Vince vs. Stephanie in a Father vs. Daughter Match?! | WWE No Mercy 2003 Review

[@DrknssRules1]

Congrats to Vacant for being the first man to hold the KZbin Championship, the AEW World Championship and the NXT North American Championship simultaneously.

[@Breanna_monique]

The TRUE belt collector

[@juliansalgado4083]

Don’t forget the trios championships for a little

[@celticwarrior8574]

Goat status

[@cocopuffgames]

Vacant the Belt Collector.

[@LeftStickGaming]

He is the most in demand champion in professional wrestling.

[@rainy_guy]

"Taker fights him off then hits Lesnar with the Laaaaast Ride..oh f*ck me, that bump didn't look good." That got a huge laugh out of me 😂

[@redbigun]

"You've become a disrespectful little bitch!" "Daddy, you're so silly." God tier WWE editing. 😆

[@ChanT3]

Nobody beats the WWE Production Team ever.

[@Mr.BeastFacts]

Stephanie: “Daddy, you’re a silly!” Vince: *“And I took that personally.”*

[@jcace13]

I feel like Tajiri is really such an underappreciated talent, the guy was smooth as silk in the ring.

[@jackburton2680]

One of the best. He was amazing

[@christopherkoenig1773]

The tarantula!

[@Lenoh]

@@christopherkoenig1773 TARANTOOLA!

[@Dwainecurtis2001]

To this day never understood why he never got the us or the intercontinental title.

[@green_eye_shy_guy]

Tajiri, Taka, and Ultimo graced us in the states with their presence!

[@MidwestMachete]

I always figured the whole Bradshaw gave Shanquia her breast implants was an inside joke, but no, that's actual lore, wow.

[@sage-kq4tk]

Bet he had so he got to test them out first to.... don't buy a car with out taking a ride

[@MidwestMachete]

What?

[@KingKhanate1997]

Well this Father vs. Daughter match certainly has modern implications now doesn’t it…

[@aj_rod]

Vacant is simply unstoppable. Never had 1 bad match in such a long & illustrious career. A true genetic freak

[@ivanburden4658]

I think if I remember, writers wanted to call the group the Yakuza but Tajiri was afraid of angering the real Yakuza. I think they settled on Kyodai for the name.

[@vampman87]

I'm really amazed how much Brock improved in the past year at mic speaking. He spent so many years as a quiet monster heel, yet NOW, for some inexplicable reason, he's cutting the most hilarious promos ON HIS OWN and has matches that people are still talking about (then again, he lifted the ring with a tractor, something no wrestler has EVER done.) I'm just in awe at how well rounded Brock has become even though he's at an age where he should be retired by now.

[@ChadBenjamin]

He's not that old, he's the same age as AJ Styles, and about a year younger than the current full time United States Champion Bobby Lashley.

[@MindFist]

I think it's simply a matter of WWE stopping the micromanaging of Brock and letting him be himself...It's telling when a wrestler like Brock is more entertaining as himself in the UFC then as an entertainer in the WWE...That obviously changed when he came back but that's because, like I said, they just got out of his way.

[@eastsidereviews727]

2003 Vince might be the craziest Vince we've seen on TV. I remember being a kid watching this and being really uncomfortable with this entire storyline, like the Shane/Vince stuff was bonkers but this shit was just hard to watch and you have to wonder how much of real life bled into this story.

[@pyromaniacforhire]

Yeah...that shit had us crying so bad.....too realistic for us.

[@Dwainecurtis2001]

I thought 2006 Vince was crazy when he told god to get jiggy with it.

[@CtO-nj9uu]

Oh look back on it now lmao

[@skippythealien9627]

@@CtO-nj9uu i see someone else from 2024 is here catching up on Wregret haha yeah...it is insanely uncomfortable to watch this shit now knowing all the allegations that came out against McMahon

[@Thecallmemisterajp]

This was the story where Steph suggested Vince was pimping her out to his business partners, right? Was crazy then, but looking at it now…

[@regorllerref]

That "WTF" from Farooq deserves its own star.

