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WWE Summerslam 2003

WWE Summerslam 2003

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: being at summerslam
Review: I was at summerslam in pheonix and it was great im going to buy this dvd the matches were short but great shane o mac dives off the top rops

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Summerslam, "I should have gone on holiday"
Review: Tag team titles
-dudleys vs la resistance
This was a poor opener,... 5/10

-A-Train vs Taker
The only good things in this match was seeing the legend himself, TAKER! Sable saved it for me, WOW! She is HOT! 4/10

-Shane vs Bischoff
I was not looking forward to this from the start, the IC title or the women's title should have been on the line instead. Got interesting when coach got involved, though he shouldn't be in the ring. All in all, 4.5/10

U.S Title
-Fatal four way, Eddie vs Benoit vs Rhyno vs Tajiri
This along with the smackdown main event saved the show, 4 excellent wrestlers putting everything into it. 7/10

Championship Match
- Angle vs Lesnar
With the help of the u.s title match saved this show. 2 awesome wretlers giving it their all, especially glad to see Vince not get involved. Shame about the ending! We love you, ANGLE, ...7/10

-RVD vs Kane
Good opening few minutes, but it was way too short. The ending was totally[BAD]! I am surprised shane was no where to be seen. 5/10

Elimination Chamber
-HHH vs Goldberg vs Jericho vs Nash vs Orton vs HBK
I was looking forward to this, but this was a total let down, survivor series was better. Nash wasn't in it for long, but jericho and hbk were good. Orton didn't do much, why did Goldberg eliminate everyone too fast. HHH wasn't really involved because of his groin injury, which spoilt this for me. Would have been better if orton or jericho would have won, i am sooooo glad that GOLDBERG didn't win, he is a waste of space! I am glad about who was the winner though. Overall 5.5/10

Smackdown matches produced more, and out did the raw ones. Why are the Mcmahons hogging the show? Other superstars deserved to be on the show, like CHRISTIAN and TWGTT to name a few. Overall, for one of the biggest events of the year this show was a complete let down, why didn't they have KOR this year? I would give this event a 5.5/10.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not bad, but could've been better
Review: I didn't think the ppv was anything spectular, but it wasn't that bad either. Here's a list of the matches and my opinion about them.

1. Dudleys vs L.A. Resistance
The key element in this match was Rob Conway(the american traitor). He was dressed as a camera man and ended up whacking the dudleys with the camera to help the frenchman prevail. Nothing special happens in this one. Rating *

2. Undertaker vs A-Train
They have had way better matches on Smackdown. WWE tries to give A-Train another push and once again it backfired. Taker couldn't get the tombstone or last ride, but as the express goes third time's a charm as he chokeslamed A-train to pick up the victory. THe only exciting part of the match was the fight between Stephanie and Sable who was in A-train's corner for the match. Rating *

3. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff
The match-up wasn't great but it was very entertaining to say the least. Shane destroyes bischoff for the first 5 minutes or so until COACH cheapshots Shane with a steel chair. Coach holds up Shane as bischoff lays into him with his karate kicks until Austin comes down and beats the crap out of Coach and Stuns Bischoff. Then from a flashback of summerslam 1999 Shane drives an elbow from the top rope unto Bischoff thru the spanish announcer table. Shane wins. Rating **

4. Eddy Guerrero vs Tajiri vs Benoit vs Rhyno
This was a fatal four way for the US title. Although, Guerrero is the bad guy, he receives the crowd support for this one. This was a fast paced match that could've went in anyone's favor. Guerrero tried to distance from everyone at the beginning since everyone wanted revenge for his actions on them at the previous smackdown. Despite all the odds, Guerrero hit the frog splash on Rhyno and retained the title. Rating ***

5. RVD vs Kane
Kane's first ppv has this new recent vile monster he has become since July. He and RVD took each other to the limit on this one. They used chairs, ladders, and at the end kane hit the tombstone on RVD on the steel steps which helped him get the victory. Rating ***

