Monday, March 27, 2006

Wrestlemania 2000/XVI:"Fatal 4 Way" email views to theantichrist@activemail.co.uk
(Well done antichrist with reviewing the wrestlemanias you can view a few at http://retrowrestlingppv.blogspot.com )


Card=Big Bossman/Bull Buchanon beat Godfather/D'Lo Brown in a match that
was OK, but definetly not the best choice to start the show! 3/10
Test/Albert
beat Steve Blackman/Al Snow in a good back and forth contest let down by
technical problems with the announcers audio and a dead crowd 6/10-some
nice sequences between these two teams here. Too Cool/Chyna beat Eddie
Guerrero/Dean Malenko/Perry Saturn in a fun 6 person tag match, with a hot
crowd 5/10. Kane/Rikishi beat X-Pac/Road Dogg in a short but watchable
match 3.5/10-the crowd was hot for this match too. [Cat Fight]Terri beat
The Kat in a gimmick match that served it's purpose for providing some
welcome T&A if nothing else! 2/10. [Hardcore Title/15 Minute Battle
Royal]Apparently Hardcore Holly won this 13 man match, but the ending was
clearly botched and even the embarrassed announcers had trouble explaining
the screw up. Basically what happened was Hardcore covered Crash Holly, but
ref Tim Whites hand never counted the full 3 count. To make things even
more complicated J.R proclaimed Crash got his shoulder up, when clearly he
didn't! The Fink then announced Hardcore as the winner and we have an
otherwise decent Battle Royal ruined 5.5/10(It would have been 6 if the
ending wasn't botched!). [I-C/European Title/2 Out Of 3 Falls Triple Threat
Match]Chris Benoit beat Chris Jericho to win the I-C Belt, while Chris
Jericho beat Chris Benoit to capture the Euro Belt. The third competitor
Kurt Angle lost both his titles despite not losing any decisions! 8.5/10-A
very good match, which was expected from these three. [WWF Tag
Titles/Ladder Match]Edge/Christian beat The Hardyz & The Dudleyz in an
amazing match that could be considered an "Unofficial" TLC match 9.5/10.
[WWF Title/Fatal 4 Way]Triple H beat The Rock, The Big Show & Mick Foley in
a great match that surprised alot of people who had
understandably low expectations from a match that featured The Big Show and
a Mcmahon in every corner. 8/10-not the best Wrestlemania main event ever
and it should have just been HHH vs Rock but still a very good match, high
on entertainment.

Overall=Not the best Wrestlemania ever but still a very underrated one with
alot of good matches and only the "Cat Fight" anything close to a "DUD".
The main event may have not been what the fans wanted but it was a
surprisingly good affair, full of twists and turns. The Hardyz/Dudleyz/E&C
Ladder match is the only must see match here but Benoit/Angle/Jericho
deserve a mention too 6.5/10. Best Match=Hardyz/Dudleyz/E&C. Worst
Match=Kat/Terri

My WM-XVI Card=[WWF Title]Triple H vs The Rock(their classic at the
following Backlash PPV where Steve Austin returned should have happened at
Wrestlemania XVI!). [WWF Tag Titles/Ladder Match]Hardyz vs Edge&Christian
vs Dudleyz. [I-C/European Title/Triple Threat/2 Out Of 3 Falls]Kurt Angle
vs Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho[Hardcore Title]Hardcore Battle
Royal(Despite the screwed up ending this match was fine as it was but i'd
have made it a 15 Man match by adding Gangrel, Bossman and Godfather into
the mix). [Light Heavyweight Title]Malenko vs Guerrero(We could have had
another classic from these two and it would have been extra interesting
with both men being part of the "Radicalz" stable). [Womens Title]Stephanie
vs Chyna(Just to get the belt off "non wrestler" Stephanie whose Title
reign was a joke!). Val Venis vs Saturn(instead of reffing the catfight,
the underrated Val could have faced the equally underrated Saturn in what
could have been the sleeper hit of the night). Kane vs Bull Buchanon(This
might have been
OK with two agile bigmen). [Catfight]The Kat vs Terri(ok hardly a match but
abit of gratuitous T&A is fine by me!). Blackman/Snow vs Test/Albert(Screw
the crowd, this match was surprisingly good!). Rikishi/Too Cool vs Big
Show/X-Pac/Road Dogg.