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WWE WrestleMania XV - The Ragin' Climax

WWE WrestleMania XV - The Ragin' Climax

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Granddaddy of them all!
Review: The ragin climax displayed true wwf attitude!
1.Triple threat Hardcore Title, Hardcore Holly vs. Al Snow vs. Billy Gunn(c): Good opener and premiere of the hardcore title to Wrestlemania.
2.Tag Team Titles,D'lo & Test vs. Double J and Owen Hart(c): All four competiters tried but putting this as the tag team title match made no sense.
3.Brawl For All, Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn:Although Bart walked in the favorite he walked out two cards short of a deck.
4.Mankind vs. Big Show for the guest ref. spot in the main event:Match had potential but Mick's injuries going in limited him.
5.Fatal Fourway I.C. Title,Road Dogg(c)vs. Ken Shamrock vs.Goldust vs. Val Venis: Really not that good but for some reason I love it.
6.Triple H vs. Kane: Pretty decent match with Chyna coming home to DX. At least for the time being.
7.Women's Title, Sable(c) vs. Tori: Okay match.
8.European Title, X-Pac vs. Shane(c):Lots of heat going in and surely coming out. Pretty good.
9.Hell In The Cell, Undertaker vs. Bossman: In this contest WWF disgraced anyone who ever participated in Hell In The Cell.Terrible.Bad.Dumb...
10.MAIN EVENT WWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, THE ROCK(c) vs. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN: I realize many of my comments have been negative but this is a 4 star video because of this match.Great.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Nice ppv
Review: Here are the matches:

-World Hardcore Title Match (Triangle Match): Bob Holly vs. Al Snow vs. Billy Gunn: Fun match. Some nice spots.
-World Tag Team Title Match: Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett vs. Test & D'Lo Brown: Nice showing. Nothing too special.
-Brawl for All Match: Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn: Why? The torture...Well, at least Gorilla Monsoon's a judge, so we get to see him
-Mankind vs. Big Show: Some bumps, but nothing too athletic. Nice showing. Big Show Chokeslams Vince McMahon.

-Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match (Four Corners Match): Road Dogg Jesse James vs. Val Venis vs. Goldust vs. Ken Shamrock: Nice technical bout. A nice showing by thesE four athletes.
-Kane vs. Triple H: Hunter and Chyna join the Corporation. Besides that, a good match overall.
-World Womens' Title Match: Sable vs. Tori: DUD match. Blah...
-European Heavyweight Title Match: Shane McMahon vs. X-Pac: Some high spots by Shane. A GREAT showing and this would turn out to be the match that really made most take Shane seriously as a wrestler.
-Hell in a Cell Match: The Undertaker vs. The Big Boss Man: Waste of time. However, after the match, Boss Man is literally HUNG from the cage as it is lifted.
-World Heavyweight Title Match: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock (c): GREAT main event!

This is one of the best WrestleManias ever, but it was killed by the 'Taker/Boss Man match. That match was horrible! Otherwise, it was solid. Below WrestleMania 14, but still darn good. It's got a pretty solid card.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wrestlemania XV!
Review: This was an all-around great show. No doubt the best match of the night was the WWE Championship: The Rock vs. Stone Cold. What makes this match even more intriguing is the DVD commentaries featuring the two competitors. That was a nice addition, so I would recommend the DVD just for that. The two wrestlers would go on to bigger and better encounters with each other at Wrestlemania, but this is the very first one. During the Wrestlemania 2000 All-Day Special, this match was then considered the greatest Wrestlemania main event of all time. So enjoy!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: WrestleMania 15 (The Climax)
Review: Solid event from 1999 standards.
WMXV breakdown:

Hardcore Championship: Bob "Hardcore" Holly's legend begins with him becoming Hardcore Champion.

Tag Team Championship: Test & D'Lo Brown don't see eye-to-eye, and it shows in the match. Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett were a solid tag team.

Big Show vs Mankind: Vince has everything in his pocket to prevent Stone Cold from becoming Champion--and Big Show screws it all up by getting himself disqualified. Show really has a falling out with the Corporation afterwards.

