The Phantom

I didn’t care much for the under card. Both the Championship matches were worth watching, but the endings were predictable. Major titles won’t change hands on events like this. Even though Hardy’s stock has risen in the last few months, he’s not ready to carry Raw, let alone main event Wrestlemania.

Nice little touch having Michael Buffer doing the intro. I’m surprised they didn’t do this years ago.

I loved the start of the Rumble match, kicking it off where it finished last time. I kind of thought that maybe they’d both go all the way to the end again, but that wasn’t to be. Taker vs. HBK will be a great match for Wrestlemania. It’ll also leave out the awkward way in which the writers would have to try and convince us a match between Edge and Taker would be a streak vs. streak match.

How stupid was the ‘decision’ to DQ Finlay. I just didn’t get it at all.

It was great to see Jimmy Snuka and Roddy Piper in there, but Snuka had way too much offence. I didn’t mind him beating up the younger guys like Miz and Morrison, but doing real damage to people like Shawn and Batista didn’t make it seem credible.

When #30 was counting down, I was rattling my brain to think of who it could be, and Cena was the last person I’d have thought of. It was a great way to book his return. 99% of people wouldn’t have seen it coming. Also the initial pop at MSG when his music hit was awesome, even if they did go onto boo him 2 minutes later.