WWE No Mercy 2004
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Movie Reviews of WWE No Mercy 2004
Movie Review: Live From the Continental Airlines Arena!
Summary: 4 Stars
The opening video focused on the night's three main events between Cena and Booker T, The Undertaker and JBL and Kurt Angle and The Big Show. The set was comprised of three large video displays and a small entrance way flanked by smaller video screens.
Eddie Guerrero versus Luther Reigns with Mark Jindrack
There was a time when Jindrack was going to be the fifth member of Evolution. The crowd chanted Eddie from the start as Michael Cole talks about how Luther has been shot and stabbed. Eddie begun the match in control over the much, much larger Luther Reigns, using his speed to hit quickly and counter well. Luther ended the speed of Eddie by grabbed him and pressing him high above his head and slamming him down. He took control from there on in, grabbing a bear hug before having to break it when Eddie stuck his thumbs in the bigger man's eyes. Cole said that Reigns has had his throat slit from ear to ear in his life. I say: Good for him! Luther started to work the lower back of Eddie, suplexing him down and bending him over his knee following a back breaker. After every move, Jindrack would call from ringside to a pin attempt and Luther complied. Eddie was forced to kick out of numerous near-falls. Luther hit his modified suplex slam, but Eddie kicked out. Luther was frustrated, and set up his swinging neck breaker. Eddie used high knees to counter, and then kicked off the ropes to flip over Luther's head and slam him down. Eddie took control, and began to show boat with some silly looking repeated elbows. He was two into his three amigos snap suplexes when Luther threw him face forward into the mat. Eddie rolled out of the ring to recover, and noticed a security guard keeping the crowd back. He stole the security guard's collapsible baton and hid it in his boot. Eddie brought a chair into the ring and he and Luther fought over it. When Luther pulled it away, he nearly hit Mark who was on the apron. Eddie drop kicked Luther, chair and all, into Jindrack. Eddie missed a frog splashed, but while the referee was checking on Jindrack Eddie pulled the baton from his boot and knocked Luther over the head with it. Eddie hit the frog splash and got the victory.
A replay of the cat fight between Dawn Marie and Jackie was shown. Dawn was interviewed backstage by Josh Mathews. Dawn said that when Charlie Haas needed something, he came to her not Jackie. Dawn said she would tell Jackie the truth of their relationship face to face. Dawn went to Jackie's dressing room and found her shirtless. Jackie covered her (...) with her hands while Dawn extolled that she knew that Jackie was the one who proposed, because Charlie told her the night before.
Cruiserweight Championship Match: Spike "The Boss" Dudley with the Dudley Boyz versus Nunzio with John Stambolli.
Words cannot describe how small Spike looks. I would say I could take him, but history has shown I could not hurt the man. Nunzio was able to outwrestle Spike from the start, countering and tossing the champ about and out the ring before hitting him with a pescado. Nunzio went to the top rope (Which Tazz rightly said was out of character for the Italian shooter) while Bubba Ray distracted the referee, allowing Devon to push Nunzio off. Spike took control, constantly reapplying a full nelson between attacks, but could not get a pin and was still being countered by the mat technician Nunzio. This greatly frustrated the Dudleyz outside the ring. Spike would begin feeding Nunzio to the Dudleyz outside the ring whenever possible. Still Nunzio fought back. He Irish whipped the champion to the corner, where Spike tried to jump to the top rope. Nunzio was right upon him, wrapping his arm under Spike's crotch and slamming him down to the canvas. Nunzio went on offense with suplexes and flips, but the Dudleyz became involved. Nunzio and Johnny tried to fight off them, but it was three on two. Nunzio was pulled crotch first into the ring post and Spike got a cheap cover over the challenger.
A video showing the Undertaker winning his first WWE Championship from Hulk Hogan is shown. A video detailing the disintegration of the tag team of Paul London and Billy Kidman and the leading to their match is shown.
