Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70942 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-06
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 184 minutes

Synopsis
Wrestling action including Booker T vs The Undertaker, Torrie Wilson vs Dawn Marie and more.

Customer Reviews

Sixteen quid for two (or three) matches? Hmm...
Since the lottery that shook up both the Smackdown! and Raw rosters back in April, the roles of both WWE brands had reversed somewhat, following the previous year. Raw now thrived whereas Smackdown! now sucked (For a time, anyway. Both shows are equally healthy now in terms of ratings).

On Raw, Chris Benoit was world champ and involved in an awesome feud with Triple H and Shawn Michaels. On Smackdown!, Eddie Guerrero was WWE champ and giving us a brilliant and memorable title reign. So what was the problem? Lesnar was gone, Angle and Show were injured, Triple H had decided to stay on Raw because he could even though he was originally drafted for Smackdown! in the lottery, and any other worthy contenders were being misused.

So what does Vince decide to do? Well, the APA had split up and Farooq was now gone from WWE, leaving only Bradshaw, so the boss decides to give a former tag team wrestler who hadn't exactly succeeded in previous singles gimmicks the sudden ascension to main event status and a shot at the WWE championship. Hmm...you could tell the creative team for Smackdown! was desperate for new ideas.

To be fair, though, Bradshaw had been wrestling for more than a decade. He was a veteran. Whilst he had found more success in the tag team ranks than as a single wrestler on previous occasions, his new gimmick as a millionaire and stock broker turned out top be a great debut of a new heel that was thoroughly enjoyable. Now he was wrestling under his real name of John Layfield, being given the chance to cut some really good promos, and the fact that he was a veteran with a now successful gimmick, it now seemed a very good idea to give him a shot at the title. The ultimate question was had his wrestling skills improved enough to entitle him to such a position? The answer to that...is a resounding 'yes'.

However, whilst the WWE title match is one of the best ever and a true classic that saves the PPV, only a few other matches on the DVD are acceptable, whilst the others represent how much of a rut Smackdown! was in at the time in terms of storylines and ratings.

Rob Van Dam + Rey Mysterio vs. The Dudley Boyz:
Great tag team match, superb opener and one of the only matches on the DVD worth watching. I've dreamt about RVD and Mysterio teaming for years and they don't disappoint. Dudleys do well as usual. This is more of a Smackdown! main event but that's not a bad thing. (7/10)

Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie:
Both are hot, but really they should leave the wrestling to the ladies on Raw. (4/10)

Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Mordecai:
Question: Did we really need Mordecai when we already have the Undertaker and Kane? Answer: Of course we didn't. (3/10)

WWE Tag Team title match
Rico and Charlie (C) Haas vs. Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn:
Not bad, but really belongs on Smackdown! (6/10)

WWE Cruiserweight Championship match
Jacqueline (C) vs. Chavo Guerrero:
Why was Jacqueline the Cruiserweight champion on Smackdown! when it would've been better to have her being the Women's champion on Raw?! More proof that the WWE needs new writers. The only thing that helps is the outcome. Poor Chavo. He deserves better. (1/10)

WWE U.S. Championship match
John Cena (C) vs. Rene Dupree:
A good feud carried well by two rising stars but again, the match should've taken place on Smackdown! A lot of people criticize Cena as being a terrible wrestler who wouldn't be here without his charisma and I think that's unfair. Give him a few years and he'll be main event level. (7/10)

Undertaker vs. Booker T:
Watching it the first time, I wasn't fond of this. After repeated viewing, I thought it was a very good feud with a very good conclusion. The outcome is questionable but still a very good effort by both men who help save the PPV and should be rewarded for it. (7/10)

WWE Championship match
Eddie Guerrero (C) vs John 'Bradshaw' Layfield:
The match that saves the PPV. Easily JBL's best match ever and that's saying a lot. An engrossing brawl that evolves into a blood bath that establishes both men as credible and worthy main eventers. Eddie's integrity and ability can never be questioned again after performing for half an hour whilst losing more blood than anyone I can think of. Despite what others may think, the ending did not hurt the match at all, as it gave us five minutes of one of the best aftermaths in years. This proved that the feud was a legendary one, and was here to stay. (10/10)

So, all in all, Judgement Day 2004 is a mixed bag, somewhat. In general, it represents how much Smackdown! suffered at one time, as you can tell by the number of bad matches and few enjoyable ones. It's a shame too, as it causes people to judge a book by its cover and think that the main event is terrible because of the PPV's low buyrate and JBL's heavily criticised push. However, JBL shows that he deserves to be where he is today and Eddie shows why he deserved his awesome title reign.

