Taboo Tuesday 2004

Taboo Tuesday 2004 Review



Well my WWE Network seems to be frozen for the moment. Don't know if that's because of where I live. If that is the problem then I'm really gonna be pissed that I have to wait until the end of the year like the rest of the UK. Well at least I still have some old PPVs to review that you guys can probably see on there.


Here we have the WWE's first ever interactive PPV, something they would only do for a few years. I think now would be a great time to bring it back, since WWE has gone all app crazy, and there'd definitely be more people interacting now than ten years ago. Anyway let's find out if their first interactive outing was a success or not.




Our first vote of the night is to see what the divas wear for their Battle Royal later in the show. Schoolgirl is chosen.

Now it's time for the important stuff, and it's time to choose who will be challenging Chris Jericho for the IC Title. There were fifteen choices. Five times more than we get nowadays. Shelton Benjamin is chosen.




Shelton Benjamin vs Chris Jericho
IC Title on the line. I've been looking forward to watching this one after reading Jericho's second book, as he calls this a great match and Benoit came up to him in the back calling it an amazing contest. That's quite a lot of praise there. This was a pretty great match, made even more impressive by the fact that Jericho couldn't prepare for Shelton as his opponent. Good back and forth match as Shelton looked to be heading towards stardom. That didn't exactly work out. ***1/2



Shawn Michaels is chosen as the No.1 contender for the World Title. Edge and Chris Benoit were the other choices.



Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal
As chosen by the internet, the divas are dressed as schoolgirls and the Women's Title is on the line. Trish Stratus is looking especially sexy. The match obviously wasn't good at all, but it gets a free pass due to the hotness of most of the women like Nidia and Stacy Kiebler. Let' call it  1/2* for the match and *** for the divas. It did its job so I'm happy.



Kane vs Gene Snitsky : Chain Match
Ah yes this feud. It just about made an unintentional star out of Snitsky after he hilariously punted a baby doll into the live Raw audience. This should have been billed as The Rapist vs The Baby Killer. Might have gotten more buys that way. This was a damn dull match here, and even the chain couldn't help it. Snitsky was still green, and Kane wasn't the guy to help him. Way too long as well. 1/2*



Eugene vs Eric Bischoff
The loser must have their head shaved bald. Who's idea was it to have this on PPV? Couldn't they have just given Jericho vs Shelton some extra time? Just a nothing match here and it only lasted around a minute anyway. DUD



Edge & Chris Benoit vs La Resistance
The World Tag Titles are on the line. Edge and Benoit lost out on the World Title match, so they get the Tag Title match instead. They were Tag Champs earlier in the year, so at least it doesn't exactly feel like a random team. I think this was the start of Edge's long heel turn. This was a much more boring match than I was expecting. It was something you could easily see on free TV. Pretty dull stuff.  *3/4. Benoit performed pretty well though.



Christy vs Carmella : Lingerie Pillow Fight
This one was actually given a video package beforehand. Christy had won the Raw Diva Search and Carmella was jealous. Christy in lingerie will always make me happy. I don't think Carmella was ever seen again after this. DUD match.



Triple H vs Shawn Michaels
World Title is on the line. I thought this was never going to happen again after the Hell in a Cell match? I'm glad they changed this around from their usual formula match though, and had the main focus on HBK's badly injured leg. HBK out on a brilliant performance and made you believe that he was really injured and that made the crowd want to see him win even more. Good match. ***



Randy Orton vs Ric Flair : Steel Cage
I'm not sure why this was put as the main event. Maybe they thought that the HHH/HBK match would bore the fans. This might have originally been Orton/HHH, but I think HHH had already buried Orton enough at the last PPV. This was a good main event as both guys performed well. Still a strange choice for the main event though. ***



5/10. This show wasn't that good as it went downhill after the great opener and didn't pick up again until the World Title match. Still there are two good matches here and one great one.