[@Carl-vj1sc]

I laughed so hard that tears came down from my eyes. That WTF stayed with me all day. I came back to see it again tonight. I am still laughing 😂 as much as the first time.

[@rexdudeclone]

I just heard that. You wonder how Brian just picks up the little things in these reviews. It is hilarious. Extra points for his Big Show impressions.

[@Hulkling93]

​@@rexdudecloneI love Brian's eye and humor for stuff like that because I can relate when watching matches, movies and etc.

[@kyokugenryudisciple9349]

Yeah….I was dying on the floor laughing at work listening to that part!

[@donypaddy6859]

As a character Ruthless Aggression Mr Mcmahon was at his worst an absolute monster.

[@venomousnate7263]

Definitely at his most demented and psychotic.

[@cjvaye99]

I was gonna say. It hard to choose between who was more evil. '03 Vince or '06 Vince. I'm going with 2003 because of this and the stuff with the undertaker. 2006 Vince was more crazy than evil.

[@someguy4640]

@@cjvaye99 Well that and 2006 Vince ended up becoming DX's butt-monkey

[@quentinparhiala9415]

I agree with you

[@leeriddick7]

@@cjvaye99 01 Vince with Trish was particularly heinous as well. Especially with that ‘bark like a dog’ segment on raw that’s been cut out in later versions

[@xXDTFKINGXx]

Might sound weird but I always go to sleep watching your old school ppv reviews. My gf even started watching these with me every night now. Thanks Brian!

[@Vergil3421]

20:08 After the recent news about Vince and Brock, it's amazing how relevant this question is.

[@johnxeveriano6839]

"you understand I'm a giant!" Killed me! 😂

[@OsmosisMiller]

I went to this show in Baltimore. The main event was buns. Cena vs. Angle was dope. Cena made an appearance on a local station that absolutely got him over with most of the city. Also his freestyle against a "fan" is also legendary.

[@theboshart5641]

Same. I mostly remember the back and forth Cena Angle chants. The rest of the show I couldn't recall.

[@Kaltagstar96]

Please tell me that Cena pulled an MJF and was totally in character the whole time.

[@juliansalgado4083]

Ohh this is where it came from

[@renafan3333]

Buns?

[@BSmokeyGaming]

I own this DVD, if I'm not mistaken that fan was Kenny Dykstra from the Spirit Squad.

[@tinotica]

It’s crazy thinking how this ppv would be the very last time when Stephanie McMahon would ever EVER be loved by the fans. I appreciated what she brought during her one year GM run

[@fiknbeyo]

My first ever wrestling event I attended was No Mercy ‘03 at 8 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday. Part of me wishes I still had that book pamphlet with each smackdown superstar in it with that little bio on the side, man thank you Brian for taking me back to great memories 💪🏽

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Kurt Angle wore a Jacksonville Jaguars jersey in 2003,Kurt Angle is All Elite

[@gabepollock1641]

5:16 It was 100% supposed to be a reference to their standing as Yakuza members. The gossip of the time said that Tajiri was going to be pushed as a “mob boss” style leader with Akio & Sakoda as his henchmen, but that he had to talk WWE out of it for fear of upsetting the real Yakuza. So “Kyo Dai” (the would-be stable) never really went anywhere, outside of their name being used for Akio & Sakoda’s tag matches (IIRC).

[@QuickManEXE]

I've heard that story before too.

[@415acjr]

"Then they all get together later that week..." "You understand?! I'm a Giant!" 🔥❤🤘🤣

[@chrisbreezy3048]

17:41 brings back memories of that great Latino Parking Lot Brawl Cena and Eddie had on the 9/11/03 edition of SmackDown. Definitely a match anyone should go out of their way to see.

[@shawnmichaels568]

Man, vince during this time was wild. He has done a lot of wild things, But this must be on top of the list.

[@grantsnell8824]

I dunno... calling John Cena his "n word" infront of Booker T, was pretty wild

[@enigmaskull3495]

Vince was something else in 2003 and 2006.