Billy Kidman versus Paul London
London ran right down to the ring, and immediately took the fight to Kidman with his spectacular offense. He tossed Kidman outside the ring, and used a running springboard moonsault from the second rope over the top rope to the outside onto Kidman. Kidman took control once back in the ring, racking the eyes of London and kicking him in the face. Kidman's offense was ground based, but vicious. It was comprised of stiff kick after stiff kick to the gut of London, and then following them up with placing his knee in London's back and pulling his arms in the wrong way. When London tried to run at Kidman, Kidman caught him up in a fireman's carry and dropped his opponent into a gut buster. Billy was working over the ribs of London, tossing him up into the air and letting him fall front first to the mat. Kidman seemed to be showing off the suffering his was inflicting and the announcers openly wondered if Kidman thought this is the blood thirsty fans wanted. London began to fight back with spin kicks and an enziguri. Paul attempted a power bomb... but you can't power bomb Kidman. Billy and Paul started to trade flying kicks and counters, until Kidman had London down on the mat after a dropkick. Billy went to the outside for the Shooting Star, but decided against it and moved to leave. At the count of nine Kidman returned to the ring and resumed the action with London. Paul hit a super kick to the chest of Kidman and went to the top. Instead of the four-fifty splash, however, London preformed an absolutely perfect shooting star press. It was much better than the one Kidman does mind you. Unfortunately for London, Kidman got his knees up into the face of Paul London. Billy decided to give the fans what they wanted, and hit a shooting star of his own, no where near was well done as Paul's and was mostly knees to the gut of Paul and got the pin fall. After the match, Paul was bleeding from the mouth and the paramedics were strapping him to a backboard. Billy Kidman took the microphone and asked the fans if that was what they wanted to see and if they were happy they made him do that. Billy climbed to the top rope and gave Paul another shooting star (Equally bad, please stop using that move) while he was strapped to the board.
Another video was shown, this one of the Undertaker winning the title from Psycho Side at Wrestlemania XIII. JBL was interviewed backstage. He said that this Pay-Per-View had been biased for the Undertaker. He wondered if the videos were fair and balanced, or if this was more Dan Rather liberal media lying. He was too afraid to guarantee a victory though. Instead he said his loss would be over his dead body.
WWE Tag Championship Match: Kenzo Suzuki and Rene Dupree versus Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio Jr.
Before the match, Rene said something in French and Kenzo did his impression of New Jersey's Bruce Springsteen. RVD and Rene started the match off with a series of missed maneuvers on the canvas, with each man nimbly dodging from the other. Rey and Kenzo were tagged in, with Rey dancing around Kenzo and striking inward suddenly. He and RVD hit tandem topes onto the heel team. RVD had been tagged in and gone to the top rope, but Rene tossed him off (Flying over the head of Kenzo's Geisha) and to the outside. Kenzo went on offense on RVD, using his awful offense on Rob and preventing the tag to Rey Rey. When Rey got the tag he hit a flying head butt from the top and a tornado DDT onto Kenzo. He knocked Rene off the apron and then launched himself back into the ring, onto Kenzo in a seat senton. Rey set up a 619 but Dupree ran in to interfere, bringing Rob Van Dam back in to double team first Dupree and then Kenzo. Rey hit the 619 on Kenzo, and set up the West Coast Pop but Rene pulled him from the ropes. Kenzo pinned Mysterio, held on the ropes and got the very cheap victory to retain the title belts.
An advertisement for the Interactive Taboo Tuesday was shown. A video detailing the feud between Kurt Angle and The Big Show was shown.
Kurt Angle versus the Big Show
The stipulation for the match was that anyone who interfered would be fired. The Big Show looked bigger (Read: Fatter) than ever, and had an ugly sun burn on his back. Slow and methodical action to start, with the Big Show throwing Angle across the anytime he got close. Angle was hiding in the corner, but Big Show threw him into the corner and then guerrilla press slammed him down. Angle had enough, and Kurt began to walk away from the match. Angle ran back to the ring and than counted along with the referee, waiting for the loss. Teddy Long came to ringside and declared that if Kurt ran away he would never wrestle on Smackdown again. Of course Kurt returned to the ring, actually tripping over the steel steps in the process. The beating resumed, with the Big Show actually standing on Angle at one point. Kurt tried to grab a steel chair, but the Big Show punched it into Angle's face. Kurt tried to jump onto the Big Show from the second rope, but was caught and slammed down. The Big Show called for the choke slam - but Kurt actually countered it into the Ankle lock! The Big Show was diagonally away from the ropes, and was in the hold over a minute before he finally kicked out. The official was bumped, and evil Kurt Angle went after the downed Giant. He beat the injured ankle with a steel chair and wrenched the leg around in a variety of holds. He even hung upside from the apron to further aggravate the leg of the Big Show before the referee awoke. Still Angle could not get the victory. Frustrated, he went beneath the ring and grabbed the tranquilizer gun. The Big Show popped up, seemingly enraged. He grabbed the gun and broke it over his knee.
