Ranking What Was REALLY The Best Wrestling PPV Every Year 1990-2020

22. 1999 - WWF No Mercy

Shawn Michaels Jon Moxley
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Bisecting eras between head writers, this was a really, really strong and neat show that sent off Vince Russo's uneven creativity and glimpsed the drastically superior in-ring of Chris Kreski's meticulous storyboarding.

The Good Housekeeping gimmick, in which Chyna avenged sexist d*ckhead Jeff Jarrett in a terrifically fun midcard attraction, made belated, winning use of Russo's rank misogyny. And while we wouldn't miss the like of the Godfather Vs. Mideon, the absolutely spectacular and crazily inventive tag team ladder war between Edge and Christian and the Hardy Boyz marked the first chapter of the greatest ever WWE midcard.

To underscore the extent to which everything was accelerating towards near-enough top-to-bottom greatness, Triple H evolved from paper champion to badass top heel over the span of the Anything Goes main event.

He and Steve Austin tore the roof off, and for 18 or so awesome months, the WWF's brilliance could not be contained, either.

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