CM Funk's Once a Day *IN DEPTH* Match Review

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Flair vs Guerrero!

 

Let's hope they do better than they did at KOTR 02

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Ric Flair vs. Eddie Guerrero

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Do them both!

 

If not, then Flair vs. Guerrero.

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Submission Match, 30:00 Time Limit, NO ROPE BREAKS- Eddie Guerrero vs. Ric Flair

Date/Place- Smart Mark's Dream World- 3/22/03

Ref- Earl Hebner

Commentators- Nobody

 

Only on SmackDown: Here Comes the Pain will you be able to see this match. Well, at least for now.

 

Character Related Info: eddie is teh kool, flare is OLD retir alredy

 

What this match is most known for: Being a waste of my time.

 

The Match: Flair lunges at Eddie to start, and misses. Flair gets up and takes a punch. Eddie breaks up a grapple by Flair and kicks him in the gut and rams him in the face. Armbar by Eddie right away. Nice. Eddie rolls around to work on the legs but Flair gets up. Eddie dropkicks Flair and the ref is bumped. This quickly? WTF? Flair gets up and punches Eddie, but is sent into the ropes. Dropkick by Eddie, and then a headscissors that goes on a really long time. The ref is up and Eddie does a senton that misses barely. Flair gets up and charges at Eddie and back suplexes him. Flair gets up and is elbowed in the face. Eddie with a cross armbar and then whips Flair into the ropes and dropkicks him. He tries for a leg move, but is kicked off. Suplex by Eddie, and then the Frogsplash. Whip into the corner by Flair, who then is back suplexed. Another Frogsplash. Flair gets up and is sent into the ropes and dropkciked. Flair sends Eddie off the ropes with a dropkick which misses. Flair with a rollup. He hooks the tights. WTF? This is a submission match. Eddie with a dropkick. Eddie works on the leg, wrenching it. "Eddie sucks" chant as the two pace the ring. Eddie whips Flair into the ropes and dropkicks him again. The two miss a series of clotheslines and tackles. Back suplex attempt on Flair doesn't work and Flair sends Eddie into the ropes. Flair's torso is in the yellow. Flair charges the corner but Eddie puts him in the corner instead. TOP ROPE HURRICANRANA! Flair gets up first. WTF. Eddie stretches him and Flair chops him down. Flair waits for Eddie to get up and works on the knee. Flair with a suplex, but Eddie gets behind him. Flair knocks him down. Figure four near the ropes. No rope-breaks. Eddie won't tap. Flair attempts another Figure Four, it doesn't work.  Eddie is sent into the corner and kicked at. Flair with the Figure Four. Eddie refuses to tap. 4:15 now. Hurricanrana by Eddie and then the headscissors. "Eddie sucks". Chops by Flair, who is punched down. Eddie tries an irish whip, but gets punched and chopped. Flair works on the knee and sends it into the yellow. Eddie with a german suplex, goes nowhere as Flair reverses. Low blow by Flair, who spends a lot of time working on the leg. Dropkick attempt by Eddie, it misses. Flair WORKS on the leg some more. Hurricanrana by Eddie, who gets rammed in the stomach. Flair kicks Eddie which puts him in the orange, torso-wise. Eddie is whipped into the corner, but boots out and tries a german suplex. It doesn't work and Flair whips Eddie into the corner. Eddie kicks out of it. German. Then he does the frogsplash. What an idiot. He better pray to God that the headscissors puts Flair's head in the yellow soon. Figure four by Flair. Eddie doesn't tap, but his legs are put in the yellow. Eye rake by Flair, and then the neckbreaker. Flair is low blowed by Eddie, who sends him into the corner and clotheslines him. Dropkick by Eddie. Headscissors. Flair's head is in the yellow. It's 8:00. Flair continues to target the knee. Knee drop. Flair picks Eddie up and puts him in a headlock. Eddie gets out and tries a dropkick that misses. Eddie takes him down and works on the leg. Bulldog by Eddie. Eddie stomps on his face and rotates. Eddie with a kick, but Flair spins him around and kicks to the stomach. Eddie fights back and they reverse an entire sequence until Flair bodyslams. Flair with the hadlock and picks Eddie up. Eddie with the armdrag and then the followup. Eddie sells the torso. Flair with a punch to the face, but Eddie fights back. Eddie with a rollup that goes nowhere. Flair with some chops, but Eddie knees him in the gut. Eddie with the upperhand, gets in a dropkick. Flair punches Eddie down and locks in the Figure Four at 10:05. Eddie's torso is in the red. Eddie sells the Figure Four like a madman. Eddie refuses to tap. They miss more charges until Flair punches and chops. Flair with the lowblow. Flair sells the back. Headlock applied. Flair with the punch and an eye rake. Flair sells the back and Eddie rolls him up. Flair gets up and gets taken into a headlock. Flair knocks Eddie down, but is taken down. Surfboard stretch. Eddie with a leg clamp. Eddie with an elbowdrop onto Flair, Flair misses a punch and they trade punches and chops. DDT by Eddie, who now has a special. Rollup again by Eddie, doesn't work, he kicks but is reversed. Flair punches but gets rolled up again and is put in a leg clamp. Eddie's down and it picked up and eye raked by Flair. Flair gets an atomic drop and is dropkicked. Flair's back is in the red. Eddie knows the end is near and hits the triple suplex. Eddie off the top with the frogsplash, it hits. Flair is headlocked, and then knocked down. Surfboard stretch, it's gotta be over. No, it isn't. Both men are in the red. Flair with a rollup. Doesn't work. Flair with chops and then chokes Eddie's head on the ropes. Flair with a straight punch and then more punches. Flair picks Eddie up and suplexes him. Flair gets elbowed in the gut. GORY SPECIAL(~!) and Flair taps at 14:10.

 

Winner: Eddie Guerrero

 

What resulted out of this: Eddie won.

 

My review: Disappointing match. Eddie absolutely sucked at the beginning, and the ref bump was pointless. Flair's offense got tired really quickly. The psychology by Flair was good in the middle, but then they started trading rollups, which was moronic. The ending came out of nowhere, but was still cool, and the frogsplashes were all pointless. I wouldn't watch this again. *1/2

 

TOMORROW:

 

I Quit- Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair

OR

Triple H vs. Undertaker- WM X7

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Oh yeah, updated with tomorrow's matches.

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'Taker vs HHH please

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Sorry for making you pansies wait so long.

 

One fall- Undertaker vs. Triple H

Date/Place- Houston, Tex.- 4/1/01

Ref- Mike Chioda

Commentators- Jim Ross and Paul Heyman

 

Triple H says he's beaten everyone there is in WWE. Undertaker says Triple H hasn't beaten him. So they go on a feud designed to give them both matches at WrestleMania. Just 'cuz Vince is like that.

 

Character Related Info: Triple H is the mastermind heel married to the biggest bitch in the biz, while Undertaker's an undead biker. 'Taker- face, Triple H- heel

 

What this match is most known for: Triple H spitting out his water which led to enough camera bulbs going off to blind a man.

