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WWE WrestleMania 22

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Wrestlemania 22 was placed with the tagline "Big Time" so you knew the WWE had some big expectations of themselves going into the event. In this young man's opinion, they did indeed live up and exceed their own expectations. Here is the card with 1-10 ratings on the matches like everyone else does.

Match 1:
World Tag Team Championship match
Carlito and Chris Masters vs. Kane and the Big Show (champs)

Winners: Kane and the Big Show
Rating: 6.5/10
It was an okay match that didn't do much but further the Carlito and Masters dissention. Good start to an awesome night though.

Match 2:
Money in the Bank Ladder Match 2
Ric Flair vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Matt Hardy vs. Lashley vs. Finley

Winner: Rob Van Dam
Rating: 8/10
Very well executed, exciting high spots and a happy ending to boot. Rob Van Dam is looking to get his first legit chance at the World Championship since Unforgiven 2002 and basically let the cat out of the bag by heavily hinting that he will cash it in at One Night Stand.

Match 3:
United States Championship Match
JBL w/Jillian Hall (very cute without the mole) vs. Chris Benoit (champ)

Winner: JBL (new champ)
Rating: 6/10
Aggresive match that was not too bad but did not set the world on fire either. At least the U.S. title has some credibility since former World Champions are fighting over it.

Match 4:
Hardcore Match
Edge w/Lita vs. Mick Foley

Winner: Edge
Rating: 9/10
Fantastic hardcore match with both men giving it their all. The finishing sequence was absolutely amazing and has to be seen to be believed.

Match 5:
Handicap (kinda sorta) match
Booker T. and Sharmell vs. the Boogeyman

Winner: The Boogeyman
Rating: 2/10
The only good thing about this match was the segment beforehand with Goldust, Eugene, Snitsky, Ted Dibiase, Mae Young, and Moolah commiting comedic hijinks. I am a Booker T. fan through and through and he did what he could to make the match work but it was doomed from the start. The Boogeyman is no Booker T. and I hope when he returns from injury that he'll be pushed a little slower and learn his craft a little bit.

Match 6:
Women's Championship match
Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus (champ)

Winner: Mickie James (new champ)
Rating: 7/10
I'm not to keen on Women's wrestling but these two sure can go and put on the best Women's match I've seen in the WWE in a while. I enjoy Mickie James' character and find her current storyline with Trish interesting. A first for WWE Women's wrestling in my book.

Match 7:
Casket match
the Undertaker vs. Mark Henry

Winner: The Undertaker
Rating: 5/10
I think I almost dozed off during this one and that's too bad because I love the Undertaker, he's one of my favorites. The Undertaker gave it his all but this match just was not too interesting. I did snap out of it once he did a suicide dive over the casket and actually hoisted up and Tombstoned Mark Henry. 14-0 at Wrestlemania for the Undertaker.

Match 8:
Street Fight
Vince McMahon vs. Shawn Michaels

Winner: Shawn Michaels
Rating: 10/10
Perfect exectution for this type of match. The best match with Vince McMahon since St. Valetine's Day 1999 vs. Steve Austin because the logical thing happened; Vince got destroyed. Anytime an authority figures wrestles an actually wreslter, this is what should happen. I'll remember this trashing of epic proportions for years to come.

Match 9:
Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle (champ)

Winner: Rey Mysterio (new champ)
Rating: 8/10
This match was on it's way to 10/10 status until it ended 9:00 minutes in. Too bad they had the "pillow fight" follwing this eating up time, just five more minutes, and this could have been a 9/10, ten more and it would be a 10/10. Rey Mysterio is great and deserves a World Champsionship but I predict that Kurt Angle will get it back at Judgement Day and mow down competition until Batista is 100% and Randy Orton is back in the game, then Smackdown truely be compelling. That's just how I see it.

As I mentioned previously there was a pillow fight of sorts between Torrie Wilson and Candice. There was no use of pillows, just Torrie beating up Candice, good for a breather before the main event but it took away some good time away from Smackdown's main event. Oh well, on to the main event.

