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 Mixed Event With Good Extras Sep 02, 2008
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 DVD you will find. I hope you find this review helpful; remember to vote helpful or not helpful. (Note-Each DVD I review has a "Match of the DVD" award somewhere in it.)
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
The 2003 edition of the Royal Rumble was an average event. You get three good matches, two horrible matches, and a good Rumble. Combine this with some good extras and this is a nice DVD. The extras are bonus interviews, promos for the event, television commercial with its making of sequence, three Undertaker return videos, a history of the Rumble, and a bonus match from Raw. This DVD is worth the buy.
Winner Advances to Royal Rumble Match
Brock Lesnar VS Big Show w/Paul Heyman
I love when these guys go at it. This match did not have the same epic feel as their Survivor Series 2002 match, but it was still an awesome match. Lesnar shows his strength early by hitting multiple belly-to-belly suplexes. Heyman gets involved, and pays for it. Lesnar pulls out a great win with a decent looking F-5.
RATING- 8/10
World Tag Team Championships
Lance Storm & William Regal(c) VS Dudley Boyz
After Storm and Regal had been caught uses Brass Knuckles for weeks, the Dudleys want revenge. This was a fun tag team match. There was good back and forth action the entire time. The match still came off as only a little above average. The ending is good.
RATING- 6.5/10
First-Ever Stepdaughter VS Stepmother Match
Torrie Wilson VS Dawn Marie
Dawn Marie had married Torrie Wilson's father, Al Wilson. After a series of unfortunate events, Al Wilson died. Dawn took it upon herself to blame Torrie and attack her. This is how this match came to be. I thought Dawn showed decent intensity, but Torrie almost showed no emotion at all. These two would go on to have better, less stupid, matches.
RATING- 2/10
World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H(c) w/Ric Flair VS Scott Steiner
This match was a train wreck. Steiner came in with tons of fan support; he left with half of the crowd booing him. Steiner dominated a lot of the match; Triple H got a few flurries in here and there. The problem with this is that Steiner was not ready to wrestle. After about five minutes, Steiner was burned out. Steiner hits the same four moves repeatedly until the fans hate him. Triple H uses a sledgehammer to get himself disqualified. The match is watchable, but it is bad. The aftermath is nice, but at that point you are already sick of Steiner.
RATING- 4/10
WWE Championship (Match of the DVD)
Kurt Angle w/ Team Angle VS Chris Benoit
Team Angle is quickly ejected from the match. We get a wrestling classic from these two athletes. The match starts a little slow, but quickly accelerates after Angle takes a sick DDT on the apron. These two go counter for counter. Benoit is trapped in the ankle lock for around two or so minutes before tapping out.
RATING- 10/10
Royal Rumble Match
This was the first time that the Royal Rumble would be contested between the two brands, Smackdown and Raw. The match begins with Michaels being jumped from behind by Jericho. Jericho quickly ejects HBK from the ring. From there you will see great wrestling, hardcore wrestling, and cool stand-offs. Edge/Christian, Jeff Hardy/Matt Hardy, and Undertaker/Lesnar all have cool stand-offs. Chris Nowinski takes a sick dropkick to his face by Edge. Dreamer comes in like a house of fire and begins swinging his kendo sticks like a mad man. He lands a shot on Chris Jericho, leaving a huge, bloody knot on his head. The match itself was solid. The major problem was there was not enough top talent. You knew it was between Undertaker and Lesnar the entire time. The final four was not a good choice either. Finally, you good see the ending coming from a mile away.
RATING- 8.5/10
 Yes, it is that bad Aug 13, 2008
Royal Rumble 2003 would have to be one of the weakest Royal Rumbles ever. The Rumble match couldn't even save this and neither could the classic match up between Benoit & Angle. I'll say don't even bother with this one unless you really want to see the Angle and Benoit match, it really is a great and an epic match but that couldn't even save this ppv.
1. Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show w/ Paul Heyman
The winner of this match would gain entry into the Rumble match. The match was bad but I felt it was better than their Survivor Series match. Paul interferes but it only made the match worse. Not a good opener but it's watchable. 2.5/5
2. World Tag Team Championship
Lance Storm & William Regal vs. Dudley Boyz
Pretty decent tag match. The Dudleys, Storm, and Regal kept it interesting and this became a nice title match to watch but it wasn't near to being all that. 3/5
3. Dawn Marie vs. Torrie Wilson
Man what a stupid a55 storyline these two gals was working with. How stupid and rediculous can you get besides the whole Katie Vick saga? A squah match. At least it was a little short. 1/5
4. World Heavyweight Title
Triple H w/ Ric Flair vs. Scott Steiner
Now this match wasn't all that bad but it was a suck a55 poor title match. The real problem with this match was that it just really dragged on way too long. Triple H tryed to keep this one at a steady pace but it just went too slow. Steiner pulled off a few nice slams here and there but nothing exciting. Poor title match. 2.5/5
5. WWE Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
I have no idea what to say about this one. Just a pure classic. This should have been at wrestlemania and not Lesnar/Angle. They pulled off some nice reversals and great suplexes. Angle takes one sickening suplex from Benoit in this one. Its a true shame that this match was put on here with such a poor ppv booking. This match was just unbelieveable. Possibably their best match throughout their long history with each other. An unforgetable classic. 5/5
6. 30 Man Royal Rumble Match
Not the best Royal Rumble to say the least.
It starts out with Michaels and Jericho but Jericho would get a cheap behind low blow on Michaels and eliminate him before Michaels can even get out of the blocks. Jericho did had an impressive showing on the other hand though. He also takes a hard shot with a kendostick from Dreamer. I really laughed my a55 when Cena entered the ring. His stupid rap was just so corny, you just cant't help but to laugh. Taker made a surprise return with being number 30 but it had a predictable ending. Nothing really memorable from this one. The best thing that came out from this was that it set up the match between Michaels and Jericho at wrestlemania. 3.5/5
Don't bother with this one. I'd hate for yall to waste your money just to see the Angle and Benoit match but it was certainly a classic bout. If yall do get this one, don't spend too much on it.
 Predictable Rumble Dec 04, 2007
The Rumble has really lost its luster since 1999. Ever since 2000 you can basically tell who is going win the Rumble. Heres the results
Brock Lesnar VS Big Show: You can predict who would win this match.
Dudley Boyz VS William Regal and Lance Storm: Alright match but this match would be played out on Raw for the next few months.
Torrie Wilson VS Dawn Marie: Bathroom break
Triple H VS Scott Steiner: The reason why I bought this dvd. I wanted to see how bad this match really was. First I want to cite something from a book Wrestlecrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling by RD Reynolds and Randy Baer. Page 263 states Steiner was diagnosed with drop foot syndrome and made it hard for Steiner to control movement in his feet. I watched but didnt really watch the worst match ever. It was very, very repetitive and Steiner used the same moves over and over and over and over and over. I blame Triple H for not really helping Steiner thru out this long, painful match. Only once does his condition show in this match and the crowd quickly chants "You F'$#ed up" The match was good but Steiner was repetitive and Triple H did a bad job selling the match. The ending was very stupid and made no sense. Of course a rematch was in order.
Kurt Angle VS Chris Benoit: Amazing match. Whenever you get these two men in the ring, you'd always get a classic match. ALWAYS! I watched some matches from 2001 between Angle and Benoit. They never disappoint the fans.
2003 Rumble: Decent match but if you listen closely, you know who is going win. I thought it was funny they put over Bill Demott and B2 and they didnt really last that long. Undertaker returns but doesnt last too long. Lesnar wins in anther uneventful Rumble.
Expect for the Benoit-Angle match, the whole PPV was bad. Steiner VS Triple H was a good match but I blame Triple H for not helping Steiner out.
Vivacious and exciting Royal Rumble keeps this from being a complete disaster Jun 23, 2007
Surprisingly, yet unsurprisingly, this was one of the worst WWE pay per view events I've ever seen, and undoubtedly the worst Royal Rumble I've seen thus far. Not one match other than the Rumble was worth a second viewing, and some of them not even worth one viewing.
