Extreme Rules Review & Reaction

What's going on folks!  Glad you came back for another day with me, as I review the evening of Extreme Rules 2015, and how I felt about the evening's matches.  As a spoiler, don't expect a huge grade from me on this one.  Before I get all the way started, I would first like to say Rest In Peace to AWA founder and visionary, WWE Hall Of Famer Verne Gagne.  Verne was single-handedly responsible for many wrestler's careers such as Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Andre The Giant, Gene Okerlund, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, and Big John Studd.  Wrestling was his heart, and we as devoted fans will always remember respect and appreciate Verne Gagne for his legendary contributions.  Tell folks up there such as Owen, Eddie Guerrero, the Von Erich Brothers, Terry Gordy, Randy Savage, and the Ultimate Warrior we said hello and we miss them!

Now on the event highlighted.  Extreme Rules came from Chi-Town for yet another year, and of course the "CM Punk" chants rang out early.  That would've been the ultimate mark out moment had "Cult Of Personality" hit and he and AJ walked out just to say what's up to his hometown crowd.  Of course that didn't happen therefore on with the first match.  The first bout was a match I actually looked forward to seeing, the "Chicago Street Fight" between former rivals in the indies Dean Ambrose and Luke Harper.  As much as they were going at each other, the story here was when they went into an SUV that Harper commandeered and Ambrose dove in the car and they were fighting as Harper drove off.  For two matches, there was no sign of them until later. Because it was a street fight match, their version of the match didn't mean pitfalls counted anywhere, it meant pinball or submissions still counted in the ring.  Stay tuned for the end of the match.

Next up was the "Kiss Me Arse" match between Dolph Ziggler and Shaemus, who recently returned after being out of action for months due to injury and re-emerged as a heel.  Since his returned he has targeted smaller guys like Ziggler and Daniel Bryan (more on him later) to hype up this bully persona.  As usual, Dolph gave it 100% in this one...and it paid off as he defeated Shaemus.  Per the stipulation, the loser had to kiss the ass of the winner and after enough teasing and ass-cheek showing, it was finally time for the "Celtic Warrior" to pucker up, but instead Doplh got a vicious low blow for his efforts then a Brogue Kick for it all.  Then, to add on the humiliation, he exposed his ass cheek and put the face of a semi-conscious Ziggler up against his ass.  Very classy on the part of Shaemus *rolls eyes*

Next up was the Tag Team Championship match between the champs of Cesaro and Tyson Kidd versus The New Day, being represented by Big E and Kofi (I'm still trying to wrap my head around Kofi being a sneaky heel).  This match was actually pretty good and everyone used the most of their time in the match.  At the end, it was a numbers game, and Kofi rolled up Cesaro to have he and E become the new Tag Team Champions.  Of course, with Xavier "Mr. PhD" Woods in tow, this makes for an interesting turn of events, as they'll likely incorporate the Freebird rule, as any of the three guys can defend the tag belts.  As they were getting interviewed by Renee Young, the SUV from earlier sped in, with Luke escaping the back door and Dean diving off the top and onto Luke and the new champs.  The fight continued back into the ring where kind sticks and chairs were used, but in the end Dean picked up a much needed win.

Daniel Bryan was supposed to defend the Inter-Continental Title against Bad News Barrett, however WWE claimed doctors stated that he was unable to compete and had not been medically cleared.  Therefore, Barrett's opponent was Adrien Neville, who has taken the main roster by storm since he graduated from NXT as a former tag team champ and former NXT Champion.  Not too bad of a match between the two British wrestlers, but Neville picked up his first pay per view win with the best high flying finisher in the entire sport, the Red Arrow.