Match 10:
WWE Championship match
Triple H vs. John Cena (champ)

Winner: John Cena
Rating: 9.5/10
Bizarre entrances aside, this match was exciting and definately tossed a curveball at me when Cena won via submission. I was so sure that Triple H was going to win, it looked inevitable. I was ready to see my favorite wrestler (Triple H) win the title for the 11th time and bam, with about ten minutes of air time left, Triple H heads for the Pedigree but Cena gets a crazy reverse and locks in the STFU. I thought for sure that Triple H was going to get the ropes, hit a low blow or get a fancy counter, hit the Pedigree and make the rabid Chicago fans happy. Instead, Triple H taps and the Chicago crowd as well as myself becomes shocked. This was already a good enough match from both Triple H and Cena but the crowd made it even more compelling. Definately worthy of a Wrestlemania Main Event.

Closing Comments: This card far exceeded expectations and definatley has things looking good for the WWE in the near future. Thus far, the WWE is following up on Wrestlemania quite well with Backlash looking to be great and the revival of the King of the Ring on Smackdown!. I haven't been shocked by a finish like I was with Triple H vs. John Cena in a while and I've been watching wrestling for about 13-14 years (I'm 18 now). In fact, the last time I was that shocked was Goldberg's first WCW loss, I couldn't believe that. But I digress, Wrestlemania 22 is worth the 20 or more dollars on DVD especially considered the boatload of extras that are bound to be on it.

WrestleMania is SUPPOST to the biggest event of the year...the SUPER BOWL of professional wrestling. This is SUPPOST to be the can't miss event of the year and the one event that tops all the other events from the previous year however...WWE dropped the ball here because compared to over WWE PPV's from the past year, this didn't have the feel of WrestleMania. Vengeance, Taboo Tuesday, Survivor Series, and One Night Stand were all better than this event. A majority of these matches either were just a waste of space, weren't given enough time, talent misused, and had people who shouldn't have been on the card. The biggest having more of a focus on RAW than the "b-show" that is SmackDown. Luckly, the extras (including the return of Saturday Night's Main Event) make this DVD set make it worth the price.

World Tag Team Champions Big Show & Kane vs. Carlito & Chris Masters - This was one of those matches that show that WWE cares about RAW more than SmackDown. WWE has not had a SERIOUS focus on tag teams on RAW in a long time and this match shows it. While the legit tag teams of SmackDown tag champions MNM, Mexicools, London & Kendrick are stuck in a pre-PPV battle royal. The RAW Tag Champions are given a match eventhough they are four singles wrestlers who only team up around once a month have a match. The match itself was decent but concidering how both teams ended up splitting up within two weeks nor a real storyline to being with...it was just pointless.

Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Ric Flair vs. Matt Hardy vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Finlay vs. Shelton Benjamin - This isn't better than the one at WM21 (which I saw live) but it's still great here. Shelton Benjamin once again steals the show here but the real story was RVD finally "break though the glass ceiling" so be concidered a serious title contender...and the story of Flair going for "one last title run" also added to the match.

U.S. Champion Chris Benoit vs. J.B.L. - Actually another good match, I can't say anything bad about this here except it was a step down for their previous matches I've seen out of these two but overall, the best WRESTLING match of the night.

Hardcore Match: Mick Foley vs. Edge - This was about Mick Foley getting his "WrestleMania moment" and he did because I felt like this was the best match of the night & one of the best hardcore matches in WWE history. The spear though the flaming table at the end is really something that has to be seen.
(Edge: Decade Of Decadence, Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses: Hardcore Edition)

Boogeyman vs. Booker T & Sharmell -Booker T gets back on WrestleMania after being left out of last years & misued the year before & this is the best they could come up with. The "match" was so horrible...I'll just leave it at that.

Womens Champion Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James - This was without a doubt the best womens match in WrestleMania history. It has some edits as the "botched" ending was clipped out. The crowd completely turns on Trish Status which makes this interesting as well.

