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Wrestlemania XI:"Double Main Event" send emails to the reviewer
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Card=Allied Powers beat Jacob & Eli Blu in a poor tag team encounter that
was only made watchable thanks to the crowd 3.5/10. The
Undertaker beat King Kong Bundy in a horrible match 1/10. (I Quit
Match)Bret Hart beat Bob Backlund in a shockingly dull match that
featured Roddy Piper as guest referee. 3/10-this should have stole the
show! (WWF Tag Titles)Owen Hart/Yokozuna beat Smoking Gunns in a boring
match 2/10. (I-C Title)Razor Ramon beat Jeff Jarrett by DQ in a good but
not great match that paled in comparison to their previous Rumble match
6.5/10.(WWF Title)Diesel beat Shawn Michaels in a good but ultimately
disappointing match. HBK expectadly carried this one but the match did have
a few dull moments and the crowd wasn't too enthusiastic about the match
either! 7.5/10-some interesting crowd reactiosn here too with babyface
Diesel getting booed while heel Shawn got cheered. (Special Challenge
Match)Lawrence Taylor beat Bam Bam Bigelow in a mess of a match that was
only made watchable by the crowd who
were well into it. How the hell did this match become the main event? What
idiot decided to put this match
on last? Who the hell thought that a match featuring a former NFL star was
more important than a WWF Title Match? This is definetly the worst
Wrestlemania main event of alltime, solely because it was put on last! I
mean, there have been worse main event matches at Wrestlemania than this
one, but the fact it was considered more important than the WWF Title match
is unforgivable! 2/10-Taylor deserves credit here cause he really did make
an effort, as did Bigelow but the match was simply a failed experiment.

Overall=Another candidate for worst Wrestlemania of alltime with no must
see matches and more than a few stinkers! Even the better matches of the
night(Razor/Jarrett, Shawn/Diesel) seemed to lack something! 2/10 Best
Match=Shawn/Diesel. Worst Match=Undertaker/Bundy.

My WM-XI Card=(WWF Title)Shawn vs Diesel vs Bret(since Bret &
Diesel went to a no contest at the 95 Rumble, Bret had a good argument to
be in
this match!). (WWF Tag
Titles)Bob Holly/1-2-3 Kid vs Heavenly Bodies(I'd have had Holly & Kid beat
Smoking Gunns before the PPV and have had the Bodies win the titles here,
like they should have a long time before!). (I-C Title/Ladder
Match)Jeff Jarrett vs Razor Ramon(it could have been a classic!). (Womens
Title)Alundra Blayze vs Bull Nakano(those two had a hell of a match the
night after Wrestlemania XI, why not have just had it at the PPV!) 2nd
Annual WWF/NFL
Battle Royal(featuring Lawrence Taylor, Bam Bam Bigelow, Lex Luger, Steve
Mcmichael and
others. This would have been a much better idea than a one on one match
since battle royals tend to be entertaining and it could have been a second
annual WWF/NFL Battle Royal. Plus Bigelow wouldn't lose the credibilty he
lost when he was pinned by Taylor, if he just got eliminated over the top
rope by him! I'd have Bigelow & Taylor the last two in the ring with LT
coming out on top) Undertaker vs The Entire Million $ Corporation(Ending
this stupid feud once and for all! Taker would win of course and Bam Bam
wouldn't be involved in
the match since i'd put him in the WWF/NFL Battle Royal). Owen Hart vs Davey
Boy Smith(they'd been involved in a family feud since Summerslam 94 and
everyone knows this match would have been a classic!).

