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WWE WrestleMania 21

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WM 19 didn't have it, WM 20 didn't have it, but last night, in front of 21,000 plus fans, John Cena and Batista defeated JBL and HHH to become champs of their own brands. This was an awsome ppv, the crowd was electric all night and the matches, several especially were worth it [Except the sumo match in my opinion]

Eddie Guerreroe vs. Rey Mysterio: What a great way to kick off the show, two of the best Latino wrestlers in WWE history use high flying and fast paced action to start it off. Rey wins again and Eddie shows a little teasing of turning on Rey, but then shakes his hand in a great match. 8.5/10

Edge vs Kane vs Benoit vs Jericho vs Christian vs. Shelton B.
Ladder Match
#1 contendership:

Wow, wow, wow. Just a famous match that people will remember for years to come. The things these guys did to each other took guts and preserverance. Shelton giving Edge the T-Bone suplex off a ladder, Benoit giving Kane a headbutt off a ladder.

Shelton running up the side of a ladder that was laying on another ladder to throw Jericho off was phenominal. Then Edge and Christian gave a modified conchairto to Kane with ladders, followed by Shelton jumping out of the ring to land on at least 5 other guys, Tomko included.

Edge wins after hitting Benoit with a chair and taking him out. Benoit's arm suffered the most after Kane gave him several arm crunches with a ladder on it. Truly a great match. 10/10

Randy Orton vs. Undertaker
Legend vs. Legend Killer.

Its official, 13-0 is now the new record that the Undertaker has. A great match again, with Randy reversing a chokeslam into a RKO, then his dad interfering, but the Undertaker prevailing was a great exciting match.

I saw a lot of signs that said 12-1 over the past few weeks, but let me just say no one can beat the Undertaker at a WM, just get used to that! 9/10

Trish Stratus vs. Christy Hemme
Women's championship:

I can't say this was great, but props to Christy to actually going out there with not much experience in front of millions of people and actually trying to be good. As you could tell, Trish wins to continue her streak.

I had a feeling Lita might have been a big factor, but she just mostly glared at Trish the entire time. 6/10

Eugene/Hassan/Hogan segment:
Just to pass the time and give the Hulkster to pump up the crowd. Eugene came out and started talking about his favorite moment [When midgets attacked King Kong Bundy] Then Hassan came out to beat up Eugene and make a WM moment of his own.

Then Hogan to the rescue, cleaning house and posing in front of a televised American flag. Funny, and memorable stuff.

Kurt Angle vs. HBK:

30 minutes of pure enjoyment and captivating action. All the near falls made the crowd shout and yell like crazy. A bad spot when HBK tried to jump on Angle through an announce table, but the table didn't break.

Lots of chain wrestling, near falls, a great sweet chin music by HBK, and a moonsault gone bad, followed by chemistry and drama made this the greatest match on the card!

Other than that, this is definately the match of the year, hell the match of the decade! Angle wins after making HBK tap out, only becoming the third man to make him tap. [The first was Jericho, the second Benoit] 11/10

Piper's Pit
Stone Cold Steve Austin as Guest:
Didn't live up to the hype in my opinion. Some good trading of words by both men, with Piper making fun of the crowd with the what chants. Then Carlito of all people comes out and makes fun of them.

Piper gets beat up by Carlito by about 10 seconds as Austin watched, then Austin and Piper beat up Carlito. They celebrate with beers and then Austin stuns Piper. Some funny stuff, would have made a great Raw also!

Sumo Match: Why, why, WHY was this match on so late in the card? I certainly didn't want to see two big men in practically no clothing fight after one of the greatest one on one matches in history, or after the awsome ladder match. Anyway Akebono wins and Big Show falls to the outside of the ring. 5/10

WWE Championship
JBL vs. John Cena:

The streak is over! We have a new Smackdown champion! The match was also a disappointment, only 15 minutes, maybe even less long. Cena hits the FU out of nowhere and pins JBL. I am not complaining though. Good match, for the ending, not great. 7/10

World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. HHH

Motorhead played HHH's music as he entered from a trap door in the stage. Motorhead wasn't as good as they were from WM 17, but the entrance was still cool.

The crowd erupted when Batista won. HHH got busted wide open, Ric Flair got spinebustered, and Batista is the new world champ. About twenty minutes of big man fighting, lots of struggle holds and knocking people down. Batista celebrated as the crowd went crazy. 9/10

This year's WM was definately worth it, especially for the Angle/HBK match, Orton/Undertaker match, the Ladder match, and the two world title matches just for the endings. I can't wait for May 10th!

