Daniel Bryan wins the IC Title
Chris Jericho is my favorite wrestler, so I have a lot of love for this belt. Putting it on Bryan was an obvious call, but it was the right call. He'll do a lot with and for that championship, and he earned it in a match where there were some massive bumps.
John Cena defeats Rusev
Call me a prude (can you be a wrestling fan and a prude?) but it's hard for me to get behind fat guys who wrestle barefoot. That doesn't do anything for me. It's worse if the guy is billed as a Russian patriot and he's actually Bulgarian. Like, dude has a tattoo of Bulgaria on his shoulder. Rusev aside, I'm a fan of Cena and I liked seeing him getting the win and scoring the U.S. Championship. Score one for the people who wear shoes.
The Divas Tag Match
Paige is awesome. A.J. Lee is pretty damn cool. The Bella Twins are okay. Why wasn't the Divas title on the line at the big show? I wish the WWE liked their Divas as much as their fans do. This tag match was okay, but these ladies deserve more--especially Paige. I like Paige.
I like Paige a lot.
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| Sting finally made it to WrestleMania |
I liked Sting when I was a kid. I cooled down on him once he started aping the Crow, but it was still cool to see him wrestle in the WWE. I have several friends who are crazy about this dude, and I kept joking that it would be really cool if HHH kicked him in the gut, hit him with a pedigree, and scored a victory in the first thirty seconds of the match. It seemed like a safe enough joke because I knew the match would go long and there was no way that Sting would be booked to lose this one. Well, what do you know? The WWE stuck it to WCW once again and Sting lost by pinfall in an overbooked (but entertaining) match that saw a lot of old dudes get involved. There was a cheap finish followed by a baffling show of respect that was supposed to make fans feel better about Sting losing, but it made no sense.
HHH: Great match, Sting. I respect the hell out of you.
Sting: Hell yeah, bro. The feeling is mutual. The way you had all your cronies come out to interfere in the match was awesome. The NWO came out to help me because we were always bitter enemies, but you had one more dude in your corner than I did. Then you hit me in the face with a sledgehammer to win the match. I respect the hell out of that.
HHH: Let's shake on it.
Sting: Word.
If there's a silver lining, maybe the fact that he took the L means we'll see more of Sting in the WWE.
Bray Wyatt vs. The Undertaker
I'm glad the Undertaker won this one and he looked pretty good. A lot of people were worried that he would be on his last legs, but he appears to have some gas left in the tank. Wyatt did a great job, but that's no surprise. He cuts too many promos and he talks way too much, but he's damn good and it showed
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| The future is here. |
(Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase in the closing minutes and stole the victory)
I wasn't as hyped for this match as I should have been because Reigns is still a work-in-progress, but it was actually one hell of a match. Rollins showing up at the end was a nice move, and the last few minutes of this contest were flat out awesome. The fact that Lesnar and Reigns killed it was probably overshadowed by Rollins walking away with the belt, but this was a top-notch main event that many were expecting to be rather lackluster.
All in all, it was a solid WrestleMania with some surprise developments and several quality matches. I'll be curious to see the fallout on tonight's RAW.
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