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Movie Reviews of WWE Vengeance 2003
Movie Review: Great first PPV for Smackdown
Summary: 4 Stars
Vengeance was Smackdown's first PPV back in 2003. I usually find the single brand PPVs rather weak, but this outing was very good, with every match having something to get excited about.
Rundown:
Finals of the US Championship Tournament
Chris Benoit vs Eddie Guerrero
It's so sad to watch this match and think neither of these men are longer with us. This match was for the newly revived US Championship, and it was a good opening match. Eddie got the crowd into it with his antics - a funny moment occured when he hit the referee with the title belt and then tried to blame it on Chris Benoit. You had to laugh at him, since it was so typically Eddie. A great technical wrestling match, and Eddie stole the victory. A great fast paced opener. (4/5)
Indecent Proposal Match
Billy Gunn (w/ Torrie Wilson) vs Jamie Noble
This match had an interesting stipulation - if Jamie won the match, he'd get a night with Torrie. The wrestling on display was fine and both Torrie and Jamie's girlfriend Nidia both provided interference at ringside. A fine match, that saw Jamie winning his night with Torrie - Torrie's facial expressions were classic. (3/5)
The APA Invitational
This was absolutely hilarious. It began with Funaki conducting an interview with Bradshaw & Farooq where they invited him to the invitational. This wasn't really wrestling, it was more of a brawl with guys smacking each other over the head with bottles and stuff. But it was so entertaining, especially when the Easter Bunny got beaten up. Brother Love was annoying though. Funaki was amusing too, he sat at the bar and drunk for the whole match, then eliminated himself by falling off his barstool. Bradshaw won the match, by being the last man drinking. (4/5)
WWE Tag Team Championship Match
The World Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas) vs Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio
Back in the day every PPV had a tag team title match somewhere on the card - this was SD's tag match. And it was exciting! Rey and Billy kept things fast paced, and WGTT were pretty good too. The moment when everybody thought Rey had won the match was so exhiliarating, the whole crowd was on their feet and shrieking. A great tag team match. (4/5)
Stephanie McMahon vs Sable
The women's match of the card - this pitted the Smackdown GM against Vince McMahon's current lady of choice. It was basically a catfight, but it was a good one. I love Stephanie, she's awesome. Sable looked amazing though. Some funny moments were included, especially when the referee gave Sable his shirt and Tazz and Michael Cole said he'd been to the gym lately. The match ended when A-Train came out and attacked Stephanie, allowing Sable to get the pin. (3.5/5)
Undertaker vs John Cena
This was back when John was a heel and you were supposed to hate him. But this was a great match, because John showed off why he could run with the top superstars of the WWE, by almost beating Taker a couple of times. Taker showed why he's so popular, and the match was just fun to watch. Taker pulls the victory out, but I don't think John would have been disappointed with his performance here. (4/5)
Zach Gowen vs Mr McMahon
This is Vince at his evil best here, as he's so mean to Zach Gowen, who only has one leg. But man, can the boy wrestle! It was so amazing to watch him pull out all these moves with only one leg - he wrestled better with one leg then some wrestlers did with two. Vince mostly slapped Zach around for most of the match, but Zach did get in some offence, which had the crowd shouting for him. At one point, he almost won but Vince was too close to the ropes. In the end, Vince pulled out a victory after Zach missed with the moonsault. (3/5)
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
Brock Lesnar vs Big Show vs Kurt Angle
For some reason, I thought this match would be boring, but triple threats are always fun. Kurt Angle was the big fan favourite going into this match, but all three men showed off what they've got. Brock & Kurt worked together to attack Big Show so they could take on each other. It worked for awhile as Big Show went through the Spanish announce table. In the end, Kurt hit an Angle Slam on Brock Lesnar and pinned him to win the title. A great main event. (4/5)
Overall, this show has gained mostly 3 and 4 out of 5 ratings, which is spectacular. The DVD doesn't have any extras though, which is not good, you think they could have included a couple of extras at least.
But definitely check this PPV out, as Smackdown put on a superb show here.
Movie Review: Vengeance 2003
Summary: 4 Stars
I am doing a review on Vengeance 2003 and I use a grading system for each match then to get the shows score I divide the score of the matches by the number of matches. The grading system is as follows.
Grading E- =0-6.66%
E =6.66-13.32%
E+ =13.32-19.98%
D- =19.98-26.64%
D =26.64-33.30%
D+ =33.30-39.96%
C- =39.96-46.62%
C =46.62-53.28%
C+ =53.28-59.94%
B- =59.94-66.60%
B =66.60-73.26%
B+ =73.26-79.92%
A- =79.92-86.58%
A =86.58-93.24%
A+ = 93.24-100%
Match One-US Championship-Chris Benoit Vs Eddie Guerrero-This was for the recently reinstated US Championship. This was a great match and I was really surprised to see this open the show. It was an absolute awesome display of wrestling and it showed what these two men are about. Rhyno interferes at the end of this match which knocks it down a bit but still a great match and a good start to this show. My rating 8.38/10.
