There's NO WAY OUT

Bond · 02-15-2003, 03:38 PM

Well, the card looks pretty good from over here.

BreakABone · 02-15-2003, 04:17 PM

Well, I higly doubt the card is complete, heck it doesn't even have the Matt Hardy vs Billy KidMan match for the Cruiserweight title which was announced on smackdown. I'm aalso assuming that there will be some type of match to determine the number one contender for the Raw World Title at WrestleMania XIX.

The card looks decent thus far.

Professor S · 02-16-2003, 01:28 PM

Steve Austin vs. Bischoff - The bookers better start working on this one early or else Steve Austin's return to the WWE will be a complete abortion.

The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan - Another potential classic if just for the crowd reaction this one is going to get. A hot crowd will make an average match seem amazing. Hopefully Hogan will be able to pull another good performance out of his aging body. i have high hopes this will at least be good.

Steiner vs. HHH - The last one was painful to watch. I don't expect much more out of this one unless they book it masterfully and add the wildcard that is the rest of Evolution into the mix. I actually WANT to see a lot of interference in this one just to keep it tolerable.

Team Angle vs. Team Lesnar - This should be worth the price of the PPV alone. Get your VCRs ready.

Test vs. Jericho - Jericho is always solid and Test is underrated but not on par with Jericho. I would have much preferred to have seen Jericho vs. Michaels but this one should be interesting and not just filler.

Hardy vs. Billy Kidman - Talk about exact opposites. Matt Hardy has one of the best ring pewrsonalities in the WWE right now, while Kidman can work but has as much charisma as talcum powder. This will be good, but it will take Hardy to push this one to a memorable match and not just filler, as Jericho and Test might very well be if Jericho isn't allowed to call the shots.

This looks to be a solid PPV, but not a blow away by any stretch of the imagination. There's not enough variety of matches and of the 3 best workers in the company (Angle, Test and Benoit) are in the same match. I would like to see the Dudley Boys vs. Regal and Storm in a tables match myself. the mix of hardcore (Dudleys + Tables) with excellent traditional matwork (Storm and Regal) would make for an outstanding combination. Plus you could take their series of matches to the next level of intensity to finally put an end to the feud so that they could both move on.

BreakABone · 02-16-2003, 01:38 PM

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Originally posted by The Strangler
Steve Austin vs. Bischoff - The bookers better start working on this one early or else Steve Austin's return to the WWE will be a complete abortion.

The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan - Another potential classic if just for the crowd reaction this one is going to get. A hot crowd will make an average match seem amazing. Hopefully Hogan will be able to pull another good performance out of his aging body. i have high hopes this will at least be good.

Steiner vs. HHH - The last one was painful to watch. I don't expect much more out of this one unless they book it masterfully and add the wildcard that is the rest of Evolution into the mix. I actually WANT to see a lot of interference in this one just to keep it tolerable.

Team Angle vs. Team Lesnar - This should be worth the price of the PPV alone. Get your VCRs ready.

Test vs. Jericho - Jericho is always solid and Test is underrated but not on par with Jericho. I would have much preferred to have seen Jericho vs. Michaels but this one should be interesting and not just filler.

Hardy vs. Billy Kidman - Talk about exact opposites. Matt Hardy has one of the best ring pewrsonalities in the WWE right now, while Kidman can work but has as much charisma as talcum powder. This will be good, but it will take Hardy to push this one to a memorable match and not just filler, as Jericho and Test might very well be if Jericho isn't allowed to call the shots.

This looks to be a solid PPV, but not a blow away by any stretch of the imagination. There's not enough variety of matches and of the 3 best workers in the company (Angle, Test and Benoit) are in the same match. I would like to see the Dudley Boys vs. Regal and Storm in a tables match myself. the mix of hardcore (Dudleys + Tables) with excellent traditional matwork (Storm and Regal) would make for an outstanding combination. Plus you could take their series of matches to the next level of intensity to finally put an end to the feud so that they could both move on.

I think you mean Angel, Benoit and Lesnar or someone other than Test because you called him an average wrestler a few paragraphs up.

And I agree with you that the card doesn't blow anyone away, but I think it looks to do a good job of what it's supposed to do and that's build interest for WrestleMania XIX, but I should wait for more matches to be announced.

Professor S · 02-16-2003, 01:42 PM

LOL!!! I meant EDGE... not Test... and Lesnar ain't that great of a worker. He's a good big man and I enjoy the dynamic he brings, but thats it.

Damn one word names always getting me confused...

BreakABone · 02-16-2003, 01:58 PM

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Originally posted by The Strangler
LOL!!! I meant EDGE... not Test... and Lesnar ain't that great of a worker. He's a good big man and I enjoy the dynamic he brings, but thats it.

Damn one word names always getting me confused...

