Official Wrestlemania XXV Thread: 4/5/09

I think i'm one of the few who liked HHH win, yes matchwise they could have done more if Orton won (Extreme rules, HIAC) but storylinewise, the only think Orton really had left to do to HHH was win the title, if he did that then it would be hard to continue the fued imo as Orton would have no reason to fight HHH

It wasn't as bad of a show as people made it out to be.

MITB was a sick match with some insane bumps. Perfect way to open the show. Had me screaming and on the edge of my seat. Punk winning was a downfall but it'll be interesting.

Kid Rock performing was decent but just a bit too long.

Diva Battle Royal was good for a piss break. Santino winning is a crapthing but it played off alright and was a funny Wrestlemania moment.

Jericho vs. Piper, Snuka and Steamboat was a fantastic match that told a great story. I loved every moment of it. Jericho winning was perfect.

Hardy vs. Hardy was an amazingly well done bout that once again told a great story. Some of the bumps were pretty sick and everything flowed well. Matt picking up the win was well deserved and will be a big boost for him.

JBL vs. Rey was what I knew it would be and that was a quick match just to give Rey the title. JBL announcing he quit was nice because now hopefully he will be right back to announcing.

Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels kicked all kinds of ass. This match was given a great amount of time and was without a doubt one of the best and well worked matches I've seen in my 8/9 years of watching. This match had me on the edge of my seat and I'll be honest, I fell off my seat/couch when Michaels kicked out of the tombstone just because it was that amazing. Everything had my heart racing and had me clapping. I have never been so into a match in my life. A 10/10, 5-star match.

Big Show vs. Cena vs. Edge was a great match for me seeing as I am a huge fan of all three men. Some nice effort and action was put into this match. It was given a decent amount of time and played off well. Cena winning was great to witness and was a highlight of the show to me.

Triple H vs. Randy Orton's match made no sense really and to be honest the build-up to this match warranted a specialty match. This was a horrible choice as main event and I would've put the Triple Threat in its place.

Overall the show wasn't horrible but it was NOT a 10/10 show or something to go nuts about. For what it was I found it enjoyable.

Man, this Wrestlemania just took the cake for my least favorite Wrestlemania of all time. It was absolutely horrible, even with HBK/Taker. Didn't have that WM feel, AT ALL!

First, they pulled a ing advertised match last minute. I wanted to see that damn tag match.

Then, the Money in the Bank match was probably the worst one yet. So many botches, and it was very short. Plus, ing CM Punk wins, again!?

Kid Rock sucked.

The Divas Battle Royal was pointless. They didn't even really acknowledge the past Divas. Santino winning was ing stupid, making the whole thing pointless.


Chris Jericho vs. the legends was stupid. There was need to see Snuka and Piper wrestle. They shoulda been in the corner with Flair. Steamboat, on the other hand was very impressive. The guy's still got it. But overall, the match wasn't that good and it should have been Steamboat and Jericho one on one, with more time.

The Hardy match was decent, but really not what I expected. I was expecting a longer, more exciting match, with some bigger spot(s). Plus, it seemed to me like Matt was playing the role of the face in this. He got little to no offense in the whole match. Made him look weak, even though he won. I will admit, the Twist of Fate with the chair was pretty cool.

JBL vs. Mysterio was ing stupid, and a waste of time. Why the are they making JBL go out like this (assuming he really is done). Mysterio looked stupid as , and the 20 seconds or so match was dumb, making JBL look incredible weak. In his home state, why couldn't they have let him gone back to his Texas routes, and gone out on top, and announced his retirement to a standing ovation?

Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels. What can I say? Match of the night, without a doubt. (it's not saying much though). I was on the edge of my seat. The counters, spots, and suspense was awesome. Easily Undertaker's greatest Wrestlemania match of all time, but not Shawn Michaels, iyam.

John Cena's entrance was ing intellectually- disabled. Edge, the god damn World Champ gets a quick entrance, first, while a challenger (Cena) gets some big deal of an entrance? ing dumb. I marked, though, for Basic Thuganomics, only to be disappointed by the crapthat followed it. The match overall was nothing great. I liked the spot with Cena getting speared mid-air. While it wasn't the worst match of the night (I'm looking at you, Orton vs. Triple H) it wasn't very good either. Cena winning just adds to the terribleness. Why the are all Edge's title reigns so damn short. They never give him any time to run with the belt. And John Cena as champion is just so ing boring and stale at this point. Enough. I would've been more pleased if Show won.