Casket Match: Undertaker vs. Mark Henry - This match had to be short and sweet concidering how Mark Henry has been absolutely worthless in WWE for 9 years & always has to have his opponetts being "spot moneys" for him just to make the matches look good. Taker did a big dive over the top onto Henry but it looked scary concidering how Henry didn't catch him. It's not like Henry was gonna break Taker's streak but it was watchable.

Street Fight Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. McMahon - This was more like "HBK beating down Mr. McMahon" because that's what a majoriy of this match was with cameos from Spirit Squad & Shane McMahon help this match out. You have to give McMahon his respect, he won't ask people to do anything that he wouldn't do himself.

World Champion Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton - Just like the year before, the SmackDown main event gets LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. Let me summerize this, Kurt Angle DOMINATES the whole match with the other two occassionally getting some spots in before Kurt is knocked outside the ring & Mysterio scores a quick pin on Orton. It's nonstop action for those 9 mins. but come on, this should have been given more time.

Pillow Fight Match: Torrie Wilson vs. Candice Michelle - Remember the WM19 pillow fight or the Christy Hemme match from 21...this was worse because it dragged on longer. We've already seen these girls in their bra & panties countless times before & we'll see them in it countless times again so this was just a waste. Again, this could have been cut out to give the SmackDown main event more time.

WWE Champion John Cena vs. Triple H - Besides the "Conan The Barbarian" & "Chicago mobsters" entrances...this match was better than anyone expected. The crowd was all over Cena (as expected) but they did the ending nobody expected and had HHH not only lose but tap out to Cena.

(Saturday Night's Main Event) John Cena & Triple H vs. Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton - The WrestleMania main events go against each other here. This was a fun match with each guy getting their moments against each other but as you would expect from each other, the teams completely fell apart as Orton & HHH completely turned against their partners who didn't take too kindly to that.

(Saturday Night's Main Event) Trish Stratus & Mickie James vs. Victoria & Candice Michelle - This was pretty short & quick to the point where Mickie James didn't even get tagged into the match but this was all about what happened afterwards where Mickie finally snapped on Trish.

(Saturday Night's Main Event) Street Fight Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon - This was a real fun match to watch that saw Vince McMahon get involved at times with a "screwy" ending that I swore I saw before. One moment to look out for was both men suplexed off the ladder in the ring to the tables stacked on the outside.
(Best Of Saturday Night's Main Event)

Also on here was a Beer Drinking Contest between Steve Austin & J.B.L., Edge & Lita hosting "The Cutting Edge" with Mick Foley as the special guest, and Mark Henry calling out Undertaker.

The third disc is the entire Hall Of Fame ceremony honoring Bret Hart, Eddie Guerrero, Gene Okerland, Tony Atlas, William Perry, Greg Gagne, The Blackjacks, and Sensational Sherri. Other DVD extras include the post game show, John Cena addressing the Chicago fans after RAW, Mick Foley & Rey Mysterio backstage after their matches, and the 18 man RAW vs. SmackDown battle royal.

Again, the event itself wasn't "WrestleMania" quality but the extras heavily make up for it, I recommend.

Before I type much GO TO WALMART FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's only 19.99 and it also comes with the Rey Mysterio 619 DVD. It could be the best investment you will ever make.

And on to the DVD

Wrestemania 22 was a awesome PPV. I felt something was missing. I do belive it might have been hype. As much of it was focused to the HBK-Vince match.But all in all it was a spectacular PPV.

The Extras
It has SNME which is great. An the HOF is great as well. You should get this DVD. I mean heck look at the price. 20 dollars. Don't wait too long for this one.

I just went to Wal-Mart and picked up Wrestlemania 22 for $19.99..It even came with a bonus DVD of Rey 619! 4 DVDs for 19.99, you can't beat that price. You get Wrestlemania 22, tons of Bonus Features, The HOF Induction, The Return of SNME and the Rey 619 DVD! Thats only $5 per dvd. The artwork is great on this dvd and the trifold center features Rey and John Cena with their belts. The artwork on the discs themselves are also great. Great job with the packaging on this set WWE! As for the event itself, watch the Hardcore Match and the WWE Championship and the World Heavy Weight Championship first---those are all great matches!

