WWE WrestleMania XX
New York, NY - 14/3/04
AWESOME video package with "where it all begins...again" as the theme of course. Last shot was of Shane, Vince and Vince's grandson...terrific
John Cena vs. Big Show (*1/2) - Hot crowd for this somewhat mediocre match. Show dominated and Cena tried a million comebacks that all failed. In the end he did win of course and became US champ. Didn't go 10 minutes and thank God
La Resistance vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Rob Van Dam & Booker T vs. Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade (**1/4) - Short match but pretty decent for what it was. RVD and Booker retained
Chris Jericho vs. Christian (***1/2) - Seesaw match that just seemed to get more and more exciting as it went on. Some good near falls. Trish came out and got involved as she hit Jericho by mistake (or so we thought) and Christian rolled Y2J up for the 1-2-3. Afterwards, Trish turned on Jericho and left with Christian. I didn't really wanna see Trish turn but the turn actually worked and got a great reaction in MSG. I love heel Trish already!
Evolution vs. Rock 'N' Sock Connection (***1/2) - When Flair was backdropped on the outside and Foley came off the apron with the Cactus elbow minutes into this match I knew it was gonna be awesome. At times it seemed Flair worked the majority of the match for Evolution. Not that I complain about that mind you. MSG was cooking for this match and it provided lots of entertainment. Surprisingly, Foley put Orton over clean. What a gentleman! Might not have been the best wrestling match in the world but it was sports entertainment at its best
Sable & Torrie Wilson vs. Stacy Keibler & Miss Jackie [Evening Gown match] (DUD) - Everyone but Jackie decided to take their gowns off before the match. All that build-up out the window...ah well. They kept it short and of course it sucked (as a match anyway) but it served its purpose
Cruiserweight open (**3/4) - Fast-paced action with Chavo retaining his title in the end. Entertaining match but a bit of a spotfest
Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg (3/4*) - The fans made this match fun. Lots of "You Sold Out" at Brock and "Boring" chants. The crowd also sang the "Na na na na...heeeeey, goodbye" song at Brock both during and after the match. Goldberg won but no one really cared. Brock flipped off the fans after the match and then flipped off Austin who of course gave him the stunner. Goldberg drank a beer with Austin and got the stunner as well. Match was nothing but the crowd reaction ruled
World's Greatest Tag Team vs. Basham Bros. vs. APA vs. Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty (**) - Scotty and Rikishi retained (unfortunately). Passable match. Crowd didn't care too much
Victoria vs. Molly Holly (**1/4) - They worked hard at this and again, few cared. Victoria won with a backslide. I liked this match. At least the effort was there. Molly got her head shaved. Actually she doesn't look all that bad bald...well maybe because she was next to Kurt Angle when he came out
Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero (****) - They started at a slow pace and picked it up as they went along. It built into quite a thrilling contest. Eddie got the win with a roll-up. Not the classic I had expected but still an excellent match. Nice that Eddie retained
Kane vs. Undertaker (1/2*) - PAUL BEARER! HE'S BACK! I thought he said he'd never work for WWE after the necrophilia angle? Well, since when did anybody keep a promise in this business? Undertaker didn't look much like the old dead man but he did all the usual stuff we love and mark for. Good thing was he didn't move like he was dead. Match sucked but the mark out value was higher than ever
Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels (****1/2) - Crowd was behind Benoit all the way which was great of course. Michaels bled a river in this match. Fabulous performances by all, including Triple H. He actually tapped clean in the middle of the ring in the Crossface and BENOIT FUCKING WON THE GOD DAMN' WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE! Without a doubt one of the greatest moments for me as a fan, not just of Benoit but of the sport. Seeing Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit hug and cry in the middle of the ring both with world titles was UN'FUCKING'BELIEVABLE! Match of the night
A+
WrestleMania XX, much like WrestleMania X, had "it". It had that feeling of "this is something special". From the awesome opening video package, to the Hall of Fame segment, to the two ****+ matches, to the hot crowd, to Benoit becoming a world champion at the biggest show of them all...WrestleMania was an incredible experience. Not all the matches were top-notch but none of them were piss poor either. They all had something (mostly because of the crowd). Huge thumbs up for this show. I still can't believe I live in a world where Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit are both world champions...
