WWE Judgment Day (2003 TV Special) User Reviews

Judgment Day 2003

[wrestlingsitewebmaster · 5/10 · 5 August 2005]

This was a bad PPV, but 2 matches were very good indeed.

Things get off to a disappointing start as Rhyno, Spanky and Chris Benoit battle FBI members Palumbo and Stamboli and John Cena. This was only 4 minutes long and it was a waste of time. Then Torrie Wilson battles Sable in a bikini challenge. Nice bikinis! but you can't help the fact that WWE stands for World WRESTLING Entertainment! Next up Hulk..... oh sorry Mr America battles 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper in a crap match. Why these two were on the show I do not know. Hogan and Piper apparently still believing it was 1985 tried to put on a good match, it didn't happen. Then Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin took it to Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero's replacement, Tajiri in a ladder match. This was a 1st class, ace match, and it saw Tajiri and 'Latino Heat' come out on top.

Next up a disappointing IC battle royal takes place. All former IC champs which included Kane, RVD, Test, Lance Storm, Val Venis, Christian, Chris Jericho and Booker T (even though he wasn't a former IC champ before 2003) tried to put on a good match. It didn't happen, about 6 participants got eliminated in the first minute of the match, and Christian won by cheating! All Y2J done was shout during the match and Kane got eliminated 2nd! Just awful.

Next up La Resistance battled Scott Steiner and Test in a match that they will be probably want to forget. This was crap. The only person I was interested in was Stacy Keibler. Then Trish Stratus, Jazz, Victoria and Jacqueline, 4 of the best Women around had an acceptable match for the Women's match.

Then Kevin Nash took on Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship in a p*ss poor match. This bored the arse off me and I think a Mae Young vs Goldberg match would have been better. Well it wouldn't but you get the picture! Then Brock Lesnar battled The Big Show in a fantastic stretcher match. Paul Wight (Big Show) had to win back the fans and locker rooms loyalty, because at Backlash he treated Rey Mysterio like a piece of garbage when he strapped him to a stretcher and swung him around the ring post. This sent Oscar Gueirretez (Mysterio) to the hospital folks, no kidding. Mysterio even made an appearance himself, before Lesnar put Show on a folk lift for the win! Overall Grade - C-

Good event

[kliko400 · 7/10 · 31 March 2007]

This came as a good surprise for me, I mean so many people have commented this being a bad event, but it was really good.

As the show began, Stone Cold Steve Austin came out & said that he would be on the top of the fans watching the show from his Skybox. He then gives Tazz a beer then leaves off through the crowd as the show begins.

FIRST MATCH- JOHN CENA & F.B.I {JOHNNY STAMBOOLI & CHUCK PALUMBO W/ NUNZIO} VS. CHRIS BENOIT, RHYNO & SPANKY {BRIAN KENDRICK} IN A 6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH Before the match, Cena makes a very good rap about himself & the F.B.I. Even though this match was only 4 minutes, it was fast-paced & contained great wrestling from all 6 competitors. After a double-team by F.B.I, Spanky gets pinned as John Cena & the F.B.I have won this match. 5/10

SECOND MATCH- LA RESISITANCE {SYLVAN GRENIER & RENE DUPREE} VS. SCOTT STEINER & TEST W/ STACY KEIBLER Surprisingly this was an okay tag team match, which came as a surprise to me as Test & Scott Steiner are real bad wrestlers. Test accidentally hits Steiner with the Big Boot, which leads to La Resistance nailing their double-team move for the victory in their first PPV appearance. 5/10

THIRD MATCH- EDDIE GUERRERO & TAJIRI VS. WORLD'S GREATEST TAG TEAM {SHELTON BENJAMIN & CHARLIE HAAS} IN A TAG TEAM LADDER MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Tajiri was taking up Chavo's spot as he was injured. The best match so far, & easily the match of the night. While Eddie is climbing up the ladder, Benjamin tries to intervene, but Tajiri nails him with the Green Mist as Eddie Guerrero grabs the belt to become the WWE Tag Team Champion with Tajiri. 6/10

