Year in Review-2003: No Mercy Review

WWE No Mercy 2003 OVERALL:6/10

1)Cruiserweight Championship:Tajiri(c) vs Rey Mysterio

This was a good match but too short. It was going along well but it had a weird ending to it, a couple of fans were distracting Rey and the fans turned out to be Akio (jimmy wang yang) and Sakoda. Tajiri won with a buzzsaw kick to the head and retained the cruiserweight title. ***

2)Chris Benoit vs A-Train

This was decent, and was also A-train's best match(which is saying alot cause he was not that good). Benoit carried A-train though, also benoit had an accident where A-train flipped benoit and he landed on his head on the chair, that looked painfull. Anyway this was decent. Benoit won with a crossface. **1/2

3)Zach Gowen vs Matt Hardy

This was also a decent match but very short, it only lasted about five minutes. This was zach gowen's last match in wwe (he was only in wwe for about five or six months). Nothing else to say about this match except that gowen won with a moonsault. *1/2

4)Basham Brothers vs APA

This was an okay tag match, it was slow at times but it kind of picked up in the last few minutes. I was expecting a little more from these guys, the basham brothers were okay and the APA was an entertaining tag team. This was still okay though. basham brothers won. **

5)I Quit match: Vince McMahon vs Stephanie McMahon

This wasn't very good, but entertaining at times. They used the steel pipe alot throughout the match. Whoever lost had to resign their jobs in wwe. Vince won when he choked stephanie with the pipe. Stephanie didn't appear in wwe for about two years, i think she did good as the Smackdown gm. ** (i was originally going to give this *3/4 but for the buildup for this match i give it two stars)

6)John Cena vs Kurt Angle

This was match of the night. Very good match, fast paced alot of the time and well worked. I think this is underrated, and the best match these two had. Kurt angle won with an ankle lock. ****

7)US Championship:Eddie Guerrero(c) vs Big Show

This was alright, nothing really special about this match. Big show dominated most of the match and won the US title. Big Show won with a chokeslam. **1/4

8)Biker Chain match for the WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar(c) vs Undertaker

This was a solid main event. This was slow in some parts but it was also good for most of it. The concept of the match was interesting, a match that we didn't get often (or not at all). Some good back and fourth action and brawling in the match. Brock lesnar got the biker chain and hit undertaker with it. Brock lesnar won and retained the wwe title. ***1/2