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WWE Judgment Day 2001

WWE Judgment Day 2001

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: wwf judgement day
Review: This has been one of my favorite wwf pay per views ever. It has an amazing 2 out of 3 falls match between kurt angle and chris benoit. One of my favorite matches was the chain match between kane and triple h. Triple h gets all busted open and bloody and kane wins the intercontinental championship. The women's championship is on the line too at Judgement Day, as chyna defends her title against lita! The main event is Undertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin as austin defends the world title against undertaker. This is a pay per view you must own!! And this is the pay per view that I was at, I was in the front row and at some parts you can actually see me on TV. So buy wwf Judgement Day!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: May 2002 - The Pyramid - Memphis, Tennessee
Review: This is actually a review for Judgment Day 2002. For some reason the WWE only released this DVD on their website, which I don't understand because it was one of the better PPV's of the year. This was the first PPV under the new name of the WWE not F.

1. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rob Van Dam (Intercontinental Title)
Good way to kick off the show. Very entertaining, fast paced match. Good match, although these two would go on to have one of the matches of the year a couple of weeks later with a ladder match on RAW. (8/10)

2. Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Kiebler (Women's Title)
Nothing too exciting here. Bubba Dudley gets put through a table. This match featured Batista's first appearance at a WWE PPV, although he was known back then as Deacon Batista. (5/10)

3. Hardy's vs. Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman
Nothing too exciting here except for Lesnar tossing the Hardy's around. It is pretty funny when Heyman gets involved in the match. (7/10)

4. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Ric Flair & The Big Show (Handicap Match)
Pretty good match. Austin put on a good performance. X-Pac gets involved in the match. Watch X-Pac sell the stunner from Austin. It is sick. Austin's last match on WWE PPV before quitting the organization for nine months. (8/10)

5. Edge vs. Kurt Angle (Hair vs. Hair Match)
Another amazing match. Even better than their match at Backlash. Very fast paced from the beginning. Great finish with a lot of near falls. In my opionion, one of the top ten matches of the year. (9/10)

6. Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Hell In A Cell)
This seems to be the forgotten Hell In A Cell match. Again, I feel it was one of the top ten matches of the year. There is a lot of blood, sick moves, announce table bumps, and weapon use. Referee Tim White takes a nasty bump in this match. The match even goes onto the top of the cage. Awesome finish. (9.5/10)

7. Rikishi & Rico vs. Billy & Chuck (Tag Titles)
Rico was actually a "surprise" partner of Rikishi in this match (although everyone knew it would be him). Horrible match. (4/10)

8. Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker (Undisputed Title)
Not the best match, but it is pretty cool to see Taker and Hogan wrestle again. Vince makes an appearance in the match. Nothing too exciting. (7/10)

If you can find this DVD, pick it up. It will be worthwhile for the Hair vs. Hair match and the Hell In A Cell match, as they are two of the best matches of the year.

Overall Rating: 8.5/10

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Judgment Day 2002
Review: This is also a review for Judgment Day 2002. In fact, this is more of a reply to JayRo 2002. I agree with you in every way about how Judgment Day 2002 was one of the best of 2002, but I think they didn't want to release it elsewhere because during the PPV both King and JR mention the name WWF. Therefore, the WWE probably want to cover their butts from a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund. That idea just sprung to me out of nowhere, actually.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: judgment day is now
Review: this is one of the best wwf pay per views ever, their is lots of great matches but their are 3 amazing ones, first the 2 out of 3 falls match between kurt angle and chris benoit the first fall is a pinfalls only the second is a submission match and the third is a ladder match and if angle wins he gets his medals back which chris benoit took off him. the second amazing match is the chain match between kane and the person who broke his arm hhh,and the third smszing match is between the undertaker and stone cold steve austin for the wwf title, ovarall it is a great event

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Slightly better than Backlash 2001, but could do much better
Review: This is the World Wrestling Federation's Judgment Day 2001 PPV card held on Sunday May 20th 2001, from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.

