Wrestlemania XIX Review

Wrestlemania XIX Review : A Rattlesnake's Retirement 

Now i thought i'd look at this terrific event and i would probably put this as my favourite Wrestlemania as there were so many great things about it . Let's get started !

The video package does a good job making Wrestlemania look huge . I loved the music from Limp Bizkit and it complimented the event nicely .

Matt Hardy vs Rey Mysterio
The now defunct Cruiserweight title on the line here . This was Rey Mysterio's first ever WM match . And the match starts right away with a Corkscrew over the top to Matt from Rey . Great action throughout this whole match . Hardy hits the twist of fate and Rey kicks out ! Hardy gets the win by pinning with the bottom rope . This was very short but still good for getting that much action in the match . Should have gotten more time . **3/4

The catfight girls arrive .

Limp Bizkit perform their hit song ' Rollin ' . Once the song nears it end , Taker enters the arena . It looks awesome .

Undertaker vs A-Train & Big Show : Handicap Match
I've heard people call this match crap , but i don't its that bad . There might be a little bias there though . Nathan Jones was supposed to be in this match but he sucked so was taken out , only to be used at the end of the match . Taker hits a chokeslam straight away but Show stops the pin . This has been a solid match . Here's Nathan to attack Show . Taker goes 11-0 at WM with a tombstone . Not a bad match . **

We are shown the catfight girls again meeting with Torrie Wilson and Stacy Kiebler . Well that was pointless .

Trish Stratus vs Jazz vs Victoria 
I'd put this as the second best divas match in Wrestlemania history . Good action throughout this match . A good triple threat match . Trish becomes the women's champion after a chick kick to Victoria . ***

Backstage , The Rock gives us his classic heel style promo .

Los Guerreros vs Chris Benoit & Rhyno vs Team Angle
This should be a great match . Full of great wrestlers . This has been a really good match so far . Shelton gets the pin after Chavo is gored . The champs retain . ***

Another catfight girls segment .

Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho
I love this match . It always seems to go under the radar when talking about the greatest matches in Wrestlemania history . This will always be a favourite of mine . This match showed Shawn that he was still the showstopper and would go on to wrestle and create classic moments and matches for another seven years . Shawn gets the win after a roll up . After the match , Jericho goes to hug HBK but ends up kicking him in the crotch . Just greatness here . ****1/2

Triple H vs Booker T 
I think Booker deserved his big moment here and the ending was abrupt , but this was still a really good match here . HHH picks up the win with his pedigree . ***1/4

I should say , I've deliberately left out the unbelievably bad catfight match as i refuse to even accept it as a match .

Hulk Hogan vs Vince McMahon : Street Fight 
This was really big as it was 20 years in the making . Roddy Piper's appearance here was great and in a twist  attacked Hogan instead of Vince . Hulk got the win after an amazing 3 leg drops . Surprisingly good match here . ***

Stone Cold vs The Rock
Their final match against each other , and Austin's final match ever . A great match to go out on . Austin kept the fact that he was retiring quiet and wanted to go off into the sunset without any fanfare whatsoever . Got to respect him for that . The Rock picks up the win after a third rock bottom to Austin . Farewell Stone Cold . ****1/2

Brock Lesnar vs Kurt Angle 
Looking at this card , it is quite amazing that this match made the main event . Both guys were capable of pulling it off , but this was Lesnar's first Wrestlemania and Angle's first time in the main event at Wrestlemania so there had to be nerves here . Vince must have had a lot of faith in both guys to put them here . Aside from the botched ending , these guys managed to give us a fantastic match on a fantastic night , to give us probably the second-best Wrestlemania in history . I think we all know the no.1 anyway . Lesnar wins after a third F-5 to Angle . A new champion is crowned . ****1/4

9.5/10 . The 2nd best Wrestlemania in history . That is saying a lot for this amazing event . Just look at the card and you can see what made it so great . The only really bad thing was the catfight mess , but everything else made up for it . A fast cruiserweight match , Taker's streak continues , a good divas match , a good tag match , an amazing dream match , a great world title match , a match 20 years in the making , Austin's final match , and an amazing main event . Well done WWE .