This PPV was ok. Michelle Williams opened with America the Beautiful. The Tag Title match with Kane/Big Show vs Masters/Carlito was soo predictable. We al know that Kane and Big Show would win. 6/10

The $$$ In the Bank Ladder was great. We saw Hardy vs Shelton vs Finlay vs Lashley vs Flair vs RVD. It was a good match. We saw a lot of jumps and cool moves. We knew RVD would win, but it was still awesome. 8/10

The US Title match was a little better than the Tag match. Benoit should have won, oh well. We knew JBL would cheat. 7/10

The Hardcore match with Edge vs Foley was best so far. The table and the fire was incredible! It was cool to see Edge win; I don't like him, but he beat Foley in his game. 9/10

Sharmell/Booker T vs Boogeyman (WM Debut)was crap.Nuff said. Boogeyman won. 1/10

Womens Title Mickie(WM Debut) vs Trish[C] was good. Mickie really worked on Trish. It was kinda sad to see Trish lose her title. Great Womens match. 8/10

Casket Match Henry vs Undertaker was cool. I've never seen UT jump like that before! Henry is a badd wrestler. It was pretty predictable in the way that UT won, and that he would win. UT is 14-0. Pretty good match! 8.5/10

No Holds Barred HBK vs Vince was awesome! Shane getting cuffed to the ring was funny. This match was very entertaining, and the D-X Crotch Chops by HBK were great. That 20 ft ladder jump was phenominal! 9/10

Triple Threat World Title- Rey vs Orton vs Angle. It was a fantastic match. Great wrestling by all 3 men.I, personally hated the outcome. It was predictable; Rey winning the title for Eddie. Much love to Eddie, but REY IS OVERRATED FOR GOD SAKES! Angle or Orton should have won. 9/10

Playboy Pillow Fight Torrie vs Candice. I'm wondering why they're in evening gowns, and why they stripped eachother. ?? I loved that Torrie won, and that she had Chole[her dog] As you would imagine this wasn't really a wrestling match per say,more of a cat fight. There were some wrestling moves. This shouldn't have been the pre main event!! MY goodness! 5.5/10

WWE TITLE HHH vs Cena
Fantabulous match! Best of the night. These men put on a great fight. Cena really has been using the ST-FU. I thought HHH would win, but no, Cena pulled it off! 10/10

Overall, this was an OK Wrestlemania. One question, why does RAW always have the main event? A World Title match went before a pillow fight! If the WWE wants more people to like SD! don't have your SD! main event go beforea playboy pillow fight!

Kane and Big Show(champions) vs Carlio and Chris Masters*RAW Tag Titles*: This match I missed the first time around because of signal problems but caught it again on the replay. I wasn't expecting too much out of this one but I can say it was better than I thought it would be. Nothing really to mention though, just a normal match, nothing better than what you would see on RAW but still a good opener. 3/5 Stars

Money in the Bank Ladder Match: My only problem with this match was how they made SD! out to just be pushed to the side to let RAW shine overall and although I think last years MITB was better this one was still a great match. Alot of spots in this one as expected(RVD & Shelton owned that match) Sick bump from Matt at the end. I think this match was seriously put up or shut up for most of the guys in it. I think the most deserving man(RVD) won and i'm happy that he did. I'd love to see him take the title from Cena and be able to have a good run with it. 4/5 Stars

Benoit(champion) vs. JBL*US Title*: Another match I wasn't expecting too much from. JBL is just out of shape and it's showing. Benoit is one of the most technically sound men in the WWE right now, and is being held back in my opinion. Benoit has the talent to be in the World Title picture right now but I don't really see him being able to move out of the mid-card level for awhile if at all again. JBL of course cheaply steals this one, which I was expecting but I wish I would've been wrong. 3.5/5 Stars