 

The Match: Triple H comes down accompanied with crappy music by Motorhead. Undertaker comes down to crappy music from Limp Bizkit.

 

So they trade punches on the outside. 'Taaker headbutts, but is hammered on by Hunter. Undertaker regains the upper hand and goes through the makeshift Spanish Announce table with one shot. Undertaker beats on him and rolls him into the ring where the bell rings. Undertaker gets kicked low and is hammered in the head with punches, but blocks one and delivers a few of his own. He's then sent into the ropes, where he is hit with a knee lift. Undertaker gets back up immediately, and beats on Triple H into the corner. Whip into the ropes and HUGE back body drop on Triple H. Triple H gets clotheslined in the corner and then elbowed. Undertaker whips him into the other corner and clotheslines him there too. Undertaker with a huge powerslam. Undertaker off the ropes, where he misses an elbow. Triple H gets up and decks Taker in the face once or twice. He sends him into the ropes, but Undertaker comes back with the clothesline. Undertaker picks him up and he twists his arm. Undertaker goes up on the ropes and attempts the ropewalk of doom yet gets thrown off the top. Triple H with a neckbreaker.

 

Pin #1 (by Triple H)- 1-2-no.

 

Triple H rakes at his face and then leans his head over the ropes. Big elbow drop onto the back of his head. He follows it up with elbow smashes to the throat while Undertaker's neck lies underneath the bottom rope. Another neckbreaker back in.

 

Pin #2(by Triple H)- 1-2-no.

 

Pin #3 (by Triple H)- 1-2-no.

 

Pin #4 (by Triple H)- 1-2-no.

 

Triple H argues with the ref, and then turns around into a hit to the gut. Several more and Undertaker gets up, but first hits an uppercut. Triple H is sent into the ropes where Taker attempts a back body drop, but gets knee smashed. Triple H goes to the outside and pushes the timekeeper out of the way. Hey, that was uncalled for. Triple H comes back in with his sledgehammer. He goes to use it, but Mike Chioda pulls it away before he can get DQed. He argues with the ref and then turns around, but reverses whatever Undertaker is trying and goes for the Pedigree. The ref leans over the ropes near the corner to talk to the timekeeper, while Undertaker reverses the Pedigree and slingshots Triple H onto the ref. Triple H turns around for a chokeslam.

 

Pin #5 (by Undertaker)- 1-2-no.

 

It's approx. two minutes in and the marks are buying that it could have been over there. Jeez. 'Taker's frustrated, so he kicks the ref and elbow drops him. I can see his reasoning. Triple H is sent to the mat by Taker with punches. He's then dumped over the top, where he smashes his face on the guardrail. Undertaker picks Triple H up and DECKS him right in the face. He tries ramming his head into the steps but Triple H blocks it and gets him. Triple H is dumped over the guardrail and they brawl in the crowd. Ref's still down while Undertaker follws Triple H and he comes bearing punches. Undertaker and Triple H climb up to some sort of production station. Triple H is backed into a corner and hammered with lefts and rights. Triple H fights back and climbs up to another level of the production facilities. Undertaker with almost a ten punch. He soaks up the cheers from the crowd and pushes Triple H over the guardrail over to the next floor of the production tower. Undertaker follws after a while, but is hammered in the gut with a chair, and then in the back. Triple H uses the chair and whacks him in the head. Triple H with chair shots to Undertaker's clegs and shoulder. Austin's assault on Rock with the chair was better, but Triple H should rightly be dead. Triple H waits for Taker to get up so he can hit him with the chair again, but he's goozled, and chokeslammed three flights. Ouch.Undertaker sits there for a while. I mean, the floor does seem to have some nice padding, so it's not too bad. Undertaker dives off the flight and elbowdrops onto Triple H. EMTs try to help out Triple H but Undertaker knocks them off and continues to punch away at Triple H. They brawl back to the ring. Undertaker continues to beat on Triple H for about three minutes until they FINALLY make their way to the ring. Jesus, that arena is huge. Undertaker's winded just from making that journey (I feel sorry for fans who had to trek all the way to the washroom), and the ref is STILL out. IS MIKE CHIODA IN A COMA OR SOMETHING? Because he has NOT moved since Taker and Hunter left. Somebody might wanna check on him. Back in the ring now, and Undertaker waits for Triple H to get up. Taker notices the ref? No, he gets the sledgehammer instead, not realizing that Mike Chioda is near death because of him. Triple H pleeds for mercy, but Undertaker raises the sledgehammer to strike. Undertaker does it, but gets kicked in the balls. So Triple H rushes with the sledgehammer, but is big booted. Undertaker and Triple H pause before getting up and they trade punches. JR finally notices Mike Chioda. I guess 3 no-DQ matches on the PPV would be too many, so they opted to have the ref dead. They trade punches for TWO MINUTES before Triple H takes an irish whip, reverses, and tries for a tombstone. Undertaker flips backwards, and hits a Tombstone of his own! Undertaker finally realizes Mike Chioda is dead and tries picking him up. He goes limp, but he starts to stir. Undertaker with a Last Ride attempt, but Triple H grabs his sledgehammer while in mid-rotation and hammers Taker. CHIODA LIVES!

 

Pin #6 (by HHH)- 1-2-no.

 

Triple H hammers on Undertaker in the corner, and gets in a ten punch. Well, more of a nine punch, because he stalls before the last punch. Bad move. Undertaker with the Last Ride out of the corner. Good night, nose.

 

Pin #7 (by Undertaker)- 1--2--3.

 

Winner: Undertaker

 

 

What resulted out of this: They feuded again in tag team action before the Quad Incident. And then Triple H came back and they wrestled at KOTR 2002 in a pitiful match.

 

My review: It was just okay. Nothing to write home about, it was a decent punch-punch-kick contest. Still fun to watch, though, because of the awesome WrestleMania setup and atmosphere. Had a pretty cool ending, but someone really needs to check up on Mike Chioda's condition. **3/4

 

TOMORROW:

 

Royal Rumble 2003, Pt. I (Friday you would get Pt. II)

 

OR

 

The Rock vs. Steve Austin- WMXIX (Friday you would get random crap)

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Rock vs Austin

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Rock/Austin!

 

 

And don't forget about the fantasy draft

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Since I'm an ass, I'll have to update this tomorrow instead.

 

BUT..

 

Since I made you wait two days for this, you get-

 

Austin vs. Rock- WMXIX

 

AND

 

Austin vs. Rock- WMXVII (my favorite match of all time)

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One fall, No DQ- World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship- The Rock © vs. Steve Austin

Date/Place- Houston, Tex.- 4/1/01

Ref- Earl Hebner

Commentators- Jim Ross and Paul Heyman

 

Steve Austin, just coming back from neck surgery, is determined to get the Heavyweight Title and will do anything to get it. The Rock wants to stop him from doing this.

