No Mercy 2004 PPV Ramblings

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No Mercy 2004

 

May jebus have mercy on my soul, because this undercard probably won’t.

 

Eddie Guerrero Vs Luther Reigns

Eddie Guerrero. One of the all time greats. One of the most popular superstars at the time. Was WWE Champion at WM XX earlier in the year. Now he’s opening a PPV against Luther fucking Reigns. How does that even happen?

:lmao Luther gets off to a good start by powering Eddie down with a clothesline, so Eddie backs himself into a corner to sucker Luther in… then POKES HIM IN THE EYE. I miss Eddie :(. Goku got to come back for one day while dead to compete in a tournament, why can’t Eddie come back for a show?

Standard power wrestler stuff from Luther; press slam, bear hug etc. Nothing worth going into detail about lol. Highlight is Eddie selling it and using his lie, cheat and steal way off life to try and make comebacks.

So according to Michael Cole, Luther Reigns in the past has been shot, stabbed and had his throat slit. At least I know I’m not alone in not liking the guy 8*D.

:mark: Eddie escaping Reigns when he has him in a reverse DDT position is awesome. Knees to the face then uses the ropes to push himself up and over and lands a reverse DDT of his own! Now things are picking up as Eddie makes his comeback! Love how Eddie, despite being babyface, just looks like a cocky DICK after he hits a few moves lol. The fans eat it up and so do I.

Oh man oh man oh man Eddie is the greatest. He’s making his comeback and looking great… then Luther just powers him into the air and smashes him to the mat. Eddie rolls out to figure out what to do next… and happens to notice a security guard! He steals the security guard’s baton, sticks it in his boot and yeah, you can figure out what goes down after that :p. Eddie <3.

Eddie wins. Duh.

Match isn’t awful, so that’s something! Luther wasn’t bad, he was just… basic as shit :p. But give Eddie something basic and he turns it into something good, so I’m happy with how this went. Fun stuff, but such a waste of Eddie’s talent.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Dawn Marie walks in on Miss Jackie topless. FAP FAP FAP. Jackie just stands there covering her tits lol.

 

Spike Dudley Vs Nunzio – WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match

God I love the FBI theme. Huh, Nunzio was trained by Billy Robinson? I did not know this. Pretty cool though.

:lmao Spike couldn’t even slam NUNZIO without falling back.

Opening few minutes are ALL Nunzio, with the champ unable to get anything in whatsoever. Nunzio looks pretty great btw. His offence looks snug and solid (kinda funny I’m noticing something like that after finding out who trained him :p ), and he is real smooth at the counters and shit too. Almost makes me wanna check more Nunzio stuff out. Almost.

Sweeeeeet counter by Nunzio into a cradle for a very close near fall, which is similar to how he beat Spike on SD to earn a title shot here.

Unfortunately Spike on offence is DULL AS FUCK as he keeps going for the same damn hold; a full nelson while Nunzio is on the mat.

Thankfully though Nunzio is on top of his game and seems to control a great deal of this match, countering the champ at every turn and hitting some sweet offence.

The Dudley Boys on the outside are what give the advantage finally to Spike allowing him to win.

This was fun. Nunzio going for quick counters into pins to try and get the win just like he did on SD was cool.

Rating: **1/4
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Paul London Vs Billy Kidman

Remember when Kidman injured Chavo Jr with a botched SSP? Ahhh, fun times :).

Some nice HATE~! from London early on. Thanks to Kidman they lost the tag belts, and then Kidman smacked him in the back with a chair too. So he has every right to be fucked off. In the wrestling world, anyway lol :p.

Man, London doesn’t give a shit. He’s launching himself all over to hurt Kidman. That springboard moonsault from the second rope INSIDE the ring OVER THE ROPES TO THE FLOOR was fucking SICK. I mean wow. One mistake and he could have landed on the back of his head on the apron or something.

RAKE TO THE EYES~! And then poor London gets thrown ribs first into the ring post and Kidman is controlling this one!

