WWE No Mercy 2003
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Movie Reviews of WWE No Mercy 2003
Movie Review: NO MERCY 2003
Summary: 3 Stars
I DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO BLOOD. I'M SORT OF GLAD MR.MACHMAN BEAT STEPHANIE BACAUSE WHAT WOULD THE WWE BE LIKE WITHOUT HIM. THE UNDERTAKER SHOULD OF WON BUT MR.MACHMAN SCREAWED HIM AND BROCK LESNAR CAME UP WITH THE WIN.Movie Review: No Mercy Review
Summary: 2 Stars
<50: Ask for a refund for not only your money, but also your time. [F]
50-54: Mediocre & disappointing. [D] (EG: Judgment Day '03)
55-59: Average. [C] (EG: Bad Blood '03, Unforgiven '03)
60-64: Worth A Watch. [C+] (EG: SummerSlam '03)
65-69: Good event that was worth the money. [B] (EG: Royal Rumble '03)
70-74: Very good. [B+] (EG: WrestleMania 19)
75-79: Make sure you add this ppv to your video or dvd collection. [A] (EG: SummerSlam '02)
80+ : Make sure that the video or dvd is locked in a safe & cannot be erased. Memorable. [A+]
TAJIRI defeated REY MYSTERIO to Retain the CruiserWeight Title: Very solid opener. Nothing really new or overly spectacular, but very well paced, timed & generally put together. Both guys consistently bring a lot to the table, and they did so once again for this 12 minute bout. The run-in ending was cheap & abrupt, but if it's for the good of long-term feuds in this division, then I'm fine with it. Match Rating...7
CHRIS BENOIT defeated A-TRAIN: Typical A-Train match in that it wasn't terrible, but none of his bouts stand out in any great fashion. This was probably a little better than usual though, due to the intensity from Benoit & some surprisingly good psychology throughout the match. Plus, the correct man went over. There were a few good spots too. Although two of them involving the chair, appeared to have been botched. When Benoit was dropped head first onto the chair, I genuinely feared for his career. Match Rating...6
ZACH GOWEN defeated MATT HARDY: Right from the beginning, I'm going to tell people that I was really disappointed in this match. But don't put me down as the usual Zach-hater, because I'm not. There was just so many things wrong with this 6 minute bout. The duration, the result, and most of all, the extreme lack of any psychology. Matt Hardy has never been a spot wrestler, so throwing him in with Gowen and asking him to defend more than attack, is just terrible booking. I mean, he never even started to work on Zach's injured leg!!! This better lead somewhere, or else Matt's career just took a huge fall. Match Rating...4
THE BASHAM BROTHERS defeated THE APA: You knew we were going to be in trouble when The Bashams' entrance was met with complete silence. The team should be given time, but Danny (Damaja) Basham seems out of his league at the moment. The more experienced & technical Doug is holding the team up, in my opinion. Meanwhile, The APA go through the motions leading up to the predictable hot tag to Bradshaw. It all seems so familiar!!! As for Shaniqua's clothing & ummm, body swelling; No comment. Match Rating...4
VINCE McMAHON defeated STEPHANIE McMAHON in an "I Quit" Match: As bad as this storyline has been, I have to give credit where credit is due, by stating that this match was a lot better than I expected it to be. Vince obviously carried the bout & there surprisingly wasn't too many wasted minutes of nothing in it's 10 minute duration (I had this scary feeling it would last about 20 minutes). Furthermore, I actually believed Steph was a chance to win during her spurt of offense in the middle of the bout. Still not what I would call quality entertainment, but achieved it's purpose. Match Rating...5
KURT ANGLE defeated JOHN CENA: Good 18 minute match that probably has to be given the nod for match of the night. Nothing extraordinary, but a well put together bout. Cena won some fans & even though he is not all that far from taking the next step, Kurt pretty much carried this match. The DDT on the apron was one hell of a spot. Match Rating...7
THE BIG SHOW defeated EDDIE GUERRERO to Win the United States Championship: Eleven minutes of typical big man vs small man action. The first half of the bout was very ho-hum, while the latter half was fairly well put together. Although I thought the unpredictability aspect of this match helped it a great deal, as there was a feeling that either man could win during the closing minutes. The dissension between Eddie & Chavo afterwards will hopefully not mean a demotion for the talented Eddie anytime soon. Match Rating...6
BROCK LESNAR defeated THE UNDERTAKER in a Biker Chain Match to Retain the WWE Championship: Ho-hum & playing it safe, this bout just did not give anyone the impression that it was the main event of the night. While there were quite a few very good sequences, the attempt at psychology was a bit much for a 24 minute match. And when all was said & done, the expected brutality was replaced by an overbooked finish which did nothing but disappoint. I don't know which was stupider; The lights going out for no reason, or an appearance by The FBI!?!?!? Match Rating...6
PPV RATING (45/80) = 56
Looking at the key, I have given No Mercy a 'C' grade & have said that it was 'Average'. Right on, if I do say so myself. It was out-rated by last month's Raw ppv (Unforgiven), and that included a Coach/Snow vs JR/Lawler match!!! No Mercy wasn't terrible, but it was oh so run-of-the-mill. Only 2 matches scoring a 7 out of 10 on my lenient scoring system is just not good enough. I'll say it again; This is pay-per-view for goodness sake, reward the purchaser. It's very frustrating to see the likes of Guerrero, Benoit & Hardy wasted, while Haas, Benjamin & Chavo weren't even used at all. Disappointing!!!
Movie Review: Run of the mill WWE Pay per view
Summary: 2 Stars
Virtually nothing about No Mercy was anything but average or below average. Save for maybe the first match, everything was listlessly dull to sit through and terribly lacking in everything the WWF was about. Perhaps this was early enough that I would have thought the loss of WCW wouldn't have had such an imminent affect on the WWE's quality, but I was wrong.
