The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) returns to New York City in Madison Sqaure Garden in front of a crowd of nearly 22,000.
Match 1: D'Lo Brown (c) defeated Val Venis by disqualification - Singles match for the WWF European Championship (15:24) - Decent match both Brown and Venis at the time were showing how strong mid carders both where. The ending is kind of blah but doesn't make Venis look like crap in the process. 5/10
Match 2: The Oddities (Giant Silva, Golga and Kurrgan) (with Luna Vachon, Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J) defeated Kaientai (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Sho Funaki and Taka Michinoku) (with Yamaguchi-san) - Handicap match (10:10) - Stupid throwaway comedy match that has what feels like a million people at ringside. Only redeeming value is that the Insane Clown Posse is there during their stint with the company other than that its totally forgettable. 1/10
Match 3: X-Pac (with Howard Finkel) defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Dennis Knight and Mark Canterbury) - Hair vs. Hair match (11:11) - Pretty good match I always enjoyed watching X-Pac wrestle. For some reason they have the hardest time cutting Jeff Jarrett's hair following the match. 7/10
Match 4: Edge and Sable defeated Jacqueline and Marc Mero - Mixed tag team match (8:26) - Notable for being the first PPV for Edge who had been built up for weeks prior in several Sting style vignettes sitting in the rafters. The company's worship of Sable continues while the burying of her husband Mero sadly continues as well. 6/10
Match 5: Ken Shamrock defeated Owen Hart (with Dan Severn) by submission - Lion's Den match (9:15) - Interesting seeing the company try some MMA stuff here defiantly different, but nothing to memorable. 6/10
Match 6: The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) defeated Mankind (c) - Falls Count Anywhere Handicap match for the WWF Tag Team Championship (5:17) - About five minutes of Foley just getting the crap beat out of him, watching him take so many chair and pan shots to the head is rough, I'm shocked that man's still alive today. Kane was supposed to be his tag partner, but no showed only to appear after the match in the dumpster Foley is thrown in to beat him with a sledgehammer. 6/10
Match 7: Triple H (with Chyna) defeated The Rock (c) (with Mark Henry) - Ladder match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship (25:58) - A dang good ladder match defiantly among the companies best watching what would eventually be two main eventers go to war over a title that at one time held solid prestige is awesome. 10/10
Match 8: Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeated The Undertaker - No Disqualification match for the WWF Championship (20:52) - A heck of a battle between these too. It's matches like this that kept WWF firmly ahead of WCW and eventually helped them win the war. Austin and Undertaker would have plenty more battles over the years, but this one is usually the most remembered, even if the fact both are faces sort of hamper it down a bit. 9/10
Overall, a very good and memorable event saved by the strength of the final two matches. The rest of the card other than that terrible second match is good enough and it's shocking how much time they gave several of these lower card matches. 8/10.
