Infinite
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Post by Infinite on Mar 29, 2017 6:11:07 GMT -5
I feel like it's been pretty rough since 26. 27 was arguably one of the worst ever 28 was pretty eh but I liked the Taker vs Triple H thing 29 was a dumpster fire 30 was entirely carried by the Daniel Bryan angle (yeah the streak ended but the match was horrible) 31 was mediocre at best with a great ending 32 was about as bad as 29
Early-mid 2000's was easily the best run WWE has ever had for Wrestlemania. They struck a great balance of spectacle AND a great wrestling show that felt contained within what the company had been doing for the last year. Now it just feels like a one-off crapfest every year that pays more attention to the staging and pyro than actually giving the fans the best card of the year.
17-24 were pretty much all As (22 and 23 might be Bs) 13-16 were pretty much all bad with like 1 or 2 great matches each haven't watched 1-12 for a long time but I remember most of them being really bad with the exception of 4, 6, and 8 which I think were solid. 10 was a masterpiece.
I think Summerslam has historically been a better event.
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kev bamber
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Post by kev bamber on Mar 29, 2017 6:56:13 GMT -5
oh how I wished dean shane douglas was still doing his classroom segments
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torriefan4life
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Post by torriefan4life on Mar 29, 2017 7:09:26 GMT -5
WM 1- B WM 2- C- WM 3- A Wm 4- B+ WM 5- A WM 6- B- WM 7- A WM 8- C WM 9- D WM 10- B WM 11- F WM 12- B WM 13- D WM 14- A WM 15- C WM 16- F WM 17- A WM 18- A WM 19- A WM 20- C WM 21- A WM 22- F WM 23- C WM 24- C WM 25- D WM 26- F WM 27- F WM 28- B WM 29- D WM 30- A WM 31- A WM 32- D
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Post by The Undertaker on Mar 29, 2017 7:12:45 GMT -5
WrestleMania 1- C WrestleMania 2- F WrestleMania 3- A- WrestleMania 4- C WrestleMania 5- B+ WrestleMania 6- B+ WrestleMania 7- D- WrestleMania 8- C WrestleMania 9- F WrestleMania 10- D+ WrestleMania 11- F WrestleMania 12- C+ WrestleMania 13- D WrestleMania 14- B WrestleMania 15- D WrestleMania 16- F WrestleMania 17- A+ WrestleMania 18- B+ WrestleMania 19- A WrestleMania 20- B WrestleMania 21- B+ WrestleMania 22- B- Wrestlemania 23- B WrestleMania 24- A+ WrestleMania 25- D- WrestleMania 26- B- WrestleMania 27- D WrestleMania 28- B+ WrestleMania 29- D- WrestleMania 30- B+ WrestleMania 31- A WrestleMania 32- D-
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Post by bigshab421 on Mar 29, 2017 7:55:51 GMT -5
Wrestlemania 1- C
Wrestlemania 2- F Wrestlemania 3- B
Wrestlemania 4- B
Wrestlemania 5- B
Wrestlemania 6- B
Wrestlemania 7- B
Wrestlemania 8- B
Wrestlemania 9- C
Wrestlemania 10- B
Wrestlemania 11- F
Wrestlemania 12- B
Wrestlemania 13- B Wrestlemania 14- B
Wrestlemania 15- C Wrestlemania 16- C
Wrestlemania 17- A
Wrestlemania 18- B
Wrestlemania 19- A
Wrestlemania 20- A
Wrestlemania 21- A
Wrestlemania 22- B
Wrestlemania 23- B
Wrestlemania 24- A
Wrestlemania 25- C
Wrestlemania 26- C
Wrestlemania 27- F
Wrestlemania 28- A
Wrestlemania 29- D
Wrestlemania 30- A
Wrestlemania 31- A Wrestlemania 32- F
The A shows n my eyes are shows that had more than 3 great matches (i.e. WM 31 had Rollins/Orton, Sting/HHH, IC Ladder Match, Cena/Rusev, and Lesnar/Reigns)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 10:22:07 GMT -5
For me, Mania 8 and 9 get a HUGE resounding F, and anybody who rates them any higher oughta rewatch the show.