[@cjvaye99]

handling Brock like an animal and sicking him on a one legged man, spanky and Paul London, saying what he did about the undertakers family (I'm not even gonna say it just look up 'crazy Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman' lol) handling Umaga like an animal and sicking him on jobbers and rey mysterio. Openly and blatantly cheating on his wife with sable and Candace Michelle. mocking God (not necessarily evil to most people but to religious folks it was the most evil thing on this list) everything he did to HBK, trying to drug his son in law so he can 'put triple h's face right where it belongs!', what he did to poor JR, saying the n word on live ppv (in front of booker t ffs), but this definitely takes the cake. Vince was the devil in the ruthless aggression era lmao. And I know I'm missing some someone needs to make a video on ruthless aggression Vince's antics 🤣🤣🤣

[@fatbean2000]

Crazy I think is the word

[@youtubemember1115]

Seeing him have affairs with younger women on screen at that time was so creepy. Why did he think we wanted to see that crap at the time? His heel character should've ended at wrestlemania 17.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Kurt Angle wearing a Mark Burnell jersey makes me think of this past season of Hard Knocks where Mark Burnell is an assistant coach on the Detroit Lions

[@TheRealRollerCodster]

Kurt angle had such an amazing career. He went to the top so fast. The fans knew he was legit, but he was also hilarious. He could get just about anything over. One of the goats 🐐!

[@timbartschwolfman]

The End of Stephanie McMahon's Smackdown and the Beginning of Paul Heyman's Smackdown

[@fro-zone2k]

Yup

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

Also, should be noted that, as United States champion, Big Show only defended the belt *once* before losing it to Cena at WrestleMania, and that was a random SmackDown in February 2004 against Billy Gunn.

[@doneakhughes2076]

I was there live for this one! Even before it was mentioned in the video, I was flooded with memories of my older sister who took me and had been out of the loop wrestling wise for years and was SUPER confused by the dueling chants for Angle and Cena because she didn't know who the good guy was

[@BBoy4040]

I always remember liking the Benoit-A-Train match. Albert could really work his ass off sometimes.

[@Kaltagstar96]

I never understand why people are so hard on Albert, like, yeah he wasn't a main eventer or anything, but I could easily see A-Train at this time being a US Champ level monster heel.

[@bandu2512]

He was a good monster but botched a lot. He dropped benoit on his head on the steel chair. He sandbagged lesnar and got dropped on his neck during F5. He also sandbagged Ryback during his tenure as sweet T.

[@EireMarx]

If you haven't before, check out his Japanese work as Giant Bernard

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Albert is underrated

[@sleezboy992]

One of the greatest moments in Raw (Sep. 3 2007) was when Vince McMahon decided to show the family "a father and daughter" video which contained scenes of their match at No Mercy. It was hilarious considering how truly vile Vince McMahon was.

[@SweetzTheOne]

I think you missed a word dude

[@sleezboy992]

@@SweetzTheOne gotcha

[@PerfectCell9]

I weirdly loved all these early brand split smack down exclusive ppvs .. so nostalgic

[@nbr6116]

Me too, there's always so much fun stuff to look back on. Love your pfp by the way. Atonement is such an amazing album!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Brock Lesnar’s bizarre noise needs to be a soundbite 😂

[@editnosmirc4489]

That Cena Angle match was Cena's best match up to that point. Very underrated.

[@Cameron_MacAuley04]

Love binge-watching your classic ppv reviews! Been watching your channel for a few years and your classic ppv reviews have always been my fav! Keep up the great work Brian❤️

[@timbartschwolfman]

You learn something new from these Reviews

[@Cameron_MacAuley04]

I bought this ppv on DVD back in 2017 at Disc Replay. I don't know why but I prefer watching WWE DVDs over peacock. I hate streaming services

[@nbr6116]

OK, just wanna say that your Content, and the Classic PPV Reviews especially, are something I'm always really looking forward to. Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@thetribalist6923]

This video really hits different now.

