Hello and welcome to the inaugural edition of TheWrestleBlog!
Wrestlemania XXX review....
Daniel Bryan d. Triple H
I think hands down this was the best match of the night for this year's Mania. Hunter, much like many of his other large wrestler cohorts works much better with a smaller opponent. In past years we have seen HHH lock horns with other hosses like Undertaker & Brock Lesnar in slow, methodical paced matches. This was a much different psychology as it allowed HHH to play the power role believably and allowed to Bryan to play the underdog face in peril effectively. Just a fantastic match with a good pace and a lot of time to work with to tell a believable story.
The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, & Roman Reigns) d. Kane & The New Age Outlaws
This was a glorified squash match. Clocking in just under 3 minutes it is amazing that we were given a bonafide "Wrestlemania Moment" when the Shield triple-powerbombed the NAO right out of the WWE again. With their newfound face status lets hope the Shield break up is a long way away, because I have honestly enjoyed the run these guys have had. I'm very happy that I was present the night the trio debuted at "Survivor Series 2012", and like I said previously I have really enjoyed their run at the top. The upcoming match and hopefully feud with the reformed Evolution stable is something that has me extremely excited (no pun intended).
Cesaro wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by last eliminating The Big Show
This was about par for the course as far as battle royals go, but there were some really cool moments like Kofi going over the turnpost and landing with his feet on the stairs to avoid elimination, and then ultimately Cesaro powering up to throw Big Show over the top rope with a bodyslam. I remember the first time I saw Brock Lesnar F5 The Big Show and I thought that was impressive, but it is a feat that has lost some luster over the years. It's still impressive nonetheless, but it's more of a seen it before at this point. Cesaro is extremely hot right now, and they have attached him with heat magnet Paul Heyman. It may be a mistake, but I think it's a great idea but we will get more into that post Streak discussion.
John Cena d. Bray Wyatt
I will say this off the top this was not a win that Cena "needed", but I don't think it hurt Bray in the long run. If anything he lost because of his stalling in the name of psychology, and can be more offensive in the next match. While I'm a big proponent of Wrestlemania closing the booking for the year I think that this is a case where Bray will get a big win over Cena in the return match inside the cage at Extreme Rules. As far as this match goes there was a lot of stalling that hurt the overall match because it was a very slow pace, but they made up for it with some halfway decent psychology. They told the story of Bray trying to get the inner monster to come out of Cena with Cena teasing a turn to the dark side a couple of times. While I think we are a long way away from a full Cena turn small teases like this should serve to satiate the vocal fan base that wants to see that happen. I give Bray a lot of credit because this is a gimmick that could have fallen flat on it's face, and he has made a believable, charismatic monster out of what he has been given.
Brock Lesnar d. The Undertaker
While I have all the respect in the world for Taker I am an unapologetic Lesnar mark and I always have been. Despite his part-timer status Lesnar was the right choice to end the streak for a few reasons in my humble opinion. The first is that it is a big win that will help Lesnar's drawing power for as many appearances as he wants to have in the future. It is not hard to see that Lesnar has a lot more time left as a "special attraction" then Taker does. The second reason is because now Paul Heyman can transfer that heat from "beating the streak" to his other clients. As we have seen the past few weeks Heyman comes out and needles the crowd about the streak before introducing Cesaro. Hopefully, this will lead to a good rub for Cesaro and further help him on his climb to main event status.
I think it's likely that Undertaker's time as an active wrestler is done, but I am still holding out hope for that Sting-Taker tilt that at least will be a little more intriguing now that The Streak is no longer in play.
AJ Lee won Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational
I honestly lost all interest in this match when my friend explained that it was first fall wins and not in fact another battle royal. I mean no offense to the Divas but this is the way we have been conditioned to respond to them as "bathroom break" material. I think with the championship win by Paige there might be more prestige brought back to the division, but the first move would be to get rid of the goddamned butterfly title that is absolutely ludicrous.
Daniel Bryan d. Randy Orton (c) & Batista to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
The YES! era has arrived! This was a well done triple-threat that gave Batista ample opportunities to catch his breath. One nasty spot of note was when Batista and Orton combined for a Batista Bomb-RKO on the table and Orton landed squarely on a computer monitor. It was the most legitimately painful looking thing I saw out of the entire night, because it was one of those things that could not have been planned. It somewhat reminded me of when HBK was irreparably damaged by an awkward fall on a casket, but thankfully Orton will live to fight another day.
In a moment that was a call back to the ending of Wrestlemania XX Daniel Bryan made Batista (one of the leaders of a new generation post-WM 21) tap-out to usher in a new era. We got back our feel- good moment.
Other News......
The Warrior's wife Dana released a statement today that was absolutely heart-breaking. Her words were very soulful and touching. She was very appreciative of the help that WWE provided in her hour of need, and described how she turned on every TV in the house to hear the tribute on Raw. I'd be lying if I said it didn't bring a tear to my eye. As I said in my Warrior memorial spot over on my comic page this was an extremely tragic passing mainly because two little girls have lost their Father.
The Evolution Reunion was an extremely exciting end to Monday's Raw. I was a big fan of the faction in their heyday, and I'm happy to see them have one more run at the top. Of course it doesn't hurt that they are entering a feud with one of the best factions of the last ten years in The Shield.
That's all for today....thanks for reading the inaugural edition of TheWrestleBlog!
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