Well, I mean Test and Edge got a lot in common

-they both have one word names
-they both are Canadians
-They are both former Tag Champs, IC champs, European champs and USa Champs
-they both teamed with Chrisitian

Er ok well I don't know, but some of it I took from the interview Edge had before fighting Test at Survivor Series 2001.

Dragon-Fly · 02-16-2003, 02:40 PM

Man, Stone cold V-s Bischoff, man that'll be a funny and entertainment match. Can't wait to see the other matches. "Team Angles", LMAO!!!.

nWoCHRISnWo · 02-16-2003, 05:07 PM

I don't really see this as being decent at all, looks kinda ****ty to me. I can't wait for Wrestlemania though, No Way Out never seems to be that great when WM is next.

Boschoff vs Austin could be pretty entertaining and Hulk vs Rock could be awesome, but I don't think it'll be a "classic" like their WM match was. I doubt the rest of the matches will be very good apart from the 6 man of course, that should be great.

And Strangler, you think Edge is one of the top three workers in the company? I'd say Austin, Rey, and Guerrero should be ahead of him, but that's just me.

TheGame · 02-17-2003, 02:40 AM

I bet ya'll can't wait for the HHH match

Right?

Anyone?

I think it's the best match on the card... *nods*

fingersman · 02-17-2003, 07:32 AM

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Originally posted by TheGame
I bet ya'll can't wait for the HHH match

Right?

Anyone?

I think it's the best match on the card... *nods*

*lays the smack down on TheGame*

I think I'll use that match as a rest period.

I'm looking forward for some comedy with Austin and Eric ......especially when the chief will come running down for Eric and get a stunner

Oh yeah that 6 man tag should be great.

Professor S · 02-17-2003, 09:16 AM

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Originally posted by nWoCHRISnWo
I don't really see this as being decent at all, looks kinda ****ty to me. I can't wait for Wrestlemania though, No Way Out never seems to be that great when WM is next.

Boschoff vs Austin could be pretty entertaining and Hulk vs Rock could be awesome, but I don't think it'll be a "classic" like their WM match was. I doubt the rest of the matches will be very good apart from the 6 man of course, that should be great.

And Strangler, you think Edge is one of the top three workers in the company? I'd say Austin, Rey, and Guerrero should be ahead of him, but that's just me.

I put Edge in the top 3 because he can work a match and the crowd. Austin hasn't wrestled in a LONG time, so we'll see how good he is when he comes back. Even at 100% he'd have a hard time carrying Bischoff to something watchable. Guerrero and Rey are awesome, but they are just mid-carders. Edge can work plus he's a believeable threat to the title. Thats what elevated him above Guererro in my eyes.

And Rey isn't even that great. He's a great high flyer, but at the end of the day thats about all she wrote. Head scissor takedowns are fun, but 10 of them in a match, well, that just gets old.

BreakABone · 02-17-2003, 10:40 AM

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*lays the smack down on TheGame*

I think I'll use that match as a rest period.

I'm looking forward for some comedy with Austin and Eric ......especially when the chief will come running down for Eric and get a stunner

Oh yeah that 6 man tag should be great.

I again with Fingersman, the Triple H match should be used as a rest break, you know to finish homework before Monday, get something to eat, take a short nap (You know it's gonna be like 30 mins) or something useful.

Bond · 02-17-2003, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by The Strangler
I put Edge in the top 3 because he can work a match and the crowd. Austin hasn't wrestled in a LONG time, so we'll see how good he is when he comes back. Even at 100% he'd have a hard time carrying Bischoff to something watchable. Guerrero and Rey are awesome, but they are just mid-carders. Edge can work plus he's a believeable threat to the title. Thats what elevated him above Guererro in my eyes.

And Rey isn't even that great. He's a great high flyer, but at the end of the day thats about all she wrote. Head scissor takedowns are fun, but 10 of them in a match, well, that just gets old.

I think you may be forgetting that Austin already came back...

He was at last week's RAW when the cameras went off the air.

Professor S · 02-17-2003, 04:13 PM

You forget the Mcmahon rule of wrestling...

If it didn't happen on TV... IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

Just ask Ric Flair and Antonio Inoki*

*I will explain if asked...

nWoCHRISnWo · 02-17-2003, 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by The Strangler
And Rey isn't even that great. He's a great high flyer, but at the end of the day thats about all she wrote. Head scissor takedowns are fun, but 10 of them in a match, well, that just gets old.

Well I kinda agree, but I think Rey can be in some awesome matches if he's fighting someone who can control the match well (like Angle (Smackdown twice Summerslam once) and Guerrero(Havoc '97, Smackdown), and I also enjoy his spotfests with Juvi or Psicosis a lot.

And I don't know what the hell they got planned for the Triple H/Steiner match. Probably tons of interference, and it should be a lot shorter. They can't just ignore the fact that the crowd hated the match and booed Steiner out of the building at Rumble.