WWE Royal Rumble 2003

Rating:
Summary: Tite boy
Review: This is Mudd. This DVD has some great matches and some not so great matches. I love the hard work Angle & Benoit put for their match.

Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show Winner is in the Rumble. This was a good match but it was obvious that Brock was gonna win and go to Rumble as #30. (6/10)

Lance Storm & William Regal vs. Dudley Boyz for the World Tag Titles. This was a pretty good match and the ending is great but the next night Regal & Storm win the gold back. (7/10)

Dawn Marie vs. Torrie Wilson bored the crap out of me and I can't believe in was this bad. I thought it would be somewhat of an interesting match but I was wrong. Torrie wins that's the only good thing about this match. (2/10)

Triple H vs. Scott Steiner for the World Title. It was not very good but it's better then people say it is. I'm not saying its good but it worth your time. HHH retains and then they have a Rematch at No Way Out. (5.5/10)

Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit for the WWE Title. This is simply put the gretest match ever and try to prove me wrong. I am a tough grader and this match got a perfect (10/10). Angle retains when Benoit taps to the Ankle Lock.

Royal Rumble Match for a title shot at WrestleMania. This was a decent Royal Rumble but it is nothing to great. Taker comes back and Y2J screws HBK and throws him over in the first minute which annoyed me. Lesnar wins the Rumble. (8.5/10)

This DVD is not a must have but it is pretty close to being 4 stars but its not that good but BYE for now!!







Rating:
Summary: Techincal Masterpice!!
Review: 40-50 Horrible PPV
51-60 Decent PPV
61-70 Great PPV
71-80 Memorible PPV
81-up Classic PPV


Brock Lesnar v. Big Show Winner goes to the Rumble
I think this match fit in perfectly. Show & Lesnar had a rivalry and Lesnar finished and goes to the Rumble. 8/10

Dawn Marie v. Torrie Wilson
This match couldn't get any stupider. Dawn & Torrie just slap and Torrie wins. 1/10

Lance Storm & William Regal v. Dudley Boyz World Tag Titles
This match was refreshing to watch and it was a good match at a good time. The Dudleyz regain gold. 7/10

Triple H v. Scott Steiner World Title
This match was slow and boring. I didn't even want to watch it after the first 5 minutes. HHH retains. 4/10

Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit WWE Title
This is the match that saved this PPV. Angle and Benoit always put on great matches. Angle beats Benoit which I think is horrid. 10/10

Royal Rumble Match
This Rumble wasn't at all great because it was to predictable. HBK & Y2J fight through this whole match. Lesnar wins when he eliminates Taker. 6/10



This PPV gets a 46. It was horrible do not get it.

Rating:
Summary: Lesnar Wins The Rumble!
Review: Big Show v. Brock Lesnar Winner is in The Rumble
Very good match. I would have liked it to have been longer but it was okay.

Dawn Marie v. Torrie Wilson
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Lance Storm & William Regal v. Dudley Boyz World Tag Titles
Very refreshing after watching Dawn v. Torrie. The Dudley Boyz win tag gold again. How good are they.

Triple H v. Scott Steiner World Title
Why does everybody had this match I loved it. Even though HHH wins by DQ. HHH & Steiner have even a better match at NO Way Out.

Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit WWE Title
Greatest Angle v. Benoit of all-time. Techincal masterpiece. I really thought Benoit was gonna win. Angle wins with the Ankle Lock.

30-Man Royal Rumble
One of the best Royal Rumble's ever. I hated Jericho for that. But I had a smile on my face when Michaels came back and kicked his butt. Lesnar eliminates Undertaker to win.

Rating:
Summary: good ppv
Review: I stopped watching wrestling around fall 2001. In late 2003, I began watching again, and had missed a whole lot. A kid with one leg wrestling? The Hardy Boyz split? Who the hell are Batista and Brock Lesnar?