Cruiserweight Championship
Tajiri (C) vs Rey Mysterio
All Smackdown has going for it nowadays, and apparently back in 2003, is and was the cruiserweight division. This was the best match of the night, and a rather quick one at that. They went at each other in heavily athletic style, reminiscent of old WWF. Tragic. (9/10)
Chris Benoit vs A-Train
This was a great match in the same way ECW on Sci-Fi is better than old ECW. A-Train dominated Benoit virtually the entire match, and suddenly Benoit picks up the win with a sharpshooter at the very end. Tragic and pathetic. (0/10)
Zach Gowen vs Matt Hardy
At first I thought, "Oh no, another nobody like Luther Reigns, Matt Morgan, and Nathan Jones". Then I saw Zach come to the ring, pry off his leg, and toss it to the timekeeper. Then I saw a painfully short match which saw a one-legged kid show incredible skill and talent for wrestling, including pulling off a perfectly flawless moonsault for a finisher. (7/10)
The Basham Brothers vs The A.P.A.
I love how ridiculously flaccid the Basham's entrance music was---like the cheesiest of mini .MIDI techno/dance songs with absolutely no energy to it. I got an ear-ful because the crowd was dead silent when they entered. The rest of the match was typical dull WWE brawler-fest. No innovation, no interest, no excitement. The crowd seemed to agree with me. (2/10)
I Quit Match
Vince McMahon vs Stephanie McMahon
This one was amazing. The video package they made for it was incredible, and the hype building up to it was extreme. The match itself was something of a dud if not for the audience reaction to it all. They were simply ON the entire match, shrieking at the top of their voices for Stephanie and booing Vince. The sheer volume of their roars when Stephanie got her hands on a metal pipe was astounding. This match wasn't about the action or the wrestling---it was about the entertainment. (6/10)
Kurt Angle vs John Cena
Cena is a terrible wrestler and an even worse gimmick. At least these days he doesn't torture us with his awful rap rhymes like he did back then. This match was surprisingly upbeat and consisted mostly of Cena getting whomped upon, and tapping out like Angle said he would do. (5/10)
United States Championship
Eddie Guerrero (C) vs The Big Show
This one was also heavily hyped up, including a segment on Smackdown which I thought, despite the fake sewage, was really low and pathetically done. The match, unfortunately, was apparently of the least priority in the storyline of Eddie overcoming his demons and his familial betrayal. The Big Show's height and weight advantage over Eddie was heavily sold, and aside from some very clever cheating by Eddie, there was really only one result for the match, and a new US champion. (3/10)
WWE Championship
Brock Lesnar (C) vs The Undertaker
This was the waning days of the Undertaker's lousy "american badass" biker gimmick, and it was really showing. Aside from the new music which was really lousy, you could see in his eyes and appearance that the Undertaker wasn't fully ON in this match like he was early on in the gimmick, or during his infinitely more popular Deadman years. Lesnar wasn't given a chance to show off any spectacular wrestling moves like he would do at No Way Out 2004, so there was really little to this match but striking, fake punches exchanged, and a suplex or two. Even the whole "Biker Chain Match" gimmick was a total failure, as its only appearance was on top of a high pole which no one got to until the very last two minutes of the match, in which it was used in one of the most fakest punches of 2003. Luckily a month later, Vince McMahon would bury the dying biker gimmick of the Undertaker's for good. (1/10)
All in all, this was a run of the mill WWE pay per view, no better than an average episode of Smackdown extended an hour and a half (allowing for commercials)
Movie Review: i wish i could have saw angle vs cena at nm 2003 but didn't c their first ever match together at smackdown 2002
Summary: 2 Stars
Kurt Angle vs John Cena (his debut match) Smackdown 6/27/02
this was a very good match especially da fact that this was john cena also surprised me because it is rare that wrestlers who have their first match deliever a good performance john cena did not look like da color of grass he kept up with angle nicely da match length was ok around 11 to 12 minutes long i would not have been annoyned to see another 5 minutes to see what else john could do in the ring against this is one of many matches angle took wrestlers with potential to the middle and upper card status john cena being the first illustration edge and rey mysterio being the other example which is y many considered angle wrestler of 2002 with benoit being the runner up i thought john cena was going to win the match because angle gave him so much offense but it end up being kurt angle i heard their match at no mercy and no way out is a little better than this match i cannot to see both of their matches i rate their smackdown match at ***1/4-***1/2 after watching this match i realized that john cena was a good wrestler who is capable of being a triple h or rock in the future who is on his way to that level because he has had a lot of *** star matches and some **** ones this year
Movie Review: Better than expected... which does not say much.
Summary: 2 Stars
Which I personally thought would be the worst ppv ever, i was wrong, though it was not spectacular.Anyways Here's my opinions:No Mercy Intro video:
great video featuring the father-daughter match and the main event.pretty good though.
Rey Mysterio vs. Tajiri:
great cruiserweight action until it got ruined by these stupid japanese mafia guys.
Benoit vs. Atrain:
why, why didnt they put a stipulation like a cage match or something? Smackdown quality but longer.
Gowen vs. Matt:
I love Zach's courage and awesome balance and moves, pretty good match actually.
Bashams vs. APA:
Again more Smackdown TV quality, should have been like a special brawl or something.
Vince vs. Stephanie:
A lot of people hated this one but I enjoyed it.Judge at your own discretion.
Big show vs. Eddy:
Meh. I liked the buildup with the truck attack, but the sewage was just ridicoullous.
Angle vs. Cena:
Great wrestling intensified action.
Taker vs. Lesnar (WWE Biker Chain Match)
Ok but not able to surpass last year's HIAC.