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WWE Armageddon 2002

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(25)
3 star:		(19)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Match 1
Raw Tag Team Championship, 4 Way Elimination
Jericho/Christian vs. Booker T/Goldust vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Storm/Regal, ***1/2. Surprisingly one of the best matches I have seen in a while. Entertaining action, and filled with near falls.
Good match.

Match 2
Edge vs. A-Train, **. I hate Albert.

Match 3
Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero, ****. Great wrestling match. Not a classic but very good. Great Technical wrestling, I loved it.

Match 4
Mike Batista vs. Kane, *. Uh, dud.

Match 5
WWE Women Championship
Victoria vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jaqueline, **. Not bad for a womens match.

Match 6
Smackdown Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Big Show, **3/4. Lets just say, Kurt Angle saved it.

Match 7
Raw Championship
2/3 Falls. Street Fight, Cage, Ladder.
Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H, ****. Really Good match, a couple mistakes here and there, but the effort by both men was off the page. Triple H was injured, so that brought the match down a liitle bit. They did the same kind of things in their SummerSlam match, but other than that, it was really good.

80-76%-perfect
75-71%-awsome
70-66%-good
65-61%-poor
60-56%-awful

1. fatal 4 way for the world tag team champion ships
y2j & christian {the champs} vs booker t & christian vs the dudley boiz vs lance storm & william regal- This was not a bad way to klick off the show. It started out rather slow but as the match went along it picked up. Kind of predictable who the last two were. SOme nice moves including a lionsault from the middle rope. Good to see the unpredicatble finish. Winners and new wwe tag team champs booker t and goldust. Match rating 7/10.

2. Edge vs. Albert- This was a decent match from the standpoint of having albert in it. Edge tried his best in this match but even that was not enough. About a 9 minute match which was way to long. Edge carried ablert through but the dq ending was horriable. Winner by dq edge. Match rating 5.5/10.

3. Chris Beniot vs. Eddie guerrero- This was another great match and let me say rest in peace eddie u were one of the best and u will be missed greatly. Anyway this was probloy up there for match of the night tied with the mainn event. Soild wrestling match and both men put alot into the 15 minutes that they were given. Winn chris beniot. Match Rating 8.5/10.

4. Batistia vs. Kane- THis was your decent big man match. I always thought that batistia at that point in his game should have sticken to tag matches but he did a good job here. Lots of har hitting action that was sloppy at times but overall not that bad. Winner Batistia. Match Rating 6.5/10.

5. Trish vs. Jackylan vs. Victoria wwe womens title- This was an above average womens match. All of these women have alot of talent. This is when victoria just broke into the bussiness here and she did a really good job playing heel here. Soild wrestling and a god womens match. Winner and still wwe womens champ victoria. Match rating 6/10.

6. Kurt angle vs. The Big Show for the wwe title- This was alot better than alot of people thought it was going to be. Leaving lesner off of this card was awful but he did play a big part in this match. Match satrted off sow but thanks to kurt angle it picked up. Lots of near falls including n angle slam to the big show. Lesner came in and f-5ed the big show as well. Amazing strenght and the ending was awsome. I love angle. Winner and new wwe champ Kurt Angle. Match Rating 8/10.

7. HHH vs. Hbk 2 out of 3 falls for the WHT title- This was match of the night in my opiion. These two guys back in 2002 had some awsome matches together. The first fall was a street fight which had barb wire on fire chairs tables trash cans u name it they had it all. Second fall was a cage match whcihc was decent but only nine minutes and a sick part were hbk jumps off the top of the cage thorugh a table on hhh. The third fall was a ladder macth which was also awsome with hbk falling off the ladder though 4 tables. Winner and new world heavywieght champ HHH. Match rating 9/10.

Well that raps up another i would give Armageddon 2002 a grade of 50.5/70 which means htis is an awosme ppv. I would say thats good i would recomend this dvd to anyone. If you can tell me if my review was helpful or not i would appreicate that. Thanks for your time.

When I saw this ppv I have to say I was hesitant to oder it. The only match I was really looking forward too was the Main Event. However once I saw this in its entirety I realized I did not waste my money. The extras on the DVD are okay, but could have been better, but several matches on the wrestling card made up for it.

