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StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

callanvass Live from Springfield, MAAttendance 6,358Your commentators are Jim Ross & Jerry LawlerLight Heavyweight TitleBrian Christopher Vs Taka MichinokuMichinoku wins the vacant title with a Michinoku Driver. This was a pretty good match and a fun moment. It moved at a consistent pace and even Brian Christopher looked good. Taka would hold the title until Christian defeated him in his debut.*** out of 5Los Boricuas Vs The Disciples Of ApocolaypseMiguel feigns a knee injury to give Los Boricuas the win. I was only half-paying attention to this. I'm not really into either team and it was really hard to get into. From what I saw, it was pretty mundane.* out of 5Boxing MatchMarc Mero Vs ButterbeanMero cheats throughout the match and low blows him to get disqualified. This was pointless stuff. The crowd didn't care either, as they chanted Sable throughout the match. Even Piper and Mr. T did better at it.N/RGoldust and Luna Vachon come out, hooked by chains, dressed in pink. He reads verses of "Green eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss. For some reason, this cracked me up. The Legion of Doom (Hawk, mainly) cut a hilarious promo about a booger. Tag Team TitlesThe New Age Outlaws (C) Vs The Legion of DoomThe Outlaws win by DQ after Henry Godwin randomly runs out and costs LOD the match by making Hawk go crazy. This was an OK match and better than it had any right to be, really. If you want me to be kind about it, that's the best I can give you.** out of 5Boot Camp MatchSgt. Slaughter Vs Hunter Hearst HelmsleySlaughter has the match won, but Chyna kicks Slaughter in the nuts, allowing Triple H to pedigree Slaughter on the chair for the win. Good god, this was a train wreck. Slaughter had no business being in the ring at this juncture and the entire match was just awful to watch. It's one of the worst matches I've seen in a long time.½*The Undertaker Vs Jeff JarrettKane interrupts the match and chokeslams Jarrett. Jarrett wins by DQ. Taker and Kane have a staredown, where Kane slaps The Undertaker. Undertaker stands pat. Jarrett tries to put the Figure Four on afterwards, but gets chokeslammed for his troubles. Well, this was a big opportunity for Jarrett to show some star power. He failed. This match consisted of Jarrett working over Taker's knee. It was pretty uneventful. The staredown between Taker and Kane was great stuff, though.*1/2 out of 5Mark Henry is interviewed in the crowd by Michael Cole.Intercontinental ChampionshipStone Cold (C) Vs The RockAustin wins with the Stunner. Well, I wouldn't call this a good match, but it was a fun brawl with some amazing spots. Austin backdropping D'Lo Brown onto his pickup truck was awesome, as was the stunner on top of the truck. This was only a taste of what Austin and The Rock could do. They were just getting started.**1/4 out of 5WWF ChampionshipShawn Michaels (C) Vs Ken ShamrockShamrock wins by DQ after Triple H and Chyna interfere. Owen Hart makes his return and saves the day, even busting Shawn's nose. Well, this was a decent, if inconsistent main event. It had flashes of brilliance at times. Shamrock was a little green and it showed. Michaels did his best to carry him. I completely forgot about Owen's return and it was a major mark out moment for me.**1/2 out of 5Austin's antics, Owen Hart's return, and the Kane and Taker stuff save this show from being a total failure. Overall, it was a wildly inconsistent show that both infuriated and excited me. If you watch it, expect major inconsistency.5.5/10

Maniac-9 This was a very historical time in pro wrestling, it was just before this PPV that Bret Hart had the very public loss of his title at the Survivor Series PPV. Which basically WWF used to cultivate the Mr. McMahon character into one of the greatest heel characters in pro wrestling history.As far as the PPV card itself. It had the newly crowned WWF Champion Shawn Michaels defending his title against Ken Shamrock. The first ever PPV matchup between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, this time for the Intercontinental Title. Jeff Jarrett seemed a little out of place facing The Undertaker. Jarrett was never up to main event calibre in his WWF time and I'm not sure why he got the opportunity here. I'm guessing WWF was short on mid level to main event level talent at the time with Bret gone and taking British Bulldog with him and Owen Hart temporarily on leave before coming back. Surprisingly Triple H had a 12 minute match with Sgt. Slaughter who going into the PPV you'd have expected a quick squash match, considering Slaughter being long retired and HHH one of the younger stars of the company.Overall it was a decent PPV but by no means a great PPV. The most memorable match was the first Austin/Rock PPV match considering they'd eventually go onto going against each other 3 times at WM. Shawn Michaels vs. Ken Shamrock was a very short run of a feud since this was the only time Shamrock ever got a PPV main event slot.