Edge vs Mick Foley: This one I was really looking forward to. I knew both men definitely weren't afraid to to take some big bumps and lay it all on the line to entertain us fans and I was right. Edge is a good in ring talent in my opinion and can pull a big one out when he really wants to. Foley is the hardcore legend and has been putting his body on the line for years to make sure everyone remembered his match when the show was over. Lots of blood here with barbed wire, tables, thumbtacks, fire, whatever they could think of to make this one big. The ending I believe is what everyone will remember with the table going ablaze and Edge spearing Foley through the ropes to the outside through the flaming table. It definitely was a good spot and Edge put his face right into the flames if you notice which he really didn't have to but nonetheless a great spot. Overall I think this match was just what it needed to be, not alot of pretty technical moves going on, just an all out brawl with both men putting it all on the line for the people and I applaude them for that. 4.5/5 Stars

The Boogeyman vs Booker T & Sharmell: I dont know what Booker did to deserve being in this rediculous squash to Boogeyman. Booker is one of the most talented men in the WWE yet he's forced to go out on the biggest stage of them all and carry a very green rookie only to be put down with basically one move for the 3 count. This feud should've just been ended on an episode of SD! and then throw Booker into the match with JBL and Benoit and make it a Triple Threat. This match was basically just filler and quite boring, considering Booker had to do most of the work to make Boogeyman look good. 2.5/5 Stars

Trish Stratus(champion) vs Mickie James*Women's Title*: This match I have to say surprised me. Quite possibly one of the best, no THE best women's match in a very long time. Both Trish and Mickie are great female athletes and they showed it here with this one. My only complaint about this match was that this should've been another triple threat and have Victoria, who is another great female wrestler thrown into the mix to make it a bit more interesting. Still, these two showed how women's wrestling should be. They prove that women in wrestling can be easy on the eyes and still go in there and put on a great contest. The only down part of the match was the botched Stratusfaction but the rest of the match made up for it. I'm glad to see Mickie pick up the win, I think she will make a great women's champion and hopefully this angle with Trish will continue. 4.5/5 Stars

Undertaker vs Mark Henry*Casket Match*: Another match where one superstar pretty much had to carry the other. I don't know why Mark Henry is still around, it was a dumb idea to sign this guy to a 10 year contract. Taker's match last year against Orton was alot better, and atleast then you kind of had a doubt in your mind that the Undertaker might actually lose. The only hight spot in this match IMO was Taker's dive to the outside over the ropes and over the casket to land on Henry. Although I think Taker's days are numbered in the business, he can still put on a decent match with just about anyone he's put in the ring with. I think they already knew this match wouldn't be too great as just a normal one-on-one and they had to throw the casket stipulation in to make it worth watching. Not the best match of the night but still better than I expected. 3.5/5 Stars

HBK vs Vince: I think in this one, Vince really got what he deserved. One thing Michaels mentioned that is absolutely correct is that Vince really needs to grow up. His head is too big for the rest of his way too oiled up and very orange body. I think this one was good, but could've been alot better if it was Shawn vs. Shane instead of Vince. Again, not a very impressive match, but the big ladder spot at the end will have everyone praising it of course. Not really a wrestling match(which it wasn't supposed to be to begin with) so I dont have much to say. As I mentioned the ending makes the match. 4/5 Stars

Kurt Angle(champion) vs. Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio*World Title*: This was the main match I was looking forward to of the night. I knew all three of these guys could really go and put on one hell of a match together. But that was kind of set short, everyone has said the same thing so I dont have to tell you why the match wasn't as good as it could've been. Still, with the restricions they had, these guys still put on a great match. Angle was definitely the fan favorite in this one. I know alot of people are complaining about Mysterio picking up the win, even though I do think Eddie passing away had alot to do with it i'm not upset about him winning although I wish Orton would've picked up the win. These guys were pushed aside in order to leave more time for the main event which was dumb because the show ended 10 mins early I believe so that time definitely should've gone to this match. Still, a great effort by all three men and a great match for the time they had. 4.5/5 Stars

Torrie Wilson vs. Candice Michelle: Wow....this was just embarrassing, this should've been the opener, not between the 2 main events. It was a playboy pillow fight, you can pretty much imagine this entire match in your mind. Pointless. 0.5/5 Stars