 

Character Related Info: The Rock is the less popular one going into the match, but Austin is all out heel throughout the entire thing. Austin, Rock- faces, after the match, Austin- heel, Rock- face

 

What this match is most known for: Probably having the best story and acting (by Austin) in a match that anybody's ever seen.

 

The Match: In the preview before the match, it's really interesting to hear Austin say "Let's put Debra out of the way, bang, she's not a factor." He's willing to put aside his own wife for that title.

 

Finkle says that the match is No Disqualification. JR wonders when that was added. The glass shatters and Austin comes out to the biggest pop I've ever heard. Many different camera views of the Astrodome, which has the best setup, lighting and camera crew I've ever seen for a wrestling event. This contributes into making WMX7 the best wrestling pay-per-view ever, bar none. Rock gets booed while he comes out.

 

Rock poses on the top turnbuckle, and turns around into punches from Austin. Rock gets hammered in the corner, and then Austin tries using the title belt. Rock ducks it and uses some punches of his own. Rock bounces off the ropes and gets a Lou Thesz press. Austin with double fistdrops. Austin whips Rock into the ropes, but Rock comes back with a swinging neckbreaker. Rock with a Rock Bottom attempt, but is tossed into the ropes, Austin with a stunner, no, Rock with a stunner? No, Rock is thrown over the top. Austin adjusts his knee brace on the outside and nails Rocky with right hands. Rock falls over the security railing and they start brawling in the crowd. Rock fights back and nails Austin while he lies on chairs. Rock tosses Austin over the guardrail, and bashes his head off the commentator's table. Rock tries to irish whip Austin, but he reverses and clotheslines him. Austin uses his kneebrace to rake at Rocky's face. Back in the ring now, Austin stomps him, and drapes Rocky's neck over the second rope. Austin bounces off the ropes and jumps on his back.

 

Pin #1 (by Austin)- 1-2-no.

 

Austin picks up Rock and sets him on the top rope. Austin with a superplex off the top. Rock sells it like a mofo.

 

Pin #2 (by Austin)- 1-2-no.

 

Austin undoes one of the top turnbuckles, and hammers at Rock. Rock fights back with slaps, and bounces off the ropes with a flying lariat. Austin is whipped into the ropes and is hiptossed.

 

Pin #3 (by Rock)- 1-2-no.

 

Austin's clotheslined over the top. Rock follows, and picks up Austin. Rock slams Austin's face off the announce table, and then slams it on the ringbell. Hebner gets in the Rock's face and falls over the ringsteps. Rock waits, and turns around into a ringbell shot by Austin. Austin and the ref bicker, and Austin tosses the ringbell dude out of the way. Austin flips of Hebner, and picks up Rock. Rock is bleeding over the top of his head, and Austin slams his face on the commentator's table. Austin is BUILT for this match, he looks to be in awesome shape. Rock lies on the commentator's table until it collapses. Pretty funny moment where Hebner almost drops the blade, then gives it to Rock, and ROCK drops the blade. All on camera. Austin smashes Rock in the head back in the ring, and Rock is just flying off the ropes. Austin mounts him and unleashes some punches. Anyways, Austin picks Rock up and Rock starts fighting back. Rock whips him into the ropes, but Austin comes back with a neckbreaker.

 

Pin #4 (by Austin)- 1-2-no.

 

Rock is busted open. I can't believe he exposed the blade. Idiot. Anyways, Austin mounts him with punches. Austin kicks away at him in the corner. JR says he's stompin' a mudhole. So Austin does it some more, and steps on Rock's head. Austin continues to bicker with the ref, and chokes him with his knee in the corner. Austin gets a mouthfull of kneepad. Austin and Hebner continue to bicker until Austin comes around and Rock EXPLODES out of the corner with a lariat. THAT WAS AWESOME. Another one, but Rock is up first with right hands. Rock battles back and flips Austin off. Rock slams Austin's head off the turnbuckle, and it looks like Austin's starting to blade. Rock gets the ringbell from the outside, and yes, Austin bladed pretty much on camera. Oh well, this match still rules. Rock nails him with the bell.

 

Pin #5 (by Rock)- 1-2-NO!

 

Austin uses the ropes to pull himself up and Rock just nails him with right hands. Rock with punches that send Austin off the ropes, and Austin gets hammered again and again and again. JR sells the match like a demon. Rock leans Austin's head over the mat, goes to the outside and beats on him with elbowdrops. Austin falls to the outside and Rock tries to slam his head off the security guardrail, but Austin fights back with hands and elbows. Austin presses him up in the air and drops Rock's neck on the guardrail. Austin with a slingshot that sends Rock's head flying into the apron. Austin picks Rock up and his hand meets Rock's face. Austin picks up a monitor and slams it into Rock's head. Austin sits up and THE REF GIVES ROCK THE BLADE AGAIN. HE PUTS IT RIGHT IN HIS DAMN HAND, ON CAMERA. GOOD GOD. So Rock blades on camera AGAIN. Ugh. Anyways, Austin rolls Rock back in the ring, and of course, Rock has a fresh wound.

 

Pin #6 (by Austin)- 1-2-no!

 

Austin tries a stunner, but is knocked down and put in the sharpshooter. Austin is SCREAMING, and the crowd is going nuts at this point. Austin gets to the ropes and Rock has to break it up. Austin adjusts his kneebrace, and while Rock bladed on camera, at least he bladed well. Rock attempts another sharpshooter, but Rock gets hammered in the face. Austin with a sharpshooter of his own! Rock is screaming now, and this match RULES. Rock is screaming, but he finally knocks him off. Austin smashes Rock's knee into the mat, and then low blows Rock and attempts the Sharpshooter again, but Rock's too close to the ropes. Rock gets it easily. Austin won't let it go at first, but eventually he has to, knowing if Rock taps now, it wouldn't matter. Austin waits for Rock to get up..MILLION DOLLAR DREAM! Austin does it perfectly, and Rock starts fading. Rock is bleeding like a mofo, while Austin's blade job is nothing to snicker at. SURVIVOR SERIES '96 ENDING, Rock bounces off the ropes and rolls him up!

 

Pin #7 (by Rock)- 1-2-no!

 

Austin gets up first and nails Rock in the face with punches. Austin whips Rock off the ropes. STUNNER BY ROCK!

 

Pin #8 (by Rock)- 1-2-NO!

 

Vince McMahon comes down to the ring for some reason. Austin and Rock just lay there. McMahon simply stays there at first. Punches to the gams by Rock, who bounces off the ropes into a spinebuster!

 

Pin #9 (by Austin)- 1-2-no!

 

Austin whips Rock off the ropes, who reverses. SPINEBUSTER BY ROCK! People's Elbow! Rock takes his time, bounces off the ropes and NAILS IT. It's over.

 

Pin #10 (by Rock)- 1-2--WTF?

 

McMahon pulls Rock OFF Austin! What was that about? Rock spots Austin, and gives chase. They run around outside the ring, Rock rolls back into the ring. ROCK BOTTOM!

