. Guerrero and Team Angle vs. Filthy Animals were guaranteed to be "good" - 3 matches on the show that were *** gimmies. Taker vs. Cena delivered - IMO - better than any of them (I had high expectations for the tag match - and I had the misfortune of reading a review of Benoit/Guerrero by Frank Jewett which tore it apart and I couldn't help noticing the things he wrote), so I don't get how there were low expectations for the show (didn't get it then either).

 

As for my earlier comment, I'm lucky LOTC buys the DVD's of the "good shows" and I get to mooch off him

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Shit, I saw some DVD's up here at Starstruck entertainment (in Square 1, GO THERE) that I _never_ see anywhere else (Gladiator Challenge 8 pack, some MLW DVD's - or some Florida promotion - JCW dvds, King of the Cage DVD's... they don't sell PRIDE DVD's though

 

RRR: Has one Pride DVD.... Pride 9... *smacks head*... I could have had Pride 10 but I chose 9 because it had Carlos Newton and Vitor Belfort on it... WAS I EVER SO YOUNG??!?!

[the pinjockey 0]

It had low expectations for me because:

 

-I don't really give a flying fuck about Kidman so I didn't think I would get into the tag match much.

 

-Taker/Cena had to have no good prospects going into the match. I don't recall Taker having a hot streak until that match.

 

-I don't like the three ways.

 

I am not saying that I had expectations for it to be like a Raw only PPV. But, for me personally, I bought it for Benoit/Guerrero and that alone.

[the pinjockey 0]

Maybe I ought to go pop in my copy of Pride 10.