It's considered among the worst PPVs in wrestling history. More than half the matches finish in less than five minutes, with the first four finishing in under three minutes. The event suffered from technical difficulties, production glitches, and most importantly, an extremely low buyrate, believed to be 0.03. The promotion couldn't recover, and shut down just a month later.
I have not seen the PPV, though I have seen nearly episode of WOW leading up to the event. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, I will attempt to say nice things about this PPV in between things I don't like about this PPV.
- I think I figured out where they got the idea for the second Smackdown set. The WOW stage looks quite a bit like it. As a guy who digged the Smackdown fist set, I like that.
- Wow… technical difficulties less than a minute in. Do not like.
- Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. Yes. I like. (Less than two months after this PPV, he was on commentary for the Gimmick Battle Royal at Wrestlemania X-Seven. Talk about going from outhouse to penthouse.)
- Six minutes in and we get a match. I also just noticed there wasn’t a proper-type opening for this PPV. No. Not cool.
- Bobby being Bobby. I like. That’s probably the only way I’ll get through most of this PPV.
- Gonna give it away now: the winner of the swimsuit contest, which was a big selling point for this PPV, was never revealed. DO. NOT. LIKE.
- Farah
and
- Beach
Patrol. Yes. I like. I follow one of them on Twitter. I think
- Correction: Bobbi is Summer.
- DYK time: Lee Marshall is currently the voice of Tony the Tiger. You know, the Frosted Flakes mascot?
- Holy shit, whatever hold Farah had on looked painful as fuck.
- And we have ref bump #1 at 5:57 of part 2.
- And we have a double three count. Don’t like.
- And they’re chanting bullshit. They’re turning on the show already. At least the audience is engaged. I like.
- McLane with the okeydoke on the flowers. He’s always had that used car salesman vibe about him. Not sure if I like that or not.
- Not gonna lie, but after watching some old WOW episodes late last year, I kinda developed a crush for Heather Steele. Redhead with big boobs. What’s not to like.
- Bobby being Bobby. Awesome.
- Hated Boom Boom’s theme. Still do. Surprised Capitol or Elektra didn’t come looking for a lawsuit.
- Asian Invasion with heel tactics to start. Double dropkick from behind. I approve. Protect yourself at all times.
- Holy shit, Jade can go! There’s some competence in the ring.
- I swear. Boom Boom is spamming the shit out of that corner splash. Do not like.
- Looks like Jade’s grandma is not impressed.
- Caliente though. Damn.
- At 4 minutes, 47 seconds, it’s the longest match of the show so far. There are 13 matches on the card, and we’ve already finished five in the first hour. Are we on Wrestlemania XXVIII time?
- The black SUV: 2001’s answer to the Black Hummer.
- I’d hate fuck the Disciplinarian. Just saying.
- Am I the only one that sees the irony in someone named Bronco Billie wearing Cowboys colors?
- I realize now why I hate Disciplinarian. She has Triple H’s moveset.
- Holy plot twist, Batman.
- It’s WOW Champion Danger in the SUV. How #August1Warning.
- Slam Dunk spamming the leg drop. I get that their movesets are limited, but damn. Quit spamming. Shorten the matches. Something.
- That’s a hell of a ref bump.
- First ref did it better.
- And a second “bullshit” chant. Or a Roxy chant. One of the two. Maybe both.
- Can’t hear diddly squat in these vignettes and cutins. DO NOT LIKE. AT ALL.
- I heart both Riot and Wendi Wheels. They were two of my favorite five.
- Sunset flip in a hardcore match? No. Just no. Especially after what went down in the first three or four minutes. You cannot be sunset flipping, honey.
- Riot’s having the time of her life. I like. If you look like you’re engaged, the crowd will engage.
- And Riot with the Benoit special.
- Riot reminding the referee of the rules.
- Wendi Wheels got no offense in the last four minutes. Didn’t like.
- Holy shit, that was a sweet looking elbow by Riot. I definitely like.
