Ranking WWE Judgment Day PPVs - From Worst To Best

The Good

Judgment Day 2002 belonged to Kurt Angle and Edge, who positively tore it up in their Hair versus Hair encounter. The two men, who had been Smackdown MVPs for some time, had an absolute stunner filled with believable nearfalls and great wrestling.

Speaking of great wrestling, Eddie Guerrero and Rob Van Dam had another good entry in their Intercontinental Title feud in the show's opener. Eddie got the rope-assisted win after ten minutes of exciting action.

And Triple H and Chris Jericho might not have had a classic, but they delivered the drama and the brutality expected of the Hell in a Cell stipulation. This pairing worked far better when the roles were reversed, though, with Trips as the heel and Jericho as the face.

The Bad

The Undertaker and Hulk Hogan had an absolute shocker of a main event. The Hulkster's brief, nostalgia-fuelled WWE Title run came to a screeching halt following one awful, sanbagged chokeslam courtesy of The Deadman. Thankfully, Hogan's role would change after this and he began working on the undercard.

Steve Austin's handicap match victory over Big Show and Ric Flair wasn't very inspiring and should give you some clues as to why Stone Cold was so pissed off with WWE creative around this time. Stacy versus Trish was just an excuse to get the recently split Dudley Boys out there and Rikishi & Rico versus Billy & Chuck was a sorry indictment of the Tag Team Title scene at the time.

The Rest

This was not a happy show for referee Tim White, who injured his shoulder when taking a bump into the side of the Cell so badly that he has to retire soon afterwards.