Brock Lesnar vs The Big Show
Dull as the day is hot in Havana. I expect better from Lesnar, but after that debacle of a Smackdown main event at Survivor Series 2002 these two pulled, I shouldn't have expected much. (1/10)
World Tag Team Championship
The Dudley Boyz (C) vs William Regal and Lance Storm
In ECW, Lance Storm was a hell of an athlete. In the WWE, he's like a bird without wings. This wasn't much of a match from a wrestling perspective, and not very exciting either. As usual with matches involving the Dudleys, the audience only seems to care about tables. (3/10)
Torrie Wilson vs Dawn Marie
This whole "Al Wilson" storyline thing was a mistake from the start, but this match really had no intensity or passion in it. It was just a dull, by the books disappointing Diva match, an excuse to show sexy women catfighting. (0/10)
World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H (C) vs Scott Steiner
As the story goes, the WWE asked Steiner to take a steroids test, then suddenly shut up when he demanded Triple H take one as well. That leads me to believe both men are on steroids, but at least Triple H looks naturally built. Steiner's a disgusting bulk of rough-edged muscle with veins bulging out. This match was a quintessential example of everything bad and fake about wrestling going off at once, matched with a bad storyline of Triple H being afraid of Scott Steiner. Aside from Triple H's blatantly obvious blading (that's cutting yourself in wrestling terms to make it look like you're busted open from heavy fighting) from nothing more than a barely-there shot to the head with the championship belt, to Steiner doing virtually nothing but belly-to-belly suplexes and punches, to an ending so disastrously disappointing that it dragged the match into the annals of wrestling oblivion alongside the likes of Undertaker and Kane vs Kronik (Unforgiven 2001) and Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg (Wrestlemania XX). (0/10)
WWE Championship
Kurt Angle (C) vs Chris Benoit
Another reviewer here mentions that this is a wrestling fan's dream match and, quoting, "words would not do it justice". By the standards of the WWE these days, he's right. But why should we settle for mediocrity, just because WCW isn't back there prodding WWE in the ass to put on a quality product? This match was as dull and heavily scripted as any random brawler versus any generic hardcore guy in a regular match. The moves consisted of, besides punches kicks and stomps, a ceaseless gauntlet of german suplexes back and forth by the two, submission holds that went nowhere and held the match down for almost a whole minute at a time. Even the audience seemed bored with this match, mostly silent for all save when it looked like Benoit was gaining an advantage over Angle. (1/10)
To the reviewer "D.P." from California, who claims this is a wrestling fan's dream match, I dare you to eat your words when you watch Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko in their farewell match for ECW, a 2 out of 3 falls match. THAT, my friend, is a wrestling fan's dream!
Royal Rumble Match
As with many, if not all of the Royal Rumbles I've seen, this one was exciting, with plenty of action going on and off around the ring by many colorful characters and genuine athletes getting their time in the ring. John Cena's entry was an amazingly lame and disgustingly dreadful rap while the camera follows him down to the ring, but luckily he doesn't win. Instances such as Matt and Jeff Hardy fighting one another (in very different circumstances than in the 2001 Rumble) and Shannon Moore's frequent interference for Matt Hardy are exciting bits of entertainment, along with the fluidity with which much of the match moves. (9/10)
All in all, this was a debacle ruined by what WWE considers to be wrestling (or "sports entertainment") these days. Without WCW to make them cower in their boots, there's really nothing to make them try to give us quality entertainment. They'll give it to us whenever they feel like it.
One Of The Best & One Of The Worst World Title Matches In History...On The Same Show May 18, 2007
It is possible to have one of the best & worst World Title matches in wrestling history on the same card? Well, WWE somehow managed to pull that off at the 2003 Royal Rumble.
Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show - The winner of this match goes into the Rumble and Brock is one of those people that can bring out the best in Show. Since the winner was going into the Rumble later, they kept this match short but not as short as their Survivor Series match. This match is good but they would go on to have better encounters later on (the Stretcher Match at J. Day).
World Tag Team Champions William Regal & Lance Storm vs. Dudley Boyz - Good tag team match here between the two but it would turn out to be pointless as the Dudleys got screwed out of the belts the next night.
Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie - This wasn't good but at least they kept it short.
World Champion Triple H vs. Scott Steiner - Boy, this match was just awful. They didn't mesh well together & it was mostly on Steiner than Triple H who oversold Steiner's offense while Steiner just kept repeating his suplexes and obiviously was blown up at times. It just wasn't good.
WWE Champion Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit - This was a professional wrestling (not sports entertainment) fans dream match. Honestly, this is one of those matches that words would not do it justice. Wanna know how good this was...people were giving both Angle & Benoit standing ovations after the match.
(Also available on "History Of WWE Championship" & The Chris Benoit Story DVD sets)
Royal Rumble - This was an average Rumble that got boring at some times but it did had some good moments like Jeff Hardy finally getting his hands on Matt for how he left RAW, Maven trying to eliminate Undertaker AGAIN, and Tommy Dreamer bringing in weapons & getting "hardcore" but the big highlight here was the storyline between Jericho & HBK with help from Christian that resulted in both of their elimination's. Brock would go on to win it at the end after drawing a late entry.
Overall, the only match that's worth going out of your way to see is the Benoit/Angle match is available on two other DVD sets (History Of WWE Title, The Chris Benoit Story). Overall, this is one WWE DVD that I would get only at a reasonable LOW price.
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