Post by CandyKANE on Feb 18, 2003 0:19:26 GMT -5
Thanks to 411 reader Shawn for sending in this report.
It kicked off with announcer guy talking and in the middle Heyman walked out and interrupted him and started talking trash. Eventually he said he had a handicap match against Brock Lesnar. So, there we have the first match.
Rating scale- *****- must see, ****- damn good, ***- decent, fun match to watch, **- Too short/slow/squash match, *- more story line than match to get a rise out of the crowd.
1) Brock Lesnar d. Big Show and Paul Heyman. Heyman got the most heat out of anybody. Match was your usual Brock/Show match with a nice, slow pace and belly to belly's to show. Finish came when Heyman slid in a chair, distracted the ref, and and Brock took the chair from Show and pinned him after a chair shot. Afterwards he F5'd Heyman with got a huge pop.(***)
2) O'Haire and Brian Kendrick d. Chuck Palumbo and Kanyon. Great to see Kanyon, sporting lance storm like tights(ECW) but instead of red and white clack and white and said "who betta" on the but.. O'Haire's chisled, Kendrick looked somewhat jobberish. Palumbo connects way too much with his punches, ask kendrick. Finish came when Kendrick hit his little run Dudley dog into a falling reverse DDT to Kanyon. (***)
3) Tag Title match- Team Angle d. Los Guerreros. Match had WAY too much stalling and they didn't really seem like they talked at all before the match, decent none the less. I'm pretty sure the finish came when Charlie Haas rolled up Eddie, not sure though. (**3/4*)
4) Rey Mysterio d Matt Hardy V.1. Really fun match to watch and Rey got a huge pop. Rey is so little compared to the rest of them. There was a lot of good cruiserweight stuff. Finish came with the 6-1-9 followed up by a West Coast Pop. (***1/2*)....Matt wore his old black hardy boy jeans....
5) Nathan Jones(!!) and Undertaker d A-Trian and Bill Demott. Nathan Jones needs to shave the back of his head and get new ring attire, it was SUPER CHEAP. He's huge though, as is UT and Albert. Highlight was when UT and Jones chokeslammed Albert and Demott simultaneously followed up by a Tombstone by UT to Demott. (**3/4*)....it was pretty slow and stuff, but just seeing them was orgasmic.
INTERMISSION
6) Fatal 4 Way Cruiserweight Championship- Billy Kidman d. Funaki, Noble w/ Nidia, and Nunzio. Nice, fun, fast paced cruiserweight match. End was when Nunzio and Funaki were sent out of the ring and Kidman did a huge sky high off the second rope. (***)
7) Kiss my Ass match. Rikishi vs. Cena. Cena came out in a neck brace limpind selling his Brock match. He really trashed cincinnati which got him a lot of heat. Superkick to Cena. Kish is about to back his ass up when Mysterio and Funaki come out and deliver stink faces to Cena. Kish then does it also. Though I hate stink face/kishi dance on TV it's really fun live.(*)
8) Restroom break match- Nidia d. Torrie Ref- Dawn. Default women's match won with a roll up. (-*) Kidman and Noble both made appearances, but briefly.
9) WWE Title match- God # 1 d. God # 2. Completely whoop ass match which I think I used 10-15 photos for. Really good paced with some nice heel work by Angle and Benoit and a huge pop. My god, it does not get any better than the WWE Live. Finish came when Benoit had crossface, Angle tapping, but Team Angle was distracting the ref and then a missed roll up by Benoit due to more distraction. Shelton ran in and superkicked Benoit in the face to enable Angle to reverse the roll up and get the pin. (*****...added * for the whole live feel of it and just seeing these two. After the match Team Angle was beating down Benoit when Lesnar came out, F5'd Haas and Benjamin and had a stare down with Angle. Wow.
Bottom line, great show which had me and my friend almost to tears since we loved it so much and guaranteed ourselves we will one day be there with them, I am truly in love with that business and will die before I stop trying to be a wrestler.
Top 5 Biggest pops-
1) Rikishi, Mysterio and Funaki when the were trying to get the crowd to decide which side they'd start dancing towards.(ours)
2) F5 to Heyman / Undertaker
3) Chris Benoit
4) Rey Myserio
Top 5 Biggest Heat
1) Paul Heyman buy a landslide.