Wrestlemania X:"Ten Years In The Making"

Card=Owen Hart beat Bret Hart in perhaps the greatest opening match in
Wrestling history, let alone Wrestlemania history! 10/10. Earthquake beat
Adam Bomb in a pointless match that lasted less than a minute 0/10. (Mixed
Tag Match)Bam Bam/Luna beat Doink/Dink in
a match that wasn't quite as bad as it should have been but it still was in
no way good! 2.5/10-Bam Bam did most of the work here. (Falls Count Anywhere
Match)Randy Savage
beat Crush in an average bout 4/10. (I-C Title)Razor Ramon beat Shawn
Michaels in a classic ladder match that has stood the test of time in
todays day and age of TLC matches 10/10 (WWF Tag Titles)M-O-M beat
Quebecers by countout in a shockingly OK match where the crowd and
Quebecers obviously carried it but i'll admit that Mo from M-O-M actually
looked half decent here. Mable sucked as usual, hitting the worst spinning
wheel kick i've ever seen! 4.5/10.(Womens Title)Alundra Blayze beat Lelani
Kai in a poor match, only worth seeing for the talented Blayze 1.5/10. (WWF
Title:Match 1)Yokozuna beat Lex Luger by DQ in a match riddled with
crowd killing moments including, former Boyband star Donnie Whalberg(NKOTB
anyone?) on
intro duties, Yoko applying boring rest holds for what seemed like forever
and a DQ ending that had the crowd loudly chanting BULLSHIT! 2/10 (WWF
Title:Match 2)Bret Hart beat Yokozuna in a poor Wrestlemania main event
that was at least better than their match last year(i:e it wasn't quite the
snorefest, nor did it feature Hulk Hogan stealing everyones heat at the
end!) 4/10-great ending though with Bret celebrating with all the faces
while jealous Owen just stared. (By the way, the 10 man tag match featuring
Tatanka/Smoking
Gunns/1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly vs Jeff Jarrett/Headshrinkers/I.R.S & Rick
Martel, was cancelled for time reasons. It makes you wish they'd cancelled
the Womens Title or the pointless Quake/Bomb matches instead!)

Overall=Well, this was a big disappointment for the tenth anniversary
edition of Wrestlemania since it had a cluster of average matches, bad
booking leading to a match cancellation, several crowd killing
moments and a forgettable main event. However, theres no denying that the
opening match and the ladder match between will go down in the annuals as
two of the greatest Wrestlemania matches of alltime and it's thanks to them
that this
show gets 6/10-not the greatest score in the world but a damn lot better
than the debacle that was Wrestlemania IX! Best Match=A tie between
Bret/Owen & Razor/HBK. Worst Match=Earthquake/Bomb.

My WM-X Card=[WWF Title:Match 1]Yokozuna vs Lex Luger(Lex wins! I'd keep it
short too!) [WWF Title:Match 2]Lex Luger vs Bret Hart(Bret wins-Luger may
have been a
poor worker but in the past guys like Ric Flair, Sting, The Steiners and
even Danny Spivey proved Luger was carryable to a good match and against
someone as
great as Bret, Luger could have been carried to the best match of his
career!). [I-C Title/Ladder Match]Razor vs HBK. [WWF Tag Titles]Quebecer's
vs Steiners(why oh why did the Steiners get
demoted in 1994! These two teams had some good TV matches in 1993 and what
had M-O-M done to deserve a title shot?). (Womens Title)Alundra vs Luna(i'm
sure Alundra could have carried Luna to a watchable match). (Brother vs
Brother)Bret vs Owen. Bigelow vs Tatanka(they were still in a
fun on-off feud and i'd rather have seen them go at it again, than the
mixed tag match!). Savage vs Jarrett(could have been
a great match and a much needed boost for Jarrett's credentials). Diesel vs
1-2-3 Kid(could have been a
good old fashioned David vs
Goliath match and the sleeper hit of the night since Kliq members usually
had great matches with each other).
Marty Jannetty vs Rick Martel(another possible sleeper hit of the night
with two underrated veterans). Legends Battle Royal(Backlund wins, since he
was to get a little push in 1994)

Wrestlemania VI:"The Ultimate Challenge"

Wrestlemania VI:"The Ultimate Challenge"

