WrestleMania was a 5/10 for me, had negatives and positives from a match perspective it was decent. I didn't agree with the booking of a lot of it but it brings some interesting things going forward and wasn't as predictable as we all expected.
The IC Ladder match was great, everyone expected Sami or Owens to win but they went in a different direction which was shocking and I hope it's not a short term thing with Ryder just to get a pop from the mania/post-mania crowd. Sami vs. Owens doesn't need the title to make it a great feud and they should go in that direction and move Ryder into a feud with Miz to further get the crowd behind him again. All the guys in the match brought their A game, except for Ziggler who was the least impressive of the group.
Jericho vs. AJ was solid, another surprising outcome and now they are 2-2 and will probably lead to a last man standing or I Quit match between the two, maybe something like loser leaves WWE type of thing. I understand the outcome as the feud still has some legs on it.
LON vs. New Day was a good match but overshadowed by the post match stuff, this is going to lead to a title match at Payback which makes perfect sense. I'm fine with LON winning, since they are an over heel group and will further establish New Day as the face champs going forward. I wish Austin didn't stun woods, could've had them all celebrate with beers instead.
Ambrose vs. Brock was good but not as good as it should've been, could've been more weapon usage. I thought Ambrose should've won but the quality performance against Lesnar makes sense as he made him look beatable for once.
The Divas title match was great, they delivered and shown Woman's wrestling can be a big draw. I of course wanted Sasha to win, but Charolette winning makes sense in terms of giving that big win to Sasha later on and giving more time for we can have Bayley vs. Sasha for the title at Summerslam, this pretty much moves Becky out of the feud and makes it Flair vs. Banks now. I wonder where Becky goes from here.
Taker vs. Shane was the worse match of the night and almost made me fall asleep. This was the worse booked match of the show, and the age of Taker shown here more than ever. Why they expected a good match here is a joke, the big spot was great but that was it for a match that went on for a half hour is one big spot and them on mat or rest holds the rest. I expected a run in or something or a more crazy spotfest but nothing. This is the worse mania match since Bret vs. Vince and is Taker's worse mania match since he fought A-Train/Big Show.
Fine with Cena/Rock crushing Wyatts, turn Bray face have Rowan/Stroman feud with Bray and have Harper return as a heel to help them, go with Bray failed them and they need new leadership or something.
Thought Mark Henry should've won the battle royal, to give him that retirement send off, Corbin winning is cool as they finally given him a big win wondering where he goes from here. Shaq and DDP being in it was cool.
Roman and Triple H was okay at best, felt a NO DQ stipulation or something would've made it better especially how their feud has been built up to something like that and then they don't go through with it, the spear on Steph was cool and done well. I'm glad Roman is champ, I think he needs to turn heel with the title to effectively get over long term as his reactions if they keep him face gets will only get worse.
This Mania wasn't as good as the last two, but it's understandable with so many guys out that it would be missing a lot, I enjoyed the show up until the Shane/Taker match which was horrible and it never truly recovered after that. If the show ended with the womans title match, and didn't have Shane/Taker, Battle royal, rock segment and the main event this mania would've been a 7/10 for sure, also proved how much they need the big international names that are on NXT on Main roster badly.
The IC Ladder match was great, everyone expected Sami or Owens to win but they went in a different direction which was shocking and I hope it's not a short term thing with Ryder just to get a pop from the mania/post-mania crowd. Sami vs. Owens doesn't need the title to make it a great feud and they should go in that direction and move Ryder into a feud with Miz to further get the crowd behind him again. All the guys in the match brought their A game, except for Ziggler who was the least impressive of the group.
Jericho vs. AJ was solid, another surprising outcome and now they are 2-2 and will probably lead to a last man standing or I Quit match between the two, maybe something like loser leaves WWE type of thing. I understand the outcome as the feud still has some legs on it.
LON vs. New Day was a good match but overshadowed by the post match stuff, this is going to lead to a title match at Payback which makes perfect sense. I'm fine with LON winning, since they are an over heel group and will further establish New Day as the face champs going forward. I wish Austin didn't stun woods, could've had them all celebrate with beers instead.
Ambrose vs. Brock was good but not as good as it should've been, could've been more weapon usage. I thought Ambrose should've won but the quality performance against Lesnar makes sense as he made him look beatable for once.
The Divas title match was great, they delivered and shown Woman's wrestling can be a big draw. I of course wanted Sasha to win, but Charolette winning makes sense in terms of giving that big win to Sasha later on and giving more time for we can have Bayley vs. Sasha for the title at Summerslam, this pretty much moves Becky out of the feud and makes it Flair vs. Banks now. I wonder where Becky goes from here.
Taker vs. Shane was the worse match of the night and almost made me fall asleep. This was the worse booked match of the show, and the age of Taker shown here more than ever. Why they expected a good match here is a joke, the big spot was great but that was it for a match that went on for a half hour is one big spot and them on mat or rest holds the rest. I expected a run in or something or a more crazy spotfest but nothing. This is the worse mania match since Bret vs. Vince and is Taker's worse mania match since he fought A-Train/Big Show.
Fine with Cena/Rock crushing Wyatts, turn Bray face have Rowan/Stroman feud with Bray and have Harper return as a heel to help them, go with Bray failed them and they need new leadership or something.
Thought Mark Henry should've won the battle royal, to give him that retirement send off, Corbin winning is cool as they finally given him a big win wondering where he goes from here. Shaq and DDP being in it was cool.
Roman and Triple H was okay at best, felt a NO DQ stipulation or something would've made it better especially how their feud has been built up to something like that and then they don't go through with it, the spear on Steph was cool and done well. I'm glad Roman is champ, I think he needs to turn heel with the title to effectively get over long term as his reactions if they keep him face gets will only get worse.
This Mania wasn't as good as the last two, but it's understandable with so many guys out that it would be missing a lot, I enjoyed the show up until the Shane/Taker match which was horrible and it never truly recovered after that. If the show ended with the womans title match, and didn't have Shane/Taker, Battle royal, rock segment and the main event this mania would've been a 7/10 for sure, also proved how much they need the big international names that are on NXT on Main roster badly.
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