Styles_Clash Reviews

WWE Bad Blood (2003 TV Special)

Bad Blood 2003, AKA: The reason RAW should not be 3 hours

[3/10 · 22 August 2003]

My God, this was a bad show. Just awful. First off you have Kevin Nash and Triple H in the main event. That match was so bad at Judgment Day they had to throw a gimmick like the Hell in a Cell in to raise people's interest. And even that didn't get the job done. They needed to take Mick Foley (who as ref is more fun to watch than H and Nash wrestling) to get people to care.

This show had a little bit of potential. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels could have been so much better. But it was just a let down. Booker T and Christian was decent but had an awful ending. Sadly the best match on the card was Jericho vs. Goldberg. Which proved why Y2J is the MVP of the RAW brand. He can get a good match out of Goldberg. That's pretty impressive.

Those are just the main matches. The other parts were nothing to write home about either. Mae Young (who should never be on TV period) was in a thong. Why McMahon thinks she should be on TV is beyond me. And Kane and RVD, two of the most under used members of the WWE roster job to La Resistance. The most green wrestlers in the company.

Anyway, awful show. Don't buy the video or DVD. Instead by some real entertainment and check out a NWA: TNA show.

NWA: Total Nonstop Action (2002–2004)

Beats out RAW

[22 August 2003]

IMO, NWA: TNA is the best wrestling you can watch in America. Plain and simple. WWE RAW is just an awful show. In the last couple of years the best episodes of RAW have been average shows. And most shows have been just horrible. WWE SmackDown on the other hand has some fantastic wrestling. Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, etc. All great wrestlers. But the show suffers from too much McMahons. Vince really does think that the people would rather see him and his daughter than actual wrestling. And on top of that some of the best talent is so under used it's almost criminal. Zach Gowen didn't wrestle for months, Spanky and Ultimo Dragon never get to wrestle on the main show. Matt Hardy can't get a steady push to save his life, etc.

So if you're sick of all that as I am you'll want to check out NWA: TNA. This show is just fantastic. You know you'll recognize a lot of people even if you've never seen TNA before. Road Dogg (who now goes under the name BG James), Konnan, K Kwik (now known as Ron Killings), D'Lo Brown, Raven, Crash Holly (now known as Mad Mikey) and Jeff Jarrett are all on often. Then there are some of the hottest talent in the indy scene today. AJ Styles, Chris Daniles, Elix Skipper, Jerry Lynn, America's Most Wanted, Chris Sabin. These guys are all fantastic wrestlers and bust their asses each week.

Now a lot of you might think $9.99 a week is a lot to ask for wrestling, but think about it. A month's worth of TNA shows costs as much as one WWE PPV. And you get 5 more hours. What would you be missing by not ordering the next WWE PPV? Remember Backlash of 2003? Bad Blood? Would you really have been sad not to see those shows?

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995)

Fun to look back at my youth

[7/10 · 22 August 2003]

In a movie/TV forum on a message board someone brought up the old Power Rangers TV show. I'm 17 now, and when the show first came on I was 7 years old. After reading through the thread I wanted to go back and watch some of the episodes for old times sake. So I went to a video store and found the movie for really cheap on DVD and I bought it. And you know what? I loved it. I felt like a little kid again watching it. It brought me back to a simpler time and it was fun to go back and watch.

If you're an adult who was too old to watch the show when it was on of course you're gonna hate this movie. The acting is horrible and the special effects just reek. The one thing about it I'd say everyone could like is the Ivan Ooze character. He's pretty cool. But if you're like me and you lived this stuff when you were little you should be able to go back and watch this and just have fun. You don't care about the horrible CGI, you don't care about the bad acting, none of that matters.

I really find it funny how some people here talk about this movie like it was made to be anything else than a movie for kids. Damn, lighten up people. This wasn't made to make you think or tug at the heart strings. It was made for kids.