 

Pin #11 (by Austin)- (crowd chants along) ONE--TWO--THRE--NO!

 

Oh my God, was that close. Austin is PISSED. The ref gets bumped right out of the ring. Rock gets low blowed. Vince just waits there on the outside. Austin gets up and tells McMahon to give him a chair. McMahon comes into a ring, Austin holds Rock while Vince hits him with the chair.

 

Pin #12 (by Austin)- 1--2---NO!

 

Oh, man, this is great. Austin waits for Rock to get up, while he holds the chair..he goes to smash it over Rock's head, ROCK BOTTOM! Rock spots Vince and drags his ass in the ring. Rock turns around..STUNNER!

 

Pin #12 (by Austin)- ONE-TWO-no!

 

Austin is PISSED. Austin picks up the chair..and just NAILS the Rock. Austin gets the chair again..and just smashes the chair into the Rock's back, side, and chest. My god. He then picks up the chair for one final blow and SMASHES it onto Rock's side.

 

Pin #13 (by Austin)- ONE...TWO...THREE!

 

Winner and NEW WWF Champion: Stone Cold Steve Austin

 

After the match, Austin and Vince drink beers and shake hands.

 

What resulted out of this: Rock went to make movies while 2001 Workrate Horse Austin was stuck in a shitty feud with Taker. He got some momentum back vs. Benoit/Jericho, but then was the head of the shitty InVasion angle, before turning face and leaving in June 2002. Rock and Austin eventually came back and faced off at WrestleMania XIX in Austin's retirement match, which is my next review.

 

My review: Awesome, awesome match. I just love it. One of the all-time best matches ever, even with Rock's camera blading antics. The best match I've ever seen. *****

 

WMXIX up later, then the vote as well.

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It's back~!

 

TODAY:

Benoit/Michaels/Hunter- WMXX

OR

Angle/Eddie- WMXX

 

I'll do Austin/Rock WMXIX another day.

[Guest WordLife]

Benoit/Michaels/Hunter

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Benoit/Michaels/Hunter, although I wouldn't mind seeing both.

[Boner Kawanger 0]

I'm glad someone else has Austin/Rock from WMX-7 as one of their all-time favorites. I wish I had a copy of it.

 

I think I'd rather see you do Eddie/Angle.

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One fall, Triple Threat- World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Championship- Triple H © vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels

Date/Place- New York, NY- 3/14/04

Ref- Earl Hebner

Commentators- Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

 

So Chris Benoit won the Royal Rumble, last eliminating the Big Show. You would think that guarantees him the World Title match at WrestleMania, but when it came to sign the contract to fight, Shawn Michaels knocked him out and signed it for him. Michaels, determined to settle the score with his nemesis Triple H, is also allowed into the match.

 

Character Related Info: Chris Benoit is the technical wrestling underdog here, as the emphasis is on the war between Jesus-lovin' Shawn Michaels and snobby leader of Evolution, Triple H. Heel- Triple H, Faces- Michaels, Benoit

 

What this match is most known for: Benoit winning the big one.

 

The Match: Hebner pats down all three men. Those wacky New Yawkers start chanting for Benoit.

 

The bell rings, and Benoit and Michaels decide who get to take on Hunter first. Michaels pounds on Hunter in the corner, and Benoit throws him off. Benoit then attacks, and Michaels throws HIM off. So Michaels attacks, Benoit tries to take him off and Benoit almost goes into the Crossface. Chops traded by Michaels and Benoit, and Michaels is thrown into HHH, knocking him out of the ring. Benoit attacks with punches, goes for a bodyslam and Michaels gets behind, Benoit with a headscissors  on the mat and it's taken into a bridge pin.

 

Pin #1 (by Michaels)- 1-2-no.

 

Benoit POWERS OUT, and changes it into an attempted backslide. Michaels gets out and almost tastes Crossface, but it's rolled into a cradle.

 

Pin #2 (Michaels)- 1-2-no.

 

Michaels gets up and almost takes a German, which he blocks with a foot, but he does get a Northern Lights Suplex.

 

Pin #3 (Benoit)- 1-2-no.

 

So Benoit is taken down with a clothesline by Michaels and then HHH gets back in and clotheslines HBK. HHH stomps on Benoit, picks him up and pounds him again. HHH then focuses on Michaels, throwing him out of the ring, but he RR 95's and gets back in. Michaels then throws Benoit out of the ring and whips HHH into the ropes and backbodydrops him. Michaels with chops in the corner, and he whips HHH into the ropes, It's reversed twice, and then HHH delivers a high knee.

 

Pin #4 (HHH)- 1-2-no.

 

Benoit starts coming through the ropes, and then shoulder rams HHH who's still in the ring. Benoit is taken back to the floor (he never got in fully) with a high knee. HHH gets out, rams Benoit's back into the ring apron, and then does it again. Michaels baseball slides from the ring, and then goes up top. MOONSAULT from Michaels to the floor. All three men are down and it's a mild "Holy Shit" chant. Replay, and Michaels gets up. He throws Hunter in the ring.

 

Pin #5 (HBK)- 1-2-no.

 

Michaels gets up and chops Hunter. He repeats and then whips him into the ropes. Michaels tastes facebuster, and almost is given a pedigree, but Benoit breaks that up. Benoit attempts a German which is blocked so Benoit is UBER-PISSED and just kills Michaels with knees, still in the German position. Michaels is thrown shoulder first into the ringpost. Snapsuplex by Benoit on Hunter. Chop in the corner on HHH. Benoit with a right hand, then attempts to throw HHH into the other corner. It's reversed, and Benoit hits the corner chest first. HHH picks him up, takes him to the other corner, sets him on top and beats on him. He then drapes him in the tree of woe position, goes back to Michaels and irish whips him into Benoit.

 

Pin #6 (HHH)- 1-2-no.

 

Michaels starts selling the shoulder. He tries for another irish whip, but it's reversed and HHH tastes Benoit's foot.

 

Pin 7 (HBK)- 1-2-no.

 

Hunter tosses him into the ropes, then is hit by a forearm. HBK kips up and is clotheslined out of the ring by Benoit. Benoit with a German on Triple H. He elbows out of the second one but it doesn't work and he's hit with the full trifecta. Benoit gets up and signals for the Headbutt. He goes to the top, where Michaels pushes him, crotching him up there. Michaels attempts the superkick on Hunter, but he ducks and HBK is hit with a DDT. Benoit starts going back up to the top, so Hunter stops him and just pounds on him. Hunter attempts a superplex on the top, but Benoit starts fighting back. Triple H eventually hits it anyways.

 

Pin 8 (HHH)- 1-2-no.

 

Pin 9 (HHH)- 1-2-no.

 

Pin 10 (HHH)- 1-2-no.

 

Hunter's pissed. So he gets up (to "Let's go, Benoit chants), and Benoit starts fighting back. Benoit whips Hunter into the ropes and goes for the Pedigree. It's reversed into a Crossface! Shades of later in the match! Benoit's got it on, but Michaels breaks it up to boos. Michaels German suplexes Benoit to boos. Benoit reverses a second attempts to loud cheers and hits two Germans. He then hits the hatrick. Benoit then does his cutthroat trademark. He goes to the top and hits the diving headbutt.

