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Such a frustrating disappointment

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

1st Match: HHH vs Mankind. Following their super boring match from King of the Ring, we get this alright one. I remember them having a cage match at Summerslam, and it makes sense given how this one ends in a no contest. The crowd's more into the match, and there are some cool spots, so I guess it does a good job of starting the show. Rating: 3/52nd Match: Taka Michinoku vs The Great Sasuke. Part of WWF's Light Heavyweight division, or "Not Cruiserweight division". The match is entertaining enough, there are some good spots, but the crowd's kind of distant except for the end. I'd like to see more from Michinoku though, mostly because he has one of my favorite finishers. Rating: 3.5/53rd Match: Undertaker vs Vader, WWF Championship. This was supposed to be Taker vs Ahmed Johnson, but because of injury, Vader got the scraps. This is also the weird waiting period before Kane's debut at Badd Blood, so expect a lot of "Undertaker is a murderer!" lines. It's good for a big man match, but I'm guessing Ahmed would've gotten a bigger reaction. The match is alright though. Rating: 3/54th Match: The Hart Foundation vs Goldust, Ken Shamrock, The Road Warriors, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. This is the match everyone knows from this show, and given how loud the crowd is, it's not hard to see why. Granted, Austin appears to love the crowd hating his gets, and baits them like crazy to boo him. The usual chaos you'd expect from a match this size is here, only with the crowd cheering everything the Hart's do. Owen gets injured and taken out, then Austin gets injured and taken out, then both guys come back out. Weird booking, and the finish is super weak, with a roll-up defeating Austin's team, but it makes sense for the Harts to win on their home turf. It's an exciting match, the finish is just lackluster. Rating: 4.5/5Final Rating: 7 out of 10. This won "Best Major Show" from Dave Meltzer in 1997, and while I can see that, the show as a whole is mostly elevated by the main event. The other matches are good, but not the killers you'd expect.

None of the matches, except for the free-for-all, were below the 3/5 range. Mankind and Hunter Hearst Helmsley battled in the best brawl that they ever had (until, of course, Royal Rumble 2000), TAKA/Sasuke is the best high-flying, non-gimmick one-one-one match in the history of the company, and Vader and Undertaker put on an incredible big-man match. Oh, and, not to mention, THE BEST GIMMICK TAG-TEAM MATCH IN THE HISTORY OF WRESTLING. Respectively:Mankind and HHH's match was a downright fight. After the King Of The Ring a month earlier, these two had built up so much heat to their feud that it felt impossible to settle it in one match. Without spoiling it... well it's impossible to go further. SCORE: 3.75/5The Great Sasuke is one of the greatest light-weight Japanese wrestlers of all-time, maybe the best alongside Tiger Mask I. TAKA Michinoku is one of those wrestlers that, if given at least 10 minutes and a half-capable opponent, WILL produce a 4 star match. Needless to say, given the intro I gave them, they put on a clinic. SCORE: 4.5/5Undertaker and Vader: Now here's a story. Originally, Faarooq (Ron Simmons) was scheduled to face The Dead Man for the title on this evening. Due to an injury, a last minute substitute was issued, that being Big Van Vader, one of the all time great heavyweights in the industry. With little build and hardly any mic time given to the Rocky Mountain Monster, the two were left to simply wrestle in front of the lions. Without a doubt one of the Taker's best Title defenses of his career, and Vader's second best WWE match of his short tenure. SCORE:3.5/5Team America (Steve Austin, The Road Warriors, Goldust, Ken Shamrock) vs. The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Brian Pillman, Jim Neidhart) is without a doubt the best non-traditional tag-team match in the history of pro wrestling. Building up to this event, The Hart Foundation was the most hated thing in pro-wrestling at the time, while Steve Austin was on his way to becoming THE professional wrestler of all time. Most all of WWF's shows and events were held in the U.S.. For this event was held in Calgary, the home of the famous Hart family, The Hart Foundation was treated as it's hometown heroes (of-course) and Team America was booed simply because they opposed Calgary's home team. The match was so phenomenal, however, that neither team received any heel heat from the Canadian crowd. In-ring, however, you had five of the best wrestlers of the nineties, those of which made up a good 75% of the ring time. Simply amazing, and a ridiculously overlooked classic. SCORE: 5/5

Before Brock Lesnar The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin Was Good their was HartBret Hartat the Time when WCW was winning the war With the WWF/Ethe Main Storyline was Austin vs Hart USA vs Cananda and Heading into this PPV a 10 man TagIt was not a long PPV Like the 4 Hours Wrestlemaina's like Today but the Wrestling Was Good 3 Undercard Maitches Dilever HHH vs Mankind Taka Michinoku vs Great Sasuke WWF Title Maitch Undertaker vs Vaderand the night Main Event Delever in a Big war Stone Cold Steve Austin Ken Shamrock Goldust and LOD vs Bret Hart Owen Hart Jim Nighthart The Bulldog and Brian PillmanOver all with a Hour 4 Maitch event it was one of the Top Events of 1997

Take 5 Americans, 5 Canadians, put them in a Calgary Saddledome full of rabid Canadians and what do you get? The best WWF PPV ever.Even though this is only a four match event it still ranks among the best ever. The matches range from good to excellent and encompass a range of styles from crazy American brawling to Jap-Lucha to a typical US big man match. New fans who have been weaned on HHH and Stone Cold (yes I know they were both on the card) really out to check this out and see how good this is.