Going into the day of the event, I was not awaiting too much really, with the card headlining Steve Austin vs. Undertaker for the WWF Championship and in the semi final was (the way it was built anyway) HHH vs. Kane in a chain match. Let's just say these matches and in addition to last month god-awful pay event did not specifically make me think this PPV was going to be a first-class exhibition. Still at least there was Benoit vs. Angle (for the third time straight in a PPV, excluding the UK PPV two weeks prior to this) in a two of a three-fall match - the final fall being a ladder fall. (Which it had to go to) If Angle won he would take possession of his gold medals back (and judging by the last "Smackdown!" Show before the event he positively does want them back) if not Benoit would keep them. First fall is pinfalls only; second fall is submissions only.

Regal vs. Rikishi was the first match to kick things off. When I first heard that there would be a match between William Regal vs. Rikishi I instantly thought "OH MY GOD!" And that was before I heard that Rikishi had developed a shoulder injury (!!) At least he would be out for three months or so afterwards. Regal got busted open with the steel stairs. Highlight of the match was a stink face. Brief match, but exciting generating some cool pops for Rikishi (he needs them) and a ton of (well-deserved) heat for Regal. A match up that should really belong on a "Raw" or a "Smackdown!" show rather then a PPV but does no damage to the event.

Next up it was Benoit vs. Angle. Benoit won first fall with the Angle slam really early in the match up. Of course Angle took the second fall with the ankle lock, much later in the match. Lots of good wrestling here. Finish was involved a bad interference, which is a worst-case scenario on a PPV card. Overall a definite PPV match up.

Test vs. Rhyno vs. Show for Hardcore Championship was better then hoped for. Although in defiance of good old J.R foretelling on his Ross report nobody really delivered the goods that would be helped with a breakthrough effort! (Whatever that meant)

J.R also said in his weekly Ross report that, "Lita and Chyna's World Wrestling Federation Women's Title match seems to have some interest and should be solid." (Nice one!) Clearly all the women in the WWF that wish to pursue an in ring career should all be sent to foreign wrestling nations like Japan. Where they will actually learn how to wrestle. (Most of them would not make the grade - check out the movie "Gaea Girls") I expected this match to have the needed title of "stinker of the night." And guess what, it did! To be fair the crowd was really into it, pulling heavily for Lita during the match.

Next it was HHH vs. Kane for the WWF I.C Championship. This was much worst than I anticipated, and I was not anticipating that much in the first place. The match was fine with HHH balding but it fell way to short for my liking. More innovating moves would have been appreciated, during the build up to the end. Like a PPV match missing a lot action. Must point out Austin's dreadful acting at the end!

The Tag Team Turmoil No. 1 Contenders Match between: Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz vs. X-Factor vs. Radicalz vs. APA vs. Chris Jericho & mystery partner (Benoit) was the surprise match of the night. Well booked. I was so happy it was not rushed like people presumed. At the end of it Jericho and Benoit came out looking like a fine team. A match up deserving to be on a PPV card!

Next came the main event of the evening: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Undertaker for the World Wrestling Federation Championship. The match generated a ton of heat, especially towards the closing moments. Both Austin and Undertaker worked their asses off. The brawling was great and a match up that definitely deserves to be on a PPV main event. However, I do not wish to see a repeat of this match again, as I think they would be hard pressed to do something more original.

