WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII
WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII (4/1/2012)- Miami, FL
TRIPLE THREAT TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: Primo & Epico(c) (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. The Usos vs. Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd- 5.5/10
The Usos were very impressive. I was extremely disappointed that they didn’t win.
DANIEL BRYAN PROMO- good, but the thing with AJ was stupid.
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Daniel Bryan(c) (w/AJ) vs. Sheamus- DUD! Not only was this a MORONIC idea (there are SO MANY better ways to have AJ inadvertently cost Dragon the title), but I was ABSOLUTELY PSYCHED for this show… and this has taken ABSOLUTELY ALL of my enthusiasm away. This was just a horrible idea. It doesn’t make Sheamus look very good (he took advantage of a distraction to win) and it doesn’t make Dragon look good (he got beat by ONE MOVE). If you want to make stars, you have to give them time to shine. They have been building Sheamus up for this since the summer, and they obviously have confidence in Dragon, or else they wouldn’t have left the belt on him for so long and featured him as much as they have. One of the best young guys on the roster and a veteran with a track record a mile long of putting on amazing match… and WWE doesn’t even give them 30 seconds at Wrestlemania? With the build they have had, these guys shouldn’t have gotten anything less than twenty minutes!
TEAM JOHNNY BACKSTAGE- okay
RANDY ORTON vs. KANE- 6.25/10
Wow. Didn’t expect that at all. It’s like they are trying to make it up to me for the way this show started off
DEADLIEST CATCH CRAP WITH SANTINO AND FOLEY- utterly moronic waste of time. Did anyone else notice that Santino’s attempt at a cheap pop got NO REACTION AT ALL?
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Cody Rhodes(c) vs. The Big Show- 4.75/10
Beth Phoenix, the Divas Champion… comes out to Eve’s music? I wish that that had been the greatest indignity heaped upon Beth tonight, but unfortunately It wasn’t
MARIA MENOUNOS & KELLY KELLY vs. BETH PHOENIX & EVE TORRES- 3/10
YOU DO NOT JOB THE CHAMP OUT TO A CELEBRITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
HBK PROMO- eh
HELL IN A CELL MATCH WITH SHAWN MICHAELS AS THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: Triple H vs. The Undertaker- 8/10
An awesome match, but I really wasn’t into the stuff with HBK, and in my opinion, it hurt the match. I really liked the aftermath, though. Giving these three a nice moment together at the end of the match.
WHOA! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO EDGE’S HAIR? He got one of those super-ugly Chris Jericho haircuts!
HEATH SLATER & FLO RIDA SEGMENT- Heath calling Flo Rida “Florida” was funny, but that was not an excuse for this segment. A wrestler needlessly gets punked out by a non-wrestler
THE WINNING TEAM’S GM WILL GAIN CONTROL OF BOTH RAW AND SMACKDOWN: Team Teddy (Santino Marella, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, the Great Khali, & Booker T) (w/Teddy Long, Hornswoggle, Aksana, Eve Torres, & Nikki Bella) vs. Team Johnny (David Otunga, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, & Jack Swagger) (w/John Laurinaitis, Vickie Guerrero, & Brie Bella)- 4.5/10.
I almost had a heart attack when Santino got that nearfall on Miz. The right team definitely got the win here (although I was disappointed that Teddy Long didn’t eat an Ace Crusher). The aftermath was predictable, but still good.
JOHNNY ACE & CM PUNK BACKSTAGE- good
WWE TITLE MATCH: CM Punk(c) vs. Chris Jericho- 8.75/10
Amazing match, with some great nearfalls! Jericho’s Walls of Jericho looked as sick as ever.
BRODUS CLAY STUFF- THIS was more important than Dragon vs. Sheamus getting time?
THE ROCK vs. JOHN CENA- 8.25/10
Awesome match, but slightly disappointing, all things considered. This match was awesome… but it needed to be epic.
Overall, a very up and down Wrestlemania. The good was great, but a lot of the other stuff wasn’t good at all, and there were some extremely poor booking decisions (the World Heavyweight Title match and the Divas match) as well as some unexpected ones (Kane beating Orton, Rocky beating Cena).