The U.S. title match was next between John Cena and Rusev, as Cena came into the match as champ, having defeated Rusev at Wrestlemania.  This match was a "Russian Chain" match.  Pretty much it was under the same stipulations as other matches like the Texas Bullrope match and the Leather Strap match, which was to drag your opponent around to all four corner posts in succession and tag them all.  Although the match wasn't a classic by any means, this match did show that Rusev could hang in a main event-esque match with the polarized yet dominant megastar Cena.  Actually, the intensity was picked up after Rusev sent Lana to the back due to the fact that the fans were chanting for Lana and  she acknowledged them by waving.  Ultimately, Cena came away with his belt still in tact and further solidified his nickname given to him by JBL as "Big Match John".  Afterwards, Rusev, speaking and berating Lana in Russian, sent Lana to the office of The Authority.  We later learned that Rusev had challenged Cena to an "I Quit" match at the next pay per view, Payback.  By the way, that's a match Cena has never lost, and never will lose.

Next was the Diva's Title match between the newly face Nikki Bella (still figuring that one out) and the newly heeled Naomi, who came out to a new look with the Kanye shades from his Graduation LP and new music, which she actually did the vocals to.  This was an okay match but nothing to write home about.  This did show how excellent of a competitor Naomi continues to be and how comfortably she's fitting into her heel role.  In spite of this, thanks to Brie, Nikki came away with the win and still the champion after over one hundred fifty days as champion.

Next was the Last Man Standing match between Roman Reigns and Big Show.  Truthfully, I wasn't expecting this match to be the match of the night, but it was.  The man who, just last month was headlining Wrestlemania with Brock Lesnar and had a damn good showing, came to play that night, but so did Show.  This was a hell of a story that was told and Roman showed that he could go the distance once again in a main event match.  This, in my opinion, was the best story Roman told as he put forth his best effort to date.  Also kudos to Show as he showed (no pun intended) he still had it to have an awesome match.  After nearly thirty minutes, Reigns won by dumping the announcer's table onto Show and it was enough for the referee to count Big Show out, and Reigns "reigned" as the last man standing.

That match was hard to follow, but we still had the main event to go.  First, Bo Dallas came out to bring his charm of disengenuine motivation to the crowd, only to get "shell shocked" by Ryback who came out to end the bleeding of the ears.

It was finally game time, as the cage lowered and it was time for the WWE World Title match between the champion Seth Rollins and Randy Orton.  After the match they had at Wrestlemania (which Orton got the W in), I knew this one would be pretty good as well.  The added element of Kane as the "gatekeeper" to the cage further multiplied the drama factor. Truthfully, the match wasn't quite as good as their prior meeting, but the entertainment was better, as J&J Security tried to intervene, but was either subdued by Orton himself, or Kane double chokeslammed them.  Then, a clearly conflicted Kane (due to his issues with Seth and brewing tensions with Triple H) choke slammed Orton, however he also choke slammed the hell out of Rollins.  Although those choke slams weren't enough to stop neither one of the two, Orton RKO'd Kane (his RKO was banned in the match by using it on Rollins), however Orton got RKO'd by Rollins and Rollins escaped the cage for the win, thus retaining his title.  Great drama, yet also predictable.

Now to my close-out feelings on the event.  This was an overall predictable, average event for them.  There have been some damn good Extreme Rules pay per views, especially the one where Cena and Lesnar headlined, but this was not one of them.  If it wasn't for the Last Man Standing match, Street Fight, and the Tag Team title match, this would've been even worse than it already was.  Not only was the action average, but the commentary was sub-par.  It would've been awesome to have Bryan there and have him defend the title, but he sadly personifies the claim of "wrestling's unluckiest wrestler", as we don't know what exactly caused him to not be able to compete.  Speculation early on had him concussed during the Great Britain tour but that has not been confirmed as the company has been extremely tight lipped about it.  Could the event had been worse?  Absolutely, because we've seen a lot worse from them.  However, this is why many fans are becoming disenfranchised with the product, as even children can be able to predict certain things that are spelled out right in front of them.  I will give them props for making Roman look damn awesome in his win, and hopefully he'll start obtaining the right momentum instead of being shoved down people's throats like a few months ago.  By the way, I'm still confused as to how the Bellas suddenly became faces all of the sudden, with zero explanation or build.  Creative writing team, WAKE UP!!  Stop trying to play us as completely stupid idiots.  Oh yeah, I forgot.  A "Kiss Me-Arse" match???  Really???  This was clearly a Vince McMahon form of entertainment.  On the other hand, what do you expect from WWE and Vince?  It seems his only viable jackpot is Wrestlemania, with Summerslam a close second, and the NXT brand practically demolishing everything else the main roster presents.  Kudos to Roman/Show, Ambrose/Harper, and New Day/Cesaro & Kidd.  Everything else...snooze.  If I had to rate this, the event would get 3 out of 5 slams (or 3 out of 5 mice if this was The Source magazine).  Will Payback be any better?  One can only hope.  Until next time cats and dogs, keep it easy!

