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• Actors: Wwe
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• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: World Wrestling
• DVD Release Date: October 7, 2008
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars UNSANCTIONED or SCRAMBLED? A really good card, November 13, 2008

By 

Scotty M. "Little Nose" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WWE: Unforgiven 2008 (DVD)

After the poorly bad card at last year's Unforgiven, WWE wanted to try something different and new this year. We have seen Hell in a Cell, Elimination Chamber, Money in the Bank, Royal Rumble, TLC, Steel Cage, Last Man Standing, First Blood, Parking Lot Brawl,and much more. We've seen nearly every single match type this year already leading into the Unforgiven event. So this time around we saw the Championship Scramble match. To those who don't know the rules, here they are...

- 20 Minute Time Limit Match
- 2 Men start and every 5 minutes at random a new superstar enters the match
- Whoever scores a pin fall or submission during the 20 minute time limit becomes the current World Champion
- At the end of the 20 minutes, whoever is the current World Champion becomes the offcial World Champion

1. Ecw World Championship Scramble Match
Matt Hardy vs. Finlay vs. Miz vs. Mark Henry vs. Chavo Guerrero
This was an excellent way to start things off. And as others stated this was the best scramble match out of the 3. Hardy and Guerrero had very good showings. Even the Miz impressed me in this match. He would also bleed towards the end of the match. All four guys did a good job selling the big power moves by Henry. The falls came at perfect times. Great match. Truly a crowning moment for Matt Hardy. 4.5/5

2. World Tag Team Championship
Cryme Tyme vs. Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase
This was a very good tag team match. Cryme Tyme looked pretty good in this one and of course so did the tag champs of Dibiase and Rhodes. A very good wrestling tag bout. After the match, Manu makes his debut. A pretty good tag team match up. 3.5/5

3. Non-Sanctioned Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
This was defiantely the most personal and emotional match of the night. HBK came for revenge and thats what he got. HBK just whelled on Jericho each moment he got. Cade would interfere. But soon gets his after being put through the announce table along with Jericho. The ref stopped the match once Shawn wouldn't stop beating on Jericho with his belt. Brutal match, especially for Jericho. 4.5/5

4. WWE Championship Scramble Match
Triple H vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP
This was another very good scramble match. Shelton and Hardy kept this match interesting in my view. So did Kendrick as well. Once HHH made his enterance, he really picked things up. It went a little bit slow at some points. But this defiantely lived up to my expectations. Another great match up. 4.25/5

This is the point in the card where Eve interviews CM Punk on his match and then gets taken out by Randy Orton along with Dibiase, Rhodes, and Manu. A good segment to check out.

5. Divas Championship
Michelle McCool vs. Maryse
I thought when the Divas title was released, it was a joke but these two showed me something in this match. This was actually one of the bests women's matches of the year. I really enjoyed watching this match. Maryse used a few good submissions on Michelle. A pretty good women's title match. 3/5

At this point in the show is where the Big Show comes out and taunts the crowd about not being in a Championship Scramble match. Soon Vickie Guerrero comes out. Then out of no where a casket pops up and the Undertaker reveals himself. As thinking Big Show is on Taker's side, he pops Taker with one of his big right fist blows. Taker and Big Show brawled for a good while until Vickie would slap Taker and spit in his face. A nice little brawl between these two monsters and worth a watch.

6. World Heavyweight Championship Scramble Match
Chris Jericho vs. Batista vs. Kane vs. Rey Mysterio vs. JBL
This scramble match really disappointed me. It wasn't bad but it just didn't live up to the hype as the first two did. Not a whole bunch of falls surrendered in this match either. Kane and Batista had a very good showing. Of course the shocker in this match is Jericho being the replacement man after Punk got taken out. A good scramble match but in my eyes could have been better. A lot better. 4/5

Unforgiven is one I recommend taking a look at. Every match on the card is very good.

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4.0 out of 5 stars WWE Unforgiven 2008, August 5, 2009

By 

Justin - See all my reviews

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This review is from: WWE: Unforgiven 2008 (DVD)

This was a very good unforgiven, and this card was much better than the unforgiven 2007 card. The scramble matches were good, and they were something different. Thanks for reading!

ECW Championship Scramble Match
Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy vs. Finlay vs. The Miz vs. Chavo Guerrero
This was a very solid opener and my 2nd favorite scramble match of the night. The match started out with hardy and the miz. All 5 men gave an impressive showing. Mark Henry using his dominant power moves, chavo getting in some pretty nice frog splashes, finlay using his ground and pound skills, and even miz did a little bit of top rope action. In the end matt hardy walked away with the ecw championship, which was his first ever major world title. Match Rating:4.5/5

World Tag Team Championship
Pricless vs. Cryme Tyme
This was an average tag match, with nothing that special. Cryme tyme and pricless (now legacy) looked o.k. against each other, but thats it. Manu makes his debut in this match. Match Rating:3/5

Unsanctioned Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
This isn't your typical michaels/jericho match. This had alot of brawling and ground and pound moves. This matchup was very physical and brutal. In the opening moments shawn hit Y2J right in the head with his boot. Cade got involved in this match, which led to jericho and cade getting elbow droped through the announce table by michaels. The ending was very intense with michaels hitting jericho with a lether belt so many times, that Y2J couldn't continue. Very emotional bout and in the end shawn michaels got his revenge. Match Rating:5/5

