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[jono]

Booker T in the corridor of horrors with Paul Birchill, Snitsky, Mae Young, Ted DiBiase, Goldust is hilarious. I miss Booker T doing comedy.

This thing with the Boogeyman should have been dropped though. A waste of the Black GOAT but Sharmell is excellent too. She actually added alot to his character.

Boogeyman is actually a great gimmick but dude couldn't work for shit and came across like Papa Shango. The worms and shit, it brings a legit reaction..

Mickie vs Trish was pretty good.

The gay obsession shit angle is like something out of a movie. She kidnapped Ashley (who has tremendous titties in her own right) it was just so well done.

I think we deserve one more Mickie match especially since the girls can work now.

 

[jono]

Undertaker vs Henry: Casket Match

Not terrible actually. Undertaker cleared that casket spot. He did his best to make this match passable. Mark wasn't bad either, he could have done more though.

HBK vs VKM: No Holds Barred

Vince is at his best here. A man with such power as a delusional heel is incredible. He reached for the sky, quite literally, for this storyline.

This was perfect booking of a babyface too. It was a 7 on 1 (Spirit Squad [5 members], Shane & Vince) scenario. Vince came off like the Kingpin he should have been.

I know if Vince could wrestle today he would. The Muscle & Fitness cover is deadass funny as fuck.

 

[Already Home_17]

Undertaker vs Henry: Casket Match

Not terrible actually. Undertaker cleared that casket spot. He did his best to make this match passable. Mark wasn't bad either, he could have done more though.

HBK vs VKM: No Holds Barred

Vince is at his best here. A man with such power as a delusional heel is incredible. He reached for the sky, quite literally, for this storyline.

This was perfect booking of a babyface too. It was a 7 on 1 (Spirit Squad [5 members], Shane & Vince) scenario. Vince came off like the Kingpin he should have been.

I know if Vince could wrestle today he would. The Muscle & Fitness cover is deadass funny as fuck.

by doing more, you mean dropping 100 pounds?

 

[jono]

At least 50. It would have helped with his movement. He was moving like the Penguin in Batman Returns

 

[jono]

Rey vs Angle vs Orton: WHC

Should have been Angle vs Rey man on man. Imagine if they were allowed to have that Summerslam 2002 match at Wrestlemania. Shoehorning Orton into this match was a mess.

Orton should have been suspended for his fuckery. Instead they made him take the pin, then lose again on smackdown then suspended him. Bullshit.

As a fan of Rey this was a huge night. I wish the match had gotten more time though. I think this match is less than 10 minutes. The triple german suplex spot was awesome, Rey got some airtime on that joint too.

Rey's run from the moment he beat Orton until he dropped the strap to Booker T was a mess of unnecessary jobs.

 

[jono]

Playboy Lingerie pillow fight...Candace Michelle was a decent wrestler with RKO's shoulders she been gone a long time. I still remember her. Torrie Wilson was baaaaaad too.

Spoiler

 

[jono]

So many parallels between Cena then (on his second title reign) and Reigns (who already had two) going into an arena where he will get booed. "Cena sucks" chants began long before the match did. JR framing the match as "tradition vs new school," was a nice try.

HHH was treated like he was...Stone Cold or some shit which I'm guessing will be the same Sunday. JR said "Its like playing a road game for Cena..." if thats the case that nigga Cena played nothing but road games for 10 years.

CM Punk in Cena's entrance as an extra is funny...considering he wanted to main event WM...this is the closest he ever got. He did a good job though and they made sure he was on camera.

What makes this funnier is on Punk's DVD Cena seemed to not even know Punk was there, which added to his earlier cheap shot of "When I first saw him I was like... that's it?"

 

[dalyricalbandit]

Playboy Lingerie pillow fight...Candace Michelle was a decent wrestler with RKO's shoulders she been gone a long time. I still remember her. Torrie Wilson was baaaaaad too.

Spoiler

for got all about her damn.

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

Cena vs Batista at WM 26 was wack.

 

[KillaCham]

Who was it that was arguing last year over Kane not having any good matches? LOL

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

Who was it that was arguing last year over Kane not having any good matches? LOL

That was blu tryna tell me his matches were better than most of takers or cenas i think lol

 

[KillaCham]

Lmaooooo

 

[jono]

WM 23: a special event for me because I was there LIVE!

The MITB match - Mr. Kennedy winning was a dope moment. I remember walking around Ford Field and you could hear CM Punk's theme being played by every passing car (this was in 2007 by the way). I was sure he was going to win but they swerved me and put it on Kennedy. Not a bad choice but he dropped the ball and never got back on track.

The pop of him winning was crazy too. It was the first real pop I had ever experienced, shit was wild.

Great Khali vs Kane: dude....FOH with this.

President Trump did a backstage spot with The Boogeyman but I already forgot what they did.

Chris Benoit vs MVP - US Title

I love MVP's entrance with the cheerleaders but he lost to a diving headbutt in such anticlimactic fashion. It was a dope match up to that point too. MVP had IT, whatever IT is he had it. Too bad he never got anywhere. Again turning him face ruined everything.

He basically became another Booker T, his gimmick was all about overcoming your past and all that shit. Just terrible stuff.

Undertaker vs Batista: WHC

I remember it was so much Undertaker cosplay going on in Detroit at the time it amazing. Having gone to several nerd events like Youmacon etc I've never seen people cosplay one character so much at one event. Though last year it seemed like every other bitch was Harley Quinn at youmacon.

The match itself is so underrated. The entire building was on edge for this. The spot where Batista powerslammed Undertaker through the table waz crazy inside building. I heard gasps like someone really had died but when Undertaker won that pop was the loudest thing I've ever heard. It was chilling, they definitely should have gone on last.

 

[jono]

So many TNA Champions on this card.

ECW Originals vs New Breed

A totally forgotten match. I mean Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von (Monty Brown), Kevin Thorn, and Matt Striker vs Sandman, Dreamer, Sabu, and RVD.

They didn't even do a hardcore stipulation. They did it in a rematch on ECW TV, I remember because I watched WWECW. This match was utterly forgettable. One interesting tidbit was Burke (Pope if you didn't know) was in the middle of a push here.

7 dudes making their first Wrestlemania, for many it would be the only WM appearance they made.

 

[jono]

Battle of the Billionaires- Lashley's superpush, President Trump, Steve Austin, Umaga and a bald Vince McMahon. The match itself had so many gimmicks the actual inring stuff became irrelevant.

It was a great moment in the building when Vince got his head shaved. It was predictable but he was so good at selling it and trying to escape it brought alot of laughs and good times.

 

[jono]

Womens Championship -Melina vs Ashley

Ashley was in Playboy soooooooo....

Spoiler

 

[jono]

Great match, shit build up. I wonder what HBK would have done if HHH were healthy enough to have this match. I don't remember him doing anything else of note at this time...

This was one of Cena's best matches up until that point. It certainly was better that his match with H the year prior.

I didn't like that HBK came out to the DX theme as it just seemed like he would lose. It made no sense to me.

The crowd was legit split throughout, I heard alot of people cheering for Cena in the building but there was also alot of disappointment when he won.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

Was hbk legit heated at cena during that match?

 

[infamous114]

Just signed up for the network lol. Time to take advantage of that free month.

 

[TheBoyRo]

Womens Championship -Melina vs Ashley

Ashley was in Playboy soooooooo....

Spoiler

I remember watching this at my boys house. I went to use the bathroom when the match started. When I came out, match was over. I know I didnt miss much