Match Two-Jamie Noble Vs Bily Gunn-This was an alright match except if Jamie Noble won he would get to sleep with Billy Gunns Valet Torrie Wilson. This was good except Billy hasn't done much since returning. I believe he should change his gimmick back to "badass" Billy Gunn and bring back Road Dogg and have the New Age Outlaws running wild over smackdown. My rating 6.46/10.
Match Three-APA Barroom Brawl-There were lots of competitors in this short five minute brawl. Most of these people were midcarders or people who have no direction. It wasn't much of wrestling but it was still a good laugh and enjoyable. My rating 6.14/10.
Match Four-WWE Tag Team Championship-Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin(C)Vs Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman-This was a nice match. This was the first time Kidman & Mysterio have teamed in WWE and they did a great job. They also used to team in WCW which would have been a great addition if they were in the Invasion angle. This match was absolutely awesome until a bit of a cheap ending. My rating 8.16/10.
Match Five-Sable Vs Stephanie McMahon-This was pood like most womens matches with two non wrestlers going against each other. It was fairly short at least which was a good thing. To make this mess of a match more confusing and messed up they had A-Train intefering which was absolutely confusing. Get this off the great card we've witnessed so far. My rating 0/10.
Match Six-Undertaker Vs John Cena-Thia was a good match it had the right length and it told the story which they'd been trying to get to everyone the story of "respect". This match taught Cena to respect and he started getting pops for it from the crowd. This match had a lot of brawling and the ending had been used a bit to much now. The ending was good the first time but now its overused heaps. My rating 7.53/10.
Match Seven-Vince McMahon Vs Zach Gowen-This was a brutal match considering Gowen only has one leg. They did everything they could and Vince was a bloody mess which is always good to see. My rating 6.49/10.
Match Eight-Main Event-Triple Threat-WWE Championship-Kurt Angle Vs Brock Lesnar(C)Vs Big Show-This was awesome with lots of weapons and finishers used. The right man won and i believe Lesnar should turn heel now as he's done everything he could as a face. Good solid match to end this fairly good PPV on. My rating 7.85.
This was a good PPV and it scored 510.10/800 which is 63.76% which is a good score and it is equal to a B-. This was a good PPV and it deserved its rating. I would definetly purchase this DVD and just skip the womens match.
Movie Review: Vengeance In My Opinion
Summary: 4 Stars
just note that i was at the actual payperview and when you're at the actual event it usually makes you think that the things better than video evidence might show.Guerrero VS Benoit- Starts out slow and boring as hell but got faster as it went on. The end is funny with Guerrero. The ref gets knocked down a couple times in this one.
Noble VS Billy Gunn- Good match, I don't remember much about it except everyone slapping and kissing everyone at the end. I'm hoping Noble and Gunn are a tag team now cuz Billy Gunn will never be a good singles wrestler.
APA Barroom Brawl- This one was hard to see from my seat but what I saw on the titantron was good. It's basically just mindless everyone hitting everyone with random stuff the whole match. Alot like the hardcore championship matches in 2000 where they just went all over the arena hitting eachother with stuff that wouldnt even hurt. I happen to be a big fan of this stuff. Hilarious when the Easter Bunny gets thrown through that window/panel thing.
Worlds...Tag Team VS Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio
Possibly best match of the night. Kidman does a shooting star press off the top rope to the floor which is awesome and Mysterio pulls out all the crazy moves he does on a nightly basis. It was predictable but the match was still awesome.
Sable VS Stephanie
Why does Sable's clothes get ripped off on Smackdown and it only gets censored by two little lines but then on a PAYPERVIEW shes completely covered? The only person whose shirt gets ripped off in this match is the refs. As far as the actual wrestling goes in the match its about par for a womens match these days (not that anyone cares about that anyways.)
Gowen VS Mcmahon
Zach just gets beat up the whole time basically. He only does about 6 different moves the whole matchs but their still fun to watch considering he only has one leg. This match is really awesome. The angle leading up to it was way overdone and probably got more TV time than the main event did but the actual wrestling ripped.
Undertaker VS Cena
Good match, not very fast but the moves they do hurt a lot or atleast look painful I wouldnt really know. Why did Taker have a yellow and orange motorcycle?
Brock Lesner VS Big Show VS Kurt Angle
Sweet main event. If you look at the Smackdown main events for every payperview since Survivor Series 2002 you'll see that two of these guys are almost always fighting eachother. This couldve easily been a Summer Slam match or Wrestlemania if the timing was right. It was basically the culmination of their feud. The wrestling was awesome too. When I was watching it I couldnt believe when it was over, it felt like that match had just started, Apparently it was like half an hour though. Time just went by fast for me when i was watchin this one. And a title change too which is always cool. They would never let the title change hands on RAW for a payperview as small as Vengeance. Come to think of it, is RAW EVVVVVVVEEEERRRR going to drop the belt to someone new?
I'd say overall this is a really awesome one and I'm buying the DVD the day it comes out. I suggest you do too. I'd say anyone can enjoy atleast something in this payperview. Its really spread out. Its got a little type of wrestling for all preferences.