I just got the DVD also and what a bunch of extras they have:

All nine parodys of the several of the most famous scenes in movie history.

When Harry met Sally
Taxi Driver
Pulp Fiction
Braveheart

These were the best ones [my opinion]

They also have the highlights of Kurt Angle, Shawn Michales, and the Undertaker. With HBK they showed how his Sweet Chin Music kick can be devastating. With Angle they showed the Ankle lock, and with the Undertaker, they showed all his 12 wins at WM going from 12 to 1 backwards.

The extra Battle Royal is a great thing to add to this DVD. Funny moment when 5 or 6 guys hold down Viscera when Scotty gives him the worm. Heidenreich rips open the padding on the top turnbuckle, and Akio gets face planted on the steel steps after being tossed out of the ring! Booker T wins for Smackdown 8.5/10

They also have when the WWE takes over Hollywood Boulevard with a ring and matches galore. Cena even stops traffic and gets in trouble with the cops. Finally, they have a two and a half hour induction ceremony of the Hall of Fame [But you guys already know that don't ya?]

This is a great DVD to add to your collection.

I notice alot of the reviews on here are about the WrestleMania event itself but there's alot more that came with this set that sorta makes up for the above average event.

Disc One:
Mysterio vs. Guerrero - One of their better matches from their fued this year. This was before Eddie turned heel & they were just straight wrestling.

Money In The Bank Ladder Match - A throwback to the old ladder matches/TLC matches from previous WM's. Tons of high ladder spots. I liked Kane's intro.

Muhammed Hassan appears & beats up Eugene before Hogan makes an appearence for a nice retro moment.

Undertaker vs. Randy Orton - Orton was working with an injured shoulder but was a great match. One again, Taker had a memorable WM entrance. Plus it was good to see the cameo from Cowboy Bob (before he became Randy's regular manager) & his "cast."

Trish Stratus vs. Christy Hemme w/Lita - I was at this WrestleMania live & everyone was more focued on tryin' to get a "You Screwed Matt" chant towards Lita than paying attention to the match. It was just horrible & Christy was only in that spot to get some publicity off her Playboy spread. Victoria or Molly Holly deserved this spot before her. Snack break!

HBK vs. Kurt Angle - Words don't do this match justice...and I mean that in a good way. Modern day classic.

Piper's Pit w/Stone Cold Steve Austin - This was getting interesting because nobody knew where this was going until Carlito came out & then you just knew what was gonna happen next. It was only nice for a retro moment seeing Austin & Piper after a long time (well, at least if you haven't been watching TNA as far as Piper goes).

Sumo Match: Big Show vs. Akebono - Too much stalling & it was just boring. How it is that people like Booker T are left off the card but yet this match & Christy Hemme gets on? I would say snack break but it's too long for that. Bathroom Break!!!!

Disc Two:
WWE Title: John Cena vs. JBL - JBL had a great entrance but it goes downhill from there. It was basically JBL beating down Cena throughout the whole match and then they had to cut it short & so Cena hits three strong moves, FU, and he wins the match. Complete dud.

World Title: HHH vs. Batista - HHH had a bad ass entrance with Motorhead playing him to the ring. The match itself was just HHH beating down on Batista until he pissed him off & "unleashed the Animal." I don't recall HHH getting beat up like that in a long time.

In addition to this. They had all the WrestleMania commercials & movie trailers including a reel of deleted scenes & outtakes. The career lighlight videos they did for Kurt Angle, HBK, and Undertaker. Along with two "Confidental" pieces on WrestleMania weekend & media appearences, Motorhead doing a "unplugged" performance backstage, and the RAW vs. SmackDown battle royal they had before the event with all the wrestlers who didn't make the main show (Booker T won).

Disc Three:
This was the COMPLETE Hall Of Fame ceremony they had the night before (only Piper & Hogan's were shown on TV). Mean Gene Okerland hosted the event as Randy Orton induced his dad Cowboy Bob Orton, Jim Ross inducted N. Volkoff, and Jerry Lawler inducted an emotional Jimmy Hart. The real highlights start were when Sgt. Slaughter inducted the Iron Sheik, who stole the whole show & had everyone laughing throughout his entire speech. Bobby Heenan inducted Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff but ripped into a loudmouth fan in the front row beforehand. Ric Flair sharing some "on the road" stories before inducting Roddy Piper. And Sylvester Stallone inducting Hulk Hogan with the crowd going crazy for the longest time.



