WWE Unforgiven 2006 (2006)

Thanks for the memories!

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I thought this was a really enjoyable show. The wrestling was solid throughout and the main event is a must-see. The HIAC match also delivered.Intercontinental Championship Match: Johnny Nitro (c) vs. Jeff Hardy - A good, solid opening match. Not as good as some of their later matches, but still a fast-paced, well-wrestled opener. Johnny Nitro retains with help from Melina. RATING: ***Kane vs. Umaga - Just another big man match. Nothing else needs to be said. It ends in a double count-out. RATING: **World Tag Team Championship Match: The Spirit Squad vs. The Highlanders - A decent tag team match, nothing too special about it. The Spirit Squad retain their tag titles. RATING: **1/2Tag Team Hell in a Cell Match: D-Generation X vs. Team McMahons and The Big Show - This definitely lived up to its hype, as it was a crazy, brutal match. These teams had an absolute war that had funny moments to boot. DX wins the match with a Sweet Chin Music and a sledgehammer to Vince. RATING: ****Randy Orton vs. Carlito - Kind of questionable to put this right before the main event, but still a solid match. Carlito is an underrated in-ring performer, and Orton has always been an exciting talent. Randy Orton wins with an impressive RKO in mid-air. RATING: ***Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match for the WWE Championship: Edge (c) vs. John Cena - Incredible match. The Cena/Edge feud was amazing, and this match is definitely their best. It had the perfect balance of awesome spots and storytelling. Edge's hometown crowd booing Cena also added to the atmosphere. John Cena wins the match and wins back the Championship. RATING: ****1/2Definitely a show worth tracking down, and probably one of the better PPV's of 2006.RATING: B

This WWE PPV isn't as good as it looks on paper. The matches range from pretty good....Edge vs. Cena in a TLC match for the WWE title (it is poorly timed on occasion - Cena twice takes forever to climb the ladder as if he's waiting for Edge (and Lita) to distract him - but it has some good high spots too)Randy Orton vs. Carlito (Orton is somewhat underrated, I find his acting both inside and outside the ring quite enjoyable)to average....DX vs. the McMahons and the Big Show, Hell In A Cell (delivers the expected brutality, but also a "ech" moment that makes you wonder why Vince seems so fascinated with the homosexual aspect of pro-wrestling)Jeff Hardy vs. Nitro, for the IC title (definitely not as good as it could have been) Trish vs. Lita, for the Women's title (notable only as Trish's last match and title win, as well as for her using fellow Canadian Bret Hart's sharpshooter hold to finish it)to dreadful Kane vs. Umaga (Umaga sucks)The Spirit Squad vs. The Highlanders (the Tag Team titles are dead, and silly gimmick teams such as these are not the way to revive them)

Unforgiven gets two thumbs up from me. RAW have produced a very entertaining pay per view. From the brutality in the vicious Hell in a Cell match, to the brilliance of the TLC match, RAW have hit top form. Here are the results from Unforgiven:Match 1:Intercontinental Title Match, Johhny Nitro vs. Jeff Hardy. A very entertaining opener. Only ruined by Melina interfering again. Otherwise, a good match. Winner and still champion NitroMatch 2:Kane vs. Umaga. This match was a lot better than I envisioned it. Both men beat the hell out of each other. Disappointed that the match ended in a count out.Match 3:Tag Team Title Match, The Spirit Squad vs. The Highlanders. Pretty disappointing. Probably the worst match of the night. A typical Spirit Squad match, you always knew the numbers game would win them the match. Winners and still champions The Spirit SquadMatch 4:Hell in a Cell Handicap Match, DX vs. The McMahons and The Big Show. This was an unbelievable match. First of all, a new Hell in a Cell was used for this match. It's bigger and badder than the old cell. The McMahon's were busted open after The Big Show suffered two double low blows by DX. But once Show recovered, he beat the crap out of HBK and The Game. Show busted HBK open. Soon after, HHH was busted open by Shane. The tables turned again when HBK was about to join Vince's "Kiss my Ass Club", and The Game made sure it didn't go down. Soon after this, Shane's neck might have been broken after a steel chair was opened and closed around his head. HBK then delivered a huge elbow drop on the chair. Shane started to spit up blood soon after. Vince had his head shoved into Shows crack, and I mean it was SHOVED right up Shows arse. This lead to Sweet Chin Music for Vince, and then to finish it, The Game broke his sledgehammer around the back of Vince's head for the win. Unbelievable!!! Winners, DXMatch 5:Womens Title Match, Lita vs. Trish Stratus. A good womens match for once. A fairytale ending for Trish seeing as this was her last match, in her home town. Nice touch as she won the title using Brett Hart's sharpshooter. Winner and new Womens Champion, TrishMatch 6:Randy Orton vs. Carlito. This was another very good match. Orton got a busted lip about halfway through. Orton won with a brilliant move. He caught Carlito in mid air and hit him with an RKO. Winner, Randy OrtonMatch 7:TLC Match for WWE Title, John Cena vs. Edge. This was a great match. Both men pushed each other to the limit with this one. Lita tried to interfere, but accidentally got Edge put through two tables off the top of a twelve foot ladder. She got an FU for her trouble, and so did Edge. He got FU ed off the ladder through two tables stacked on top of each other in the ring. Cena then capitalised and won the title to stay on RAW. Winner and new WWE Champion John Cena.Well congrats to RAW for a top notch paper view. Lets see how SmackDown do with No Mercy next month.

