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Epicurus.com - WWE SummerSlam 1999 - An Out Of Body Experience
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $28.98
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Sony
Starring: Steve Austin, Triple H, Mankind
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0651191100323
Format: Color
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2000-04-25
Running Time: 180
Studio: Sony
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Customer Rating:
Summary: An Out Of Body Experience
Comment: My old WWF fever continues on with the 1999 edition of SummerSlam. This event was heavily build-up for the return of Jesse "The Body" Ventura, who was going to referee the main event of the evening. However, this was one of those events that on paper some matches did not sound to promising but it mostly delivered from start to finish, with only two matches that could have easily happened on RAW instead of PPV.
Intercontinental/European Champion D'Lo Brown vs Jeff Jarrett. Brown & Jarrett were underrated performers & this match proves it as these two meshed well to deliver a great opening contest. But the bigger story was the return of Mark Henry, along with Debra, turning his back on D'Lo.
Tag Team Turmoil. The winners of this match would receive a Tag Team Title shot the following night on RAW. Edge & Christian would start the match against The Hardyz & these teams put on a solid performance that would soon be topped in their classic Ladder match at No Mercy. The rest of the match was E&C controlling till The Acolytes came out & eventually won the contest.
Before the next contest, there is a nice shoot promo between The Road Dogg & Chris Jericho. Jericho is at his best here & Road Dogg was at his prime with his mic-skills.
WWF Hardcore Champion Big Bossman vs Al Snow. Road Dogg is actually following the action & calling it which added more to this contest. This was better than their Fully Loaded match as they went backstage, used various weapons, went to the streets & eventually ended the match at the bar across the street from the arena. The aftermath involving Snow, Stevie Richards & The Blue Meanie is wierd but the match is good brawl.
WWF Women's Champion Ivory vs Tori. All I am going to say about this one is that Ivory did a better job of carrying Tori than Sable did at WrestleMania XV & despite a few nice moves here & there, it just was not working to well. Plus, the wierd Luna aftermath did not help either.
Lions Den Weapons Match: Ken Shamrock vs Steve Blackman. For those who did not understand the rules, the purpose of this match was to win by knockout with a weapon. Due to that rule, this was not on the level as the previous year's Den match between Shamrock & Owen Hart(RIP) but it was still watchable despite the lame rules.
"Love Her Or Leave Her" Greenwich Street Fight: Test vs Shane McMahon. The story surrounding this match was that Test was dating Stephanie McMahon (Shane's sister) & if Test lost the match, then he can no longer be with Stephanie but if he wins, then Shane will stay out of their business. Shane proved at WrestleMania XV that he is capable of having an entertaining contest & this was no expection. Both man take hard bumps here including a nice elbow from the top turnbuckle through the announce table on Test by Shane. The Mean Street Posse get involved but with the help of Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco, Test survives in what might go down as his best match in his WWF career.
WWF Tag Team Champions Kane & X-Pac vs The Undertaker & Big Show. Honestly on paper, this sounds like a terrible match. This is an enjoyable tag team contest that tells a great story about the unique duo of Kane & X-Pac being the underdogs throughout the contest. The action moves at a consistent pace & never slows down between the four. What happens in this match is believable as Undertaker & Kane deliver a nice set of power moves with X-Pac bringing the speed to his advantage, while Show was the destructive monster. Great match & effort by all involved.
"Kiss My A**" Match: The Rock vs Billy Gunn. The build up for this match was some of the Rock's best promos, especially the one where God was speaking to Billy. Anyways about the match, this was one of Billy Gunn's best single matches as it featured solid action from start to finish as these two meshed well with their styles & the stipulation added more to this back & forth contest.
WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Triple H vs Mankind w/Jesse "The Body" Ventura as Special Referee. Jesse Ventura officiates the main event with no particular set of rules. If he doesn't like what he sees, "The Body" makes the wrestler win under fairer methods. This was one of those triple threat matches that allows everyone to look strong & showcase their dominance at one point or another. Austin, Triple H & Foley were at their best here & the result is one of the best (and forgotten) triple threat matches that the WWF has put on. The aftermath was a shocker, at the time, & set the stage for the Stone Cold/Triple H feud that would lead to No Mercy later in the year.