Extreme Rules Preview...Sort Of???

What's going on everybody!  This is your friendly neighborhood wrestling mark blogger here to give my predictions of tomorrow night's Extreme Rules event from WWE.  Due to personal situations and real life happening I haven't been the most up on angles and story lines over the past couple weeks, however I'll give what I know and to be honest, it's not all that impressive in terms of the card.

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Big E) vs. Cesaro & Tyson Kidd (c)

This is one of a few matches where I'm just like *yawn*, because The New Day stinks as a unit altogether, and the champs aren't necessarily the most exciting team I've eve seen.  I see the champs leaving still the champs, but with Xavier "Mr. PHD" Woods could keep things interesting on the outside, along with Natalya.

Kiss My Arse Match
Dolph Ziggler vs. Shaemus

Really?!  Kiss My Arse Match?!  Another wonderful slap in the face to the immensely talented Ziggler, who recently teased that he was possibly leaving the company in a long tweet and iPhone note.  I don't care period about this match, but it's not because of the athleticism of Ziggler.  Shaemus will likely win and the company will continue to treat Ziggler like shit because they can.

Chicago Street Fight
Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper

Now this one here folks could be a show stealer, or at least should.  These two have tore each other asses up in the indies for years and continued it in their respective crews of The Shield and The Wyatt Family.  This is a much needed win for both men, but I expect Ambrose to get the W in this one.  In all due respect to Harper, they're also giving him the Ziggler treatment.

WWE U.S. Championship Match/Russian Chain Match
John Cena (c) vs. Rusev

This could be a pretty entertaining match as well.  Kudos to Cena for trying to bring the U.S. Title some dignity again with these open challenges every week.  Rusev was a dominant champion leading up to Wrestlemania.  However, I do think Cena's roll will continue, but still look for good things with Rusev down the road...let's hope.

WWE Inter-Continental Title
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Bad News Barrett

From what I'm understanding, Bryan's health is questionable and the company is being very tight lipped about his situation.  If this match takes place, I expect Bryan to emerge the victor, but again, this will all depend on his health

Last Man Standing
Roman Reigns vs. Big Show

This rivalry will HOPEFULLY end tomorrow as I'm completely over it.  I expect Roman to emerge victorious in this likely very physical match tomorrow.

WWE World Heavyweight Title/Steel Cage Match w/ RKO banned
Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins (c)

With Kane acting as the "cage enforcer" in this match, one would think there's a screwjob emerging.  Whatever the case, I expect Rollins to continue to be the slimy wormy champion after this match.

As you can tell, I'm not too amped or excited over this event.  I predict this will be a very bland and predictable event, but once NXT holds their PPV next month, who knows?  Maybe the main roster will start taking notes.  Maybe?  That's all for now kiddies.  I'll return with my post event results Monday.

The Retiring of AJ Lee: Does WWE Care?