The ninth annual WWE Unforgiven came to us this year from the sold out Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As usual, the 16,000+ plus crowd was raucous and opinionated. Just what we like on a pay per view. With not one but two heavily hyped gimmick matches on the card, Trish Stratus's last match, Jeff Hardy's main event return and a battle of the monsters there was enough to keep everyone happy.The main event of the evening saw hometown hero Edge put the WWE Championship on the line against John Cena a Tables, Ladders, Chairs match. A match that Edge has never lost and Cena has never had. Also, the added stipulation that if Cena lost he would be off to Friday Night Smackdown! for three years. To make this seem like a genuine stipulation we saw Teddy Long sitting in his sky box every now and again throughout the event. The match was a real thriller and it was impossible to predict who was going to come out on top. Both men took a lot of punishment and some serious bumps. Lita typically got involved, at first the fiery red head saved Edge from defeat when she knocked over the ladder causing Cena to fall all the way to the floor where there awaited a table. Second time wasn't so lucky for Edge. After Lita decked Cena with a chair he stumbled into Edge's ladder and sent him to the floor and through two tables. After Lita got an FU for her trouble the end was near. With both men fighting it out on top the ladder Cena capitalised with an FU from the top all the way to the floor and through two stacked tables. This was too much for Edge as Cena grabbed the gold and made himself a three time WWE Champion. This was an excellent match and there are more story lines to come from this. With Lita leaving WWE in December and the fans getting to choose the stipulations at Cyber Sunday in November look for this feud to continue.In the other gimmick match of the night, the feud between the McMahon's and DX raged on. This time in a Hell in a Cell. This was a brutal match with plenty of blood and like the main event was excellent to watch. At time I laughed out loud at this one, the hammy expression by both The Big Show and Vince McMahon were priceless. One of the highlights of the night was McMahon having his head rammed so far up Big Show's butt by DX that he could practically see out Shows mouth. The McMahon's were defeated badly in this one. Shane was taken out of action after a chair was placed over his head and HBK dropped an elbow. Vince himself was taken out with a belter of Sweet Chin Music and then HHH broke a sledgehammer over the back of the bosses' head for the pin. Brilliant, excellent. Well done to all five men involved.Trish Status gave us the fairytale ending we were all hoping for in her hometown. She defeated her biggest rival Lita in an excellent Woman's Championship match. And how did the Canadian minx do it? With a sharpshooter no less, that brought the crowd to fever pitch. Trish waved us all goodbye in an emotional moment that nobody will forget in a hurry, holding up her record breaking seventh Woman's Championship.In other matches on the under card, Johnny Nitro defeated Jeff Hardy in the opener for the Intercontinental Championship. This was a fantastic match only let down by Melina interfering in the end to cost hardy the match. Umaga and Kane battled it out to a decent double count out. The Highlanders were unsuccessful in their bid to win the World Tag Team Championships from the Spirit Squad. This match was decent enough too but it was a typical Spirit Squad match with them using their numbers to their advantage. And finally Randy Orton pinned Carlito in another good match after he caught Carlito in mid air after an attempted springboard dive and nailed him with a mega RKO.A fantastic B rate event by the Raw brand. Far better than anything Raw has produced this year already. Well worth watching, this could be an event people are talking about for a while to come.