This WrestleMania had 3 bad matches, 2 memorable matches, and the rest were average to above average. However the extras & the Hall Of Fame ceremony make up for it. I would recommend.

WM21 is a very good wm, Almost every match is either good or awesome, a few are dissapointing but doesnt kill the show

1. Eddie (RIP) vs Rey Mysterio: Tag champ vs tag champ
A really good way to start the show, great pacing and nice spots, good opener. Winner: Rey Mysterio

Rating: 8.5/10

2. Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Y2J vs Edge vs Kane vs Benjamin vs Christian vs Chris Benoit
AWESOME match!!! lots of use of the ladder and really good spots..... 2nd best match of the night!!! Awesome match, everyone did great in this. Winner: Edge

Rating: 10/10!!

3. Legend vs Legend Killer: Randy Orton vs Undertaker
Another very good match. Both men performed very good, taker a bit off but still very good. Randy was very close to winning but taker wins via Tombstone.

Rating: 9/10

4. Trish Stratus vs Christy Hemme: Womens Title match
An ok womens title match, trish made christy look kinda good and trish carried the match to make it look decent, overall, not bad. Winner: Trish

Rating: 6/10

5. Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle
MATCH OF THE NIGHT FOR SURE!!!! What a fantastic match, 2 of the very best performing incredible, alot of great spots and OMG you have to see it. Unbelievable. Winner: Kurt Angle via Ankle Lock

Rating: 11/10!!!!

6. Big Show vs Akebono: Sumo match
............... ugh, disgusting!!! Well anyway very dumb and bad match, hated it! Winner: Akebono

Rating:.............

7. JBL vs John Cena: WWE title match
Not a good wm wwe title match, slow, boring but its short and ending is good, with cena winning via FU. Winner: Cena

Rating: 7.5/10

8. Triple H vs Batista: World Heavyweight title:
Now this is a title match!! Much better than the wwe title match. Pretty good match. Mostly hard hitting action, physical bout and HHH bleeds alot. Winner: Batista

Rating: 9/10

Overall, a very good wm and omg the MITB ladder match and HBK/Angle are worth your money alone, plus the other matches, overall good show, 5 star ppv.

I had the privilege of seeing this show live ringside at Staples Center, and this 3 disc set is the best way possible to capture it. Every aspect of not only the nine match show but the entire week is covered in great detail. Here is what you get over the course of the show:

DISC ONE:
- Lilian Garcia sings "America the Beautiful"
She sings with a great voice and there's a great video package of the WWE superstars visiting our troops in Iraq.
- Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero
This was a very good match between two guys who know how to put on a great one. It was hindered a bit by Rey fiddling with his mask, but a very good Lucha match. ***1/2
- JBL, Basham Brothers, Orlando Backstage
A good vignette to have JBL/Orlando meet HHH/Flair.
- Money In the Bank Ladder Match
Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Christian, Edge, Kane, & Shelton Benjamin made yet another classic Wrestlemania ladder match. More than just a spot show, this told a great story, and established Shelton Benjamin as a superstar ****1/2
- Eugene attacked by Hassan and Davari
...and saved by Hulk Hogan! An unforgettable segment.
- Undertaker vs Randy Orton
Wow! This was the sleeper match of the show. Even Orton's father Bob came out with the running gag of the fractured arm. A really creative finish, too. ***1/2
- Trish Stratus vs Christy Hemme
Security took away any Edge-Lita signs, and this brief match was a good chance for us to go get more beer.
- Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle
I've been to a dozen shows, including six PPVs, and I have to honestly say this is the best match I have personally seen live. And that includes Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit in the "Owen" match in Kansas City. The last minute is absolutely perfect. You need to watch this match over and over. And over *****
- Basic Instinct / Taxi Driver Parodies
See disc 2 for my comments here.
- Piper's Pit with Steve Austin
This segment was dynamite. These guys were perfect with mics and Carlito Cool, who interfered here is on his way to being golden on the microphone.
- Sumo Match, Big Show vs Akebono
Slightly novel and interesting, but thankfully brief

