WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 (2005)

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This was definitely a great new PPV & also a pretty good way to start 2005 as well.FIRST MATCH- EUGENE & WILLIAM REGAL VS. TYSON TOMKO & Christian FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Not bad for an opener but also not good as this match was pretty sloppy & slow. Eugene & William Regal retain their Tag Titles after Eugene gets a roll-up on Tomko. {By the way Eugene injured himself during the match}. 3/10 SECOND MATCH- LITA VS. TRISH STRATUS FOR THE WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP his match also was a bit bad. Lita injured herself during the match after attempting a plancha on Trish on the outside. Trish took advantage of the injury & nailed a Chick Kick for the win to become the new WWE Women's Champion for the fourth time. 3/10 THIRD MATCH- MUHAMMAD HASSAN W/ DAIVARI VS. JERRY 'THE KING' LAWLER W/ JIM ROSS Man what is up with these matches, this one was really, really boring. Muhammad Hassan wins after nailing a cool looking DDT for the victory in his debut match. 3/10 FOURTH MATCH- SHELTON BENJAMIN VS. MAVEN FOR THE WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Wasn't good as well, Maven started taunting the crowd, then went in the ring to face Benjamin but Benjamin out of nowhere nailed a roll-up to defeat Maven in two seconds. Maven again asked Shelton for a rematch but Shelton this time nailed a T-Bone Suplex for the win in two seconds again. 2/10 FIFTH MATCH- KANE VS. GENE SNITSKY This was a big man vs. big man match which was a bit slow & sloppy at times but later became a pretty good match. Kane nails a modified Pilesdriver to defeat the psychotic monster Snitsky. 4/10 SIXTH MATCH- HHH VS. ORTON VS. BATISTA VS. JERICHO VS. BENOIT VS. EDGE IN AN ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: SHAWN MICHAELS Unbelievable, what an unbelievable match. I'd go as far as to say that this was probably the best Elimination Chamber match I have ever watched. The last three were Orton, Batista & HHH. Orton nails a low blow followed by an RKO on Batista to eliminate him. Later Orton nails the RKO on HHH but Michaels is distracted by Flair, which makes Batista to nail a huge running clothesline on Orton followed by a Pedigree by HHH to win as HHH has won the vacated World Title for the 10th time. 8/10Even though all the matches were pretty bad & boring, the reason I am giving this PPV a 8/10 is because of the extraordinary Elimination Chamber match which blew the top off the arena.Overall: I'll give it 8/10 & a B+

1) Tyson Tomko and Christian vs. Eugene and William Regal (for the tag team title, if you can believe that!). Not as pathetic as I expected, though what really makes it interesting is that it's one of those rare matches where everything doesn't go as planned: Eugene hurts his knee for real, Regal's nose bleeds for real, and Tomko is "pinned" even though his right shoulder is several inches above the canvas. **2) Lita vs. Trish (for the women's title). The build-up to this match is great. The match itself is a sad disappointment. A disappointment, because it lasts only 2 minutes, as Lita gets injured after a risky stunt. And sad, because this injury was a serious setback to her career; I don't think she has wrestled again to this day since that match. *(By the way, Lita is far from being the "sloppy b*tch" another reviewer insultingly called her. In fact, she can do some things in the ring that most men on the current roster can only dream of).3) Shelton Benjamin vs. Maven (for the intercontinental title). This match never really starts. Maven trash-talks to the audience and to Benjamin for about 5 minutes, and gets pinned by him in 2 seconds TWICE. Obviously this rates below zero as a wrestling match, but Maven IS pretty funny on the mic and the crowd obviously enjoyed it, so what can I say? No rating.4) Muhammad Hassan vs. Jerry (not Springer, but...) "The King" Lawler. Mind-numbingly bad. At one point, there are six identical body slams in a row! I have only two questions: 1) Who is responsible for this garbage? 2) What punishment is severe enough for him? 05) Kane vs. Snitsky. As you'd expect from two big men, a rather plodding match, but this one has its moments, like Snitsky's bearhug (I never thought I'd see someone try THAT on Kane!) and the double attempted chokeslams. However, the premise on which the match was based ("it wasn't my fault") is utterly distasteful. **6) Elimination Chamber Match for the heavyweight title. Triple H vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho vs. Edge, with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee (I think he had more fans in the crowd that night than any of the participants!). It would be very difficult for this match to fully live up to the huge hype before it, and the commentators' overstating can get annoying at times. Nevertheless, it is by far the best match of the night, and considering its length it is relentlessly paced, with virtually no dead spots. Among the highlights: Benoit getting the crossface on Orton and HHH mocking Orton and supporting Benoit (!), HBK playing "Sweet Chin Music" on Edge (the crowd goes wild after that one!), HHH in double submission holds by Jericho AND Benoit, Batista throwing Jericho on one of the cameramen and later powerbombing him (a very high-impact move). Can't say I liked the ending, though. This was the second time in a row (after "Unforgiven 2004") that HHH defeated Orton with interference from (an eliminated) Batista and Ric Flair. ***

With this being the first PPV for 2005, it fell short of what I expected. The only match that was good was the Elimination Chamber Match which pitted Chris Jericho, Edge, Triple H, Chris Benoit, Batista and Randy Orton, with Shawn Michaels as the guest referee. Why Triple H won the title again, is anyone's guess, but overall 10/10.Unfortunately the undercard was rubbish. Match one pitting World Tag champs, William Regal and Eugene against Christian and Tyson Tomko, was a disappointment, because Eugene hurt himself during the match. This match went on for 11 minutes before Regal and Eugene got the pin. Match number 2 wasn't good either as Lita suffered a torn ACL in her match with Trish Stratus. Then Jerry 'the king' Lawler battled hatted Iraqi sympathiser Muhammed Hassan. This was a bore and Hassan won.The Shelton Benjamin was put into a match with Tough Enough 1 winner Maven. The WWE management had little faith in Maven's abilities, that they ordered him to shout at the audience for nearly 10 minutes. Benjamin then covered him, and then again, when Maven ordered a rematch! The next match bought back memories of the triple threat hardcore match at Wrestlemania 17, which featured Raven vs Big Show vs Kane. It was that bad, featuring some of the worst brawling since the Sandman gave up drinking, Kane covered Gene Snitsky, in a terrible brawl! The efforts of HHH, HBK, Edge, Batista, Y2J, Orton and Benoit make this a PPV to remember because of the main event, but other than that stay away from it!

Like some people said, it's a one match show but still, that match didn't deliver. It's predictable from top to bottom and only when Benoit, Jericho & Edge were in the ring was quality!! Well, in fact, this is a pure RAW show except that it cost 40$ and it don't worth the price. Very poor event, 1st match of Muhammad Hassan dude too, the worst match I see in years since a bra & panties between Jack Brisco & Pat Patterson. Absolutely awful! Don't buy this show, try to watch the show before paying hard money on that. The work is not even solid, you remember WCW of 2000?? It was a pure masterpiece besides that. The work is crap from top to bottom, like I said only Benoit, Jericho & Edge give us our money worth but it's about 15 min in a 180 min show. Disgusting!