7. Unforgiven
The Good: Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle had one of the best 'pure wrestling' matches you're ever likely to see in WWE. Full of clever mat wrestling, innovative false finishes and submissions, these two world-class athletes barely threw a punch at each other. Edge and Eddie Guerrero delivered the goods in their match. Eddie was such a wonderfully vicious bastard in this one. The show itself got off to a good start with a red-hot eight man tag match, pitting the Un-Americans against the, um, Americans (Booker T, Kane, Goldust and Bubba Dudley). The Bad: The Undertaker didn't feel like doing the job for rising star Brock Lesnar, so their hotly-anticipated match ended in a cheap DQ. Fortunately, they would redeem themselves the next month but, at the time, this left a sour taste in the mouth. It could and should have been a huge moment for Brock . Rob Van Dam versus Triple H, by rights, should have been a lot better. The Ric Flair swerve turn was about as predictable as they come. The Rest: You cannot talk about Unforgiven 2002 without mentioning Hildegard. Who is Hildegard, you ask? It was Rikishi, in drag, masquerading as a fake lesbian. The punchline to all of this? Stephanie making out with 'Hildegard', who then revealed his true identity and gave an extended stinkface to Eric Bischoff. Bet Vince and the boys got a big kick out of that one.
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