6. Brock Lesnar vs Kurt Angle
Lesnar had just turn heel a few weeks before this match. This was the sequel to their awesome encounter at WrestleMania. Angle just like wrestlemania walked in the match as champion and Lesnar was desperate in trying to get the belt back and had Mr. McMahon in his side. Lesnar for the first time in my memory actually tapped out to the ankle lock and get revenge on Mr. McMahon by taking a steel chair, setting it up and deliver an angle slam on McMahon unto the steel chair. OUCH! Not a good birthday gift for the boss. Rating ***1/2

7. Elimnation chamber
Nash, Orton, HHH, HBK, Y2J, and Goldberg were the participants for this one. This match was in my opinion a major let-down from the first one. HHH didn't hardly ever get in the match. He spent most of the time hiding from Goldberg as he elimnated 3 guys in 5 minutes (hbk, y2j, and orton). Finally, he and goldberg were the last two guys left. Flair got involved here as he to prevent goldberg from getting thru the HHH's door and attacking him and at the end hand HHH his sledgehammer as Goldberg was going for the spear. HHH hit him as he went for it and remained champ. Evolution attacks Goldberg after the match.

Rating **

This summerslam looked good on paper and a few matches did deliver but this show still could've been better.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Another Great Summerslam
Review: This year's Summerslam exceeded my expectations with strong title matches, decent storyline progression, and a couple of oh-my-god moments. But before I run down the show, I must add that if you were expecting all of the top stars currently on Smackdown!, you might be disappointed with this card. It features 4 Raw matches and only 3 Smackdown! matches, with most of the focus being on the Raw side. As a result, we are unfortunate for no John Cena, no Matt Hardy, no Rey Mysterio, no Zach Gowen, and no World's Greatest Tag Team. But, we are fortunate for no Big Show. As for Raw's top stars, Summerslam proudly brings you mostly all of them. Now to the run down...

La Resistance vs. the Dudleyz was a pretty bland opener. Undertaker vs. A-Train was not that bad, but very slow. Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff was decent, mostly for its surprises and the annual Summerslam Shane O'Mac dive. The US Title match was one of the best of the night, with Latino Heat and Chris Benoit being showstoppers as usual. The WWE Title match was undeniably the best of the night with Angle and Lesnar putting on a 5 star clinic with old school psychology. Kane vs. RVD was a standard match, but felt like filler material. And lastly, the Elimination Chamber was fun and entertaining, but not as good as the first one at the Survivor Series last year. For the record, Triple H's new bike shorts look even worse than Goldberg's new trunks.

All in all, WWE puts on another strong showing. I recommend this especially for the Raw fans.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One Hell Of A Slammer
Review: Well this would have been probably the best ss in history but of course the WWE ruined it by making two crucial mistakes. First of all they had an oppurtunity of a lifetime to get Austin back in the ring for one more match against Kane, the whole Kane unmasking storyline has to do with Austin turning Kane back into a monster but what do they do? Put Kane against RVD, now normally that would be a good match but when you have an oppurtunity for a big match like Austin vs. Kane you should take it. The second crucial mistake they made was to change the much-anticipated one on one match between Goldberg & HHH to an elimination chamber match, and once that seemed like a good idea and turned out to be a great match they ruin it by letting hhh win for about the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000th. time in a row in a ppv main event, but other than those mistakes I would have to say this was one hell of a show and a good way to finish off the summer. Below are my ratings on the matches:

1. Dudley Boys vs. La Resistance for the tag team titles - 7/10
2. Undertaker vs. A-Train - 8/10
3. Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff - 7/10
4. Fatal Four Way U.S. Championship match - 9/10
5. WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle - 10/10
6. RVD vs. Kane - 7/10
7. Elimination Chamber Match for the World Heavyweight Championship - 8/10

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great
Review: I saw this on ppv and it rocked. I will rank every match out of 10.

