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WWF: Backlash 1999 [VHS]

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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.

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.

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.

this is the second best backlash (backlash 2001 is no.1) great PPV heres a rundown not in order so you know......

The Brood vs Acolytes and Mideon... pretty good match fun to watch.

IC title Godfather vs Goldust... One of goldusts last matches beofore his big break and comes back in 2002 another fun match

New Age Outlaws vs Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett... OK match not so good

X-Pac vs HHH... excellent match very cool.

UnderTaker vs Ken Shamrock... LONG long long long long long long long long long match pretty boring too but a very good battle

Top 3 matches

Hardcore Title Al snow vs Hardcore Holly...Great match everything and the kitchin sink (literally), they fight all ovr and then bak to the ring

Boiler Room Brawl Mankind vs Big Show...one of the best matches ever in wwf/e mankind climbs a ladder and gets chokeslammed off of it threw 2 tables like 8 glass mirrors or something and boxes on top of the tables

wwf title rock vs Stone Cold...best match of there series maybe they tear down the titan tron break both of the announce tables this has it all!

excellent PPV buy it now!

1.The Brood vs Acoylaties&Mideon 6/10

2.Hardcore title match
Al Snow vs Hardcore Holly 10/10

3.no #1 contender match
Jeff Jarret&Owen Hart vs New age Outlaws 8/10

4.WWF Intercontenental Championship
Godfather vs Goldust 7/10

5.Boiler Room Brawl
Big Show vs Mankind 10/10

6.X-Pac vs Triple H 7/10

7.Undertaker vs Ken Shamrock 5/10

8.No Holes Barred Special Guest Reffere Shane'O Mac WWf Championship
The Rock vs Stone Cold 10/10

This event was one of the best during the 1999 season, and is one of my all-time personal favorites from the WWF's Attitude Era. One could argue that this event was actually better than Wrestlemania 15. The match card is as follows:

Match #1 - Six-Man Tag Team Match
"The Ministry of Darkness" (Faarooq, Bradshaw & Mideon) vs. "The Brood" (Gangrel, Edge & Christian)

Match #2 - WWF Hardcore Championship
Al Snow vs. Hardcore Holly

Match #3 - WWF Intercontinental Championship
The Godfather vs. Goldust w/Blue Meanie

Match #4 - Tag Match
"The New Age Outlaws" (Billy Gunn & Road Dogg) vs. Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart

Match #5 - Boiler Room Brawl
Mankind vs. Big Show

Match #6 - Singles Match
Triple H w/Chyna vs. X-Pac

Match #7 - Singles Match
Ken Shamrock vs. Undertaker w/Paul Bearer

Match #8 - WWF World Heavyweight Championship - No Holds Barred Match
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. The Rock
w/Shane McMahon as guest referee

Overall rating of event: 9.6/10

This was much better then their lackluster Wrestlemania(15). The best matches were The Boiler Room Brawl between The Big Show & Mankind which was a great reminder of the Japanese hardcore mathces & The main event bout for the WWF championship between The Rock & Stone Cold Steve Austin which was better then their bout at WM15 and had enough imagination into it. The worst matches were the Intercontinental championship match between Goldust & The Godfather which was lame & dumb and the Undertaker-Ken Shamrock match which was a "Unbearably boring,18 minute-plus submission hold extravaganza" or as the Nostalgia Critic would call it a "Big Lipped Alligator Moment". The Hardcore championship brawl between Al Snow & Hardcore Holly was a good reminder of ECW in the 90's. The rest were ok. I give this event a 9 out of 10.

Another old tape from the WWF Attitude Era that I found in my collection of wrestling events in the first ever WWF Backlash. The thing that I remember most about this event was that this event had something to prove due to the fact that WrestleMania XV failed to live up to all the expectations that it had. During this time, Stone Cold Steve Austin had regained the WWF Championship but wanted his original "Smoking Skull" Belt back that was currently in the possession of The Rock...which leads to this rematch with the twist here being that Shane McMahon will be the guest referee. Also, Shane's dad, Vince McMahon was removed from his own Corporation by his son, Shane, while at the same time battling the Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness & for those don't remember, Taker announced that there would be a tradegy before the night is over.

The Acolytes & Mideon vs The Brood. The story here was that Christian dropped the ball according to the Undertaker's orders when kidnapping Stephanie McMahon that lead to him along with Edge & Gangrel being removed from the Ministry. Good opener here as Edge & Christian had a good chemistry with Faarooq & Bradshaw while Mideon & Gangrel did just enough to contribute but not slow down the action. With interference from Viscera at the end, this was a good match to start the show.

Hardcore Champion Hardcore Holly vs Al Snow. Just like their previous & future encounters, they picked up right where they left off as they brawled around the arena, went backstage & even ended up going outside to fight in the parking lot to the point where they ended up fighting in the dumpster. They eventually returned to the ring with weapons like trash cans, a fire extinguisher & even a table that lead to the moment where Holly suplexed Al off the turnbuckle through it before Al Snow used his "Head" to win the title.

Intercontinental Champion The Godfather vs Goldust. Unlike how the Intercontinental title is usually showcased, this was more of a comedic match with moments like Blue Meanie getting involved that lead to a moment where Goldust was blinded but delivered the "shattered dreams" to him thinking it was Godfather. Again, just a comedic but entertaining match.

