- Suplex City, Bitch/10. Dat was fabulous!
- Umm, Reigns acting defiant wouldn't have been as corny as it turned out to be if he wasn't smiling/laughing at Brock.
- Marked out for Rollins cashing in and winning the WWE-WHC, too!
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- Suplex City, Bitch/10. Dat was fabulous!
- Umm, Reigns acting defiant wouldn't have been as corny as it turned out to be if he wasn't smiling/laughing at Brock.
- Marked out for Rollins cashing in and winning the WWE-WHC, too!
I don't think there is a soul out there that has not marked out for suplex-city.
Yea, the smiling shit was unnecessary, but he still played the battered warrior stuff better then Cena.
-The ending was golden. I'm not even a seth rollins super fan, I just found it to be a wrestlemania worthy thing to do. Mid-match cash in on the main event? Nice
Oh, I know. I just need to get a shot in at his major dumbassery every now and then. It keeps me young.
- Ooooh yeah.
- He did, but as you said, the smiling shit was unnecessary and kinda ruined it for me. Roman should've just been like (perhaps doing his roar) and saying 'Bring it, bitch!'. But it is what it is now.
- I've been wanting for Rollins to cash in that baby at Mania ever since he won it last year at MITB, so him actually doing it at Mania was a total mark out moment for me. It was a good booking decision, too.
I just wish I could have a time machine. I'd love to go talk to the Snow back in 2009 who was watching the Denver Debacle, the Al Sharpton episode... whatever crap was going on behind the never-ending Cena vs Orton feud and no new stars being created (well, CM Punk on Smackdown...) as I was learning that this thing I just got into could actually suck really hard... and let that person know just what kind of incredible stuff was on the horizon. He could start by watching Tyler Black vs Bryan Danielson from ROH in 2008, and see that those two incredible athletes would be winning the unified WWE World Heavyweight Title in the main events at Wrestlemania 2014 and 15 in incredible, star-making moments while Cena wins the U.S. Title.
That's pretty damn awesome. And looking back over these last few years, as much as we buried this product, there's a whole lot of great things that have happened and have changed since then.
Meanwhile backstage, I'm sure there were a lot of the guys back there who said "We're getting blasted. The fans are rebelling against our product, we're getting embarassed on social media and completely shown up by NXT... Lets go out there and KILL IT TONIGHT AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE MAIN ROSTER IS ALL ABOUT"... also, I think Cesaro lead that rallying call. Somehow he seems like the perfect rah rah locker room dude. The Ray Lewis of the WWE. And hot damn was the Fatal 4 way tag match for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles indicative of that. They killed each other and we had believable near-falls mid-match in the damn opener - when the New Day hit their combo finish on an Uso I jumped up and screamed, thank you Tyson for saving that - and the champs retain as even Los Matadores looked good. No complaints!
And then... *sigh* Big Show shows up. I don't want to EVER hear a complaint about predictability, every single person knew the Mizdow turn would officially happen here and it was AWESOME! :yay: Everything it should have been and more, and... In a weird way, I'm happy with Big Show winning since it was SO disappointing. It brought me back down to earth a bit, reminded me that despite the awesome presentation and stadium and the pageantry of Wrestlemania, it's still WWE. Also good lord was that a waste of Hideo Itami
JESUS CHRIST SOMEONE GO CHECK ON DEAN AMBROSE
lease: Perfect mix of insanity and safety in the ladder match, and I don't wanna talk about it since Daniel Bryan winning the IC Title... well... that backstage segment was cool... right? Right?
