I really didn't find WrestleMania to be that bad. Yes, there's a few things that I didn't like, but I was still entertained for most of the four hours.
It might just be because I'm a mark for ladder matches, but I thought Money in The Bank was very good this year. Kofi climbing up the ladder that Henry was holding was amazing, and Shelton's dive was just insane. I really thought Christian had it when he stopped himself on the top rope, great moment. I guess I'm about the only one that doesn't mind Punk winning it again.
After MITB though, some stuff started popping up that I didn't like. Did we really need to see Kid fucking Rock? Was his mini-concert really more important then the TAG TITLES BEING UNIFIED?! (Too add to that, the wrong team won the tag match). The womens battle royal...Lets just say that I wouldn't have minded if this had been pulled from the card instead.
Steamboat's performance made the handicap match awesome for me. I was not expecting much from this match, but Steamboat surprised the hell out of me. It made Piper and Snuka seem like they were an unneeded speed bump in the match, we had to waist some time getting them out of there before we could mark out for Dragon. I didn't really mind the post-match with Rourke, but...Well, nothing special...
The Extreme Rules match was awesome. I know, I just can't help but be a fan of the Hardy's. Loved the spots they pulled out in this one, and damn, what a finish.
I've seen some people complain about the IC title match, but it worked for me. Not much to say about it. Maybe we'll end up getting a second-long match every year at Mania now. Congrats, Chavo, you've started a tradition.
I can't say much more about Taker/Michaels that hasn't already been said. Awesome match, definite match of the year candidate.
The triple threat was not a bad match at all. I enjoyed it. Cena's legdrop to the outside, Show going threw the barricade, Cena being speared in midair, and Cena picking picking up both Show and Edge were all great spots imo. I wasn't sure what to expect from this match going in, so I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.
And the main event...I tried so hard to get into this match as I was watching it, but it just wasn't that special. They put the "Get DQ'd and lose the title" stips on Trips, but then they went out there and tried to have a No DQ like brawl. And half of the time, the ref was even treating it like a No DQ match. I thought it started out promising with them hitting their finishers early, and out of no-where, but it just dragged on from there, and ended up with Trips completly owning Orton. And not in a good way imo. They couldn't have Orton get in one last move before Trips took him out? Come on.
Overall, there's a few things I didn't like (Like taking out the god damn tag match!!!), but I still thought it was an enjoyable WrestleMania.