What's going on kiddies?! I'm back with another post within my 'Wrestling Cypher' blog and boy do I have something on my mind for this posting.  First off, I must give a shout to those who check out my 'Wrestling Cypher' blog, and have hung with me during my hiatus from doing this particular one.  Those who regularly know me from my social commentary and hip-hop blogs know that I pull no punches on what I feel and what's truly on my mind.  My wrestling blogs are no different.  With that being said, let's go to this new entry.

The wrestling world is still in shock over the sudden retirement of Ashley Janette Mendez-Brooks, otherwise known as AJ Lee.  Late last week, the news broke on wwe.com that she had gone to officials and stated to them that she was officially retiring.  I must admit, I thought this was a work by WWE.  Let's face it, anything that breaks on wwe.com is mostly kayfabe to push their business of entertainment and storylines.  However, it did turn out to be completely shoot and was real.  Many, including myself, were shocked by the suddenness of it, but weren't surprised.  Lee has vocally expressed displeasure over how the Divas division was being under-utilized and was getting disrespected.  Aside from not being in one hundred percent support of the show Total Divas, she felt that the division, overall, wasn't getting nearly as much television time.  Of course she was right, as stars like Naomi, Emma, Natalya, and even Paige (who's arguably the most accomplished Diva in the back) are only given about five to seven minutes roughly to show their stuff.  Lee made more news when she went IN on Stephanie McMahon on Twitter, stating her hypocrisy in her support over actress Patricia Arquette's Oscar speech in which Arquette vehemently advocated equal gender wages.  Lee stated that the Divas division received a "fraction" of what their male counterparts made as well as the camera time in spite of record selling merch and quite a few high-rated segments on Raw, Smackdown, and the pay-per-views.  Let's not forget that she married one of the company's most outspoken talents ever in former star and WWE Champion, Phillip "CM Punk" Brooks, and given his bad falling out with the company, Lee would be receiving the dog shit from it.  It's questionable that she did, but regardless, Lee was under the microscope even more. 

Here's the real: the Divas division is a joke.  Not because of the talent, but because of the booking.  Vince felt that making a reality show based around a few of the Divas would make people more interested in them, in spite of the fact that they were still getting only five to seven minutes of airtime.  AJ was a Diva in the sense Vince wasn't comfortable with.  AJ's a known geek, a video gamer, and somewhat of a loner, especially with her best friend Celeste "Kaitlyn" Bonin leaving the company.  With the division almost considered a bathroom break by many standards, it begs the question, "Does WWE really care that she decided to leave?"  AJ was considered, along with Natalya and Naomi, the best overall Diva in the locker room.  She won three titles, and remember when she had that EPIC run as Raw General Manager?  She caught our attention as a runner-up on NXT, when it was a competition show for a contract as opposed to the prodigious brand it is now.  She lost to Kaitlyn and right behind Naomi as second runner-up.  After she split on television from Kaitlyn as The Chickbusters, she began an on-air romantic angle with Daniel Bryan, which was a great showing of her being able to take a ton of mental abuse from the guy she "loved", only later to be named as Raw GM and became the most intriguing Diva of any one in the locker room, and possibly of the past several years.  In an interesting twist, she stepped down from her GM position and aligned herself with Dolph Ziggler after a strategic swerve of John Cena.  Her spazz out sessions, emotional breakdowns, and bi-polar behavior behavior far exceeded anything the Divas division was producing, besides Vickie Guerrero (who was never, or hardly ever, an in-ring performer).  Once her GM stint ended, it was time to put her in-ring skills to the test (current ROH TV Champion, Jay Lethal, was one of her first trainers) and she did impress.  She was the longest reigning Divas Champion ever, and her whack job persona made her a darling with the fans on-air.  One awesome memory I have of her was her version of her husband's "pipe bomb" worked shoot where she went to town verbally on the stars of Total Divas show, which at that time were The Bella Twins, Naomi, Natalya, and Cameron.  It was scathing, yet reflected many people's opinions on the show. 