Fatal Four Way match for Raw tag team championships: This was good for an opener. The crowd was excellent since they were way in the corners of Booker T and Goldust or the Dudley Boyz. I was surprised to see the Dudleyz eliminated so soon, but at least Booker T and Goldust won. A good match. 8/10

Edge vs. A-Train: This was a sort of dissapointment since Edge used a chair to get DQ. This is where Albert would formally become A-Trian, dont know why he changed it to that but anything is better than Albert for him I guess. Slow match. 7/10

Kane vs. Batista: This was strength and power vs, strength and power. I can still not see Batista as strong as Kane, but somehow he keeps knocking him down. Flair makes his prescence known and causes Kane to lose. This was a good match, but only for RAW. 7.5/10

Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero: A good match but slow in some spots. Benoit gets payback from Eddie after Eddie cost Benoit the title shot. The match was very back and forth and Benoit finally gets the win after making Eddie tap out to the crossface. A great match. 8/10

Triple Threat Womens Match: Not very good, this was just a card filler in my opinion. Victoria wins. 6/10

WWE Championship Match: This was good and suspenseful. When A-Train came out again and ran over Angle the entire crowd went into a confused state. Then Brock Lesnar comes out and ruins the match, not that I am a Big Show fan, its just Angle should have done the angle slam after the interference. The ending looked like Angle won just because of Brock. Still a good match between these two. 9/10

Two out of Three falls match: Match of the night. The videotape at the beginning of the match is really awsome. HHH and Shawn's entrances are awsome in this one. Out of all three matches the best would be the cage match. Garbage cans, chairs, and even a table was used when shawn jumped off the top of the cage onto HHH through a table. The street fight was kinda slow but it does have Shawn hitting HHH in the face with a BURNING barbed wire bat. The ladder match also had Shawn falling off the top of a ladder through four tables. This was a great match. 10/10

The extras have 5 interviews and the Fatal Four Way match for the #1 contendership for the Smackdown title. That was a good match and Angle gave an Angle slam to edge off the top rope!
Also, too the guys, the torrie wilson and Dawn Marie footage is off the page also. The crowd and Al Wilson are kind of annoying though.

Bump this ppv get the dvd to see the hot action between Torrie and Dawn in the hotel.Youre imagination will go wild.And for the record im not a kid.

match1-Four-Way Elimination Match For the World Tag Team Championship
Y2J&CLB vs. Booker T&Goldust vs. Dudly Boyz vs. Storm&Regal
Nice Match.I like that that it was an elimation rules.Dragged on at some parts but overall a nice opener.***1/2

match2-Edge vs. A-Train
OK Match.A couple of cool spots.Good ending.**

match3-Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
Awsome!One of the best technical matches i ever seen.****

match4-Triple-Threat Womans Championship Math
Nice match with all three divas giving it there all.***

match5-Kane vs. Batista
good match by both men.Both of the men are huge.**1/2

match6-WWE Championship Match
Big Show w/Paul Heyman vs. Kurt Angle
Awsome match.Way better then i thought it would be.****1/2

match6-World Heavyweight Championship
Two-out-of-three Falls Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H
First Fall-Street Fight-Awsome!Very brutal.Theres even barbed wire used.
Second Fall-Steel Cage Match-Anothor awsome match.One of the best cage matches i ever seen.
Third Fall-Ladder Match-Agin Awsome.Short but awsome.
i give this match 100/5 stars
Overall a cool ppv.Worth the money.buy it.I give this event ***** stars.

Fatal Four-Way for the World Tag Team Titles
Chris Jericho & Christian vs. William Regal & Lance Storm vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Booker T & Goldust
A mild surprise here as this match was a good way to start the show. Lots of action and energy put this over the top of mediocrity.

Edge vs. A-Train
Not too bad but a typical tv style match.

Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
These two just know how to make a great match. No matter how many times they've wrestled each other it's always a good one.

Kane vs. Batista
Batista was still too green at this point and the match hurts as a result. Boring.

Triple-Threat Match for the Women's Championship
Victoria vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jacqueline
How many times can we see the same people wrestle on ppv? I guess just ask HHH.

WWE Championship
Big Show vs. Kurt Angle
Excellent match. Best of Show's career I think. High impact and intensity in this one.

2-Out-of-3-Falls
1st Fall-Street Fight
2nd Fall-Steel Cage
3rd Fall-Ladder Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H
WOW! What can you say about this one. Street fight was the longest but they brought out a Mick Foley favorite for the occaision. Amazing brutality and performances by both men. Match of the year candidate.

Armageddon return after a year absence due to 9/11 and it was a good return for the ppv Armageddon. Armageddon was a good ppv to end 2002.

1. Four Team Elimination Match for the World Tag Team Titles
Booker t & Goldust vs. Chris Jericho & Christian vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Regal & Storm
A solid match to start things off. The team of Booker & Goldust with the Dudleyz performed some good double teaming with each other. The crowd really got behind the Dudley Boys. The first two eliminations came so near to each other, it was one after another. The last two teams put a on solid tag match. Y2J & Christian isolated Goldust from Booker here. Once Booker got the tag, he cleaned house. A lot of near falls. Certainly a crowning moment for Booker t & Goldust. A very good opener. 4.5/5