Nice job by Kidman WORKING a hold, stretching London after he went ribs first into that ring post, then punching the ribs for added punishment.

Great focused offence by Kidman, and London takes some great bumps and sells everything pretty well too.

Love how London keeps getting out of these holds by KNEEING KIDMAN IN THE FACE. Keeps working so why not? :p

Damn, that was one STIFF ELBOW shot to Kidman’s face. That looked better than any Bull Hammer from Barrett.

London keeps trying to make a comeback, but his injured ribs prevent him from getting on any kind of roll, and Kidman takes full advantage of it every time. Pretty smart work throughout this match, and some great action too!

Kidman goes to the ropes for a SSP!!! But like the last few weeks since the Chavo incident, he hesitates and looks to leave! But Teddy Long told him if he leaves the match he’s fired, so he has to come back anyway.

London goes for the SSP! Kidman drives the knees into London’s ribs, and then lands a SSP of his own for the win! Kidman overcame his demons! Yey!!! Wait… Kidman’s the heel? Yey anyway I guess? :p

Great match! Very impressed :). LONDON IS SPITTING UP BLOOD!!! The fans seem happy about it :lmao. SSP TO LONDON WHILE HE’S STRAPPED ON A BOARD~!

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

JBL interview. He talks about how he’s always guaranteed victory… but tonight the words just can’t come out. EPIC FORESHADOWING? No. I mean… SPOILER~!

 

Kenzo Suzuki & Renee Dupree Vs RVD & Rey Mysterio – WWE Tag Team Championship Match

BLUCE SPLINGSTEEN~! :lmao

BOOOORRRN IN TEH YOU ESS AYYE :lmao

I almost wanna watch the match after that awesomeness from Kenzo. Was better than the real Springsteen that’s for sure 8*D.

Nah, I can’t watch it. I can’t watch a match with RVD, Kenzo and Dupree. Urgh.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

The Big Show Vs Kurt Angle

Man, remember that awesome return from Big Show when he cleared the entire locker-room during that lumberjack match? Guy looked like a legit monster.

:lmao oh man the build up for this match. ANGLE SHOOTS BIG SHOW WITH A TRANQUILLISER GUN :lmao. Then shaves his head :lmao.

Teddy Long making more FIRED~! threats. Anyone interferes in this match and they are gone!

Big Show is gonna break Angle’s ASS IN HALF. I guess it’s one of THOSE kind of PPV’s…

Show pushes and throws Angle around for a few minutes, then Angle gets himself counted out!

TEDDY LONG~! He’s throwing his weight around AGAIN lol, and tells Angle the match is gonna restart, and if Angle doesn’t have a proper match he’s fired. TEDDY HATES THE WHITE MAN.

:lmao Angle trips over the steps and nearly gets counted out and fired.

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Match gets ***** for that alone :lmao.

Oh man, great camera angle for Angle getting decked in the face holding a chair:

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Show decides this match is over and goes for a chokeslam, but Angle rolls through into an Ankle Lock!!!

REF BUMP~! ANGLE CHEATS AND USES A CHAIR~!

Man, Angle really goes to fucking town on Show’s ankle. Love the spot where he HANGS on the ankle of Show while Show is on the apron. Looks brutal as fuck.

All that ankle work and… Show stands up and starts throwing Angle around, runs, and even hits a big boot. All the while completely NO SELLING the ankle work. Wow, no selling in an Angle match and it’s NOT Kurt’s fault?

:lmao Angle tries to shoot Big Show again.

Oh hey Show has decided to limp a little. Nice of him.

CHOKESLAM FROM THE ROPES~! Show wins.

Fun enough match, just a shame Show decides to no sell the ankle work during most of his comeback.

Rating: **3/4
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Booker T Vs John Cena – Best of 5 Series United States Championship – Match 5

Ha.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

The Dudley Boys & Dawn Marie Vs Charlie Hass, Rico & Miss Jackie

So Charlie and Jackie are engaged. But Dawn Marie claims she’s having an affair with Dawn. And somehow the Dudley’s are involved making it a 6 man tag because STUFF.