Good lord somewhere backstage Dolph Ziggler after the pop-up powerbomb RKO thought that was a freaking awesome finish! THAT WAS INSANE. Awesome match! This was almost a Randy Orton breakout match as strange as it seems, since he's clearly become the Samoa Joe of the WWE and gives so few fucks that whenever he puts on an awesome performance it's EXTRA SPECIAL AWESOME. Also I love this RKO Outta Nowhere gimmick since... So many WWE matches just leave you "waiting for the finisher" since no other moves really matter, but Randy Orton matches can end at ANY moment. Wait, looking back it seems like every segment had a markout moment...lease:
I loved this show to this point... then Sting showed up... and... Believe it or not, I'm not gonna bury this. Clearly this wasn't for me, but so much of my hatred of Attitude Era guys stems from all these years of no young talent being pushed and... Daniel Bryan and all three Shield guys and Punk and Wyatt a random guy here and there... the days of bitching about young talent not being pushed any more should be over, right? This is really a new generation. and... WWE has SEEMED to do a horrendous job of giving the fans what they want recently, and there was a big market for this. This made dreams come true. People never expected to see Sting in WWE. People always wondered what would happen if D-X and the NWO went to battle. People wanted this. And WWE delivered.
Piss break! :yay: Then chicks went out there and did things, moves were executed and stuff, woo
AND THEN HERE COMES RUSEV IN A MOTHERFUCKING TANK. SORRY ABOUT YOUR PENIS! Bwahahahaha.. okay, I felt really weird about this one. On one hand, Rusev takes the WHOLE match, dominates outside of one stunner spot and the 5MOD. Cena did nothing. Cena was POWERLESS. Rusev was crushing before the Accolade counter into a really stupid finish... Part of me just hated this because "he just hits an Attitude Adjustment and that's it?", but when you think about it... Rusev had Cena in the Accolade a month earlier and Lana ran in to celebrate with the belt since she KNEW it was over, and that lead to Rusev taking advantage of the distraction. This time Rusev kinda trips and Wile E Coyotes the shit out of Lana so Cena just hits one lame ass AA and gets the pin... Ya know, Rusev really does have the upper hand in this feud... and since he came across SO strong in the ring and so vicious in the video package... Ya know, despite the loss this may have elevated Rusev. Also, there's something about the ALL AMERICAN SUPERHERO John Cena giving zero fucks about Lana's well being. AMERICA BABY, YEAH! GUNS AND FOOTBALL AND HOT DOGS AND INEQUALITY WOOOOO!
oh geez, this. Triple H and Stephanie came out and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and oh hi Rock and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and oh shit here's Ronda Rousey it's on now!!! and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and...
...and then after waking up from a Authority-induced coma, I wish I could have seen more talking. Bray vs Taker SUCKED. Don't know if Taker's just done or bad chemistry or actual expectations or what, but this match was really not good.
And then Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns happened... and... If you haven't seen this: WATCH IT. NOW. I'll finish this later because this is already text city, bitch.
Anyway, this show was NOT equal to the sum of its parts. Noticed I complained quite a bit, but so much of this show was fascinating. Whether or not it's "what is the NWO gonna do?" or "will Bray and Taker come up with some crazy supernatural BS?" or "How is Ronda Rousey gonna fuck Steph up?", there was ALWAYS something keeping your attention. Everyone involved with this show wound up looking better (well, Wyatt...). The presentation, the entrances, the outdoor stadium made a HUGE difference. And overall, at a time when the fan faith in WWE was on more of life support, WWE hit a damned grand slam that they had to do out of a Wrestlemania most fans were forcing themselves to watch. At least Sting losing means there's plenty of crow for us haters to share... mmmmmm. That's some pretty tasty crow, too.
That's pretty damn awesome. And looking back over these last few years, as much as we buried this product, there's a whole lot of great things that have happened and have changed since then.
Meanwhile backstage, I'm sure there were a lot of the guys back there who said "We're getting blasted. The fans are rebelling against our product, we're getting embarassed on social media and completely shown up by NXT... Lets go out there and KILL IT TONIGHT AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE MAIN ROSTER IS ALL ABOUT"... also, I think Cesaro lead that rallying call. Somehow he seems like the perfect rah rah locker room dude. The Ray Lewis of the WWE. And hot damn was the Fatal 4 way tag match for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles indicative of that. They killed each other and we had believable near-falls mid-match in the damn opener - when the New Day hit their combo finish on an Uso I jumped up and screamed, thank you Tyson for saving that - and the champs retain as even Los Matadores looked good. No complaints!
