Post by wabarrett on Apr 4, 2008 13:07:47 GMT -5
I got into WWE in 2001 and have seen each WrestleMania since then. I think 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 24 were all good, but I did not enjoy 18 and 23 very much. Here is a mini review of each WM from 2001-2008.
- WM 17 had TLC, Rock/ Austin, Triple H/ Undertaker, Hardcore Championship, McMahon vs McMahon, and also Jericho/ Regal and Angle/ Benoit were good matches too. It was an amazing show. The only bad point I think was the rubbish Women's Championship match.
- WM 18 had Rock/ Hogan (meh I think it is over rated), Triple H/ Jericho (also didn't enjoy much), and other bad matches like Austin/Hall, Billy & Chuck keeping Tag Team gold, DDP/ Christian, and a bad Hardcore Championship match. None of the matches seemed big (Angle/ Kane, Flair/ Undertaker, Edge/ Booker included). The Intercontinental Championship match was okay.
- WM 19 had Lesnar/ Angle, McMahon/ Hogan, a cool Tag Team Championship Triple Threat, Rock/ Austin (again lol), a decent Cruiserweight Championship match, and a brilliant match between Jericho and Michaels. The only bad point here was The Tag Team gold for RAW not being defended on the actual show so the Pillow Fight could happen. Also Booker/ Triple H was...okay, and Undertaker/ Show & A-Train was alright too.
- WM 20 had...lots of hype. LOL no really there were good matches; Triple Threat for WHC, Angle/ Eddie, Undertaker retunring to beat Kane, Cena/ Show was nice, Evolution/ Rock and Foley was also a really good match I think. The two Tag Team Championship matches were okay, the Cruiserweight open was fairly enjoyable but rushed, and Christian/ Jericho was alright. Goldberg/ Lesnar was poor, as was the Women's Championship match. We got to see Torrie and Sable wearing...not a lot, which was also good haha.
- WM21 had two great inter-brand matches, Angle/ Michaels and Orton/ Undertaker. The two big Championship matches were enjoyable in my opinion as well. We also saw Money in the Bank for the first time, wicked match. The Women's Championship match was okay, and Eddie/ Rey was cool too. Big Show was shoved in a Sumo match, one we'd all like to forget at that.
- WM 22 had Michaels destroy Vince, a quality Hardcore match between Foley and Edge, two decent big Championship matches in my opinion, another good Money in the Bank match, an okay Casket match, a good Women's Championship (and Trish's last 'Mania), RAW Tag Team gold being defended again which was nice, and a Playboy pillow fight (yay). Oh and JBL/ Benoit was quite good. Boogeyman/ Booker was as bad as expected and shouldn't have been on the card.
- WM 23 had two decent big Champpinship matches, Money in the Bank was okay (had King Booker in it though lol), MVP/ Benoit was alright, and the rest I personally didn't enjoy at all. Kane/ Khali was bland, ECW guys vs. New Breed was bland as well, and the Battle of the Billionaires...well I just thought it was lame. Nice to see Stone Cold back though. Oh and yeah the Women's Championship match was terrible. Too many decent guys were wasted and missed off this show.
- WM 24 had Michaels/ Flair, a brilliant match and an emotional one at that, the WHC and WWE Championship matches were both good, Mayweather/ Show was actually quite fun too in my opinion. Money in the Bank was amazing I thought, Finlay/ JBL was quite good, Batista/ Umaga was okay, the ECW Championship match was...well Kane won some gold. Shame the 24 man battle royal wasn't on the show. Instead we got a fairly lame Playboy tag match. Melina was the only good bit of that match I thought. Other than that match, a great show,
So there is the run-down of each show and my opinion of them.
I am going to say WM 18 is easily the worst one out of those...but which one is best??? I don't know... they were all great.
Your thoughts?
- WM 17 had TLC, Rock/ Austin, Triple H/ Undertaker, Hardcore Championship, McMahon vs McMahon, and also Jericho/ Regal and Angle/ Benoit were good matches too. It was an amazing show. The only bad point I think was the rubbish Women's Championship match.
- WM 18 had Rock/ Hogan (meh I think it is over rated), Triple H/ Jericho (also didn't enjoy much), and other bad matches like Austin/Hall, Billy & Chuck keeping Tag Team gold, DDP/ Christian, and a bad Hardcore Championship match. None of the matches seemed big (Angle/ Kane, Flair/ Undertaker, Edge/ Booker included). The Intercontinental Championship match was okay.
- WM 19 had Lesnar/ Angle, McMahon/ Hogan, a cool Tag Team Championship Triple Threat, Rock/ Austin (again lol), a decent Cruiserweight Championship match, and a brilliant match between Jericho and Michaels. The only bad point here was The Tag Team gold for RAW not being defended on the actual show so the Pillow Fight could happen. Also Booker/ Triple H was...okay, and Undertaker/ Show & A-Train was alright too.
- WM 20 had...lots of hype. LOL no really there were good matches; Triple Threat for WHC, Angle/ Eddie, Undertaker retunring to beat Kane, Cena/ Show was nice, Evolution/ Rock and Foley was also a really good match I think. The two Tag Team Championship matches were okay, the Cruiserweight open was fairly enjoyable but rushed, and Christian/ Jericho was alright. Goldberg/ Lesnar was poor, as was the Women's Championship match. We got to see Torrie and Sable wearing...not a lot, which was also good haha.
- WM21 had two great inter-brand matches, Angle/ Michaels and Orton/ Undertaker. The two big Championship matches were enjoyable in my opinion as well. We also saw Money in the Bank for the first time, wicked match. The Women's Championship match was okay, and Eddie/ Rey was cool too. Big Show was shoved in a Sumo match, one we'd all like to forget at that.
- WM 22 had Michaels destroy Vince, a quality Hardcore match between Foley and Edge, two decent big Championship matches in my opinion, another good Money in the Bank match, an okay Casket match, a good Women's Championship (and Trish's last 'Mania), RAW Tag Team gold being defended again which was nice, and a Playboy pillow fight (yay). Oh and JBL/ Benoit was quite good. Boogeyman/ Booker was as bad as expected and shouldn't have been on the card.
- WM 23 had two decent big Champpinship matches, Money in the Bank was okay (had King Booker in it though lol), MVP/ Benoit was alright, and the rest I personally didn't enjoy at all. Kane/ Khali was bland, ECW guys vs. New Breed was bland as well, and the Battle of the Billionaires...well I just thought it was lame. Nice to see Stone Cold back though. Oh and yeah the Women's Championship match was terrible. Too many decent guys were wasted and missed off this show.
- WM 24 had Michaels/ Flair, a brilliant match and an emotional one at that, the WHC and WWE Championship matches were both good, Mayweather/ Show was actually quite fun too in my opinion. Money in the Bank was amazing I thought, Finlay/ JBL was quite good, Batista/ Umaga was okay, the ECW Championship match was...well Kane won some gold. Shame the 24 man battle royal wasn't on the show. Instead we got a fairly lame Playboy tag match. Melina was the only good bit of that match I thought. Other than that match, a great show,
So there is the run-down of each show and my opinion of them.
I am going to say WM 18 is easily the worst one out of those...but which one is best??? I don't know... they were all great.
Your thoughts?