They now have a void that needs to be filled.  While Paige is definitely a representation of the "anti-Diva" movement that AJ started, you wonder if she has the fearlessness to be outspoken on issues that are important like AJ did.The division is very cookie cutter, and now they don't have someone who's not afraid to ripple the waters, even if it means calling out their bosses on their wrongs.  However, we do salute AJ Lee for bringing a new breath of fresh air at the time to the Divas division and carving her own niche in the game.  Vince and WWE could give two rat shits about their Divas division, except for the Total Divas brand.  They're just now allowing an additional five minutes for them, as Paige and Divas Champ Nikki Bella had a surprisingly great match a couple of weeks ago on Raw.  Needless to say, there still needs to be many additional steps taken to actually make the division credible.  I've often stated that Vince needs to start a women-only brand, stricly for current and up-and-coming Divas.  It could possibly work and would give them as much shine as they needed.  I guess to bright of an idea for Vince.  Until next time, take it easy folks!

Wrestlemania Predictions

What's happening people! Long time no see but what a time to reunited. Getting right to the point, I have several predictions concerning tonight's Wrestlemania.

1. Brock Lesnar, who's newly resigned, won't walk away with the title due to a screw job of some sort. There have been a lot of rumors about the ending so I want to see what turns out.

2. Expect Daniel Bryan to walk away the I-C Title in what could be the sleeper of the night. Expect grade A performances all the way around.

3. Expect Orton to RKO his way into a win.

4. Expect Cena to come out U.S. Title holder and end the undefeated streak of Rusev, even with fine ass Lana

5. Expect The Usos to win the belts yet again

6. Expect Sting to come away with the W over HHH!

7. Expect Taker to avenge his loss last year to dismantle Wyatt

8. Expect AJ & Paige to eerge victorious

9. Expect Ryback to win his biggest match yet in the Battle Royal


Those are my bold predictions but let's see how they work out because Vince is all about the swerve on that day!  Will report back in after Wrestlemania!  Enjoy the show folks!

The (late) Aftermath of Wrestlemania 31

What's good people!  Sorry about this late post of Wrestlemania.  As I said on a recent wrestling podcast, there have been personal issues with health that have been getting in the way of what I enjoy.  For right now, however, let's get to it shall we?!

Before the actual show, there were two matches that started off the evening.  One being the Fatal Four Way match for the World Tag Team belts.  The teams of The Usos (who are two time former champs that had just put their dad Rikishi in the Hall Of Fame), Los Matadores (yawn!) The New Day, with Kofi & Big E. representing, and the hamps of Cesaro & Tyson Kidd.  Way too much action and a cluster-fuck at times to keep up with.  However, when the dust settled, the champs remained the champs as Tysn & Cesaro walked to the back still with the titles.

The other match was the second annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.  Last year, Cesaro won the match, ironically his push into the upper card/main event never happened.  This year the big story was the divorce of Miz and Damien Mizdow, as the former understudy/personal assistant turned on Miz and was actually the second man left in the ring.  Who was the other?  Big Show, and this was a Miz-match, as Show wins the match and the beautiful trophy.

The awesome crowd of over seventy-seven thousand people at Levi's Stadium witnessed one of the best wrestling events in recent memory for the WWE.  The build up was less than stellar, and had it not been for Mr. Paul Heyman, the main event would've been even less anticpated.  With the programs of Raw and Smackdown delivering fairly mediocre builds to big time matches for the most part, expectations weren't extremely high.  By the end of the night, man was I wrong!  From the onset as Grammy-Award winning Cali native Aloe Blacc did his rendition of "America The Beautiful", the atmosphere was at Super Bowl levels and we were off and running with the Inter-Continental Ladder Match with seven great athletes consisting of Daniel Bryan, Doplh Ziggler, Dean Ambrose, Luke Harper, Stardust, and the champion Bad News Barrett.  The embarassing, at times, build to this was everyone stealing the belt and running away with it.  This match more than made up for it with all kinds of sincere physicality.  Ladder spots and high risk spots were common in this match with Dean Ambrose taking the nastiest bump of the match as Luke Harper ( a former adversary of his in indie companies like Dragon Gate and CZW) powerbombed him through a ladder on the outside.  It ultimately came to dualing head butts between the two most likely people to win the title, Daniel and Dolph.  Dolph eventually falls off ladder and Daniel wins his first I-C title in what was a standout match.  I can't help but think that Bryan will bring back an old school work ethic with the belt and will put the title in as a big a class as the big title, but only Vince can tell, as opposed to time.