DISC TWO:
-WWE Championship Match : JBL vs John Cena
Was this a good match? No. Did it switch the title over after a long heel run by JBL? Yes. Enough said. *1/2
- WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2005
Everyone in this class was in Wrestlemania in 1985. I'll cover this in detail in Disc 3, but this was a very nice and appropriate segment.
- World Heavyweight Championship: HHH vs Batista
A very good match that people had waited a long time for. These guys told a good main event story with a great ending. ***

- Main Event Promotional Spots
Movie Parodies
-Forrest Gump, Braveheart, A Few Good Men, Taxi Driver, Gladiator, Basic Instinct, Pulp Fiction, Dirty Harry, When Harry Met Sally
While WM usually lands in a random city without any theme tie-in, this year WWE took advantage of being in LA and used a thorough Hollywood theme. Hence these brilliant movie parodies. The two best ones hands down are Basic Instinct and Taxi Driver.
- Outtakers & Bloopers

Career Highlight Packages
- Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, Undertaker

- Hollywood Boulevard Event
- Superstar Appearances
- Battle Royal
Booker T won this 30 man Smackdown vs Raw match.
- Motorhead Unplugged w/ HHH
HHH rehearses his entrance backstage with Motorhead jamming unplugged.

DISC THREE:
2005 Induction Ceremony
- Previous Inductees
- Nikolai Volkoff
- "Cowboy" Bob Orton
- The Iron Sheik
Okay, I haven't laughed as hard as I did during this seven, or eight, or twelve minute speech in I don't know how long.
- Paul Orndorff
- Jimmy Hart
Man, this was a good speech. Jimmy Hart reminds you why you are a wrestling fan. This speech was awesome.
- Roddy Piper
Great speech, great introduction by Ric Flair.
- Hulk Hogan
These last two were the highlights of this disc, and this was a very welcome addition.

All in all, this is the best WWE released so far this year, and is well worth your investment. Add it to your wish list.

Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero:

Guerrero was always going to be the person to watch in this match, as he was the one carrying Mysterio back in WCW, but this is a completly different Guerrero here,from WWE Champion to a curtain jerker with only thirteen minutes to produce a good match. Mysterio seemed more concerned with keeping his mask on as it slipped during the match than having a generally great wrestling match with a clearly unmotivated Guerrero, highlights included a flying corkscrew from Mysterio, and a few good near-falls before Mysterio roleld Guerrero up for the pin ***1/2

Hulk Hogan made an apperance as expected, to attack Hassan, to the ovation of the night, it's going to be hard topping this guy. EVER.

The Undertaker vs Randy Orton:

Say what you want about Orton, but for a guy with a shoulder injury, he carried Undertaker to his greatest match in a long time, everything was handled well here, 'Taker gave Orton a good deal of offense, sold the R.K.O, and pulled an impressive tombstone reversal to defeat Orton, Bob Orton's apperance attacking The Undertaker with the cast made the match. ***

WWE Women's Championship: Trish Stratus vs Christy Hemmi, short and painlessly sweet, good job the WWE relaised this was going to suck and booked it as a toilet break, Christy looked better than a lot of crap, but she still sucks, Trish wins with a kick to keep the belt *

Kurt Angle vs Shawn Micheals: One of the greatest Wrestlemania matches of all time, if not one of the greatest matches ever, Angle and Micheals engaged in a feverish exchange of counter-holds, near falls, moonsaults, and knew when to make the match better after a few minutes, Angle locking Micheals in an ankle lock fails him the first time, sweet chin music fails Micheals even after he connects with it, and Angle is able to use another ankle lock to make Shawn tap out cleanly after nearly two minutes of Micheals refusing to give in, nice to see Micheals get booed a great deal from some people in the crowd loyal to Bret, this feud never booked Micheals to look more credible, or entertaining, than Angle, and Angle gained more credibility from it. *****

Sumo Match: Big Show vs Akebono: Short and painful, who really wants to see Big Show wearing a sumo's traditional garb? Barly anything...