WWE Championship Scramble Match
Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy vs. MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. The Brian Kendrick
This was my favortie scramble match of the night here. The match started out with hardy and benjamin and instead of seeing a whole lot of highflying moves from these two, they gave you physical ground and pound moves, which gave this match a twist. Later in the match kendrick intersepted mvp's running boot into a huge heel kick. HHH came out last with him and hardy getting pin after pin. In the end triple h got the pedigree on mvp with only a few seconds left to retain the wwe championship. Very good championship scramble and nice sportsmanship by both hhh and hardy after the match. Match Rating:4.75/5

Divas Championship
Michelle McCool vs. Maryse
This was a very good womens match here. Nice submissions pulled out in this bout. This was easily there best match agianst each other, and one of the best womens matches of 2008. Match Rating:3.25/5

World Heavyweight Championship Scramble Match
Batista vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. JBL vs. Chris Jericho
This was a good scramble match, but not worthy to be the main event because it didn't live up to the other scramble matches. Nice showings in this match by batista and kane though. When mysterio entered, the match picked up some pace and rey used his usual great highflying moves. A big suprise when jericho replaced punk for the final entry, because of the punishment he took earlier. As soon as Y2J stepped in the ring he got speared by batista. A shocking ending where batista got a spinebuster on kane and jericho slipped in and got the pin with only a few seconds left. Batista just watched in disbelief as the clock hit 0 and Y2J became world champion. Not a great scramble, but good and the shocking ending added to it. Match Rating:4/5

Good unforiven with three good championship scramble matches and a very physical unsanctioned match. I highly recommend this unforgiven.

NOTE:Unforgiven's name changed to breaking point, which is next month. I know proboly most of you know that, but i just put it on here just in case.

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5.0 out of 5 stars UNFORGIVEN Is Unforgettable, October 12, 2008

By 

R.A. McKenzie (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WWE: Unforgiven 2008 (DVD)

I'll make this simple: I think UNFORGIVEN 2008 is the WWE's best PPV presentation so far this year. Every match delivered, and pointing out its imperfections would just be stupid nitpicks. I'm not gonna call this a flawless PPV, but the rest was so great that I just don't care about what's wrong with it.

I don't give out 5-star ratings often, so brace yourselves:

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1) Championship Scramble - ECW Championship
Matt Hardy v. The Miz v. Chavo Guerrero
v. Mark Henry (champion) v. Finlay
---Easily the biggest surprise to me, as this was my favorite match of the PPV. This whole Scramble was just non-stop excitement. Matt & Miz started off, and delivered a back-and-forth skirmish for the entire five minutes they had. Chavo's entrance only added more to the mix. Instead of being a one-on-one affair where a wrestler took an extended break, all three men engaged in a genuine Triple Threat Match. In other words, all of them kept going at it. Mark Henry actually entered 4th, and changed the dynamic of the whole match. Things mostly proceeded as a 3-on-1 attempt to keep the giant down; to Henry's credit, he never bored me for a single second. His offense was somewhat repetitve, but Miz & Chavo & Hardy still came up with creative ways to stay in the fight. And having Finlay close the opener did nothing but help, because he's as tough and unorthodox as they come. To summarize, all five contenders -- even Mark Henry -- gave what I would call a Match-of-the-Year candidate. The whole match was an action-packed, fast-paced frenzy. A truly exciting way to kick things off, and we're just getting started!
"8.5 / 10"

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2) World Tag Team Championships
Cryme Tyme v. Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase (champions)
---I haven't read many positive reviews of this match, and I can't understand why. All four men kept coming up with so many unique double-team maneuvers & counters, I don't have time to list them all. Cryme Tyme aren't my favorite pair of wrestlers, but the crowd loves them, and tonight I really enjoyed their unusual style. Given enough time, they'll be a team to look out for. But I'm already looking out for the impressive team of Rhodes & Dibiase. Even when compared to Randy Orton, these two champions have wrestling in their blood, and it showed in this PPV contest. The match did slow down a bit about halfway through, but it was slow in a good way. Manu's post-match introduction was a bit confusing, but otherwise, this was 13 minutes I'd gladly revisit. Jerry Lawler at one point was so quiet that he later asked, "You ever just sit back and just 'watch' a match?" If that's not a compliment, I don't know what is.
"8.5 / 10"