FOURTH MATCH- SABLE VS. TORRIE Wilson IN A BIKINI CONTEST SPECIAL GUEST: TAZZ I had to fast forward this one because it was a bit to roud as my sister was watching. Great hot bikinis, but a waste of time in my opinion, Torrie is hot. Torrie wins then gives Sable a kiss on the lips, then leaves. 3/10

FIFTH MATCH- OVER THE TOP ROPE BATTLE ROYAL FOR THE VACANT WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Superstars in this match is Booker T, Kane, Goldust, Chris Jericho, Christian, Rob Van Dam, Test, Val Venis & Lance Storm. I like battle royals, & this one was really good & entertaining. Booker T eliminates Christian, but the referee was down, so Christian enters the ring, nails Booker T with the IC title, the throws Booker T out of the ring as the referee sees it & Christian is the new WWE Intercontinental Champion. 5/10

SIXTH MATCH- MR. America W/ ZACH GOWEN VS. ROWDY RODDY PIPER W/ SEAN 'O' HAIRE Before the match, Mr. America introduces Zach Gowen to watch his match from ringside. Very boring match, it takes some interference from Sean 'O' Haire to try & build the pace of the match a bit. Sean 'O' Haire accidentally nails Roddy Piper with a steel pipe, which leads Mr. America to a leg drop for the win, while Zach Gowen stops Mr. McMahon from interfering. 3/10

SEVENTH MATCH- TRIPLE H W/ RIC FLAIR VS. KEVIN NASH W/ SHAWN MICHAELS FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Before the match, Michaels & Flair brawled all the way to the back, leaving Nash & HHH to fight in the ring one on one. I was expecting more from this match because it was for the World title, but it was more of a brawl rather than a wrestling match. HHH hits the referee with a sledgehammer, making him disqualified. After the match, Nash goes berserk & Jacknife Powerbombs HHH through the Raw announce table. 3/10

EIGHT MATCH- JAZZ W/ THEODORE LONG VS. VICTORIA W/ STEVEN RICHARDS VS. JACQUELINE VS. TRISH STRATUS Another boring match with Divas in it. It's like watching two single Diva matches. Jazz wins after a DDT on Jacqueline for the win & to retain her WWE Women's Championship. 3/10

NINTH MATCH- BROCK LESNAR VS. BIG SHOW IN A STRETCHER MATCH FOR THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP Great & acceptable main event as Brock Lesnar topples down the Big Show in this grueling fight. The real highlights off the match is when Brock Lesnar drives a forklift through the arena, & Rey Mysterio interfering during the match. Brock Lesnar nails an F-5 on Big Show then puts him on a stretcher high in the air with a forklift past a yellow line to win & retain his WWE Championship. 5/10

A very good event, with most of the matches being excellent, while others being let downs. But still a very good event as Raw & Smackdown prove that combined they produce good events.

Overall I'll give it 7/10 & a C+

Judgment Was Amazing

[mrbillyt · 10/10 · 20 May 2003]

I disagree in what evilshadow76 had said. I have spoke to many WWE fans that have watched it for years and they thought this PPV was the best of the year and I agree. What evilshadow says about Raw title is harsh. People knew that HHH/Nash wudnt be gud thats why it didnt last long and it was a great finish, Nash puts HHH right through the table without taking out the monitors which was great to see. I say that HHH will lose the title next month at Badd Blood. The ladder match was superb, I was dissapointed that Chavo was out but Tajiri put on a great match the green mist :) and they used the ladders superbly. The First match Benoit/Rhyno/Spanky vs FBI/Cena was ok all right to start of with. The Test/Steiner vs French dudes was bad. The Austin/Bischoff segments were funny was usual, you go to see them. The Womens match was nothing special, the Mr America vs Roddy Piper again was nothing special I just cant believe how Piper looks now its awful. The Brock vs The Big Show was probably the best and everyone will agree, it was very entertaining and Brock and Show put a good match on at last, an amazing Stretcher match with the use of a forklift they should leave Show on that forklift all night.

Overall I think that this PPV beats Backlash and beats No Mercy and Royal Rumble it was a very entertaining and exciting PPV. The WWE are getting better.

