- December 10th, 2000. Birmingham, Alabama.- Attendance: 14,920.
- Buyrate: 1.15
- My first VHS review as I've 'borrowed' my sisters TV/Video combo whilst she's in school. Had to use a make shift stand though consisting of Comics, Star Wars Monopoly and a guitar. Not seen this PPV in awhile so cant remember the undercard quality though as 5 big names are in the main event then the undercard may be a little meh tonight.
We see Foley on HeAt saying that if anyone is seriously injured tonight then he'll resign.
Hardyz/Lita Vs. Eddy Guerrero/Perry Saturn/Dean Malenko
Dean won a date with Lita by beating her but when they moved to the bedroom the Hardyz attacked, are they the faces? Elimination rules here folks and continuing the Survivor Series trend my match times will be out maybe by a second or 4 as I've broken my screen. Hardyz doubleteam Perry then Eddy. Crowd dont like Eduardo it must be said, then again this is Birmingham. Speaking of Eddy he's back suplexed by Matt then Swanton Bombed by Jeff for 3, (3-2). Poetry in motion to Dean but Perry blocks one on him and Death Valley Drivers Jeff out of the match (2-2). Terri grabs Matts foot allowing him to get Superkicked but a Twist Of Fate eliminatesSaturn (2-1). Lita spears Terri but Dean rolls up Matt for 3 (1-1). Tilt-a-whirl headscissors by Lita is followed by a moonsault for 2 but she is soon caught up top and superplexed, Dean gets the W with Texas Cloverleaf at 8:07ish. ** - Rushed but the crowd were into it and it wasn't necessarily a bad match to be fair.
Kurt Angle says he's beaten Bulgarians, Czechaslavakians and Turks so he's not worried about an eyebrow, a nose, a badass, a fatass and a redneck. Took him about a half hour to get to that.
European Title - William Regal (c) Vs. Hardcore Holly
Willie Regal actually dropped the Euro Title to Hardcores cousin Crash 8 days earlier at Rebellion but won it back on RAW. Heel pre match promo is interrupted by Holly who gets a homestate pop. Holly gets 2 off a back suplex and Regal gets a 2 off a superplex. Lawler 'What's Alabamas slogan, 4 million people and 15 last names?'. Type of double underhook suplex, a dropkick then a top rope legdrop gets Holly another 2 count. Forearm shot by Holly, he has a metal plate in it but here's Raven and he DDTs Holly allowing Regal 3 at 4:59. *1/2 - Only 5 mins long and was inoffensive.
Chyna Vs. Val Venis (w/ Ivory)
Gimmick pornography star Vs. real one here folks. Fighting in the aisle where Val is thrown into the ring steps. In ring Chyna does a corner beatdown then a DDT. Val fires back with his knees to the midsection leading to a russian leg sweep spot. Ivory gets cheapshots in at ringside, double underhook suplex gets Val 2. Chyna's fighting back with forearms, a clotheslien gets 2. Chyna runs into a powerslam but Val misses the Money Shot, but he gets 3 with a Fisherman Suplex after Ivory tripped Chyna at 5:00ish. *1/2 - Same as Regal/Holly to short to mean anything but was inoffensive.
Clips play of cactus setting the 2-by-4 on fire at No Way Out 2000.
We see Kevin Kelly earlier interviewing Deadman inside the Cell, this is intersepted with clips of Shawn Michaels and Maninds HIACs with Deadman. One mistake though as Taker gets the order of Foleys bumps mixed up.
Vinnie and the Stooges come out to waste more time, in the intro I mentioned how the undercard may suffer due to a 6 man main event well I was right as they're using more time on segments than matches, here he tells the fans to help him stop the Cell match happening tonight.
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| Kane was hugging people years before he met Bryan. |
Kane won at Survivor Series so the coffee feud rolls on, is that as bad or worse than Edge/Bookers shampoo feud of '02? Match starts in the aisle then they go backstage but there's no camera guy following them so we only see the crowd. When we do rejoin the action we see a truck, wonder if we'll ever see that again? hey there's Mideon, can he claim for a PPV bonus based on that 2 second appearance. Back ringside where Jericho is powerslammed on the outside but is up at 5. Kane's been in control for a while but his offence isn't exactly aweinspiring, Jericho is compared to HBK by JR thus angering me. Jericho is hit with a top rope clothesline but is up at 6. Jesus that was a forceful one armed Chokeslam by Kane, maybe the absudity of the angle has just reached him, Jericho is up at 9 though I think the ref simply stopped counting so the match wouldn't end. Chairshots by Kane he attempts a Tombstone but is lowblowed. Missile dropkick, bulldog and a chair assisted Lionsault has Kane down for a 8 count. They're fighting down the entrance set where Jericho pushes some barrels onto Knae trapping him for the 10 count at 16:40ish. ** - Better than their Survivor Series match but that's not saying much at all really. These guys just didn't click together.
Coach talks to Commish Foley who says the match will go ahead, well I wish it'd hurry up as i'm sick of segments tonight.
Shawn Michaels gets an entrance at WWF New York, JR chats to him about Hell In A Cell, then another highlight is played as Mankind is Chokeslammed onto thumbtacks.
