WrestleMania X-8 (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Release Date:

17 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

The One And Only

Plot:

As the nWo continues their crusade against the WWF, wrestling's past meets wrestling's future when the People's Champion...

Plot Keywords:

WWF | The Rock | Hulk Hogan | Wrestling | Undertaker

Cast

Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Paul Levesque	...	Triple H
Dwayne Johnson	...	The Rock
Hulk Hogan	...	Himself (as Hollywood Hulk Hogan)
Darren Matthews	...	William Regal
Rob Van Dam	...	Himself
Monty Sopp	...	Billy Gunn
Chuck Palumbo	...	Himself
Jeff Hardy	...	Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy	...	Himself
Mark LoMonaco	...	Bubba Ray Dudley
Devon Hughes	...	D-Von Dudley
Ron Simmons	...	Faarooq
John Layfield	...	Bradshaw
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker

Also Known As:

WWF WrestleMania X-8 (USA) (alternative title)
WrestleMania X-VIII (USA) (informal alternative title)

Runtime:

Canada:180 min | Canada:240 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Trivia:

Hulk Hogan competed in nine WrestleManias prior to this one, and this one occurred nine years after his last, which was WrestleMania IX (9).

Movie Connections:

Featured in WWE Legends: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80's (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Rollin'

Look, I was there, and it was a lot better than on the TV..

Those of you that stated the event was average, yes in context, for the companies showcase event, it was. The LAW(Toronto wrestling radio show, EXCELLENT!) slagged it off too, but to actually be there was awesome!

I defy anyone watching on TV to get into context the message JR and The King Jerry Lawler were trying to convey. The crowd hated The Rock that night, because the HULKSTER was back!

His first PPV match in 9odd years (forget the previous months cameo appearance), and the noise was deafening. Jr tried to cover the Rocky booes saying it was a bypartisan crowd, but JR had to tell him to realise that this was history right there. And it was. On a usual day I'm a Rock fan, but EVERYONE hated him night, and he won in spirit if not in actuality.

Those of you who didn't attend or watch live will never hear those boo's again as the WWF(now E) doctored the footage on the released video and DVD releases of WMX8 to tone down the boos and 'Rocky sucks' chants.

The rest of the PPV was average, but an average Wrestlemania still blows any other federations product right out of the water.

And now, in August 2002, theres been a heluva lot more crap fly out of the WWE creative machine since WMX8 so lets not slag this off too much, hey.