World Tag Team Championship: La Resistance vs. The Dudley Boyz Solid match except the dudleyz deserve the titles. 7/10

A-train vs. The Undertaker This was ok but these guys have had better matches together 5/10

Shane Mcmahon vs. Eric Bischoff This was very entertaning and i loved the ending. 8/10

WWE U.S. Championship match: Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri THis was great but it wasn't as good as i thought it could be. Who cares. 9/10

WWE Championship Match Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar Show Stealer!!!!!! This was great and i loved the end and aftermath. I didn't think it was as good as their one at wrestlemania but it was close. 10/10

No Holds Barred Match: Kane vs. Rob Van Dam The no holds barred stipulation made it better. Good match. 8.5/10

Eliminatoin Chamber Match: World Heavyweight Championship: Triple H vs. Shwn Michaels vs. Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash vs. Randy Orton THis was a letdown i expected betterom this match. It was ok just not as athletic as i thought it could be and i was so mad at how fast everyone got eliminated. 6/10

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Greatest SummerSlam Ever
Review: I ordered this on ppv. It was a great one to. I will rank every match out of 10.

World Tag Team Championship Match: La resistance vs Dudley Boyz THis was better than i thought it would be but i thought the dudleyz deserved the titles. Good match 7/10

Undertaker vs. A-train Great Match from satrt to finsih. For some reason the big guys on smackdown can put on good matches. 8/10

Shane Mcmahon vs. Eric Bischoff THis wasn't really a match but it was entertaining. 6/10

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Timbo's Summerslam review
Review: I got to see Summerslam 2003 on ppv and it was a decent showing, definitely not of the caliber that Summerslam 2002 was, but ok for what it gave us. Here's how it ran down:

1) Dudley Boyz vs. La Resistance

**- I'll admit the Dudleys know how to get a crowd going and it's good to do that in your opening match, but not against La Resistance please! Match was typical Dudley match with all their signature moves done, but Rob Conway smacks Dvon with a camera so La Resistance keeps the belts. Don't know why they're still champs, they can't even really wrestle. Oh well.

2) Undertaker vs. A-Train

**1/2- I don't think anyone expected this match to be match of the night, but I can't diss them completely. They both tried their best but what more can you do with a 41-year-old man and a hairy teddy bear? UT wins with his usual "come back from an injury and win with the chokeslam" routine. Aftermanth with Steph/Sable didn't click with me, but I'm curious as to where Taker and Steph are heading now. Hmmmmm...

3) Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff

***1/2- Not a wrestling match at all, but it definitely was entertaining. I didn't expect Coach at all to be Bischoff's backup plan and Coach played his new heel role brilliantly. Austin comes to save the day, ShaneOMac does his patented elbow into the announce table for the win. As stated, no wrestling, just cool entertainment.

4) Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri
(US Title Match)

****1/2- Oh God, what is wrong with Vince that he can't give awesome technical athletes like these four another 10 minutes to wrestle and yet gives slow-moving wrestlers like HHH all the time in the world?!? That takes a half-star away from this match, but other than that, very good contest. Loved the double submission midway through and it seemed either four of them had a chance to win the US title. I was glad Eddie won nevertheless, he's hot right now and needs a good run with that belt. Maybe they'll finally get Benoit back in the main event.

5) Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE Championship)

*****- Please keep this feud going, I don't care what type of matches you give these two (iron man match anybody?), they just have such awesome chemistry in the ring. I like Lesnar's new heel role and it mixed well with Angle's inspirational comeback here in this Wrestlemania rematch. Was a little slow at times, but they kicked it into 3rd gear 15 minutes into the match. Angle dragging Lesnar from the ropes over and over with the anklelock was a neat way to finish the match. Loved every minute of it!

6) Rob Van Dam vs. Kane

**1/2- OK match, nothing special, although it's nice to see the Kane of '97 back. Funny how he fell off the top rope, bravo big guy! RVD used his usual tactics, missed the van terminator, and got tombstoned on the steel steps. Decent showing and Kane needed the win obviously to move on to Shane/Kane.

