WWF: Wrestlemania 10 [VHS]

I really loved this DVD. It made me remember wrestling back in the good ol' days and of course all of the big names bar Steve Austin were participating. I often hear that this was a poor WrestleMania but I disagree especially if you look at the last two Mania's (27 and 28) have both been woeful and this event showed some great matches. You had the best three tag teams going at it in the first ever triangle ladder match that was the precursor to the TLC matches which took place at Summerslam and Mania 17 between the same three teams. Then the 2 falls match for the I.C. and European titles was a very good match between three of wrestling's top talents (Benoit, Jericho and Angle). Th main event featured The Big Show, The Rock, Mick Foley and Triple H. If Steve Austin or The Undertaker were participating I have to feel at least one of them would have taken Big Show's place, nonetheless it was a good main event with Triple H retaining the WWF title and an unexpected conclusion in Anaheim.

WrestleMania 16 (or WM 2000 if you prefer) is a curious beast. The only singles match on the card shouldn't even dare be counted as a "wrestling" match seeing as it pits non-workers The Kat and Terri against each other. The other eight matches are all either tag team matches or multiple person "singles" matches. Thankfully whilst the undercard is largely forgettable, the three main matches all hit the spot to a large degree.The Intercontinental and European title Triple Threat overcomes some baffling rules (the senior IC belt is up for grabs in the opening fall, the unimportant European Title in the second) but pits three excellent workers against each other in the form of Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and double champion Kurt Angle. Even now, so soon into his professional career, you can see Angle's excellence and Jericho and Benoit had fought each other enough times over their careers to not mess up on the grandest stage of them all. The Triangle Ladder match for the world Tag Team Titles is arguably the apex of the Dudley's/Hardy's/Edge & Christian era (although to their credit they have another triple threat blinder at that year's SummerSlam) and although matches like this are ten a penny in today's WWE (and, especially, TNA), this still retains a freshness a decade later. The Fatal Four Way main event could perhaps do without The Big Show's lumbering presence, but in the defence of the company he is eliminated fairly quickly and the "McMahon in every corner" stipulation may be overkill but it does guarantee heat. Whether or not you are pleased that Mick Foley's appearance comes six weeks after his career was supposedly ended by Triple H at ? ? ? ? is down to personal opinion.The rest of the card is a real rag-bag. The 13 man battle royale for the Hardcore Title is daft but you'd have to be pretty churlish to not at least glean some entertainment value from it. And similarly, you might wonder why stellar workers Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko are saddled with opponents that include Chyna, but again there is a certain entertainment value in their clash. Which is more than can really be said for the trio of tag team encounters that round off the card. Whilst Kane & Rikishi have a reasonable battle with X-Pac & Road Dog, you'd have to pay me a lot of money to watch T&A's clash with Steve Blackman & Al Snow a second time and I doubt there's enough money in the world that would make me watch The Godfather & D'Lo Brown against the Big Boss Man & Bull Buchanan ever again.Overall, WrestleMania 16 is a decent effort that is powered by its top three matches. And as they are all very good encounters, there's plenty to recommend about this show. Yet there's also a lot where you might be glad to keep your finger close to the skip/fast forward button. Therefore whilst I would still recommend this show, that recommendation would certainly come with the caveat that it's not all brilliant.(All that said, the second disc - which features a highlight rundown of the first 15 WrestleMania's is worth the purchase alone. It's a riot and makes even the worst WrestleMania shows seem interesting!)

this is not the best wrestlemania ive seen but still quite good.the godfather & DLo vs big boss man & bull buchanan. 4/10farley boring match but arn't all matches with the boss man in. godfathers entrance was absolute rubbish wat a waist of time.too cool & chyna vs radicalz.6/10good match but nothing special.t&a with trish stratus vs al snow & steve blackman. 4/10fairly average match with noting special realy bit trish stratus is there so thats alright.kane&rikishi vs X-pace and road dogg. 6/10goodm match i dont know why rikishi is with kane but still enjoyable and theres a few stink faces by rikishi including one to pete rose and tool cool come down and have there trademark dance.the kat vs terri. 1/10RUBBISH!!13-man battle royal for the hardcore championship hardyz vs dudleyz vs edge & christian. 7/10good match with quite alot of title changes with hardcore holly leaving hardcore champion but the referee screwd it up a bit at the end.triangle ladder match for the tag team titles.10/10amazing loads of crazy moves in my opinion it a bit better than the one wrestlemania 17 the highlight of the match has got to be jeff hardy doin a swanton bomb of a huge and i mean huge ladder onto bubba.two fall triple match for the european and intercontinentel champuinships kurt angle vs chris benoit vs chris jericho.7/101st fall was for the intercontinteal champiopnship2nd fall was for the europen championshipdecent match with both both titles changing hands which means that kurt angle lost both.fatal four way eliminanation match for the WWF championship big show vs the rock vs mick foley vs triple h. 10/10amazing match the best of the night joint top with the ladder match with big show being elimanated very early on then mick foley about 10-15 minutes later the only bad thing is when the mcmahons got envolved vince and shane were fighting for a few minutes when you could of been watchin triple h and the rock. the ending sucks also with the rock gettin hit with a chair by vince.