Wrestlemania 25

Wrestlemania 25

A couple thoughts, as I take a break from the other writing....

• A strong show that I ultimately enjoyed very much. Were it not for the lazy, sluggish and predictable double main events, it might have been one of the all time great Wrestlemanias.
• The Money-in-the-Bank Ladder match was a nice way to start the show. Did anybody believe that Mark Henry was really going to be able to climb a ladder though?
• I'm not sure of the logic of awarding CM Punk the opportunity for the belt, again. Seems like they did everything they could to make him look weak, undeserving champ when he had the belt the first time. Of course, I am assuming that Punk will win the title again, as no MitB match winner has not, to this point....
• There is a school of thought that says Santino winning the women's battle royal shows how unimportant the women's division is....but then, Santino can actually work better than 88% of the women in the match (Mickie James, Melina and probably Beth Phoenix being the exceptions...). The WWE needs to take a look at TNA to get an idea...their women wrestle, can talk on the mic, can generally tell a story, et cetera and so forth....
  
• Ricky Steamboat can still bump like a son of a bitch. God bless him. Ricky...we've missed you.
• How can the WWE directors NOT SHOW RICKY STEAMBOAT SKINNING THE CAT?
• I don't buy Rey Misterio. I never have. Kevin Nash destroyed any credibility Rey Misterio might have had for me against big men, one fateful Monday Nitro in 1996, by turning the luchadore into a yard dart. I did not buy Misterio winning the Royal Rumble a few years back. I did not buy him as World Champ. And I did not buy him beating JBL last night. There is a spot on the card for Rey, but I just can't get it out of my mind that it's not as a Heavyweight, even after 15 years of this junk.
• There is a small part of me, with JBL retiring, that wouldn't have minded the Texan getting a small face push for the Wrestlemania in Texas. I know we wanted to push Rey, but how hard would it have been to build up a JBL vs. William Regal or Vladimir Kozlov feud?
• Why the hell wasn't Kozlov on the card? I hate the dude, but put a squash match or something for the dude? Just keep building him up.
• The Shawn Michaels/Undertaker match? Damn. Just damn. I think the wait staff at Buffalo Wild Wings got caught up in the energy, too....I looked over at one point after one of the many close finishe, and the bartender and two waitresses were all just watching along with the crowd.
• That Shawn Michaels/Undetaker match was phenomenal. Maybe one of the best I've seen. That was two Hall of Famers leaving it all in the ring. These are two 40 year olds, having a top 5 match for either man. They worked their asses off. And I almost felt sorry for the main eventers, for having to follow.
• That said, the double main events were letdowns. Lazy. Sluggish. Contrary to pretty much any energy you've been building for either Edge or Randy Orton.....
• On the whole. A good show. Could have been a great show....