WWE Championship: John Cena vs J.B.L: What the hell was that? Seven short minutes of J.B.L carrying the match on his back, Cena gaining little offense, and then suddenly uses an F-U, ONE F-U, to win the championship out of nowhere? Whilst the match was solid for what it was, it made J.B.L's reign look like a fluke, and made Guerrero and Booker T, challengers for that belt, look like losers for not being able to get it off him in twenty minute matches. *

World Heavyweight Championship: Batista vs Triple H: Good bloody lord, Batista wrestled a twenty minute match as I suspected, and it completly exposed him, still, he did slightly better than Goldberg ever did in that environment, and knew when to use his bigger moves, plus Hunter's entrance was spectacular ***

Overall, a spectacular Wrestlemania, Piper's Pit segment did more to make Piper look better than Austin, who really looked bored and wanted a pay-cheque, Carlito's apperance for comedy releif was welcome, and gave him more exposure, Hogan's apperance, as well as Bob Ortons', gave the fans more entertainment, Angle and Micheals had a classic, and the right people went over in the main events. Far superior to the four-match Twenty (and really, only the main event of that was *****)

Much more focused and less filler than last year`s XX (you could hear a pin drop during the fatal four way tag matches at XX from both respective brands), I think Wrestlemania XXI, although it does have one of two weak matches, It does live up to the hype and shows us that the WWE can still put an incredible show when it needs to....

Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio -
A fantastic underrated opener, Eddie and Rey completely surprised me with their perfect reversals and near falls and sets up Guerrero`s heel turn perfectly, its always hard to pull off a face vs. face match but Guerrero and Rey did it beautifully - 8/10

Money in the Bank Ladder Match - Winner gets a contract that gives them a World title shot that lasts up to a year -
Thoroughly excellent, this match delivered bump after intense bump, of non-stop mayhem, Benoit (who after what looked like breaking his arm, did a DIVING HEADBUTT OFF A LADDER to Kane) and Benjamin (who RAN UP A LADDER and clotheslined Jericho off it!) both delivered stellar performances, Kane was in typical "monster mode" and Jericho and Christian both were great as usual, Edge was average and didn't seem to do much more than the ending.... - 9/10

Funny intermission involving Eugene who seemed REAL excited to be at Mania and provided some laughs, which was then ruined by the awful Hassan and his lil' rambler Davari beating him up before OH MY GOD ALMIGHTY, ITS HULK HOGAN BWAAAH! So the crowd cheered, and Hulk kicked Hassan's and Davari's asses and people are all excited and Hulk Hogan breaks into his VERY long posing routine and I die a little more inside...(sorry, I'm no "Hulkamaniac")

Randy Orton vs. The Undertaker -
Great storyline leading up to this match about the deadman's winning streak, good ol' Taker delivered another great performance and Orton finally seem's to have escaped the baby face slump he was in and now as a fully fledged heel performed excellently with a shoulder injury, some great near falls and reversal's (choke slam into RKO? INCREDIBLE!), it had a fairly slow start though and really should have been a gimmick match (Casket or HIAC),good seeing Taker coming out on top though (I was ready to stop watching WWE programming if they chose to end Taker's undefeated streak with of all people, Randy Orton) - 8/10

Christy Hemme vs. Trish Stratus - Women's Championship Match -
The beautiful Trish carry's the horribly green Christy (my god, the women's division in the WWE is practically dead if this is the best baby face women's wrestler they can get)through an actually okay match but in the end Trishalicous beat Christy clean with a swift kick - 6/10

Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle -
Man, HBK and Angle are fantastic, what more could you ask for from the two greatest performers of our generation! Intensity fuelled, amazing high flying (HBK did a moonsault to Angle on the announcers table!) technical showcase, this was a blast to watch, it started out Old School as both HBK and Angle applied holds to each other and tried to fight out of them, then it slowly turned to the WWE of today, with each wrestler throwing just about every move in the book at each other, with reversal after near fall after reversal, it was simply poetry in wrestling motion, amazingly paced and both men performed so brilliantly its hard to believe their ages, in a word, AWESOME! (especially seeing the Angle Slam from the top rope!) - 10/10

Akebono vs. Big Show - Sumo Match -
This was...okay, look let's be honest the "biggest match in Wrestlemania history" (Good lord, Tazz and Michael Cole are idiots) never was going to be showstopper (more like a slowslower, or a snoresnorer considering I found it hard to stay awake during those awful promos for this match on Smackdown!) but it was competitive for a...sumo match, even though Show lost (I'm speechless really) - 5/10

PIPER'S PIT, WITH SPECAIL GUEST STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN: Hell Yeah! First minutes between the Hot Rod and the Texas Rattlesnake were awesome and then the frankly brilliant Carlito came out to tell the two that they were not "cool", getting a stunner for his troubles, then Piper and Austin pop open a few cold one's and Roddy gets "stunned"!

