The Post Wrestlemania Thread

[Lonestar327]

Personally, the night after Wrestlemania, Im sort of up in the air about the whole thing.

Money In The Bank: CM Punk wins, it wasnt as good as the pasted Money In The Bank Ladder matches, I was kinda think the the big role MVP was on was going to play out with him winning, but for the first time in the history of the match they had a repeat winner.

The Diva Battle Royal: Santino wins, Santino in drag (shudders) very distrubing.

Chris Jericho vs. The Legends: Jericho wins (gag) but I also thought it was pretty cool with Mickey Rourke dropping Jericho.

Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy Extreme Rules: I think this match was a bit of a let down as far as the ending goes, a twist of fate by Matt on Jeff with Jeff's head in a chair, I also think that with the track record for both Matt and Jeff, it could have been a little more extreme.

Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker: A match that lived up to the hype, two great entrances, a unbelivable match, I actually thought that the streak was going to end after Shawn Micheals kicked out of the Tomstone, but the streaks rolls on to 17-0.

The World Heavyweight Title Match: Big Show vs. Edge vs. Jon Cena: not much hype around this match, glad Cena won the title back, please no more make out scene's with Vickie, Big Show, or Edge.

WWE Championship match: Triple H vs. Randy Orton: A lot of hype, nice build up, and a huge let down, Triple H nails Orton in the face with a sledge hammer score the pin, you think with all the effort they put into it, they could have given a better quality of match.

Also, to show that ECW is the red headed step child of the WWE, the unification match between the Colons and Miz and Morrison doesnt make the cut, seriously cancel out ECW, put the superstars on RAW and Smackdown! where they belong and stop insulting the ECW fans with that crap they run out every tuesday night.

Overall if I had to grade it, I'd say it was a solid C, nice moment with Stone Cold going Stone Cold and Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker is a guaranteed match of the year, could have been better because it is after Wrestlemaina, but not to bad I think.

 

[Tickle Fiend]

You didn't like seeing Santino shake?

And now Batista is back. The only way I could possibly have any interest in him at this point is if he screwed Triple H out of keeping his title.

 

[Adam]

The only thing that truly surprised me was Punk winning the MiTB for the second year in a row. I hope his next championship reign isn't as short as the first. That is unless they have someone fail on the cash-in for the first time. You know that has to happen eventually. Mild surprise with Matt defeating Jeff, so we'll see where they take this now.

 

[Heeko]

I had very little interest in this Wrestlemania. Imo WM is quickly becoming just another ppv and nothing special. These are just my thoughts, as everyone has their own thank goodness..

Diva match: waste of time without a winner. If I were a wwe diva i would take this a slap in the face and give it the reality check it is: no one cares about wwe women's wrestling.

Hardy vs Hardy: Been there, done that. It will never match Hart vs Hart because few actually take any Hardy seriously as a champion.

Jericho vs the Legends: Another waste of time that was originally centered around Rourke vs Jericho which never happened due to other commitments and insurance demands. I think it would have been much better and more crowd buzz had stone cold showed up, said he was now an official 'legend' and stomped a mudhole through jericho. Predictable? probably but the crowd still would have loved to see it. Less expensive and at least as entertaining as an "actor" thumping Jericho.

HBK vs Taker: Two legends no doubt but I really don't see what all the fuss is about. HBK has lost at Wrestlemania before so what's one more loss? Taker had to win to keep the tag sell going "undefeated blah blah.." Again, imo a good match and great performances as always by these two, but a predictable outcome.

Anything involving Cena vs Edge puts me to sleep at this point. It's getting as old as "Flair vs Rhodes" but lacking in anything closely resembling the charisma. Edge can be darn entertaining but give him some new competition.

HHH vs Orton: Another predictable outcome, yet as many have said could have ended with more flash. Knowing the McMahon ego and the way they usually are a part of WM, I halfway expected Stephanie to show up and RKO Orton and give HHH the win.

That said, I agree this PPV is lucky to get a C. Again, this is just me.

Wrestlemania just doesn't have the pop anymore.

 

[Goodieluver]

Despite the outcome, i do not see how you can under rate the Undertake\michaels match

 

[The Fallen Angel]

It was without a doubt the worst mania ever, although the michales undertaker match was phenomenal, one of the best matches in a long long time. Although i wish Michaels would have ended the streak. The rest of the card was garbage

 

[Lonestar327]

Wrestlemania should be a special time for all wrestling fans, we shouldn't be saying "this match out shined them all", we should be debating what match stole the show.

The build up to the Triple H vs. Randy Orton match had every single element you think of, it was personal, it was emotional, it was intense and to have it end the way it did was just a huge disappointment.

I think the sad thing about it all is that for me the past two Wrestlemanias seemed rushed, the matches don't drag out, you dont have any dramatic elements like in the past that hooked you in, it's just do the match and got on to the next thing, there aren't any Wrestlemania moments which is what to it's been built on.

Some serious retooling need to go into it if Vince wants to save his creation from just becoming another pay per view.

 

[InspectorJapp]

Uneven event. HBK/Taker was of course the best match.

Although my biggest mark-out moment by far was when Steamboat started doing his old moves. OK, not quite as well as before, but he's still better than heaps of guys currently on the roster!
Truly, truly great.

 

[Tickle Fiend]

Uneven event. HBK/Taker was of course the best match.

Although my biggest mark-out moment by far was when Steamboat started doing his old moves. OK, not quite as well as before, but he's still better than heaps of guys currently on the roster!
Truly, truly great.

I wish they would've caught him skinning-the-cat on camera.

 

[badreligion]

Honestly I wasn't expecting much from this PPV aside from HBK vs Undertaker and Austin showing up the card was sub par.

 

[Tickle Fiend]

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[Adam]

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Ow, ow, OW! 😱 First time I've actually seen it.