2. A-Train vs. Edge
This was a match for Edge getting revenge for himself and Rey. A-Train used that big body of his to wear down Edge. Edge got in some good counters to A-Train's moves. A chair would get introduce which would cause a dq. Edge gave A-Train a very hard chair shot to the head after the match. A shockingly good match. 3.75/5

3. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit
A match that was very good but also could have been better. Both Eddie & Chris used some good submissions on each other & reversed each other moves. Eddie would do a number on Benoit's leg mid way in the match. There was many german suplexes from both men too. Eddie did get dirty at times. An exciting match to watch. I enjoyed watching this one. 4.25/5

4. Kane vs. Batista with Ric Flair
I enjoyed this big man match. It seemed like Batista was overpowering Kane at times. Flair got involved of course. A match that wasn't really all that bad. 3.25/5

5. Women's Title
Victoria vs. Jacqueline vs. Trish Stratus
Decent women's match up. All the ladies looked pretty good. A women's match worth checking out. 3/5

6. WWE Title
Kurt Angle vs. Big Show with Paul Heyman
A good title match that did it's job. It seem in the beginning Kurt tryed everything he could to get the advantage but Big Show just used his strength to overpower Kurt. Angle would use his speed and his quickness to try and take down Show. Angle also did some stuff you hardly see him do on a daily basis. Kurt pulled off some impressive moves on the bigger Big Show. Brock Lesnar also got payback on Heyman & Big Show which would allow Angle to capitalize on it. Pretty awesome match. 4.5/5

7. 2 out of 3 Falls for the World Heavyweight Title
Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H with Ric Flair
The first fall was a street fight. The second fall was a steel cage and the third fall was a ladder match.

I have to say the best fall was the street fight. The street fight was very brutal. Maybe even more brutal than their match from summer slam. All kinds of weapons would get brought in such as a steel chair, trash cans, and even a barbed wire 2x4. Hunter really works on the knee of hbk for the better part and using all kinds of "toys" to punish the knee of hbk. Very good first fall. To me, best of the 3.

Before the cage got lowered, Triple h would fill the ring with more weapons. This second fall felt a little slow at times but it did had some good usage with the cage. Flair would get himself involved in this fall. HBK would splash Triple H from the top of the cage through a table to tie things up.

The ladder match was without of a doubt the slowest fall of the three. The ladder only came into play when needed. Both men took a few hard bumps on and off the ladder. Shawn would crash through four tables at the end and the game would become a seven time world champion. Overall a very brutal match. 5/5

Armageddon was indeed that, Armageddon. A pretty good ppv to pick up.

Four-Way Elimination Match For The World Tag Team Championship:
Chris Jericho(C) and Christian(C) Vs. Booker T and Golddust Vs. The Dudleyz Vs. Lance Storm and William Regal
Rating: 7/10
This was a decent match but it was to slow.


Edge Vs. A-Train
Rating: 6/10
This could have been great
but the ending was spoiled
by A-Train being DQ.


Kane Vs. Batista
Rating: 6/10
Bad match by Kane
and Batista.


Chris Benoit Vs. Eddie Guerrero(RIP)
Rating: 9/10
When you put any of these two in
the ring you know it will be a good match.


Triple Threat Womens Championship:
Trish Stratus Vs. Victoria(C) Vs. Jacqueline
Rating: 6/10
Decent womens match but it could of
been better.


WWE Championship:
Big Show(C) Vs. Kurt Angle
Rating: 7/10
Predictible match,im
glad Angle won the title.


World Heavyweight Championship:
Two-Out-Of-Three Falls
1.Street Fight
2.Steel Cage Match
3.Ladder Match
Triple H(C)Vs. Shawn Michaels
Rating: 9/10
An awesome street fight
but after that the match
slowed down and got
a bit boring,awesome ladder
bump in the final fall.

Armageddon was an average
PPV and I reccomend it to
a collector.Hope you enjoyed
my review. See Ya!!!

<50: Ask for a refund for not only your money, but also your time. [F]
50-54: Mediocre & disappointing. [D] (EG: UnForgiven 2002)
55-59: Average. [C]
60-64: Worth A Watch. [C+] (EG: No Mercy 2002)
65-69: Good event that was worth the money. [B] (EG: Survivor Series 2002)
70-74: Very good. [B+]
75-79: Make sure you add this ppv to your video or dvd collection. [A] (EG: SummerSlam 2002)
80+ : Make sure that the video or dvd is locked in a safe & cannot be erased. Memorable. [A+]

It should also be noted that any sports-entertainment segment which I deem to take up enough time to warrant inclusion in the review, will also be rated. As a general rule, these segments will have to last at least 7 minutes.