Card=Rick Martel beat Koko B Ware in a painfully short, waste of space!
0/10-why this match was even on the card, let alone the opener is a mystery
to wrestling fans the world over! Rick Martel was on an impressive winning
streak and his feud with former partner Tito Santana had reached it's one
year anniversary so why on earth wasn't it Martel vs Santana at
Wrestlemania VI? That could have been a classic match, not to mention an
excellent way to start the show but no, we got a 2-3 minute, nothing match!
Brutus Beefcake beat Mr Perfect in a watchable match, that was
obviously carried all the way by Perfect, with the crowds cheers for
Beefcake significantly helping matters 4.5/10. Roddy Piper & Bad News Brown
went to a no contest in a terrible brawl, which is only memorable for Hot
Rod wrestling the match while painted 50% Black 0.5/10. Ted Dibiase beat
Jake Roberts by countout in a good but disappointing match that was
undoubtably
let down by the weak ending. Plus the fact the crowd were more interested in
performing a "canadian wave" than the match didn't do it any favours. Still
a good, solid match though 7/10. Orient Express beat Rockers by countout in
a surprisingly disappointing match. 4/10-thankfully these two teams would
renew their feud in 1991 and produce several classic matches together.
Earthquake beat Hercules in a predictable, power match 2/10. Hart
Foundation beat Boshovieks in a supershort, LOD-style squash 1/10-at least
they spared us! The Barbarian beat Tito Santana in a passable match,
obviously carried by Tito who sold Barbarians finishing flying clothesline
in brilliantly OTT fashion 3/10. Rick Rude beat Jimmy Snuka in a
short but watchable match 2.5/10, Big Bossman beat Akeem in a predictable
"ex-partners" match 1.5/10. Hacksaw Jim Duggan beat Dino Bravo in a very
poor
match 0.5/10-great to see Quake squash Duggan after the match! (Mixed Tag
Match)Dusty Rhodes/Sapphire beat Randy Savage/Sherri in a passable
"entertainment match" 2.5/10-poor Randy! (WWF Tag Titles)Demolition beat
Colossal Connection in a match made watchable thanks to the crowd 3/10. (WWF
TitlevsI-C Title)The Ultimate Warrior beat Hulk Hogan in a shockingly
classic
encounter! 9/10-the crowd definetly made this match seem a whole lot better
than it should have been, but Hulk and Warrior both deserve credit too,
playing their parts perfectly and the way the match was so carefully staged
is another reason it's still thought of today as one of Wrestlemania's
greatest matches.

Overall=I've found this to be one of the more overrated Wrestlemania's as
years have gone by because apart from the must see Hogan/Warrior spectacle,
theres nothing else on the card that is worth mentioning apart from the
good but still lacklustre Dibiase/Roberts match. 5.5/10-All in all the crowd
was well into most of the matches and made some of the weaker matches
watchable. Best Match=Hogan/Warrior. Worst
Match=A tie between Martel/Koko & Piper/Brown.

My WM-VI Card=[WWF TitlevsI-C Title]Hogan vs Warrior, [WWF Tag
Titles]Demolition vs Twin Towers vs Hart Foundation(the addition of Bret &
Jim could have helped the match!), Dibiase vs Jake, Martel vs Tito, Rockers
vs Orient Express(longer with a better ending!), Earthquake vs Snuka(would
have given Quake more clout going into his feud with Hogan by beating a
legend like Snuka, plus the match might have been better than
Quake/Hercules) [Cage Match]Rude vs Piper(they had a fun feud which
produced a great cage match! Rude could have won and that
way would have looked a more legit threat to Warrior at Summerslam 90 in
their cage match), Savage vs Dusty(might have been better than the
mixed tag match!), Perfect vs Beefcake(I'd have kept Hennig's "Perfect
Record" alive though!).