John Cena vs. JBL - WWE Championship Match -
JBL who after holding the WWE championship for 10 months (in my opinion, a underated heel champ, wrestling god reign) and beating top guys; Eddie, Undertaker, Angle, Big Show, Booker T and more in the most brutal, long, bloody encounters in recent memory, loses the title in 12 minutes to John Cena in an awful match, with no near falls, one reversal (count em' ONE ) I realise they had to cut down the match time because of the (boring) hall of fame ceremony, but come on! If there was one match on the card practically crying out for a gimmick stipulation this was it, this was one sided garbage, barely acceptable on Smackdown! Let alone on the grandest stage of them all at Wrestlemania, the disappointment of the year (hopefully, they'll make up for it at Judgement day with their "I Quit" match) - 3/10

HALL OF FAME INTERMISSION: Uh yeah, this covers the ah..... Hall of Fame induction ceremony that took place the day before Mania and then it brings out all of the guys out on the main stage who all get silence except *sigh* Hogan! Still though it's a nice way to calm your nerve's after that rubbish performance by John Cena and JBL, but it only increases your hunger for....

THE MAIN EVENT: Batista vs. Triple H - World Heavyweight Championship Match -
Feeding off their fantastically intense storyline they had on RAW, Triple H did what many thought was impossible, he carried Dave Batista through a fantastic match that went over 20 mins, filled with power moves from The Animal but crucially proper offence from the Game as well it managed to be absolutely blinding, although it didn't hide Batista's weaknesses he more than made up for it (and unlike Goldberg he seems to know the timing of his move's right) in an absolutely mind blowing finish (The look on The Game's face and reaction from the crowd as Batista powers out of the Pedigree is incredible) the crowd was into it too, showing no matter how Batista fares as the World champ he's definitely over with the fans- 9/10

Now WWE get down to releasing that Kurt Angle DVD, I mean if you can make one for (dear GOD) John Cena, then surely you can make one for our Olympic HERO, just make sure you include all the matches people have said and the build up rivalry video's for his main event feuds! KURT RULES!

1)WWE Tag Team Champions face each other
Rey Mysterio(c) vs. Eddie Guerrero(c)
Good opening match-up. There was some slow parts, but Rey Mysterio pulled through. This match eventually leads to a long lasting rivalry with the both of them. 7.5/10

2)First-Ever Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Edge vs. Christian w/ Tyson Tomko vs. Kane
AWESOME ladder match! Many of these superstars use a lot of high flying moves, even Kane! At the end of the match Just as Benoit is about to win it, Edge comes out and nails Benoit with a Chair. He thaen climbs the ladder and wins the match. 9.5/10

3) Legend vs. Legend Killer Match
Undertaker vs. Randy Orton
This Match is alright. Undertaker still keeps his streak alive win he Tombstoned Orton for the win. 8/10

4)WWE Women's Championship
Trish Stratus(c) vs. Christy Hemme w/ Lita
This match was really quick. The audience as well at home were not really into it. Trish Stratus beats Christy with a Chick Kick. 6/10

5) Interpromotional Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle
This Match is pretty good. Some parts go realyy slow including all these submissions Angle uses. Right when Michaels seems like he is going to be the victor, Angle grabs him and makes him tap out. 8.5/10

6) Sumo Match
Big Show vs. Akebono
This was a "HUGE" waste of time. Akebono throws the giant out of the ring to win the match. 1/10

7) WWE Championship
JBL(c) vs. John Cena
John Cena beat Kurt Angle at No Way Out to get this opportunity to face JBL. The Match is pretty quick. Cena is getting his tail kicked most of the match. Then, when JBL attempts the Chlothesline from Hell, Cena counters and gives him the F-U. Cena wins the Championship. This begins a 14 month reign as Champion. 8.5/10

8) World Heavyweight Championship
Triple H(c) vs. Batista
At the Royal Rumble, Batista won the Royal Rumble Match. As the road to WrestleMania progressed, Batista turned on hisformer Evolution team member and went after his championship. In this match, Batista and Triple H equally beat the crap out of each other. At the end of the match, Batista powerbombs Triple H and wins the match to gain the World Heavyweight Championship. 9/10

This WrestleMania was one of the best WrestleManias I have ever seen. 8.5/10

Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero
Outstanding match to begin WM21! This match had it all; technical action, high-flying action and psychology. Not for one second did this match have a boring moment. The only problem I have with this, is the time given, another 5 to 10 minutes would have been accepted happily.
RATING: 91/100

