WWE Judgment Day 2005 (2005)

Absolutely Fantastic

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Wasn't Judgment Day a pleasant surprise? After a disastrous 2004 for Smackdown! only events, JD delivered all it promised and then more.The WWE Tag Team Title match was excellent. I think Mercury and Nitro have great potential. The WWE could do with more hot young tag teams like this at the moment.Booker T and Kurt Angle had an exciting match up. The only thing that spoilt this was the seedy Kurt Angle character that he is having to portray at the moment. I prefer Kurt Angle the gold medal winner to Kurt Angle the rapist.Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio had another blinder, at least Mysterio's mask wasn't proving a distraction in this one. This has the potential to be the feud of the year if they keep putting on in ring performances like this.And on to the main event. After the disastrous and down right embarrassing match at WrestleMania 21 these guys needed to put on one hell of a show to impress me. They did. Sure they used every cheap trick in the book, outside brawling, weapons etc, but they did it well. Cena also did a fabulous juice job. Judgment Day is turning into a right bloody event isn't it after this years and last.Good, solid event. All talent seemed to want to put on a good show. Keep it up Smackdown!.

easily the best smackdown only pay per view of the year..matches may not be in rite order1. M.N.M(champs) Vs Hardcore and Haas WWE TAG TITLE MATCH6/10 decent match ...i dig m'n'm ...actually a proper good gimmick tag team which wwe lacks nowadays. unfortunately same can not be said for haas and hardcore who are so opposite its unreal2. Paul London (cruiserweight champ) Vs Chavo Guerrero CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH7.5/10 cruiserweights usually pull off good action and these two didn't disappoint ..not the best for very enjoyable ..london was off the hook!!!3. Carlito Vs Big Show5/10 not very good but aftermath was good as matt morgan f5'd big show which was cool.4. Orlando Jordan (US CHAMP) Vs Heidenreich...US TITLE MATCH3.5/10 poor match both missed spots which made it worse and clearly these two cannot work together ...they both have talent but should never face each other ...ever!5. Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero7.5/10 obviously this was gonna be good ....good entertainment mysterio was high flying as usual ...probably the 3rd best match of the night.6. Kurt Angle Vs Booker T 8/10 Why did we not get more of these two's rivalry.. this match and there match later in the month on smackdown were both brilliant..angles perverse behaviour to bookers wife sharmell adds to the entertainment ...booker t puts on a very good show 7. John Cena (WWE CHAMP) Vs JBL WWE TITLE MATCH I QUIT 8/10 This and angle booker match are neck and neck in terms of the nights best match....this was BRUTAL AND MADE UP for there travesty at wrestlemania. cena bled like a dead chicken.the chair shots were nasty and cenas selling of it was great...cena entrance was also super as was his celebration after victory.

Wasn't Judgment Day a pleasant surprise? This boasted three excellent matches and the others with the exception of Heidenreich vs Orlando Jordan were acceptable. This was the hottest Smackdown! PPV since No Way Out 2004, and doesn't that seem like ages ago? Results from Judgment Day which was seen by 8000 fans in the arena were as follows:MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro managed by Melina) defeated Hardcore Holly and Charlie Haas to retain the WWE tag team titles in a fair match.Orlando Jordan retained the US title against Heidenreich in a poor match.Paul London retained the Cruiserweight title against Chavo Guerrero in a grand match.Carlito downed The Big Show with assistance from Matt Morgan in a comedy match.Rey Mysterio defeated Eddy Guerrero in a fine match.John Cena retained the WWE title from JBL in a blood stunt I quit match. Considering their p*ss poor match from Wrestlemania XXI, this was a very good improvement.Keep it up WWE! Overall Grade - A-

Smackdown delivers with Judgment Day! The PPV was pretty well done!! We open up this show with: 1- Charlie Haas & Hardcore Holly taking on MNM. A new hot duo! This was for the tag team golds. MNM retains with their pretty impressive double team move. Melina hot as always! Charlie Haas, underrated like always!! 7/10 2- Carlito Vs Big Show. A short match but entertaining... after the match, Morgan give Big Show an F-5, this was very impressive!! 6/10 3- Paul London Vs Chavo Guerrero. a very hot 15 min cruiser-weight title match, theses 2 wrestlers show why they should be on every event. Crowd was hot! 8/10 4- Booker T. Vs Kurt Angle, another very good match with a hot crowd. The wrestling was there and Angle is very good in his persona!! 9/10 5- Orlando Jordan Vs Heidenreich for the US Gold. Pretty boring match but Heidenreich make me laugh, I actually dig his new gimmick a lot! He's funny, charismatic... OJ is... well... OJ! 2/10 6- Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio... despite a DQ finish (but that was hot), the match was really interesting with Chavo trying to interfere! This was pure wrestling!!! 9/10 7- WWE TITLE MATCH!!! John Cena (c) Vs JBL... this was a sick sick match!!! We see tons of blood and some really good bumps!! Theses 2 work pretty well in gimmick match and it was an ''I QUIT MATCH'', a match that have a lot of history in this sport!!!Bottom Line... another underrated PPV by the underrated brand sees as the second class. Everything was good. You have entertaining when it's a bad match like Orlando one and the other matches are really good!! You have to give this PPV a try, don't rant it... Buy the DVD!!