 

Pin 11 (Benoit)- 1-2-no.

 

Pin 12 (Benoit)- 1-2-no.

 

Benoit gets up at the same time as Michaels. Michaels bounces off the ropes and hammers Benoit in the face that knocks Benoit out of the ring. Kip up (BOO!) by Michaels. Atomic drop on Triple H. Two clotheslines on HHH and then a scoop slam. Elbowdrop onto HHH! Michaels starts tuning up the band/channelling Jesus and hits the Sweet Chin Music!

 

Pin 13 (HBK)- 1-2-Benoit pulls HHH out.

 

Michaels rolls out of the ring and right hands Benoit twice. They roll back in the ring and Michaels chops Benoit. Twice. He tries whipping him into one of the turnbuckles, but Michaels takes the turnbuckle bump. He's then slingshotted back in there, and is busted open. Benoit beats him around the ring until he decides to clamp on the crossface! Benoit almost taps, but HHH makes the save, stopping Michaels' hand from hitting the mat. Benoit is taken out and HHH tries slamming his face on the steel stairs, but HHH gets slammed nose first instead. Benoit punches the shit out of him while he lays across the security railing. Chops several times until HHH irish whips him into the ringsteps. Benoit's holding his ass and Michaels is about .5 Eddie (that's right, a new blood rating system) in the ring. HHH takes off the SmackDown announcer's table covering. He takes out the monitors for good measure. Benoit fights back and slams HHH's head off the Spanish announce table. Now the Spanish announce table covering is off, Benoit takes HHH up there and tries German-ing HHH into the RAW announce table. HHH fights out of the German, and puts Benoit in the Pedigree position. Benoit starts fighting back but Michaels gets up on the table as well (Shawn is .6 Eddie now) and Shawn and Hunter suplex Benoit into the SD table! Tazz must be upset. JR's commentary here is horrible, but anyways..Michaels is in the ring waiting for Triple H. So they start their punchy-punchy crap, and there's audible boos. Michaels chops Hunter twice, and then irish whips him over the top, where he lands on a cameraman. Michaels then takes Hunter by the hair and rams his skull into a ringpost, where he blades. Hunter and Michaels roll back in the ring and Michaels delivers some punches to the face of HHH. "Let's go, Benoit!" chants. But HHH pedigrees! Can Benoit get up in time to break up the pin?!

 

Pin 14 (HHH)- 1-2-BENOIT BREAKS IT UP~!

 

JR sells Benoit as being previously deceased. JR then starts selling it as if they were RAW and were about to go to a commercial break. Queer. HHH then starts breathing in and out really oddly, like some sort of strange creature. A roided up creature. Benoit starts chopping Hunter, but it's KICK, WHAM, Pedigree. Benoit reverses! Sharpshooter~! Most of the New Yorkers buy this as the finish as Hunter starts yelling like a girl. He nears the ropes-- but Benoit drags him out to the center of the ring! DECAPITATION SUPERKICK by Shawn Michaels. That would kill your normal man, but Benoit is 1) Benoit and 2) Canadian. Benoit is pinned.

 

Pin 15 (HBK)- 1-2-NO~!~!

 

Benoit makes it, and then HBK staggers to his feet. He starts going for the superkick. Aw, shit. Fans boo, as they should. Benoit ducks it(!) and dumps Michaels over the top! He starts signaling that he's gonna win the title..damn it, he turns around for the Pedigree. At this point, I would have bet you $50 bucks that that was the finish, HHH would win. BUT BENOIT REVERSES~! INTO THE CROSSFACE~! And HHH won't die! Tap, Hunter, tap I say! Tap! Tap, says everyone who likes professional wrestling! Tap, says Chris Benoit! AND HE DOES (TO THE BIGGEST MARK-OUT MOMENT OF MY LIFE)~!~!~!

 

Winner and NEW Heavyweight Champion: Chris Benoit

 

After the match, Eddie Guerrero comes down and he and Benoit share a hug. Aww.

 

What resulted out of this: Chris Benoit successfully defended his title at the following PPV in a rematch, and now Michaels and Triple H are going to end their feud once and for all in a Hell in a Cell while Benoit is downplayed versus Kane.

 

My review: Just amazing. If Benoit hadn't won, this would have sucked since it was built like he was the underdog, and it worked well.  Just amazing seeing it the first time, and the second time and all reviewings afterwards. The work wasn't SUPER AMAZING, but it was certainly my favourite match of all time. *****, which may/or may not be biased.

 

Tomorrow:

MORE WRESTLEMANIA FUN-

Cruiserweight Open- WMXX

OR

Goldberg vs. Lesnar- WMXX

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Matches Reviewed

(in chronological order of when the match was first aired)

 

WWF Heavyweight Title- Hulk Hogan © vs. Andre the Giant- *

NWA Heavyweight Title- Ricky Steamboat © vs. Ric Flair- *****

Bam Bam Bigelow and Owen Hart vs. Pegasus Kid and Steve Williams-***1/4

WWF World Title- 1992 Royal Rumble- ****1/2

WWF World Title- Shawn Michaels © vs. Diesel- ***3/4

AJPW Triple Crown- Kenta Kobashi © vs. Mitsuharu Misawa-****3/4

Hell in a Cell- Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker- ****1/2

WWF World Title- Steve Austin © vs. Mick Foley- ****

WWF World Title Quarterfinals- The Rock vs. Big Bossman- No Rating

WWF World Title- The Rock © vs. Mankind- **3/4

WWF World Title- Triple H © vs. Cactus Jack- ****1/2

Undertaker vs. HHH- WMXVII- **3/4

WWF World Title- The Rock © vs. Steve Austin- *****

Kensuke Sasaki vs. Kaz Fujita- *3/4

WWF Hardcore Title- Maven © vs. Goldust- 1/2*

Undertaker vs. Ric Flair- WMXVIII- **1/4

Edge vs. Booker T- WMXVIII- ***1/4

WWE Undisputed Championship- The Rock © vs. Brock Lesnar- ****

WWE World Tag Team Titles- Lance Storm and William Regal © vs. The Dudley Boyz- **1/2

"Stepmother vs. Stepdaughter Match" Dawn Marie vs. Torrie Wilson- DUD

WWE Undisputed Title- Kurt Angle © vs. Chris Benoit- *****

Royal Rumble 2003- ***1/4

WWE Women's Championship- Street Fight- Victoria © vs. Trish Stratus- **1/4

A Tribute to Nathan Jones- Undertaker vs. Albert and The Big Show- *1/4

Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels- WMXIX- ****1/2

20 Years in the Making- Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon- **1/2

WWE Undisputed Title- Kurt Angle © vs. Brock Lesnar- ****1/4

WWE World Heavyweight Title- HHH © vs. Ric Flair- **1/2

WWE Undisputed Championship- Brock Lesnar © vs. Big Show- Stretcher Match- ***1/2

