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WWF In Your House 27 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre [VHS]

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I have been a wrestling fan since 1996 and have watched all kinds of wrestling. I have a wrestling DVD/VHS collection spanning over 50 all together. This is the most complete and accurate review of this VHS you will find. I hope you find this review helpful; remember to vote helpful or not helpful. (Note-Each VHS I review has a "Match of the VHS" award somewhere in it.)

WWF St. Valentines Day Massacre
This PPV is one that can be over looked really easy. Most people only remember it for it's last two matches, but it carried some great mid-card action as well. It had its slow points, but it was overall a very strong show. Also, if I remember correctly, this was WWF's last IYH PPV. If I am wrong on that, please leave a comment and correct me.

Goldust VS Bluedust
The Blue Meanie from ECW has been taunted Goldust for weeks now. He has even went as far as dressing like a blue version of Goldust. This was an entertaining opener. The match was kept short and filled with comedic action.
RATING- 6/10

WWF Hardcore Championship
Al Snow VS Bob Holly
This was for the Vacated Hardcore Title. This is the match that went all the way to the Mississippi River. This was one of the better early Hardcore Title matches. It included all your usual hardcore antics; there are many weapons used and lots of backstage brawling. The match ends in a fairly innovative way.
RATING- 8.5/10

Big Boss Man VS Mideon
This match was boring with little interesting action. The best part is when it ends. I'm not just saying that as a joke at how bad the match is either, the aftermath is awesome and included a wicked beat down of Boss Man.
RATING- 3.5/10

WWF World Tag Team Championships
Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart (c) w/Debra VS D'Lo Brown & Mark Henry w/Ivory
A solid tag featuring some heated confrontations between Debra and Ivory. The story is that Mark Henry still liked Debra, and became easily distracted by her. Ivory was meant to be the equalizer. All wrestlers do well in this match.
RATING- 8/10

After this match, Mankind gives an interview about The Rock's attack on him earlier.

Special Referee- Billy Gunn
WWF Intercontinental Championship
Ken Shamrock(c) VS Val Venis w/Ryan Shamrock
Val Venis is with Ken Shamrock's sister. Shamrock doesn't appreciate this and is losing his mind. Billy Gunn provides some of the most entertaining refereeing ever. This includes slow counts, no counts, not knowing what moves are pins. Shamrock and Venis put on a strong match.
RATING- 8/10

Triple H & X-Pac VS Chyna & Kane
Chyna turns on D-X and joins the Corporation. This is really just your average tag match. What makes it so entertaining is Chyna beating up on guys and Shane McMahon is on commentary. Shane McMahon makes his presence felt by attacking X-Pac. I liked the ending as it made no one look weak.
RATING- 8/10

Last Man Standing Match (Match of the VHS)
WWF Championship
Mankind(c) VS The Rock
This match was brutal. Some people say their match at WWE Royal Rumble 1999 - No Chance In Hell was better; I haven't seen it but you should check that match out too. The Rock suplexes Mankind on the floor three times. Mankind DDTs Rock through a table. Both men use chairs and stairs to attack each other. It another great match from The Rock and Mankind.
RATING- 10/10

Steel Cage Match
Winner Goes on to Wrestlemania Main Event
Vince McMahon VS Stone Cold Steve Austin
This match starts off with some brawling outside the cage because McMahon refuses to get in the cage with Austin. They go up in the crowd and brawl. McMahon tries to escape Austin by climbing into the cage. McMahon pays for it as he is caught and falls through the announce table. Eventually, Austin gets McMahon in the cage and the match finally starts. The match is entirely a beat-down of McMahon, but it's one of the most entertaining beat-downs there has ever been. Paul Wight, better know as Big Show, would make his debut near the end of this match.
RATING- 9/10

Goldust vs Blue Meanie

Funny match, great way to open the show.

Rating: 6.0/10

WWF Hardcore Title Match

Al Snow (C) vs Hardcore Holly

Great, Entertaining match. This was an good match with a good ending.

Rating: 7.5/10

WWF Intercontinential Title Match

Ken Shamrock (C) vs Val Venis

Special Ref-Billy Gunn

This match exceeded expectations by far. Great match with good ending.

Rating: 7.5/10

Big Boss Man vs Mideon

Quite possibly the worst match in the history of PPV's. The most boring match of 1999 by far.

Rating: 1.0/10

WWF Tag Team Title Match

Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart (C) vs Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown

Pretty good title match. It didn't disappoint.