DVD EXTRAS:
Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, & Mankind each deliver their own commentary for their main event match. I personally enjoyed Austin & Hunter's comments, even though Foley's was okay. The history of events that lead to SummerSlam 1999 & an exclusive look at Jesse "The Body" Ventura are the rest of the features on this set.
The bottom line is that after the series of major events (like the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania XV & Survivor Series) were underwhelming, WWF got it right & were able to deliver one of the most entertaining SummerSlam events in history & an event that along with Backlash, was the best WWF event of 1999. Highly Recommended on DVD for the event & extras.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Back when the WWF was good
Comment: Seven long years ago, before we were forced to watch footage with big-ass blurs on the screen, and commentator's voices being strangled out just before they pronounced that letter that comes after E. You know... when you watch an old Hulk Hogan match or Bret Hart match, the whole "He's going for the WW(gag) Championship!", there was the WWF. And it was good.
This event was good, too, and a refreshing departure from my quest of watching exponentially awful WWE events from many years later.
WWF Intercontinental and European Championship
Jeff Jarrett (C) vs D'Lo Brown (C)
I don't like either men. That's simple. The match wasn't that entertaining, but it was entertaining. Don't question that logic, because it is flawless. The surprise finish was really the only highlight of the match. (5/10)
Tag Team Turmoil
Edge and Christian w/o Gangrel and Brood vs The Hardy Boys w/ Gangrel and New Brood vs Albert and Droz w/o paralysis vs The Acolytes vs Mideon and Viscera w/o tanktop vs Hardcore Holly and Crash Holly
This one started great, but got progressively weaker as the less exciting tag teams got involved. It was amazing seeing Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boys going at each other. (8/10)
Lion's Den Match
Ken Shamrock vs Steve Blackman
I don't know why this match was ever devised. Maybe to quell Shamrock's mad desire for a fake MMA match in the WWF? It was essentially a polygonal cage match sans ropes in a mini-ring off somewhere else in the arena, with such a polyglot of weapons chosen by Steve Blackman as "Kendo Stick", "Singapore Cane", and "Shinai" (note: they're all the exact same weapon), as well as "the sticks" as everyone calls them---those two things Blackman wiggles about like a raver. Blackman also brought in nunchuks, but Shamrock threw them out of the cage after a while. There was some good wrestling, but it was mostly about the weapons. I don't think anyone but Shamrock understood the rules of the match, as Blackman was laying on the ground, Shamrock climbed on the cage and started posing, and the referees sort of... declared Shamrock the winner. (6/10)
Women's Championship
Ivory (C) vs Tori
Two women without last names go at it, in a Diva's match that actually was far better than Diva matches in the WWE today. Luckily it was only a few minutes long. (4/10)
Hardcore Championship
Al Snow vs The Big Boss Man (C)
The Hardcore stories (as I call them) of late 1999 to early 2001 were some of the highlights of my WWF watching days during that time. This was all the Hardcore division was about, sans harder hits with harder weapons. Snow and the Boss Man ended up outside of the arena, running across the street, and brawling on the sidewalk while security held the crowd off. They then ended up in a restaurant, and it was just a fun entertaining experience. Highlight of my DVD watching. (10/10)
Tag Team Championship
The Undertaker and The Big Show vs Kane and X-Pac (C)
Kane and X-Pac is an awkward pairing for me, but everyone was certainly at their best in this match. Despite X-Pac's small size to these giants, he actually has the best strategy against them than anyone else his size/weight would. He relies almost entirely on his legs, kicking and such, while Kane holds up most of the match in an excellent display of power wrestling by the Undertaker and Kane. (9/10)
Test vs Shane McMahon
The Mean Street Posse came out, and the crowd died. No, not really, but they did come out and they were pretty dumb. Then the match started, and despite Test's severe lack of charisma, it came out fairly decently. (6/10)
The Rock vs Billy Gunn
The buildup to this match was among the absolute best in The Rock's promos and insults. Who can forget that promo in which God spoke to Billy? The match had little technical wrestling, but was a great display of athleticism and high-impact entertainment. (8/10)
WWF Championship
Mankind vs Triple H vs Stone Cold Steve Austin (C)
Jesse Ventura as the guest referee was pretty useless here. He was completely biased against Triple H, so much so that just because Triple H used a steel chair, he REFUSED to count his pinfalls for the rest of the match. The match itself was fairly plain and Mankind didn't get to do much, while there was an awkward sort of attempt at kinship between Ventura and Austin. Jesse didn't even bother to get out of the ring and follow the wrestlers when they started brawling around the arena. (6/10)
It wasn't the greatest Summerslam ever, although it was the only Summerslam I've seen thus far. It was simply good, and far greater than many WWE events I've seen thus far.