BOOKERT/GOLDUST defeated CHRIS JERICHO/CHRISTIAN, LANCE STORM/WILLIAM REGAL & THE DUDLEY BOYZ in an Elimination Match to Win the World Tag-Team Titles: The first 6 minutes of this opener was disappointingly terrible. But following the practically simultaneous elimination of The Dudleyz & Storm/Regal, the remaining 2 teams showed why this bout should have been a normal tag match. The remaining 10 minutes was a hot & predominantly crisp bout, with excellent exchanges right up until the crowd-pleasing finale. Match Rating...7

EDGE defeated A-TRAIN: I thought that this bout should have been a 'No Holds Barred' Match, in order to gain some sort of interest for this lifeless feud. Even at 7 minutes, this match went on too long. It ended with Albert using a chair to disqualify himself. Not as horrible as it could have been, but not that pretty either. Match Rating...5

CHRIS BENOIT defeated EDDIE GUERRERO: A technical masterpiece, this bout showed why these 2 superstars are recognized as 2 of the best mat technicians ever. A match that highlighted the great intensity of both combatants, I'm going to be ultra critical & state that there wasn't enough fast-paced high-flying action thrown into this 17 minute match. Guerrero finally tapped to a crossface that Benoit applied from the opposite side than usual. Match Rating...8

DAWN-MARIE, AL & TORRIE WILSON Segment: A segment has to be really good to be given over 15 minutes on a pay-per-view. This wasn't!!! Sure, some teenage males may have got something out of it, but even that could have been done in less time. I wonder how many parents would have been put off by this segment...??? The one thing the segment did succeed in doing, was heating up the crowd. That can't be denied, but almost one tenth of the whole event was spent on this. Segment Rating...3

BATISTA defeated KANE: Folks, this was a painful 7 minutes to watch. This match was just plain horrible at times. Everything seemed wrong, even the timing of Flair's interference. I've been saying it for months; As good as Batista's potential is, he clearly is not ready for a singles push yet. Match Rating...4

VICTORIA defeated TRISH STRATUS & JACQUELINE to Retain the Womens Title: This triple-threat match was extremely fast-paced early on & I was wondering how long the 3 combatants could keep it up for. Then I realized why it was so frenetic. When you're only given 4 minutes or so to work with, you have to go that fast. The entire ppv did run over time & I got the feeling that this was the match that suffered the consequences. I actually didn't mind the match until the ridiculous finish that saw Victoria pin Jackie following a belt shot to the head. Why wouldn't they let Victoria use that devastating finisher of hers? Match Rating...6

KURT ANGLE defeated THE BIG SHOW to win the WWE Championship: Major props to Kurt Angle in this match. To show the intensity & enthusiasm that he did to get such a good 13 minute match out of The Big Show, is exactly why the WWE needs Kurt to be the face of the WWE in 2003. Genuinely well put together match with a crowd-pleasing ending. Match Rating...7

TRIPLE H defeated SHAWN MICHAELS 2 Falls To 1, to win the World Heavyweight Title: Hard to rate, this match seemed to lack the freshness of the duo's SummerSlam bout, nor equal the brilliance of Triple H's '2 out of 3 falls' match against Steve Austin at No Way Out 2001. But comparing this match to 2 matches I rated a perfect 10, is definitely a compliment. The effort these 2 put into the 22 minute streetfight, 10 minute cage match & 8 minute ladder match cannot be questioned. Far from perfect, the sum total of 40 minutes was nonetheless entertaining, and at the end of the day, being entertained is why we as fans watch professional wrestling. Match Rating...8

PPV RATING (48/80) = 60

Looking at the key, I have basically given Armageddon a 'C+' grade & said that it was 'worth a watch'. It only just got into that rating range, yet I'm still happy with that overall grade & comment. It was an up-and-down pay-per-view event.

Chris Jericho & Christian v. William Regal & Lance Storm v. The Dudley Boyz v. Goldust & Booker T World Tag Titles
Wow!! What a great way to kick off the PPV. I am amazed at how great this match was. The right team won. Booker & Goldust are the new champs.*****

Edge v. Albert
This was a very good match. These two guys put on a great show. Even though Edge wins by DQ it is still a great match.***3/4

Eddie Guerrero v. Chris Benoit
This was another good match better than Edge v. Albert. Benoit wins with the Crippler Crossface.****

Kane v. Batista
THis match was nothing but crud. Kane & Batista can't wrestle. Flair screws Kane and Batista wins.*

Victoria v. Trish v. Jackie Women's Title
This match could have been a lot better. They had to throw Jackie in because they couldn't have Victoria v. Trish for three straight months. Victoria retains.*1/2

Big Show v. Kurt Angle WWE Title
Great match a classic. Brock ruines it but who cares and Kurt wins. In the words of shinedownfan "YAAAY"!!!*****

Shawn Michaels v. Triple H 2 out of 3 falls match for the World Title
The first fall was Street Fight completely awesome. HHH wins. The second fall was Cage even better. HBK wins. The Final stage Ladder the greatest of them all. HHH wins to become new champ.*****