WWF WrestleMania XVIII - March
2002
Al Snow pinned TAKA
Michinoku with the Snow Plow in 0:12:33.
Rating: ***
Kanyon pinned X-Pac with the Flatliner in 0:14:55.
Rating: ** 1/4
No-Countout-No-DQ-Falls-Count-Anywhere Match:
Faarooq pinned Bradshaw after a powerslam in 0:13:35.
Rating: * 3/4
(Faarooq won the WWF Hardcore Title.)
Dean Malenko pinned Scotty Too Hotty after a Northern
Lights suplex in 0:30:14.
Rating: ****
(Dean Malenko won the WWF Light-heavyweight Title.)
Hardcore Holly pinned Crash with the Hollycaust in
0:14:25.
Rating: ** 1/2
Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Lance
Storm and Justin Credible when Chavo Jr. pinned Credible
with his special move in 0:33:10.
Rating: ** 3/4
(Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. retained the WWF
World Tag-Team Titles.)
Cage Match:
Sean O'Haire defeated Tajiri by escaping the cage in
0:33:07.
Rating: **** 1/4
Matt Hardy pinned William Regal after a flying elbowdrop
in 0:20:40.
Rating: ** 3/4
(Matt Hardy retained the WWF European Title.)
Ladder Match:
Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy in 0:31:10.
Rating: *** 1/2
(Rob Van Dam retained the WWF Intercontinental Title.)
[The Brawl - WWF v/s WCW v/s ECW]:
No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Triangle Match:
Kurt Angle, Perry Saturn and Chris Benoit defeated Steve
Austin, The Rock and Scott Steiner and Tazz, Rhyno and
Mike Awesome:
x S. Austin beat Rhyno via the Stone Cold Stunner in
0:19:51
x Angle beat S. Steiner via the Torture Rack Suplex in
0:39:10
Rating: * 1/2
Triple H pinned Booker T with the Pedigree in 0:17:37.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Triple H won the WWF World Heavyweight Title.)
Notes:
Al Snow
and TAKA were put out there to put on a good opening
match, and they did! Then, Kanyon ended his feud with
X-Pac by beating him at Kanyon's first WrestleMania.
Next up, the APA feud took them to the Hardcore title,
and Faarooq beat Bradshaw to once again become the
Hardcore champion!
Dean Malenko beat Scotty 2 Hotty in a GREAT match, and
ended the feud that had, in fact, revitalized the Light
heavy division. Malenko was excellent in his role, and I
can't believe the REAL WWF doesn't use Malenko to make
this division big.
Then, in another feud ending match, Hardcore Holly beat
cousin Crash. Hardcore and Crash made up after the match,
and The Holly Cousins are back together!
Eddie & Chavo fought The Impact Players and retained
their titles. E&C are really looking up as a history
making team in the WWF. They just are really good.
Sean O'Haire and Tajiri have been in a semi-feud ever
since they first fought at Armageddon, and this was the
end of that: a cage match. Sean O'Haire beat Tajiri in an
AWESOME match, just proving that Van Dam didn't carry
O'Haire in that match at No Way Out. O'Haire definately
has a bright future.
William Regal tried to become the champion of Europe
again, but Matt Hardy continues to retain that title! The
longest reigning champion in all three feds right now!
In a ladder match, Rob Van Dam fought against Jeff Hardy
for the IC title (I thought of this match, booked it, and
simmed it before I ever heard RVD and Jeff were fighting
at SummerSlam in real life in a Ladder match)! It was a
return to the Shawn Michaels/Razor Ramon classic IC bout
from WrestleMania years ago, and RVD retained in a great
match.
In the SECOND Brawl, WWF beat WCW and ECW. First, Steve
Austin pinned Rhyno to eliminate ECW from the match, but
then, Kurt Angle led the WWF to victory over WCW by
pinning the current (fantasy) WCW Champ, Scott Steiner!
And finally, Booker T against Triple H! It was a
spectacular match that saw Triple H become the WWF World
Champ for the first time since Vince McMahon lost the
title for him, two years ago, to The Rock! Triple H
leaves WrestleMania with the title!
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