Intercontinental Championship: Solid match, even though Road Dogg retains gold. James is a much better tag team wrestler than singles, in my opinion, and it shows down the road.

Kane vs Triple H: After tremedous buildup, DX reunites...or so everyone thought.

Women's Championship: Sable was a dominant Women's Champ and it showed at WrestleMania XV. Is she the dominant female?

European Championship: Great effort by Shane, but match remembered for Triple H & Chyna turning heel, ending DX for 7 months.

Hell in a Cell: Probably the worst Hell in a Cell match ever, especially with Bossman being hung out to dry by the Brood.

Main Event (Rock vs Stone Cold): Match of the Night--Four refs (Mike Chioda, Tim White, Earl Hebner & Mick Foley/Mankind), Vince (and only Vince) at ringside, and the effort by both men made WrestleMania XV. This match ranks 3rd of the 3 WrestleMania matches between Austin & Rock.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The BEST SPORTS EVENT EVER!
Review: First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 28, 1999.

MAIN EVENT: Steve Austin against The Rock. Who will be the Special Guest Referee? What dirty tricks will Vince McMahon have up his sleeves?

Other highlights include Undertaker against Big Bossman inside a steel cage, Sable against Tori, Butterbean against Bart Gunn boxing match, Shane McMahon against X-Pac, Big Show Paul Wight against Mankind, and many others. GREAT EVENT! BUY IT NOW!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Wrestlemania15
Review: 1.billy gunn vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Al Snow **stars. Billy Gunn is not Hardcore But Hardcore, of course, is Hardcore and Al Snow
is just crazy

2.Big Show vs. Mankind *** stars Big Show gets arrested

3.Owen Harts&JJ vs. D'lo&Test TagTeamTitle **stars not a good match

4.HHH Vs. Kane ****stars Real good match Dx comes back together

5.Roadog vs. Val Venis Vs. Ken Shamrock Vs. Goldust*** IC Title
Shramrock goes crazy.

6.Sable Vs. Torrie womens title **stars because of Sable's looks


7.Shane Vs. X-Pac Euopean ***stars Dx breaks up

8.Taker Vs. BIg Boss Man HIC ***stars Not Takers Best Appearance at Wrestlemania but dissent

9.Rock Vs. Austin *****stars Best match between these two

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: 2nd Worst WrestleMania!
Review: This was not WrestleMania. It was Dumb-Mania! I own all the Manias and this is the one I watch the least. Here is my match by match thoughts:

1) Billy Gunn vs. Al Snow (J.O.B. Squad leader *Hint*)vs. "Hard to Get Me To Sell" Holly for the Hardcore Title
This is one of two matches where the wrong DX members are involved. The whole basis of this match was the struggle for Road Dogg to get back the belt after he got injured. And Billy Gunn ends up getting the belt and faces his two adversaries. We'll get to Road Dogg later. The match itself was average at best. -2/5

2) D'Lo Brown and Test w/Ivory vs. Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett w/ Debra for the Tag Belts
This was another screwed up match. First of all, they didn't promote the Tag Belts for the show which is bad enough. And second, Test and D'Lo are partners due to a horrible battle royal on Heat where the last two men are forced to be partners. The match suffers unfortunately and the only saving grace for this match is the Tag Champs who rightfully win this ugly match.-1/5

3) Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn- ended fast thank goodness.-3/5 because it's better than both the first matches and didn't outlive its usefulness. Butterbean clocks Gunn.

4) Big Show vs. Mankind- Winner is Referee for Austin/Rock. Excellent Match between these two great performers. The end with McMahon and Show is a must see.-5/5

5) Fatally Boring 4 Way- Shamrock/Dogg/Venis/Goldust for the IC title. This again is a match where the wrong DX member is involved. The whole storyline is Shamrock's sister has been fooling around with several people. First, she fooled around with Venis, who dumped her after winning the belt. Then she ran to Gunn who dumped her as well. Then she ended up with the strangest of all people Goldust. Road Dogg was never involved. But yet thanks to dumb writing, Dogg gets the IC title and faces Billy's adversaries. Match doesn't show how good these guys can be. 0/5

6) Kane vs. HHH- Saw Chyna's turn coming a mile away. 0/5 because not only was the match boring, Chyna and HHH's assault was a direct copy from Judgment Day only 6 months prior where Taker and Bearer did the exact same thing to poor Kane.

