The biggest night in wrestling has come
and gone. That's right, dry your eyes, the next Wrestlemania is only
a year away. But for now you just reminisce about the one that took
place on March 29, 2015. I will admit that I do not watch RAW on a
weekly basis because of the lack of cable that exists in my house. I
do however have the WWE Network and keep up as much as I can. I do
know that once Roman Reigns won the Royal Rumble all the air was let
out of the road to Wrestlemania balloon. No offense to Reigns but the
fans knew that he was being forced down our throats. And we don't
like that. We want to choose who the champion is. Alas, that's not
the way it is.
So the main event remained. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns. But before we get to that, lets look at the rest of the night. Well, not all of it but the stuff that I found interesting.
The intercontinental match was as good
as was expected, at least by me. It wasn’t the best but had some
good spots while spotlighting six of the WWE's best talent. Oh and
Stardust was in there too. I kid, I kid. Daniel Bryan won so that
made the crowd happy to start the show off right with positive energy
running throughout the stadium.
If you ask me who my least favorite
wrestler is and has been for years in the WWE, the answer will always
be Randy Orton, hands down. Just something about him I have found
incredibly boring. His wrestling, his interviews, and its not that
he's bad at either one. He's just boring. But the in ring chemistry
he has with Seth Rollins is undeniable. A lot of that has to do with
just how awesome and athletic Seth Rollins is. Their match was easily
one of my favorites of the night plus Orton's RKO that got him the
win was one of the coolest moves of the night. I must admit, I popped
pretty big for that one.
A match that nobody saw coming
especially about twenty years ago is Sting vs Triple H. Let's start
with the entrances. Sting's entrance with the live drums was
interesting but the music he comes out to in the WWE is just lame. I
love the crow call at the beginning even though its an even bigger
reminder that Sting's look is just a ripoff of James O Barr's
character The Crow but the rest of the music is too dramatic. When
HHH's video hit, I wasn’t sure what was happening but then all too
familiar music started playing. I have written how Terminator 2 is
one of my favorite movies of all time so I immediately recognized the
music. Triple H is known for having some amazing Wrestlemania
entrances but he had a lot to live up to after last year's awesome
production. Terminator Endoskeleton's appeared on the stage while
Triple H rose from underneath the stage. He was wearing an awesome
mask/crown along with these terminator arm contraption things that
looked a little cheesy but I was geeking out over it the whole time.
I was really worried about the match
going into it mainly because of Sting's age and over the past few
years he hasn’t been at his best. We should have all seen how they
were going to solve this problem, especially when they started
promoting the match as WCW vs WWE. The actual wrestling match wasn't
bad, Triple H has shown that he can carry or improve a match when
needed. However, when you ask people about the match, few of them are
going to talk about the match itself. Instead, they will talk about
how for the first time ever we saw the NWO vs DX. This was very
exciting to witness as we had all of DX including an appearance by
Shawn Michaels and Hollywood Hogan. The live crowd popped huge for
this confrontation as did my living room.
Here is a little side note on the
Diva's tag match. No matter how good the women's/diva's matches are,
the WWE has brainwashed me over the years into not caring at all.
The Rusev/Cena match pretty much went
exactly how everyone thought it would. Cena used to be known for his
entrances at Wrestlemania but the past few years that has not been
the case. Tonight, he just had a little video package before his
music hit and he came out like normal. Rusev, however, did not come
out like normal. He came out on a frigging tank which was very cool.
The match wasn't bad and I'm pretty sure every single person picked
Cena to win to which they were correct. I actually kind of like the
fact that Daniel Bryan and John Cena have the belts they currently
hold. I am hoping it brings back the importance of each title.
I am still not sure what the point of
the Bray Wyatt/Undertaker match was. Wyatt is one of the most
interesting characters the WWE has and my personal favorite. Over the
past two years the WWE has done their best to just absolutely bury
him. I can't think of an important match that Wyatt has won, he loses
them all. Sure his interviews are awesome and he doesnt typically
back down from challengers while even calling out the Undertaker at
the Fast Lane PPV. But I would love to see his win/loss record. I'm
guessing his losses outweigh his wins by a lot.
After the Lesnar/Taker match last year
I wasn't too excited for this one. Undertaker did not look good last
year. Brock may not have been the best opponent for Taker either so
that may not have helped matters. This year, the deadman looked much
better, physically and in the ring. The match wasn't anything special
but did have some cool moments. Including, Wyatt doing his spider
crawl move which still impresses me for a big man, only for Taker to
do his creepy sit up maneuver. I really wanted Wyatt to win this one
because I think he would gain more than Undertaker winning since the
deadman hasn’t even made an appearance on WWE television since last
Wrestlemania. Alas, Taker got the win and Wyatt took yet another
loss.
I found The Rock/Ronda
Rousey/McMahon/Helmsley segment to be boring and pointless. Maybe if
they had setup a Rock vs Triple H main event for next years
Wrestlemania it would have made sense. Instead we got talking after
talking and a lame attack on Stephanie by Ronda Rousey which I
thought was pretty pathetic. Some people may have liked it but I
thought it was an enormous waste of time.
I don't know anybody that was actually
excited about the actual main event. Not even a promo and the support
from The Rock could help Reigns gain popularity from the WWE
universe. I have loved what they have been doing with Brock over the
past year. I can't remember the last time the WWE has created such a
monster while adding importance to the championship title. The crowd
was against Reigns from the beginning of the match so anytime he got
on the offense, the stadium was filled with boo's from the fans.
I didn't really expect Brock to
dominate as much as he did. I really thought that they were gonna
have Reigns look more impressive. Instead, Lesnar pretty much wiped
the floor with a Roman Reigns shaped mop. Eventually, Reigns did do
some offense while taking the beating that Brock was giving him with
a smile at times might I add. Just when the match seemed to be
getting a bit boring and with both men beat down, music began to fill
the stadium. It wasn't just any music, it was the music of Mr. Money
In The Bank, Seth Rollins. That's right, on the biggest stage in
wrestling, he was cashing in his contract for a title shot. Which in
turn now made the match a triple threat. It wasn't long before
Rollins pinned Reigns to indeed win the title. I never thought that
they would have used the Money In The Bank contract to end a
Wrestlemania but really they had no choice with this situation.
In a perfect world I think it would
have been cool to see Heyman turn on Lesnar joining Reigns while
helping him win the title. But the chemistry between Lesnar/Heyman is
undeniable so it makes perfect since to leave them together. The
great thing about Brock is they have made him such a bad ass that
it's easy to cheer for him so I am hoping they turn him a hardcore
face now.
I was not excited for this Wrestlemania
at all as far as the card went but it's always a fun event. It turns
out the WWE delivered a very entertaining show thanks to its talented
roster. The last Wrestlemania that I enjoyed like this was
Wrestlemania 24 which took place in Orlando. This one just felt fun
with very little fluff. Although, normally I would hate the film tie
in with Triple H's entrance because they were a sponser, but come on,
its the frigging Terminator. It's not like it was Robocop or Chucky
from Child's Play, which sadly both have made their way into the
wrestling world at one point or another. I think anyone that watched
this years Wrestlemania would have had to come out really enjoying
it. The WWE product of late can be frustrating at times but there is
no denying that on the show of shows, they delivered.
-R.T.
R.T. Ewell (but you can call me Richard if you see me in public) is a nerd and self published author. While also being Needless Thing's resident Lego fanatic & reviewer. His first novella Fat Trapped was released in 2013 introducing the horror world to The Blankenship Family. Some random likes of his are the Batman villain Bane, Jeff Smith's cartoon epic Bone, and the 80's BMX movie RAD.
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