[@themadkingatmey]

A-train was a pretty darn good big man. He didn't always get a chance to have great matches, and he was rarely booked super well, but he was good stuff. His a-train run in particular was one of the few times he got to really be booked strongly, at least for a spell, and he had really good big-little matches with Chris Benoit. I have heard his run in NJPW was also quite good.

[@josephbowers8627]

Being reminded of the whole Zack Gowan/Brock Lesnar feud reminds me of the quick notes version provided by good ol' Plumpy: -Bork Lazor beat up one leg man -One leg man fight Bork -Bork break one leg man one leg -why u do dis Bork? -One leg man becomes sit down man -Bork Lazor fight sit down man with stairs -Bad Bork 😂

[@marquan1976]

I remember reading The Maryland State Athletic Commision told Vince prior to this show you can't" A) have a Man vs Woman match B) Have blood Word is Vince pulled out a blank check and asked; " How much is the fine? Because both are happening. pal!"

[@ryuhayabaker]

I remember being on a wrestling forum back in the day (shoutout Smash Wrestling alumni), and one guy went to this PPV. He said that he spoke to the couple next to them with their son who had travelled 12 hours in a car purely for the McMahon match alone. Good grief they must have been a very disturbing couple.

[@VisuallyImpairedGamer1987]

I watched this PPV live at a restaurant called The Brewpub (miss that place) here in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada. Hearing Matt Bloom say "are you okay?" after dropping Benoit on the chair is the one thing I remember from this show.

[@3ampremiere782]

Few things I liked about this era of wrestling (smackdown especially) 1. Ring psychology. People had there style they wrestled in which was fitting to their size and worked over a body part to take their open down (usually chopping the leg down) 2. The effects of prior matches mattered and played a role. Nothing worse to me than a hell in a cell match with big spots and the next night everyone is wrestling like nothing happened And 3) FINISHERS ENDED A MATCH. I can say enough how tired of every match today needing 3+ finishers.. that with everything earlier makes wrestling feel very watered down for me now

[@denniswilliams6519]

Ah yes. The era where finishers were finishers. Like Undertaker kicking out of the F-5 didn't happen and Kurt & Brock constantly spamming finishers on each other in all their matches also didn't happen. Hell John Cena vs. Kurt Angle had Kurt kick out of an FU and a gold medal shot to the face. There was a stupid amount of false finishes in this era.

[@josephsantiago8637]

Tajiri wasn't thrown through a window, it was an act of cowardice, he was trying to escape Eddie's attack.

[@bronxprince1669]

I hope you do Summerslam 2003 at some point Taijiri vs Eddie vs Rhino vs Benoit for the US Title is one of the best fatal 4 way matches I’ve seen

[@RaulSHermano]

Same here bro

[@Jasonvoorhees57469]

Vacant is definitely one of the best side characters. One good thing Vince Russo has created that holds up

[@BBoy4040]

I mean technically WWE created it when they started using this generic muscular featureless person with a belt around his waist when a title was vacant.

[@johndonald9239]

@@BBoy4040 what the hell are you saying? Vacant has been in pro wrestling since the creation of first pro wrestling championship.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Vacant is a two time AEW champion too.

[@Jasonvoorhees57469]

Yeah but Russo helped make Vacant an actual character

[@GilesHellier]

Pfft. Claude could whoop Vacant's ASS.

[@juicyeboi9006]

Yeah Matt Hardy's career got hurt big time by that loss. Between that and the atrocious booking between his feud with Edge up to his reuniting with Jeff Hardy it's amazing he ever became a world champion. You'd think Shannon Moore would exist to take this type of fall instead but it's whatever.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Let’s not forget that Nidia got blind for taking steph side as Vince put Noble vs Tajiri as punishment

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

The funniest moment of this feud was in 2007 when the bastard son storyline was going on and Vince made a vide package of how much he loved steph and hhh changed the video for a video of steph vs vince

[@JRJigsawyer]

I live for these Classic PPV reviews. Never stop Brian!