Next up was Randy Orton, who was in his twelth straight WM, against the 'it' man of the moment in the company, Seth Rollins.  Fairly good match but it was the ending that was the ass kicker. As Rollins, the Money In The Bank contract holder up to this point, was setting up for his Curb Stomp finisher, he was RKOed in mid-air and it was definitely a thing of beauty.  Needless to say Orton was the victor.  However, we would not be finished seeing the wrestler formerly known as Tyler Black (to the unaware that's Seth), so in case you've been under a rock, stay tuned!

Up next was the most anticpated match of the evening, "The Icon" Sting vs. "The Game" Triple H.  Hell finally starting producing icicles once we heard Sting had officially signed on with Vince, but when we finally saw him emerge at Survivor Series to cost Team Authority the match, it was unfathomable.  Fast forward months later up to this past Sunday, we were finally here.  Yes, Sting had openly said he wanted hisWrestlemania moment to be with another icon in his own right, The Undertaker, but due to not knowing the health status at the time of Taker, he went with his ssecond option of the former thirteen time champ.  The Sting entrance was pretty good and worthy of the mystique that Sting carries with him.  However, the Terminator entrance of Hunter was just too much.  I get he wants the big entrance for the big show but this was among his worse. Nevertheless, the match was as good as one would think.  For fifty-six years young, Sting was able to still hold his own in a match againsty someone ten years his younger.  Granted, his dropkicks aren't as high nor is his Stinger Splash, but the fact that he was doing it in a WWE ring was enough to warrant the crowd to chant "You still got it" within minutes. Now is where it gets hokey.  First we see memebers of DX run down to try and interfere only for Sting to readily handle them.  Next comes the original members of the NWO, Hollywood Hogan (remember Hulk is in red and yellow, not black and white), Scott Hall (celebrating three years of sobriety), and the new Hall Of Famer, "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash.  Longtime Monday Night War enthusiasts dreamed of these two factions beating the hell out of each other, it just took fourteen years to do so. We also saw HHH's best friend, "Mr. Wrestlemania", HBK himself, Shawn Michaels super kick Sting into oblivion. Finally, after nailing Sting with the head of his broken sledgehammer, Hunter got the win, but in what was a fauirly strange turn of events, the two warriors shook hands afterwards.  How the hell am I gonna shake hands with the man thast beat me by using a sledgehammer??  Also you have to wonder what Sean "X-Pac" Waltman was thinking during the brawl, as he wa actually a member of both factions.

Music break time, as Blink 182's famed drummer Travis Barker was alongside Skylar Grey and west coast hip-hop up-and-comer Kid Ink.  Ehhh!

The Divas match was next, as The Bellas faced off against the team of AJ Lee and Paige, both of whom between them have won five Divas Titles.  The match actually wasn't too bad and showed how far both Brie and Divas Champ Nikki Bella have come along.  AJ and Paige came out the winners, as Paige looked a little visibly emotional as this was not only her first Wrestlemania, but her first win there.  The irony was that she debuted last year the day after Wrestlemania.

Next was the United States Title match between the challenger John Cena and the undefeated champion Rusev.   This is the second straight year Cena was not in a high profile, marquee-type match, plus competing for something other than the WWE Title.  Much like Paige, Rusev debuted the day after Wrestlemania on the main roster from the red hot NXT brand.  Unlike the Triple H entrance, Rusev's entrance kicked major ass, as he came out of a military tank.  Next came a pro-U.S. video package that was followed by Cena running down the ramp.  The match wasn't extraordinary but it wasn't bad either.  Cena picked up the win, his second U.S. Title (he won his first at Wrestlemania XX), and put a halt to the young Russian's undefeated streak.

