This card on paper looks great. Its even better when its actually played out. The matches are all entertaining, despite a few dissapointments. Here is the card and my rating from a scale of 1-10Opening match is Steve Blackman vs Val Venis. This match didn't have much going in to it, and because i find Blackman incredibly boring, i didn't expect much out of this match. Its pretty miserable, as the only part of the match i found interesting was the last 18 seconds of the match. oh well.
4 out of 10
Next is the first of 6 title matches, Euro title D'lo vs Mark Henry. This match unlike the first has an actual storyline. The match itself is not bad at all with several high spots, but despite that, Mark's sluggish wrestling ability ruins the match altogether. In any case, i give it a 7 out of 10
Here is the first ever Intergender I-C title match, and that would be the first of unfortunately, many, as so far in the WWE, Chyna has been the only woman to go for that title. Chyna vs Jarrett was not bad, but did anyone expect it to be good? Its CHYNA. you cant expect much out of someone so sloppy in the ring. This is no exception. Anyway, because of the odd "scab" referee storyline or whatever, the match ends in a surprising ending, but thank god Chyna didnt win. Oh darn it, she won the darn title next month anyway! Oh well...
7 out of 10
Acolytes vs Dudleyz Okay, this match was RIGHT when the Dudleyz came to the WWF, so no one really cared about them, and the Acolytes always just bit, so this match was basically really bad.
5 out of 10
Womens title Hardcore match between Ivory and Luna is actually decent. At that miserable time in the WWF, the champion, Ivory, only had 3 contenders to face that being Tori, Jackie, or Luna. They decided to pick Luna, but i think that if it was a 4 way match between them it would have been better. Anyway, a few high spots and some brutal moves done by both ladies earns this very rare good womans match an 8 out of 10
The Tag titles are on the line between New age Outlaws and E&C..The same "road dogg is practically killed during the match and tags Billy right at the end to a huge pop... I can't stand it, but thats basically how every NAO match is. My favorite saying, oh well. ... Again, like a few others on the card, the match only gets good right at the end.
7 out of 10
Kennel from Hell Hardcore title match between Al Snow and Big Bossman is actually not bad, but I HATE Bossman. Call me biased of untalented, old, should-be-retired wrestlers, if you feel the need. Al Snow is awesome in this match and actually takes a few good bumps. Anyway, i didn't see the point of the rotweilers on the outside, even with the storyline in tact, it was just stupid. Perhaps if Bossman was replaced by someone like Hardcore Holly, this match could have been awesome, but with Bossman (ugh) there, it was inevitably impossible just like the Hell in the Cell match at WM15.
6 out of 10
X-Pac vs Jericho
Right when Jericho came to the WWF he quickly latched on to Curtis Hughes as a bodyguard so basically during the match Curtis interferes several times. During the match, the crowd is drunk ...and cheering for some reason which literally ruins the match for me. Also, some "XPac is bad" chants were taking place, and i didnt understand why, as XPac was supposed to be extremely over as a babyface. Again, its the crowds fault. Aside from the ...crowd, the match is great, but with a bad DQ ending.
9 out of 10
6 Pack Challenge for the WWF title
Rock vs HHH vs Big Show vs Kane vs Mankind vs Bulldog with Stone Cold as the enforcer.
I can not stress enough the fact of how much multi-wrestler matches rule. The 6 only main eventers at the time, with Stone Cold being the 7th and the Enforcer, this match was bound to be awesome. All 7 men give it their all in this AWESOME match which i consider the best match from WWE programming since 1998 all throughout 2002. This 20 minute match i could watch over and over again. Its GREAT
10 out of 10
Despite my overall 7 average rating, i still consider this PPV the best one i own, and not simply for the main event, but for every match, no matter how boring each one got at certain points. JUST BUY THIS PPV, its worth it