And then... *sigh* Big Show shows up. I don't want to EVER hear a complaint about predictability, every single person knew the Mizdow turn would officially happen here and it was AWESOME! :yay: Everything it should have been and more, and... In a weird way, I'm happy with Big Show winning since it was SO disappointing. It brought me back down to earth a bit, reminded me that despite the awesome presentation and stadium and the pageantry of Wrestlemania, it's still WWE. Also good lord was that a waste of Hideo Itami
JESUS CHRIST SOMEONE GO CHECK ON DEAN AMBROSE
lease: Perfect mix of insanity and safety in the ladder match, and I don't wanna talk about it since Daniel Bryan winning the IC Title... well... that backstage segment was cool... right? Right?Good lord somewhere backstage Dolph Ziggler after the pop-up powerbomb RKO thought that was a freaking awesome finish! THAT WAS INSANE. Awesome match! This was almost a Randy Orton breakout match as strange as it seems, since he's clearly become the Samoa Joe of the WWE and gives so few fucks that whenever he puts on an awesome performance it's EXTRA SPECIAL AWESOME. Also I love this RKO Outta Nowhere gimmick since... So many WWE matches just leave you "waiting for the finisher" since no other moves really matter, but Randy Orton matches can end at ANY moment. Wait, looking back it seems like every segment had a markout moment...
lease:I loved this show to this point... then Sting showed up... and... Believe it or not, I'm not gonna bury this. Clearly this wasn't for me, but so much of my hatred of Attitude Era guys stems from all these years of no young talent being pushed and... Daniel Bryan and all three Shield guys and Punk and Wyatt a random guy here and there... the days of bitching about young talent not being pushed any more should be over, right? This is really a new generation. and... WWE has SEEMED to do a horrendous job of giving the fans what they want recently, and there was a big market for this. This made dreams come true. People never expected to see Sting in WWE. People always wondered what would happen if D-X and the NWO went to battle. People wanted this. And WWE delivered.
Piss break! :yay: Then chicks went out there and did things, moves were executed and stuff, woo
AND THEN HERE COMES RUSEV IN A MOTHERFUCKING TANK. SORRY ABOUT YOUR PENIS! Bwahahahaha.. okay, I felt really weird about this one. On one hand, Rusev takes the WHOLE match, dominates outside of one stunner spot and the 5MOD. Cena did nothing. Cena was POWERLESS. Rusev was crushing before the Accolade counter into a really stupid finish... Part of me just hated this because "he just hits an Attitude Adjustment and that's it?", but when you think about it... Rusev had Cena in the Accolade a month earlier and Lana ran in to celebrate with the belt since she KNEW it was over, and that lead to Rusev taking advantage of the distraction. This time Rusev kinda trips and Wile E Coyotes the shit out of Lana so Cena just hits one lame ass AA and gets the pin... Ya know, Rusev really does have the upper hand in this feud... and since he came across SO strong in the ring and so vicious in the video package... Ya know, despite the loss this may have elevated Rusev. Also, there's something about the ALL AMERICAN SUPERHERO John Cena giving zero fucks about Lana's well being. AMERICA BABY, YEAH! GUNS AND FOOTBALL AND HOT DOGS AND INEQUALITY WOOOOO!
oh geez, this. Triple H and Stephanie came out and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and oh hi Rock and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and oh shit here's Ronda Rousey it's on now!!! and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked and...
...and then after waking up from a Authority-induced coma, I wish I could have seen more talking. Bray vs Taker SUCKED. Don't know if Taker's just done or bad chemistry or actual expectations or what, but this match was really not good.
And then Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns happened... and... If you haven't seen this: WATCH IT. NOW. I'll finish this later because this is already text city, bitch.
Anyway, this show was NOT equal to the sum of its parts. Noticed I complained quite a bit, but so much of this show was fascinating. Whether or not it's "what is the NWO gonna do?" or "will Bray and Taker come up with some crazy supernatural BS?" or "How is Ronda Rousey gonna fuck Steph up?", there was ALWAYS something keeping your attention. Everyone involved with this show wound up looking better (well, Wyatt...). The presentation, the entrances, the outdoor stadium made a HUGE difference. And overall, at a time when the fan faith in WWE was on more of life support, WWE hit a damned grand slam that they had to do out of a Wrestlemania most fans were forcing themselves to watch. At least Sting losing means there's plenty of crow for us haters to share... mmmmmm. That's some pretty tasty crow, too.