2) Kurt Angle
3) Big Show
4) Team Angle
5) Kanyon
It kicked off with announcer guy talking and in the middle Heyman walked out and interrupted him and started talking trash. Eventually he said he had a handicap match against Brock Lesnar. So, there we have the first match.
Rating scale- *****- must see, ****- damn good, ***- decent, fun match to watch, **- Too short/slow/squash match, *- more story line than match to get a rise out of the crowd.
1) Brock Lesnar d. Big Show and Paul Heyman. Heyman got the most heat out of anybody. Match was your usual Brock/Show match with a nice, slow pace and belly to belly's to show. Finish came when Heyman slid in a chair, distracted the ref, and and Brock took the chair from Show and pinned him after a chair shot. Afterwards he F5'd Heyman with got a huge pop.(***)
2) O'Haire and Brian Kendrick d. Chuck Palumbo and Kanyon. Great to see Kanyon, sporting lance storm like tights(ECW) but instead of red and white clack and white and said "who betta" on the but.. O'Haire's chisled, Kendrick looked somewhat jobberish. Palumbo connects way too much with his punches, ask kendrick. Finish came when Kendrick hit his little run Dudley dog into a falling reverse DDT to Kanyon. (***)
3) Tag Title match- Team Angle d. Los Guerreros. Match had WAY too much stalling and they didn't really seem like they talked at all before the match, decent none the less. I'm pretty sure the finish came when Charlie Haas rolled up Eddie, not sure though. (**3/4*)
4) Rey Mysterio d Matt Hardy V.1. Really fun match to watch and Rey got a huge pop. Rey is so little compared to the rest of them. There was a lot of good cruiserweight stuff. Finish came with the 6-1-9 followed up by a West Coast Pop. (***1/2*)....Matt wore his old black hardy boy jeans....
5) Nathan Jones(!!) and Undertaker d A-Trian and Bill Demott. Nathan Jones needs to shave the back of his head and get new ring attire, it was SUPER CHEAP. He's huge though, as is UT and Albert. Highlight was when UT and Jones chokeslammed Albert and Demott simultaneously followed up by a Tombstone by UT to Demott. (**3/4*)....it was pretty slow and stuff, but just seeing them was orgasmic.
INTERMISSION
6) Fatal 4 Way Cruiserweight Championship- Billy Kidman d. Funaki, Noble w/ Nidia, and Nunzio. Nice, fun, fast paced cruiserweight match. End was when Nunzio and Funaki were sent out of the ring and Kidman did a huge sky high off the second rope. (***)
7) Kiss my Ass match. Rikishi vs. Cena. Cena came out in a neck brace limpind selling his Brock match. He really trashed cincinnati which got him a lot of heat. Superkick to Cena. Kish is about to back his ass up when Mysterio and Funaki come out and deliver stink faces to Cena. Kish then does it also. Though I hate stink face/kishi dance on TV it's really fun live.(*)
8) Restroom break match- Nidia d. Torrie Ref- Dawn. Default women's match won with a roll up. (-*) Kidman and Noble both made appearances, but briefly.
9) WWE Title match- God # 1 d. God # 2. Completely whoop ass match which I think I used 10-15 photos for. Really good paced with some nice heel work by Angle and Benoit and a huge pop. My god, it does not get any better than the WWE Live. Finish came when Benoit had crossface, Angle tapping, but Team Angle was distracting the ref and then a missed roll up by Benoit due to more distraction. Shelton ran in and superkicked Benoit in the face to enable Angle to reverse the roll up and get the pin. (*****...added * for the whole live feel of it and just seeing these two. After the match Team Angle was beating down Benoit when Lesnar came out, F5'd Haas and Benjamin and had a stare down with Angle. Wow.
Bottom line, great show which had me and my friend almost to tears since we loved it so much and guaranteed ourselves we will one day be there with them, I am truly in love with that business and will die before I stop trying to be a wrestler.
Top 5 Biggest pops-
1) Rikishi, Mysterio and Funaki when the were trying to get the crowd to decide which side they'd start dancing towards.(ours)
2) F5 to Heyman / Undertaker
3) Chris Benoit
4) Rey Myserio
Top 5 Biggest Heat
1) Paul Heyman buy a landslide.
2) Kurt Angle
3) Big Show
4) Team Angle
5) Kanyon