| Re: Wrestlemania 24 Thoughts and Opinions
- I thought JBL/Finlay was a solid opener, and a ton of stiff looking shots in that one. That shot where JBL threw the trashcan at Hornswaggle from over the ropes had me and my buddies rolling. The poor guy didn't even see it coming!!
- MITB was a hot match, lots of innovative stuff being done with the ladders. Just when I thought they have done everything possible with ladders, they invent some new stuff. Matt Hardy coming in wasn't something I expected (I didn't see the thread about what he said at the Bagels Brunch until this morning), but it made sense he cost MVP his shot at the briefcase. Nice to see Punk win, an unexpected finish for me. Would like to see him cash it in on Smackdown sometime before Wrestlemania. He could always cash it in during next years WM as well.
- Didn't really care much for the Batista/Umaga match. That powerbomb he did on Umaga to end the match was horrible. The guy was rushing it, and as a result fell over as he was powerbombing him. Blah, Batista should be sent to the depts of ECW.
- Flair/HBK. What a great match. Started off slow a bit in the beginning with a lot of holds. The bump Michaels took when he flipped back onto the announce table looked SICK. I thought he would have had the wind knocked out of him there. Ton of figure fours in it, and every time the hold was on, the crowd went wild. Lot of emotion in this match, and when HBK was setting up for the Sweet Chin Music, and said "I'm sorry, I love you"...christ my heart skipped a beat. The look on Flair's face after getting pinned, you could tell he was starting to ball. All in all, thought this was a great way to end Flair's career, and he went out looking really good at the biggest event of the year.
- I'm sure they told Kane/Chavo before their match: "We're running low on time. Your match is given about...eh...15 seconds." The entrances took longer than the match!! I'm fine with Kane winning, now give people like Shelton and Elijah Burke a chance at competing. Send Chavo back to SD or something. Who cares.
- The best part of the Diva's match was the pretty impressive clothesline from Snoop Dogg. When he was kissing Maria after the match, was anyone else like.."Uh..he has a wife and she's probably backstage somewhere." I mean, they even announced before the match that Snoop had his own reality tv show with his wife and kids. Just seemed pretty awkward. Maria is a home wrecker. Ashley is crap, enough said. I'm surprised the heels won this one, but who really cares anyway? Santino = Ratings.
- Show/Maywether: I guess they handled it pretty much how it made sense to. Lots of interference from Floyd's posse, and they really made him look like a little weasel by trying to leave the match. Show was just embarrasing him in the beginning, and toying around with him. Figured it would come back to bite him in the ass. Pretty good looking shot with the knucks from Maywether.
- WWE Title: I was happy to see Orton retain. I'm surprised how little time this match was given. Taking out the time for entrances, I would say about 15 minutes max. Looked good to see Orton squriming his way to "pick up Trips' pieces" and getting the pin after the Pedigree from H. Not used to seeing Cena looking up at the lights, but I was glad we didn't see a title change here. Orton needed this win the most.
- WHC Match: This was a good one. They wrestled for a solid 30 minutes I think. Ton of reversals and near falls, I loved it. I hate that Triangle hold move that Taker has been using. I would have much rather seen him win it with the Tombstone, but oh well. His entrance is still the coolest in all of wrestling, though.
Kim Kardashian looked SO out of place there. Why was she given a spot on this PPV? I loved the interview backstage with kennedy. If I was Kennedy, I would have gone back a few extra times when she tried talking with...."KENNEDY........KENNEDY.....KENNEDY...." etc. |