Product Details

• Actors: Randy Orton, Undertaker, Batista, Matt Hardy
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: January 17, 2006
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BSZAGA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,155 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

ARMAGEDDON 2005 - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could've Been Better, Could've Been A Lot Worse, July 18, 2006

By 

R.A. McKenzie (New York) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: WWE: Armageddon 2005 (DVD)

I'm rather surprised at this PPV, because on paper, it looked like ARMAGEDDON 2005 was going to be a disaster from start to finish. Considering that bookings for these matches were rushed, ARMAGEDDON 2005 managed to avoid "awful" and acheieve "mediocrity".

JBL cuts an excellent promo in the ring, and has an okay match with Matt Hardy. A little too one-sided for my taste, plus these guys' styles seemed to mesh well together. I'm giving it my personal score, but I gotta admit the crowd was really into this opener. (5.0 / 10)

Then MNM take on Super Crazy & Psicosis (of the Mexicools) in an excellent Tag Team Match. This was going to be a titles match until MNM lost the belts two days prior. But that took nothing away from the contest; a great faceoff between two great teams. One of the year's best matches! (8.5 / 10)

Booker T and Chris Benoit continue their Best-of-Seven Series, with Booker ahead 3-0, in Match #4. Believe it or not, this wasn't too predictable, as Benoit nearly loses on plenty of occasions. I've seen these two do better, but Booker T and Benoit know how to make slower wrestling look strategic and intelligent. (6.5 / 10)

Then comes along a boring promo with Vito and Nunzio (FBI) dressed an evil Santa and elf, only to have The Boogeyman make short work of them.

We then get a pointless little match where Bobby Lashley takes on both Paul Burchill and William Regal in a 1-on-2 Handicap Match. Lashley getting a nice push, while Regal & Burchill still keep some credibility. But these 5 minutes are filler, and are forgettable when the finish comes. (5.5 / 10)

The Friendly Tap bar, home to many WWF/WWE comedy scenarios, is then the setting for the bizarre Tim White suicide. Don't ask.

Kid Kash challenges Juventud for the Cruiserweight Championship, with the crowd just bored and mostly dead. That's kind of sad, as Kash and Juvi work very hard and get no crowd momentum. Good physicality, but the tough crowd took me out of it. (5.0 / 10)

Kane & Big Show (RAW's World Tag Team champions) take on Batista & Rey Mysterio (SmackDown's WWE Tag Team champions). Sadly, due to Mysterio's smaller size and Batista's real-life injuries, this match was kept short. What's here is good, but way too short and inconsequential. One ponders what the point of this all was, considering the WWE didn't continue this storyline. (5.5 / 10)

For the main event, Randy Orton and The Undertaker conclude their awesome feud with an average Hell-In-A-Cell Match. I've noticed many writers and critics love this match, so maybe I admit I'm in the minority on this one. But I didn't witness Hell-In-A-Cell; I saw was a No DQ Match that happened to have a cage around it --- see the difference? I think what I dislike the most is that Taker and Orton compete in a very slow match, and I don't mean "slow" in a good way. You'd think that two guys who competed at WRESTLEMANIA and engaged in violent mind games would have more energy in the final showdown. I don't consider this Cell Match to be bad, but it's not exactly good either. I want to love this --- the outstanding Taker/Orton feud was 2005's best, but this 30-minute main event just didn't do the trick. (6.5 / 10)

ARMAGEDDON 2005 turned out much better than I thought it would. But overall, I can't quite recommend it because I was really disappointed with the two main events. Also, the extended "comedy" moments (the suicide & FBI Christmas) were flatout weird. To make matters worse, there is only one Extra (a 10-minute look back on previous Friendly Tap Bar segments). If you can get this at a cheap price ($10 or less), you might like it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HELL IN CELL, December 3, 2006

By 

mdogg20 "mdogg20" (dudleyvill usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WWE: Armageddon 2005 (DVD)