Vengeance 2011 Review

Vengeance 2011 Review : Someone Better Fix That Ring


Airboom vs Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger
Tag titles on the line here . Ziggler was doing double duty here as he was also in the next match . These guys have the ability to put on a great match . And yes it has been a great match thus far . Evan gets the win with the airbourne . ***1/2

Zack Ryder vs Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler has just been pinned and now he is in another match and is for his US title . I remember being excited  about this at the time because i thought Zack was gonna win his first title , but alas it wasn't to be and Ziggler retains with a superkick . I'd say a solid match . **1/4

Beth Phoenix vs Eve 
WWE better be thankful they have Beth on their team . This was actually pretty good . Really entertaining by divas standards . Beth retains with a glam slam . **3/4

Christian vs Sheamus
These guys had been feuding for the past month and this was their last singles match on PPV . Their previous matches have been really good . This has been another good match from both men . Sheamus wins with a brogue kick . ***

Triple H & CM Punk vs R-Truth & The Miz
It looked great on paper . This was probably the most built up match on the card . This only ended up being a solid match . R-Truth and Miz got the win after Kevin Nash interfered . **1/2

Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes
Can't actually remember why these guys decided to feud . They do usually put on a good match though . This was another good match here tonight as Orton wins with an RKO . ***

Mark Henry vs Big Show
The most talked about match of the night and for good reason . These two had a surprisingly good match and an ending that had everyone excited , even though it was the second time we'd ever seen it . The match ends in a no contest due to the ring imploding . A holy shit moment to say the least . ***1/2

We are informed that , even with the ring destroyed , the main event for the WWE Championship will still take place . This will be unique .

John Cena vs Alberto Del Rio : Last Man Standing
These kind of matches can either be really good , or really bad . This is when Cena debuted his ' Rise above Hate ' thing . This was a good one as Del Rio retains his title . ***1/2

7/10 . A really good event here even though it was barely built up by the WWE . If you haven't seen the Henry/Show match , I would recommend watching it .

Survivor Series 2011 Review

Survivor Series 2011 Review : Never Before . Never Again


This was a fun event so i'm looking forward to watching it again . Like i've said in the past : you've gotta love the MSG crowd .

The video package is cool showing a bit from past Survivor Series events and then the unlikely pairing of Cena and Rock .

John Laurinaitis comes out to say its his tenth anniversary in the WWE .

John Morrison vs Dolph Ziggler
US Title on the line here . Poor John , being bombarded with ' we want Ryder ' chants . This crowd will not let the fact that Ryder isn't in the match go . The match is still good though . Vickie is ejected from ringside and this is a great match . Dolph wins after a zig zag . ***1/2 Dolph tells the audience to shut up after the match and the crowd blows the roof off after Zack enters to attack Dolph . If only the WWE hadn't ruined him 2 months later .

Eve vs Beth Phoenix : Lumberjill Match
Obviously Beth gets the biggest reaction from the crowd . Beth wins with a glam slam from the top rope ! Holy crap that move was awesome . *

CM Punk is backstage talking with David Otunga .

The Rock gives us another classic promo to remember backstage . This was a great part of the show . It showed Rock still had the best promo skills .

Wade Barrett , Jack Swagger , Dolph Ziggler , Hunico & Cody Rhodes vs Sheamus , Sin Cara , Kofi Kingston , Mason Ryan & Randy Orton : Elimination Tag Match
Big match here . Cody and Randy get the biggest crowd reactions . Ziggler eliminated after an RKO . Sin Cara dives over the top but catches his leg on the rope . This eliminates him from the match and brings the match to a halt . The injury lasted around 7 months . The match goes at a slower pace now . Mason gets a 'Batista' chant . Rhodes eliminates Mason after a crossrhodes . Barrett eliminates Kofi with a wasteland . Sheamus is out with a DQ . Swagger is out next . Hunico out after a super RKO ! Orton pinned after a wastleland and the heel team wins ! I'll give the whole thing *** .

Del Rio is backstage with the Bellas and Big Johnny .

Mark Henry vs The Big Show
These two had been putting on surprisingly good matches in 2011 with the exception of the chairs match . This match has been really slow to start . The crowd even starts a ' boring '  chant . A ' Daniel Bryan ' chant starts . Mark drives Show through the barricade on the outside . Big Show goes to the top rope and hits a massive elbow drop !! Holy Shit ! That was awesome . Mark Henry kicks out ! A ' thank you Savage ' chant breaks out . Henry DQ's himself by hitting a low blow on Show . ** . After the match Henry attempts to break Show's leg again but misses . Instead , Big Show breaks Henry's leg .

