WWE No Mercy 2002 (2002)

I love this movie so much

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

One of my all time favorites.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Chris Jericho and Christian vs. Golddust and Booker T. is a fair opener. Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie is a useless "catfight". RVD vs. Ric "Whoooooo" Flair is rather entertaining, largely due to RVD. Tajiri vs. Jaime Noble is also entertaining, mostly thanks to Tajiri. Kane vs. HHH is a typically plodding "big man" match. Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit vs. Rey Mysterio and Edge lives up to its reputation as one of the greatest tag team matches in WWE history; fast-paced, technically sound action that makes all four participants look equally good. Trish vs. Victoria (in her first PPV match, so there's no crowd reaction to her) is OK. Brock Lesnar vs. the Undertaker in a Hell In A Cell match is blood-drenched and above-average of its type, even though the storytelling is faulty (apparently you can punch someone repeatedly with a broken hand....). Match number 6 is the one you cannot afford to miss.

1. Tag Team Championship: Champs-Chris Jericho/Christian Vs. Booker T./Goldust - Interesting cus of broken rope in the end of the match, but... they can solved it nicely. Showed their high professionality. Retained. 8/10 2. Torrie Wilson Vs. Dawn Marie - I simply cant get, how can non-wrestler like Torrie beat Dawn Marie. Match was plain. 5.5/103. Ric Flair Vs. Rob Van Dam - Flair starts to bore me in these times. Fact is, we all know his stuff after all this years. I like him still, his personality is great but matches are much more weaker. Its unbelievable that he is so tough opponent for somebody like Rob Van Dam. Good, that RVD easily won without some kind of cheating. 6/10 4. Cruiserweight Championship: Champ-Jamie Knoble Vs. Tajiri - Tajiri, God of wrestling, lost there cus of Nidia. 7/10 5. Champion Vs. Champion - Intercontinental Champion-Kane Vs. World Heavyweight Champion-HHH - Jeez, that was one awful match, HHH couldn't look weaker thought he won finally after 6 or 7 cheating moves. 4/10 6. Edge & Rey Mysterio Vs. Chris Benoit/Kurt Angle - One of the best tag teams won Eddie and Benoit! 9/10 7. Women's Championship: Champ-Trish Stratus Vs. Victoria - Trish retained, but crowd was bored as hell. I don't understand, cus match was OK. 7/10 8. Hell in a Cell: Taker Vs. Brock Lesnar - What a bloody match. Taker got beating of his life there and cleanly lost! 9/10

The problem with the WWE is that of three things: 1) Vince McMahon's persistant approval of terrible storylines created by... 2)the writers, mainly the highly criticized head writer Brian Gewirtz, and... 3)the backstage politics mainly instituted by Triple H and the Undertaker.These are reasons for falling ratings and sup-par Pay per views. This was a pay-per view that was pretty good considering the horrible necrophilia angle and the Brock Lesnar's mind games with Sara (which I believed bombed the first time with DDP back in June 2001). Triple H also not wanting to even lose a match let alone a title results into a predictable outcome of a possible classic matchup. The highlight of the night was, without a doubt, the Hell in the Cell. It was great but it became more serious and realistic after Undertaker began bleeding profusely. It became evident that he was hurt and cut severely. It was unfortunate that he was actually hurt but this match should make the top 10 list of best matches in 2002.

Here are descriptions of the 8 matches on the 2002 No Mercy PPV (matches are rated out of 10):MATCH 1- Chris Jericho & Christian vs Booker T & Goldust --(FOR THE RAW TAG BELTS) Not bad at all. Things really pick up after the 'hot' tag to Booker, with plenty of action. The highlight of the match is that the middle ring rope snaps as Jericho goes to springboard dropkick Booker. Christian & Jericho win, as Goldust is bulldogged on a tag title by Jericho and is hit w/ a top rope moonsault- excellent improv by Jericho as he would've gone for the Lionsault had the rope not broken. (7) MATCH 2- Torrie Wilson vs Dawn Marie. Good effort by both women. I'm sure w/ a bit more improvement a women's division on Smackdown! could be formed. Torrie wins w/ the swinging neckbreaker. (5)MATCH 3- Rob Van Dam vs Ric Flair. Not as ugly as I thought it would be, but, still, they could've booked RVD a better opponent. Thankfully RVD picks up a deserved win w/ the 5 Star Frog Splash. (6)MATCH 4- Jamie Noble vs Tajiri--(FOR THE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE) Totally non-Cruiser match and a big disappointment. I think it's time they gave someone else the Cruiserweight title - Billy Kidman, Shannon Moore, even Matt Hardy- Version 1.0) Not an atrocious match, but nothing memorable. Cheap rollup for Noble gets him the win. (5)MATCH 5- Triple H vs Kane--(FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL AND WORLD TITLES) Typical slow Triple H match. Triple H retires the IC title by beating Kane w/ the Pedigree (w/ help from Flair & a sledghammer). The short-sightedness of the WWE at the moment is shocking- they have NO singles titles on RAW besides their World title. The IC title was an excellent means to push a lower card wrestler- look at all the former champs who have gone onto greater things- Rock, Austin, Jericho, Triple H, etc. As well as the IC title going down, the Hardcore and European titles have gone down right along with it. Unbelievable stupidity- what are they thinking?? (5)MATCH 6- Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle vs Edge & Rey Mysterio--(FOR THE SMACKDOWN! TAG TITLES) Good action as usual from these 4 gents. Edge & Mysterio are a fantastic team- their double team moves are very innovative, especially Edge launching RM into a top rope Frankensteiner. Looks great. Unfortunately, Benoit & Angle slow down the action until the 'hot tag' but it gets very good after. Benoit & Angle become the 1st holders of the new Smackdown! tag titles, as Angle traps Edge in the anklelock, and Edge taps out. (8)MATCH 7- Trish Stratus vs Victoria--(FOR THE WOMEN'S TITLE) Not as good as I thought it would be- average. Victoria's a good challenger, but drop the soap opera storyline! It's unnecessary. Rollup win for Trish. (6)MATCH 8- Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker--(FOR THE UNDISPUTED TITLE) Hard-hitting HIAC match, which [disappointingly] doesn't leave the Cell. Lesnar reverses a Tombstone into an F-5 for the victory.(5)VERDICT- One very good match out of 8. They are going to have to drop the UNBELIEVABLY POINTLESS soap opera storylines (Katie Vick, 'Taker's affair ,etc.) and start putting more emphasis on the wrestling. (ie,take a page out of ECW's book.) The Smackdown brand is flourishing because of it. RAW really needs Scott Steiner as their top 'face.