FAP FAP FAP Dawn and Jackie get into it. Lol.

Bubba tags in and wants a kiss from Jackie. He closes his eyes and…

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:lmao.

Bubba walks out of the match :lmao.

He eventually comes back and crotches Rico as revenge :p.

Bubba gets the tag and mauls Rico for kissing him, then Charlie gets the hot tag and cleans house for a little while, then it’s chaos as we go into the finish.

:lmao Bubba sets Rico up for the headbutt to the goin, but he seems to WANT it, and Devon is terrified :lmao.

In the end Rico lands a moonsault for the win.

FUN.

Rating: **1/4
CAL SCALE – 1

 

JBL Vs The Undertaker – WWE Championship Last Ride Match

:mark:.

JBL bringing back some old members of the Ministry of Darkness was awesome. And then Undertaker crushed them a week later :lmao.

Match starts with both guys clubbing each other in the face :mark:. ***** already :p.

JBL tries. He really does. But he just can’t do a damn thing to ‘Taker in the early going. Punches to the face, boots to the face, elbow drops, apron leg drop, and an irish whip into the steel steps are all things that Undertaker does to JBL without a care in the world :).

STEEL STEPS TO THE FACE~! Undertaker wasted too much time setting up the announce table for a spot and ends up tasting some cold hard steel. Oh fuck, that second shot with the steps is fucking incredible.

Are there any Texan wrestlers who are BAD at punching?

TRIANGLE CHOKE~! JBL taps but it doesn’t matter. And I’m just now realising there is a referee. Why? Is he the only person who can call for the bell when the loser gets driven away? He doesn’t need to be there lol. In fact in the video package for the match, JBL claims there won’t be a referee. Oh well.

:lmao at Undertaker threatening one of the Spanish announcers with a monitor because he’s just sat at the table still when Undertaker clearly wants to put JBL through it :p.

That back body drops off the steps gets me every time. Looks brutal and has to be done perfectly because they don’t have the momentum of someone running the ropes to properly execute the move, so JBL could easily end up smashing the back of his head on the steps if it went wrong.

TOMEBSTONE ON THE STEEL STEPS~! Awesome. Tazz screaming at Undertaker not to do it because he’ll kill JBL is awesome too.

JBL is bleeding, so Undertaker targets the cut :mark:.

CHAIR SHOT TO UNDERTAKER~! Total desperation move from the champ.

CHOKESLAM FROM ONE ANNOUNCE TABLE THROUGH THE OTHER~!

The Dead Man picks up JBL and carries him up to the hearse! JBL is about to take his Last Ride!

HEIDENREICH~! He was in the back of the hearse all along! Chloroform~! Undertaker is out! The hearse starts to drive away… but Undertaker sits up and goes back after Heidenreich!!!

CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL~!

JBL survives and retains his championship!!!

Heyman turns out to be the driver of the hearse, and sets it up so Heidenreich can drive a truck right into it with Undertaker still in the back!!! Crazy!

Awesome, awesome match. A brutal, vicious, bloody brawl between two awesome brawlers. Love it.

Rating: ****1/4
CAL SCALE – 6

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 11.5

SummerSlam 2004 PPV Ramblings

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SummerSlam 2004

 

Time to take off the wrapping and finally watch this on DVD, despite owning it for like a year lol!

 

The Dudley Boys Vs Rey Mysterio, Billy Kidman & Paul London

6 man tag action to start off the show. Remember when Spike turned heel and became THE BOSS of the Dudley Boys? :lmao

“THIS IS GONNA BE A ROUGH AND TUMBLE 6 MAN TAG” :lmao.

I love Bubba as a heel. I’LL BEAT YOUR FACE IN~!

Love when Rey gets tagged in. He’s PISSED at Spike because he cheated to win the CW title from him AND put him through a table a couple of weeks ago. So Rey beats the shit out of Spike, and it’s pretty good. Also love when Spike kicks out of a pin attempt, so Rey just kicks him HARD in the back for having the nerve to actually kick out lol.