CM Punk vs Alberto Del Rio 
This should be great . I thought it was great when Punk had Howard Finkel as his personal ring announcer . Some nice technical wrestling to start . Del Rio kicks out after the Savage elbow ! Another ' thank you Savage ' chant . Del Rio locks in the crossarm-breaker but Punk makes it to the rope . Anaconda vice locked in ! Del Rio taps ! New champ ! Punk is still the champ today . What a great match . ***3/4

John Cena & The Rock vs R-Truth & The Miz
Never Before . Never Again . The video package was great . This is Rock's first match in almost 8 years . Needless to say , this was huge . Straight away there are ' Cena sucks ' chants. And here's Rocky . The Rock has still got it . Any doubts that Rock had ring rust were taken away on this night . A ' don't tag Cena ' chant starts . Inventive . The Rock tags Cena . The fans do not approve . The Miz and Truth start to wear Cena down . It becomes pretty boring at this point . Rock is finally tagged back in and lays the smackdown . Sharpshooter to Miz ! Spinebuster ! People's Elbow ! The Rock picks up the win . I'll give it ***1/2 . After the match , Rock gives Cena a rock bottom to end the show .

8.5/10 . A great show here and it was fun the whole way through . Every match is worth watching for one reason and The Rock's return was tremendous .

TLC 2011 Review

TLC 2011 Review : No Sign of Cena


I think this'll always be a favourite PPV of mine thanks to what happened to both Zack Ryder and Daniel Bryan .

Here we go !

Loved the video package making it seem all Christmasy .

And here's Vickie to ruin the Christmas spirit .

Zack Ryder vs Dolph Ziggler
US Title on the line . It was great that Zack finally got his chance here , even if it only lasted around 3 weeks . Crowd is hot for Zack . Zack gains momentum early on . DDT to Zack on the ring apron ! Really good match so far . The ref sends Vickie out after she interferes . Frankensteiner by Zack and Dolph kicks out ! Rough Ryder and Zack wins !! New US Champ ! . A great match here . ***1/2

Backstage Cody Rhodes attacks Booker T so he can wish him a merry Christmas , how nice .

Airboom vs Epico & Primo
Tag titles up for grabs here . I miss having Evan around . Some nice high flying action to start with . Nice little tag match here . Kofi gets the win with the trouble in paradise . Nice solid match . **3/4

Teddy Long backstage dressed as Santa with Hornswoggle as an elf . Funny little backstage segment .

Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett : Tables Match
This should be pretty good . And it has been a good match thus far . Orton wins with an RKO through the table ! Another nice solid match here . **3/4

Another backstage segment with Teddy . This ones quite funny too . And we also get a match between Sheamus and Jack Swagger .

Beth Phoenix vs Kelly Kelly
This is for the divas title . This is actually pretty good . Probably mostly because of Beth but i've got to give Kelly props as well . Wow Kelly's going crazy . Beth wins with a reverse powerbomb . **1/4

Miz and Del Rio are backstage are talking about how they never actually had an alliance . Miz gains some cheap heat in the process .

Booker T comes out for his match but Cody attacks him again , so the match is once again delayed .

Triple H vs Kevin Nash : Sledgehammer Ladder Match
I wasn't looking forward to this match , but it turned out to be really good . Both guys start hammering into each other straight away . HHH starts whacking Nash's leg with a ladder . Figure four leg lock in the ladder ! Sidewalk slam on the ladder ! Nash hits a chokeslam and a fan shouts ' that's Taker's move ! ' . Hilarious . Nash brings out a table . HHH knocks Nash off a ladder and through a table ! HHH grabs the hammer . HHH hits the pedigree . Nash makes the clique sign but Triple H makes a DX sign , hits Nash with the hammer and pins him . A great match here . ***1/2

CM Punk gives an interview about basically everyone that annoys him .

Sheamus vs Jack Swagger
It seems that at every PPV , WWE make a random match on the spot just to waste time . Just a quick match here but it was still pretty entertaining . Sheamus wins with a brogue kick . This mostly felt like a raw match . *3/4

Mark Henry vs The Big Show : Chairs Match
Show goes outside straight away to throw loads of chairs in the ring . Henry tries to escape with the title but Big Show catches up and attacks him . This is mainly five minutes of multiple chair shots and big punches . Big Show hits the WMD and wins the World Title ! Sucky match though . 1/4* After the match Mark Henry attacks Show and DDT's him on a pile of chairs .

