As of today, we’re just five days away from the twenty-first iteration of Wrestlemania starring Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Oh come on, is there any other reason why you want to see the show? Because of the matches, you say? Well, let’s see what the card has so far… along with some match predictions! How apropos is this, getting back to regular predicting of WWE PPVs on Wrestlemania XXI after leaving it on Wrestlemania XX (Taboo Tuesday doesn’t count.) Don’t expect it to last, so here we go:
Added results of matches are written in italics, as well as concluding comments on the PPV in general.
EDDY GUERRERO VS. REY MYSTERIO
Whenever these two wrestle each other, you know they’ll have a quality match-up or a good one at worse. In any case, I’ll pick Eddy.
Rey won the match and since I jumped in 20 minutes late into the show, I don’t know if this was a good match, so. 0-1
RANDY ORTON VS. UNDERTAKER
As much as I wanna see Randall end the streak, I don’t see it happening… aw, what the heck? Randy is the Chosen One!
Taker continues his streak despite interruption from Cowboy Bob Orton and his cast. 0-2
BIG SHOW VS. AKEBONO (SUMO WRESTLING MATCH)
What? No E. Honda? That sucks and so will this match, since Show isn’t fat enough. Akebono is gonna beat the Big Slow… he has to – it’s like a written law for the non-wrestler to beat a wrestler at a Wrestlemania. (Bam-Bam vs. LT?)
Akebono wins this match, as expected. To be quite honest, I was rather bored with this match, as expected. 1-2
SHAWN MICHAELS VS KURT ANGLE
You know what Kurt Angle did in 1996? He won a gold medal with a broken frickin’ neck. You know what Shawn Michaels did in 1996? He won WWF world title with a broken frickin’… nothing. These two never wrestled each other and it’ll be a first… all signs point to who cares. We’ll get a great match out of these two guys… Maybe Kurt’ll take this one… mainly because it doesn’t involve any titles on the line. And we all know Kurt wins at ‘Mania matches with nothing but pride on the line.
As I predicted, Kurt Angle not only took the match, but made Shawn Michaels tap, tap, tap! This match kicked 900 different sorts of ass and was easily the best of the show. 2-2
TRISH STRATUS VS. CHRISTY HEMME for the WWE World Women’s Championship
I have no comment… other than that Trish will have her worst possible wrestling match since wrestling Jackie Gayda… and THAT was pretty bad.
The match, as expected, sucked. But if you really care, Trish retains the title. 3-2
MONEY-IN-THE-BANK LADDER MATCH featuring six guys who don’t matter. Hey, might as well tell it like it is.
Nonetheless, the match should be fairly enjoyable or at least watchable, as it features four decent workers, one untried worker, and Kane. So let’s go with Edge as our worker, because god knows he’s been neglected long enough.
Edge wins the match and a title shot valid for twelve months. Match was a little below expectations, but was still a decent showing of high spots and sick bumps. 4-2
JBL VS. JOHN CENA for the WWE [Smackdown] World Heavyweight Championship
My money’s on JBL. Yeah, believe it. JBL will walk out the champion.
Cena wins the championship, thus bringing up the moral of the story; never place your money against a white rapper wrestler. Ever. 4-3
HHH VS. BATISTA for the WWE [Eric Bischoff’s RAW] World Heavyweight Championship
Oh, come on. This is a no-brainer. Bah-Tee-Stah!
And so Big Dave takes it. Not the greatest main event and aftering having witnessed Cena take the belt, I had seriously doubt that both top titles would 5-3
The show, as an overall PPV, was good, but is average at best compared to other Wrestlemania cards. The Piper’s Pit segment with Stone Cold was cute and having Hall-of-Famer Hulk Hogan kicking Hassan and Daivari’s asses was fairly enjoyable, but other than that, it wasn’t the best show. Still, it was good.
That’s it for now.
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