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WWF: Judgment Day 2001

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4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(10)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Judgment Day certainly was the most aggressive ppv thus far for 2001. With the less than impressive Backlash getting stinker ratings, the WWF obviously tried to pick up the pace with Judgment Day, and they succeeded admirably. This was nothing short of an amazing ppv. The chain match, no holds barred match, tag team turmoil, hardcore match, and even the women's title match was a little impressive (if you pause it just right, you'll see a clear blooper on Chyna's outfit). All in all, excellent, solid, and entertaining. Here are the matches:

1. William Regal vs. Rikishi - great opener, Regal gets a stink face.

2. 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS (PINFALL, SUBMISSION, AND LADDER) Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit - another classic and runner up for best match of 2001

3. HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP Test vs. Big Show vs. Rhyno - solid and very hardcore, with an impressive gore from Rhyno.

4. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP Chyna vs. Lita - good match, not as disappointing as Chyna's WrestleMania and Royal Rumble matches.

5. INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP CHAIN MATCH Kane vs. Triple H - very brutal, a classic with a good ending. This is another runner up for match of 2001.

6. TAG TEAM TURMOIL NO. 1 CONTENDER'S MATCH Acolytes vs. Radicalz vs. Dudley Boyz vs. X-Factor vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit vs. Edge & Christian - good match between seven great teams.

7. WWF CHAMPIONSHIP Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Undertaker - great main event, extremely brutal and entertaining No Holds Barred match. Get this tape as soon as its availible. Well worth the money. Hopefully, WWF will continue with more ppvs like these.

This has been one of my favorite wwf pay per views ever. It has an amazing 2 out of 3 falls match between kurt angle and chris benoit. One of my favorite matches was the chain match between kane and triple h. Triple h gets all busted open and bloody and kane wins the intercontinental championship. The women's championship is on the line too at Judgement Day, as chyna defends her title against lita! The main event is Undertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin as austin defends the world title against undertaker. This is a pay per view you must own!! And this is the pay per view that I was at, I was in the front row and at some parts you can actually see me on TV. So buy wwf Judgement Day!

Rikishi v. William Regal

Boriiiing. Once again Regal shows that he can't win without brass knucks.*1/4

Chris Benoit v. Kurt Angle 2 out of 3 Falls

Benoit wins the pin fall only. Angle wins the submission only. Angle wins the ladder match. This was one of the best 2 out of 3 falls ever. Both men got cut open.****

Rhyno v. Big Show v. Test Hardcore Title

Very underrated match. You should really want to watch this match. Great Triple Threat match. Rhyno wins with an awesome Gore on Big Show.***1/4

Chyna v. Lita Women's Title

It was a very good match. Chyna & Lita are the 2 best women wrestlers in the business. Chyna wins in a decent match.**

Triple H v. Kane IC Title Chain Match

Another great match. Triple H actually loses to Kane. You should really enjoy this match because it is brutal and there is so much hatrid for each other.***3/4

A.P.A. v. The Radicalz v. Dudley Boyz v. X-Factor v. Hardy Boyz v. Edge & Christian v. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho # 1 contender for World Tag Titles

This was one of the best tag matches ever. Scary thing was that this wasn't even for Tag Title gold. It was to see who the # 1 contender is. Benoit & Jericho win. When Benoit makes Bradshaw tap to the Crossface.****1/2

Stone Cold Steve Austin v. Undertaker World Title

The Main event tops off a great PPV. Austin and Taker have an completly awesome match. I loved the way they kept having stare downs. I wish they could have kept this match go longer it was awesome. Austin wins with a Stunner.*****

I actually really enjoyed this event, for one reason or another. The crowd was REALLY into it. Out of 5 stars. . .

Rikishi vs. William Regal. 2 stars, not sure why this match just HAD to happen on the PPV. It is fairly entertaining until, GASP, a screwjob ending in a William Regal match!?