AND OUT COMES DANIEL BRYAN !!  HE CASHES IN ! NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION !!! YES ! YES ! YES ! Definitely got to be one of my favourite moments ever . I actually jumped around my living room when this happened . YES !

Booker T vs Cody Rhodes 
Finally this match for the IC Title can take place . A nice solid match here . Cody wins after a beautiful disaster kick . **1/2

And now we come down to our main event .

CM Punk vs The Miz vs Alberto Del Rio : TLC Match
This should be a great match . Huge chants for Punk . Del Rio and Miz team up to try and take out Punk . Their alliance ends as Del Rio hits Miz with a chair . Miz back suplexes Punk onto a chair ! This has been a really fun match so far . Ricardo handcuffs Punk to a ladder inside the ring ! Punk is free but still has a handcuff on . Punk falls through a table on the outside ! Ricardo falls from a ladder to a table outside ! Amazing ! Miz handcuffs Punk to the turnbuckle ! Punk breaks the turnbuckle ! Punk climbs the ladder and retrieves his championship . Such a great match here to end the show . ****

7/10 This PPV showed that WWE could put on a good show without having Cena involved . 3 great matches and one amazing moment

Elimination Chamber 2012 Review

Elimination Chamber 2012 Review : Play the show in Reverse . 

Thought i'd start going backwards in time to do some reviews . I'll either do TLC 2011 or WM 19 after this one . Ok here we go !

We're starting with the WWE Championship match ???  When i watched this at the time i thought i'd somehow fallen asleep and missed the whole show up to this point . The fact that an elimination chamber isn't in the main event brings this down a bit .

Chris Jericho vs The Miz vs Dolph Ziggler vs R-Truth vs Kofi Kingston vs CM Punk : Elimination Chamber
A lot of great athletes in this one , and the fact that Kofi and Punk are starting off makes it even better . Hope those guys can have a match in the future . This should be great . Some nice chain wrestling to start . They take things outside to use the chamber as a weapon . Here's the countdown and its Ziggler coming in . Kingston and Punk do a springboard at the same time and collide ! R-Truth enters the match . Truth is eliminated after a Savage elbow . Punk takes a trouble in paradise and kicks out ! Dolph takes a DDT on the steel ! The Miz enters . Miz locked in the anaconda vice and Jericho comes in and stares down Punk . The two of them go at it . A codebreaker eliminates Ziggler . Jericho slams a pod door right into the head of Punk . That looked and sounded brutal . Kingston with a crossbody off the top of the pod onto Miz and Punk ! This is a great match . Walls of jericho eliminates Kingston . Jericho is kicked in the head by Punk and falls right out of the chamber . That eliminates him as he cannot continue . A great way to eliminate Jericho as it makes him look good for his Wrestlemania match . Miz hits the skull crushing finale but its only a 2 ! CM Punk wins with a GTS . ***3/4

Santino is backstage doing a Rocky parody .

We see John Cena training in a gym with the development guys , preparing for Wrestlemania .

Beth Phoenix vs Tamina 
I remember this being an above average divas match . Beth gives Tamina an opportunity to leave the match but Tamina chops her . This is nicely paced for a divas match . Nice superplex from Beth . Tamina hits the superfly splash but Beth kicks out ! Beth wins with the glam slam . Really solid match . **3/4

John Laurinaitis is out for a ' major announcement ' . It just ends up with him saying that he wants to be general manager of both Raw and Smackdown and a few superstars return as well . I'm just gonna skip this bit .

Santino doing more Rocky stuff .

Big Show interviewed backstage about his less-than stellar Wrestlemania record .

