WWE Raw - New Year's Revolution

Rating:
Summary: This was a great PPV
Review: With the main event being a elimination chamber and the huge Kane vs Snitsky match this was what pulled it together. Alot of things happened besides these two great matches but overall the Kane Snitsky match was the best. Kane returned as face the Raw before that and made it clear he isn't going to take Snitskys crap and at NYR he proved it by beating the holy hell out of Snitsky. Snitsky had nothing on Kane in this match and everything he did Kane would just sit right back up. In the end Kane did something he never does and pulled of a Tombstone. The reason I gave it 4 stars was Lita lost the title, HHH won the main event and heavyweight title and Snitsky sucks with going along with moves the Tombstone looked deformed with Snitsky not even pulling his legs together and letting them dangle put him out though.

Rating:
Summary: The World Title Is On The Line In An Elimination Chamber!
Review: 2005 New Year's Revolution
January 9, 2005
Coliseo de Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

World Tag Team Championship:
Eugene & William Regal (Champions) V. Christian & Tyson Tomko
Second Best Match of the Night...but that's not really saying much. Eugene hurts his left knee but rolls up Tomko for the win. ***

WWE Women's Championship:
Lita (Champion) V. Trish
Horrible and Lita hurts her left knee in this match as Trish wins the title. 1/2* I was really starting to think that their would be an injury in every match and that someone would die in the Elimination Chamber later that night.

WWE Intercontinental Championship:
Shelton Benjamin (Champion) V. Maven
Maven talks for like ten minutes and when he finally gets into the ring, Benjamin rolls him up right after he enters the ring. DUD. However, Maven wants a rematch

so...

WWE Intercontinental Championship:
Shelton Benjamin (Champion) V. Maven
Benjamin hits the T-Bone and wins in like 4 seconds. DUD

Jerry "The King" Lawler V. Muhammad Hassan
I don't think Lawler was the right person to face Hassan in his first match. The match seems to be repeating itself. Hassan of course wins. **1/4

Kane V. Gene Snitsky
Their match at Taboo Tuesday was better. Kane wins. **3/4

Elimination Chamber Match for the Vacant World Heavyweight Championship:
Triple H V. Randy Orton V. Batista V. Chris Jericho V. Chris Benoit V. Edge
Awesome match and best Chamber match so far. Of Course Triple H wins the title. ****3/4

I would like to give a special thanks to Monkeyboy for welcoming back and it's good to be back. This event was a one match show and it's not hard to see that. I was disappointed in the Intercontinental Championship Match(es). I was actually looking forward to seeing how good Maven really is in the ring but Management didn't like his in-ring work at the house shows and didn't think he could have a good match. So why book the match?!?! I gave this event two stars instead of one because of the Elimination Chamber and it's actually watchable...on a rainy day.

Rating:
Summary: Finally they came to Puerto Rico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Everybody this dvd is awsome because of the elimination chamber match and the fact that i saw the event that I just had to buy the movie to remember the day again. Plus I even got to get each superstars pictures up close and personal.


Rating:
Summary: Nothing you havent seen on Raw
Review: I have yet to see this event but the line up was dull and I knew Triple H was going win back the world title. Triple H winning back his title made me predict one thing- 2005 will be WWE's worst year ever. The Royal Rumble was predictable and everyone knew who was going win it, and after the Rumble, its the Road to Wrestlemaina. Its suppose to generate excitement for WWE fans and get them pumped to want to get Wrestlemaina 21. So far, nothing has made me want to get the PPV. No matchs have been announced as of February 07, 2005 and six weeks to go. The WWE tag team divison is a joke, the intercontinental divison is non existent. The Raw shows put up PPV quailty shows each and every week, so buying a PPV is like paying money to watch Raw. Mark my words, WWE is going fail in 2005. Triple H will keep his title, while other opponents lay down for him. I havent watched a full edition of Raw for over 3 years, because its so predictable and stale. The need to do something to get fans back in, because everything so far has been a good idea, but failed.

Rating:
Summary: dispoionting
Review: I ordered this ppv and it was quite dissapointing if your going to buy this dvd it get it for the elimination chamber match, the only good match of the night. Of coarse I was in a horrible mood because of Lita loosing her title and tearing her acl :( but the matches wernt all that great.

Rating:
Summary: New Year's Revolution!!!!
Review: I would like to review New Year's revolution which I ordered live on PPV. I wasn't that impressed with it.

WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
William Regal & Eugene def. Christian & Tyson Tomko
The World Tag Team Championship kicked off the New Year's Revolution pay-per-view event. The challengers, Christian and Tyson Tomko, walked to the ring to a chorus of boos. However, the cheers the champions, Eugene and William Regal, recieved were just as boisterous. Eugene, who was competing while wearing a T-shirt reminiscent of Hollywood Hogan circa 1985, suffered what appeared to be a horrible knee injury to his left knee. Despite competing on one leg, Eugene found the strength inside to roll up Tomko from behind for the win. As a result, Eugene and Regal retained their World Tag Team Championship.**

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Trish Stratus def. Lita
Lita and Trish Stratus have one of the most storied rivalries in the history of women's wrestling. Most recently, Lita defeated Trish for the Women's Championship on the Dec. 6 edition of Monday Night RAW. At New Year's Revolution, the battle continued. This time, however, the decision went Stratus' way, as Trish dropped Lita for a count of three after hitting her with her patented Chick Kick. Just prior to the pinfall, Lita attempted a Lou Thesz Press from the ring apron out to the arena floor. Unfortunately for Lita, the move resulted in an apparent injury to her left knee, leaving her as easy prey for Trish. The win gave Trish a record sixth reign as Women's Champion.****

Muhammed Hassan def. Jerry "The King" Lawler
In a rare pay-per-view in-ring appearence, Jerry "The King" Lawler was not only battling for himself, he was sticking up for the people of America. And with Jim Ross in his corner, the former AWA World Champion Lawler looked impressive. Muhammed Hassan, however, had not only strength and youth on his side, but he also had Khosrow Daivari. After being distracted by outside interference by Daivari, Lawler was caught in a reverse Rock Bottom by Hassan. The impact proved to be enough, as Hassan picked up the win in his first-ever WWE pay-per-view.**

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Shelton Benjamin def. Maven (twice)
With the sold-out crowd solidly against him, Maven threatened to not compete at all in this match. In fact, to further add insult to the crowd, Maven said that he would only face Shelton Benjamin on United States soil. As Maven started to walk back to the dressing room area, the referee began to count the challenger out. It was then that Maven had second thoughts. Finally, before the ref reached the count of 10, Maven ran back into the ring. The decision proved to be a poor one for Maven, as Benjamin quickly rolled up his challenger for the win. Embarrassed, Maven challenged Benjamin to a rematch. Always the fighting champion, Benjamin compiled. In even quicker fashion, however, Benjamin hit Maven with the T-Bone Suplex, picking up his secind win of the evening.**

Kane def. Gene Snitsky

With his wife, Lita, already injured from her match earlier in the night, Kane battled long-time rival Gene Snitsky in a powerful encounter. Both men pulled out all the stops, including Snitsky biting Kane's ear, a la Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. While the ear biting seemed like a good idea to Snitsky, it actually appeared to enrage Kane. Not long after, Kane picked Snitsky up and dropped him with a Tombstone. A three count later, Kane was declared the winner.**

ELIMINATION CHAMBER FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Triple H def. Batista, Y2J, Chris Benoit, Edge, Randy Orton

Before the Elimination Chamber got underway, Edge was seen in Eric Bischoff's office attempting to weasel his way out of the match. According to Edge, thre was no way he could win the match with Shawn Michaels as the ref. He couldn't have been closer to the truth. After Edge apparently inadvertenly Speared HBK, Michaels returned the favor with Sweet Chin Music. Chris Jericho then hit Edge with the Lionsault, which spelled the end for Edge. Chris Benoit, who was one of the first participants in the Elimination Chamber along with Y2J, was the next to be eliminated. While on the mat in excruciating pain, Batista delivered a Spinebuster to Y2J right on top of the fallen Benoit. Batista covered Benoit for the win. Batista wasn't done there. His next victim was Jericho. Already bloody and battered, Y2J fell to a Batista Bomb. With Edge, Benoit and Jericho all out of the Elimination Chamber, it was an all Evolution finals, as Batista and Triple are current members, while Randy Orton is now a former Evolution member. Keeping true to his word, Batista worked well with Triple H, as both men decimated Orton. However, Orton did manage to muster up enough energy to catch an unsuspecting Batista with an RKO, which was followed by the pin. In the end, it was a bloody Triple H dropping the Pedigree on Randy Orton. The win marked Triple H's 10th reign at the top. To celebrate, Batista held Triple H on his shoulders, while Ric Flair paraded around with his thumbs up.*****

This PPV was kinda cool but when it comes out you should look into buying it. If you do buy it for Trish vs. Lita and the Chamber.




Rating:
Summary: New Year's Revolution - Best PPV in a Long Time
Review: New Year's Revolution defined the beginning of 2005 in a way not even Wrestlemania XX could do for 2004. If you are a WWE fan, this DVD is a must-have. The last PPV I can remember actually paying attention to all the way through was Survivor Series 2002. NYR was just as good, if not better. The Elimination Chamber match is worth this DVD alone.

Rating:
Summary: The turning point for the WWE in the rating
Review: New Year's Revolution was an O.K. PPV. At first I thought that this PPV would be a lookaway from the upcoming Royal Rumble and it might just be. The first WWE PPV to take place in Puerto Rico and people were just fired up for this event.