With a very uninspiring WWF television product in build up to this event, I was not at all surprised at this average at best card. We've seen and know the WWF can do much better. It further revealed the fact that the Undertaker and Kane should be taken out of the main event storyline (which should have been done after Backlash) and replaced with Benoit and Jericho. The Austin/HHH vs. Undertaker/Kane storyline at the top of the WWF played out in build up to this event. The story is SO lame, and it definitely showed here. They really need to shake up the product fast, bringing Jericho, Benoit and Angle to the mix, before the King of the Ring. The product was stale a month ago, now it's just gone moldy

Overall: Slightly better than Backlash 2001, but still not that exhilarating enough. AVERAGE: 3 out of 5 Stars.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best pp v's
Review: This Pay Per View was one of the most exciting of all times. I loved the matches. Regal vs Rikishi was good especially when Regal got the sink Face. The 2/3 falls match between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit was nice but it was kind of obvious that Kurt Angle was gonna win. The 3-way hordcore championship between Test, Big show, and Rhyno was awesome. Alot of weapons were being used and it showed that these 3 guys were hardcore. The women's title between Lta and Chyna was great because Chyna(who is big and strong)finally had someone who could give her a challenge. I loved the Chain Match between HHH and Kane because it was so brutal and pretty much all that butality went to HHH. The 7- way tag team turmoil was okay even though nobody had rivalry except Edge and Christian and Y2J who brought his mystery partner:Chris Benoit! The one match I was really looking foward to was the WWF (WWE Today) Championship between Austin 3:16 and the Undertaker. The match was AWESOME, it was no hold barred(anything goes), brutality, forighn objects (items used as weapons)being broke like the announce table, and even when guys interfered, Undertaker was able to resist them. I didn't like how the match ended but it was still good. Get this video

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Only one good match but its a classic
Review: This PPV really sucked and I could not have been more dissapointed with it than I was. But one match that stood out was Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit in a 2/3 falls match. The first fall is straight wrestling, the second fall is submission only, and the third (if neccessary), a ladder match. This match brought out the best in two of the best wrestlers in the WWF. They definately deserved to be a headliners and not middle cards on this PPV. Triple H and Kane's chain match was pretty cool but got boring fast. The main event with Austin and Taker was horrible. But Benoit is the true star of this PPV for being in two matches that had 2+ falls while he was in the ring.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: very average.
Review: this ppv was better than backlash 2001 but still lacked in alot of ways, Austin vs. undertaker was a boring match with no real suprises, lita vs. chyna is only good to look at, tag team turmoil is a good match with a fairly okay supries partner for jericho, benoit vs. angle best 2/3 falls match was good but the ladder match wasnt that great the other two were good. HHH vs. Kane was better than i expected, then there are other matches that just arent even good enought to be mentioned.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: WWF Judgment Day 2001
Review: This PPV was O.K. but not worth buying on home video. I rented this and watched it. I would not recommend anyone buying this. Just rent it like I did. It's not worth your money. The Undertaker takes on Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWE Championship in a no-holds-barred match. This match wasn't as good as I expected. It only gets good near the end when The Undertaker starts beating everybody up with a steel chair (Vince McMahon, Steve Austin, and Triple H). If you ever wanted to see Stone Cold wrestling as a heel (bad guy) then you'll need to see this matchup. Triple H takes on Kane for the Intercontinental Championship in a chain match. This match also could've been a heck of a lot better than it was. Triple H gets "busted open" in this match, but nothing much here. This was probably this best match on this PPV. The triple-threat match for the Hardcore title - Test vs. The Big Show vs. Rhino - was boring and pathetic. William Regal takes on Rikishi in the very 1st match on the card, and ends up getting the 'stinky face' from the 'phat man'. Regal gets his head slammed onto the steel ring steps and he begins bleeding a little bit. Lita takes on Chyna for the Women's title in a fairly good match. I wish Lita would've won this match since Chyna later retired from wrestling. This PPV wasn't so bad, but it was fair. I've seen better. Rent this video, but don't buy it. A few O.K. matches doesn't make a good PPV. Get it?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: WWF Judgement Day
Review: This was a very good pay-per-view. The best match of the night was definitely the 2 out of 3 falls medals match between angle and benoit. Another great match was the tag team turmoil match. The austin vs. taker match was better than I thought it was. This DVD was worth every penny just to here Jerry Lynn ask J.R. if he is a good enough champion for him.


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