New Age Outlaws vs Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett. Unfortunately, this turned out to be Owen's last WWF PPV match as he would die a month later at Over The Edge. Anyways, this was a great tag team match that really showcased how underrated of a team that Owen & Jarrett were at this time while during this period, the Outlaws were perhaps the best tag team in the WWF.

Boiler Room Brawl: Mankind vs The Big Show. These two heavily made up for their dull WrestleMania match as this one was allowed to stand out in a different way in comparison to the first one. They battled around the Boiler room with moments like Mankind sitting on a carriage & literally being thrown into a wall that lead to a platform landing on top of him, Mankind hitting Show in the head with a glass window, Mankind getting chokeslammed off a ladder through a table with a glass on it, & Big Show being thrown into a pile of steel pipes. Again, this really delivered what was advertised.

Triple H vs X-Pac. At WrestleMania, Triple H turned on X-Pac so this was X-Pac's chance to get some redemption. I don't recall these two ever facing off at this point past their KOTR qualifying matches a year prior so this was a really good match with Triple H focusing on X-Pac's neck for a majority of the match that lead to him using submission holds that he hadn't used before along with Chyna getting involved from time to time. X-Pac showed heart & with a cameo from Kane towards the end, this was a solid encounter between these two.

The Undertaker vs Ken Shamrock. This feud was based off Undertaker's Ministry not only kidnapping Stephanie but also Ken's sister, Ryan Shamrock along with Ken showing his alliance towards Vince McMahon. Honestly, I have no idea what was wrong with this crowd because this was a great technical wrestling match with Taker focusing on Shamrock's back while Shamrock targeted Taker's leg with various submission holds to the point that you could hear the screams of pain from Taker. Unlike how the Hell In A Cell match was at WrestleMania, this was a better performance for Undertaker & one of the more underrated matches of the night.

No Holds Barred: WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin vs The Rock w/Special Referee Shane McMahon. This was the match that topped their WrestleMania match as these two are always entertaining to watch & really took advantage of the "No Holds Barred" rules. They brawled around the arena to the point where they went to the entrance way & began to take turns in breaking down the set before they went back to ringside with moments like the Rock Bottom through the table that lead to the hilarious debut of the "Rock-Cam" along with Shane clearly showing favoritism to the Rock. The ending came with Vince McMahon doing something that most fans didn't think he would do before Austin was able to not only win the match but get back his belt.

Overall, this event had a better match quality than WrestleMania & considering how most of the events of 1999 turned out to be, this was one of the best events of the year & great way to start the Backlash series. I highly recommend.

the rock vs stone cold
oh man and woman what a match this was it started hardcore and ended hardcore both wrestlers worked and bumped their busts off but i slightly have to give it to the rock i feel that he took just a tad more punishment than stone cold did because stone chilli drove a wagon through the rock's head, the rock received a stunner on the announcer's table, was suplex and body slammed on the concrete ground, irish whipped into the backlash gate, closeline to the ground speaking of irish whipped you r instored for a lot of irish whipping which does not get tedious at any moment during the match because all the irish whips that was applied by both men are used in moderately unique ways there are alot of closelines in the matchup as well austin took his decent amount of bumps in the match in fact i think u took the most brutal bump when he was rockbottom by the rock on the spanish annoucne table even though stone cold took that one nasty bump and a couple of other brutal ones does not mean he took the most punishment as i said earlier i would have to say due to all the amount of spots the rock experienced i would have to give that honor to him the only thing i wish they would have done more in the match was used more traditional power moves in effective ways example the rock or austion could have did backdrops, powerbowb on the floor or on the chair i did not see the rock do his people's elbow at all it would have been nice the rock did his spinebuster to austin on the chair than do his people's elbow on that same chair overall a very good which can even be considered a great street fight match at **** to ****1/4 stars if both men who would have used more power and trademark moves i would have rated the match even higher than it is receiving this would have been match of the year if it was not for the hardys vs edge and christian ladder match six months later nonetheless an highly acceptable contest between two of the greatest wrestlers of our period
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6-Man Tag Match
The Brood vs The Acolytes and Mideon
Suprisingly good match, good start to PPV.
Rating: 6.5/10

WWF Hardcore Title Match
Hardcore Holly (C) vs Al Snow
Great Hardcore Match. Just as good as their match at St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Must watch match.
Rating: 8.0/10

WWF Intercontinential Title
Godfather (C) vs Goldust
Basically a fill in match, but was pretty good.
Rating: 6.5/10

#1 Contender Match for Tag Titles
New Age Outlaws vs Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart
Could of been better, still worth a watch.
Rating: 6.0/10

Boiler Room Brawl
Mankind vs The Big Show
Awesome match, one of the most violent matches ever. Best match of night and one of best in 1999.
Rating: 9.5/10

Ken Shamrock vs The Undertaker
Straight up wrestling. Gets stale at points, but watchable match.
Rating: 6.5/10

WWF Title Match
Stone Cold vs The Rock
No DQ; Special Ref-Shane McMahon
Just as good as their match at WM 15. Great ending to an awesome match.
Rating: 9.0/10

WWF Backlash 1999 is a must have. This PPV is great all the way through and never gets stale.
Overall Rating: 8.0/10