WWE Undisputed Championship- Brock Lesnar © vs. Big Show (ring collapse)- **1/2

Goldberg vs. Lesnar- WMXX- DUD

WWE World Heavyweight Title- HHH © vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels- *****

WWE Intercontinental Title- Randy Orton © vs. Mick Foley- ****1/4

WWE World Heavyweight Title- Chris Benoit © vs. Kane- ***

Hell in a Cell- Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H- *3/4

Total Matches Reviewed: 35

 

Number of Each Rating-

*****- 4

**** to ****3/4- 8

*** to ***3/4- 6

** to **3/4- 8

* to *3/4- 4

DUD to 3/4*- 4

No Rating- 1

 

Number of Title Defenses-

WWF Heavyweight/WWF World/WWE Undisputed- 11

NWA Heavyweight/WWE World Heavyweight- 4

WWE Women's- 1

WWE Intercontinental- 1

WWE World Tag Team- 1

WWF Hardcore- 1

AJPW Triple Crown- 1

 

Wrestlers Who have Made the Review More than Once-

HBK- 7

Lesnar- 5

Undertaker- 5

Mick Foley- 5

Triple H- 5

Flair- 4

Chris Benoit- 4

Hogan- 3

Rock- 3

Big Show- 3

Jericho- 2

Angle- 2

Steve Austin- 2

BIG BOSSMAN(?!)- 2

Kane- 2

 

Matches I have on DVD I still have yet to Review-

The Rockers vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Summers- 9.2.86

Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon- Ladder Match

Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart- Iron Man

Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind- Mind Games

Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H- SummerSlam 2002

Triple H vs. Scott Steiner- Royal Rumble

Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show- Royal Rumble

RVD vs. Kane vs. Batista vs. Jericho- 1.13.03

Brock Lesnar vs. Hulk Hogan- 8.8.02

Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker- HIAC

Ric Flair vs. Harley Race- Starrcade '83

Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes- Starrcade '86

Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham- 1.20.87

Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat- Clash of the Champions VI

Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk- Clash of the Champions IX

Ric Flair vs. Sting- Clash of the Champions XXVII

Ric Flair vs. Pete Sanchez- 3.1.76

RVD vs. Regal- WMXVIII

DDP vs. Christian- WMXVIII

Kane vs. Kurt Angle- WMXVIII

Steve Austin vs. Scott Hall- WMXVIII

Billy and Chuck vs. The Hardyz vs. The APA vs. The Dudleyz- WMXVIII

The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan- WMXVIII

Jazz vs. Lita vs. Trish- WMXVIII

Chris Jericho vs. Triple H- WMXVIII

Rob Van Dam and Kane vs. Lance Storm and Chief Morley- WMXIX

Matt Hardy vs. Rey Mysterio- WMXIX

Victoria vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jazz- WMXIX

Team Angle vs. Los Guerreros vs. Rhyno and Benoit- WMXIX

Triple H vs. Booker T- WMXIX

Steve Austin vs. The Rock- WMXIX

Big Show vs. Cena- WMXX

RAW Fatal Four Way- WMXX

Chris Jericho vs. Christian- WMXX

Rock and Mankind vs. Evolution- WMXX

Sable and Torrie vs. Stacy and Miss Jackie- WMXX

Cruiserweight Open- WMXX

SmackDown Fatal Four Way- WMXX

Victoria vs. Molly- WMXX

Eddie vs. Angle- WMXX

Undertaker vs. Kane- WMXX

Dudleyz vs. Lance Storm and Val Venis- 3.7.04

 

Plus 100's more on tape

[Guest WordLife]

Brock Lesnar vs Bill Goldberg-The Classic That Should Have Been,but instead you got this crap.

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Cruiserweight Open

 

Are you still gonna do that thing with Super Wrestlemania for SNES?

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Cruiserweight Open

 

Are you still gonna do that thing with Super Wrestlemania for SNES?

Er, no.

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One fall, WrestleMania XX- Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar

Date/Place- New York, NY- 3/14/04

Ref- Steve Austin

Commentators- Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

 

So Brock Lesnar and Goldberg traded words at Survivor Series. It then built up to Royal Rumble, where Goldberg put down Lesnar again. Lesnar then eliminated Goldberg from the 2004 Royal Rumble to the glee of everybody. In retaliation, Goldberg then costs Lesnar the Heavyweight Title. Steve Austin is thrown into the mix. You think this would be one of the biggest WrestleMania matches of all time, right? Austin, Goldberg and Brock in the same ring? WRONG. Brock and Goldberg were leaving WWE ASAP and the crowd knew it and shat all over them, ruining what could have been a ** match. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

Character Related Info: Goldberg's an unstoppable monster. Lesnar's a jerk who likes to hurt people. Austin's the fun-loving ref. Heel- Lesnar, Face- Goldberg (but he's a heel for this match anyways), Face- Austin

 

What this match is most known for: Being the most hated WrestleMania match of all time.

 

The Match:

I'm ignoring the crowd for this match, because we all know what they thought of this.

 

The bell rings and Lesnar and Goldberg just stare at eachother. They just keep staring at eachother. Goldberg starts jumping like a twerp. Lesnar tells Goldberg to focus. They just keep staring. Lesnar chats with Austin. They FINALLY hook up and just back up back and forth. Screw this shit. They break up, and then do it again. Nobody wins. One more time, and Lesnar gets him in a headlock. Lesnar then bounces off the ropes and shoulderblocks Goldberg. Goldberg does the same and nothing happens. Both bounce off the ropes and take a doublebump. Both men get up and LESNAR KICKS HIM! OH MY GOD! But he whips Goldberg into the ropes and he boots him. Goldberg then bodypresses him and tackles him down while dropping him. Goldberg signals for the spear but Lesnar avoids and Goldberg hits ringpost shoulder first. Lesnar goes to the outside, rams Goldberg into the other ringpost. Goldberg is beaten on and then Lesnar rolls him back in the ring. Lesnar kicks and goes for a suplex. Goldberg stops him twice and then Lesnar beats on him. Lesnar then hits the suplex.

 

Pin #1 (Lesnar)- 1-2-no.

 

Lesnar suplexes him. Then he waits for Goldberg to get up and puts him in a chinlock. Hogan then distracts 3/4 of the crowd. Goldberg EVENTUALLY throws him off but Lesnar shouldertackles and puts him back in the chinlock. Goldberg then gets out again and then bounces off the ropes and both men go down.

 

Pin #2 (Lesnar)- 1-2-no.

 

Lesnar waits for Goldberg to get up. He stomps on him and rams him into the turnbuckle. Goldberg sstarts firing back with clotheslines. Goldberg gets a swinging neckbreaker. Goldberg does a spear but everyone in the crowd is too busy POPPING FOR HOGAN~!

 

Pin #3 (Goldberg)- 1-2-no.