[@ProvingGroundsWrestling]

I loved Big Shows United States Title run because the title looked so cartoonish on him 😂

[@Drew791]

19:46 that impression is gold 😂😂😂

[@MobUnchained]

I never knew how much I wanted to believe that HHH & Stephs wedding was in that drive thru.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Vince is a madman. Brock vs. Taker was such a cool rivalry.

[@youtubemember1115]

It was basically taker helping lesnar look like a main eventer

[@BoisterousPancakeBoi]

Just recently Vacant pulled an Eric Young and won a women's tag team title. Man just keeps adding hardware.

[@whm3]

By the way... Love the new set! Hope the move went as painlessly as possible.

[@bluethunder250]

Tajiri/Mysterio is one of my AT favorite matches. These two never had a boring match together.

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

As a big fan of Smackdown during the ruthless aggression era, No Mercy 03 as a Smackdown ppv was pretty good but not as good as Vengeance 03 which was excellent but for me, Kurt Angle Vs John Cena was easily the best match of the show. Undertaker Vs Brock Lesnar biker chain match was decent but I felt they couldn't follow up on their bloody hell in a cell match Vince McMahon Vs Stephanie McMahon I quit match was something that you would have seen during the attitude era as it was over the top with the boss at his absolute craziest. This was great watching this and relieving my memories of this period

[@grandcanyon-fu9zt]

2006 is the craziest Vince

[@fro-zone2k]

23:15 The Last Ride is actually a legit devastating move & it knocks the wind out of you.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

7:49 Fun fact, Hedenreich said in a interview that segment with Micheal Cole came to Vince McMahon in a dream.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

😬

[@AL7249]

.......of course it did. Fucking amazing

[@comixproviderftw_02]

@@claymathewselevator8121 How would you feel being trapped in a Vince McMahon dream?

[@claymathewselevator8121]

@@comixproviderftw_02 I’d rather be in Freddy Krueger dream 😂

[@adamdenby1282]

Haha

[@thatguywade5384]

First, that German suplex A-Train gave to Benoit, I love that it’s less throwing him like Benoit would do to someone, and more, ‘pick you up, then slam you down,’ it looks cool. Second, AAAAAAAHHHHHHH JESUS, that fall Benoit took! You can see Albert didn’t mean it, he slipped on the chair behind him and lost balance. It’s up there with Chris suicide diving face first into the announce table in terms of, ‘cringing at both the pain and why Benoit had the brain of an 80 year old Alzheimer’s patient.’

[@thehorrorhound6575]

Cool little story Brian: I got into wrestling in my pre teens-early teens like you did (I was 11 or 12) and I went feet first into it, I loved it, the ruthless aggression era of 07 when I got into it was exciting and I needed to see as much as I could. My mom bought me SVR 08 and I watched every Monday night raw, Tuesday night ECW, Thursday night TNA, and Friday night smackdown. One day when I was 14 in 09 my mom took me to Walmart and while looking through the dvd section I found four DVDs that would become very sentimental to me and I still own to this day. It was summerslam 2003, unforgiven 2003, No Mercy 2003 (this very review) and Survivor Series 2003. Weird enough they just happened to go in order like that but I loved them and 03 definitely seemed like an exciting time.

[@nichhodge8503]

Absolutely brilliant Big Show impression Brian 4 & 3/4 ⭐️ didn’t expect that to come from your voice

[@padreblack]

I think Vacant should be considered for Superstar of the Year. He's captured a few high profile championships.

[@TakerKaneanite619]

"('Cus nobody's here to see Brock/Taker)" Love it!!!

[@mesousagaby740]

21:50 Even the WWE knew we loved doing spots on the Smackdown Fist on some of the games at that time.

[@regorllerref]

Wait, Zack Gowen being F5'd off of the fist would of been insane, that would have been Top 5 RA Moments of All-Time. Hell Lesnar pushing Zack down those stair has stayed with me all these years later.

[@MasterMewtwo239]

It helps that Cena was getting trained by Angle, which hugely helped with the chemistry too.

[@DragonSleeper]

I was there live. I remember us chanting " Child Abuse". Overall the PPV was great.

