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1.0 out of 5 stars
Backlash 2003, Worst WWE PPV in 8 years, June 28, 2003
This review is from: WWE Backlash 2003 (DVD)
Here are the themes changed from the original in the DVD: -Dudley Boyz -Rob Van Dam -Kane -Ric Flair -Booker T Jonathan Coachman aka "The Coach" and Jerry "The King" Lawler do the RAW commentary, while Michael Cole and Tazz cover SmackDown! Ok these are my feelings and not neccessarily the feelings of everyone in the world. Backlash 2003 is an extended RAW or SmackDown TV event without the breaks of commercials that you sit watching, but can't wait for it to end. The messed up theme ruins it to a point too. why can't WWE shell out the extra bucks to keep the DVDS straight!? There is no break out match. Everything from Jazz's way of winning the Women's Title to Rock's pre-match promo and everything inbetween, before, after & all-around, [was bad]! The new Goldberg music is horrible. Just classic WWE and McMahon trying to put his stamp on everything! The change was not needed. The Rock vs. Goldberg actually wasn't that bad. The theme by "Cold" was [bad]! Best thing is "The Rock after Backlash" DVD Extra. After Backlash went off the air, you see Rock selling the beating Rock took from Goldberg. He puts over Goldberg and the spear's huge. It takes him forever to get to his feet and even o his feet he's still holding his abdomin. The pay-per-view was very disappointing. Has to be the worst Backlash to date. The 6 Man Tag was leading nowhere. It seemed to have no point. The character's didn't seem in to it. Just out there to do there cause they were supposed to be. Like a lot of the rest of the matches. Brock vs. Cena was even very disapponting. It reminded me of some of the worst pay-per-views of the wrestle... 1995 era, a bad year for the WWF. WrestleMania XIX was so awesome. No Way Out was so good too. It had the after RAW return of Stone Cold Steve Austin. And Royal Rumble was good as well. Except TripleH/Steiner. And now Backlash was real ...Bad. Terrible..
While watching it, all I could think of was that I wanted it to end. I hate that the themes are changed too. Don't know what that Booker T ... was. The DVD is a waste of money. I should return or exchange it, but I need to get the box set I want. None of the matches had any real build-up, except the Rock vs. Goldberg, which the WWE was obviously building up as the big-time match-up for the card. And Goldberg was built up wrong for it. Rock didn't do even close as good a job building up Goldberg than as he did The Hurricane. He should of been portrayed more as the heel to the crowd than he was. Bottom Line: Don't waste your money on this ... Put you money to better use like the "From The Vault: Shawn Michaels" DVD.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Backlash 2003 is a 2 star ppv, January 31, 2006
This review is from: WWE Backlash 2003 (DVD)
80-76%-perfect
75-71%-awsome
70-66%-good
65-61%-poor
70-56%-awful
1. Team Angle vs. Los Guerreros for the wwe tag team titles- This was a good match. At 16 minutes long i think that was a bit to much but with the talent in the ring they kept me on my feet. The ending might have been a little weak but it was still an awsome opener. Good choice. Winners and still wwe tag champs team angle. Match Rating 7.5/10.
2. Rikishi vs. Shawn O here- This was an awful match. The only thing i can say about this was they kept it 4 minutes which was a good choice. One thing i was impressed about was o heres strength. He showed some good skills for his age. Winner Shawn O Here. Match Rating 3/10.
3. Rvd and Kane vs. The dudleys for the world tag titles- This in my opinion was the match of the night. One thing that i liked was there was no really slow spot in the match. This also told a good story line and it was well paced at 13 minutes. Also it was awsome to see the dudleys 3d chief morley. Winners and still world tag champs. Rvd and Kane. Match Rating 8.5/10.
4. Jazz vs. Trish for the womens title- This was an okay womens match. i could not really get into this like the crowd. There was just somthing that did not click. This was a good paced 5 minute match. Winner and new womens champ Jazz. Match Rating 5/10.
5. Rey Mysterio vs. Big Show- This was an okay match. the bigest problem i had with this match was it was 4 minutes. I think this was worthy of at least 20 and we got 4. The good thing about this is it was fast paced and got alot of action in. Some sick after math with mysterio taking a hugh bump. Winner the big show. Match Rating 6.5/10.
6. John Cena vs. Brock Lesner for the wwe title- This was a preatty good title match. i have to give credit to cena for his effort in this match. I think that the wwe could have waited a little bit to give cena a title shot but saying that he did an awsome job in this match. This could have been better but i give both of these guys credit and we even heard some cena chants in the match. Winner and still wwe champ Brock Lesner. match Rating 7.5/10
7. HHH rick flair and Y2J vs. Kevin Nash Booker T and Shawn Michales- This was another good tag match. I think it was very well oaced and flair did a really good job here. Good way to set up the nash HHH fued even though it was an awful fued. I think it was kind of a wierd ending with it ending very quick after a sledgehammer shot. Winners HHH flair and Y2J. Match Rating 7.5/10.
8. Goldberg vs. The rock- This was a wierd match. It was very good but it had something missing. I think it was way to short for a main event that had alot of hype. I think it was a little sloppy but there was alot of action in the match. Could have been alot better. Winner goldberg. Match Rating 7/10.
Well that raps up another. I would give backlash a grade of 52.5/80 which = a 65% which means it is poor. It was brought down by a few matches and it could be a grade of good but it was just short. It was okay but i would find it on vhs. If you can tell me what u thought of my review i would appericate it. You can check out my other reviews by clicking on other reviews below. Thanks for your time.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It was okay, August 8, 2004
This review is from: WWE Backlash 2003 (DVD)
Backlash was a slight dissapointment following Wrestlmania X1X. allthough it had the dream match involving the rock and goldberg, and both of the tag team matches, this ppv was a complete waste of money.
The match between the guerroes and team angle was fast paced and a good opener besides the cheap win by team angle at the end. However the guerroes get their revenge by stealing the tag titles. 9/10
The match between Big show and rey mysterio. you knew who would win when you saw this on the card. For those of you who thought rey mysterio would win are wishing you didn't take that bet. Shocking ending when rey was on the stretcher. 7/10
Rikishi vs. Sean o' Haire was a joke, it lasted less than 10 minutes. Sean o' Haire has left the wwe {Thank God} and Rikishi is gone too {he dissapeared after wrestlmania 20} 5/10 {this match deserved less, but I'm a nice guy}
John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar sucked too. It was too long and too boring. Lesnar was the biggest loser I ever saw and didnt even last two years in the wwe. John Cena was as annoying as ever, but at least he wasn't screaming yo, yo, yo, yo, yo back then. Lesnar wins. 7/10
The match between the dudleys and Rvd and kane was a good match. I wish kane and Rvd would get back together,they were a good tag team in my opinion. {If you don't like it you can stick it.}Lots of high flying moves and the excitement was overwhelming. 8/10
Trish vs Jazz was bad, especially with theodore long next to the ring. I couldn't believe the ending and what caused it. 6/10
Triple H,Ric Flair,Chris Jericho vs. HBK,Booker T,and Kevin Nash
Now if only this was made a table elimination match, oh well {sigh} This was still a pretty good match. Allthough it was kinda long. Just watch it everyonce in a while. 8/10
The main event was goldberg vs. the rock and even though the crowd was in the rocks corner most of the time Goldberg whips the rock's Candya** throughout the entire match. goldberg is one of my favorite wrestlers and I am still looking forward to him returning. 10/10
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