The Great Khali vs Cody Rhodes vs Santino Marella vs Daniel Bryan vs Wade Barrett vs Big Show : Elimination Chamber
This is a weird chamber . 2 giants , 3 great athletes and Santino . Probably the strangest one ever . Oh god i forgot Wade had this new terrible music . Not a good start to the match with some fans chanting ' boring ' . Big Show wasn't a good starting choice . Finally we have a countdown . Rhodes is in . Match is still going a little slow . And we have another countdown and it's Santino . Definitely the fan favourite here . I laughed when Big Show shouted Jesus . Double suplex to Show on the steel ! And now Khali is in . Oh great . He gets a ' you can't wrestle chant ' . And Khali is out quickly after a spear from Show . Show stares down Bryan and breaks into his pod . That was awesome . Daniel Bryan smashed through his pod ! Big Show eliminated after an elbow drop from Barrett . Cody eliminated after a roll through from Santino ! Cody returns the favour with crossrhodes . Santino kicks out ! Bryan powerbombed into the chamber ! Bryan takes a pod door to the head ! Barrett out after a flying headbutt . Just Santino and Bryan left . The crowd is going nuts for Santino ! COBRA !! Kick out ! Santino submits to the Labelle lock . The last ten minutes or so of this match give it an easy  ***1/2 . Sheamus comes out to attack Bryan and show that he's going after his title at Wrestlemania .

They show Natalya's stupid flatulance problem . And have a US title match set up between Swagger and Gabriel . Yippee ...

Jack Swagger vs Justin Gabriel
Fans are basically dead for this match . Who can blame them . Both guys are great athletes , but this had absolutely no build except for Swagger knocking a hat off of hornswoggle . Gabriel taps to the ankle lock . Meh . *

John Cena vs Kane : Ambulance Match 
This is only the second ambulance match in history . I loved the first one . Poor Zack being used like a pawn in this whole storyline . This turns into a brawl with both guys fighting all the way up to the ambulance . This is already better than their Royal Rumble match . Cena with an AA off the Ambulance ! Cena wins the match . Solid brawl style match . **1/4

5/10 . This seriously felt like it was in reverse . Average WWE PPV and the worst of the year so far .

Wrestlemania XX Review

Wrestlemania XX Review : You Never Forget Your First 


Ah , the first Wrestlemania I ever watched . With no idea of how big an event it was . At the time i thought it was just a PPV . Never realised its magical history . It will always be my personal favourite event and it is a great event . Ok then , let's go !

The Boys Choir of Harlem sing America the Beautiful . Having a whole choir sing it , sounds much better than just one person ( with the exception of Lilian ) . Good job boys !   Madison Square Garden ..... what a place .

The opening video package is great with the wrestlers talking about how big Wrestlemania is , along with MSG.

John Cena vs The Big Show
Cena's first ever Wrestlemania . Quite historic . Cena talks trash about Big Show before the match . Quite entertaining . I love the fact that there's a guy in the crowd wearing a Cena shirt , cheering for him , when today he is a proud Cena-hater ! Talk about hypocrites ! Anyway here we go . This is was just basically Big Show beating up Cena , with Cena getting in a bit of offense . The crowd was into it though and it gave Cena his first singles title in the WWE . **

Backstage Eric Bischoff wants the Coach to look for the Undertaker for no reason whatsoever .

Randy Orton is talking backstage with Evolution , and is talking about when he kicked Mick Foley down the stairwell at MSG and some of the other things that happened during their feud .

La Resistance vs Jindrak & Cade vs The Dudley Boyz vs Booker T & RVD
This is here just to get more people on the card but it should still be fun . The tag team champs , Booker & RVD , retain . I found this entertaining and enjoyed it . **1/2

In a funny moment , Coach finds Mean Gene & Bobby Heenan fooling around with Moolah & Mae Young .

Chris Jericho vs Christian
I think this is one of the most forgotten about and underrated Wrestlemania matches of all time . Both guys put on a great match here . Great back and forth action so far . Trish comes down to ringside . Christian wins with a school boy after Trish elbows Jericho in the face . This was a great match . ***3/4

Backstage , Lilian interviews Mick Foley and The Rock comes along and gives one of his classic promos .

The Rock 'N' Sock Connection vs Evolution 
I remember this being awesome . Let's hope it still is . And it starts off right away with a fist fight . The exchanges between Flair and the Rock were a lot of fun . Flair going for the people's elbow was great . The Rock hits it in retaliation but only gets 2 . Batista hits the batista bomb but that only gets a 2 . Orton hits the RKO and gets a 3 count . This was such a great match that was entertaining all the way through . ****

We are shown the Hall of Fame class . A great class here . With guys like Tito Santana and Harley Race .

Sable & Torrie Wilson vs Miss Jackie & Stacy Keibler : Playboy Evening Gown Match
Sable takes the mic and turns the match into a no evening gown match . Wow they look good . This match gains half a star thanks to this . That ref is one lucky bastard . Torrie picks up the win with a roll up and shows Jackie's ass ! Screw it , this gets  * .

