I attended Wrestlemania 25 weekend. Had a blast, mostly. I went to Thursday and Friday's Fan Axxess. Displays were pretty cool. I did just about everything, including getting a tattoo, being in Undertaker's graveyard, imitating a Superstar's entrance (Did Edge's), looked at the HIAC, saw memoribilia from WWE. Very cool. On Thursday, Rey and Cena did Q & A sessions. On Friday, DX (HHH and HBK) and Edge did Q & A sessions. The questions were pretty much fluff questions from fans who put them on cards and from the interviewer. Jimmy Hart and some guy interviewed Cena and Rey and Howard Finkel interviewed Edge and DX. Was disappointed that the guys doing Q and As didn't do autographs, but oh well. I met Christian and Katie Lea. Lea was ok and looked like she didn't want to be there. Christian was very sweet.
The HOF ceremony was way too short. Very lame that the presenters got 3 minutes and the inductees got 10. Didn't like that at all. They also said they would throw out catcallers and hecklers. Good luck with that. Edge and his girlfriend looked amazing. HHH, HBK, Orton, and their wives looked great too. I liked Austin's speech the best. Show was just over in 2 1/2 hours. I would have liked to have heard some stories.
Here is my review of Mania itself:
I attended the event live. Here is my opinion:
I give the show a slight Thumbs Up. I enjoyed the show. It wasn't one of the
great WMs like 3, 17, etc. However, it was not a horror story either.
Best Match: Undertaker vs Michaels
Worst Match: That Diva Battle Royal.
I can not say enough about the HBK/Taker match. A Match of the Year candidate
for sure. Very exciting match and I just think this was one of both HBK's and
Taker's best matches. I loved the near falls. I loved each guy kicking out of
each other's finishers. This match SHOULD have gone on last. Nothing could
really top it. Great match.
Worst Match: That Diva Battle Royal was a cluster****. Just horrible. First,
the divas plus Santino came out with NO introduction. Here was Kid Rock (more
on that) playing and out comes the divas! No one knew which Diva was which.
Just ridiculous. I just thought they should have been announced. I am also
tired of Santino's act. It was cute at first, but now it is getting ridiculous.
The rest of the card was a bit hit or miss, but here goes:
Rey vs JBL: A bit anticlimatic. Rey beats JBL lickity split, then JBL quits.
Just very weird.
MITB: I thought this match was good. I liked it quite a bit. I just think
someone else beside Punk should have won.
Jericho vs the Legends: The best part was when Steamboat was in the match.
STeamboat was not bad for a retired guy. Glad to see Jericho win. I thought he
deserved it after being put in this nutty idea for a match. It was pretty
decent. Post match bit with Rourke was ok. Not thrilled with Jericho having to
be hit by an out of shape actor.
Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy: Very good match. Both guys worked hard. I was very
surprised that Matt won. I enjoyed alot of the spots in the match, especially
the one where Jeff jumps off the ladder but misses, opening the door for Matt to
win.
Triple Threat: I thought this was a pretty good match, actually. Sorry it had to
follow Michaels/Taker. Edge did a very good job with what he had to work with.
IMO, Cena is no Michaels as far as workrate. Show is a plundering big guy. Show
hurt the match some, but overall, all three guys did a good job. I am sorry,
but I thought Cena's entrance with the identical Cenas was tacky.
The Main Event, Randy Orton vs HHH: Pretty decent match. However, I was very
puzzled at no Legacy running in, and no McMahon family running in. The ending
came out of nowhere, even though I kind of guessed if HHH was gonna win despite
this silly stipulation was to knock the ref out and use the sledgehammer when
the ref is down. Predictable.
Other: I am sorry, but Kid Rock did NOT belong on the show. I just didn't see
how he fit. WWE is PG, correct? So why was Kid Rock out there with somewhat
scantily clad girls onstage with him? Very contradictary if you ask me. Just
did not see Kid Rock's purpose.
Loved, LOVED the bit with Stone Cold and that ATV or whatever. Very cool.
Overall, a pretty good show. Not an enthusiastic thumbs up, but thumbs up
slightly.
Hey girl! I'm glad you had fun and got to see Edge upclose at the Axxess. I agree, I loved Stone Cold's 4-wheeler run too! I got too sad when JR said it's his last time in a WWE ring. It hit me then that it's over. RKO and HHH were the most boring match of the night. What they did on RAW the following night is what they should have done at Mania! *sighs* But oh well. I'm glad you had fun!
Hey girl! I'm glad you had fun and got to see Edge upclose at the Axxess. I agree, I loved Stone Cold's 4-wheeler run too! I got too sad when JR said it's his last time in a WWE ring. It hit me then that it's over. RKO and HHH were the most boring match of the night. What they did on RAW the following night is what they should have done at Mania! *sighs* But oh well. I'm glad you had fun!
Cheryle11:36 PM EST