- Finisher match. Is this WOW Unleashed or WWE ’13?
- Yo! Hernandez! This is a finisher match! You don’t have to count. Fucking referees, man.
- Uh… shouldn’t this be over? Jungle Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl hit her splash.
- Beckie with a suicide dive. I like.
- Oops. Not a suicide dive. Running cross body from the apron. Still cool though.
- Why are they going for pins? Do. Not. Like.
- Holy balls, we might be getting the Jeff Hardy special. Jungle Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl with the ladder.
- Headbutt to the leg. Close enough. Still insane as fuck though.
- Jeannie with the golden balls. Of course, they’re all attached to trophies and such. But whateves.
- Bobby with the joke that everyone was thinking.
- Gangsta move by Ice Cold.
- Caged Heat gets pyro? CAGED HEAT GETS PYRO?
- EZ Rider enjoyed that Bronco Buster a little too much.
- Two ref bumps in 20 seconds.
- Holy shit, Caged Heat’s got a third?
- And out goes the ref. I guess anyone not in an orange jumpsuit is not invited to their party.
- Ouch. Not sure which powerbomb was worse: the first one on her neck or the second one on the table that didn’t break. Damn Riot. Not cool. Not cool.
- That Lionsault was pretty cool though.
- Wait, so Terri gets confetti and Caged Heat gets pyro. No. Do not approve.
- Shot out the dark here: Lana Star probably would have won the swimsuit contest. McLane owes her $5,000. But then, she got to call herself WOW champion for ten years. So I guess it’s a wash.
- Vendetta is the third. BTW: Caged Heat were the only tag team champs of WOW until its revival.
- Come on, wardrobe malfunction. A little lower with the strap Lana… dang it!
- Bitch, you not hurt. Stop it.
- McLane looks PISSED. Bout time you show some authority, son.
- Unlike other organizations, WOW delivers what they promise. I can’t tell you how many things are wrong with what McLane just said.
- Ice Cold obviously is not fucking around.
- I think there’s a Poison okeydoke afoot.
- Lana certainly is a boss heel though. Surprised TNA or WWE didn’t pick her up. I mean as a manager. Something.
- Goddamn Lana, at least help out with the haircut or something. Do not like. At least Bobby Lashley helped when he won.
- Selina
Majors was Rockin’ Robin? The woman who gave that awful rendition of
- Also: do not like the cut-in of a haircut during the main event. Not cool. Not cool.
- We got a bleeder! We got a bleeder. Not sure if I approve. But considering this is the feud of record in WOW, I’ll roll with it.
- Hey look, a bald Ice Cold sighting.
- Holy fuck, the ref’s bleeding too? I like.
- Seriously, I wasn’t aware this was a three-way.
- Wow. Just… wow. Do. Not. Like. The referee taking THE Mick Foley bump.
- Yeah… the ending. HATE. HATE. HATE. No way Thug should have gone over in the blowoff match. No. Just… no.
- Ok, why’s Terri wearing her belt though?
- It did set up the Selina Majors heel turn. It wouldn’t pan out, of course, as WOW shut down a month later.
- Damn, Terri got fucked up though. If you’re gonna do a heel turn, you might as well go all the way with it.
Wow. I didn’t realize this PPV was long. Total running time
of three hours, 21 minutes, or about a half hour longer than most WWE PPVs. Was
it bad? Sure, it was bad, but there are a few hidden gems. The MVP of the show
(and it’s not close): Riot. I didn’t realize how awesome she was. The two title
matches didn’t go long, which probably wasn’t surprising. Probably worth a look
if only for the surprising Vendetta debut in the tag title match and Terri’s
Lionsault. Holy hell, it looked BEAUTIFUL. And Lana heeling it up is worth a
look too. She couldn’t wrestle worth a damn, but she was a perfect heel. The
two big matches on the show (the hair vs. hair tag match and cage match) were bizarrely
booked. But seriously, if you got about 15 minutes to kill, check out the
Riot-Wendi Wheels match.
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