But is it worth £16 just for a classic main event and two more matches that you can see on Smackdown! ? Personally, I say yes as Judgement Day 2004 is better than people say it is. However, I do recommend that if you decide to get it, buy it for Eddie/JBL, as you probably won't get your money's worth out of anything else on this.

not bad but not deadly either!
Judgement day in 2004 came not long after a draft lottery,and many say that smackdown came out worse and whether that is true or not this is a mixed pay per view with some very good and some lame,mismatched matches that had no hype or story going into them so the crowd couldnt give two hoots.
Anyway,the event opened with a corking match,the tag team that couldnt fail,didnt last long mind,but couldnt fail to entertain of rey mysterio and rob van dam against a great team in the dudley boyz,this was a 15 minute match that had it all,i loved this,great.
Torrie wilson was up next against dawn marie in a poor match,worth skipping ladies and gentlemen.
Kevin fertig was up next in his debut as mordecai,when i think about this and i may be wrong,the mordecai character lasted four months before being released,that isnt long hey,anyway,he was up against scotty 2 hotty,i hated him,this was a squash match,plain and simple,i tell no lies,it was set up to showcase mordecai as a man that takes no messing,wasnt great but ok.
The WWE tag team championship was up for grabs next as the champs rico and charles haas went up against billy gunn and hardcore holly,this match wasnt that great,lasted a while due to rico prancing and camping it up much like goldust did during his early time in WWE,so thats a good time wasting ploy within a match,not overly memorable.
The cruiserweight championship was next,the champ was jacquline,the first female to win that i think,she went up against chavo who had his father chavo classic by his side,this match wasnt funny or clever and was a bit of a drain,chavo fought with one arm tied behind his back but kept cheating,not great by any stretch of the imagination.
The united states championship was contested next as the champ john cene went up against rene dupree who worked so hard to get the crowd to hate him but people werent that fussed in truth,this match was decent though,i quite liked it,they worked well enough together,not too bad.
The return of the undertaker was up next,he leaves and returns alot say the cynical,they arent that far of the truth,anyway he returned to fight booker T,this wasnt an out and out classic but featured some good stuff and passed by without any real complaints.
The WWE championship and main event was up next as the champ eddie guerrero went up against JBL who hadnt long stopped being a member of APA so some thought he shouldnt be given this chance,they were wrong,and this was great,so much blood poured that the hospital must have been taking donations to save these men,eddie bled like a pig hey and this was brutal clearly but also entertaining with some good clever moves being portrayed,a mixed event for sure but i have seen worse.

jbl gaurentees victory
Judgment Day 2004 is a good pay-per-view.There was some great matches and some bad ones.

Tag team match
Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio vs The Dudley Boyz.
This was a match with acrobatics by rvd and rey.Quality when Rey did a double 619 to bubba &D Von and RVD leaping on top with a 5*frog splash.
winners:RVD & mysterio with a leg drop.6/10

Torrie Wilson vs Dawn Marie
(if Torrie lost,she was fired)
entertaining match.The best bit was when torrie rolled up dawn and torrie pulled her strap down and her bum was showing.
winner:torrie wilson with a rollup.7/10

scoty 2 hoty vs modicei
Boring match. it would have been me as the general manager it would be a cage match to make it more interesting.
winner:mordici with a crucifik.2/10

Jaquline vs cHavo Guerrero for the cruserweight championship.
Chavo is rubbish.if it wasn,t for chavo classic,jaquline would have kept her title.
winner;chavo w1th a gory bomb.4/10

wwe tag team title match charlie haas and rico vs billy gunn and hardcore holly.
the flamboyant rico really helped charlie a lot to win with the superkick.
winner:haas and rico.5/10

John Cena vs Rene Dupree for the united states championship
Dupree only made one big mistake.Cena giving him the f-u.
winner:cena.8/10

The Undertaker vs Booker T
booker t put dirt into the eyes of the deadman but he didn't care by laying out a tombstone and he did rest in peace.
winner:Undertaker.9/10

jbl vs eddie guerrero for the wwe championship
match of the night.jbl made eddie bleed first then jbl started bleeding.Eddie lost by disqualification but still held on to the coveted prize.
winner:jbl.10/10