Match 3 - Kane vs. Big Show vs. Raven (Champion) (Hardcore Championship)
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This match encapsulated everything that was excellent about the Attitude Era. Many people who watch this match, or who indeed watched it at the time, wrongly criticised it for being too over the top. However, me? I loved it!
What isn’t to love? You have the two biggest men in sports entertainment (Kane and the Big Show) launching a small and frightened Raven through walls and sheet glass! It is hardcore at its bizarre, brilliant best.
Even the golf-cart chase was enjoyable to watch and the referee clinging onto the back of Kane’s just added to the fun and strange nature of this match.
The finish was excellent – Kane leg dropping a prone Big Show from the stage. The only qualm that I have with this is the shoddy camera work that leads to us, as a television audience seeing little or anything at all of the final fall, which is a shame.
However, this remains my favourite Hardcore match (with the possible exception of Triple H vs. Cactus Jack at the Royal Rumble 2000) and its place on the card is exceptionally well planned, having brought a nearly dead crowd back to life ready for the rest of the night.
Dave Meltzer Rating: 1.75/5
Eyes On Rating: 7/10