7) Sable vs. Tori-Women's Title. 2/5 because Sable's hot and the match was a little better than HHH's. Women's wrestling has come a long way since this match.

8)Shane vs. X-Pac-European Title-5/5 Great Match to try and pick up the slack. The storyline was strong. Test was the perfect beat up guy. And HHH's turn was unthinkable and brilliant.

9) BIG Boss Man vs. UnderTaker- Hell In A Cell-4/5 I liked this match. The only reason fans didn't like it was Boss Man didn't go off the cell. But it was bloody which is a must. And the spot at the end with the noose was good.

10) Austin vs. Rock for WWF Title-4/5 I liked this match but the whole multiple referee thing was old and used way too many times. And WM X-7's match between these two was much better.

Overall this Mania is a low-card/mid-card DUD and I wouldn't recommend it if you aren't a Mania collector.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: WrestleMania XV
Review: WrestleMania XV. Perhaps one of the most underrated WrestleManias. But actually, this show is quite good, especially for its time. Here's the matches and rating out of 5*****

Hardcore Title: Billy Gunn v.s. Bob Holly v.s. Al Snow
The first Hardcore Title match at WrestleMania. And while it isn't the best hardcore match, it was still good match and a good way to open the show. ***

Tag Team Title: Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett v.s. D'Lo Brown & Test
This match wasn't too horribly bad but there were a few problems with it. One, the match wasn't even made until minutes before the PPV. On Sunday Night Heat before the show started, there was a battle Royal to determine who would challenge Owen and Jeff for the title and D'Lo and Test were the last remaining men, so they were forced to team up (and they hate each other!) It made for a dull story and the match wasn't anything to really talk about. It is a somewhat historic match though, as it is the late great Owen Hart's last match at WrestleMania. **1/4

Brawl For All: Butterbean v.s. Bart Gunn
It's a boxer versus a wrestler who apparently wants to be a boxer. I can't really rate this match since it is a boxing match on a wrestling show. It was very quick though. Butterbean can really pack a punch.

Mankind v.s. Big Show
This match was to determine who would be the special guest referee for the WWF Title match later in the night. Mankind takes some pretty big bumps in this match (for one, he gets to have the Big Show at at least 500 lbs come crashing down with all his weight ((and I mean ALL)) onto Mankind. Ouch). **3/4 for some of Mick's bumps in the match and a little for the aftermath.

Intercontinental Title: Road Dogg v.s. Ken Shamrock v.s. Val Venis v.s. Goldust
The story here is everyone, except the Intercontinental champion Road Dogg, has had some relationship with Ken Shamrock's beautiful sister, Ryan Shamrock. The match itself wasn't too bad. Shamrock snaps when he's eliminated and cusses quite a bit while pounding the ... out of people. Fun huh? ***

Kane v.s. Triple H
About a month before this, Chyna turned her back on Triple H and D-Generation X to join the Corporation. And while there, she developed a relationship with Kane and HHH wanted revenge. So we get this match, which, sadly, really isn't one of Kane's better matches. Or HHH for that matter. But still, effort was there. **1/2

Women's Title: Sable v.s. Tori
This be Sable's last match at WrestleMania and Tori's first match ever. The story is Tori was a huge Sable fan and Sable was, pretty much, a beesh to her. So we get this... well... bad match. Nothing exciting really happens and the ending is really dumb when Nicole Bass interferes. *3/4

European Title: Shane McMahon v.s. X-Pac
For some reason, this match has always been a favorite of mine. It's one of X-Pac's few really good matches too. Shane pretty much robbed X-Pac of the European title following up to this and mimicked him and his Bronco Buster for weeks, really pissing X-Pac off. Match was one of the best of the night and a truly shocking ending (at least for it's time). ***1/2

Hell In A Cell Match: Undertaker v.s. Big Bossman
This has been dubbed the dud of the Hell In A Cell matches and there is reason for it. It was barely exciting at all. It was two big men in a HIAC match so there really wasn't much you could do with it. Don't know why they didn't make this a normal match but they didn't, so it brought the score and excitement way down. ** (At least we saw the Tombstone).

