November 1999

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This is taken place in the middle of that brilliantly awful Big Show vs Big Bossman storyline that sees Bossman crashing Show's dad's funeral. Taka Michinoku, Funaki and Blue Meanie were meant to be Big Show's partners, but Show takes them out as he doesn't want any partners to get in his way. Show immediately eliminates Albert and Mideon (who's rocking a hideous singlet and face paint combination). His body slam of Viscera popped the crowd and he's also quickly eliminated. Bossman refuses to get in the ring and decides to leave, giving Show the win. There wasn't much of a match here, but this made Show look dominant and the crowd seemed to like it. ★

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It's easy to see why Jeff Hardy became so liked so quickly during late 1999. He might be sloppy, but his unique look and offence won the crowd over in a very short amount of time. It's strange seeing Too Cool as heels, with Scotty's Worm move getting zero reaction. That move would probably be one of the most over in the company in a year's time. Brian Christopher is fantastic at being an irritating little prick, wailing every minute. This had a fast pace and everyone got a chance to get in some neat high spots. The best match of the night and an yet another indicator that WWF's tag division is about to grow into something special. ★★★

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The talent is so lacking in this match that they make this a sudden death tag, and not waste anymore of our time by making it elimination rules like all the other big tags on this card. As you expect, this was downright ugly. I know Tori wrestled a few tours in AJW, but even she looked like she was garbage here. Mae gets the win over Women's champion Ivory, the second time that Ivory has lost to a seventy-plus woman in the last month. DUD

X-Pac has finally turned on his friend Kane, leading to this match. I thought they were able to work in their size differences into this match's psychology well , despite Kane being the massive seven footer babyface and X-Pac being the much smaller heel. X-Pac acts like a lil' chickenshit, whereas Kane is more like the big Michael Myers world beater that he was when he debuted for the company. DX come out and this match is throw out after attacking Kane. X-Pac lays out Tori with a spinning kick after she tries to stop the attack. This was more of any angle than a match, but it got X-Pac over as a prick and made Kane look like a sympathetic monster, which is no easy feat. …

This is Angle's televised debut. I love his 'clean-cut babyface but actually a heel' gimmick he debut with. It's rather subtle and it seems like the fans didn't pick up on it straight away. Stasiak and Angle had worked plenty of dark matches leading up to this, and it results in Angle looking like a pro and not a man who actually only has a year of experience. They work in a lot of impressive technical sequences, but the crowd aren't buying it. Despite not doing anything that a heel would typically do, Angle is able to get a sizeable chunk of the audience to boo him because of how clean-cut he is. He leaves the ring and lectures the audience for disrespecting a gold medal…

Seeing Mick Foley deteriorate has been heartbreaking. His injuries have clearly caught up to him and it seems that they only thing he can bring to the table is his charisma and likeability. This was an absolute chore to watch, with all the action being extremely rudimentary. Al Snow is worked over for what feels like an eternity, and he eventually gets the world's coldest hot tag to Mankind. Things wrap up with the Outlaws using underhanded tactics. I expected more from these four. ★

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The Godfather's tag partners are all dressed like him. D'lo looks quite suave and he would form a short-lived tag team with Godfather following this. The Headbangers, armed with massive afros and gold chains, look like the closest you could get to doing blackface without actually blacking up. Bradshaw show us what a hoss he can be, by nearly beheading Thrasher with his clothesline and turning on Buh Buh bu laying him out with ghastly chairshot to the head. I love the reaction that Buh Buh has when he goes to tag out and realises that he's the last one left. D'lo and Godfather then make short work of him to get the win. Enjoyable enough opener, with quick tags and eliminat…

Has there been a more underwhelming Survivor Series team than the combination of the Mean Street Posse and roided-up 1999 Davey Boy Smith? It's clear that this was shoved onto the card to eat up some time and give some of the midcard acts something to do. The Posse are very poor workers, as evident by Rodney screwing up a simple elbow drop. The face team of slightly more interesting gimmicks make quick work of the Posse, eliminating all three members in a little over five minutes. Henry botches a press slam and nearly drops Bulldog on his head in a scary spot. The Bulldog is left to fend for himself and is able to get wins over Gangrel and Blackman in quick fashion. I tho…

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