Rating: 6.5/10

Mixed Tag Team Match

Triple H and X-Pac vs Kane and Chyna

Boring match until the end, the end made the match good.

Rating: 6.0/10

WWF Championship Match

Last Man Standing Match

The Rock (C) vs Mankind

Good match, but not even near their match at the Rumble. Very good ending though.

Rating: 8.0/10

Steel Cage Match

Winner Is #1 Contender for WWF Title Match at Wrestlemania 15

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs Vince McMahon

Great match, great ending. Perfect main event for this type of PPV.

Rating: 9.0/10

WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre is worth a rent for casual wrestling fans, but this PPV needs to be bought for any hardcore fan.

Overall Rating: 7.5/10

Goldust vs The Blue Meanie

Weird match with that reject from Extremely Crappy Wrestling(ECW)The Blue Meanie.Thank goodness Goldust won which as I was rooting for him in this match,even though that is something I dont normally do.

Hardcore Holly vs Al Snow(champion) for the WWF Hardcore Title.

Good macth with good hardcore wrestling.Now thats my kind of match.They eventually wind up at the Mississippi River and Hardcore Holly wins the title.(They would have another match for the harcore title at Backlash 1999 with Snow winning).

The Big Bossman vs Mideon

The Undertaker and The Ministry of Darkness are doing an promo backstage before the match.Then the match begins with the Bossman and Mideon.The Bossman wins but after the match he is attacked by the Ministry of Darkness and is taken backstage.

Dlo Brown and Mark Henry w/Ivory vs Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett(champions)w/Debra for the WWF Tag Team Titles.

Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett win to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles.Ok match,good catfight after the match too w/Ivory and Debra.I was wishing Ivory could of ripped of Debras top and we could of seen her puppies but that didnt happen though.

Ken Shamrock(champion) vs Val Venis for the Intercontinental Title w/guest referee Billy Gunn

Venis wins after guest referee Billy Gunn fast counts Shamrock.Then they fight after the match.

HHH and XPAC vs Kane and Chyna

I love this feud!Chyna had turned on HHH the month before and this set up their friction among one another!Anyway Kane and Chyna won when Kane choke slammed HHH and Chyna got the pin.Also Shane McMahon does guest commentary for the match.

The Rock vs Mankind(champion)in an last man standing match for the WWF Title.

Neither man won after both were counted out after the count of 10 resulting in an draw.However since Mankind was the champion going into the p.p.v he retains the WWF Title.(He would lose the title the next night on Raw to the Rock in an ladder match).

Vince McMahon vs Stone Cold in an cage match(If Austin wins he gets to go to Wrestlemania 15 to face the WWF Champion)

First let me say one thing....did you ever think you'll see Vince Mcmahon headlining a p.p.v?Neither did I,but anyway Austin dominates the whole match and then the Paul Wight aka the Big Show interferes and slams Austin throught the cage but however the door opens and Austin falls out for the win.Stone Cold is going to Wrestlemania 15 to face the WWF Champion!

Overall a good show Michael Cole and Jerry "The King "Lawler were the announcers after J.R had been out since December of 1998 returning in April of 1999.They made a pretty good announce team in J.R's absence.Also every single match was just about good w/the Last Man Standing Match between The Rock/Mankind,and the Cage Match between Austin/Vince being two classics.Youre not an fan of the WWF/WWE unless you buy this tape!

Opening Match: Goldust v The Blue Meanie
Goldust won after a Curtain Call on Meanie. **

Hardcore Championship Match: Bob Holly v Al Snow
These two men brawled all the way out of the building down to the Mississippi River, where Holly got the pin on Snow whilst using fencing. ***1/2

Big Boss Man v Mideon
Boss Man won after his Sidewalk Slam. *

Tag Team Title Match: D'Lo Brown & Mark Henry v Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett
Owen and JJ won after Jarrett made Henry submit to the Figure-Four Leglock. **

Intercontinental Title Match: Ken Shamrock v Val Venis
Billy Gunn was the Special Referee for this contest. Venis won after Gunn attacked Shamrock. *

Mixed Tag Team Match: Kane & Chyna v Triple H & X-Pac
After a great tag match, Kane gave HHH a chokeslam and then put Chyna on top of Helmsley for the pin. ****1/2

WWF Title, Last Man Standing Match: Mankind v The Rock
Much like their 'I Quit' Match at the Royal Rumble, these two superstars took brutality to a whole new level. The match ended when both men knocked each other out with steel chairs at the same time, forcing a double countout. Therefore, the match became a draw. ****1/2. Match would have been ***** if it had a proper ending and a real winner, and not the stupid draw.