[@drewjames2237]

I love that big show impression 😂

[@DasNordlicht91]

I believe this is John Cena’s final PPV as a heel, as he’d be a babyface at Survivor Series 2003 on Angle’s team as they beat Brock’s team.

[@Remain_Unseen]

20:06 Well, that question got a whole lot worse with recent information 😬

[@LukerYT]

holy shit

[@fro-zone2k]

Yup

[@epatterson13]

That "Vince McMahon what did you do to Brock Lesnar you sick son of bitch" comment hits different in 2024

[@ChristianTheBlindMan]

I kept rewinding back to your Big Show impression 😂😂 had me choking with laughter 😂😂

[@tjjordan4207]

"If Mr. McMahon loses, he'll resign." Give it 20 years and 3 months, then it'll happen for sure.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

@22:07: "I told you he was bad at this" 🤣🤣🤣

[@deadwafflez9685]

Brock: "Let's...do....THIS!"

[@RandoChrisYT]

I haven't commented on the new set yet but I dig it. I feel like Brian's about to tell me what my Superstar rating is in Here Comes The Pain.

[@tomofthepops]

How did Angle look like he aged 20 years in less than 3 years ? Lol

[@KadeemG61]

2003 was a weird year for SmackDown despite the awesomeness of the SmackDown Six and Paul Heyman as GM was classic.

[@Metlhd313]

How are you going to do Halloween Havoc 90? The full version isnt available anywhere (even the network/peacock only have the edited home video version) unless you know someone who taped the PPV when it aired.

[@manos7469]

That Big Show impression lmao

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

So zach g became the one legged man in an ass kicking contest, and kicked his opponents to win

[@BigK13372]

0:21 “What a pittance!”

[@lukeharbolt7681]

Been waiting all week then if not been a very good week. Very happy to be here once again for the classic review segment

[@KyrinChase]

This was the first PPV/Show I've ever been too. I was 3 Years old in the audience with my mother. 19 Years Later, I still remember Vince vs Stephanie & Lesnar vs Undertaker

[@shyguyry2033]

It's funny that the Mr. McMahon story culminated at Survivor Series with the buried alive match. And then was completely dropped afterwards

[@str8edgedenigmamp96]

Someone should have done a spot with gowen where someone on the tries the trip up sweep but without watching what they're doing and miss the sweep entirely going for the legless side lol

[@noUGames]

Based on the title, thought this was a No Mercy video game upload

[@scorpionqueen11]

Time for my monthly W3 binge. 😂 Tbh!!! As goofy and dark as the daddy vs daughter match was, I found it kind of entertaining. Maybe it's because I wish they'd do more coed matchups. I'm BEGGING to see Rhea vs Dominic whenever he splits from Judgment Day. That will be an EPIC mommy vs son match. Lol.

[@geeshep4836]

Hey Brian can you do a video on Van Hammer in WCW please?

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

I just love your insights on wrestling. I always enjoy watching your videos Brian.

[@Cobralalalala]

I can't wait to see the review for that Sting vs Sid match!!! Also, if you like tag team wrestling, the Halloween Havoc 1990 is the show for you. 🙂

[@rexryan472]

Haha if only we knew how much weirder this match will look like now

[@orokusaki8670]

the guy with one meg reminded me of the crash test funnies video game, and the way the characters hopped around when they moved.

[@lfrostyrabbitl1178]

I can't tell you how uncomfortable I was when I watched that I Quit match. Haven't seen it since and don't plan to ever again.

[@CSC52698]

12:16, Stephanie McMahon in 2003. Goddess mode.

[@AdrianM865]

That I Quit match was the closest thing to a snuff film WWE would go...until the craziness of the panorama era lol.

[@wwesvk9958]

Thats what he meant by CHOKING THE LIFE OUT OF COMPETITION now i get it 🤣

[@ryanodonovan9497]

To correct you again, Brian, Rebellion 2002 was the first SmackDown-exclusive Pay-Per-View. And it doesn't matter if those UK Pay-Per-Views didn't advance storylines - they were Pay-Per-Views nonetheless. Keep up the good work, though.