Money in The Bank Ladder Match
Great display of athleticism by many of the 6 competitors (especially Benjamin). This match had some great spots but also a few overdone ones. Overall a very good match that was entirely entertaining.
RATING: 89/100

Christy vs. Trish
Poor match that probably should have been left off for Raw or Backlash. This would have given Christy a little more time to brush up on some skills.
RATING: 57/100

Undertaker vs. Orton
This was a great match that kept me on the edge of my seat to see if Taker could beat Orton. The fact that Orton was Undertaker's opponent definitely added some uncertainty for me as to who would win the match, especially because I knew Orton would be in for a push and what better way to do it than to have him kill Undertaker's legendary streak. However, I am very happy that Deadman won and I think the unpredictability of the match was handled very well with many extremely close nearfalls. Excellent match!
RATING: 91/100

HBK vs. Angle
This match is probably the best singles match I have ever seen, it had it all, including intensity, technical action, excellent high-flying moves, nearfalls and unmatched overall quality. Outstanding use of nearfalls where each man kicked out of the others finisher. Perfect length and perfect ending to an as close to perfect one on one match you can get!
RATING: 97/100

Pipers Pit
Quite a good segment that did what it needed to do and kept the fans happy
RATING: 80/100

Sumo Match
Not a great choice of match, but was acceptable.
RATING: 50/100

Cena vs. JBL
Terrible first main event! I would expect so much more for a Title match at WM. I guess you could say the reason for the "high" rating is that JBL eventually lost the title but little did I know that we would also have trouble with Cena losing the title later on in the year and still now! Very disappointing.
RATING: 68/100

HHH vs. Batista
A good if not excellent main event to WM21. The build-up was exceptional into the match and considering who was challenging, the match lived up to the hype. Well booked and a nice little ending to a good Wmania
RATING: 86/100

79% - Very good Mania that had excellent lower to midcard matches from each show and excellent interpromotional matches. The main events don't compare to WM20, but are still satisfactory.
Great Mania!

I'll start off with Mr'WWE'
Okay, TNA is a great production with countless talent. Matches
there are often some of the most hardcore and spotfest like encounters you'll ever see. now ya have to admit that's something the wwe hasn't had in a while, considering that Vince
has little confidence in his cruiserweight division. And just to clarify something, the reason they took the belt off Styles and put it on Raven is because Raven has better mic skills than Styles. I also have to agree that the Diva Search is pretty much a waste of time and money.

BE THAT AS IT MAY!!

TNA isn't perfect either, cause if it was, it wouldn't be struggling to find TV time, and someone would've told Jarrett a year ago that people are gettin pissed off seeing him as the champion for so long. And just for the record, the Angle/Michaels match may not have been the best match of all time, but it was certainly one of the best, cause let me tell ya somethin, there's more to wrestling than just spotfest matches, which is basically what TNA is, cause it has hardly any good pure mat workers like Angle, Benoit, Michaels, Benjamin, or two years ago, Lesnar. Trust me, spotfest matches are good, but it's unlikely that they can carry an entire company to global phenomenom status. And if you don't believe me, just take a look at ECW

Wrestlemainia was an awesome event. I'll rank the matches below with comments.

Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero 9/10 Great opening match

6 man ladder match Kane vs Edge vs Chris Jericho vs Shelton Benjamin vs Chris Benoit vs Christan 10/10 Excellent match that has to be seen to be believed.

Randy Orton vs Undertaker 8/10 Very good match between these two. Timely run in by Cowboy Bob Orton. Orton proves himself the ultimate idiot for trying to Tombstone the Deadman. Taker is now 13-0 at Wrestlemainia.

Big Show vs Akibono 0/10 It was just a waste of about 3 minutes. Most of which they spent staring each other.

Trish Stratus vs Christy 5/10 Short match. Christy can't really wrestle just yet.

John Cena vs JBL 5/10 A bit of a dissappointment but if your a Cena fan like me you gotta love the fact he won the title.

Shawn Michaels vs Kurt Angle 10/10 What we had here was an excellent technical match. It was a match that lived up to all the hype. Angle wins when HBK taps out to the Ankle Lock. I hope we see more of these two and I have reason to think we will once the draft is complete.

Triple H vs Batista 8/10 Good match. Batista becomes World Heveyweight Champion. This was the first Wrestlemainia where both the WWE and World Heveyweight titles changed hands.

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