Next, we see The Authority in Steph and a victorious Hunter proudly boasting about the record attendance at Levi's Stadium.  Then we hear The Rock's music (we knew The Rock was there after we saw his mother sitting right next to the widow of Hall Of Famer Arnold Skaaland in the front row).  The Rock, who's currently promoting Furious 7, stopped by to bring his usual Rock charisma by insulting The Levesques, er I mean The Authority.  Steph did an excellent being the bitchy heel that antagonized and slapped and pushed The Rock until he went to the front and was next to UFC Women's Bantemweight champion, the undefeated Ronda Rousey.  The crowd was eating this up, as Rock and Rousey handled The Authority as only they could.  I definitely expect a mixed tag match or at least a one on one match between Hunter and The Rock by Wrestlemania 32.

Next up was the Bra Wyatt/Undertaker match.  It's no secret that the young Wyatt is my favorite character there but he's losts a little something since the powers that be split him from Luke and Erick Rowan.  Nevertheless, his entrance wasn't as enthralling and cool as last year's when he faced Cena, but it was still Wyatt, as he made the scarecrows come to life and follow him to the ring.  I had a small issue with that damned lantern being lit in the daytime but whatever.  His opponent was next, The mighty Undertaker, who hadn't been seen since that historic moment last year when Brock Lesnar ended the Streak at twenty-one.  Plus there was much Internet speculation as to the physical well being of Taker.  Those questions were answered quickly as he looked much better than last year.  The fifty-year old didn't execute his over the top rope cross body, but one can never get weary of watching him do Old School.  While it was impressive that Wyatt kicked out the Tombstone, it was a cool moment when Wyatt did that spider walk of his, then was scared out his boots when Taker sat up.  If at first you don't succeed, try again, thus another Tombstone and Wyatt went down to the legend.

Now we're here at the main event.  Lesnar looked like the beast he has been built to be and the fans gave him a huge pop.  Now te young challenger was different.  Roman Reigns was heavily booed but he was still focused.  Shame on Vince for doing this to him and makng him thenew Cena in terms of being hated.  This is what I feared.  Anyways, the introductions were over, including a rivoting one from Heyman, and te match was underway.  Brock was popped open underneath his eye early butthat didn't stop him whatsoever, as he was very dominant against the young Samoan. Later in the match, Lesnar was busted open when his head hit the steel connector between the turnbuckle and post and was bleeding profusely.  This is when Reigns picked it up two notches.  Even in spite of his offense, Lesnar was still the rabid animal and brought his dominance back.  Just after his third F5 on Reigns, Seth Rollins' music played and the crowd popped.  He was cashing in the contract and made it a triple threat match.  After getting speared by Reigns, Lesnar rolled out to the outside, then Rollins curbstomped Reigns to win the WWE World Title in a shocking turn of events.  What a hell of a main event and even bigger finish.

Not too many bad things do I have to say about this Wrestlemania so kudos to Vince for presenting his biggest show very notably and in a way it was supposed to be shown.  This was easily one of the top ten best ones ever and hopefully they will keep this momentum up going into next year in Arlington, TX.  This was an 8.5/10 which considering most of Vince's shows is very good.  I gave it a 9/10 last year so this was right up there. 

If you watched last night's Raw, you saw just how CRAZY that event was and how compelling the story lines were, not to mention the main roster debuts of Adrien Neville and the Lucha Dragons.  You only wish it could be this way every week.  A man can dream can't he?  Until next time folks, take it easy and don't get F5'd by (in my Heyman voice) BAARROOOCKKK LLLLLLLESSNNAAARRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!