Movie Review: No Mercy Review
Summary: 4 Stars
<50: Ask for a refund for not only your money, but also your time. [F] (G.A.Bash '04)
50-54: Mediocre & disappointing. [D] (EG: Unforgiven '04)
55-59: Average. [C] (EG: Royal Rumble '04 & No Way Out '04)
60-64: Worth A Watch. [C+] (EG: Vengeance '04)
65-69: Good event that was worth the money. [B] (EG: SummerSlam '04)
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+]
EDDIE GUERRERO defeated LUTHER REIGNS: With 2 cruiserweight & 2 tag matches, this sure was a strange choice for an opener. I had a feeling it would be early on the card though, and it wasn't a totally terrible decision. Started off well enough, but it soon deteriorated into the typical big man vs smaller man match. The psychology in Luther attacking Eddie's back, worked to a certain point, but it all went on a little long (thus resulting in Luther pretty much looking like the prototypical hoss, which I don't think he is). When all was said & done, 2-3 minutes of restholds needed to be shaved off the 13 minute duration. Decent ending sequence carried by Eddie, where (in a tribute to The Big Bossman) he stole a baton/nightstick from a ringside policeman. Match Rating...6
SPIKE DUDLEY defeated NUNZIO to Retain the CruiserWeight Title: Above average cruiserweight match which proves how important this division is to the SmackDown roster (and especially it's ppv's). These 2 are arguably not even in the best 5 cruiserweights that the WWE have, yet when given a fair amount of time (9 minutes) & a half-decent feud, they come up with a good match. Easy to see how some people wouldn't have liked this bout, but I thought the mixture of styles worked well. Nunzio has the small intangibles that could be of value to SmackDown (at least in the short-term). Furthermore, the interaction of Buh-Buh, D-Von & Johnny Stamboli at ringside, added to the heat of the bout. Match Rating...7
BILLY KIDMAN defeated PAUL LONDON: Another very good match, which was sufficiently different to the cruiserweight bout before it, to make the 2 matches complimentary to each other. Started off with good intensity & London dominating in the prototypical exciting cruiserweight fashion. Then, as Kidman slowly took over, the psychology was top-notch. I really liked the way Kidman didn't immediately go ultra-heel, but worked to it slowly. All the while, the intensity kept up, and the action was entertaining. To top it all off, the ending sequence was exceptionally booked; Kidman blocked London's version of the Shooting Star Press, hits his own for the pin, and then semi snaps after the match to hit it again, as London lay bleeding on a stretcher. Match of the night. Match Rating...8
RENE DUPREE & KENZO SUZUKI defeated REY MYSTERIO & ROB VAN DAM to Retain the WWE Tag-Team Championships: Kenzo may not be the greatest wrestler around, but I am starting to chuckle at his comedic efforts. His rendition of "Born In The U.S.A" here, was no exception. This was the 3rd good match in a row!!! As expected, Rey & RVD kept the pace of this bout up, and for the most part, the tag champs kept up well (although Kenzo predictably looked lost on occasions). Dupree kept up his rollercoaster ride over the past few months, with a tremendous performance here. Good mix of everything (without anything special), it was entertaining, and was kept at a good length (9 minutes). Match Rating...7
