[Saint Dick]

Can't remember anything from Backlash '08 except for the three big matches (4 way, Michaels/Batista and Edge/Taker). All three are good.

[jonoaries]

The fatal 4 Way from RAW gets a solid ***

Good action, they really woke the audience up. Good match

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Big Show vs Great Khali.

[Yeah1993]

Originally Posted by Stocking Filled w/HAYLEY JOY~!

Oh, forgot mention the obvious Triple H TV match from 2000 - vs Chris Jericho when Jericho "won" the WWF Championship. Yeah. That's a moment worth praising. Nothing to do with Triple H though. Only b/c I'm so big on Jericho.

THAT POP when he wins.

I like that match and HHH in it. They have a better match in June, actually. Raw 6/12, I think.

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Game is fine in it. I only pop it in for the reason I stated. Goosebumps every time.

[The Beast Incarnate]

Randy Savage vs Diamond Dallas Page (LV Sudden Death ; Halloween Havoc 1997)

The only match I was looking forward to in this sea of shitty, shitty matches on this DVD. DDP has the taped ribs which Savage immediately goes after (PSYCHOLOGY FOLKS!). I love how right away these two guys go straight for the stands and duke it out there, it's almost a 97-99 mandatory match staple. Makes a ton of sense in this match though as that's all these two ever did in their matches. I probably mention this in every single Savage review that I do, but his standing double axe handle off the top rope is one of the most beautiful every-match moves I've ever seen in my entire life, deserves all the praise that it gets honestly.

Even when Savage Irish whips DDP into the barricade he aims for the ribs, Savage's WCW run was nothing to die for but he was downright magnificent here. These two go crazy, putting each other through the set and everything in this LV Sudden Death match (it's a LMS match for those who haven't seen this before ). They eventually make it back to the ring after this all out brawl and start hitting each other with the big moves ... Diamond cutter, Elbow drop, it's all here. Savage goes for a camera shot but DDP SITTING DROPKICKS IT INTO HIS MOTHER FUCKING FACE. Savage almost wins but ELIZABETH NAILS THE REF WITH A GLASS PLATTER (no idea why) and starts CHOKING the shit out of DDP until Kimberly makes the save!

Dusty Rhodes screaming "CATFIGHT!" just doesn't have that same ring to it as when Styles does it. Anyways, this match has a typical WCW bullshit ending with DDP getting nailed in the ribs with a bat by a fake Sting for Savage to win the Go-Home match in this feud. Savage's last Classic perhaps ? Awesome, AWESOME match here by an all time great and another guy who was entering a fantastic prime in DDP. Loved the symmetry of how this was Savage's last big feud while this was Page's first. LOVE the trilogy, and this is no exception. One of the best WCW matches I've seen in a while.

****

[Jack Evans 187]

RAW: The Best of 2009 - Disc Two

United States Championship
MVP (c) vs. Kofi Kingston - ** 1/2
June 1

Vacant WWE Championship - Fatal Four Way
John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Big Show - ** 3/4
June 15

WWE Championship - Last Man Standing
Randy Orton (c) vs. Triple H - *** 3/4
June 22

Gauntlet Match
Randy Orton vs. Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger, & Mark Henry - 1/2*
June 29

Randy Orton vs. Ted Dibiase - ** 1/2
July 6

Divas #1 Contender's Match
Kelly Kelly vs. Gail Kim vs. Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox - ** 1/4
August 10

Chris Jericho vs. MVP - **
August 31

United States Championship - Fatal Four Way
Kofi Kingston (c) vs. The Miz vs. Carlito vs. Jack Swagger - ** 1/2


Overall Disc Score: 6.5/10

- They did a really stupid thing in highlighting and showing the finish to the vacant WWE Title match in June's highlight package before we actually saw it. Odd decision making there. MVP/Kofi was decent but paced too slowly for a Kofi match. WWE Title 4-way was fun. Liked the booking with Big Show dominating throughout until he took a couple finishers and Orton sneaks in to grab the win. His character work in this year was fantastic. I seem to mark out heavy every time Orton wins a title...

- HELL YES, Orton vs. Trips last man standing was great. Brilliant story around Hunter's knee and some brutal legwork from Randy. Loved how HHH always had something in the environment to help him get to his feet, whether it was the announce table or the entrance ramp. The ladder spot where the electrical guy gets drilled in the face is fucking AWESOME. Finish was really well done on Trips' part. Great selling for sure. This is a match I could see getting better with every watch. OH and I almost forgot, this is shown in its entirety since it was on that RAW where Trump took over and had no commercials.

- Basically every match after that is unmemorable. Gauntlet match is totally pointless but garners a half * for Henry's headbutt that busted Orton open. Divas match was actually really entertaining. Spotty fun. US Title 4-way was essentially the same.

- There's an ass ton of coverage on Trump buying RAW and getting fired. Didn't care to see that much of it. Segments suck until DX comes back into the picture. Hilarious piece from Vince's birthday. It's his 84th birthday!

- Yeah, the summer months here were pretty shitty.

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Orton vs Dibiase Jr made it.

Got that 4 way on a VHS tape. (holy shit, I know) It's decent. Too short imo. Even with two bad workers in it I thought it was on the path of actually being something fun.

I remember fans actually popping for the Divas four way match. Gail Kim wins in Canada. Then next week she BOMBS vs Mickie James in an absolute WMOTYC.

[The Beast Incarnate]

NWO : The Revolution DVD Review

IT FUCKING SUCKS

0/10


...... In all honesty, I have four matches left to watch on the DVD and it's one of the worst I've ever seen. The Savage-DDP match and decent documentary should save it from a fail, but discs 2 and 3 on this set are two of the worst discs I have ever laid my eyes on. Eleven matches in.......... ONE FUCKING MATCH OVER *** . Why can't WWE ever get a WCW release completely right?

Honestly starting to think that WWE sabotages these "Monday Night Wars"/Nitro/NWO related DVDs just to subtlely bury WCW even further down in history. There are TWO FUCKING WCW releases penned for next year, and I'm willing to bet a billion dollars that one or BOTH will be in the running for worst DVD of the year. SAVAGE...PAGE....IS...SO....AWESOME....MUCH.....RESIST.....POSITIVE ..... REVIEW.

BURY DAT WRASSLIN' COMPANY

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The Jay Leno match made the set. That's deserving of a positive review right there.

KEVIN EUBANKS DIAMOND CUTTER