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Originally Posted by Jordan X
This thread isn't about Wrestlemania but since a few people want to talk about my opinion on the show I have to give a rebuttal.
Wrestlemania had a lot of really good matches (MITB, HBK/Cena, Taker/Batista, MVP/Benoit/Umaga/Lashley). It wasn't Wrestlemania 17 good but it was big as hell with over 80,000 people making it one of the 3 biggest crowds WWE has ever drawn, that alone made the atmosphere at the event amazing. Marks loved the event, it was full of excitetment, enterainment, big matches, big moves, and big moments. There were let downs at WM such as Khali and Kane and the Womens Title match. I don't see why some people didn't enjoy WM 23, I wish you could take youself out of your smart mark IWC chair every now and then, put youself in the position you were when you were a kid and enjoy the show. The majority of WWE fans try to suspend their belief to have a fun time while they watch the show. It seems a lot of fans on TPWW don't even like wrestling but perfer the backstage drama and ongoings... and thats pretty gay. WWE booked the best show they could for WM 23, how do I proove this? Look how many people were there! Look how many are rumored to buy the show (a ppv audience of about 1 million is expected!)
There are WWE PPV's that I have hated myself for buying, I thought Wrestlemania this year was gonna be special, and it was, im still ok with paying 50 bucks for the fake sport that I watch every week. I really wish a lot of you could enjoy it the way that I did, I just don't get it.
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Those matches were good, not really any of them were great. At least not compared to what we usually see at Wrestlemania. The venue and setup was amazing, but the crowd was silenced by the cavernous roof of that arena, so the atmosphere was anything but amazing, there were practically no pops, cheers or boos audible.
MITB was good but it should have and could have been way better, yet they took their 2 most skilled ladder match wrestlers out of the contest early on in a worked spot that wasn't even that great.
Undertaker vs Batista was better than expected, and actually decent, but come on dude.
Cena vs Michaels, again decent, but nothing special and dissapointing for HBK's WM standards.
Umaga/Lashley. Ha, yea. Well it was entertaining as hell thanks to Austin, Shane/Vince and Trump, who made up for all the best moments and spots. So yea, it was good, but nothing to do with being a good match.
Plus as big as the arena and hype were, the event itself was that much smaller. Not enough matches, only 3 of them had any fucking meaning, and the matchups were for the most part fuckin terrible. Plus the show was patchworked. They'd just announce the match individually, there were no transitional segments or interviews, ongoing story segments, or that normal cohesive flow given to any PPV, especially manias. There were just pre-recorded commercials and hype videos.
The whole thing was one big awkward silence.
It was a good show, and you should fucking know that I like wrestling and can and do enjoy things for what they are, but WM23 was only good. It wasn't great and it sure as hell wasn't good for Wrestlemania. Ever since WM17 the Wrestlemanias have been phenomenal, even if the product isn't, and this one just wasn't it.