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The whole card was a clusterfuck. The triangle ladder match and Jericho/Benoit/Angle saved that wrestlemania from being considered among the worst of the worst.
I thought 14, 15, and 17 were among the best. Although 2000 was one of the best years, it's Wrestlemania was lacking.
Foley being added wasn't a problem to me, but seemed pointless in hindsight, since they had no intentions of him winning. If this were the case, it should have been a triple threat. That way Foley could go out without being pinned and not so unceremoniously.
No Big Show. Please, it was worthless. It all centered around the McMahons like you said.
Like you said, Rock vs HHH would have been just fine. In fact it was built for months and would have been classic. IT ended up just being them anyways.
And why not have the Vince return be AT Wrestlemania. It'd garner the same response as it did on Raw, and make the swerve more shocking by far.
Add to that the fact the card didn't have ONE singles match. And no second main event. Kane vs Xpac should have been the second main event in a well built fued leading to them finally having a singles match, perhaps in a cage. But they exhausted the fued and the premise of them meeting one on one for months before.
The ending there was no excuse. It wasn't just a heel winning and swerve. People just hated it, myself included. You don't have to be a mark to think that sucks.
Heres some ideas:
The Rock vs HHH
Have it be a Triple Threat with Rock vs Foley vs HHH
Why not have Foley taken out early with a huge spot, and be taken away by paramedics and lead people to belive that was really his final moment. Have it come down to Rock vs HHH as it did, and have Vince return (for the first time) to screw Rock. Have HHH win, bell rings, Vince and Stephanie celebrate.
Cue the HBK music. The commisioner says "Whats a wrestlemania without HBK, and like I said last year Vince...rulebook! This match isn't over"
Foley comes down the aisle on the stretcher. Rock comes out and takes out McMahon and Stephanie. Foley wins and theres tourney for Backlash.
or maybe just maybe, have The Rock win the title and give the obvious ending to the match in The Rock's big year.
I have no problems with HHH winning, or a heel winning, or a swerve. It's all good if that happens, but it wasn't even a good one. You could have done the swerve and pulled another swerve on top of it. Or at least have made the match not such a clusterfuck for no reason
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