 

Goldberg tells Austin that was a 3 count. Lesnar with the F-5.

 

Pin #4 (Lesnar)- 1-2-no.

 

Lesnar says that that was three. Lesnar lets Goldberg get up, but then charges and misses. Goldberg spears Lesnar. Lesnar then hits the jackhammer.

 

Pin #5 (Goldberg)- 1-2-3.

 

Winner: Goldberg

 

After the match, Lesnar gets stunnered. Goldberg drinks beer with Austin, but he gets a stunner too.

 

What resulted out of this: Lesnar and Goldberg both left right after the match. Austin then appeared several more times on WWE TV and then left due to a contract dispute.

 

My review: If they weren't going to go out like professionals, they don't deserve to come back. Lesnar could have carried this match, but neither man really gave a damn. Screw them both. DUD. The crowd and Hogan himself save this match from negative stars.

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TOMORROW:

POPULAR MATCHES WHICH I HAVEN'T WATCHED IN A WHILE!-

 

Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat- WrestleMania III

OR

Shawn Michaels vs. Kevin Nash- Good Friends, Better Enemies

[Guest WordLife]

I like both matches but Steamboat vs Savage is 100% better.

Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage

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I could probably get killed in 17 states for picking this... but I want to see Diesel vs. Shawn reviewed.

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One fall, No DQ, WWF Heavyweight Title- Shawn Michaels © vs. Diesel

Date/Place- Omaha, Neb.- 4/28/96

Ref- Earl Hebner

Commentators- Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler

 

This is Shawn's biggest test yet!..since winning the title a month earlier in an Iron Man match at WrestleMania 12. Diesel decided to go after Shawn's title because he's the big dog or some shit. Anyways, FORMER FRIENDS COLLIDE~!

 

Character Related Info: Shawn Michaels is the "showstopper" babyface, and Diesel is the "channelturner" hoss. Face- HBK, Heel-Diesel

 

What this match is most known for: Scott Keith likes it or something. And Vachon gets his leg ripped off.

 

The Match: Take one drink every time Lawler mentions the klique.

 

Michaels runs in the ring, ducks some Diesel punches, and just keeps punching. Eventually, Diesel knees him down.

 

The reason I reviewed this match- Nash is so slow it's easy to keep up. I may not have to pause this once. Anyways, Diesel bashes HBK's face off a turnbuckle, whips him into the other one, Michaels avoids a charge by flying over him and dropkicks Diesel out of the ring. Baseball slide from Michaels. Michaels with a backwards crossbody off onto Diesel. Hugo of Hugo and Carlos, the world famous Spanish Announcers, gets his boot ripped off by Michaels. Michaels runs back inside, Diesel is in too and Michaels comes off the top with the boot bashing off Diesel's head. McMahon- "FUHGEDDABOUTIT!"

 

Pin 1 (HBK)- 1-2-no.

 

Diesel is in the corner now and Michaels irish whips him. It's reversed, Michaels hits the turnbuckle and flips onto the ringapron, and is pushed off into the ringpost. McMahon- "FUHGEDDABOUTIT!" If he uses that one more time, I swear.. Anyways, Diesel tosses Michaels back in the ring and then follows. Slowly. He elbows him and he drops down. Diesel stops and looks around. Diesel punches Michaels in the face. Diesel stops and looks around. Diesel clotheslines him again. Diesel stops. Diesel throws Michaels face first into the top turnbuckle. Diesel stops and looks at Vince McMahon. Diesel picks up Shawn Michaels and chokes him. Diesel rams Michaels with knees. Diesel stops and yells at Jose Lothario. Diesel claws at Michaels. Diesel stops and yells at him. HE IS COMPLETELY BLOWN UP THIRTY SECONDS IN. HOW IS THIS A GOOD MATCH? Diesel with a HYUGE sidewalk slam, which restores my faith in this match. But not for long, as Diesel looks around again. Diesel readjusts his pants as he gets up. So he fixes his ringtape. Then Earl Hebner makes the mistake of bending over. Insert Bradshaw joke here. So Diesel chokes him out with his ringtape, takes the ref's belt and then whips Michaels with the belt. He pauses for a while. So he chokes Michaels with the belt. So he tries hanging Shawn Michaels by throwing him over the top rope and just hanging him there. He does. Diesel scares the ref. Diesel goes outside and tosses Howard Finkel. Diesel takes a chair. Diesel smashes it into Shawn Michaels' back while Hebner tries to get the noose off Michaels. Diesel slowly goes over the top rope and back in. Diesel slowly picks up the chair. Diesel stops and taunts the crowd. Diesel smashes it over Michaels' back. Diesel stops and pauses. Diesel waits for him to get up. Diesel tries smashing it onto Michaels as he leans on the ropes, but misses and Diesel's chair hits the ropes and smashes into his face. Michaels gets the chair and looks to hit Diesel with it. Diesel low blows him and he stops. They SLOWLY get up. Diesel backbodydrops him. Diesel kicks him over and pins.

 

Pin 2 (Diesel)- 1-2-no.

 

Diesel SLOWLY gets up. Diesel tries twisting the head of Michaels. And twists. And twists. So Michaels starts firing up but is met with a Diesel fist every time. "Stay down, Shawn, stay down!", Vince screams. Diesel SLOWLY goes to the outside. Diesel SLOWLY pumps his fist. Diesel then powerbombs Michaels through a table which looks like murder. Cool table bump. Shawn eventually gets up and then sprays a fire extinguisher in Diesel's eyes. Diesel can't see squat and starts swinging at everything. Michael's comes back with punches. Michaels is whipped off the ropes and then comes back with the forearm. Michaels does the kip up. Yawn. Michaels goes to the outside and kills Diesel with chairshots. Michaels refuses to cover while McMahon yells at him to do so. Diesel comes back with punches. And then he hits a knee to the face. Diesel SLOWLY raises his hand. Nash attempts a powerbomb while a "Diesel" chant goes off(?), and then blocks the Jacknife Powerbomb with punches. Michaels then goes up top and hits an elbow drop. He then starts tuning up the band and Meltzer confirms the Diesel chant as Michaels gets booed by like, 3 people. Diesel starts getting up, and blocks the superkick with a forearm. Diesel clotheslines Michaels over the top. If you had have taken a drink every time Lawler mentioned the clique/klique by now, you would be extremely drunk. Diesel follows and then drapes Michaels' neck over the security railing. Diesel then eyes Mad Dog Vachon in the front row, rips off his leg and then takes hif fake leg back into the ring. He looks to smash it over Michaels' head, but Michaels blocks it with a nad shot and then picks up the leg and swings it like crazy into Diesel's face. Diesel takes a nasty bump! Go, Nash, go! Cool camera shot on HBK's leg as it does a closeup on his foot and pans out at the second Diesel gets his foot right in the face.

 

Pin 3- 1-2-3!

 

Winner, and still champion: Shawn Michaels

 

McMahon sells Michaels and the new generation.

 

What resulted out of this: Kevin Nash soon left and started the nWo and Michaels refused to job the title to Vader.