2 out of 3 Falls Medal Match: Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit. 4 and a half stars, very good display by both athletes. Not their technical field day from WrestleMania, but still having a few slow spots which brings it down.

Hardcore Championship: Rhyno (c) vs. Big Show vs. Test. 3 stars, entertaining match, but kept a bit too short. Wouldn't the gore at the end have hurt Rhyno just as bad, or worse, than Big Show?

Women's Championship: Chyna (c) vs. Lita. 3 stars, Lita gets an amazing pop, but the WWF decides to keep the belt on Chyna, having Lita job all the way. It would make sense to give the belt to somebody else if the holder is leaving, wouldn't it?

IC Championship Chain Match: Triple H (c) vs. Kane. 4 stars, an awesome match with some great spots, but definitely not an all time classic. Still very fun to watch.

Tag Team Turmoil: APA vs. Radicalz vs. Dudleyz vs. Hardyz vs. X-Factor vs. Edge & Christian vs. Jericho & Benoit. 3 and a half stars, as good as a tag team turmoil could be, but nothing outstanding here. Where does Chris Benoit get the energy?

WWF Championship: Stone Cold (c) vs. Undertaker. 3 and a half stars, good match, if not a little predictable, but even the botched ending can't take away from a solid match.

In conclusion, this was a good show which served its purpose: to hold the fans over until the annual disappointment; King of the Ring.

Judgment Day broke out in May of 2001. It was a great pay per view with few flaws. The first match unfortunatly is one of them. William Regal vs. Rikishi, its an ok match but you really feel like your wasting your time. The 2nd match should have been one of the main events. Its a 2 out of 3 falls match featuring Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit for Angle's gold medals. The stipulation were that the first match would be a first fall match. The 2nd would be a submission match, & if it came to a 3rd, a ladder match. Well ofcourse it goes to a third, and the two put on a awesome match. Kurt Angle does a spectaculor job in his first ever ladder match.

A Triple Threat Hardcore Championship match is next pitting champion Rhyno against, Test & Big Show. Good hardcore match, featuring the men going backstage & all the usual hardcore weapons. Rhyno gives a great gore to Big Show through a trash can. The Women's Championship match is next. Champion Chyna, & Lita put on the best Women's Championship match in a long time. Lita is the only female to give it to Chyna & the results are pretty good.

The Intercontinental Championship match is next. It features champ Triple H against Kane. These men put on a great chain match. It gets bloody, & violent, & the ending is good.

The Tag Team Turmoil match for the #1 Contedership for the Tag Team Championship is next. Doesn't get really fired up until the Hardy Boyz enter.

The main event for the WWF Championship was very good. Undertaker made sure that it would be a no holds barred match so it gets pretty violent. Stone Cold shows why he is a great heel in this match, flicking off the crowd a number of times.

The bottom line for Judgment Day 2001 is that Kane, Triple H, Undertaker, & Stone Cold make up for there dud match at Backlash.
Strongly reccomend this one.

This is the World Wrestling Federation's Judgment Day 2001 PPV card held on Sunday May 20th 2001, from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.

Going into the day of the event, I was not awaiting too much really, with the card headlining Steve Austin vs. Undertaker for the WWF Championship and in the semi final was (the way it was built anyway) HHH vs. Kane in a chain match. Let's just say these matches and in addition to last month god-awful pay event did not specifically make me think this PPV was going to be a first-class exhibition. Still at least there was Benoit vs. Angle (for the third time straight in a PPV, excluding the UK PPV two weeks prior to this) in a two of a three-fall match - the final fall being a ladder fall. (Which it had to go to) If Angle won he would take possession of his gold medals back (and judging by the last "Smackdown!" Show before the event he positively does want them back) if not Benoit would keep them. First fall is pinfalls only; second fall is submissions only.