World Tag Team Championship Match
William Regal & Eugene(c) def. Christian & Tyson Tomko
Ok opening match. Eugene injured his knee he will be out for some time most likely will miss the Royal Rumble Match and WrestleMania 21: 6/10


Women's Championship Match
Trish Stratus def. Lita (c)
Again a bad break for WWE Lita like Eugene injured her knee after a crossbody outside of the ring to Trish Stratus and will need ACL surgery and also most likely miss WrestleMania 21. This match wasn't as good that they had on RAW on Dec. 2004 4/10


Intercontinental Championship Match
Shelton Benjamin def. Maven
What the hell ?! Maven finally getting a push but, he get beat by Shelton 3 times and in the first match it lasted 3 minutes and Maven got angry and said that he can beat Benjamin in second match but we all know what happen there. 2/10
NOTE: This match was bad due to very bad matches at House Shows before the PPV really it was because of Maven not Benjamin due to this quick match.


Muhammad Hassan def. Jerry Lawler
A great in-ring debut for Hassan showing that he can go in the ring even with a legend like Jerry Lawler. Hassan beat King with a Flatliner. 7/10


Kane def. Gene Snitsky
What a brawl between these two big men this match had the same feeling when Undertaker def. Heidenreich at Survivor Series 2004 JUST A BRAWL!!! 9/10


Elimination Chamber Match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as the Guest Referee
Randy Orton vs. Triple H vs. Batista vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit vs. Edge
WHAT A MATCH This is what you call hell on earth. Chris Benoit hit the flying headbutt off of the chamber,Randy RKO's everyone , Batista destorys everyone in sight besides Triple H. AND ONCE AGAIN Triple H wins the World Heavyweight Championship I really thought that Randy Orton or Batista would win. I am getting sick of Triple H always being the World Champion this is why the WWE is not doing good in the ratings. If you reviewer agree with me E-Mail me at [e-mail] 10/10



Overrall: 70/100
If you enjoy the watching Elimination Chamber Matches buy this DVD the Chamber Match is great to watch.

Rating:
Summary: 5 stars for the main event the rest of the night was bad
Review: the elimination chamber is back and it was a great matchit seemed as though the writers for the wwe just blew off the rest of the night b/c of the great main event..also i am sick of HHH being HWC i used to be a big HHH fan but i am really getting tired of him, the writers have no creativity with the title and they just give it to him, i thought they were acually onto something when orton won the title and i think ratings were very high but less than a month later HHH has the title again, but what can you do...if you are willing to spend 20 dollars on a match do it, it is a great match

Rating:
Summary: After 17 months, the Elimination Chamber returns!
Review: Unfortunately, thats the one and only reason you should think about getting this DVD. Lets face it, this was a one match ppv, and definately not worth 35 bucks for, although it was one hell of a main event.

I would also like to add that if this ppv was held in the US, people would riot after having to go through 5 other matches just to see the main event. Plus two of those matches end in injuries as well, not a very good night for the undercard of a ppv.....

Eugene and William Regal vs. La Resistance: Well, Eugene, see you in 8 months. Unfortunately Eugene hurt his knee in this match and had surgery on it.

As for the match itself it was probably the second best of the night, but trust me, it was only worthy to be on Sunday Night Heat. The crowd was in the tag team champion's corner the entire time. Regal and Eugene win. 7/10

Trish vs. Lita: Why did Lita get injured again? That is not right at all. The match wasn't even good seeing as how Lita got injured in the first 6 minutes.

Lita is my favorite diva, in fact she's one of the few remaining divas that actually wrestle. Trish wins a horrible match, no offense to Trish. 5/10
[Get well soon Lita]

Shelton Benjamin vs. Maven: Instead of giving it the time it needed to be a good match, they broke it up into two crap worthy matches.

I was actually looking forward to a Maven/Benjamin rivalry, but management wasn't too happy with Maven's skill, so they squashed him. Shelton Benjamin wins the first match, Maven whines about the loss, so Shelton beats him again. 6/10, and 3/10 for the second match.

Kane vs. Snitsky: I thought the rivalry would end there, not that is was much as a rivalry at that point. But now it seems like their worst match ever. A typical big-man type match where they snarl and growl and punch each other, thats about it. 6.5/10
[Their no-holds-barred match was off the hook in the ending]

Muhammad Hussan vs. The King [Jerry Lawler]: Oh boy, and I thought the Katie Vick angle was annoying...

Not much of a match. They were trying to get Hussan as a top guy, but now he's lucky enough if he will survive a year. Jerry Lawler tries, but falls victim to Hussans, face-buster move. [I dont know what its called] Not that good. 4/10

[Is anyone eles thinking this wasn't worth it?]

Elimination Chamber match: Finally, a match that shows us what the WWE is all about. I think the match was over 45 minutes, I'm not sure. Everything was pretty much fast paced.

Benoit gives a humongus diving headbutt off the top of one of the mini cells. Shawn gives Edge the superkick after Edge spears him. And Batista gives a spinebuster on Benoit right on top of Jericho. Lots of blood and lots of guys getting thrown into the cages. Triple H wins to become a 10 time champ! 10/10

[Perfect score even though I hated it when HHH won]

So, to those who paid 35 bucks to see this, my sympathy goes out to you. [I was a victim too] Even though the Elimination Chamber was great, the rest of the card wasn't. My advice, you don't have to take it, only rent this when it comes out on DVD. You will enjoy it a lot better.