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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but not Great, January 26, 2005
This review is from: WWF: Backlash 1999 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The Brood vs. The Acolytes & Mideon
Good opener. It's fun to look back now at the partcipants and see how they've progressed professionally.
Hardcore Championship
Hardcore Holly vs. Al Snow
These guys had some battles back then and this is no exception. They go everywhere and use everything. Very good match.
Intercontinental Championship
The Godfather vs. Goldust
Well you certainly can tell this is the attitude era. Decent for entertainment value but otherwise a very subpar title match.
New Age Outlaws vs. Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett
Owen's last ppv appearance. Not too bad but the usual mid-card tag team affair.
Boiler Room Brawl
Mankind vs. Big Show
Best match of the night. There's no one like Foley. Lots of action and the obligatory brutality. Great match.
X-Pac vs. Triple H
My how Trips has come a long way. His first singles ppv match as a heel. Great match and even better ring psychology. The finish is excellent too.
Undertaker vs. Ken Shamrock
I'm not sure what the crowd and others here were watching but I saw an amazing technical match. The reversals and holds applied in this were great. It was too long but still a good match.
WWF Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
They did it again! This is mostly a brawl and there isn't much happening in the ring but this was a great match. Unheralded in the Rock/Austin canon.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The third best ppv in 1999 and the 2nd best backlash, February 5, 2003
This review is from: WWF: Backlash 1999 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I can't believe Brahma Bull had the nerve to say this PPV was a waste of money and time and saying that the Boiler Room Brawl was the only good match on the card. What was he smoking when he watched this?!?! Yes, the boiler room brawl was the best match on the card, but it was not the only good match on the show. Hell, 6 out of the 8 matches on the card were very good. The one thing I liked about Backlash was the variety of matches. It covered just about every aspect of wrestling. It was entertaining, had tons of hardcore wrestling, techinical wrestling, and fast-paced action. Here's a breif run-down of the card and my opinions of the matches. 1. Brood vs Acoloyes and Midian
Not an excellent match, but a good way to start off the show. Visceria interference was a little lame but it still a decent match 6/10. 2. Al snow vs Hardcore Holly
This was the third PPV in a roll where these two battled for the hardcore title. They use hockey sticks, frying pans, table, and snow tosses holly into the roof of a car which left a huge dent in the car. Good match. 8/10 3. Godfather vs Goldust
This was for the IC title and was basically just for laughs. Neither one really showed off their abilities but it was entertaining when goldust tried to throw salt in the godfather's eyes only to have it backfire and go in his eyes. He accidentally attacked the blue meanie and give meanie the shattered dreams while the crowd was laughing hysterically.
I give it 5/10 only for the entertainment purposes. 4. New Age Outlaws vs Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett
This match was for the #1 contender for the tag team titles held by kane and x-pac. It was entertaining and very fast-paced.
The fans really didn't get into the match because they were all focused on debra and wanting her to show her puppies. Anyway, very fast-paced and enjoyable considering that tag team matches are usually not all that good. I give it a 8/10 5. Mankind vs Big Show
The boiler room brawl was next and man was it brutual.
As usual, Foley took some hard bumps in this one. He was chokeslammed into tables with glass on top of them and had a table fall on top of him. Again, real brutal and good effort by both men. 10/10 6. Triple H vs X-Pac
Very emotinal and good techincal match. I don't know if people have been so used to hardcore wrestling that they forgot what real wrestling action is all about. X-Pac has suffer some real severe neck problems and Triple H uses that has his target. Of course the idiots in the crowd chanted boring and some of the reviewers didn't think to highly of it, but it was a good actual wrestling match. X-pac fought back until when the ref got knocked out which allowed chyna to jump x-pac and give HHH the advantage until Kane came out and chokeslammed both Chyna and HHH and set them both up for the bronco buster. X-pac did just that! First he gave it to HHH and then chyna but HHH quickly got up and delivered the pedigree. Match over. 9/10 7. Undertaker vs Ken Shamrock
Another basic wrestling match. I have to admit I did got a little bored watching this. Undertaker did alright but Shamrock really stunk this match up by constantly trying to go for the ankle lock. 'Taker wins and Bradshaw lays into Shamrock with the baseball bat. Rating 3/10 8. Stone cold vs Rock with Shane O Mac as ref On heat, shane made it a no-holds barred match. After Austin beat the rock at WM 15, Austin became heavyweight champ but still wanted back his smoking skull belt which was in the possession of shane o mac. Anyway, Shane promised he would be fair and he does that in the opening part of the match but in the end showed his true colors. Lots of Action in this one. They tear up the enterance way and austin gets rock-bottomed threw a table. Rock tried to add insult by grabbing a camera and talking trash to the Austin. As Rock has the camera to the fans, Austin gets up and stuns Rock on the announcer's table.
Vince comes out and clock his son in the face with the smoking skull belt and Austin finishs off the rock to remain champ.
As Vince was watching Austin celebrating in the ring, Undertaker kidnapped stephanie. Match gets a 9/10. Overall a good show by WWF after a disappointing WrestleMania 15.
I would recommend this tape to any wrestling fan. Mainly, for the variety of matches that it had which is very hard to find in PPV's these days.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
WWF BACKLASH 1999 REVIEW, February 28, 2006
This review is from: WWF: Backlash 1999 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
HERE IS MY REVIEW FOR THE BACKLASH 1999 VIDEO.
6 MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
THE BROOD VS. APA & MIDEON
DECENT MATCH TO OPEN THE SHOW. BRADSHAW PINS CHRISTIAN
WINNERS: APA & MIDEON
RATING: 7
HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP
HARDCORE HOLLY VS. AL SNOW
AWESOME HARDCORE MATCH. THEY USED EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK TO ITS FULLEST HERE!
WINNER: AL SNOW
RATING: 9
INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GODFATHER VS. GOLDUST
SOLID MATCH. JUST A FILLER, BUT NOTHING BAD OR BORING.
WINNER: GODFATHER
RATING: 6
NEW AGE OUTLAWS VS. OWEN HART & JEFF JARRET
GOOD TAG TEAM MATCH, GUNN PINS HART FOR THE WIN.
WINNERS: NEW AGE OUTLAWS
RATING: 7
BOILER ROOM BRAWL
BIG SHOW VS. MANKIND
AWESOME MATCH! SO MANY SPOTS HERE, I HOPE TO SEE ANOTHER ONE SOME TIME, BECAUSE THIS WAS AWESOME.
WINNER: MANKIND
RATING: 9
X-PAC VS. TRIPLE H
VERY GOOD MATCH. THESE TWO WORK WELL TOGETHER.
WINNER: TRIPLE H
RATING: 7.5
UNDERTAKER VS. KEN SHAMROCK
GREAT MATCH. AGAIN, THESE TWO WORK WELL TOGETHER, UNDERTAKER WINS.
WINNER: UNDERTAKER
RATING: 8
MAIN EVENT
NO HOLD BARRED MATCH
SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: SHANE MCMAHON
WWF CHAMPIONSHIP
STEVE AUSTIN VS. THE ROCK
AWESOME WRESTLEMANIA 15 REMATCH! NO HOLDS BARRED STIPULATION MADE IT EVEN BETTER. AUSTIN RETAINS
WINNER: STEVE AUSTIN
RATING: 8.5
OVERALL, BACKLASH 1999 WAS WORTH 8 OUT OF 10 STARS. GREAT WWF PAPER VIEW! NOT IN STORES ANYMORE, SO ITS DEFINATELY WORTH IT IF YOU FIND IT. 4 STARS.
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