 

My review: Shawn Michaels does the best carry job of Kevin Nash since.. six months previous. It was all about Michaels bumping here, as Diesel's offense was WAY too slow, so watch it for the torture Michaels makes it look like he's going through. Good spots for his time (Diesel ripping off the artificial leg makes him look like a real asshole). The only thing is that there is NO WAY Michaels had have done this if it was not No DQ. Bret Hart was able to do that (if I recall, Survivor Series didn't have the no-DQ stipulation), and as good as Michaels' was at the time, he couldn't have motivated Nash that much. Hell, if Michaels and Nash hadn't been such close buds, this wouldn't have been as good as it was. Anyways, it's recommended. Stick around through the slow first portion, as it gets a lot better near the end. Vince is now .23 redeemed for the Montreal Screw Job, as he gets .02 for his BOSS commentary (boss as in GREAT, not ..y'know, like WWF boss). ***3/4.

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DETERMINED BY RANDOM SCROLLING:

 

YOUR CHOICES FOR TOMORROW'S REVIEW:

 

BEST OF BIG SHOW:

 

Big Show vs. John Cena- WMXX

OR

Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar- Stretcher Match

 

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Brock/Big Show

[Guest WordLife]

Cena/Show-WMXX

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Brock/Big Show

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One fall, Stretcher Match- WWE Undisputed Title- Brock Lesnar © vs. Big Show

Date/Place- Charlotte, NC.- 5/18/03

Ref- Earl Hebner

Commentators- Michael Cole and Tazz

 

Big Show is a NASTY ANIMAL~ who wants Brock's belt. He's already *killed* Rey Mysterio with a stretcher, now he wants to take out Brock.

 

Character Related Info: Brock is your generic face. Big Show's FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS if Michael Cole hasn't already told you.

 

What this match is most known for: A quality Big Show match?!

 

The Match:

There's an odd group of characters with a "911 Big Show" sign. ..Anyways, Brock gets AWESOME pyro coming from the really cool, UFC looking stage. The only problem with this entrance is that the character captions are in lower caps. Queer.

 

Brock gets in the ring, ducks a stretcher swing and starts pounding away. Lesnar with a kick to the gut, and then starts whipping the stretcher at Big Show's back. Eventually, it knocks Big Show out of the ring where he continues to do so while Show lies on the ring bannister. Show no sells it and starts attacking him. He punches him and then picks up the stretcher. Big Show scoops up Lesnar after setting up the post so it balances on the ringpost. He goes to throw Show face first into it, but Lesnar dives off and Big Show eats it. Lesnar then uses the actual stretcher cart as a weapon, ramming it into Big Show as he lays there. Then Big Show gets up and press slams Lesnar onto the stretcher cart. Big Show no sells everything! Big Show picks up the stretcher board and slams it over Lesnar's back. Lesnar is thrown back into the ring, and Big Show follows. Lesnar then stars ramming Big Show's ribs. Lesnar tries to irish whip, but Big Show reverses it into a chokeslam. Shit, son. Show back in, picks up the stretcher board and brings it in. Big Show leaves Lesnar lying on it, then legdrops Lesnar. Ugly wedgie shot of Show as he backs out of the ring. Lesnar then goes to get the stretcher cart. Lesnar's still on the board and then he's positioned onto the cart. Big Show almost pulls him to the yellow line, but then switches positions and starts pushing him towards it. Lesnar tries kicking him off, and gets a sweet lariat that flips Lesnar over and off the stretcher. Big Show then slams the board over Lesnar's back, and Cole says Show is putting on a CLINIC. Did I just hear that? Anyways, Lesnar tries fighting back in the aisleway with punches, but Big Show resists. Then Lesnar fires up and goes for the stretcher board which he uses to slam over Show as Show has done a 180 and is selling like a champ. Lesnar finds some wires and drapes them around Show's neck, trying to choke him out. Lesnar continues while Show looks dead. Lesnar is an ANIMAL. Show is dead, and Lesnar finally lets go, picks up the board and slams it onto Show. Show doesn't move. So Lesnar picks him up, and drags him with the wires attatched to his throat, puts him on the stretcher and tries pulling him to the line, but Big Show falls off and Lesnar flies backwards with all the force that is used. Big Show starts getting up and sends Lesnar backwards with punches. Lesnar then grabs the steel set and uses a bar to do almost a chinup looking dropkick. It sends Big Show reeling, and he tackles him. Lesnar then picks up Big Show and BODYSLAMS THE BIG SHOW ON A STRETCHER. Wow. Anyways, Lesnar gets up, sets up the stretcher and rams it into Big Show's ribs. There's then a tug of war over the stretcher, and Lesnar flies back into the apron. Lesnar is stuck between the ring apron and the stretcher, and Big Show starts ramming Brock in the ribs with the cart. Lesnar then takes his time getting up while Show sets up the cart again. Lesnar is scooped up and driven into the ringpost on the outside. Show starts checking under the ring for something. And he finds another board. So he slams it over Lesnar again. Show pauses, picks it up again and slams it over him again. Show rolls him back inside the ring, but doesn't get fully inside. Lesnar then bounces off the ropes twice, sending Show tumbling back off the ringapron and into the stretcher. Lesnar then goes for some coffee, as he leaves the arena and Big Show's left back in the ring. Big Show waits inside the ring, pondering (and drooling). The return of Rey Mysterio! 619 on Big Show! But Big Show kills him with a clothesline. Show then signals for a chokeslam by grunting like an animal. Lesnar then shows up driving a forklift! He crashes it into the ring, Mysterio dives on Big Show's back, choking him out. Big Show finally flips Mysterio off him, and Lesnar LEAPS off the top of the forklift! Lesnar then crushes Show with some rams to the stomach, and he attempts a irish whip. It's reversed, Show misses a clothesline and Lesnar SUPLEXES THE BIG SHOW! Lesnar is actually smiling now as the fans are crazy. Kick! F-5 to the Big Show! Lesnar gets up, and then picks up the stretcherboard. Big Show is dragged to the forklift, which is right beside the ring. Lesnar rolls Big Show until he drops onto the stretcher, which is on the forklift. Lesnar then gets out of the ring, and gets in the forklift. Lesnar turns the forklift on, which lifts Big Show way up high. Lesnar backs up and Big Show passes the yellow line! It's over!

 

Winner, and still champion: Brock Lesnar

 

Big Show is elevated EVEN HIGHER up on the lift, which is really funny to see. I would be scared shitless if I was that high up.

 

What resulted out of this: Brock and Big Show made the ring explode, then wrestled again at Vengeance in a triple threat before finally going their seperate ways. They teamed together later on, too.

 

My review: Damn fine match. Had tons of neat spots, made Big Show look like a monster and was overall fun for both the viewer and the fans in attendance, who get sent home happy after a less-than-stellar undercard. Whoever booked this match deserves a trophy. A big trophy. ***1/2, which is the best Big Show match ever.