Growing up a wrestling fan my whole life, Wrestlemania is a tradition at my house. Well this year when Wrestlemania, everyone in my house was left disappointed. There were a lot of key moments left off the show, one being "America the Beautiful", Pyro display, Backstage Interview/Promos, and even a match was scrapped due to time constraints. It felt very rushed at times which kinda ruined the viewing experience. It's definitely not the worst Wrestlemania, but definitely not close to being one of the best. Results Below:
WWE Intercontinental Championship The Miz Def Wade Barret (C) Very dull match, The Miz winning the title set the tone for the show and was only set up to try and sell more people to order the pay per view. 3/10
The Shield Def. Big Show, Sheamus, and Randy Orton Not bad of a match but was very surprised to see as the opener. The crowd was hot for the whole thing which made it even better. It was a little short but still not that bad. All three members of the shield made there Wrestlemania debut and came out with a win. 6/10
Mark Henry Def. Ryback This match was BAD, i had low expectations for this match and was just waiting for Ryback to Shellshock Mark Henry. Well the finish came when Mark Henry fell on Ryback and pinned him. Yeah you read that correctly... After the match Ryback eventually got up and still Shellshocked Henry. So if you were gonna have him do that anyway, than why not just book that as the finish of the match?! Neither man got anything from this. 2/10
WWE Tag Team Championship: Kane and Daniel Bryan (C) Def. Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston First thing's first, someone need's to tell Langston to wear longer attire! Anyway this was a very fun match, I wish it went a little longer than what it did but it was still really entertaining, Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler are the future of this business and this show's you why. 6/10 if it went longer, 7/10
Fandango Def. Chris Jericho Chris Jericho is definitely the right guy that was chosen to go against Fandango in his debut. Y2J is a veteran and was able to help Fandango go through a pretty good match in his debut. There were a few botches at the end but anything can happen live. Plus both men had a cool entrance. 6/10
World Heavyweight Championship: Alberto Del Rio Def. Jack Swagger No one cared about this match, the only thing that people cared about was to see if Ziggler was going to cash in his MITB contract, which he didn't do. Other than that this match was mediocre at best. 4/10
Undertaker Def. CM Punk W/ Paul Heyman WOW! I was skeptical of how this match was gonna go due to Undertaker's health, damn did he prove me and everybody wrong! These two had an amazing match with an incredible story told in the ring. There was a spot where Taker was laying on the table and Punk went for the "Macho Man" elbow and the table didn't break, looked very painful. Paul Heyman was also a star with just his facial expressions at ringside. Near fall after near fall and the finish came when Punk went to give Undertaker the Tombstone but Taker counter and nailed the Tombstone Piledriver for the win and extend his streak to 21-0. 8.5/10
Triple H Def. Brock Lesnar Very bad spot for these guys to be in as the crowd was tired from Undertaker and Punk but these two tried to give a good match. It was definitely a lot better than the snooze fest the had at Sunmerslam. Not a bad street fight but not Wrestlemania caliber. 6/10
WWE Championship: John Cena Def. The Rock (C) This match was not that good at all. I thought the match they had the year prior was ten times better. The crowd in attendance let them know how they felt, as both men were boo'ed. There were a few points in the match that related to their first encounter that were pretty good, but the last 5 minutes of the match was just each guy going for their finisher so when the finish came it was very anti-climatic. The show ended with The Rock "Passing The Torch" to John Cena as the New York Crowd Boo'ed their ass off. 5/10
For me there was only 3 matches that lived up to the hype and i was left very disappointed when the show was over, not worth $60 but I know i'll order Wrestlemania each year anyway. If you plan on buying the DVD/Blu Ray, I would only get it to watch Undertaker vs. CM Punk and the full Hall of Fame ceremony.
WWE Intercontinental Championship The Miz Def Wade Barret (C) Very dull match, The Miz winning the title set the tone for the show and was only set up to try and sell more people to order the pay per view. 3/10
The Shield Def. Big Show, Sheamus, and Randy Orton Not bad of a match but was very surprised to see as the opener. The crowd was hot for the whole thing which made it even better. It was a little short but still not that bad. All three members of the shield made there Wrestlemania debut and came out with a win. 6/10
Mark Henry Def. Ryback This match was BAD, i had low expectations for this match and was just waiting for Ryback to Shellshock Mark Henry. Well the finish came when Mark Henry fell on Ryback and pinned him. Yeah you read that correctly... After the match Ryback eventually got up and still Shellshocked Henry. So if you were gonna have him do that anyway, than why not just book that as the finish of the match?! Neither man got anything from this. 2/10
WWE Tag Team Championship: Kane and Daniel Bryan (C) Def. Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston First thing's first, someone need's to tell Langston to wear longer attire! Anyway this was a very fun match, I wish it went a little longer than what it did but it was still really entertaining, Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler are the future of this business and this show's you why. 6/10 if it went longer, 7/10
Fandango Def. Chris Jericho Chris Jericho is definitely the right guy that was chosen to go against Fandango in his debut. Y2J is a veteran and was able to help Fandango go through a pretty good match in his debut. There were a few botches at the end but anything can happen live. Plus both men had a cool entrance. 6/10
World Heavyweight Championship: Alberto Del Rio Def. Jack Swagger No one cared about this match, the only thing that people cared about was to see if Ziggler was going to cash in his MITB contract, which he didn't do. Other than that this match was mediocre at best. 4/10
Undertaker Def. CM Punk W/ Paul Heyman WOW! I was skeptical of how this match was gonna go due to Undertaker's health, damn did he prove me and everybody wrong! These two had an amazing match with an incredible story told in the ring. There was a spot where Taker was laying on the table and Punk went for the "Macho Man" elbow and the table didn't break, looked very painful. Paul Heyman was also a star with just his facial expressions at ringside. Near fall after near fall and the finish came when Punk went to give Undertaker the Tombstone but Taker counter and nailed the Tombstone Piledriver for the win and extend his streak to 21-0. 8.5/10
Triple H Def. Brock Lesnar Very bad spot for these guys to be in as the crowd was tired from Undertaker and Punk but these two tried to give a good match. It was definitely a lot better than the snooze fest the had at Sunmerslam. Not a bad street fight but not Wrestlemania caliber. 6/10
WWE Championship: John Cena Def. The Rock (C) This match was not that good at all. I thought the match they had the year prior was ten times better. The crowd in attendance let them know how they felt, as both men were boo'ed. There were a few points in the match that related to their first encounter that were pretty good, but the last 5 minutes of the match was just each guy going for their finisher so when the finish came it was very anti-climatic. The show ended with The Rock "Passing The Torch" to John Cena as the New York Crowd Boo'ed their ass off. 5/10
For me there was only 3 matches that lived up to the hype and i was left very disappointed when the show was over, not worth $60 but I know i'll order Wrestlemania each year anyway. If you plan on buying the DVD/Blu Ray, I would only get it to watch Undertaker vs. CM Punk and the full Hall of Fame ceremony.