Mania 8 features the main event halfway through the show, which is a great moment when Macho Man rolls up Flair.. but it's proceeded by Owen Hart vs Skinner. The tag team title match also has no ending. The main event Hogan vs Sid is hopeless, forced and also has no finish. Warrior comes out to save the day and the good guys celebrate together to close the show... seemed a lot of effort to keep Flair/Savage away from top billing.
And can anything good really be said about Mania 9? Lex vs Perfect was the only match with any substantial build, and it was a massive anticlimax. Yoko vs Bret is infamous for both men being fed to Hogan, for no reason.... Giant Gonzalez.... the Roman theme may have been more bareable on a less tanking show. I've always enjoyed the HBK vs Tatanka opener, mind.
Those shows really make me appreciate modern WrestleManias.
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jakksking1
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Post by jakksking1 on Mar 29, 2017 10:57:07 GMT -5
For me, Mania 8 and 9 get a HUGE resounding F, and anybody who rates them any higher oughta rewatch the show. Mania 8 features the main event halfway through the show, which is a great moment when Macho Man rolls up Flair.. but it's proceeded by Owen Hart vs Skinner. The tag team title match also has no ending. The main event Hogan vs Sid is hopeless, forced and also has no finish. Warrior comes out to save the day and the good guys celebrate together to close the show... seemed a lot of effort to keep Flair/Savage away from top billing. And can anything good really be said about Mania 9? Lex vs Perfect was the only match with any substantial build, and it was a massive anticlimax. Yoko vs Bret is infamous for both men being fed to Hogan, for no reason.... Giant Gonzalez.... the Roman theme may have been more bareable on a less tanking show. I've always enjoyed the HBK vs Tatanka opener, mind. Those shows really make me appreciate modern WrestleManias. 9 is the worst Mania of all time, nothing redeeming in that show, unless you count JRs debut in a toga.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 12:06:10 GMT -5
WM 1- C WM 2- C- WM 3- A Wm 4- C WM 5- B+ WM 6- A WM 7- B+ WM 8- B WM 9- D WM 10- D WM 11- F WM 12- B- WM 13- D WM 14- A WM 15- B WM 16- F WM 17- B+ WM 18- C WM 19- C WM 20- B+ WM 21- D WM 22- F WM 23- C WM 24- C WM 25- B WM 26- B WM 27- F WM 28- B- WM 29- D WM 30- A WM 31- B WM 32- B+
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Post by LA Times on Mar 29, 2017 20:28:13 GMT -5
WM32 wasn't that bad. Hating Roman is just the popular thing to do. I sat through almost 8 hours of it in the stadium. It was a brutal show. Didnt help that the next night they basically undid the results (Shane becomes GM anyways even though he lost comes to mind) Also, Brie Bella retiring without putting anybody over AJ Styles winning a #1 contender match for the WWE Championship the next night after jobbing to Chris Jericho Zack Ryder dropping the IC Championship to the Miz the next night, making his "Wrestlemania Moment" look like it was given out of pity Baron Corbin doing almost nothing for a few months after winning the ATGMBR Dean Ambrose winning the WWE Championship after being made to look like a preliminary wrestler by Brock Lesnar League of Nations disbanding after beating New Day
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 29, 2017 22:22:13 GMT -5
Wrestlemania 1- C Wrestlemania 2- F Wrestlemania 3- A Wrestlemania 4- D Wrestlemania 5- A Wrestlemania 6- B Wrestlemania 7- D Wrestlemania 8- B Wrestlemania 9- F Wrestlemania 10- A Wrestlemania 11- F Wrestlemania 12- B Wrestlemania 13- D Wrestlemania 14- B Wrestlemania 15- D Wrestlemania 16- D Wrestlemania 17- A Wrestlemania 18- B Wrestlemania 19- A Wrestlemania 20- B Wrestlemania 21- B Wrestlemania 22- D Wrestlemania 23- A Wrestlemania 24- B Wrestlemania 25- F Wrestlemania 26- B Wrestlemania 27- F Wrestlemania 28- B Wrestlemania 29- D Wrestlemania 30- B Wrestlemania 31- C Wrestlemania 32- F
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PVA
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Too hot to handle and too cold to hold
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Post by PVA on Mar 30, 2017 6:52:45 GMT -5
Shame on yall giving wrestlemania 7 a C or worse. Top 5 WM in my book. Underrated as the card was solid top to bottom and the filler was kept short. Holds up best from the early wrestlemanias
I'm probably biased as I have a lot of nostalgia for it & the retirement match is my favorite; the feud, buildup to the match and post match was perfect.
