WWE Backlash 2003
|
List Price: Our Price: $9.99 You Save: $4.96 (33%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $2.61 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Canada
Movie Reviews of WWE Backlash 2003
Movie Review: ALRIGHT
Summary: 3 Stars
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - WORLD'S GREATES TAG TEAM DEF. LOS GUERREROS - 7/10
SEAN O HAIRE DEF. RIKISHI - 0/10
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - KANE & ROB VAN DAM DEF. DUDLEY BOYZ - 8/10
BIG SHOW DEF. REY MYSTERIO - 6/10
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP - BROCK LESNAR DEF. JOHN CENA - 8/10
TRIPLE H, RIC FLAIR & CHRIS JERICHO DEF. SHAWN MICHAELS, KEVIN NASH & BOOKER T - 8/10
GOLDBERG DEF. THE ROCK - 5/10
Movie Review: WWE suffers without Jeff Hardy
Summary: 3 Stars
This was the first ppv wwe had in a long time without jeff hardy. It was okay, but if jeff was on the card, i t would have been that much better. I've seen kids writing reviews about him lately and I agree with all of them.Movie Review: More like ....lash to me
Summary: 2 Stars
Saw this ppv and let me just say, Vinnie Mac needs some help...BADLY. This cannot be what he needs to help WWE get back on its feet. Here's the card to prove that:WWE Tag Team Championship
Los Guerreros vs. Team Angle(c)
***1/2-This actually was my favorite match on the card. Not saying much as you'll see later, but it at least started off good. Great chemistry and many false finishes as should be expected when you wrestle Eddie and Chavo. Team Angle looks like they're gonna be great for a while if they keep this up. Can't wait for the ladder match at Judgement Day!
Rikishi vs. Sean O'Haire(w/Roddy Piper)
**-They tried, but nobody cared at all for this. How can you when they're fighting over coconout bashing? Too slow for my taste.
WWE World Tag Team Championship
Kane/RVD vs. Dudleys
***-Nice chemistry mixing all their trademark moves together, but I'm just not into Kane/RVD being paired up. So much talent between them and WWE still doesn't know what to do with them. Adding Morley as ref was a nice touch though, providing the distractions for champs and ticking off the crowd.
Big Show vs. Rey Mysterio
*1/2-Please erase this from the DVD. Waste of time and just further proves how Big Slow can't move or breathe if matches go past 5 minutes. Show wins with chokeslam, comes back to take Rey, while he is on stretcher, and whack him on ringpost and dropping him on his head. Nice job protecting your opponent there, Big Slow.
WWE Women's Title
Jazz vs. Trish Stratus(c)
**-I enjoy them as wrestlers and the match was OK, but this feud's been done to death. Not really their faults, but that will change when Lita comes back.
WWE World Championship
Brock Lesnar(c) vs. John Cena
***-The third and final favorite of mine of the night. A little slow pacing, but it was good storytelling. I actually thought Cena would win, but obviously they need it on Brock what with Angle and Edge out for a bit. Wins it with F-5, hope they do a rematch soon.
HHH/Flair/Jericho vs. Booker T/HBK/Nash
*- The previous match was my final favorite and I say that because the quality dropped immensely from here. What are they thinking doing feuds with the Kliq again? HHH has slowed down considerably in this "post-quad" era, as I like to call it, not to mention he rambles too much now. Nash is old and waiting for another leg injury and people just can't get into him anymore. I like HBK but he's not main event caliber anymore, have him build people up like he did Jericho at WMXIX. This match was a waste of time and talent for the likes of Booker T and Jericho. Booker T should be champ and feuding with Y2J, how's that sound? Anyway, ended with HHH using sledgehammer on Nash to win. Gee, I've never seen that happened before.
Rock vs. Goldberg
**-If this was Vince's money match, then the people who put money on this ppv just to see this are gonna regret giving that money away. Too many things wrong. They changed Goldberg's music. Rock was more the face here than Goldberg. Goldberg was working too slow for me and seemed to want to just get the majority of the script done so he can spear and jackhammer Rock, which is basically all he can do. He did do that and won and the fans booed him for it. Yikes, not looking good.
OVERALL:As I said, not looking good for 2003. I'll give them credit, they were trying new things. Cena looked good in his first title match. O'Haire looks promising, just not feuding with Rikishi. And the tag title matches were great. But I just didn't feel it here like I did the first three ppvs for this year. Hope Judgement Day can be better.
Movie Review: Backlash 2003 is a 2 star ppv
Summary: 2 Stars
80-76%-perfect
75-71%-awsome
70-66%-good
65-61%-poor
70-56%-awful
1. Team Angle vs. Los Guerreros for the wwe tag team titles- This was a good match. At 16 minutes long i think that was a bit to much but with the talent in the ring they kept me on my feet. The ending might have been a little weak but it was still an awsome opener. Good choice. Winners and still wwe tag champs team angle. Match Rating 7.5/10.