Steel Cage Match: Vince McMahon v Steve Austin
After Austin totally beat the hell out of Vince inside the cage, Big Show came up from under the ring and attacked the Rattlesnake near the end of the match. He threw Austin into the cage, forcing the cage to brake, and Stone Cold managed to escape for the win! ****

Recommended show.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre was a good solid three hours of WWF wrestling action. In a steel cage match, the WWF Title shot at Wrestlemania 15 is up for grabs as Stone Cold Steve Austin takes on Vince McMahon. Be on the look out for the Big Show. The WWF Title is put up for the first time in a Last Man Standing match as Mankind defends the WWF Championship against the Rock. In a mixed tag team match, HHH and X-Pac of DX take on Kane and Chyna of the Corporation. Ken Shamrock defends the WWF Intercontinental Title against Val Venis with Badd Ass Billy Gunn as the special guest referee. WWF Tag Team Champions-Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart take on Challengers-Mark Henry and D-Lo Brown. Keep your eyes on Debra and Ivory. The war between the Corpration and the Ministry rages on as the Big Boss Man takes on Midian. The WWF Hardcore Title is up for grabs between Al Snow and Bob "Hardcore" Holly. In the opening bout, Goldust takes on "Bluedust" aka the Blue Meanie.

This PPV had 9 matches which were pretty entertaining execpt for the Bluedust Vs Golddust which was pretty bad.

The Hardcore match with Hardcore Holly and Al Snow was amazing. It had many rough hits and lead all the way into the river.

The Last Man Standing Match was excellent. Mankind got pretty beat up especcially at one time he gets back body droped off the announce table and hits the back of his head on it. good match but the ending [was bad], it should not have been a draw.

The Cage Match was actully good, Vince took a crazy bump off the cage and threw the spanish announce table which did not break properly and caused him to break his tail bone, Vince continued after about 10 minutes and kept up in the action pretty good for the injury he had. There was an amazing surprise ending which I wont tell but you will love it.

Thanks to another old tape that I found in my large wrestling collection, I was able to rewatch another WWF PPV from the year 1999 in the first (only so far) "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" event. Now during this time, the main stories leading into this event surrounded events that happened at the Royal Rumble. Mankind & The Rock had been battling for months with matches such as an I-Quit match & an Empty Arena match with each match providing unique finishes which lead to this encounter being a Last Man Standing match to settle the score. Speaking of scores, Stone Cold Steve Austin had some bitter scores to settle with Vince McMahon. After McMahon won the Rumble (believe it or not) & forfeited his title shot, Austin was named the replacement by Commissioner Shawn Michaels but Austin wanted McMahon to the point where he challenged McMahon to a steel cage match & on top of that, place his shot for WWF Championship at WrestleMania on the line.

Goldust vs Blue Meanie. This was just a short match that was supposed to be nothing more than a comedic match. This is one of those matches that your either gonna like or hate depending on your taste but the crowd enjoyed it so it did it's job in getting the crowd fired up.

Hardcore Championship: Al Snow vs Bob Holly. This was scheduled to be Road Dogg vs Al Snow for the title but due to the Road Dogg's injury the previous night on RAW, Snow didn't have an opponent so fellow J.O.B. Squad member Bob Holly stepped up for the challenge. This was the match that credited Holly from going to J.O.B. squad member to Hardcore Holly as these two just brawled through the crowd, backstage, parking lot & even the Mississippi River with The King delivering some hilarious commentary there along with a unique finish that I don't think was prior to this. An entertaining match that again made the Hardcore Holly character.

Big Bossman vs Mideon. Just a boring & pointless filler with the best part being at the aftermath where The Undertaker showed up with his Ministry to deliver a vicious beating to the Bossman before kidnapping as well.

WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett vs D'Lo Brown & Mark Henry. The story here was that Mark Henry was smitting with Debro so D'Lo had brought in Ivory to be the equalizer for Henry along with Ivory promising that if Debra got involved in this match, then she would rip off her clothes. Owen & Jarrett were underrated tag team as they used the tag team strategy of cutting off the ring & keeping D'Lo in their corner before Henry came in to be the powerhouse of the match. Debra did get involved which lead to Owen & Jarrett focusing on Henry's knee along with a guitar to get the victory.

Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock vs Val Venis w/Special Referee Billy Gunn. The storyline here was that Val Venis was messing around with Shamrock's sister Ryan & it was driving Shamrock nuts to the point where Billy Gunn made himself the special guest referee since no referee wanted to get involved in this match. Ryan was a major focus in this match with the camera showing her a few times but the most entertaining parts was Billy Gunn being the bias referee with slow counts, getting in both men's faces, not watching the action at times & even appearing confused when someone was using a submission to the point to where Ken & Val had to remind him to ask the guy if he gives. As for the match, Ken & Val put on a nice match that went back & forth but this was more about continuing the storyline surrounding Ryan Shamrock to the point where she slapped Ken (which if you listen clearly, he tells her to do) & Gunn showing where he stands in this feud.

Triple H & X-Pac vs Kane & Chyna. The night after the Royal Rumble, Chyna turned on Triple H to join the Corporation after Triple H had quit in his title match against The Rock in order to protect her from being attacked by Kane. It should be noted that Shane McMahon made his way to the ring before the match got started to join the commentary table. Chyna was still limited at this point in time so her time in the match was limited but even with that being said, this match played out better than anyone expected as everyone else did a great job making Chyna look better whenever she was in there but the real highlight was the interaction between X-Pac & Shane McMahon that played a factor not only in the match but setting up one of the main events for WrestleMania.

Last Man Standing Match: WWF Champion Mankind vs The Rock. Mankind came into this match with an injured knee due to the attack earlier on HEAT at the hands of The Rock & you could see him favoring it while making his way to the ring. Even though their Rumble match was a more violent encounter, this match certainly delivered when it came to actual quality in delivering another match that was different than their previous encounters. They started brawling in the early stages with Mankind putting his hands behind his back similar to the Rumble match. This went to the outside where they would start using weapons such as a TV monitor, table near the entrance way where Mankind DDT'd Rock through a table, the ringbell, & the constant use of steel chairs & steel steps including a sick moment where Rock through the steps from the inside of the ring onto Mankind who was laying on the outside floor. Along with that action, there was some great & entertaining comedy such as Mankind trying to do the Corporate Elbow (or Mr. Elbow as Cole called it) along with The Rock singing "SmackDown Hotel". The ending was sort of cheap but it didn't take away from the effort of both men.

Steel Cage Match: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Vince McMahon. Austin's title shot at WrestleMania was on the line along with McMahon promising that there would be no outside interference from the Corporation or they will be fired. On top of that, Austin had made a few promises of his own which was to bust McMahon open, beat him from every side of the cage & walk over his carcass to win. This match summarized all of that as Austin just unleashed "A Can Of Whoop Ass" on Vince from the start to where he faked an injury just to get his hands on Vince. From there, Austin knocked him off the top of the cage through the announce table with Austin actually throwing Vince off the stretcher & using it as well, before beating him down once they got in the ring with some comedic moments of Vince flipping the bird whenever Austin thought about exiting the cage. The ending was shocking as Paul Wight (WCW's Giant & currently The Big Show) made his WWF debut & made an impact in the match but not the way McMahon expected.

Overall, I enjoyed this event more than I did the Royal Rumble card as there was more to enjoy on this card with the only flops being the Bossman/Mideon match & the opening match (again depending on your taste of comedy). However the main events made this event standout that I would receive this event as one of the better cards from the WWF in 1999.

I love this video.It is a great ppv from 1999.The best matches were the Rock vs Mankind in a last man standing, HHH and Xpac vs Kane and Chyna ,and Stone Cold vs Vince Mcmahon in a cage match.The Rock and Mankind tore the house down until both beat each other senseless.HHH and Xpac were out for revenge since Chyna joined the corporation but they had to get through Kane first.Then Stone Cold beat the crap out Mcmahon but was in for a surprise.............The Big Show!

St. Valentine's Day Massacre was a good effort by the WWF and its superstars. The McMahon-Austin cage match was the reason I purchased it and I wasn't disappointed. Rock vs. Mankind was an enjoyable match to watch but you couldn't help but be slightly disappointed by the ending. Val Venis vs. Ken Shamrock, Triple H/X-Pac vs. Chyna/Kane and the hardcore tilt with Snow and Holly were all good bouts. The tag title match was decent but I could have done without the Goldust-Bluedust match. The Bossman vs. Midion did nothing for me as well. Overall, I would recommend purchasing the video as I have no regrets about my purchase. Solid card with some spectacular spots.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre can only be summed up in one word. AWESOME. From the opening bout where Goldust defeated Bluedust (Blue Meanie) to the Hardcore Match that went to the Mississippi to Last Man Standing Match for the WWF Title to the cage match with Mr. McMahon and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. The Pay-Per-View surly has it all.