Customer Rating:
Summary: BUY IT!
Comment: GREAT PPV! The match between Bossman and Snow was great. I hated the part when they insinuated that Bossman threw AL Snow's dog Pepper in his carrier across the room though...but it didn't really happen! Despite what other people think, I think the Tori vs Ivory match was great!
Customer Rating:
Summary: GOOD EVENT
Comment: SUMMERSLAM 1999
It was a magical time for wrestling back then, wrestling was at an all time high during those years and the WWF was going head to head with WCW. This pay-per-view in particular happened during the Austin vs Vince beef, and is also the event that saw Jesse the Body Ventura referee the main event in the state he was in office to.
1.D'LO BROWN VS JEFF JARRETT-the opening contest for the evening was a two titles on the line match, the Intercontinental & European Championships. D'Lo was the defending champ and actually had the mental edge during the match as he was accompanied to the ring by Jeff's Manager Debra after Jarrett kicked her out of his corner. The match its self was pretty good match as each wrestler went after the other relentlessly, but it was D'Lo's boy Mark Henry that was the determining factor. It turned out to be a plot from the beginning between Jeff, Debra, and Henry to screw over D'Lo for the belts. Over all it was a great opening bout.4.5/5
2.TAG TEAM TURMOIL:EDGE & CHRISTIAN VS THE HARDY BOYZ VS MIDEON & VISCERA VS DROZ & ALBERT VS THE ACOLYTES VS THE HOOLYS-this match as to be the best of the night, which says a lot for the WWF's tag team division back then. E & C started this match out against the Hardy's aka at the time "The New Brood" as Gangrel was their mentor. The opening section of the match was definitely a prelude to the historic matches these two teams would be involved in together later in their careers. It was quick paced and featured a lot of action until E & C got the pin after Christian dropped an elbow from the top rope on to Mat. After that Mideon and Viscera came in to face E & C. But a spear from Edge sent the two bigger wrestlers to the back, and Droz and Albert were the next to be defeated by Edge and Christian. But their winning streak would come to a violent end when the Acolytes rushed down the isle and sent the two Canadians to the back. Next up The Hollys came down only to meet defeat in part to their own constant fighting amongst themselves. So the Acolytes won the match earning a title shot for the tag titles the next night on Raw.5/5
Next up was an unscheduled appearance from DX member Road Dogg Jesse James as he came down to the ring to vent about not being in the Hardcore title match, when all of a sudden Y2J Chris Jericho appeared and the two got into a war of the words till Jericho left.
3.BIG BOSS MAN VS AL SNOW-after the thing with Road Dogg and Y2J, Road Dogg followed the action between Boss Man and AL snow every where including inside a restaurant with a mic adding some additional commentary with J.R. and King. The match its self was an ok match for the Hardcore Title, not the greatest hardcore match ever. It ended when Road Dogg hit Boss Man in the back with his own nightstick. Afterwards Snow went running off to find his dog Pepper only to get into an altercation with Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie.4/5
4.IVORY VS TORI- the next match up was for the Woman's title as Ivory defended against Tori, and there really wasn't a lot that happened in this match. Probably the weakest match of the night.3/5
5.THE LION'S DEN WEAPON'S MATCH:KEN SHAMROCK VS STEVE BLACKMAN-this match in particular was one of the ones I was waiting for the most, simply because I was always a fan of Shamrock's ever since I watched the UFC he was in, and also because I always liked Blackman as well. The match its self did not live up to the hype as much as I thought it would, not to say that the match wasn't enjoyable, but it wasn't what it could have been. After an ok fight between the two Shamrock ends up winning the match after canning Blackman in the head twice.4/5
6."LOVE HER OR LEAVE HER" GREENWICH STREET FIGHT:SHANE MCMAHON VS TEST-definitely one of the better matches on the card, and also had the most memorable moment of the entire night when Shane came off the top rope down onto Test on top of a table [Spanish announce table]. This was one of the first times people were able to see the athletic ability of Shane and of course anybody who watches wrestling knows that Shane went on to deliver some pretty memorable moments in side the ring. The match ended after Pat Patterson and Jerry Brisco attacked the Mean Street Posse and evened the odds for test. After a pump handle slam test went to the top and deliver an elbow of his own to get the win over Shane.5/5