THE BIG SHOW defeated KURT ANGLE: At the 4 minute mark of this match, Angle got himself intentionally counted out, but Teddy Long predictably came out & restarted the match. While it slowed the momentum of the bout a little, it definitely didn't ruin it, as it was all part of telling what was a decent story. TBS dominated the first half of the match in usual 'Giant' fashion. That was until Angle predictably got the big fella off his feet & worked on the ankle & knee. It got quite competitive at this point (despite a ref bump), but then Angle went for the tranquilizer gun. Cue TBS getting mad & a chokeslam off the top rope later, this match was over. Hard to rate due to it's pace. Definitely watchable & you could see what they were attempting. But too plodding & predictable. Match Rating...6
JOHN CENA defeated BOOKER T to Win the United States Title: Not what the series needed to cap it all off!!! To be honest, this match pretty much summed up the 'best of 5' series. Decent intensity to start off with, but then the next 3 or 4 minutes was average. The bout then started to build well, if a little too methodically. Then an F-U & Cena is our new U.S champ. Not bad, but disappointing & very anti-climactic. What was the point of a 'best of 5' series, if it was going to end in an average 10 minute match!?!?!? This should have been a 20 minute show-stealer. Match Rating...6
RICO, CHARLIE HAAS & MISS JACKIE defeated THE DUDLEY BOYZ & DAWN MARIE: .Pretty much a filler match with a strong emphasis on entertainment & humor. However, to that effect, the bout did it's job more than satisfactorily. The ladies did the little they had to, while The Dudley Boyz played the heels to Rico's usual shenanigans. Haas looked a little lost at times, until he was asked to wrestle later on in the match. That's when he kickstarted what was actually a really good ending sequence that finished with Rico landing a moonsault for the pin. A little hard to rate, but better than your usual filler. Match Rating...6
JOHN BRADSHAW LAYFIELD defeated THE UNDERTAKER in a Last Ride Match to Retain the WWE Championship: The first 6 or 7 minutes of this 21 minute match was pretty much 'more of the same' after their SummerSlam bout. In fact, it was a fair bit worse, to be honest. But then I have to once more give credit where credit is due, as these 2 gave their all in a streetfight type of match. Huge chairshots, table spots & a tombstone on the steel steps may have been things we've seen before, but they were performed very well here. Unfortunately, the (rumored) ending was poor, with Heidenreich interfering on behalf of JBL. It did leave a sour taste in the mouth, however it's hard to downgrade the actual match too much because of it. Match Rating...7
PPV RATING (53/80) = 66
Looking at the key, I have basically given 'No Mercy' a 'B' grade & said that it was a 'good event that was worth the money'. I think I very much agree with that comment & grade. In all honestly, I was quietly confident that this would be a good event & could not understand why so many people were not interested in it. It received a good rating despite 3 matches (Eddie vs Luther, Booker vs Cena & TBS vs Angle) being slightly disappointing. But there was always going to be enough meat on this bone to make it worthwhile. There was some questionable booking decisions, but all in all, the match quality was above average. If the WWE can fix the SmackDown main event scene & make it truly exciting, then they're not as far away as some people would have you think. A job well done.
Movie Review: Maybe the best Smackdown ppv from 2004
Summary: 4 Stars
No Mercy was a good follow up from Summerslam on Smackdown's part. This ppv ended a lot of the feuds that were happening and started some very good ones that carried all the way over to the Royal Rumble.