New York, NY - 14/3/04
AWESOME video package with "where it all begins...again" as the theme of course. Last shot was of Shane, Vince and Vince's grandson...terrific
John Cena vs. Big Show (*1/2) - Hot crowd for this somewhat mediocre match. Show dominated and Cena tried a million comebacks that all failed. In the end he did win of course and became US champ. Didn't go 10 minutes and thank God
La Resistance vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Rob Van Dam & Booker T vs. Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade (**1/4) - Short match but pretty decent for what it was. RVD and Booker retained
Chris Jericho vs. Christian (***1/2) - Seesaw match that just seemed to get more and more exciting as it went on. Some good near falls. Trish came out and got involved as she hit Jericho by mistake (or so we thought) and Christian rolled Y2J up for the 1-2-3. Afterwards, Trish turned on Jericho and left with Christian. I didn't really wanna see Trish turn but the turn actually worked and got a great reaction in MSG. I love heel Trish already!
Evolution vs. Rock 'N' Sock Connection (***1/2) - When Flair was backdropped on the outside and Foley came off the apron with the Cactus elbow minutes into this match I knew it was gonna be awesome. At times it seemed Flair worked the majority of the match for Evolution. Not that I complain about that mind you. MSG was cooking for this match and it provided lots of entertainment. Surprisingly, Foley put Orton over clean. What a gentleman! Might not have been the best wrestling match in the world but it was sports entertainment at its best
Sable & Torrie Wilson vs. Stacy Keibler & Miss Jackie [Evening Gown match] (DUD) - Everyone but Jackie decided to take their gowns off before the match. All that build-up out the window...ah well. They kept it short and of course it sucked (as a match anyway) but it served its purpose
Cruiserweight open (**3/4) - Fast-paced action with Chavo retaining his title in the end. Entertaining match but a bit of a spotfest
Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg (3/4*) - The fans made this match fun. Lots of "You Sold Out" at Brock and "Boring" chants. The crowd also sang the "Na na na na...heeeeey, goodbye" song at Brock both during and after the match. Goldberg won but no one really cared. Brock flipped off the fans after the match and then flipped off Austin who of course gave him the stunner. Goldberg drank a beer with Austin and got the stunner as well. Match was nothing but the crowd reaction ruled
World's Greatest Tag Team vs. Basham Bros. vs. APA vs. Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty (**) - Scotty and Rikishi retained (unfortunately). Passable match. Crowd didn't care too much
Victoria vs. Molly Holly (**1/4) - They worked hard at this and again, few cared. Victoria won with a backslide. I liked this match. At least the effort was there. Molly got her head shaved. Actually she doesn't look all that bad bald...well maybe because she was next to Kurt Angle when he came out
Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero (****) - They started at a slow pace and picked it up as they went along. It built into quite a thrilling contest. Eddie got the win with a roll-up. Not the classic I had expected but still an excellent match. Nice that Eddie retained
Kane vs. Undertaker (1/2*) - PAUL BEARER! HE'S BACK! I thought he said he'd never work for WWE after the necrophilia angle? Well, since when did anybody keep a promise in this business? Undertaker didn't look much like the old dead man but he did all the usual stuff we love and mark for. Good thing was he didn't move like he was dead. Match sucked but the mark out value was higher than ever
Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels (****1/2) - Crowd was behind Benoit all the way which was great of course. Michaels bled a river in this match. Fabulous performances by all, including Triple H. He actually tapped clean in the middle of the ring in the Crossface and BENOIT FUCKING WON THE GOD DAMN' WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE! Without a doubt one of the greatest moments for me as a fan, not just of Benoit but of the sport. Seeing Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit hug and cry in the middle of the ring both with world titles was UN'FUCKING'BELIEVABLE! Match of the night
A+
WrestleMania XX, much like WrestleMania X, had "it". It had that feeling of "this is something special". From the awesome opening video package, to the Hall of Fame segment, to the two ****+ matches, to the hot crowd, to Benoit becoming a world champion at the biggest show of them all...WrestleMania was an incredible experience. Not all the matches were top-notch but none of them were piss poor either. They all had something (mostly because of the crowd). Huge thumbs up for this show. I still can't believe I live in a world where Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit are both world champions...
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