Seems that Rey was essentially the hot tag, despite London not really being much of a FIP. They just didn’t get the time. Kidman tags in and also seems to be something of a hot tag despite the fact Rey was never FIP lol, but Kidman runs in and takes everyone out and nearly wins the match a couple of times, before the Dudley’s hit a 3D and this is done.

Fun opener, but just didn’t get the time to really turn into a great tag that it EASILY could have been, because Rey and London could have no doubt been pretty sweet FIP guys lol. Oh well. Enjoyable for what it was.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Kane Vs Matt Hardy – Till Death Do Us Part Match: Lita Will Marry the Winner

Just like their previous PPV match, Matt starts the match off on fire. He wants to end this match quick, because the longer it goes the more chance Kane will get hold of him and murder him lol.

TWIST OF FATE ON THE FLOOR~! Damn, I don’t think Kane’s got any offence in outside of an uppercut for the first few minutes! I guess Matt really wants to marry Lita lol.

And Lita definitely wants to marry Matt, as she throws in the ring bell to Matt and distracts the referee! Kane gets his skull caved in with a SICKENING shot, but kicks out at 2!!!

Matt pretty much DOMINATED this match… but in the end it takes one giant Chokeslam from the ropes to give the win to KANE.

Match is a bit disappointing, especially after their really fun brawl at the previous PPV. Plus it was pretty much just MATT beating up Kane, then Kane winning at the end lol.

Rating: *1/2
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Orton interview backstage… then Cena shows up with a cheesy grin on his face. Awful stuff from him.

 

Booker T Vs John Cena – Best of 5 Series United States Championship Match 1

:lmao I am not going to attempt this one.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Bischoff talks to the new SD GM, Teddy Long, and says that there is a good chance Teddy won’t be GM by Survivor Series. Joke is on Bischoff, because Teddy would be around FOREVER…

 

Batista Vs Edge Vs Chris Jericho – Intercontinental Championship Match

:lmao Edge getting booed in his hometown :lmao.

:lmao Edge is posing in the ropes and Batista clubs him from behind and kicks him out of the ring. Great start to the match for the hometown “hero” Edge :D.

Edge returns to the match with a chop block to Batista who is about to powerbomb Jericho. What a stupid thing to do. LET HIM POWERBOMB JERICHO FIRST. That way, JERICHO IS OUT OF THE MATCH FOR A WHILE. Make it 1 on 1. Have a better chance of WINNING. Dumb shit. NO WONDER YOUR HOMETOWN HATES YOU!!! :p

:lmao at Batista. Takes a dropkick and is SUPPOSED to go through the ropes but… well… have a look…

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Edge and Jericho get some time alone, which results in more Edge getting booed by his hometown fans LOL.

:lmao Edge tries to Spear Batista, but they do the spot where someone (in this case, Jericho lol) runs from the side and stops it… but the timing is off and Edge ups up STOPPING to Jericho can hit him :lmao.

Spear to Jericho and this one is over in a flash. Underwhelming finish to an underwhelming match lol. This sucked.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Eddie Guerrero Vs Kurt Angle

Urgh. I wanna skip this, but a big Eddie PPV match? I’ll suffer. Maybe I’ll like it. Maybe I’ll win the lottery tonight.

I don’t care for their WM match at all. And I always thought this was WORSE. Yey…

Eddie comes out in a lowrider as usual, and Tazz questions where Eddie found one in Canada. Despite the fact the lowrider has LOFLIFECUSTOMS.COM plastered on the windscreen. It’s a mystery, Tazz.

They spend the first few minutes rolling around on the mat wrestling and then…

ANKLE LOCK~! By Eddie. Angle channels THE MOUNTAIN and escapes with a pretty vicious thumb to the eye.

ANGLE SLAM~!

ANKLE LOCK~!

EDDIE WITH AN ANKLE LOCK ON ANGLE WHILE ANGLE HAD AN ANKLE LOCK ON EDDIE~!

