WWE - Wrestlemania 20
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #18491 in DVD
- Released on: 2004-07-05
- Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
- Format: PAL
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 3
- Running time: 454 minutes
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Synopsis
Features footage from Wrestlemania XX, including the World Heavyweight Championship match between Triple H, Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels, and the battle for the WWE Championship title between Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero. Features seven matches in total.
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a classic for sure!
Wrestlemania 20,and 20 years in the making,and 'where it all begins ....again'.This tagline was fitting because the event was staged as it was twenty years earlier in madison square garden,new york,the wwe could have filled out an arena three times the size but the garden has been good to the wwe and vice versa so it was fitting to return.
In 1985 when vince mcmahon launched the event he could never have imagined the success that it would create,never,in 1985 vince mixed with MTV to get a host of star names to help the event along,these days stars of tv and music beg to get a chance to feature in any way,thats success folks.
The first wrestlemania had 9 matches ,wrestlemania 20 had 12 and 7 titles up for grabs,it truly was an event of grand scale.The atmosphere was electric,the hype justified,and the event while not 100 percent perfect shines brighter than just about anything else.
The opening match is for the united states championship,the champ big show came up against a fledgling in john cena,at this juncture cena was still making bad raps that he would soon leave behind as his character propelled,the match was good,and the result pleasing,from here cena rarely had to look back.
nest up was a fatal four way tag team title match,the match was certainly busy,high octane stuff with some mat wrestling included,the match was intense but also entertaining and in the end the result came secondary to a high flying,rich in ability match.
Once a fine duo,the next match had once friends,christian as heel fighting chris jericho who was all loved up with trish,the cause of the fight in the end,this was a fine match with two skilled wrestlers taking time to wrestle despite a hatred of each other,the result was a surprise but more from this duo was to follow,yes another fine match.
Next up was one of my fave matches of the night,evolution,well three quarters of,as in ric flair who was on tip top form and played the crowd like a flute,randy orton and the fierce batista vs the rock n sock connection as in mick foley with the hollywood star at the time the rock returning with no real intent on staying as his career in movies was under way.Mick foley himself had not fought in four years so the duo may have appeared rusty in some areas compared to a very obvious force in evolution but a great contest ensued.Th result was typical in that whoever had the longevity thereafter in the company needed the win but all the same i was entertained throughout,class.
A two and a half minute ladies evening gown followed and wasnt the worst match in the world but didnt really help or hinder the event so in some ways was pointless,but let me say that i have seen worse.
Th cruiserweight open invitation match followed and was one of the best 11 minutes of the night,ten athletes in total flying from pillar to post giving their all,busting their guts to take the title of chavo,pacey isnt the word for this ,the entrants came and went fast enough so there was so much to watch,blink and you would miss some of these moves,i have been critical of this division in the past,here i was made to eat humble pie ,a job more than well done.
Next up was a match that the crowd hated,to them this match stunk the place out but here is the funny thing,i liked it,it was goldberg vs brock lesnar with stone cold as special guest referee.It was known in many quarters that both of the men in the fight were leaving the company,that soured the mood somewhat but both men were cagey and reluctant to lock up,both being powerful and proud men,there was a sense to me that this match was more real than some would imagine,the crowd were callous in their remarks to two men who wanted to do something else with their lives,the match in the end wasnt the most eventful but still good,two men who gave little away and in the end stone cold brought the colour back to the crowds faces and the match passed well in my opinion,am i the only one?
Another fatal four way tag team for the championship follwed and wasnt as good as the other fatal four way of the night,a match that featured scotty 2 hotty as champ will never get me off my seat but this match wasnt all bad,short and sweet enough.
A close to five minute ladies match followed that had some decent things going for it,victoria fought molly holly and if molly didnt win she would have her hair shaved off by victoria,well what we wanted to see happened and certainly molly was brave to allow her lock locks to be whipped off,but ultimately this match seems a little high up on the bill for me but uyet again wrestlemania 20 produced two womens matches that werent the worst i have seen so well done to all,i must be fair.
The final three matches followed and by now we were getting into the meat and bones of the card,first up was wwe champ eddie guerrero vs kurt angle,i have always thought highly of both athletes,if i had to choose the better of them i would say kurt,but this was a classic match that wont be forgotten in the years to come,no chance of that.Both men tore the place apart as they wrestled and damaged the other,in the end a clever piece of thinking lead to victory in what is a match i could happily watch again and again.