WWF Tag Titles - RTC (c) Vs. Dudleyz Vs. Edge & Christian Vs. RoadDogg/K-Kwik
You know in sitcoms when they change an actor who plays a character and it's obvious it's another person but people in the show act as if nothings happened well that's how I feel about Billy Gunn and K-Kwik. RTC beat down D-Von. Dudleyz may of just used Total Elimination but I cant tell due to the camera angle. Road Dogg and Bubba Ray do dancing punched to Edge & Christian then punch each other. Thinking of a name for Road Dogg and K-Kwik, I thought of K-Dawg, isn't that Konnans nickname well that's funny as them 3 formed 3 Live Kru in TNA. Big 'we want tables' chant. K-Kwik has been beaten on by multiple people, is that a conspiracy or what? they've been working over his shoulder. Bubba's in and he cleans E&Cs clock but soon everybody's fighting. RTC, Kwik/Dogg are down at ringside. Doomsday Device to Edge, 3-Ds to RTC and Waaaaaaasup Drop to Christian as Dudleyz are on Fiy-ah until D-Von is DDTd by Stevie Richards on the outside and Bubba is Unprettiered for 3 by Christian at 10:00. *** - Fans have bumped the score for me, finally RTCs reign of lame is over, Woo-Hoo!
Hunter tells Steph that he will be WWF Champion, even if he did supposedly get crushed a few weeks earlier at Survivor Series. HHH is Wolverine!!
Intercontinental Title - 'The One' Billy Gunn (c) vs. Chris Benoit
Armdrags by Gunn but soon he's in trouble as benoit is targeting his knee. JR, King keep going on about Billy Gunns earrings, will we see ear ring psychology by Benoit? The knee work is continued by Benoit leading to a Figure Four. Gunn goes for a corner splash, while he was limping so at least he's selling it, but he misses and is hit with rolling germans. Presslam, 'jackhammer', and FameAsser I guess the leg is healed then. Benoit gets the crossface but we have a ropebreak. Tilt-a-whirl goes wrong as JR tries to cover it with Gunns knee being hurt. Back suplex gets Benoit 2 but the Crossface does get the job done at 10:01. **1/2 - Almost a Flawless Victory to use MK talk. More enjoyable than you'd think given it's a Billy Gunn match, the obvious botch hurt the rating.
JR is shown speaking to Austin earlier in the day because this PPV needs more non in-ring stuff.
Womens Title - Ivory (c) Vs. Molly Holly Vs. Trish Stratus
Ivory lets Molly beat down Trish. Double dropkick by Molly but her opponents respond with a double suplex. Sitout powerbomb by Molly but Ivory throws her out and pins Trish at 2:10ish. * - Meh, but I must say it's amazing how much Trish would improve over the next few years.
We're shown Mankind being thrown off the Cell then Kevin Kelly interviews Rocky.
WWF Title - Hell In A Cell - Angle (c) Vs. Rock Vs. HHH Vs. 'Taker Vs. Austin Vs. Rikishi
Rikishi and HHH ran down Austin at Survivor Series 99 so at Survivor Series 2000 Austin dropped Hunter 3oft in a car, just a month ago yet HHH's here, Rikishi blamed Rock and Taker lost to Angle at the Survivor Series last month, did you keep up with that? Rikishi is the Paul Roma of this match, as he doesn't fit in here like Paul didn't fit Horsemen. Angle refuses to enter the Cell, Austin is out last, of course and fakes going in then grabs Kurt. They pair off as HHH/Austin, Rock/'Kishi and Taker/Angle then take turns fighting in the ring whilst the other 4 fight ringide. JR says 'Lloyds Of London are pretty stupid at times' Is that a shot at them insuring a certain wrestler? HHH is grated into the Cell cutting him then Austin drags him around all 4 walls. AngleSlam to Rock, Stunner to Angle and Chokeslam to Steve. Vince and The Stooges come to ringside with a truck thus stopping the match really for about 10 minutes as cameras focus on them and not in-ringstuff. The Cell door is pulled off but then Foley comes down attacks Stooges and scares away Vince. Everyone fights in and around the entrance set, which is primarily a load of cars but it's not really interesting, Austin is cut by going through a window and Rock is cut by a Pediggree on a car. HHH and Austin are the first up top, as Taker is cut by a Angle chair shot. Most of them are up top now, timekeeper throws a chair to Taker but the important part is when Taker throws/pushes Rikishi off the top onto the truck Vince brought out, seemingly this also deplteted Takers health bar as he doesn't appear again now. Rock, Austin start fighting in ring as a glimpse of Austin/Rock II at 'Mania. Rockbottom to Angle for 2, then Rock is Stunnered but HHH stops Austin pinning him allowing Angle to take the cheap win at 32:10ish. ***1/2 - The Vince stuff really broke he flow and to be honest it wasn't great anyway. It was appealing as you had 5 big names in there, but the Champion looked weakest as I cant rememeber him doing anything really. Not as good as some say but going by the recent Cell matches this is a good one. Lacked that certain something that made HBK/Taker great, sometimes Less Is More.
17 / 40 - Big hit ratingswise was Womens, European and Chyna/Val which was only cause they were short they weren't necessarily bad matches, that is the one flaw to my ratings plan and can be misleading. This PPV lives or dies by the Cell and i'd say it's a worth a look. Thumbs in the middle for this PPV as nothing is really bad but nothing is really, really good either.
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