Regal vs. Rikishi was the first match to kick things off. When I first heard that there would be a match between William Regal vs. Rikishi I instantly thought "OH MY GOD!" And that was before I heard that Rikishi had developed a shoulder injury (!!) At least he would be out for three months or so afterwards. Regal got busted open with the steel stairs. Highlight of the match was a stink face. Brief match, but exciting generating some cool pops for Rikishi (he needs them) and a ton of (well-deserved) heat for Regal. A match up that should really belong on a "Raw" or a "Smackdown!" show rather then a PPV but does no damage to the event.

Next up it was Benoit vs. Angle. Benoit won first fall with the Angle slam really early in the match up. Of course Angle took the second fall with the ankle lock, much later in the match. Lots of good wrestling here. Finish was involved a bad interference, which is a worst-case scenario on a PPV card. Overall a definite PPV match up.

Test vs. Rhyno vs. Show for Hardcore Championship was better then hoped for. Although in defiance of good old J.R foretelling on his Ross report nobody really delivered the goods that would be helped with a breakthrough effort! (Whatever that meant)

J.R also said in his weekly Ross report that, "Lita and Chyna's World Wrestling Federation Women's Title match seems to have some interest and should be solid." (Nice one!) Clearly all the women in the WWF that wish to pursue an in ring career should all be sent to foreign wrestling nations like Japan. Where they will actually learn how to wrestle. (Most of them would not make the grade - check out the movie "Gaea Girls") I expected this match to have the needed title of "stinker of the night." And guess what, it did! To be fair the crowd was really into it, pulling heavily for Lita during the match.

Next it was HHH vs. Kane for the WWF I.C Championship. This was much worst than I anticipated, and I was not anticipating that much in the first place. The match was fine with HHH balding but it fell way to short for my liking. More innovating moves would have been appreciated, during the build up to the end. Like a PPV match missing a lot action. Must point out Austin's dreadful acting at the end!

The Tag Team Turmoil No. 1 Contenders Match between: Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz vs. X-Factor vs. Radicalz vs. APA vs. Chris Jericho & mystery partner (Benoit) was the surprise match of the night. Well booked. I was so happy it was not rushed like people presumed. At the end of it Jericho and Benoit came out looking like a fine team. A match up deserving to be on a PPV card!

Next came the main event of the evening: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Undertaker for the World Wrestling Federation Championship. The match generated a ton of heat, especially towards the closing moments. Both Austin and Undertaker worked their asses off. The brawling was great and a match up that definitely deserves to be on a PPV main event. However, I do not wish to see a repeat of this match again, as I think they would be hard pressed to do something more original.

With a very uninspiring WWF television product in build up to this event, I was not at all surprised at this average at best card. We've seen and know the WWF can do much better. It further revealed the fact that the Undertaker and Kane should be taken out of the main event storyline (which should have been done after Backlash) and replaced with Benoit and Jericho. The Austin/HHH vs. Undertaker/Kane storyline at the top of the WWF played out in build up to this event. The story is SO lame, and it definitely showed here. They really need to shake up the product fast, bringing Jericho, Benoit and Angle to the mix, before the King of the Ring. The product was stale a month ago, now it's just gone moldy

Overall: Slightly better than Backlash 2001, but still not that exhilarating enough. AVERAGE: 3 out of 5 Stars.

WWF Judgement Day 2001 contains a series of good stipulation matches that should keep you quite entertained pretty much threw out the show. Below is a review of all the matches, the overall extra features and the overall DVD, hopefully it will help you decide if you should buy this DVD or not. The review will not directly give away who wins any of the matches but the winner may seem pretty obvious by my explanations of the matches. Let me also warn you that the mystery partner for the Tag Team Turmoil Match will be revealed.

