WWE Backlash 2001
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Movie Reviews of WWE Backlash 2001
Movie Review: Somewhat average PPV, decent DVD...
Summary: 3 Stars
I was extremely excited when I saw this live right here in Chicago, Illinois, this being my first ever PPV live in person. I have to say I was somewhat disappointed. Taking place during the same month of WresleMania X-7, I knew the guys behind the scenes might try and rush things to culminate on the procedding PPV. The WWF was 3 for 3 on great PPVs when WrestleMania turned out to be an outstanding PPV and in my opinion probably the greatest WrestleMania yet. I was getting excited when they started booking the matches especially the main event with all the major titles on the line. There were only 3 matches I thought were good, but not exciting. Those included the main event, the triple threat European title match, and the Last Man Standing match involving Shane McMahon jumping off over 50 feet off the entrance structure. The Angle/Benoit match could have been better. What in the world was that Dutchess of Queensbury match thing all about? To sum it up, the event could have been a lot better, but I'm not pointing fingers at anyone. Who could blame the WWF for putting on 3 tremendous PPVs in a row before this one? As for the DVD extras, all you get are 2 matches from Sunday Night Heat that are probably less than 10 minutes each and interviews and segments that you already get before each match. I bought this just for the sake of knowing I was there but I probably wouldn't recommend buying this.Movie Review: Backlash, underated!
Summary: 3 Stars
Okay I gave it an actual 31/2 stars out of 5. This ppv was a descent follow up to the greatest ppv ever WMX7. Trying to surpase it would not be easy. I think the Rock's movie career made this backlash different from the previous two. After the prior two wrestlemanias (15 and 16), we had a return bout of sorts,like Austin and Rock at Backlash'99, and the rock vs. hhh at last years backlash. This year with the rock going into showbiz, the wwf had to start over with a new storyline, instead of riding through wrestlemania,and into backlash. For myself, it may not have been the best of the three in this series, but it was as entertaining. And one more thing, am I the only one who can stand a tag team main event every once and a while? This main event put four of the top tier of the wwf in an awesome tag team for the wwf title, i.c. title, and the tag team titles. This match was in it self worth the money. Plus the hardcore title match between raven and rhyno was both extreme and hillarious at times. The only problem I had with this ppv was the Dutchess of Queensbury rules match; the match itself was good by why have distracting rules to interfere in such a good followup to their WMX7 match? I do recommend this dvd,and the extra matches were cool. Backlash was better than people admit, and if you are a serious wwf fan like me. Then I strongly recommend it for you.Movie Review: Backlash aka "That's It!?"
Summary: 3 Stars
The worst PPV so far in the year of 2001. Highly mediocre main-event. The only good things about this PPV are the Hardcore match, and Shane McMahon's major bump off the top of the entrance-way. Buy this if you want to see WWF at its worst. Buy "Wrestlemania 17" if you want to see WWF at its best.Dudley Boyz vs. X-Factor: DUD
Hardcore Championship - Raven vs. Rhyno: 4.4 Match, this is what Hardcore bouts should be about
Dutchess Of Queensbury Match - Chris Jericho vs. William Regal: 2.5 Match, ...
30-Minute Ultimate Submission Match - Kurt Angle vs. Chris Beniot: 2.8 Match, They didn't really get to express their great technical skills
Last Man Standing - Big Show vs. Shane "O-Mac" McMahon: 4.0, Simply for Shane's jump on the Big "Slow"
European Championship - Eddie Guerrero vs. Christian vs. Matt Hardy: 2.7, Average grappling bout
Tri-Tile Tag Match (World, Ic, & Tag-Team belts on line) - Steve Austin & HHH vs. Undertaker & Kane: 2.6, a bad match for a main event featuring "Underbiker" complete with "Rollin'" music. ....
Movie Review: WWF Backlash 2001
Summary: 3 Stars
Backlash had a hell of a show to follow in WrestleMania X-7. It didn't really live up to the hype, but it still was a pretty good show. Here are the matches and my opinions of their ratings. Everything is out of *****. 1) 6-Man Tag-Team Match: Dudley Boyz vs. X-Factor - **1/2
2) Hardcore Championship Match: Rhyno(champion) vs. Raven - ***1/2
3) Duchess Of Queensberry Rules Match: Commissioner William Regal vs. Chris Jericho - **1/2
4) 30-Minute Ultimate Submission Match: Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle - ****
5) Last Man Standing Match: Shane McMahon vs. Big Show - *1/4
6) Triple-Threat European Championship Match: Matt Hardy(champion) vs. Christian vs. Eddie Guerrero - ***
7) Three Titles Are On The Line... Stone Cold Steve Austin(wwf champion) & Triple H(intercontinental champion) vs. Undertaker & Kane(tag-team champions) - **3/4
Movie Review: Buy it for 2 matches
Summary: 3 Stars
Definitely, the best match on here was the Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle Submission match. This match prooved the fact that an audience could be entertained by real technical wrestling, and 30 minutes of it. A great 5 star match and one of 2001's 5 best matches. Also worth viewing was the Rhyno vs. Raven Hardcore match. The match was almost perfect for a hardcore match, even though that's not my type of wrestling. This match showed just how a shopping cart can be hardcore. Now what about that Frankenstein doll...