ANKLE LOCK~!

ANKLE LOCK~!

Apparently hitting his finisher then applying his submission finisher THREE TIMES isn’t enough so Angle decides to WORK THE ANKLE a little to soften it up :|.

ANGLE SLAM BY EDDIE~!

Eddie unties his boot ala WM XX. Then, despite being in a bunch of Ankle Locks and having his ANKLE WORKED OVER afterwards… he manages to pull of 3 Amigos with the greatest of ease. It happened to Benoit and it’s happening to Eddie; The Angle Effect. It makes his opponents turn into retards. They forget the basics of wrestling like telling a coherent story or selling.

ANGLE SLAM~! Because this match needed another one.

Angle rips off the boot that Eddie untied before applying ANOTHER ANKLE LOCK, to avoid the same finish as WM. So Eddie instead uses the boot to deck Angle in the face.

FROG SPLASH~!

Guess what? THE MATCH STILL ISN’T OVER.

ANKLE LOCK~!

Eddie survives for about a minute and then finally taps.

This. Was. Garbage. There is practically NOTHING to this match besides finishers, be they high impact or submission. Over and over and over and over again. Lack of selling in between them too. Urgh.

Rating: DUD
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Triple H Vs Eugene

Well isn’t this ironic? I just watched Angle turn Eddie into a retard, and now I get to see HHH beat one up.

Eugene is getting the better of HHH at the start of the match :lmao. The Canadian fans are BOOING A RETARD.

So, how does HHH gain control? Does he out wrestle the retard? Nah, he uses Lillian Garcia (FAP FAP BTW) to distract him. HHH HAD TO DISTRACT A RETARD TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE MATCH. THIS IS A PPV MATCH. ONE OF THE BIG 4 PPV’S OF THE YEAR. FEATURING HHH, THE GUY WHO MAIN EVENTED WRESTLEMANIA XX AS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION EARLIER IN THE YEAR. HE’S FIGHTING A RETARD. :lmao

:lmao had to laugh at Eugene doing the 10 punches in the corner, but stopping at 8 and using his finger to figure out how many he had left :lmao.

Once again, HHH is unable to beat Eugene with WRESTLING… so he has to trick him. Fakes an injury then attacks him from behind. HHH TRICKED A RETARD TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE MATCH. THIS IS A PPV MATCH. ONE OF THE BIG 4 PPV’S OF THE YEAR. FEATURING HHH, THE GUY WHO MAIN EVENTED WRESTLEMANIA XX AS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION EARLIER IN THE YEAR. HE’S FIGHTING A RETARD. :lmao

So… HHH beats up a retard. On PPV. And the fans are loving it. They finally pop for Eugene when he gives HHH the middle finger and stuns him though :p.

PEDIGREE BY EUGENE~! Flair puts HHH’s foot on the ropes. HHH NEEDED HELP FROM FLAIR TO SURVIVE A MATCH WITH A RETARD.

Flair gets sent to the back, but from behind comes WILLIAM REGAL who fucking decks the Nature Boy with brass knucks! Eugene is too distracted and ends up turning around into a Pedigree, and HHH FINALLY beats the retard.

I used to like this. But that was when I wasn’t sleeping. Now I am, and fuck me I hated this. A main eventer against a retard on PPV. And the main eventer struggled to win. Just awful tbh.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Diva Dodgeball

So this is just an excuse to get the diva search girls in bikini’s bouncing around.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

JBL Vs The Undertaker – WWE Championship Match

Fucking FINALLY, something to sink my teeth into on this damn show. Thank jebus for the 2 main events otherwise this PPV would be awful lol.

Man, Undertaker is fucking awesome (newsflash, I know…). He even stares down the guy who he hands his coat and hat to :lmao.

2 big Texans punching each other in the face :mark:.

They go back and forth, until Orlando Jordan causes a distraction (by getting kicked in the face lol), allowing JBL to go after ‘Taker’s leg and smash it with a chair!

