1. The Dudley Boyz defeated Big Show and Spike Dudley, Lance Storm and The Hurricane, and The Hardy Boyz by pinfall
This was a very solid opener that could have easily been a mess. At least tag team wrestling existed at this point in time.
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
2. Perry Saturn defeated Raven by pinfall
The crowd was absolutely dead during this match, which would be a theme throughout the night. Not a bad match, but very much like a Raw match.
Rating: 1
3. Christian defeated Edge by pinfall to win the Intercontinental Championship
This was actually quite good, but the crowd really killed it. It's pretty crazy how far these guys have come as characters since this point.
Rating: 3.25
4. Undertaker and Kane defeated Kronik by pinfall
This is one of the most infamously bad matches of the Attitude Era. The amazing thing about it is the four guys involved are all guys that were in the business for a long time.
Rating: 0
5. Rob Van Dam defeated Chris Jericho by pinfall
***Match Of The Night***
There were a few sloppy spots to start, but once they got going, this was a great battle. They've had better matches, but this was still good stuff that *gasp* the crowd was actually into.
Rating: 3.5
6. The Rock defeated Booker T and Shane McMahon by pinfall
This was entertaining but by no means a great wrestling match. Really all this match did was make Booker T look bad, which turned out to be a bad business move.
Rating: 3.25
7. Rhyno defeated Tajiri by pinfall
Why they put this match on after a title match is beyond my comprehension? These guys put on a good, but rushed match. Tajiri's kick into Rhyno's face as he attempted to gore Torrie was money.
Rating: 1.75
8. Kurt Angle defeated Steve Austin by pinfall to win the WWF Championship
This was good, but not nearly as good as their SummerSlam match. It just lacked the epic feel that it needed. I still would have loved to have seen these two headline a WrestleMania together.
Rating: 3.5
This one is hard to rate. There are no classic matches, but there are some duds. One of which is legendary. But at the same time, there were 5 good pay-per-view quality matches, but it just lacked that big pay-per-view feel, despite the hometown Kurt Angle winning the gold.
Overall Rating: 75%
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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