Ok now I have the time I can bring in a full review:
I think this PPV gets and 8.5/10 after now looking it over, I want to point out how rare it is to have an outdoor Wresltemania on the Pacific Coast, that puts almost all matches out in the daylight, even the entrances of Taker and Wyatt AND they still did a good job on making them look good. The ATGBR I expected a better winner, I wanted to see Miz and Mizdow as the last 2 in the ring to see Mizdow beat the shit out of the Miz to win, but no... Big Show had to still be in there. I don't care if he represents ATG well, Mizdow is someone who should of deserved that win. The tag match I did not see, but I heard it was alright, but it had the usual heel angle of the champion kicking somebody out of the ring while he made the pin fall. Onto the main card, the ladder match, now I still didn't see that match, but it looked like some good shit happened, i'm hearing Ambrose went insane this match, Daniel Bryan winning is great representation for the Intercontinental Title. Orton vs. Rollins I heard had a crazy match, great work done by both men, Orton winning showed us a little bit of a sign of what Rollins was gonna do later in the night. Orton had some nice old school ring gear too, elbow pads and his red trunks, that said Legend Killer right there. Now comes Triple H vs. Sting, now that I think about it... I think the DX and nWo interference were sort of stupid, always bringing up the Monday Night Wars like that. They did it, just for the hardcore WWE fans, well it wasn't that much of a good move, and Triple H beating Sting was upsetting, I wanted to see Sting win that shit. I think next was the musical performance with Travis Barker and 2 other pop shit musicians, honestly WWE doesn't need that crap. Then came our divas match and I didn't really pay attention to that. Next was Cena vs. Ruzev, Ruzev's entrance, as it was said by many people, was AMAZING, now they kinda threw Lana in there last minute because Ruzev looks good with a manager, now shes gone again. I find it funny how when Cena came nearly the whole crowd was signing "John Cena Suuuucks" and Cena of course stuck to his nintendo controller move set, well, EXCEPT the Stunner. It was ridiculous how the commentators were just like "The Evolution of Cena" all excited and shit, bruh its just one new move, Daniel Bryan can pull off 5 new moves in one night. Then of course it ends how we all expected, Cena Wins LOL, but that at least makes the US title look a lot better. Now comes that lengthy Triple H - Rock - Steph - Ronda Rowsy segment so the sun can set a little bit for Wyatt and Taker. It was lame, The Rock just being like "Now that it a Wresltemania moment" If that was a WM Moment then Ronda should of DECKED Stephanie. Totally lame it should of been better for a very long segment. Now Taker and Wyatt, as I said still sunlight out but the entrances worked well with Wyatt's zombies and Takers usual entrance. Undertaker looked a hella lot younger, I swear he looked a lot like Biker Undertaker win the jeans and the hair.Taker still has it going 22-1, it was good, but I wanted Wyatt to get that win. Onto Reigns vs. Lesnar... I knew going into this match it would be a Lesnar slaughter with Lesnar looking like a big baby when Roman got his own "Moves of doom" in. It was Suplex City and they had Roman LAUGH during it, making him look like this all big tough guy, THEN GET IN SOME FUCKIN OFFENSE. Yeah he made Brock bleed, good, but that's it, the rest of his moves were mostly Superman punches and spears, that's all he does! Brock could take twice as many hits as Roman Reigns, but then finally what I was waiting for came. Fuckin Rollins with the mother fuckin MITB breifcase, YES!!!! Rollins just saved and when he was in the F5 position or when I saw Roman up I almost lost it because it immediatley looked like Roman was gonna win after Rollins cashed in. But then Rollins survived and won the belt, thats a great way to end the show.