This was pathetic

[inchalada · 1/10 · 22 May 2003]

I agree with the other imdb user. This PPV was the pits, ladder bout aside. The segments between Austin-Bischoff were amusing but we dont buy the PPVs to watch interviews. This was probably the worst card since King of the Ring 95 and that event was just inferior to this one. If you havent seen this event, DONT.

probably the best of 2003 (may contain spoilers)

[MarkStephenTipton · 9/10 · 12 June 2006]

This was in my view the best of WWE pay-per-view of 2003 F.B.I & John Cena vs Spanky Rhyno and Chris Benoit-i thought this was a very good and entertaining match. I think if it would have gone on a little longer it could have been an instant classic. 4 1/2 /5 Scott Steiner & Test vs La Resustance- Boring match, Scott Steiner and Test had the potential to be a great team but just weren't good together, la resistance doesn't help because they really suck also. 1 1/2 /5 Team Angle vs Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri- Great match, definitely the show stealer. Team Angle proved that they are multi-talented in the ring proving they aren't just great mat technicians, but they can brawl to. Eddie Guerero(RIP) and Tajiri were great together being that it was the first time they tagged together- 5/5 Battle Royal- Pretty good battle royal, I've seen better though, surprised by the ending as well i truly thought Booker T was going to win.

Bikini challenge- WOW what can i say torrie Wilson and Sable. This was one of the best bikini challenges WWE ever had! Torrie was smokin in that sparkly really small bikini. 600000000000/5 Mr. America vs Roddy Piper- An okay match considering the age of these guys, but an overall good match. 3/5 Triple H vs Kevin Nash- Not as bad as some will tell you. A good fist fight brawl, sure it could have been better but pretty entertaining and the powerbomb through the table is great. 4/5 Trish Stratus vs Jaqueline vs Victoria vs Jazz- eh, just ok-2 1/2/5 Brock Lesnar vs Big Show Strecher Match- This was a good match, i was actually a little disappointed( but still an excellent match) I thought there would be more weapon use but still brutal nonetheless. 4 1/2 /5

Poor.

[Gary Ballance · 21 May 2003]

The May PPV Judgment Day shows just what is wrong with WWE at the moment- stuff like A) not giving matches enough time, B) favouring feud-building, promos and storylines over actual wrestling, C) giving main event slots to the bigger, slower guys and burying the talented smaller guys in pointless feuds or on Velocity/Heat. I've been watching wrestling for 11 years and I'm sad to say that (despite an extensive and talented roster) this is the worst it's been for some time! Judgment Day went down like this: (Spoilers)

MATCH 1- The FBI (Palumbo & Stamboli) and John Cena vs Brian Kendrick, Chris Benoit & Rhyno. Great potential for this match, but it was given less than 4 minutes. That's a travesty! They could have easily ditched a few promos and the pathetic bikini contest and let this match go longer. Disappointing. Kendrick, on the other hand, is fantastic- he seems to be really popular with the crowds and he always looks to give 110% in the ring. (So like I said, next stop Velocity!) FBI get the win with the Kiss of Death, a double-team move resembling Demolition's old finisher. Good match, which I can't rate, due to its brevity.

MATCH 2- La Resistance vs Test & Steiner. Less said about this the better. Double-team spinebuster on Steiner for the win. The whole "hate us, we're French" thing is so damn lazy as a gimmick and I'd be surprised if they continue 'getting heat' on a long-term basis. Bad stuff here. (2/10)

MATCH 3- Eddy Guerrero & Tajiri vs Team Angle--Ladder Match for the SD! Tag titles. Impressive ladder match. Guerrero's frog splash was tremendous and Shelton's leap off the ladder (a la The Beverly Brothers) looked nasty! Ouch. Good win for Eddy & Tajiri, who was filling in for an injured Chavo Guerrero. (7/10)

MATCH 4- Battle Royal for the returning IC Title. Poorly put together. Most of the guys (RVD, Kane, Storm, Val Venis) were gone after about a minute and a half! Came down to Jericho, Booker T & Christian. Christian won, under somewhat controversial circumstances (ripping off Austin's Royal Rumble 'win' in 97) I'd like to think that they're not giving Jericho the title because they're setting him up for a shot at Triple H. Yeah, right. They should've never taken him off Smackdown! Huge mistake. (4/10)

The bikini contest was up next. An utter waste of time (and pointless, since both Sable & Torrie were in Playboy.) Sable got a bigger cheer, but oddly, Torrie was declared winner.

