With all the good PPVs that the WWF has put on this year, it had to come to a crashing halt sometime I suppose.
With all the crap I had to wade through, I think I'll go with this as the best match of the night due to the Radicalz showcasing their technical superiority over the DX people. Hey, if this is the reformation of DX, can we change their name to Regeneration X? Chyna was the first to be eliminated when Eddie hit her with the IC belt, allowing Saturn to pin her. Guererro was the next one eliminated after a jackhammer by Gunn. K-Kwik was tagged in and had an impressive series of reversals with Malenko, but the ending was goofed. Benoit was tagged in and Kwik kept the pace but was caught with a German suplex and eliminated. The Road Dogg came in and was worked over by Saturn and Malenko. Saturn soon put him away with a Northern Lights suplex. Gunn came in and managed to clean house after a beatdown and put away Malenko with the FameAsser. Saturn returned and Gunn jackhammered him, but Benoit broke up the count. Benoit hit the flying headbutt but Gunn kicked out. Benoit was whipped into Saturn and they pulled the old "face suplexes heel but the heel/manager on the outside grabs his foot and the heel falls onto the face and pins him because the heel/manager on the outside is holding the face's foot" trick to win the match.
Rating: **3/4
This was a fun little technical match, but it doesn't deserve to be the best of the night because the fans were dead and it had a lame ending. After a few minutes, Holly couldn't supress his hardcore instincts and nailed Regal with it, DQing him.
Rating: **1/2
This one was okay mostly due to the fact that the RTC didn't have to wrestle the entire match. Matt is the first to be eliminated a few minutes in by a reverse X-Factor that Lawler revealed as the Edge-o-matic. D-von ws in, but quickly caught in The Tomakazee-like Move by Christian for the pin. Buh-Buh Ray was in to clean house and eliminated Buchanan after a misplaced Spear by Edge. A miscommunication spot by Edge and Christian followed, and Buh-Buh got the pin on Edge. The Goodfather blindsided Buh-Buh and hit the Move Formerly Known as the Pimp Drop (which is what JR almost calls it) for the pin. The Goodfather and Christian doulbe teamed Jeff for awhile but he rebounded and hit the Swanton Bomb on Christian to eliminate him. Goodfather missed the Suck Train on Jeff, and is accidentally clotheslined by The Real Double V and was pinned by Jeff. The RTC and Edge and Christian return for the beatdown and JR finally goofed by calling the Val's splash The Money Shot. Matt and the Dudleys returned and Thhhhrrrrreeee D was executed on Goodfather. Matt and D-von were ordered to get the tables. Steven Richards was powerbombed through one and Val was legdropped through another.
Rating: **1/2
Kind of bland but better than the other crap that was put out. Lita was busted open hardway, as Richards showed up. Lita still hit a dive on the outside on both Richards and Ivory. Back in the ring, Lita went for the moonsault, but Ivory was handed the belt by Richards. She brought up her knees and hit her in the face with the belt, to continue our "belt shot" theme for the night and pinned her.
Rating: **1/4
Sort of average, but a good opener. After chasing Trish for awhile, Molly finally caught up with her and laid into her. T & A came in to help out and they triple teamed her... No, not like THAT. A brawl erupted between the men, and Trish bulldogged Molly for a two count. Molly rebounded with a sunset flip from the top for the pin.
Rating: **
Austin started by working on HHH's lower back, and hit the Thesz Press early. They inevitably go to the outside, and I'm glad that I have fast forward. Ohmygodtheykilledthespanishannouncingtable! Tubastardos! I stopped fast forwarding as they go to the ring. Austin hit the Stunner but didn't cover. He grabbed a chair and placed HHH's ankle inside of it. The ref said no, so Austin took the chair off and put HHH's head inside it! HHH rolled out of the ring and they fought to the back, where The Radicalz moved in to attack. HHH escaped to the outside of the building, and Benoit laid into Austin and then ran as if to say, "No, I'm not leading you into a large open space where a car could hit you, honest!" He led him to the outside, and Benoit tried to lure him past an equipment truck where HHH was waiting inside a car. When Austin didn't follow, HHH told Benoit to find him. Suddenly, the car was rammed with a forklift that Austin comandeered. He lifted the car off the ground and everybody started yelling at once. HHH let out a comical "Holy sh--!" before the forklift release was hit and the car flipped over and fell forty feet to the ground, crushing the upper part of it. HHH now joins the prestigious list of wrestlers who have been murdered during a match, which includes the Bossman being hung and The Giant's monster truck being pushed off the roof of Cobo Hall.
Rating: **
Boring feud, an even more boring match. Nothing we haven't seen from either guy before. Jericho was caught by the throat while attempting a Lionsault and chokeslammed for the pin.
Rating: *3/4
It's WrestleMania 13 all over again! The match was even in the middle of the card. Very anti-climactic. Rock Bottom. Pin. Banzai Splash x4.
Rating: *
There was nothing even resembling interesting in this match except for the Undertaker walking the ropes "old school." Angle went to hide under the ring and UT pulled him out, Cripplebombed him and went for the pin. Only problem was that Earl Hebner saw that it wasn't Angle that he was pinning. The real Angle sneaked up from behind and rolled up UT for the pin. Earl wisely shut his mouth and counted the pin since he doesn't have much room to talk about the body-double spot.
Rating: *
Overall PPV Rating: **1/4
Not quite as bad as last year, but close. At least we weren't subjected to The Big Show winning the title. Definitely the worst excuse of a PPV this year. Let's hope that Armageddon's better.