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jakksking1
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Post by jakksking1 on Mar 30, 2017 10:25:47 GMT -5
I sat through almost 8 hours of it in the stadium. It was a brutal show. Didnt help that the next night they basically undid the results (Shane becomes GM anyways even though he lost comes to mind) Also, Brie Bella retiring without putting anybody over AJ Styles winning a #1 contender match for the WWE Championship the next night after jobbing to Chris Jericho Zack Ryder dropping the IC Championship to the Miz the next night, making his "Wrestlemania Moment" look like it was given out of pity Baron Corbin doing almost nothing for a few months after winning the ATGMBR Dean Ambrose winning the WWE Championship after being made to look like a preliminary wrestler by Brock Lesnar League of Nations disbanding after beating New Day League of Nations beating New Day was baffling since it was clear they were breaking up with BNB leaving. Having them and your hottest act beat up by a bunch of retired 50 year olds made them look even worse. nothing made sense about this Mania.
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Post by bababooey on Mar 30, 2017 10:41:56 GMT -5
WM32 wasn't that bad. Hating Roman is just the popular thing to do. I sat through almost 8 hours of it in the stadium. It was a brutal show. Didnt help that the next night they basically undid the results (Shane becomes GM anyways even though he lost comes to mind) I feel like that 8 hours is the key. It was an outright exhausting show. By the main event the only thing on my mind was "When is this show f***ing over!?! I still gotta watch the season finale of Walking Dead before someone spoils it and I gotta go to work in the morning." That's my biggest fear for this year as well. Seems like it's gonna be just as long and competing with the season finale of Walking Dead again. Anyway, it's hard to give every Wrestlemania a letter grade now when it's out of context. You have to think about what it was for its time. Think about what was possible at the time, who was available, how was business done, what was the buildup, did it make sense, was it getting the crowd hyped, etc.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Mar 30, 2017 10:57:34 GMT -5
I sat through almost 8 hours of it in the stadium. It was a brutal show. Didnt help that the next night they basically undid the results (Shane becomes GM anyways even though he lost comes to mind) Also, Brie Bella retiring without putting anybody over AJ Styles winning a #1 contender match for the WWE Championship the next night after jobbing to Chris Jericho Zack Ryder dropping the IC Championship to the Miz the next night, making his "Wrestlemania Moment" look like it was given out of pity Baron Corbin doing almost nothing for a few months after winning the ATGMBRDean Ambrose winning the WWE Championship after being made to look like a preliminary wrestler by Brock Lesnar League of Nations disbanding after beating New Day To be fair, has anyone done anything right after winning the Andre battle royal? Cesaro became a Paul Heyman guy which killed any momentum he had at the time and Big Show hasn't done anything in years.