Stone Cold 10 minute beer drinking was pointless. The guy got his send of on Saturday, and really when the whole HoF class came out. He should have brought out some beers and drank up with the other new HoFers instead. It made all the other HoF inductees look pointless.


My god, this WWE Title Match is an easy candidate for worst Wrestlemania main event of all time, maybe even worst WM match in general. So boring. Nothing exciting, although the finishers early on was a nice try...it really didn't work out too well. Triple H winning was boring, and the 'celebration' sucked. The show just...didn't have a 'WM' ending.


Overall, the show sucked. And I'm glad my cable company screwed up by not getting the HD version to come in, 20 minutes into the event. So they just gave up and said we wouldn't be charged. So, I order the SD version, and if we get billed for it we're going to say we never received the event and guy on the phone promised we wouldn't be charged. (which, he did)



ugh.

I did some quick calculating and there was roughly two hours total of actual match time last night. The other half of the show was spent on entrances, promos, the Hall of Fame, and Kid Rock. I know there's always a huge difference between the time the WWE has and the time they devote to actual matches, but only utilizing 50% of your time just seems ridiculous for a WM. Especially since the build-up promos were all shown on ECW, Smackdown, and the Free For All. They could've easily left some of them off. Not to mention the Kid Rock performance...

ACDC - Shoot To Thrill (event theme)
ACDC - War Machine (Orton/Triple H promo theme)
Decyfer Down - Crash (Jeff/Matt promo theme)
Vast - Touched (highlight video)

and Living Colour - Cult of Personality for Austin's video at the HOF.

And Kid rock - Too Hott

I really enjoyed Wrestlemania, Taker VS HBK was definitely Match of the Night and was one of the best WWE matches I've seen in a long time. So many good false finishes in that match and I was suprised to see both of them do some of the spots that they did. Chokeslam attempt countered into a Superkick attempt, ducked, Figure Four attempt countered into Gogo Plata was probably my favorite spot of the match, it turned out very clean. The Moonsault off the top countered into a Tombstone was also very good. I was worried as hell when 'Taker did that plancha where he landed on his head, I thought he broke his damn neck.

I missed the MITB match, but heard it wasn't anything special anyway. Even though CM Punk is one of my favorite wrestlers and was my favorite competitor in the MITB match I was a bit let down that he won again this year, just because I was hoping Christian would have ended up getting the win. I heard that the fans booed a lot after Punk grabbed the briefcase, so hopefully this is WWE's way of possibly turning Punk heel, by having him win MITB again that may turn the fans against him.

Jericho vs. The Legends was pretty damn good, mainly the 5 minute exchange that Jericho had with Steamboat at the end of the match. Steamboat looked so good in the ring, his Armdrags were so crisp, I can't believe someone of his age can hit Armdrags that cleanly. The Up and Over into the Okana Roll that Steamboat hit was very smooth. I liked the Walls of Jericho attempt countered into the Small Package.

The 25-Diva's match was pretty bleh as I had expected, the only part of the match I liked was Santino getting the win, hopefully he gets a run with the Women's Championship as I would mark out like crazy.

Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy was pretty sick, they pulled off a lot of good spots. Jeff's leapfrog over a ladder into a Senton attempt was sick, I don't think I've seen him do it from that height before. Twist of Fate while Jeff's head was in the chair was so disgusting, ing ruled.

JBL vs. Mysterio obviously wasn't anything special, just a quick squash match. I liked that Mysterio got the win, I just didn't like how short the match was, although it made sense for the win to kind of come out of no where, and Mysterio winning within 21 seconds did back-up JBL's claim of something "historic" happening in the match.

The Triple Threat was decent, I don't remember much other than when Cena gave the "Attitude Adjuster" (BOTCHED FIREMANS CARRY) to Edge ontop of Big Show which was kind of cool. Sucks Cena won, I was hoping Edge or atleast Big Show would have taken the win.

Triple H vs. Orton is a blur to me, didn't see much of it and wasn't paying much attention.

Thanks!

I just watched the Hardy match. WWE needs new commentators. When Jeff jumped through the table JR didn't say anything at all, let alone "BAWH GAWD".

I prefered the match on Smackdown when Perry Saturn randomly came down to commentate and then Hardcore Holly, Tazz an Crash came in for no reason and started fighting. WWE at its best.