WWE Vengeance 2003
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Actor: Brock Lesnar, WWFBrand: Genius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: World Wrestling
Product features:
- WWE-VENGEANCE 2003 (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of WWE Vengeance 2003
Movie Review: The Best Pay-Per-View of 2003
Summary: 5 Stars
{WWE United States Championship}
Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
This was the final of the US Championship tournament to reinstate the US title on SmackDown. In my eyes, this match stole the show. At first, it might be difficult to watch these days after the untimely death of Eddie Guerrero and the horrible fiasco surrounding Benoit's death. So some people, especially passioniate Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit fans (which makes up a lot of wrestling fans) may find it difficult to swallow at first. But if you can get your head around that, then you will thoroughly enjoy the show that these two put on.
What more is there to say really? They're two hard working, experienced, dedicated guys going at it. They're given a decent time limit so it's not rushed, and really, this match could have gone either way, and I don't think the fans really cared who walked away with the title as both were very deserving.
After some good acting by Eddie towards the end, and the referee taking an inadvertent beating (at one point Tazz remarks: "Mike Chioda is getting his ass kicked in there!"), Rhyno interferes, seemingly to help his friend Benoit, but ends up taking out Chris Benoit with a Gore instead. This allowed Eddie to capitalize and land a frog splash to retain the title.
Excellent match, and possibly stole the show. The only problem at this point is would the rest of the SmackDown roster be able to deliver to the standard that Eddie and Benoit already set?
5/5 (Quite possiby the match of the night)
{Indecent Proposal Match}
Billy Gunn w/ Torrie Wilson vs. Jamie Noble
The background behind this match was pretty amusing. Torrie Wilson had just modeled for the cover of Playboy, gaining the unwanted attention of Jamie Noble. A match was then made where if Jamie Noble was able to defeat Billy Gunn, then he'd get to have Torrie to himself for a full night.
The match was short and sweet, which is good as a match like this probably wouldn't have been great if it dragged on longer than a few minutes.
Billy Gunn had the upperhand for most of the match using a lot of major power moves, but then Noble hit with a top rope DDT. Nidia then added to the mix by coming out to ringside and putting Billy Gunn's foot on the rope, not wanting Jamie to win.
Finally, after a few more back and forths, Jamie scored a roll up for the quick victory. The expression on Torrie's face was priceless.
3/5 (Not amazing but not bad either. Short and sweet.)
{APA Bar Room Brawl Invitational}
I wouldn't really count this as a match, it was basically just a massive brawl with a load of obscure gimmick wrestlers, but it was a fun way to get most of the SmackDown roster that wasn't already booked on the card onto the PPV.
It was held in an old style saloon type setting next to the stage and had a lot of the SmackDown roster including The APA, Matt Hardy, Shannon Moore, Sean O'Haire, Spanky, The Basham Brothers among others. It also had a lot of obscure characters like Brother Love, Doink the Clown, The Brooklyn Brawler and the Easter Bunny.
Some highlights were Sean O'Haire cracking pool cues over people, Funaki drinking himself unconscious, the Easter Bunny getting thrown head first through a window and Matt Hardy leg dropping two opponents on a table.
Bradshaw ended up getting the win.
2.5/5 (It was pretty jumbled and confusing, but entertaining nonetheless.)
{WWE Tag Team Championship}
The World's Greatest Tag Team (c) vs. Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman
Out of all the wasted potential and over looked talent that the WWE has underused and ignored over the years, I have to say that Billy Kidman is the most upsetting. While he may not have had the best mic skills or heaps of charisma, he was amazing in the ring and could put on a hell of a match with any opponent.
Both teams brough their A game to this, and the crowd could not have been any more into it. It was a fantastic match and followed the standard that Eddie and Benoit had set at the start of the night.
There were a lot of amazing highflying moves including a shooting star press from the top rope to the outside of the ring by Billy Kidman, and Rey Mysterio was his usual exhausting highflying self.
Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin managed to get the win after a doomsday device kind of move on Rey Mysterio, much to the fans disappointment.