1. Eddie Guerrero vs. Luther Reigns w/ Mark Jindrake
I enjoyed this opener very much. this is probably reigns best match while in the wwe. Reigns mostly stays in control of the match. It had a classic Eddie ending with "lyin, cheatin, and stealin" to his victory. A strong opener. Pretty good match. 4/5
2. Cruiserweight Title
Nunzio vs. Spike
this wasn't your typical high flying, fast paced cruiserweight match. Spike and Nunzio kept the match on the ground and tryed to have a ground based match. The dudley boyz interefered on spikes behalf and helping spike to retain his title. 2.5/5
3. Billy Kidman vs. Paul London
Wow, what a mind blower. This match was just great. Kidman was starting to become a heel during this time and he pulled it off so good in this match. He consistently kept on going back to the ribs of London and adding more punishment to them as the match went on. The after math added more to the match as well. A good cruiserweight battle from London and Kidman here. 4.5/5
4. WWE Tag Team Titles
RVD & Rey Mysterio vs. Renee Dupree & Kenzo Suzuki
Kenzo & Dupree has to be the most untalented tag team champs of all time. RVD and Mysterio saved this match from being a complete waste. Their style meshed in so well together as team. They helped to make Dupree and Kenzo look a little bit decent in this match which made this match alright to watch. Not the best but not the worst of the night. 3.5/5
5. Big Show vs. Kurt Angle
This was another good match to watch. The story went off with Show being "raped of his dignity" by having his head shaved by Angle. Angle was for sure selling his fear of the big show. This had to been one Show's best matches since coming to the wwe. Angle did a good job selling his fear and even using a chair at times on show. The chokeslam from the top rope is something to see as well. A good match. 4/5
6. Match 5 for the United States Title
John Cena vs. Booker T
This was the final match of the series. Booker did a good job bringing out the wrestling sense in cena. I believe the best run in cena's career was when he held the US title. Cena and booker had a good competitive and back and forth match. A solid match up. a good match to end the series and this feud. 4.25/5
7. Dudley Boyz & Dawn Marie vs. Charlie Haas, Rico & Miss Jackie
This was just a filler to set up the wwe title match but this turned out to be a good match to watch. Rico added humor and comedic spots to the match. Maire and Jackie had a good cat fight at some points in the match. A match worth a watch here. 3.25/5
8. Last Ride Match for the WWE Title
JBL vs. Undertaker
this match defiantely made up for that little brawl they had at summerslam. As other reviewers pointed out, this match is just brutal and violent as they say it is. jbl takes a viscious beating from the deadman.
this match was a straight up fight. jbl was bringing out some of his old school "bradshaw" style to the undertaker. a couple of weapons used in the match. jbl also gets very bloody after being tomebstoned on the steel steps. this match had a good table spot. A brutal, brutal and violent match. the intereference from heidenrich didn't hurt the match either in my opinion. another good match to end this feud as well. 5/5
no mercy is one i recommend in picking up to see sometime if you have some spare cash around. the last ride match is something to see and the undercard is pretty good as well.
Movie Review: Solid PPV, and better than Unforgiven...
Summary: 4 Stars
Lemme just emphasize how much better this PPV was than Unforgiven! Unforgiven was what it's name says, "Unforgiving"!!! Any ways on to the matches:
1) Eddie Guererro vs. Luther Reigns: I wonder why the 2 most recent Champions are now shot down to opening PPVs (Benoit and Guererro) but whatever! This match sucked! Eddie and Luther have horrible chemistry in the ring. Would have been better if Jindrak interferred a little bit more. Eddie cheats to win! 2/10
2) Spike Dudley (c) vs. Nunzio for the Cruiserweight Championship: Solid match with a decent amount of interferance by the Dudley! Nunzio gave Spike a good run but was cheated in the end. Way to go Spike! I guess the FBI have gone face officially. 6/10
3) Billy Kidman vs. Paul London: AWESOME! I thought it would be the match of the card, but unfortunately fell short of the six man/woman tag. Had a lot of action! These 2 have so much potential and I hope to see their pushes continue! Awesome Shooting Star Presses delivered by both men! Kidman wins and goes heel! Great stuff! 8.5/10
4) Rey Mysterio & RVD vs. Kenzo Suzuki & Renee Dupree (c) for the WWE Tag Team Championship: I didn't really pay attention during this match cuz I hate Rey Mysterio! They need to stop giving him title matches for any title! Too bad they are doing this to such an awesome talent (RVD). Kenzo and Renee retain!