bh_tafe3 Well Bret Hart was gone from the WWE and with it his Hart Foundation. WWE CHampion Shawn Michaels was running amok along with his D-Generation X buddies Triple H and Chyna, earning the ire of WWE Commissioner Sgt Slaughter. There were scores to be settled and titles to be defended as 1997 came to an end.But before the matches for existing titles it was time for a brand new title to be inaugurated, the WWE Light Heavyweight Title. This was part of WWE's continuing effort to compete with the strong cruiserweight division in rival company WCW. The WWE announced a tournament where the new champion would be crowned. The final match in the tournament happened here, and it was decent opener won by Taka Michinoku over Brian Christopher. The Light Heavyweight division never really had the time invested in it by the WWE to take off, with many of the initial members becoming regular losers and eventually getting released with little fan fare.Next up saw a continuation in the rivalry between the Los Buricuas (Miguel Perez, Jose Estrada and Jesus Castillo) and the Disciples of the Apocalypse (Chainz, Skull and 8-ball) who had been feuding for most of the latter part of the year. This one was won by the Boricuas with Estrada pinning Chainz to end a poor match.Now it was time for Marc Mero, who was always billed as a "Golden Glove Winner" come out and lose in the fourth round to Butterbean in an embarrassing match. Mero was well beaten and ended up being disqualified after hitting Butterbean below the belt.Next match saw the New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg Jesse James and Bad Ass Billy Gunn) successfully defend the WWE Tag Team Championships against the Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal). The LOD were well past their prime and this was another disappointing match in their second WWE tenure.As mentioned at the start, the antics of D-Generation X had earned the ire of WWE Commissioner Sgt Slaughter and so he booked himself in a "Boot Camp" match with Triple H. Triple H though had an ally in his corner Chyna, who came proved decisive in this match, hitting Slaughter with a low blow and allowing Triple H to hit the pedigree for the win in another bad match.Well Undertaker's little brother Kane had made his presence felt at recent PPVs, costing the Undertaker the No.1 contendership at Badd Blood and destroying Mankind at Survivor Series. Here he would play a part again as his brother took on "Double J" Jeff Jarrett. With Undertaker in complete control Kane came to the ring and choke slammed Jarrett, getting the Undertaker disqualified. How long would it be before the Undertaker finally got in the ring with his kid brother and settled this once and for all.Next came the first chapter in one of professional wrestling's biggest ever rivalries as Intercontinental Champion Steve Austin took on The Nation of Domination's The Rock. This was actually not a great match, being more of an angle than anything, but it was quite an entertaining angle, which ended with Austin hitting the stone cold stunner on Rock to retain the title.Finally came the main event with the cocky leader of D-Generation X and WWE Champion Shawn MIchaels putting the title on the line against "The Man" Ken Shamrock. Shamrock had been very impressive in his WWE career up to this point and in this match pushed the champion all the way and looked a likely winner before Triple H and Chyna came in and assaulted him, giving him a DQ victory but not the title in a decent match. Who was going to stand up to these degenerates? No sooner had the question formed in our minds and it was answered with Owen "The Black" Hart, the sole survivor knocking Michaels out of the ring and escaping into the crowd. It was a nice end to the show but had no bearing on future stories.Well there you have it. There wasn't a lot of great wrestling on this show, but it somehow managed to be an entertaining three hours in spite of itself.

Big Movie Fan In Your House:D-Generation-X took place a month after the controversial 1997 Survivor Series which left a bad taste in some of the fans mouths. However, this is an enjoyable card throughout.My two favourite matches were the Rock VS Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels VS Ken Shamrock. The Rock and Austin had a wild brawl in an Intercontinental title match and Michaels and Shamrock assembled a brilliant encounter. Michaels and Shamrock had great chemistry in the match and it's a pity that they didn't have a great feud afterwards but a few months later Michaels would wrestle his last match.All in all, a fantastic event which ended 1997 on an exciting note.