Official Wrestlemania XXVI Thread: 3/28/10

These are my ratings for the matches from last night. I LOVED the show unlike some other "Old-School" fans, this 22 year fan enjoyed what was WM 26:

ShowMiz-RTruth/Morrison- *
Legacy Explodes- ***
MITB VI- ***1/4
HHH-Sheamus- **** (I thought this was a star making performance for Sheamus, the kid can hang)
Mysterio-Punk- ***1/2 (the best action you'll get in 6 minutes I thought)
Bret-Vince- DUD/***** for entertainment value though
Edge-Y2J- ****1/4
Divas 10 Women tag- DUD
Cena-Batista- ****
Undertaker-HBK- ***** (Best main event WM has ever had.)

the star-studded match was hbk and taker everyone knew that since lasts year. batista vs john cena not the greatests match but it was good especially seeing cena flip over batista however i would like cena doing a money in the bank next yea for wrestlemania or maybe trying to face taker which will be 19-0 jericho vs edge excellent anticipated match that had its ways especially those two trynig to copy each others finishers but it was great. bret vs vince worse match of the night but im not gonna drop it as low as the divas match.

I can't stand Vickie Guerrero any longer.

i enjoyed it, Cena/Batista wasn't that good though. But I'm happy as hell for swagger

Now that I've had time to digest the show, I'll give my analysis.

The Tag match ended really abruptly when I was starting to really get into it. The pairing of R-Truth and Morrison seems pretty random to me, but they're developing a bit of chemistry together. I would not have been surprised if they took home the belts, but I'm glad ShowMiz retained.

The Orton/Rhodes/DiBiase was an interesting one. I think it was pretty much conceded that at some point Rhodes and DiBiase would turn on each other, and that sometimes can leave the audience less than spellbound. What I enjoyed about this match is that even though the conflict was grossly predictable, the match still came off as somewhat memorable, which is a big pat on the back to these three guys. Orton proved that he is definitely in that top echelon in the company, and the two youngsters, while still looking fairly green, did their job. I think DiBiase has a bigger future than Rhodes, mostly because of body shape and whatnot - not because Rhodes is any less talented.

I was, and still am a little bit on the fence about the Money in the Bank match. Ten participants was definitely overkill. The way the match is set out, each spot or action in the ring is done in pairs or groups of three, which means with ten competitors it leaves seven or eight guys just laying on the outside which makes things look really tacky. I say they should've left it at six wrestlers in the match. I thought last night was a real chance for Evan Bourne to shine. Had I booked this match, I would've let Evan hit a massive spot - something that Jeff Hardy would be proud of. Evan is capable of that sort of thing, and if the WWE are legitimately going to push him, a massive spot at WrestleMania would burn him into the memories of everybody watching, thus giving him more recognition and a bigger reaction at live shows. Swagger winning surprised me somewhat, because I thought for sure this was Christian's chance. I'm still apprehensive about Swagger, but I'm willing to give him a chance.

The match between Triple H and Sheamus was definitely passable. It looked pretty decent when the pace began to pick up near the finish. For the life of me I cannot understand why Triple H went over. Sheamus had everything to gain, and Triple H had nothing to lose so the result is a little mystifying to me.

Punk's promo prior to his match with Mysterio was absolute magic. The real beauty of it is that it was so simple. It's essentially a promo he's already done rehashed and reworded, but he is just gold on the mic. How someone can work a crowd of 70,000+ beats me, but Punk managed to do it. Absolutely brilliant. Mysterio's Avatar get-up was a little tacky for my liking, especially the ponytail. The match was maybe a little too short, but it served its purpose and the crowd seemed to dig it.

The hype video for McMahon/Hart gets me every time. I've probably watched it about four times in the past two days, and it's just incredible. As a few have already have said, this wasn't so much about the match as it was about the moment. Although the chairshots got tedious after a while, I don't think you can begrudge Hart, McMahon or the writers for the segment.

I thought Jericho and Edge was a really well-paced match. The pacing had a Jericho feel to it, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was leading Edge out there. There's not much else to say about the match really, other than I'm glad Jericho won. The post-match spear may have been a little unnecessary also.

The Divas tag match was a disaster, but hilarious at the same time. I think it's Eve who attempts what looks like a Rolling Thunder on Maryse and totally misses. Had me in stitches. Then we had Vickie jumping off the top rope and botching a cover. Champagne wrestling.

Batista and Cena for the strap was, I felt, a really slow match. Maybe it was just me, but at times it just seemed like they were in slow motion after Cena was hit with that vicious DDT that spiked his head. I enjoyed the finish and Cena celebrating with his haters was funny and showed that it's just water off a duck's back to him. Oh, and I forgot to mention... what a lame entrance.

I think I enjoyed this year's Taker/Michaels more than last year's. The added emotion reeled me in massively. One thing I've noted a couple of times is how after the two young stallions of the company, Cena and Batista put on a sluggish match, the two veterans with shot knees, backs, hips and the rest, are able to put on a fast-paced classic. Awesome way for Michaels to go out, and while I'll miss him, he's retired at the right time. He's retired while people still care about him, which is a mistake some wrestlers have made my hanging around too long and it's almost a relief when they leave. HBK can hold his head up high and be proud of this being his last match.

Ultimately I thought the show was really good quality wise, but the WrestleMania atmosphere was lacking at times. I personally can't wait until WM30 when they're back at the Garden and return to that confined atmosphere. While the big stadiums are impressive, every wrestler seems like a big fish in a little pond out there in the ring, and it's tough to play to a crowd that large.

Watching streak vs career again mad,i need it to sink in for me

I hate Michaels, well in IMO.

but still he is overrated.

Watched in full again today and honestly this is one of the best WM's ever tbh.

true he's a good worker but I don't like him.