I think this PPV gets and 8.5/10 after now looking it over, I want to point out how rare it is to have an outdoor Wresltemania on the Pacific Coast, that puts almost all matches out in the daylight, even the entrances of Taker and Wyatt AND they still did a good job on making them look good. The ATGBR I expected a better winner, I wanted to see Miz and Mizdow as the last 2 in the ring to see Mizdow beat the shit out of the Miz to win, but no... Big Show had to still be in there. I don't care if he represents ATG well, Mizdow is someone who should of deserved that win. The tag match I did not see, but I heard it was alright, but it had the usual heel angle of the champion kicking somebody out of the ring while he made the pin fall. Onto the main card, the ladder match, now I still didn't see that match, but it looked like some good shit happened, i'm hearing Ambrose went insane this match, Daniel Bryan winning is great representation for the Intercontinental Title. Orton vs. Rollins I heard had a crazy match, great work done by both men, Orton winning showed us a little bit of a sign of what Rollins was gonna do later in the night. Orton had some nice old school ring gear too, elbow pads and his red trunks, that said Legend Killer right there. Now comes Triple H vs. Sting, now that I think about it... I think the DX and nWo interference were sort of stupid, always bringing up the Monday Night Wars like that. They did it, just for the hardcore WWE fans, well it wasn't that much of a good move, and Triple H beating Sting was upsetting, I wanted to see Sting win that shit. I think next was the musical performance with Travis Barker and 2 other pop shit musicians, honestly WWE doesn't need that crap. Then came our divas match and I didn't really pay attention to that. Next was Cena vs. Ruzev, Ruzev's entrance, as it was said by many people, was AMAZING, now they kinda threw Lana in there last minute because Ruzev looks good with a manager, now shes gone again. I find it funny how when Cena came nearly the whole crowd was signing "John Cena Suuuucks" and Cena of course stuck to his nintendo controller move set, well, EXCEPT the Stunner. It was ridiculous how the commentators were just like "The Evolution of Cena" all excited and shit, bruh its just one new move, Daniel Bryan can pull off 5 new moves in one night. Then of course it ends how we all expected, Cena Wins LOL, but that at least makes the US title look a lot better. Now comes that lengthy Triple H - Rock - Steph - Ronda Rowsy segment so the sun can set a little bit for Wyatt and Taker. It was lame, The Rock just being like "Now that it a Wresltemania moment" If that was a WM Moment then Ronda should of DECKED Stephanie. Totally lame it should of been better for a very long segment. Now Taker and Wyatt, as I said still sunlight out but the entrances worked well with Wyatt's zombies and Takers usual entrance. Undertaker looked a hella lot younger, I swear he looked a lot like Biker Undertaker win the jeans and the hair.Taker still has it going 22-1, it was good, but I wanted Wyatt to get that win. Onto Reigns vs. Lesnar... I knew going into this match it would be a Lesnar slaughter with Lesnar looking like a big baby when Roman got his own "Moves of doom" in. It was Suplex City and they had Roman LAUGH during it, making him look like this all big tough guy, THEN GET IN SOME FUCKIN OFFENSE. Yeah he made Brock bleed, good, but that's it, the rest of his moves were mostly Superman punches and spears, that's all he does! Brock could take twice as many hits as Roman Reigns, but then finally what I was waiting for came. Fuckin Rollins with the mother fuckin MITB breifcase, YES!!!! Rollins just saved and when he was in the F5 position or when I saw Roman up I almost lost it because it immediatley looked like Roman was gonna win after Rollins cashed in. But then Rollins survived and won the belt, thats a great way to end the show.
IMO, the PPV would've been so much better if the Battle Royal didn't have Big Show winning, the IC title match had 5 more minutes, Sting vs Triple H had Sting winning, giving a bit more time to other matches by removing time from live performances and the Rousey segment but otherwise, it was great. Perhaps my expectations were lowered this year but it was good. Rollins vs Orton was maybe the MOTN for me, IC title match was great and RIP Ambrose, Sting vs Triple H's actual wrestling was decent, so was Wyatt vs Taker's, Cena vs Rusev was good with a SPRINGBOARD STUNNER of all moves, Lesnar vs Reigns was pretty good, but it was mainly dominant Brock and then suddenly Reigns pulls a Cena and spams his finishing moves (which for some reason I found hilarious at that point).