John Cena(champion) vs. Triple H*WWE Title*: First things first, what alot of people seem to talk about when reviewing this match is the entrances. If you missed it on PPV, when you buy it on DVD, you'll know what everbody is talking about. I for one really enjoyed both entrances. The whole "King of Kings" feel with HHH was awesome with the throne and the attire, I loved all of it. Cena's entrance I enjoyed also, I was surprised when I saw CM Punk as one of the extra gangsters in the car(if you look closely you'll notice him). Now for the match. I loved how they did the introducions, it really gave it a big match feel and put you on edge for what was coming up. As expected, the crowd really trashed Cena. They were about 90% pro-HHH. Trips almost seemed to be a bit of a babyface at times during the match. As far as the actual wrestling and performance of the 2 men, It wasn't all that great but it was one of the better of the night. The crowd definitely made this one seem alot better than it actually was. If that crowd was dead silent, this match would be getting trashed by everyone. Although, as another reviewer stated, this match had great storytelling and I think they really played off the crowds reactions and had everyone on their feet by the end. It was that intense and that much tension in that arena, and you could literally feel it. Trips tapping definitely shocked alot of people, that makes 3 WM's in a row that HHH has lost. I'm not one of the people bashing on Cena every chance I get because I think he's a great entertainer, even if he's not the greatest wrestler, he knows how to work a crowd. Best match of the night without a doubt, not because of the wrestling, but because of how well these two worked the crowd and really told the story in their match. 5/5 Stars

-Overall this was a great show, the crowd was hot the entire night and really made up for some lackluster matches. Some surprising wins and losses and I think one of the best WrestleMania's of all time. 4.5/5 Stars for overall show.

When you look at the card on paper you see Vince McMahon vs HBK, Mick Foley vs Edge Hardcore Match, Micki James vs Trish Stratus & Mark Henry vs Undertaker. You see this card and you expect to be disapointed but you're sorely wrong as these where the best matches on the card.
Here is a match by match review of the show in no particular order as i'm doing it from memory so bear with me.

Big Show & Kane vs Carlito vs Chris Masters.
3/5 This match had potential but it let me down the only real high point of the match was that Carlito was in it.

6 Man Money In The Bank Ladder Match. RVD vs Shelton vs Ric Flair vs Matt Hardy vs Finlay vs Lashley.
5/5 Amazing match and like always Ric, RVD & Shelton didn't let us down but the other 3 guys really were terrible in the match but it still deserves its 5 stars

Undertaker vs Mark Henry Casket Match.
3/5 very slow match that i honestly expected to be worse but Undertaker delivered a great Wrestlemania match as usual.

Boogeyman vs Booker T.
0/5 The worst match on the card, i am a big fan of Booker's and even he didn't deliver in this match which was a real disapointment in my book.

Mick Foley vs Edge Hardcore Match.
6/5 This was definately the show stealer and shows that Mick Foley is still the hardcore legend and it proved that Edge will still go to any lengths to capture the eyes of the fans.

Mickie James vs Trish Stratus Womens Championship.
5/5 Amazing match that also was one of the best matches on the card it was more the storytelling than the wrestling and Mickie had the crowd on her side to no surprise.

Vince McMahon vs Shawn Michaels Street Fight.
5/5 Incredible match that showed us the old Shawn Michaels and showed us why we love him and Vince really perfomed amazingly in this match.

Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle vs Randy Orton World Championship.
5/5 This match was waaaaaayyyyy too short but for the time that these 3 men where in the ring they seriously delivered an incredible match.

John Cena vs Triple H WWE Championship.
5/5 This was a great match and the atmosphere was incredible and i like most of the fans where 100% behind HHH winning but all in all this was an amazing match.

This was an incredible PPV and the best Wrestlemania since WM17 so i seriously recommend you check this out because it was worth the PPV price so it will really be worth the DVD price.

WrestleMania 21 was so good that the expectations were so high for the following year's event. But it just wasn't happening. But, after watching the program a couple of times, I realized that WrestleMania 22 wasn't so bad after all. The tag team match and the Money in the Bank match were yawns (even though Shelton Benjamin and Rob Van Dam were great), Bret Hart declined to be part of the Hall of Fame portion and my boy Booker T got squashed by The Boogeyman. But other than those flaws, the rest of the program is very entertaining.