Well, I'd find out by playing all the games, but then I started buying 2003 WWE DVDs, and this was one of my first. I'll rate the Pay-Per-View event, which has excellent theme music (the title of which is never given on the DVD but it is "Falling Apart" by Trust Company), match-by-match:

ROYAL RUMBLE QUALIFIYING MATCH:
THE BIG SHOW (w/Paul Heyman) vs. BROCK LESNAR
*** Pretty good match-up. Paul Wight (Big Show) always puts effort into his matches and is a great worker. I would've loved to see Lesnar F-5 Heyman. These three guys had a great fued going from late 2002-early 2003.

DAWN MARIE vs. TORRIE WILSON
* First-Ever Stepdaughter vs. Stepmother match. Weird title for a very boring match with two sexy women who belong in strictly gimmick matches (lingerie, evening gown, bikini contest, pudding, egg nog, etc.). Stupid storyline, too. Dawn Marie's husband is Torrie Wilson's father, Al; on their honeymoon they have sex a lot and then he dies on Dawn. C'mon, writers. What was the cause in all this? And the match was terrible.

WWE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
LANCE STORM & WILLIAM REGAL (cs) vs. THE DUDLEY BOYZ
** In 2003, we had Lance Storm, William Regal, and Chief Morley (now known as his former character, Val Venis) as an anti-American stable. La Resistance came around and now they are the chief anti-American stable (if you count Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree, who is a member of La Resistance). Anyway, mediocre tag match-up, the Dudleys are good workers but I just don't like them that much.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
TRIPLE H (c) w/Ric Flair vs. SCOTT STEINER
**** While some found this match dull and lifeless, I enjoyed it a great deal. But maybe that's just because I'm a big Ric Flair mark. Liked how Triple H kept on trying to get himself disqualified 'cause he knew he was gonna lose the Championship to a no-good wrestler like Steiner, who I can't stand. All Steiner did were suplexes, which were pretty good, hard elbows and punches, and chops. Triple H has tons of more wrestling knowledge and experience than "Big Poppa Pump". This and the rematch at No Way Out 2003, which I have yet to see, are Steiner's two big breaks in the WWE. The rest of 2003 he spends fueding with a mid-carder like Test over the very sexy Stacy Keibler.

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP:
KURT ANGLE (c) vs. CHRIS BENOIT
***** The match of the night and an incredible technical bout. Lots of chemistry these two seem to have with each other, and no doubt equal amounts of respect.

ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH:
*****
One of the best Royal Rumble matches I've seen. I immensely disliked 2002's, and 2001's was great, as was 2000 and 1999, so this was good. I didn't like seeing HBK eliminated quickly by Chris Jericho. Chris Nowinski sustained quite the concussion during a double-team kick by Rey Mysterio and Edge, who were a great tag team together. B2, formerly known as Bull Buchanan, got eliminated quick, and Bill DeMott now provides commentary for Velocity. Tommy Dreamer now holds some significant position in the actual WWE company. It was cool to see Jeff and Matt Hardy go at it, I'd never understood why they split in the first place, I guess 'cause of the RAW/Smackdown draft.
It's a shame Jeff left WWE and now seems to be showing himself the door out of TNA, no-showing some shows, and this the federation to which he jumped to for a few months. His brother's not done much better. He had a few mediocre PPV matches against Kane this year, at Vengeance and Summerslam, but he has tremendous technical ability and as I write this is undergoing ACL surgery in his knee and will be out for about 6 months. But, storyline-wise, Kane chokeslammed him off the side of the stage, and is turning face against newcomer Gene Snitsky.
Brock Lesnar ended up winning the Rumble and fought Kurt Angle in one of the most hard-fought bouts at WrestleMania XIX. It was also cool to see Undertaker cheaply eliminate Kane and sort of plant the seeds for Kane's revenge later in the year at Survivor Series.

Overall, a good PPV, and a solid DVD. Average picture quality for a WWE show, and it boasts Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, as it should. Average special features, one extra RAW match, and it makes for a pretty good buy.