TRIPLE THREAT TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES: Primo & Epico(c) (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. The Usos vs. Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd- 5.5/10
The Usos were very impressive. I was extremely disappointed that they didn’t win.
DANIEL BRYAN PROMO- good, but the thing with AJ was stupid.
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Daniel Bryan(c) (w/AJ) vs. Sheamus- DUD! Not only was this a MORONIC idea (there are SO MANY better ways to have AJ inadvertently cost Dragon the title), but I was ABSOLUTELY PSYCHED for this show… and this has taken ABSOLUTELY ALL of my enthusiasm away. This was just a horrible idea. It doesn’t make Sheamus look very good (he took advantage of a distraction to win) and it doesn’t make Dragon look good (he got beat by ONE MOVE). If you want to make stars, you have to give them time to shine. They have been building Sheamus up for this since the summer, and they obviously have confidence in Dragon, or else they wouldn’t have left the belt on him for so long and featured him as much as they have. One of the best young guys on the roster and a veteran with a track record a mile long of putting on amazing match… and WWE doesn’t even give them 30 seconds at Wrestlemania? With the build they have had, these guys shouldn’t have gotten anything less than twenty minutes!
TEAM JOHNNY BACKSTAGE- okay
RANDY ORTON vs. KANE- 6.25/10
Wow. Didn’t expect that at all. It’s like they are trying to make it up to me for the way this show started off
DEADLIEST CATCH CRAP WITH SANTINO AND FOLEY- utterly moronic waste of time. Did anyone else notice that Santino’s attempt at a cheap pop got NO REACTION AT ALL?
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Cody Rhodes(c) vs. The Big Show- 4.75/10
Beth Phoenix, the Divas Champion… comes out to Eve’s music? I wish that that had been the greatest indignity heaped upon Beth tonight, but unfortunately It wasn’t
MARIA MENOUNOS & KELLY KELLY vs. BETH PHOENIX & EVE TORRES- 3/10
YOU DO NOT JOB THE CHAMP OUT TO A CELEBRITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
HBK PROMO- eh
HELL IN A CELL MATCH WITH SHAWN MICHAELS AS THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: Triple H vs. The Undertaker- 8/10
An awesome match, but I really wasn’t into the stuff with HBK, and in my opinion, it hurt the match. I really liked the aftermath, though. Giving these three a nice moment together at the end of the match.
WHOA! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO EDGE’S HAIR? He got one of those super-ugly Chris Jericho haircuts!
HEATH SLATER & FLO RIDA SEGMENT- Heath calling Flo Rida “Florida” was funny, but that was not an excuse for this segment. A wrestler needlessly gets punked out by a non-wrestler
THE WINNING TEAM’S GM WILL GAIN CONTROL OF BOTH RAW AND SMACKDOWN: Team Teddy (Santino Marella, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, the Great Khali, & Booker T) (w/Teddy Long, Hornswoggle, Aksana, Eve Torres, & Nikki Bella) vs. Team Johnny (David Otunga, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, & Jack Swagger) (w/John Laurinaitis, Vickie Guerrero, & Brie Bella)- 4.5/10.
I almost had a heart attack when Santino got that nearfall on Miz. The right team definitely got the win here (although I was disappointed that Teddy Long didn’t eat an Ace Crusher). The aftermath was predictable, but still good.
JOHNNY ACE & CM PUNK BACKSTAGE- good
WWE TITLE MATCH: CM Punk(c) vs. Chris Jericho- 8.75/10
Amazing match, with some great nearfalls! Jericho’s Walls of Jericho looked as sick as ever.
BRODUS CLAY STUFF- THIS was more important than Dragon vs. Sheamus getting time?
THE ROCK vs. JOHN CENA- 8.25/10
Awesome match, but slightly disappointing, all things considered. This match was awesome… but it needed to be epic.
Overall, a very up and down Wrestlemania. The good was great, but a lot of the other stuff wasn’t good at all, and there were some extremely poor booking decisions (the World Heavyweight Title match and the Divas match) as well as some unexpected ones (Kane beating Orton, Rocky beating Cena).