WWF WrestleMania XV

Date: 28th March, 1999
Venue: First Union Center
City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 20,276
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Hardcore Championship - Triple Threat match
Billy Gunn (c) vs Al Snow vs Hardcore Holly
Winners and NEW Hardcore Champion, Hardcore Holly (7:03)
Holly pinned Snow (Fameasser by Gunn)
**


World Tag Team Championship
Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett (c) vs D'Lo Brown & Test
Winners and STILL Tag Team Champions, Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett (3:58)
Jarrett pinned Brown (Roll-up pin)
*


Brawl for All match
Bart Gunn vs Butterbean
Winner: Butterbean (0:36)
Via K.O.
DUD


The Big Show vs Mankind
Winner: Mankind (6:51)
Via DQ (Chokeslam onto chairs)
3/4*


Intercontinental Championship - Four Way Elimination match
Road Dogg (c) vs Val Venis vs Goldust vs Ken Shamrock
Val Venis and Ken Shamrock were eliminated via Count Out (8:23)
Road Dogg eliminated Goldust via pinfall (9:48) (Small Package)
Winner and STILL Intercontinental Champion, Road Dogg
**3/4


Kane vs Triple H
Winner: Kane (11:30)
Via DQ (Interference by Chyna)
**


Women's Championship
Sable (c) vs Tori
Winner and STILL Women's Champion, Sable (4:25)
Via Pinfall (Sable Bomb)
DUD


European Championship
Shane McMahon (c) vs X-Pac
Winner and STILL European Champion, Shane McMahon (8:40)
Via Pinfall (Pedigree by Triple H)
**1/2


Hell in a Cell match
Big Boss Man vs The Undertaker
Winner: The Undertaker (9:47)
Via Pinfall (Tombstone Piledriver)
1/2*


WWF Championship
The Rock (c) vs Steve Austin
Winner and NEW WWF Champion, Stone Cold Steve Austin (16:53)
Via Pinfall (Stone Cold Stunner)
****



Overall Thoughts:
Despite taking place at the height of the Attitude Era, this has to go down as one of the worst WrestleMania's of all time. By my ratings only the main event was a ***+ rated match. Pretty much everything before the Rock/Austin match is extremely missable. This includes absolutely dreadful matches between Undertaker/Boss Man, the women's title match and the 'Brawl for All'. The other matches that weren't quite as bad still had dodgy finishes, with 2 matches ending by disqualification, 2 by roll-up pins and 1 by interference.

On the biggest stage of all you expect matches to reach suitable conclusions by the WWF failed spectacularly in that respect on this show. Try and find a way to watch Rock/Austin by definitley don't bother watching the rest of the show.

4.0 / 10.0

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