Well, I realized too late that I had watched the previous _No Mercy_ card completely out of order so I'm having to backup and watch this one in its proper chronological order. It starts with a diatribe by Shane McMahon - which includes him referring to his "Corporate Ministry of Darkness" as _"the most unmerciless"_ group ever assembled. (Note to Shane: "unmerciless" actually counts as a double negative so, by your own definition, your gang of jugheads are FULL of mercy. Try getting your speech correct before you come out and try to impress people.) The card - after McMahon's diatribe - starts with an incredibly stupid match featuring "Tiger Ali Singh" against Duane Gill, the WWF's very-infantile impersonation of WCW's rising dynamo, Goldberg. Such a surprising and huge disappointment that Vince McMahon would expose his insecurity by mocking a rising star (Goldberg) in his rival's organization. Not surprisingly, the match ended swiftly, but it was still a very childish display on the part of the WWF. Following this was another vignette aiming to portray Mark Calaway ("The Undertaker") and his "Ministry of Darkness" as some sort of evil supernatural force. IMO, Calaway was much more impressive in his early days than what the WWF is trying to do with him now. Now the "Ministry of Darkness", featuring Farooq, Bradshaw, and Viscera faces off against "The Brood", made up of "Christian", "Edge", and "Gangrel". As per usual, the match ends the way we've come to expect from so many of the WWF matches nowadays. Crying shame because it seems the WWF is going _backward_ to where the old Jim Crockett Promotions used to be. Following this match was another entry-level match between "Droz" and Steve Blackman. While Blackman is a very athletic and imposing figure, he still doesn't have the in-ring persona that really makes him "watchable". Meanwhile, his opponent, "Droz", is just...there. Nothing special, nothing extraordinary, just another mid-carder who managed to earn his way into the WWF somehow. (Still can't figure that one out...) Next up was a match featuring "Kane" (Glenn Jacobs) vs "Midian", and again, it ends with a lot of interference. You saw it coming, but still.. And now it's time for the NC-17 rated version, when the WWF trots out the T&A for the amusement of the menfolks: "Sable" faces off against "Tori" purely to show off some cleavage (north and south types). Fortunately (or I suppose "unfortunately" depending on what you came to see), "Sable" was unable to wrestle so she left this "Nicole Bass" (who I'm convinced was at least at one time a biological male, although internet scuttlebutt says it's a biological female) to manhandle little "Tori". Fortunately, the match ended VERY quickly and we were spared having to endure all the stupidity of "womens' wrestling". Following this was the lead-in to the match between Shane McMahon vs X-Punk for the European Championship. It makes for a good story, but I'm unimpressed with either of these guys so let's hope this ends quickly, also. Unfortunately, it ends pretty much the way you expect it to. Next up: a match featuring Mick Foley's "Mankind" vs "Billy Gunn". I pretty much skipped through this one because I wasn't interested in seeing how it turned out, but of course, you know how it ended. Now we come to the "main event" - the one that everyone has been waiting for - as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin squares off in a "No Holds Barred" match against both The Undertaker and Triple H. Of course, with it being a "No Hold Barred" no-DQ match, everyone knows that Shane McMahon is going to make sure that Steve Austin does not leave with the Heavyweight Championship title... But others had different ideas, and I have to admit that the conclusion of this match - and this card - truly made all the other stuff worthwhile. I was not prepared for how this one ended, including all the "post-match" happenings. I sat here and literally laughed out loud at how they wrapped this one. So while it does have a HUGE amount of frustrations (I'll admit that, even though I understand it's all scripted, I still don't care for the _"Let's have a lot of interfering and cheating..."_ stuff; it takes away even the slightest HINT of what's going to happen.) with all the interference and one-sided matches, I'll give them credit for wrapping this one up in a very surprising manner that made it all worth watching. Not the greatest PPV, of course, but still a lot of fun at the finish.