Kane and the undertaker followed and a rebirth of the taker,no longer was he the badass taker,he had returned as the icon we all know against a kane who was unbelieving of the takers rebirth after he had buried him alive.The match was good and over before too long,wasnt the greatest of the takers wrestlemania run but it was good,its hard to fault the way the taker dissects his oppenents and certainly kane lost this match in his head before it even began.
The main event served up a match that will forever be classified by myself as one of the greatest of the modern era,yes it was that good,a triple threat match for the title,the first time ever that the belt ws contested this way i think,crickey i could be wrong,forgive me if i am!Anyway,the champ triple h went up against his fierce rival at the time shawn michaels and against the royal rumble winner of the year chris benoit.The match had it all,we had blood,we had spills,thrills,extreme pain,technical ability by the bucketload and a fitting that sent shivers up my spine,the final sight of benoit and guerrero is more than moving for both men have since passed away,a year and a half later eddie died and just under three years later benoit killed himself and his family which wwe certainly dont like to talk about,but for all of that and regardless of what you think of the man now,this is a match that perhaps only benoit could have dominated and when all is said and done benoit was a wrestler and we really owe him for his efforts here.
A great show, sadly tarnished by time.
The WWE have of course done their best to eradicate Chris Benoit from the annuls of history and, whether or not you agree with their philosophy (I personally don't, as I hold Benoit's career at least partly accountable for what happened anyway - you don't receive extensive brain-damage simply going to the supermarket), it's a sad fact that the legacy of the Crippler has pretty much been laid to rest along with him, his wife and his son. That said, I don't know whether the main-event, in which he participates, is still included on this DVD. If it isn't, it is probably the single biggest travesty in wrestling history, as the triple-threat with Michaels and Triple H is easily one of the ten best matches to ever take place at the event. You deserve to own this DVD for that match alone, but on top of that there's the true beginning of John Cena's rise to megastardom, a good Christian/Jericho match with a storyline twist, Undertaker's return to face Kane once more (in a rubbish match, but it was only there for the spectacle. Get Wrestlemania XIV to see what they're truly capable of against each other), the return of The Rock and Mick Foley, and an excellent WWE Championship match between Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle. All in all, if you can forget what supposedly went down in June this year, and as long as WWE haven't tried to rewrite history with this disk, this is an absolute must-have. If WWE HAVE altered the event, it still may be worth getting for Guerrero vs Angle.
WrestleMania XX 2004
US Championship.
John Cena vs Big Show
Thank God John Cena is a hell of a lot better in the ring, than he is on the Micke. Because otherwise he would be in serious troble. 4/5
Fatal 4 Way Tag Team Titles.
R.V.D & Booker T vs Dudleyz vs Cade & Jinddrak vs La Resistance
Seriusly boring match, good finnish tho. 3/5
Christian vs Jericho.
I belive that Chris Jericho is one of the greatest superstars of all time, and Trish is one of the greatest woman wrestlers of all time, and they could have been so buitufull together... 4/5
Rock `nÂ' sock connection vs Evolution.
Man Mick Folley really is C-R-A-P at WrestleMania, but I really didnÂ't expect him to be that C-R-A-P. 3/5
Evening gown match.
Sable & Torrie vs Jackie & Stacy.
I loved this match because they all took there gowns off, and wresled in the [...]. 100000000/5
Cruisierweight Campionship Open.
Mesterio vs Chavo vs Noble vs Kidman vs Tajiri vs Nunzio vs Dragon vs Funaki vs Shannon Moore.
Quik pinfalls, one submission, one count out, interferents... this match really did have it all. Not a very good finnish tho.
Brock Lesnar vs Goldburg (special refery Steve Austin).
Uuuuuuuum, When exacly are they actually going to wrestle??? For three quaters of this "match", they were just staring at each other and pasing around the ring. 0/5
Womans Title vs Hair match.
Victoria vs Molly Holly.
This was quite a good wrestling match, not a very good finnish tho, but still very kool, Victoria is a really DOMINANT force in the womans division. She prooved tonight that she really can wrestle aswell.
WWE Championship.
Guerrero vs Angle
Good wrestling, great finnish. Angle is the best pure athleete in the world ever. But Eddie Guerrero and his lying, cheating, and stealing,
was too much. Even for a guy like Kurt Angle.
Undertaker vs Kane
Qiute frankly, the entrance probably took longer than the match. But a guess thats fine since we hadnÂ't seen the Undertaker since Survivor Series. 3/5
World HeavyWeight Championship ( NO D.Q)
Excelent match, awsome end to the match. The Ravid Wolverine is the best tecnicall wrestler of all time, and damm it heÂ's the new World HeavyWeight Champion, so he IS FOR REAL!!! 100000000000/5