Movie Review: Outstanding first ppv for smackdown!
Summary: 4 Stars
This, besides Wrestlemania XIX, was by far the best pay per view of 2003. It had a little bit of everything, from soap opera style matches, to great pure wrestling.
United States Championship
Eddie Guererro v. Chris Benoit ****1/2
GREAT opening match and they gave it tons of time. Each time these two go at it, it's going to be a great match. Eddie's antics at the end are great as always!
Indecent Proposal Match
Jamie Noble v. Billy Gunn w/ Torrie Wilson **
The match itself is very short and nothing spectacular. But I must say, Jamie Noble is hysterical. Torrie's reactions are even better. great for what it was.
APA Invitational Bar Room Brawl **1/2
Just plain funny. No real wrestling here, just plain stupidity. The Easter Bunny getting thrown through the glass was worth it.. Brother Love was good, and so was an extremely drunk Funaki at the bar. Not meant to be good wrestling, just pure entertainment, and odly enough, it does the trick.
WWE Tag Team Championship
WGTT (c) v. Rey Mysterio/Billy Kidman ***
GREAT tag team match. Haas and Benjamin were a great team and they had outstanding chemistry with Mysterio and Kidman. Excellent tag match.
Sable v. Stephanie MacMahon *1/2
The only stinker on the night. Steph just can't wrestle. Sable can, but didn't for whatever reason. Kinda pointless really.
Mr. MacMahon v. Zach Gowen ***1/2
Outstanding chemistry and psychology with these two. Neither one are anything close to mat masters, but IMO, didn't really need it. The build up to the match was great and Gowen held his own. The chair spot at the end is pretty wicked! Good match overall.
The Undertaker v. John Cena ****1/2
I loved this match. These guys really put a lot into it, and both did a brilliant job playing into their storyline. Really good in ring work with the two as well. The ending was even appropriate... I really do prefer a heel cena... works much better then his dopey character nowadays.
WWE Championship Triple Threat Match
Brock Lesnar (c) v. Kurt Angle v. The Big Show ****1/2
Another great match. Triple Threats usually aren't anything to be excited about, but these guys had the timeing right, their spots worked well, and it wasn't a total finisher-fest. Great moment with Angle winning the title in the end. Even Big Show, who's usually slow and plodding, really held up his end of the bargain in this match. Great show finisher.
Overall, this is an excellent ppv. Even the matches I rated low, were very entertaining. PPV's don't get too much better then this one save, the big four (Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, Summerslam, and Survivor Series)... absolute buy. No extras, but the card itself was outstanding. Buy it.
Movie Review: Vengeance 2003 The Wrestling Machine is back on Top!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
WWE Vengeance
July 27, 2003
Denver, CO
Great 1st Ever PPV for SMACKDOWN!
1. Finals for the United States Championship
Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
This was a great way to start off Smackdown's 1st PPV. It starts out slow but gets very fun to watch. Benoit and Eddie are both great wrestlers and this was a great match.
Winner: Eddie Guerrero 4.5/5
2. Jamie Noble vs. Billy Gunn w/ Torrie Wilson
This match was over Noble's obsessionabout Torrie being in Playboy. This was an alright match but Billy Gunn have had way better matches in the old WWF.
Winner: Jamie Noble 3/5
3. APA Invitational
This was an all out brawl a,d lots or current and old wrestlers are in this match. The APA are both left standing but Bradshaw is declared the winner.
Winner: Bradshaw 2/5
4. Tag Team Championship
Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman vs. World's Greatest Tag Team (C)
Great match to follow up two not so great matches. Lots of high flying action and very fast paced. Great tag team match.
Winner: Haas & Benjamin 4/10
5. Cat Fight
Sable vs. Stephanie McMahon
Ok cat fight but Steph is certainly not a wrestler at all but Sable keeps this match watchable. A-Train comes out and help Sable to win.
Winner: Sable 2/5
6. Old School vs. New School
Undertaker vs. John Cena
This was actually a good and fought match and Taker really helps Cena look good in this match. Everything you expect from Taker in this match ther even is some blood from taker in this match but he comes back and win it.
Winner: Undertaker 4/5
7. Mr. McMahon vs. Zach Gowan
This match surprised me it was very entertaining and fun to watch. Zach pulls off a few nice moves and drop kicks a chair into Vince's face and then gets busted open. Fun to watch. ending was kinda predictable though.
Winner: Mr. McMahon 3/5
8. WWE Championship
Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar (C) vs. Kurt Angle
This was an awesome triple threat match wasn't the best but still great. Some trash cans come into play and Big Show gets Angle Slamed through the table. Big Show comes back chokeslams both Angle and Lesnar but Kurt comes back and delivers an Angle Slam on Brock to become a 4 time champion.
Winner: Kurt Angle 4.5/5
Overall Vengeance was great for being Smackdown's 1st ever ppv.
Matches to Watch: Triple Threat Match, Benoit/ Eddie/ Taker/Cena, Tag Team Title match, and maybe Vince/Zach match.