Chris Benoit and JBL have a predicable but entertaining match for the US Title, with JBL two-stepping his way to a victory (a jaded one, of course). Trish Stratus and Mickie James have one of the better women's matches in some time, despite a botched finish that somebody edited out of the final cut (boo!). Undertaker increases his WrestleMania streak to 14-0, of course. It was disappointing to see him in possibly his last WM against Mark Henry, but oh well. I officially became a Shawn Michaels fan with the beating he gave Mr. McMahon, and Edge and Mick Foley have a brutal hardcore match as well (watch the end of this one). Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle provide a little TNA to keep the perverts entertained to round out the undercard.

The Triple Threat Heavyweight Title match was a breathtaking match. Even though it was short, there was never a dull moment and the ending was a little too predictable, with Rey Mysterio taking the title. I have no problem with Rey taking the throne but this match would have been better if it was just Angle vs. Orton. It's a shame that WWE used Eddie Guerrero's death to boost the career of Rey Mysterio to championship status. It's wrong that they had to do that. Nonetheless, a fun and entertaining match.

But business picked up in the WWE Title match between John Cena and Triple H in their first ever meeting. The crowd was SO in to this match that it was incredible. It was a very exciting match and better than a lot of people expected it to be. Definitely a classic showdown between good and evil. But of course when Triple H is in the main event, good things are going to happen. That's why he's been there a good four, five times.

WrestleMania 22 is really better than it gets credit for. It just couldn't live up to its predecessor. Fortunately, the DVD is crammed with loads of extras, including the Saturday Night's Main Event telecast from two weeks before WrestleMania, in its entirety. It'd be nice to see more whole telecasts on DVD releases in the future. The bottom line: a solid WrestleMania, could've been better (with better inter-promotional matches and an appearance by Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold or The Rock), but great action nonetheless.

IT WAS AN AWESOME WRESTLEMANIA AND ENJOY TO WATCH WITH POPCORN, DRINK SODA AND LET'S START!! A SET OF 3 DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION WITH LOT OF EXTRAS. HERE IS A LIST OF MATCHES WITH RATE.

DISC 1-

1) WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
BIG SHOW & KANE vs. CALITO & CHRIS MASTERS
WITH A GOOD OPENING AND GOOD SPOTS WITH BIG SHOW AND KANE.
RATE: 8/10

2) MONEY IN A BANK LADDER MATCH
WRESTLEMANIA 21 IS BETTER THAN THIS BUT IT IS STILL A GREAT MATCH WITH RVD, SHELTON, AND MATT HARDY.
RATE: 9/10

3) UNTIED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
CHRIS BENIOT vs. JOHN "BRADSHAW" LAYFIELD
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE BUT BOTH OF MEN DOING AS WELL ON THIS MATCH. CHRIS SHOULD RETIAN THE TITLE. BUT JBL WON BY CHEATING.
RATE: 8/10

4)HARDCORE MATCH
EDGE vs. MICK FOLEY
I'M FORWARD FOR THIS AND IT WAS AWESOME, WITH BIG IMPACT ON TABLE FIRE.
RATE: 10/10

5) BOOGEYMAN vs. BOOKER T & SHARMELL
THIS MATCH WAS HANDICAP BUT SHARMELL DON'T EVEN WRESTLE ALSO BOOGEYMAN TOO. THIS WAS A BORING AND SLOW MATCH.
RATE: 3/10

6) WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
TRISH STRATUS vs. MICKIE JAMES
IT WAS GOOD WOMEN MATCH.
RATE: 7/10

7) CASKET MATCH
UNDERTAKER vs. MARK HENRY
IT WAS GREAT MATCH AND BETTER THAN ROYAL RUMBLE 2005 WITH HERDERIECH. UNDERTAKER DID SOME HIGH FLYING.
RATE: 9/10

8)NO-HOLD-BARRED MATCH
SHAWN MICHEALS vs. MR. McMAHON
AWESOME MATCH WITH A HIGH LADDER THAT SHAWN JUMP.

