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April 2009: Last night was an odd night. I fell asleep early, much to my long suffering girlfriend's annoyance. Thankfully we have made up now, so everything is more or less right in my world once more. As I wasn't working last night, I watched Wrestlemania 25. All in all a very enjoyable 3 hours 45 minutes of wrestling, although as always, there were some high spots and some low spots. Considering how it was marketed, I felt that the money in the bank match was disappointing. Can someone in the WWE please just fire Hornswaggle? It was a poor joke at the start, and has just gone downhill from there. I don't get Kofi Kingston at all. Yet again Kane was underused. Finlay is...well...past it. Sorry, but he is. Christian was tragically underused (I was certain he would win). Shelton Benjemin is someone else I don't understand. Mark Henry is just a joke (did love the world's strongest slam into the ladder though). And CM Punk was good. By that I mean he was OK, but as an ECW Original - WHERE WAS THE EXTREME? I'm not going to comment on the Diva's Rumble. Suffice to say that Santino Morella is another Hornswaggle. I hate comic relief characters. Kid Rock was awesome. Loved the mini concert. Have to wonder whether someone from the Miz and Morrison vs Carlito and his brother match did a no show. And the main event in my eyes was always going to be HBK vs Undertaker. My god, what an epic match. The look on Taker's face when the Tombstone didn't keep Shawn down. The Sweet Chin Music not being enough. HBK's escape from Hell's Gate. Not forgetting that incredible chokeslam. Well played Taker and HBK. This match was a pure example of why I love WWE. Not that I am advocating it, but if you get a chance, watch it on YouTube. That is an instant classic. The Hardy's match was a huge disappointment. We have Jeff Hardy who is a hardcore specialist vs Matt Hardy who is tragically underused and more tragically quite overweight. This should have been a nice, long, hardcore (sorry, "extreme") match. What we got was a 10 minute match which wasn't very hardcore (that legdrop should have hit) and the wrong person won. As for Jeff Hardy as a heel. Never gonna work. The fans love him too much. Very quickly on the HHH vs Randy Orton match. Disappointment. Highlight of the match was easily HHH being dropped into a table that IMHO should have broken but didn't. I think the same happened here as happened with the Taker/Shawn match. Accident happened and the other wrestler had to make time to ensure the match continued. Notice how the ref slowed down suddenly for the last count? HHH barely made it, and something tells me even HHH didn't want it that close. Oh, and finally, the Edge vs Big Show vs Cena match. Where do I begin. Ok, so the Cena entrance was amazing. I liked it. Not bad considering that I hate Cena and think he can't wrestle. I don't like Edge as a heel. Big Show should have won. Cena's finishing moves are pathetic. If you want flair, the 619 has it. MVP and Cena suffer the same problem. Same problem I had with The Rock. Their finishers take too long and are too showy. Kane's chokeslam. Looks great. Does the job, and requires no selling. Ditto Last Ride. Same for the Swanton Bomb and Twist Of Fate (to a degree). But we all knew Cena was going to win. Why else did he suddenly come into the storyline? Permalink | |