THIS PPV WAS A GOOD ONE NOT BAD AT ALL SOME REALLY GOOD MATCHIES INCLUDING THE MAIN EVENT

JOHN BRADSHAW LAYFLID vs MATT HARDY

THIS MATCH WAS JBL BEATING ON HARDY FOR ABOUT 6 MINS HARDY DID GET SOME OF HIS MOVES IN BUT NOT REALLY 6/10

MNM vs PHYCOSIS & SUPER CRAZY

GREAT TAG TEAM MATCH IN MY VIEW NICE TEAM WORK BY BOTH TEAMS BUT THE MATCH WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF MNM HAD THEIR TAG TEAM TITLES AND THEY WERE ON THE LINE BUT STILL A GREAT TAG TEAM MATCH 7.5/10

BEST OF SEVEN SEIRES MATCH 4

BOOKER T. vs CHRIS BENIOT

GREAT MATCH REALLY ENJOYED THIS MATCH IN MY VIEW BEST IN THEIR WWE SERISE WCW DID THE SAME THING WITH THESE TWO AND WCWS TURNED OUT BETTER BUT STILL GREAT MATCH 8.5/10

HANDIE-CAP MATCH

PAUL BURCHILL & WILLAM REIGL vs BOBBY LASLEY

THIS WAS AND OK MATCH JUST A DECENT FILLER VERY BORING THOUGH 5/10

CRUSIERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

JUVENTUD champ vs KID KASH

GOOD MATCH EVEN THOUGH THE CROWD WAS DEAD THE MATCH WAS A GOOD CRUSIERWEIGHT BOUT WITH BOTH MEN GIVING IT THEIR ALL 7/10

TAG TEAM MATCH

REY MISTERIO & BATISTA vs BIG SHOW & KANE

OK TAG TEAM MATCH KINDA SHORT BUT STILL A GOOD MATCH 7.5/10

HELL IN A CELL

UNDERTAKER vs RANDY ORTON

I LIKED THIS MATCH EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOTHING REALLY GREAT BUT THEIR WHERE SOME SPOTS DID VINCE BAN WRESTLERS FROM GOING TO THE TOP OF THE CELL BUT A GOOD SOLID MAIN EVENT 8.5/10

OVERALL REALLY GOOD SMACKDOWN PPV BETTER THAN THEIR LAST ONE BEFORE THIS

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE END IS HERE!, April 16, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: WWE: Armageddon 2005 (DVD)

JBL vs. Matt Hardy 7.5/10

Really not a bad opener. Good choice in fact. The only downfall is that is was abit too short for these two men. Could have been abit longer by about 3-4 mins.

Mexicools vs. MNM 7/10

Decent tag match. Nice moves from both teams. I really felt, while i watched this, that these teams have a great connection with each other. I think it's because they are like the tag teams on Smackdown. Good match.

United States Championship - Match 4 of the Best of 7 Series

Chris Benoit vs. Booker T with Sharmell 9/10

Kinda predictable, but still a fantastic match. I really wanted Benoit to put Sharmell in the crossface or sharpshooter, but still it sure was nice to see her reaction about the reaction.

Lashley vs. Wiiliam Regal & Paul Burchill 6/10

Short and sweet. I actually really enjoy seeing Lashley beat the crap out of his opponents.

Segment: Boogeyman, Vito & Nunzio

The Boogeyman... um... he should really be fired. His character is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pathetic and pointless. This segment is should of been in place with a match or another segment, which wasn't stupid.

Friendly Tap Bar: Tim White interview

Sick. Thats it.

Cruiserweight Championship

Juventud vs, Kid Kash 8/10

Nice match with high risk moves.

Interbrand Match

Batista & Rey Mysterio (SMACKDOWN) vs. Kane & Big Show (RAW) 9/10

A great tag team match. Non stop action all the way. The ONLY downfall is that it could have been longer. However it's understandable because Batista at the time was injured. All in all, great contest.

Hell in a Cell

Undertaker vs. Randy Orton 10/10

Final match, thank God, from these two. But they went out with a huge bang. They used chairs, ring steps, steel chaiin, table, the cage it self, everything, on each other. Blood was spilt on both men, Bob Orton and even the ref. Great match. Match of the night. One thing i did hate, but not about the match. It's the Undertakers tights. What happened to his leather, bagy pants?

Overall, Armageddon 2005 was much better than 2003 and 2004. And draws with 2002. Good way to end the year. Would have been the perfect way, only if they didn't have those two segments.