DISC 2-

9) WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
KURT ANGLE vs. RANDY ORTON vs. REY MYSTERIO
AWESOME MATCH BUT IT WAS PRETTY SHORT AND THE THREE MEN HAVE TONS OF ACTION IN A 10 MINUTE MATCH.
RATE: 10/10

10) PILLOW FIGHT
TORRI vs. CANDICE
FORGET IT BUT YOU CAN WATCH THEM FOR HOTTIE GIRLS!!!
RATE: 0/10

11) WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
JOHN CENA vs. TRIPLE H
BOTH OF THEM HAVE AWESOME ENTRANCE BEFORE THE MATCH.
RATE: 10/10

DISC 3-

HALL OF FAME

World Tag Team Championship
Kane & Big Show (c) vs. Carlito & Chris Masters 7/10
My opinion, great start to the night with great team work from both teams. Some of the highlights include; Show press slamming Carlito over the ropes and onto Masters outside the ring; and when Kane hits a flying clothesline from the turnbuckle onto Carlito & Masters outside the ring. Short & Sweet which probably helped get the mark it did.

Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Shelton Benjamin vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Ric Flair vs. Matt Hardy vs. Lashley vs. Finlay 8/10
OK, Last year, i gave the MITB ladder match a 10/10, this year definatley deserve it. Probably because to me, these guys didn't have as good as chemistry as last year's contestants. Plus, no dis-respect to Flair, but what was he doing in a ladder match. As huge a RVD fan i am, i feel Benjamin should of won this. Highlights include; Hardy hitting a leg drop of the ladder; Matt hitting a superplex of the ladder to Flair; RVD splashing of the ladder. Hpe Benjamin wins it next year - if there's one.

United States Championship
Chris Benoit (c) vs. JBL 7/10
I felt this was kind of slow in my opinion. Plus thought it was in bad taste when JBL started immitating Eddie Guerrero. Wrong man won in my opinion, but i guess that was to create drama.

Hardcore Match
Mick Foley vs. Edge 10/10
Now this is more like it. Tons of weapons in this match, from cookie sheets - barbed wire - tables... flamming tables. Quite predictable who would win though, but non the less a great match, with a HELL OF A FINISH!

Handicap Match
Booker T & Sharmell vs. Boogeyman 3/10
The only reason it even deserves a 3 is cause of what Boogeyman does to Sharmell. God this is embarrasing. No way should this be on a Wrestlemania card. WWE did right though keeping it short, but TOTALLY WRONG by evening booking it in the frist place.

Women's Championship
Trish Stratus (c) vs. Mickie James 6/10
As much as i like Trish, i'm glad she finally looses it after holding it for over a year. This was better than the women's match last year.

Casket Match
Undertaker vs. Mark Henry 7.5/10
Maybe i'm just seeing something different, but i didn't find this match as bad as other people said it was. I mean it wasn't anything special but had some good moments i.e. Undertaker diving over top rope onto Henry.

No Holds Barred
Mr. McMahon vs. Shawn Michaels 9/10
A huge beat down on Vince by HBK. It was violent as well which i love. Great moment at the end when HBK elbows of a super huge ladder on Vince, who has a trash can over him and laying on a table.

Triple Threat World Heavyweight Championship
Kurt Angle (c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton 9/10
Yes, i'm giving this a 9 because of their chemistry, the fast pace and the entertainment. Clearly should have been the main event, clearly. Would have been a 10, but the fog during the match from fireworks and all that during the entrances kind of made it hard to focus on the wrestlers. The match duration didn't bother me.

Playboy pillow fi... wait this match was a disgrace, i ain't even gonna rate it. The girls looked HOT though.

WWE Championship
John Cena (c) vs. Triple H 7/10
I thought the entrances were better than the match. Call that a main event, and i actually felt sorry for Cena getting booed, i'm sick too of him being champ all the time, and having that ridiculous custom belt, but still you gotta respect him. But this match wasn't special at all. Just your average match you'd see on a RAW ppv i.e Backlash, Unforgiven etc. Not wrestlemania.