( Match Reviews )

--- Rikishi Vs William Regal ---

All though the pace during this match was good the action seemed pretty lame, I believe this match to be the opener just so the crowd could warm up by cheering for the stink face. Bad finish for an overall bad opener. (3/10)

--- Two-Out-of-Three Falls Medal Match - Chris Benoit Vs Kurt Angle ---

The action in the match picked up almost instantly as the first fall came and went very quickly, the second fall contained some good counter wrestling at a good pace but nothing compared to there many other battles. The third fall contained nothing innovative or crazy when you compare it to other ladder matches however it was still good and quite exciting at times. Still almost the entire match was very entertaining and went on at a pretty good pace, the ending is very bad to a otherwise very good match. (7.5/10)

--- Triple-Threat Hardcore Title Match - Rhyno Vs Big Show Vs Test ---

This was an slightly above average hardcore match that went around the arena and fortunately did not have any interference's. The match was not very hardcore and contained nothing breathtaking, but it was solid and contained some close pin falls. (6.5/10)

--- WWF Women's Championship Match - Chyna Vs Lita ---

This was hard-hitting for a women's match, Chyna's boob almost slipped a few times which interfered with the way she wrestled, the close boob slip will also distract most if not all viewers from the actual match. I believe the wrong person won but still it was good for a WWE women's match. (6/10)

--- WWF Intercontinental Title Chain Match - Triple H Vs Kane ---

This was a very good match with some hard hitting action and a very good use of the chain, the crowd was well into the end of this match as it was very exciting to watch. Kane did not duck Austin's Interference chair shot yet Austin still hit Triple which made no sense, Its all right though, this match gave me and will probably give you more then you expect. (7/10)

--- Tag Team Turmoil Match to Determine the #1 Contenders for The Tag Team Titles - A.P.A Vs Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit Vs The Dudley Boyz Vs Edge and Christian Vs The Hardy Boyz Vs The Radicalz Vs X-Factor ---

The length was good for a match containing 7 tag-teams however some teams came and went to quickly, the first few falls mostly contained power moves so that the beginning matches could go at a shorter length. There where not many double team moves however there where some cool ones. I believe that to many teams won by interference's, the end to the Jericho and Benoit Vs X-Factor part of match is great. This match could've been quite a bit better not to say it was awful at all, Chris Benoit and Jericho came out of this match looking pretty well together. (6.5/10)

--- No-Holds-Barred Match for the WWF Championship - Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs The Undertaker ---

This match was more hardcore then the actual hardcore match before it, it contained tons of hard chair shots and the announce table, as well as a few other dirty tricks. The pace during the middle of this match seemed to go rather slowly but I guess for these two main event wrestlers its ok. The Interference's went well with this match however I think Kane should've helped his brother a bit at the end. Again Austin had to look stupid missing a chair shot, this time because Undertaker did not duck when he should have. Overall a pretty good main event and possibly the best encounter between these two wrestlers. (6/10)

( Extra Features )

The extras on this DVD are lacking, it contains 5 Extra Interviews from Sunday Night Heat, match histories which are already in the pay per view anyway and the Kurt Angle medal ceremony from Raw the night after this judgement day. The medal ceremony is easily the best extra feature as it is pretty funny and contains a awesome angle slam, however it does not save the extras from being anything more then lacking. (3.5/10)

( Overall DVD )

This event is not worth picking up for its extra features however the event does contain some good matches that are worth watching at least once. I believe this DVD is especially good for Chris Benoit fans as he shines in this pay per view. The DVD is average and may be worth picking up for some fans, however if you do not buy many WWE DVD's then I would recommend looking into other events, still you should make your own decision on whether you would like to see the above matches or not.

A Great PPV Had Alot Of Good Matches One Of The Best Judgment Days

Match 1:Rikishi vs William Regal

Very Short And Wasn't Intresting

2/10

Match 2:Kurt Angle vs Chris Benoit-2 out of 3 falls

1st fall:Pinfall Only

2nd fall:Submission Match

3rd fall:Ladder Match

Great Match and One Of The Highlights Of The Show

9/10

Match 3:Test vs Big Show vs Rhyno-Hardcore-Hardcore Title

Good match Not Alot Of Weapons Used I Liked When Rhyno Gored Big Show With The Garbage Can