WWF Title: The Rock v.s. Steve Austin
Ahh finally, the match we've been waiting all night for. Definetly the match of the night as The Rock and Steve Austin gave it their all in the match. Awesome, awesome stuff. ****

While it wasn't the best WrestleMania of all time, it still delivered with good action and a great main event. A worthy entry in anyone's WWF(E) collection.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Wrestlemania XV
Review: This event had it's ups and downs, but it was average... Which isn't bad. While the Hell in the Cell match is often considered the worst HITC match, I disagree and found it to be the best match of the event, and the ending was real showmanship and true brutality. Shane O Mac/X-Pac was a good match, I was entertained. Other highlights of this event were Mankind/Big Show, HHH/Kane, and the four way Intercontinental title match. And watching the Rock get pinned always makes me smile, even if it is by Stone Cold (4/5 stars). The worst parts of the event, were BAD! The women's championship was HORRIBLE as well as the Boxing match. But, it's average nontheless.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Awful Wrestlemania. Worst since WM 9.
Review: As the WWF got worse creatively they got better financially. Case in point: Wrestlemania 15. Vince Russo was still creative genius at this point so everything is ripped from ECW or some bad movie.

Triple Threat Hardcore Match - Billy Gunn vs. Al Snow vs. Hardcore Holly - This is a rematch from Valentine's Massacre with Billy Gunn thrown in. Typical ECW-style match with tables and trashcan lids. Holly vs. Snow was better on its own. *1/2

Big Show vs. Mankind - This was to see who referees the main event. Big Show still getting used to being in the WWF at this point. Mankind does his best to carry Show, but that's a big load. **

Tag Titles - Owen/Jeff vs. Test/D'Lo - The tag scene was so bad at this point that the match wasn't even made until the day of the show. Nothing match to give the champs something to do. *3/4

IC Title Four Way Elimination - Road Dogg vs. Val Venis vs. Shamrock vs. Golddust - This was sort of a swerve much like the Hardcore match. The story was Billy Gunn, Venis, Goldust were all having [relations] with Shamrock's sister, Ryan. He was not amused. It would have made sense to have Gunn in this match, so it didn't happen. Road Dogg was a recent Hardcore champ so he gets put in here just to shock us. The match is okay because there are enough people not to have anyone stall. **

Brawl for All - Bart Gunn vs. Butterbean - Bart Gunn had a rep as a toughman until this match. This was a "shoot" so I won't rate it.

Triple H vs. Kane - Chyna turned on Triple H and joined the Corporation. Kane was a reluctant member of the Corporation but formed a bond with Chyna. This is pretty bad, especially when you consider how far these guys have come in the last few years. *

Women's Match - Sable vs. Tori - Tori was Sable's stalker at this point. Bad, bad, horrible. -***

Hell in a Cell - Undertaker vs. Bossman - This isn't nearly as good as the previous match. Both guys were heels at this point and not very good wrestlers so the crowed is absolutely gone. This is the worst Hell in a Cell ever and one of the worst Wrestlemania matches ever. - ****

Shane McMahon vs. X-Pac - Everyone though Shane would get his comeuppance here. That's one thing Russo has going for him. I never thought I'd see this.

WWF Title - Rock vs. Stone Cold - The one redeeming thing about this PPV. Austin brought with him to the main event a sort of All-Japan style psychology where you go for your finisher only to have it blocked and countered to the opponent's finisher. That happened in 1998 and it happens here. This is a pretty good match but not as good as Backlash 1999 or Wrestlemania X-7. ****

In the End: One of the worst PPV's in a time when they managed to make at least something one thing interesting. Austin vs. Rock is good, but not good enough to justify buying this PPV. Look for the match on a Rock or Austin best of DVD.


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