WWE - No Mercy 2002 (DVD)

...the face to every talented WWE wrestler who never gets a look in.

Rating: 0 out of 10.

Rob Van Dam Vs. Ric Flair

Two completely different wrestling styles came into the ring and clashed in this encounter. After the previous match, between Torrie Wilson & Dawn Marie, this one seemed like a match of the year contender; which of course it as not!

Rob Van Dam seemed to have forgotten how to ...
...and Ric Flair's age really did show in some spots, but on the whole quite an enjoyable outing from both sides.

Rating: 6 out of 10.

[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]
Jamie Noble Vs. Tajiri

In today's World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-views you will be hard pushed to see, or remember, a great cruiserweight match, this is mainly due to "creative" giving them five minute matches......and ... more

I've been told that when I post my pay-per-view reviews on Ciao that I am inadvertently leaving the winners of each match at the end of each match review. Although I can not edit my reviews once they are posted, starting from this review I will not disclose who wins the matches.

This will mean me having to writing in a completely new style as to not give away the winner during my match review......this should be fun!

[Raw Tag Team Championship]
Christian & Chris Jericho Vs. Booker T & Goldust

The opening match on any pay-per-view card has one objective and that is to warm up the fans, get them in the mood for the rest of the show. Some matches fail to do this and some end up stealing the show from the main event.

This match was a bit of a hit & miss affair. Booker T and Goldust were a very 'over' tag team and Christian & Chris Jericho, at the time, were two very effective heels that gelled brilliantly as a tag team.

Overall it was a rather solid performance from both tag teams, and I could happily point out about ten other opening pay-per-view matches that were far worse, but there was something missing, I'm struggling to pinpoint what that exactly was though.

During the match a freak incident occurred which threatened to ruin the entire match but all four men showed their professionalism and continued the match to it's conclusion.

Rating: 7 out of 10.

Torrie Wilson Vs. Dawn Marie

If you want to see two talentless women scratching and pulling each others hair then I suggest you nip down to your local nightclub/pub, it will be basically the same thing as what these two did, only slightly more entertaining!

Giving these two pay-per-view time is a slap in the face to every talented WWE wrestler who never gets a look in.

Rating: 0 out of 10.

Rob Van Dam Vs. Ric Flair

Two completely different wrestling styles came into the ring and clashed in this encounter. After the previous match, between Torrie Wilson & Dawn Marie, this one seemed like a match of the year contender; which of course it as not!

Rob Van Dam seemed to have forgotten how to sell a move convincingly for huge chunks of the match and Ric Flair's age really did show in some spots, but on the whole quite an enjoyable outing from both sides.

Rating: 6 out of 10.

[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]
Jamie Noble Vs. Tajiri

In today's World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-views you will be hard pushed to see, or remember, a great cruiserweight match, this is mainly due to "creative" giving them five minute matches......and Vince McMahon telling them to tone down their moves won't help either.

Never-the-less Jamie Noble and Tajiri gave us a very good account of themselves and had easily the second best match of the night in my, eyes. If you are a fan of good wrestling, and fast-paced action, then you will thoroughly enjoy this match!

Rating: 8 out of 10.

[Winner Takes All Match]
Triple H (Raw Champ) v Kane (IC Champ)

The storyline leading up to this horrible "match" was that Kane had murdered a girl called Katie Vick. Cue weeks of Triple H trying to have sex with a mannequin that was meant to be the dead girls body - what were they smoking when they came up with this!?

Both the Raw heavyweight championship and the Intercontinental championship were on the line in this match so you would expect this encounter be to a gripping affair, laced with good wrestling throughout.

Nope.

This match was a total disappointment to me and I would say this was THE worst match I have seen both men put on in their careers, and believe me there have been a few stinkers from each wrestler in their time.

Rating: 4 out of 10.

[Smackdown Tag Team Championships]
Edge & Rey Mysterio Jnr Vs. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle

Any match that involves both Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit is going to be nothing else but match of the year material and they did not disappoint in this one. Even Rey Mysterio and Edge managed to bring their A game to the dance.

This match had it all. Fast-paced action, great reversals, awesome moves, hilarious comedy spots and even the crowd was 100% behind the match from start to finish.

If you are think of buying this DVD then this should be your number on reason right here!

Rating: 10 out of 10.

[Women's Championship]
Trish Stratus v Victoria

I'm not particularly a big fan of World Wrestling Entertainment women wrestling matches, I find them very boring and tedious. But this one was not that bad and was bordering on the quite enjoyable at times.

Rating 5 out of 10.

[Hell in a Cell Match]
[Smackdown Championship]
Brock Lesnar Vs. The Undertaker

Well this was the match that the entire pay-per-view was being built around. None of the other match anything anything as far as World Wrestling Entertainment were concerned, they were merely crowd warm-up matches.

The match was quite a bloodfest as Undertaker bled all over the place. Undertaker has a reputation of being lazy in the ring and not putting over his opponent, but this match was different as Undertaker did his best to make Brock Lesnar look like a million dollars.

It was certainly a strong finish to the pay-per-view and is worth checking out.

Rating: 8 out of 10.

Extras
There are a few extras on the DVD which will let you guys find out for yourself. 

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