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ππ΅πβοΈ
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Post by ππ΅πβοΈ on Apr 24, 2017 21:10:28 GMT -5
WrestleMania - A+ 2 - A+ III - A+ IV - A+ V - A+ VI - A+ VII - A+ VIII - A+ IX - A+ X - A+ XI - A+ XII - A+ 13 - A+ XIV - A+ XV - A+ 2000 - A+ X-Seven - A+ X8 - A+ XIX - A+ XX - A+ 21 - A+ 22 - A+ 23 - A+ XXIV - A+ XXV - A+ XXVI - A+ XXVII - A+ XXVIII - A+ 29 - A+ XXX - A+ 31 - A+ 32 - A+ 33 - A+
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Post by PJ on Apr 25, 2017 5:23:31 GMT -5
I am not going to go back and rate them, because at this point I don't remember the cards for most of them. For me, Mania 8 and 9 get a HUGE resounding F, and anybody who rates them any higher oughta rewatch the show. Mania 8 features the main event halfway through the show, which is a great moment when Macho Man rolls up Flair.. but it's proceeded by Owen Hart vs Skinner. The tag team title match also has no ending. The main event Hogan vs Sid is hopeless, forced and also has no finish. Warrior comes out to save the day and the good guys celebrate together to close the show... seemed a lot of effort to keep Flair/Savage away from top billing. And can anything good really be said about Mania 9? Lex vs Perfect was the only match with any substantial build, and it was a massive anticlimax. Yoko vs Bret is infamous for both men being fed to Hogan, for no reason.... Giant Gonzalez.... the Roman theme may have been more bareable on a less tanking show. I've always enjoyed the HBK vs Tatanka opener, mind. Those shows really make me appreciate modern WrestleManias. 9 is the worst Mania of all time, nothing redeeming in that show, unless you count JRs debut in a toga. I couldn't disagree more with that statement, because one of my "Top 3" all-time matches was on he card...Steiners vs the Headshrinkers.
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Post by Manning Of Steel on Apr 25, 2017 9:26:32 GMT -5
I'm only doing the ones I watched live:
14 - B 15 - C 16 - C 17 - A 18 - B 19 - A 20 - A 21 - B 22 - B 23 - B 24 - B 25 - C 26 - C 27 - D 28 - A 29 - C 30 - A 31 - A 32 - F(I feel harsh for this one because of all the injuries but there was no saving this dumpster fire!) 33 - C
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Post by marino13 on Apr 25, 2017 10:19:49 GMT -5
Wrestlemania 1- C+ Wrestlemania 2- D Wrestlemania 3- A (changed the WWE forever) Wrestlemania 4- A- (I loved Savage winning) Wrestlemania 5- B Wrestlemania 6- B+ (Warrior/Hogan was great) Wrestlemania 7- C+ Wrestlemania 8- B Wrestlemania 9- D (my least favorite thanks to Hogan) Wrestlemania 10- B+ Wrestlemania 11- D Wrestlemania 12- C- Wrestlemania 13- C Wrestlemania 14- C+ Wrestlemania 15- C- Wrestlemania 16- C- Wrestlemania 17- A+ Wrestlemania 18- B- Wrestlemania 19- B+ Wrestlemania 20- A (Benoit winning was magic) Wrestlemania 21- B+ Wrestlemania 22- C Wrestlemania 23- C Wrestlemania 24- B Wrestlemania 25- C Wrestlemania 26- C Wrestlemania 27- C Wrestlemania 28- B+ (End of an Era gives this extra credit) Wrestlemania 29- B- Wrestlemania 30- A+ (Bryan saga was perfect) Wrestlemania 31- B+ Wrestlemania 32- C (Injuries and length hurt this event but so did some of the booking) Wrestlemania 33- B (Length was still an issue)
IMO an "F" would only be warranted if they lost power and nobody wrestled.
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jgone
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Post by jgone on Apr 25, 2017 10:43:50 GMT -5
only gonna grade the last two...with an F. Not a lot of build or story these days leading up to WM. its basically just a throw together. whole some of the matches were still good, I remember when I was a kid these things were getting a lot of Build. Owen and Bret....Heck even Piper and Goldust. lol
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Post by Kanenite on Apr 25, 2017 11:10:13 GMT -5
Anything before 12 isn't really fresh in my mind or I haven't ever watched the full show so I'll rank 12-32 A - 17, 18, 19, 24 B - 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28 C - 15, 26, 29, 30 D - 12, 13, 25 E - 31 F - 27, 32 Plus another F for WM 33
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