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3) Unsanctioned Match
Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels
---You better sit back, because I'm gonna try to summarize 40 minutes of video package, entrances, action, & post-match drama. First off, the history video was sharp and well put together. That might not seem like a big deal, but it's crucial to why this match was as good as it was. To be honest, I got a little worried once the Street Fight began. My fondest memories of Jericho/HBK matches are the technical displays, but when they engage in violent encounters like this, it can be a little jarring if you're not ready for it. But with patience, you'll realize that this rivalry is a jack-of-all-trades. For this encounter, don't expect pinfall reversals and clever submission holds; this was a ground 'n pound fistfight, with some toys thrown in. I really appreciated how little Jericho & Michaels actually used the weapons for most of the match. Rather than being a spotfest, the action was very even-handed and sensible (if you can call a Street Fight that). Perhaps needless to say, this match was violent, grueling, and shocking. The real shock factor, however, was the drama. UNFORGIVEN is the perfect PPV name to hold this grudge match, because it holds many meanings to this particular feud. On a very rare occasion, the WWE got us inside the heads of its characters. Pro wrestling is told through the body, but HBK & Y2J know how to use their facial expressions. Seeing Michaels' sadness & desperation to control the vengeful beast inside of him was breathtaking. A lot of us hardcore fans & critics like to use the word "psychology" in our reviews; trust me, this redefines how important it is. If you think I'm being corny, then you haven't watched this match. One of the most powerful experiences I've ever had watching a pro wrestling match.
"8.5 / 10"

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4) Championship Scramble - WWE Championship
Jeff Hardy v. Shelton Benjamin (United States champion) v.
The Brian Kendrick v. MVP v. Triple H (WWE champion)
---The SMACKDOWN crew had three tough matches to follow, but to my delight, they held their own. Jeff & Shelton's first five minutes were a back-and-forth affair, which should please any wrestling fan. The real treat of this Scramble, however, was the impressive performance by Brian Kendrick. It's a shame he took an unbelievable amount of punishment towards the end of the 20 minutes, because he looked more like championship material than anybody else in this match. Where SMACKDOWN's main event lost a bit of steam, I think, is when MVP & HHH entered the contest. Unfortunately, MVP didn't get to show much of his talent. And HHH's five minutes quickly shifted the focus to just Jeff & him. I love "The Game's" title reign, but on this night, he practically stole everyone's thunder when he showed up. However, SMACKDOWN still did an impressive job earning the PPV airtime. Ten great minutes, Five solid minutes, and Five decent minutes......very good combo, if you ask me.
"7.5 / 10"

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***At this point, UNFORGIVEN 2008 might turn off some people. World Heavyweight champion CM Punk was being interviewed backstage, only to be confronted by Randy Orton, and ambushed by "Priceless" (the Rhodes/Dibiase/Manu faction). I think if I paid $40 on PPV, I'd be very disappointed. But on DVD, this segment worked pretty well, mainly because it was quick & effective.***

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5) Divas Championship
Maryse v. Michelle McCool (champion)
---Guess what? I actually liked this match, too. Granted, it was only 6 minutes, got some stupid "BORING" heckles, and was probably just a way to cool the down the audience. However, this particular match made me respect these two women. From bell to bell, Maryse & Michelle used a lot of interesting takedowns, counters, & holds to compete for SMACKDOWN's Women's title. I don't care for Maryse much, but she gave an overall crisp performance. And I think McCool has been a Diva to keep an eye on for a couple months now, and I hope I'm right about her being the next Trish Stratus. In any case, this isn't the main reason to buy the DVD, but I still liked it overall.
"6.5 / 10"

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***After the Divas Championship Match, RAW GM Mike Adamle assured the audience that while CM Punk might not be in the main event, the Championship Scramble would still continue with five competitors.***

***Next, Big Show entered the ring, and got plenty of laughs & smiles after he made a case for being Punk's replacement, and ripped on Vickie Guerrero's GM performance. Then, Vickie came out and spoke some very harsh words to Show for interrupting the PPV.

Then, Undertaker -- in a nice throwback to his old Dead Man threats from the mid-90s -- basically said he was coming for Vickie at this very moment. After Taker entered the ring, Big Show suddenly started clobbering him all over ringside, eventually knocking him out.

So what did I think of this segment? It was a great idea, but went on so long that Big Show's twist became predictable. If the scenario had been trimmed by about 5 minutes, it would've been great. As such, it worked overall, but not as well as it could've.***

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6) Championship Scramble - World Heavyweight Championship
Batista v. JBL v. Kane v.
Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho
---Before I get to Jericho's surprising victory, there some kudos to give the other four competitors. For starters, JBL & Batista began the Scramble with a slugfest that made me forgive their terrible matches from 2005. When Kane entered third, most of the main event was a one-on-one fight, but it was still entertaining. Once Mysterio made his way to the ring, all four men started using more creative offense. Mysterio used Batista for some high-risk assistance, and JBL came up with an impressive spot where he Fallaway Slammed Mysterio onto an opponent. And lastly, Jericho's presence in the main event was a strange bit of comedy. He literally did nothing but take a spear, and get the winning pinfall. I believe that most fans will regard RAW's Championship Scramble as the worst; while it's my least favorite too, it's still a good main event. It's more of a slower-paced slugfest with Mysterio thrown in to shake things up, and with Jericho added for shock value. Reading that description doesn't do a good job of telling you how well the ingredients mix. RAW's presentation was a different kind of story, but was just as worthy of a PPV as the others.
"7.0 / 10"

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OVERALL
---With the exception of a short Divas Match and a less-than-perfect betrayal segment, UNFORGIVEN 2008 was an outstanding PPV. All three Championship Scrambles will hold up as time passes. The... Read more ›