:mark: at the spot where Undertaker is walking up the steps and JBL pulls the good leg from under him, causing him to crash down onto the steel steps with the bad one :mark:.

The Canadian fans are doing a Mexican Wave because… I dunno, they are retarded? Lots of retards on this show tonight.

Undertaker and JBL are smashing each other in the face and Undertaker is busting out some cool MMA moves… and the fans are randomly chanting shit to amuse themselves. Urgh. Surprised a fucking Super Dragon chant didn’t start up.

The Dead Man sells the leg really well, and JBL does a nice job of continuing to go back to it even when Undertaker is building some offence.

SNAKE EYES~! And Undertaker follows it up with… a clothesline! Which I liked because doing the big boot would put extra pressure on the bad leg!

CHOKESLAM~! JBL kicks out!!!

CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL~! Undertaker kicks out!!!

REF BUMP~! WWE TITLE TO THE FACE~!

:lmao the referee is still out of it, so OJ does the count for him… and Undertaker STILL kicks out at 2!!!

Obvious Last Ride spot is obvious.

Undertaker punches JBL in the face with the title! Bah, the referee sees it and this one is over :(. JBL retains his title by DQ. So Undertaker chokeslams him through the top of the limo!

Great match. Always liked this one. 2 big bastards punching each other in the face. What’s not to love?

Rating: ***3/4
CAL SCALE – 4

 

Chris Benoit Vs Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship Match

:lmao JR and Lawler bring up Orton’s family being in the business, and Lawler makes a joke about Randy’s dad being “injury prone” (cos of the cast on his hand for years duh), and comes out with “but not this one, not his son!”. And I laugh because Orton just has to punch the mat wrong while setting up an RKO and his shoulder will crumble :lmao.

Match has a nice “big fight feel” to it at the start. This match was only announced two weeks before SS, so they didn’t have any big personal feud going into the match, and honestly here I think it works out for the better. It’s simply the veteran Chris Benoit, who after years of struggling and fighting is finally the WHC, defending against the cock young rookie, who is desperate to prove that he IS the future of this business.

They start off very basic, locking up and doing a couple of Greco-Roman knuckle locks. Benoit is so damn quick he keeps turning the locks ups into other holds, frustrating Orton and gaining the advantage for himself. So Orton tries to turn it into more of a fight, only to run right into a Steamboat style arm drag and Orton just screams in pure frustration that he allowed himself to get caught like that. Awesome.

Man, I mentioned it in my Vengeance 04 review a bunch, but fuck, Benoit’s style is just super. Constantly fighting, and constantly make his opponent fight too. You don’t simply grab Benoit and hit a suplex; you gotta WORK for it, and it’s amazing how such a small thing can really make a match that much HOLY FUCK BENOIT JUST KILLED HIMSELF. WITH A SUICIDE DIVE. THE IRONY. Sorry lol, was typing something and them BOOM. This happened:

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And from there, Orton wisely goes after the neck of Benoit, which of course was also surgically repaired a couple of years back which isn’t going to help anything after going head first into the barricade.

:mark: love that neckbreaker Orton does.

HEADLOCK~! And like the Edge Vengeance match, it looks great, plays perfectly into the match and ISN’T anything close to being a rest hold!

SHARPSHOOTER~! IN CANADA~! WITH EARL HEBNER AS THE REFEREE~!

Orton gets to the ropes, but he spent enough time in it to give Benoit the chance to recover, and now the CRIPPLER can build some momentum!

GERMAN SUPLEXES~!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT BENOIT WENT FOR A HEADBUTT AND ORTON GOT HIS LEGS UP AND BENOIT DOVE HEAD FIRST INTO ORTON’S BOOT :mark:.

RKO OUT OF NOWHERE~! ORTON IS THE NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!

Terrific match. I think I prefer their Raw rematch the next night, but damn this rules. Benoit and Orton just have amazing chemistry, which is evident by the fact this is probably only their FOURTH best match together imo!!!

Rating: ****
CAL SCALE – 5

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 7.5