2. Rikishi vs. Shawn O here- This was an awful match. The only thing i can say about this was they kept it 4 minutes which was a good choice. One thing i was impressed about was o heres strength. He showed some good skills for his age. Winner Shawn O Here. Match Rating 3/10.
3. Rvd and Kane vs. The dudleys for the world tag titles- This in my opinion was the match of the night. One thing that i liked was there was no really slow spot in the match. This also told a good story line and it was well paced at 13 minutes. Also it was awsome to see the dudleys 3d chief morley. Winners and still world tag champs. Rvd and Kane. Match Rating 8.5/10.
4. Jazz vs. Trish for the womens title- This was an okay womens match. i could not really get into this like the crowd. There was just somthing that did not click. This was a good paced 5 minute match. Winner and new womens champ Jazz. Match Rating 5/10.
5. Rey Mysterio vs. Big Show- This was an okay match. the bigest problem i had with this match was it was 4 minutes. I think this was worthy of at least 20 and we got 4. The good thing about this is it was fast paced and got alot of action in. Some sick after math with mysterio taking a hugh bump. Winner the big show. Match Rating 6.5/10.
6. John Cena vs. Brock Lesner for the wwe title- This was a preatty good title match. i have to give credit to cena for his effort in this match. I think that the wwe could have waited a little bit to give cena a title shot but saying that he did an awsome job in this match. This could have been better but i give both of these guys credit and we even heard some cena chants in the match. Winner and still wwe champ Brock Lesner. match Rating 7.5/10
7. HHH rick flair and Y2J vs. Kevin Nash Booker T and Shawn Michales- This was another good tag match. I think it was very well oaced and flair did a really good job here. Good way to set up the nash HHH fued even though it was an awful fued. I think it was kind of a wierd ending with it ending very quick after a sledgehammer shot. Winners HHH flair and Y2J. Match Rating 7.5/10.
8. Goldberg vs. The rock- This was a wierd match. It was very good but it had something missing. I think it was way to short for a main event that had alot of hype. I think it was a little sloppy but there was alot of action in the match. Could have been alot better. Winner goldberg. Match Rating 7/10.
Well that raps up another. I would give backlash a grade of 52.5/80 which = a 65% which means it is poor. It was brought down by a few matches and it could be a grade of good but it was just short. It was okay but i would find it on vhs. If you can tell me what u thought of my review i would appericate it. You can check out my other reviews by clicking on other reviews below. Thanks for your time.
Movie Review: April 2003 - Worcester Centrum Centre - Worcester, MA
Summary: 2 Stars
"Backlash" was a horrible PPV with one of the most overhyped matches in WWE history.
1. Shelton Benjamin & Charile Haas vs. Los Guerrero's (WWE Tag Titles)
Decent way to kick off the show. It was the second best match of the night in my opinion. Good, exciting finish. (7.5/10)
2. Sean O'Haire vs. Rikishi
WWE tried to bring up O'Haire by using Piper in his corner. It is just too bad things didn't work out for a O'Haire. He had a good look and the talent. Not much for the match itself. Cool finisher by O'Haire. (6.5/10)
3. Rob Van Dam & Kane vs. The Dudley Boys (World Tag Titles w/ Chief Morley as Guest Referee)
Val Venis was horrible in the role as Morley. I thought this was the best match of the night, although that is not saying much. Good match, just a little short. (7.5/10)
4. Jazz vs. Trish Stratus (Women's Title)
Who cares. (2/10)
5. Big Show vs. Rey Mysterio
I knew this would be alright because Big Show was going to toss Mysterio around. The match itself is not bad, but very short. The aftermath is awesome. Mysterio is placed onta a stretcher and Big Show picks it up and swings it at the ring post with Mysterio on it and he falls on his head. Pretty cool stuff. (7/10)
6. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena (WWE Title)
This was Cena's first big match in the WWE. Although it wasn't the best title match, Cena and Lesnar put on a good performance. These two could have had a great fued had Lesnar not quit. (7/10)
7. Booker T, Shawn Michaels, & Kevin Nash vs. Triple H, Ric Flair, Chris Jericho (Six Man Tag)
This match was filled with talent and superstars. It was good, but could have been a lot better. Basically, this match was put in so Triple H and Nash could continue their fued. (7.5/10)
8. The Rock vs. Goldberg
This was one of the most overhyped matches in history. It was nice of The Rock to stick around for an extra month, but they should have saved this for a bigger PPV. The crowd actually cheers The Rock and boos Goldberg. It basically sums up Goldberg's WWE career.
Do not buy this DVD. The matches are horrible. The crowd is dead. It was a disaster.
Overall Rating: 6/10