5/10
5) Kurt Angle vs. The Big Show: As I expected...AWESOME! Kurt is an awesome heel! This is a great feud and these guys have great in ring chemistry eventhough Show is known best for squashing people. Show wins with a wicked chokeslam off the turnbuckle! 7/10
6) Booker T (c) vs. John Cena Match #5 in the Best of 5 Series for the Undisputed United States Championship: Nothing next to Booker T and Benoit's best of 7, but good stuff. This was an average match, with solid performances by both superstars. I was surprised at the ending though, I was sure Booker would win cuz Cena is leaving for a few months. Cena ends up pulling it off with the FU! But what happened 2 days later on Smackdown made this series a total waste...Cena looses the title to Carlito Carribean Cool!!! WHAT!!! Bad way for Cena to go out and one hell of a debut by Cool. 6.5/10
7) Charlie Haas, Rico, & Miss Jackie vs. The Dudley & Dawn Marie: Match of the card by far! I thought this would suck but I was glued to the TV for this one! There was action, comedy, and GIRL FIGHTS! What more could you ask for? Plus Jackie and Dawn Marie are so so hot!!! the only reason why this doesn't get a perfect 10 is because they created a dud storyline with Dawn Marie saying she has been having an affair with Charlie when he is engaged to Jackie, lame! C, R, and J win! 9.5/10
8) Undertaker vs. JBL (c) in a Last Ride Match for the WWE Championship: Better than I expected. I thought Taker was gonna win through politics, but JBL still retained! JBL is the best Champion I have seen in a long long while! Match started out slow (cuz Taker was dominating ofcourse) but then JBL turned the tides on him, and it was a great match. The ending was great, Heidenreich's best performance to date! 8/10
Overall, this was a great PPV. Not as good as Bad Blood though I still say that was the best single brand PPV of the year! Let's see if JBL can hold the tile all the way til Wrestlemania, or atleast No Way Out!
Movie Review: A lot better than their last ppv in June...
Summary: 4 Stars
No Mercy 2004 was the first time in about four months where just the Smackdown guys put on their show for us. And unlike the disaster known as the Great American Bash, I must say, this is a lot better than it looks.
Seeing as how some good performers were back in the ring; Kurt and Show, and some new guys were put in; Kidman and London, they balanced this ppv out throughout the entire show. I say this is definately worth your time in looking at it.
Eddie Guerrero vs. Luther Reigns: Now this is pretty good for an opener, but since I feel like Eddie should be in title matches I really felt like it wasnt the best it could have been. Eddie wins after stealing a guards nightstick and whacking it over Luther's head. A good match with some funny moments that got the crowd in a good mood. 7.5/10
Billy Kidman vs. Paul London: Wow, definately a great match between these two which is a surprise. Lots of high moves and fast paced action. Kidman wins and becomes a bad guy after doing another Shooting star press when London was on a stretcher. Good match, 8.5/10
RVD and Mysterio vs. Suzuki and Renee Dupree: Bad match, and its because Suzuki was in it. No disrespect to the other guys who wrestle, but this guy is horrible. RVd and Mysterio make a unique team though so that helped this, but still not that good. 7/10
Spike Dudley vs, Nunzio: Nunzio has been in here since December 2002, and has not won a single title since. Well he can now add another month to that list. I thought he would win but the Dudleyz help "The Boss" to win. Okay match. 7.5/10
Booker T vs. John Cena: Very good, but since Cena lost to Carlito Cool 4 days later, it now seems like a waste of time. But anyway this is alwright. Booker T and Cena have some chemistry though its not the best there is. Cena wins to become a two time US champ. 8/10
Dudlyez and Dawn Marie vs. Charlie Hass, Rico, and Miss Jackie: Somebody kill this love triangle storyline please! Good match with the usual catfight but nothing special. Just a match to entertain the crowd and take up time, but still enjoyable. 7.5/10
Kurt Angle vs. Big Show: First time in a few months these two have gone one on one together. Big Show is bald, but in my opinion its a good look for him, as long as he keeps the beard. A good match and a great chokeslam at the very end. A very good match. 8.5/10
Undertaker vs. JbL: Possibly the best title match JBL has been in so far. Not that I am a fan of his. Undertaker completely destroyed JBL in the whole match. With the exception of a great chairshot that JBL swung at the Undertaker's head. But Undertaker would fight back and chokeslam JBL though an announce table while he was on another announce table. Than Heidenreich comes in and ruins it.
What happened next was the annual big car crash, as Heidenriech drove a car headfirst into the hearse. While the undertaker was supposedly in it. A great moment, but a little too dramatic to make it seem the most believable.
I would definately reccomend this to anyone who wants to see a good Smackdown ppv, which is rare nowadays.