In Your House 28 : Backlash Review

In Your House 28 : Backlash Review



Thought I'd start off my IYH reviews , starting with the final one . Lets begin .



Gangrel / Edge / Christian vs Mideon & The Acolytes 
This was the Brood going against the Ministry of Darkness . Two very gothic-like teams . Gotta love the attitude era . The fans didn't seem too excited for this one , although you could hear some cheering women when Edge was tagged in . The first two thirds of the match weren't very interesting , but the finish was pretty good . **1/4



Al Snow vs Hardcore Holly
Hardcore championship is up for grabs here . Most of these hardcore matches seemed the same during this period . Strange weapons like hockey sticks are usually used . Somehow , Snow ends up bleeding pretty badly from his forehead . Might have been a stiff shot from Holly . This one went all over the arena . Snow hits Holly with head to win the title . I'll give it  **1/2



The Godfather vs Goldust
IC Title on the line . These two really don't seem like candidates for the IC Title . I wouldn't regard either as the workhorses of the company . The match really wasn't good . Pretty bad contest . Godfather retains his title . 1/2*



Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart vs The New Age Outlaws
The New Age Outlaws were really over with the crowd here . Sadly this would be Owen's final ever PPV match . I think all the crowd wanted was some puppies from Debra . This was a very entertaining tag team match with the crowd getting hotter as it went on . Billy hits the fame asser on Owen to win the match . ***1/4

RIP Owen



Big Show vs Mankind : Boiler Room Brawl
I didn't really enjoy the Summerslam boiler room brawl match , but now that it's in the attitude era , it should be pretty fun . It definitely should be better than their Wrestlemania match which was pretty damn awful . Mankind managed to cut his hand open with some glass after hitting Show with it . It was bleeding pretty badly . Creepy visual to end the match as Mankind leaves some bloody hand prints behind . I'll give it  ***1/4 for it's creativity .



Triple H vs X-Pac
This match is here because at Wrestlemania , HHH stabbed X-Pac in the back by attacking him . X-Pac wants some revenge tonight . The match started off hot , but slowed down a little in the middle . The work on the neck of X-Pac was well done though . HHH hits the pedigree to win the match . **3/4



Undertaker vs Ken Shamrock
This is quite an intriguing match , seeing as these two rarely go against each other . I think this is their only PPV match against each other too . The match was pretty slow and dull in its duration . Was way too long for my liking . Taker hits his tombstone to win the match . *3/4




Stone Cold vs The Rock : No Holds Barred Match
Shane McMahon is the special guest referee here , intended to give Austin a huge disadvantage . A month before this , these guys managed to save Wrestlemania 15 from being the worst ever and they had another great match on this night . Austin retains after a stunner and whacks Rock with the belt . ****



6/10 . Not a bad PPV here . The main event was brilliant , and the tag match and the boiler room brawl were very good matches . Only the IC title match and the slow Taker/Shamrock match manage to drag it down a bit .