7.KANE & X-PAC VS BIG SHOW & THE UNDERTAKER-This match up was for the WWF Tag Team Championship as defending tag champs Kane and X-Pac went up against the Big Show and Undertaker. This was a surprisingly good match that saw Taker & Show take the titles from the champs in a highly entertaining match. The down fall of the champs was all on X-Pac as he tagged himself in and was greeted by a Big Show choke slam, and a Tombstone Pile driver from Taker.4.5/5
8.KISS MY MATCH:THE ROCK VS BILLY GUNN- this was another match I was looking forward to as Billy Gunn was always a fav of mine ever since he crushed Honkey Tonk Man's head with a guitar and joined Road Dogg way back 1997. also I was always a fan of the Rock once he dropped the good guy look and joined the Nation of Domination back during that same year. So to say the least I was pretty excited about this match, and just like I thought this match did not disappoint. This was a bout between two very gifted athletes, and two very entertaining guys. This great match ended when Rock shoved Billy into the woman's rear end, and then hit him with a Rock Bottom and People's Elbow for the win.4.5/5
9.TRIPLE THREAT MATCH:STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN VS TRIPLE H VS MANKIND, JESSE "THE BODY" VENTURA AS SPECIAL REFEREE-this was another really hyped match due to Ventura's involvement in the match, I have to say I respect Ventura for going back to his roots even though the media made him look dumb for it. The match its self was a pretty good match between the three, but the best part of the match was when Ventura refused to count the three for Triple H because he used a chair. But after all of the back to back finishers from all three Mankind wound up winning the WWF championship after hitting Hunter with a double arm ddt. Over all it was an ok match.4/5
over all this was pretty good event, and featured some really good matches. I recommend this event to all who are lucky enough to find it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of the best Summerslams I've ever seen
Comment: This Summerslam was one of my favourite of them all if not my very favourite.With a wild hardcore title match,a double titles mastch to crown the eurocontinental champion,a Lion's Den match and much more.I will now give my match by match review basing each match out of ten stars.
Eurocontinental title match
1.D'Lo Brown(C)V.S Jeff Jarrett
a good match to start off the show with some cool moves by D'Lo and some good wrestling by Jarrett. 7.5/10
Tag Team Turmoil Match
2.E and C V.S The Hardyz V.S Droz and Albert V.S The Acolytes V.S The Hollys V.S Mideon and Viscera very good amtch non stop action,cool moves,with a very unusual ending. 8/10
Lion's Den Weapons Match
3.Ken Shamrock V.S Steve Blackman
A very intense storyline going in but I hated this match nothing good about it with little weapon use and lack of any real wrestling. 0/10
Women's Championship Match
4.Ivory(C) V.S Tori
horrid god awful match do not watch once. -5/10
Hardcore Championship Match
5.Big Bossman(C) V.s Al Snow
Now this is where the PPV gets back on track again.Great hardcore brawl that goes into the back,out on the streets,into a bathroom,and into a bar.Great Match. 8.5/10
Tag Team Championship Match
6.Big Show and Undertaker V.S Kane and X-Pac(C)
I actually really enjoyed this match cool moves,good wrestling,and a good finish. 8/10
Love Her Or Leave Her Greenwich Street Fight
7.Test V.S Shane Mcmahon
great hardcore brawl between these two that was even better than the hardcore title match that night.Match of the year contender battle. 9/10
Kiss My Ass Match
8.Billy Gunn V.S The Rock
excellent match with Rock carrying Gunn to the best match of Billy's career. 9/10
Triple Threat Match For The WWF Championship
9.Triple H V.S Mankind V.S Steve Austin(C)
good match,not as good as I thought it would be considering the individuals involved but still a good match. 7.5/10
An amazing show with too many great matches to name.In short if you see this event anywhere but it immeadietly!
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