Eddie Guerrero has a pep talk backstage with Chris Benoit . God i miss both guys .

First Ever Cruiserweight Open
I've heard a lot of people say this match should have been better , but i thoroughly enjoyed it . And here we go , starting with Ultimo Dragon and Shannon Moore . Moore out after a reverse DDT and Jamie Noble enters . Dragon now eliminated and Funaki in then straight out again ! Nunzio comes in . Nunzio out , Kidman in . Kidman with a shooting star press to the outside ! Noble out , Mysterio in . Kidman out , Tajiri in . Tajiri eliminated , and the champ , Chavo , is in . Chavo wins with help from his dad . Fun little match here . **3/4

Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg : Special Referee - Stone Cold Steve Austin 
Ah this infamous match . I remember at the time thinking it was going to be great , and once it was over , even at 9 years old , I thought ' what the fuck was that ??' I had no idea both guys were quitting after the match . The match isn't good but is worth watching thanks to the great crowd reactions to both men . The match starts with a ' You sold out ' chant . They even start singing ' Na na na na Goodbye ' . Both guys just walking around the ring staring each other down . Austin gets his own nice chant and has a little grin on his face . Finally some contact . Even that's boring . Finally they get going with some power moves . Goldberg wins with a Jackhammer . I'll give the whole thing  *1/4 . The fans made this match worth watching . Lesnar gives the fans and Austin two middle fingers and Austin returns the favour with a stunner . Austin also hits Goldberg with a stunner leaving the fans happy . Quite surreal to say the least .

Vince McMahon comes out to thank the fans for making Wrestlemania what it is today . That was quite nice considering what just previously occurred .

World's Greatest Tag Team vs APA vs Basham Brothers vs Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty
This is the same as the raw tag match , in which it was used just to get more people on the card . Should still be fun though . Rikishi wins the match for his team and retains the tag titles . This wasn't as good as the previous tag title match , but was ok . *1/2  Rikishi and Scotty have a dance after the match .

Jesse Ventura comes out to give Donald Trump an interview . This seemed pretty pointless .

Victoria vs Molly Holly 
If Molly loses the match , her head will be shaved . The match was ok but people were here just to see if Molly would lose her hair . Victoria wins with a backslide . * . After the match Molly is shaved bald and it continues into the next contest .

Eddie Guerrero vs Kurt Angle
When we come back from the video package , Molly is now practically bald . This should be a great match . Some nice mat wrestling to start with . Eddie goes for a huge crossbody to the outside and instead hits the barricade .  Sick . This has been a fantastic match so far . Eddie hits the frog splash but Kurt kicks out ! Eddie rolls through Angle while holding the ropes and gets the win ! Awesome match . ****1/2

The Undertaker vs Kane
This is the match where the deadman gimmick returned after 4 years of the biker gimmick . Needless to say , this was a very anticipated matchup . The deadman was always better suited for Taker . Paul Bearer coming back was great as well . Here he is ! Taker gets a huge pop from the crowd . Kane doesn't believe Taker is really there and so goes to touch him but instead gets  a few punches to the face . I really enjoyed this match at the time , and i still enjoy it . Taker wins with his tombstone piledriver and goes 12-0 . Solid match . **1/2

Triple H vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Benoit 
Here we are at the main event WWE wishes they could forget . Even after the Benoit tragedy , it is still one of the greatest matches of all time . This match showed that great wrestlers like Benoit can have their big moment . Here we go ! Michaels with an amazing moonsault to the outside . HBK has been bloodied by the ring post . Benoit double-suplexed through a table ! Triple H now bleeding from the head ! HHH hits the pedigree ! Benoit saves the match . Benoit locks in the sharpshooter ! Sweet chin music to Benoit ! Only 2 ! What a match ! Benoit locks in the crossface ! Triple H taps and Benoit defies the odds ! An all time classic . I can't see any reason not to give it  ***** . After the match , Benoit and Guerrero embrace in the ring in a true Wrestlemania moment .

8.5/10 . Great Wrestlemania that has something for everyone . The main event is one of the greastest Wrestlemania matches ever and the WWE title match is also amazing . A highly recommended event .

Wrestlemania 21 Review

Wrestlemania 21 Review : Wrestlemania Goes Hollywood 


Lilian Garcia does another fantastic job of America the Beautiful .

