Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Great Film overall

Don't Believe the Hype

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

"Survivor Series 2002" will always be remembered chiefly for introducing the "Elimination Chamber" match; we take it for granted today, but back then it was, as Jim Ross says, uncharted territory. Yet I found the most entertaining match of the show to be the opener, a 6-man tag team elimination table match, which features a lot of high-impact, high-risk moves and a crowd-pleasing ending. The cruiserweight match that follows gets a little overshadowed by what preceded it. The "hardcore rules" match between Trish and Victoria gives a shot in the arm of the women's division; Victoria plays crazy very well, her body is awesome and her outfit is killer, and Trish is at her most flexible, but the ending is unfortunately abrupt. The WWE title match is more of a storyline setup, but seeing Brock Lesnar deliver an F-5 to the mighty Big Show is impressive indeed. The tag team match is no match for the classic in "No Mercy 2002" - considering the names involved, it is strangely subdued. There is too much talk on the whole (there is actually a 30-minute stretch with no wrestling at all!), and the primary camera position is distracting - it faces straight into the entrance of the wrestlers instead of on the crowd like it usually happens. Sounds like a petty thing to complain about, but the green of the Survivor Series logo really is distracting.

An excellent PPV.ALL of the matches were brilliant.Match 1 saw Jeff Hardy and Bubba and Spike Dudley taking on 3 Minute Warning and Rico in a tables match. This was a very good contest. At the end D-Von Dudley runs to the ring and reunites with Bubba. The crowd go wild for his return. (He was saddled with a worthless Reverend gimmick on Smackdown!previously)Then Jamie Noble puts his Cruiserweight Championship on the line, as he defends the title against Billy Kimdan in a cracking contest. If only McMahon could get his 'WWE is a big mans promotion idea' out of his head!Then Trish Stratus puts her Women's title on the line against Victoria in a very good hardcore match. Victoria wins. Next up Brock Lesnar defends his WWE Championship against Big Show in a hard hitting battle. The Big Show wins when Paul Heyman screws Brock out of the title.Then Edge and Rey Mysterio put their WWE tag team gold on the line as they take on Los Guerrero's and Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit in a fantastic battle. Los Guerrero's win. Next up Chris Nowinski and Matt Hardy talk about New Yorkers being losers and being stupid. Then the emergency sirens echo throughout the arena. Scott Steiner makes his debut! The Madison Square Garden fans go NUTS for Steiner. Steiner then destroys these two.Then 6 superstars put their careers on the line in a first Elimination Chamber match. Kane, RVD, Booker T, HBK, Y2J and Triple H all make history. HBK wins when he Seet Chin Music's HHH. The fans go NUTS for HBK's win.The only real disappointment is that no traditional 8 man tags were on the card, but what this show lacked, it made up in the matches.Tables Match - 9/10 Kidman vs Noble - 9/10 Women's match - 9/10 Lesnar vs Show - 9/10 Triple Threat Tag match - 10/10 Elimination Chamber match - 10/10

This introduced the Elimination Chamber to wrestling fans. An amazing structure which made Hell In The Cell look like a toy. You can tell that the wrestlers were trying to get use to it, because things did seem to move slow at the beginning. RVD was the most impressive in the Chamber. The Womens Division takes one more step ahead with a hardcore title match with Trish and Victoria. The post match interviews on DVD are amazing, because the wrestlers are telling the truth and it gives matches like the two i just mentioned a little more flare, because it cannot be easy on these athletes to take so much pain and yet still hear people say it is fake. Overall, 9 stars, this event deserves it.

With the third elimination chamber match coming up in 6 days, i'd like to look back at the event that featured the first EC match. At the time my thoughts on this event were that it was very good. The Main Event was awesome and the undercard featured some good matches. Fast-Forward 2 years later and the question pops up: Has it aged very well?Match #1: Bubba Ray/Spike/Jeff Hardy vs. 3-minute warning/RicoThis is a tables match. Forget about actual wrestling, this is a spotfest, and a decent one. Guys are flying through tables left and right. In the End, D-Von comes to the rescue to eliminate Rico and reunite the Dudleyz. Not Bad. 7/10Match #2: Jamie Noble vs. Billy KidmanCruiser Title is on the line here. This is a fine little match that shows the talent these guys have. Good wrestling and a clean finish that sees Kidman pick up the win with the SSP. 7/10Match #3: Trish vs. VictoriaHardcore rules and offcourse the women's championship is on the line. This is as good as the Women's Division will ever be, as the spots are well worked out and the Match has a decent flow. 6.5/10 however its 9.5/10 by female standards.Match #4: Brock Lesnar vs. Big ShowWWE Title Match. Paul Heyman turns on Brock and Show wins the Title in a bad match that never got started. When you have a Title match on PPV that people pay to see, at least you could make your title matches last longer than 4 minutes. 2/10Match #5: Edge/Mysterio vs. Angle/Benoit vs. Los GuerrerosThis match disappointed me back then, and it still does. The Match is good, but after all the GREAT matches these combinations had about 2 months prior, the expectations were so high, that you could wonder if they could ever live up to them. Still a solid performance by everybody, but that magical level is never reached. 8/10Match #6: Elimation Chamber Okey, my opinion on the matches hasn't really changed much, if nothing at all. Save this match. I gave it 10/10 upon first viewing, now i give it 6/10. Yes, the first time it was unique, never seen before and original. It still is original in some degree, only the match feels so slow. (Especially after RVD is eliminated) I think Triple H's injury really hurt this match. The last 12 minutes the match just fell apart. Its a shame, cause it started off great. 6/10SS 02 still is a good event. Nothing crazy-good but really decent and with stellar performances overall. 7/10