4.5/5 (amazing match.)
Stephanie McMahon vs. Sable
This match kind of slowed down the event a fair bit. The crowd were into it, and it was cool seeing Stephanie get fired up as much as she did against Sable. The match had no count outs and had a lot of ringside brawling, which was mostly one sided with Stephanie getting most of the advantage. It looked as though she was about to get the win, but then A-Train interfered and tackled Stephanie, then left the ring while Sable had the referee distracted. Sable then got the pinfall.
I've seen worse diva matches, but this was still the weakest match of the night. While it is interesting to see someone like Stephanie, who is generally a non-wrestling character, get into the ring, it gets boring quickly, so the match should've gone faster.
2/5 (here's the weak link of the PPV)
Undertaker vs. John Cena
This was a great match that picked up after Stephanie and Sable's catfight. This was back when Cena was a heel and only just starting to get a push towards being an upper card/ main event type wrestler.
The Undertaker came out and pretty much destroyed Cena in the first few minutes of the match, hitting all his big moves, including a chokeslam, but then instead of pinning Cena, went for a Last Ride, which was countered.
This was an interesting flowing match, once Cena gained control, he maintained it, and Taker actually made Cena look very strong and like a very real competitor who could defeat the Undertaker.
He worked on Undertaker's ribs and midsection for the whole match, causing him to bleed from the mouth. But Cena got cocky and finally ended up taking a Last Ride resulting the Undertaker winning.
4/5 (excellent match, it made Cena look like an excellent and stronger heel but still made Taker look strong.)
Vince McMahon vs. Zach Gowen
Hmm... I'm very heads or tails about this match. There is entertainment to be found here, and you will most likely find yourself rooting heavily for Zach who could not be any more of an underdog, to come back and beat Vince McMahon. Zach Gowen is a one-legged wrestler who you just have to get behind, but I do feel bad for him, the WWE pretty much used him up as a new gimmick, then spat him back out after they ran out of storylines to put him in.
This match was relatively slow, and most of it was just Vince McMahon beating down a one-legged kid which almost starts to border on becoming painful to watch, but Zach gets some momentum going with some bigger moves like an asai moonsault and a dropkick. Vince even brings a chair into the match but ends up having it kicked into his face busting him open. Eventually Zach goes for a moonsault, but misses, costing him the match.
2.5/5 (it dragged on a little too much, and felt too gimicky)
{WWE Championship}
{No DQ Triple Threat}
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Big Show
Triple threats are usually pretty hit or miss, sometimes they're great, but quite often they're bad and repetetive. But this was a pleasantly surprising exception.
I thought that Big Show might be the weak link in this match, but he was actually very spot on and brought a lot to the table making it a very interesting and entertaining triple threat. The no disqualification stipulation played a big part with trash can lids and steel chairs entering the match, and Big Show being Angle Slammed through an announce table.
The match really could have gone anyway, but finally Angle took home the win pinning Lesnar after an Angle Slam.
4.5/5 (Great main event to a great pay-per-view.)
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Highlights:
* Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero - amazing opening match
* Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio's performance
* The main event
Criticisms:
* Both of the McMahon's matches could have been a bit shorter, or not have happened at all.
* Some might find that Vince's match against Zach was tasteless
Overall, Vengeance is an excellent wrestling DVD. The three championship matches are amazing with outstanding performances by everyone involved. Although Stephanie vs. Sable and Vince vs. Zach aren't great, they're still entertaining in their own right.
For SmackDown's first ever PPV, this is excellent, and better than Raw's first PPV. If you can find then I strongly recommend getting it.
Summary of WWE Vengeance 2003
Can brock retain his title against the olypic gold medalist and a 500 pound giant? can the undertaker beat some respect into the arrogant youngster john cena? one-legged zack gowen is living his dream as a wwe superstar but will mr. Mcmahon shatter his dreams? Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/23/2003 Starring: Brock Lesnar Big Show Run time: 180 minutes Director: Vince McmahonSimilar DVD Movies
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