The movie parodies by the superstars are shown . I hope they can do this again , as it was done brilliantly in my opinion . They show the Stone Cold Steve Austin one in full . This one was pretty good . Here we go !

Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio
These guys always had amazing matches together . This was no different . What a way to open up a Wrestlemania . They were tag team champions at the time and this was to prove who was better . The crowd applauds the great start to the match . Good to see there is a great , respectful crowd tonight . Amazing corkscrew crossbody to Eddie on the outside . What a match this has been . Mysterio gets the 3-count out of nowhere with a hurricarana . Great opener for 'Mania . ***1/2

Money In The Bank
The first ever MITB match . And we've had so many great ones since this one , but none have had the same impact or have been as good as this one . Can't beat the original . Kane enters but all the other participants come out to attack him . Kane takes out just about everyone with a flying clothesline to the outside . Benoit gives Jericho a german suplex while holding a ladder ! Kane attempts to break Benoit's arm . E&C team up once again . So many great moments in this match . I won't try and list them all . T-Bone off the ladder ! Shelton runs up a ladder and clothelines Jericho ! Absolutely amazing . Benoit diving headbutt from a ladder ! Edge takes advantage of Benoit's injured arm and takes the briefcase . What a classic . ****1/2

Eugene comes out . Well this can't be good . Mohammed Hassan comes out to attack Eugene . Out comes Hulk Hogan to protect America from evil foreigners . Hogan cleans house and everything is once again good in the world .

Undertaker vs Randy Orton
I believe this was the first time the Streak was really referenced . Thankfully they turned Orton heel again because his babyface thing sucked . This match was pretty good though . Druids surround the ring . Undertaker floats down to the arena . Orton is looking impressive in this match . The ref gets knocked out , and Bob Orton interferes to hit Taker with the cast . Only a 2 ! Orton turns a chokeslam into an RKO ! Again only a 2 ! Taker tombstones Orton to pick up the win and go 13-0 . Great match . ***1/2

Trish Stratus vs Christy Hemme
Wasn't Lita healthy enough to wrestle here ? If she was this could have been the best Wrestlemania ever . Instead we get this . At least Christy's great to look at . Well this is pretty sloppy . By ' this '  i mean Hemme . Trish wins with the Chick kick . 1/2*

Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle
This is a huge dream match . It was expected to deliver a great match , but gave us much more . Here we go ! These guys stare each other down , in what is a true Wrestlemania moment . The idiotic ' You screwed Bret' chants start . Amazing mat wrestling at the start with dueling chants from the crowd . Both guys get into a fist fight . HBK takes an angle slam into the ring post . HBK gives Angle a crossbody but HBK's knee hit Angle in the face . HBK leaps from the ring to Angle on the announce table ! Unbelievable . Angle bleeding from the mouth . Sweet chin music turned into an angle lock ! Everyone is on their feet . Angle slam off the top ! Only 2 ! Sweet Chin music ! A 2 count ! Angle lock ! Shawn taps . An absolute classic . *****

Piper's Pit now . Piper calls Stone Cold a rebel and then calls it bullshit . Austin comes down and Piper slaps him in the face . Austin slaps back . They have a good back & forth conversation . Carlito comes down for some reason . Piper and Austin take out Carlito . Austin stuns Piper and leaves . Fun little segment

The Big Show vs Akebono : Sumo Match
This was pretty unique but i'll give it a DUD .

John Cena vs JBL
This match wasn't very good but it is historical . This was Cena's first WWE Championship win and would go on to win around 10 more . This was a lot like the Cena/Big Show opener from WM 20 . I think people were expecting a bit more from it though . It's been all JBL so far . Finally Cena gets his offence in . Cena gets the win with the F-U . I'll give it *1/4 . A great moment .

The 2005 Hall of Fame is shown . A great class here with Paul Orndorff , Hulk Hogan , Roddy Piper , Bob Orton ,Jimmy Hart , Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik . Got to give it Bob for continuing to sell his bruises from earlier .

Batista vs Triple H
This is the same as the last match , in that it is important historically . Although this is the better match and the better storyline with Evolution imploding . Motorhead are here to play HHH to the ring . I think Lemmy may have forgotten the words . Here we go . The main event of a fantastic Wrestlemania . Overall i'll give the match **3/4 .

8.5/10 . This was a fantastic event that just didn't end very well . Watch for 2 great matches , 1 amazing match and 1 absolute classic . Highly recommended .