7) Elimination Chamber match for World Title
HHH vs. Goldberg vs. Randy Orton vs. HBK vs. Kevin Nash vs. Chris Jericho

***1/2- No way near as good as the first one, and this one was 20 minutes shorter than that one last year, but good enough to promote the HHH/Goldberg match at Unforgiven. Good thought to start off with HBK/Y2J and they booked this match good, having HHH and Goldberg come out last considering Goldberg is still not used to the WWE style and HHH wrestled with a torn groin. I'll admit this, and you'll know it from my Backlash 2003 review if you read that, I'm not Goldberg's biggest fan, I think he has limited skills and little long-term growth, but he was impressive in the chamber. Spearing and jackhammering the heck out of Orton and HBK and then spearing Y2J through the glass was great to look at and HHH looked scared to death of him. But the ending killed it, having HHH sledgehammer Goldberg to win. That literally was HHH's only offensive move in this match. I don't know what WWE is thinking is keeping this belt on him for so long, HHH is hurting too much, he's slower now than he was before he tore his quad, and his character's going stale. Plenty of great entertainers like Jericho and Booker T there on Raw and they keep it on him.

OVERALL: Now that I'm done with my rant, Summerslam 2003 was good for what it gave us. Like I said earlier, definitely cannot compete with last year's when you had Mysterio/Angle, RVD/Benoit, HBK/HHH, and Rock/Brock. But if anything, the Chamber match, Angle/Lesnar II, and the US title match should be enough for you to get this DVD. I give SS2003 a 3 1/2 out of 5.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Elimination Chamber strikes again
Review: World Tag Team Champoinship match La Resistance def. The Dudley Boyz with help from Rob Conway.4/10
The Undertaker def. the A Train.Poor match,why does A Train have a spot at Summer Slam.2/10
Shane McMahon def. Eric Bischoff.Great surprise by The Coach,good match.7/10
4 way US Title match Eddie Geurrero keeps the belt by beating Chris Benoit,Tajeri,&Rhyno.7/10
WWE Champoinship match Kurt Angle def. Brock Lesnar.I normally dislike SD matches,but this&the US Title match were great.9/10
No DQ-Kane def.Rob Van Dam.8/10
Elimination Chamber for the World Heavyweight Champoinship Triple H wins-Y2J and Sahwn Michaels start,then Orton,then Nash enter.Nash is eliminated by Jericho.Triple H's chamber is open,but HBK hits a superkick on HHH.Goldberg then enters to eliminate Orton,Jericho,&Michaels.Ric Flair locks HHH in a chamber from Goldberg,but he breaks it.Then Flair gives HHH a sledgehammer to win,and it worked.Evolution beat up Goldberg afterward.9/10
Great PPV,for the first time I enjoyed Smack Down.46/70

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very Good
Review: This summerslam was probably the best ever!
The matches were:

world championships:
Dudley boys vs
la resistance :6/10 alright but got a bit boring after a while.

shane vs
bischoff : 8/10 good match with a heel turn which is very suprising and a great bump at the end

undertaker vs
a-train : 8/10 suprisingly very good match. I wosn't expecting much but it was very good.

us championship:
eddie gurrero vs rhyno
vs tajiri vs benoit : 9/10 great match by all 4 men with a lot of good moves, one of the matches of the night.

wwe championship:
kurt angle vs
brock lesnar : 10/10 amazing wrestlmania rematch that was better than there wrestlemania match, with a lot of close pin falls and a lot of great action, match of the night.

no holds barred:
kane vs
rvd : 9/10 another great match with a lot of action with some good weapons and kane carry's on with his mean streak.

world championship:
Elimination chamber:
HHH vs Y2J vs HBK
Nash vs orton vs Goldberg :10/10 amazing match with a lot of blood and big moves but not as long as i hoped.

Overall very good summerslam probably the best and almost as good as this year's wrestlmania.


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