Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25196 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-11-07
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 192 minutes

Synopsis
Features three title matches and a host of stars including Batista, Chris Benoit, Undertaker, Eddie Guerrero and Torrie Wilson.

Customer Reviews

WWE Great American Bash 2005
The WWE are desperately trying to give Smackdown a good PPV of it's own. This one failed to deliver any spectacular outcome. How lame some of the matches are - except the Eddie-Rey match which was mildly entertaining. I'll review all of them:

1. Tag Titles: MNM vs Heidenreich/Animal
It was a worthy opener, but was very boring. Heidenreich cannot wrestle to save his life and this was just pointless in my mind. He even walked out as champion! The match was way below average, but better than most of the card. 4/10

2. Booker T vs Christian
A solid match, but it barely had any hype and either of them should be US champion at least. It was ok overall - but don't get too excited as it wasn't incredible. 6/10

3. US Title: Chris Benoit vs Orlando Jordan (c)
This really made Benoit look bad. Losing to Jordan is seriously embarrasing as he is so bad. How can he walk out retaining? Benoit deserves better than this - the match sucked, plain and simple. I plead you to skip it. 1/10

4. #1 Contender's Match: Muhammad Hassan vs Undertaker
Hassan's entrance took about 10 minutes, it made no sense to me whatsoever. He also carried about 6 masked men who didn't get to knock down Taker at all. Taker is 100x better than Hassan and thankfully we didn't see him return after this match. The match was too slow and extremely pointless because Undertaker should have a much better opponent for it to be mildly good. 3/10

5. 6-Man Tag Match: Mexicools vs bWo
Seeing as the match was made on WWE.com, you could tell it was going to be bad. It was a waste of time, the match only lasted for about 4 minutes. So, why did WWE make this match in the first place. These teams fail to impress me even slightly. 2/10

6. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio
Hooray! We actually come to the match-of-the-night, which was still not groundbreaking. The worst match of their "series" of PPV matches, but it was still very good. I hope to savour this moment forever because this is what WWE should improve on: the matches! At least I got to see a decent match between two of my favourite superstars, that's all. 8/10

7. Bra and Panties Match: Melina vs Torrie Wilson
I won't bother rating this match because...well...take a guess. IT BLOODY SUCKED!!! Why do WWE bother in making Divas matches anymore? They are completely timewasting. I've changed my mind; I will rate the "match". 0/10!!

8. World Title: JBL vs Batista (c)
It was a below average main event. God, even Smackdown can't produce a good main event? Wait, what am I talking about? Smackdown can hardly produce a good match without at least a month of rivalry. The match wasn't great, but wasn't all that bad. JBL is SO SLOW and boring which really annoyed me because I wanted to see Undertaker vs Batista in the main event. Now, that would be a good match! 5/10

So, do you really want this DVD?
I don't think anyone would enjoy it because I was on the verge of falling asleep just as the first match began.

Some card fillers but still good.
Another Great American Bash came on July 24th 2005, yes being British I don't appreciate the patriotic American crap but it had some good matches.

WWE Tag Team Championship MNM vs Road warrior Animal and Heidenreich: A fairly decent opener and it's good to see MNM finally lose, Road Warrior Animal's experience definitely payed off. The look on Melina's face after the match was priceless. 8/10

No.1 Contenders match Undertaker vs Muhammed Hassan: It was a great match, even though it was obvious who was going to win. Those masked people helping Hassan were absolute CRAP! The last ride through the stage at the end was funny and clever because the WWE don't want to associate with Arabs after what happened in London recently. 10/10

Booker T vs Christian: I guess Booker T wanted revenge but it was still a card filler. It was an alright match though, a little quick but was finishing move was good! 7/10

The Mexicools vs The BWO: On paper it looks like an exciting match, but it was far too short for my liking. The two finishing moves were good. 6/10

Torrie Wilson vs Melina Bra and Panties (Candice Michelle special guest referee): We all love Bra and panties! It's probably not one of the best bra and panties matches we've seen but in the end we all got to see Melina, Torrie and Candice in their bra and panties! 8/10

Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero: Another great match from these two superstars and the stipulations and the rivalry in this one was far more intense. They put on a great show and the sudden victory from Mysterio was funny. 10/10

United States Championship Orlando Jordan vs Chris Benoit: No rivalry or build up what so ever, it was good at some parts and tedious at other parts. Why did they make Orlando Jordan win that way though? 6/10

World Heavyweight championship Batista vs JBL: It was good but somewhat disappointing because of Batista's disqualification, it would have been better if got a pinfall. My heart was beating like hell when JBL pinned Batista after his chair shot. 9/10

Overall it was a decent payperview with no big disappointments, if the main event was better it would have got 5 stars.

poor
Since the WWE brought the great american bash back to life in 2004,i still await one worthy of the wcw event of the same name,as i write this the great american bash 2008 is less than a week away,i hope that at long last we get an event worthy of its legendary name,as for this pay per view from july 2005,well it was poor,with the odd touch of quality.
The event opened with the worst tag team title match of all time perhaps,well maybe thats a bit excessive but i didnt believe a second of this,the champs MNM went up against,animal and heidenreich,i refuse to call them by their given name on the night,this was bad and i mean bad,heidenreich,as if we didnt know it already,cant wrestle consistenly for toffee and this match means nothing to me.
Booker T went up against christian in a match that had good quality and some interesting moments,i wouldnt give this match 5 stars but it was a solid match that raised the standard tenfold.
The WWE united states championship was contested next,the champion orlando jordon went up against chris benoit,this match was a bit lousy and a bit boring at times but also pretty good but in the end it can only be deemed as an average match for those reasons.
The undertaker fought a man so out of his depth next that a universal scratching of heads from a world watching could be heard,muhammed hussan was his rival,his entrance to teh ring took longer than the match itself and his 6 helpers were a bunch of puddings,the taker looked embarrassed,the commentary team struggled to talk their way around this match and i found it a real low and this match wont feature on the takers greatest matches anytime soon.
The mexicools went up against the BWO next,this match was added at the last minute and it showed,this was a real horror match that was as bad as you can get.
The next match featured eddie guerrero against rey mysterio with reys son dominick at ringside,the stipulation was that if eddie won then he would get to reveal a family secret,when i look back on this feud i really liked it,and this match was very good,it wasnt the best of the series,i think the ladder match at the following months event,summerslam,was the best of the lot,but this was a great match.
melina fought torrie next in a match so bad i wish i could erase from my memory,shocking.
The main event was up next,the world heavyweight title was up for grabs,the champion batista went up against JBL,granted,the ending was poor but this was a decent match,violent enough but also skilled,at times it felt laboured as both men got tired and it slowed down but then it would pick up and the match followed that kind of formula.
Hardly an essential event in truth with only one or two matches holding their own,1.5 stars out of 5 then.