WWE Armageddon PPVs - From Worst To Best

2. 1999

The Good: Watching WWE PPVs and TV shows from 1999, you quickly realise just how insanely over everyone is. From the main eventers to the opening match guys and even the lowly jobbers, everyone was getting big pops by the rabid Attitude Era fans. That was on evident from the first match at Armageddon, with the crowd going positively bonkers for the red-hot Hardy Boyz, who just lost a decent tag team battle royal. After a few disappointing undercard matches, Kane and X-Pac picked things up with a good steel cage match. They did what they could with the eight minutes they were given and the fans were well-invested in their storylines (which centred around Kane's girlfriend Tori). Even better than that was Chris Jericho and Chyna's remarkably good Intercontinental Title match. The double champion storyline may have been silly, but their effort here was positively first class. Fans were going mental for the supposedly heel Jericho and it was clear he'd be a big babyface star in future. The New Age Outlaws Tag Title match with The Rock and Sock Connection was decent, although it was clear Mick didn't have too long left as an active performer. Finally, the main event between Triple H and Vince McMahon might have been far from a scientific classic (Vince is possibly the most unathletic man to ever be associated with athletics), but it was a lot of fun as a spectacle. The Bad: The Big Bossman should have never received a WWF Title shot after the utterly woeful year he'd had in the ring. Needless to say, The Big Show wasn't the man to carry him here. At least it was short? The European Title triple threat between Val Venis, D-Lo Brown and a clearly struggling British Bulldog was, to put it mildly, a complete clusterf***. It would have been a whole lot better without Davey Boy's involvement. Kurt Angle versus Steve Blackman was slightly more exciting than doing your taxes but not nearly as exciting as watching paint dry. The Rest: This is the show where The Kat (Jerry Lawler's wife at the time) took her bra off and exposed her bare breasts to the entire world. WWE would go 'one better' the next month by having Mae Young ape her and unleash her prehistoric (thankfully prosthetic) slobber knockers to the world at the Royal Rumble. No, the Attitude Era wasn't all Stone Cold Steve Austin and TLC matches!