7/10

Match 4:Chyna vs Lita-Womens Title

An Ok Match Could Been Better

5.5/10

Match 5:Triple H vs Kane-Chain Match-Intercontinental Title

A Great Match Should've Been Longer But A Great Match Triple H Should've kicked out of the chair shot but still great

9/10

Match 6:Tag Team Turmoil

The Best tag Team Turmoil ever a long match great D-von went through the table

9/10

Match 7:Stone Cold vs Undertaker-No Holds Barred-WWF Title

A Great Damn Main event announce table breakin and blood spilled It was great Undertaker man come on you should've kicked out of the sledgehammer shot

10/10

This was a good ppv I am mad at the fact that the 2 main events the losers lost with shots to the face that was ridicoulous a must buy and thats why i bought it here at amazon.

MATCH 1: William Regal Vs Rikishi - 3.5/10

A really bad opener, pretty short aswell.

MACTH 2: TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS MATCH FOR THE GOLD MEDALS - Chris Benoit Vs Kurt Angle - 9/10

A really great matchup, the ladder match was very entertaining.

MATCH 3: HARDCORE TITLE - Rhyno Vs Test Vs Big Show - 7/10

Your usuall hardore title match, goes backstage and through the crowd.

MATCH 4: WOMENS TITLE - Chyna Vs Lita - 4/10

Not too bad, but not good either.

MATCH 5: TAG TEAM TURMOIL FOR THE TAG TILES - 8/10

Entertaining match, devon goes through a table.

MATCH 6: CHAIN MATCH - INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE - 9/10

Very brutal match, but too short at 12 minutes.

MATCH 7: NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - WWF TITLE - Steve Austin Vs Undertaker - 6/10

For a no holds barred match this is pretty boring.

Overall Event Rating - 7/10

This is actually a review for Judgment Day 2002. For some reason the WWE only released this DVD on their website, which I don't understand because it was one of the better PPV's of the year. This was the first PPV under the new name of the WWE not F.

1. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rob Van Dam (Intercontinental Title)

Good way to kick off the show. Very entertaining, fast paced match. Good match, although these two would go on to have one of the matches of the year a couple of weeks later with a ladder match on RAW. (8/10)

2. Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Kiebler (Women's Title)

Nothing too exciting here. Bubba Dudley gets put through a table. This match featured Batista's first appearance at a WWE PPV, although he was known back then as Deacon Batista. (5/10)

3. Hardy's vs. Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman

Nothing too exciting here except for Lesnar tossing the Hardy's around. It is pretty funny when Heyman gets involved in the match. (7/10)

4. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Ric Flair & The Big Show (Handicap Match)

Pretty good match. Austin put on a good performance. X-Pac gets involved in the match. Watch X-Pac sell the stunner from Austin. It is sick. Austin's last match on WWE PPV before quitting the organization for nine months. (8/10)

5. Edge vs. Kurt Angle (Hair vs. Hair Match)

Another amazing match. Even better than their match at Backlash. Very fast paced from the beginning. Great finish with a lot of near falls. In my opionion, one of the top ten matches of the year. (9/10)

6. Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Hell In A Cell)

This seems to be the forgotten Hell In A Cell match. Again, I feel it was one of the top ten matches of the year. There is a lot of blood, sick moves, announce table bumps, and weapon use. Referee Tim White takes a nasty bump in this match. The match even goes onto the top of the cage. Awesome finish. (9.5/10)

7. Rikishi & Rico vs. Billy & Chuck (Tag Titles)

Rico was actually a "surprise" partner of Rikishi in this match (although everyone knew it would be him). Horrible match. (4/10)

8. Hollywood Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker (Undisputed Title)

Not the best match, but it is pretty cool to see Taker and Hogan wrestle again. Vince makes an appearance in the match. Nothing too exciting. (7/10)

If you can find this DVD, pick it up. It will be worthwhile for the Hair vs. Hair match and the Hell In A Cell match, as they are two of the best matches of the year.

Overall Rating: 8.5/10