MATCH 5- Mr America vs Roddy Piper. How can this pathetic Mr America thing be Smackdown's top plot? Shocking stuff. I'm not gonna comment on the match- the rating speaks for itself. (0/10)

MATCH 6- Triple H vs Kevin Nash--World (RAW) title match. Awful feud, awful match, awful finish. This piece of crap is gonna drag on into Bad Blood as well. Cheap DQ finish and a totally undeserving challenger in Nash. His kickout of the Pedigree actually managed to piss me off! If the move (used once) can beat talented guys like Angle, Jericho and Booker, why does Nash get to kick out of it? Only highlight was the post-match Jackknife through the announcer's table. Oh yeah, Triple H's purple boots were really dodgy! (2/10)

MATCH 7- Fatal 4 Way for the Women's title- Trish vs Jazz vs Victoria vs Jacqueline. Good show from the women. Trish took a hard landing out on the floor and busted her lip, but still kept going. Fair play to her. RAW really needs more women wrestlers (or at least stop letting Jazz squash Molly & Ivory!) Jazz DDTs Jackie for the 1-2-3. (7/10)

MATCH 8- Brock Lesnar vs Big Show--Stretcher match for the WWE (SmackDown!) title. Just one big brawl up until the disappearance of Brock and the appearance of Rey Mysterio. Things get really good after that! Brock makes novel use of a forklift to move Big Show for the win. (Bit boring up til Mysterio) (4.5/10)

Poor show from the WWE. No Goldberg, no Kidman, Hurricane, Matt Hardy- this PPV could've done with a dose of Mattitude! The PPV split is very dangerous from WWE's point of view. RAW is noticeably the weaker show- something drastic will have to be done.

Some awful matches, too many promos and bad time management led this to be one of the worst PPVs in the past few years.

the main event was cool

[Skrogz · 21 May 2003]

The card for this one was so ugly that it couldn't really disappoint. There were a few nice surprises that sprung from the fact that I wasn't expecting very much at all.

If there's any reason to check it out, it's the main event. Not only was Brock Lesnar -vs- Big Show more entertaining than it had any right to be, it was actually entertaining by more general standards. The ending totally rules. The ladder match was messy, but it has enough 'WHOA!' spots to make if worthwhile. That's all though. Everything else was pretty much 'meh'.

Decent Pay Per View *Spoilers*

[Yankees26 · 27 March 2004]

*Spoilers*

1. Chris Benoit, Rhyno, and Spanky vs. John Cena and FBI (Palumbo and Stamboli)- Good match. A bit short, but very exciting match. Palumbo pinned Spanky after the Kiss of Death. 6.5/10

2. La Resistance vs. Test and Steiner- Awful match, mainly because of Steiner. Grenier pinned Steiner after a double flap jack. 3/10

3. Eddie and Tajiri vs. Team Angle- Great match. Lots of exciting parts in this match. Guererro hit Haas with a sunset powerbomb off the ladder and Tajiri sprayed Shelton with the green miust to win. 7.5/10

4. Intercontinental Battle Royal- Poor match. 5 guys were eliminated in a minute, and then Goldust, Booker T, Y2J, and CLB were in their for forever. Screwjob ending. Christian wins the title.

5. Mr. America vs. Roddy Piper- Horrible! It was the worst match I've ever seen as Mr. America wins with a leg drop. 1.5/10

6. Kevin Nash vs. Triple H- Another terrible match. Triple H got disqualified so he keeps the belt. Nash powerbombs him through the announcing table after the match. 2.5/10

7. Trish Stratus vs. Jacqueline, vs. Victoria vs. Jazz- Pretty good match. Jazz pins Jacqueline after a DDT. 6/10

8. Brock Lesnar vs. Big Show- Boring for a while, but picked up at the end. Lesnar wins. 5.5/10

Very average Pay Per View.