Reader Review:Wrestlemania III:"Bigger, Better, Badder"

Wrestlemania III:"Bigger, Better, Badder"

Card=The Can-Am Connection vs Don Muraco & Bob Orton is a very good opening
tag
team contest with some wonderful wrestling from both teams and a fired up
crowd eating up every moment of it-7.5/10. The Can-Am Connection were
comprised of future WWF "Model" Rick Martel(representing Canada) and future
NWA/WCW "Z-MAN" Tom Zenk(representing America) and they were a sort of
prototype "Strike Force" which was formed later that year with Can Am member
Martel and former I-C Champion Tito Santana. Harley Race beat JYD in a poor
but surprisingly watchable match where the crowd obviously played a part.
Harley may have been a shell of his former self in 1987 but he still
managed to carry this match 2/10. Dream Team beat Rougeau
Brothers in a short but solid match 5/10. Honky Tonk Man beat Jake
Roberts(with Alice Cooper in his corner), in a solid enough match 4.5/10.
The Hart
Foundation & Danny Davis beat Tito Santana & The British Bulldogs in a good
tag team contest let down by Mary Hart on commentary(Didn't Vince learn
from Wrestlemania 2!) 7/10-theres an awesome
tombstone by Davey Boy to Danny to behold here! Hercules & Billy Jack
Haynes went to a double countout in a boring but watchable match
3/10-Haynes looks like "DR Death" Steve Williams younger twin! Nikolai
Volkoff & Iron Shiek beat Killer Bee's by DQ in an ok match when Jim Duggan
interfered 5/10. Butch Reed beat Koko B'Ware in a poor contest 2/10.
Hillbilly Jim, Little Beaver & Haiti Kid beat King Kong Bundy, Lord
Littlebrook & Little Tokyo by DQ in a mixed heavyweights/midgets tag match
that was only made barable by the crowd. Bundy got DQ'd when he demolished
Haiti Kid with an elbow drop! 1.5/10.(Hair vs Hair Match)Roddy Piper beat
Adrian Adonis in a match that would have stunk if the crowd wasn't so HOT!
2.5/10-Beefcake gave his first WWF Haircut after the match to Adonis.(I-C
Title)Ricky Steamboat
beat Randy Savage in an awesome match that i still think is abit overrated
today. The match had a few dull moments of stalling but when Savage &
Steamboat went at it in the ring at lightning speed and traded near fall
after near fall to the crowds deafening eruptions, any wrestling fan whose
witnessed this match can't help but watch in awe 9.5/10. (WWF Title)Hulk
Hogan vs Andre The Giant. Of all the main events in Wrestlemania history,
this has to be one of the top 3 best booked, most hyped and anticipated of
them all. The match itself was by no means good in
a wrestling sense, plus it had a painfully boring section where Andre
locked Hogan in a bearhug but the crowd really made this match the
spectacle it was and the moment Hogan slammed Andre is one of the most
memorable moments, not only in Wrestlemania history, but in Wrestling
history period! 6.5/10-Not the best match of alltime but still not as bad
as it should have been either and the crowd really made it watchable
throughout.

Overall=A big improvement on the previous year and to be honest, this
Wrestlemania has stood the test of time as being one of the better
ones-nowhere near the best but still a solid PPV with some great tag team
matches(Can-Am/Muraco/Orton, Harts/Davis/Bulldogs/Santana), a classic I-C
Title match and a spectacular main
event secure Wrestlemania III a "top 10 Wrestlemania's" spot for certain.
It's one of those events where even the poorest matches of the night were
watchable thanks to a fired up crowd who created one hell of an atmosphere
7/10. Best match=Savage/Steamboat. Worst Match=Heavyweights/Midgets Six Man
Tag.

My WM-III Card=[WWF Title]Hogan vs Andre, [I-C Title]Savage vs Steamboat,
[WWF Tag Team Titles]Bulldogs vs Hart
Foundation(although the six man they competed in was fine, i'd rather have
seen these two teams in a title match at Wrestlemania). Jake vs
Honky Tonk. Dream Team vs Rougeau's(Longer!). Santana vs Danny Davis. Bee's
vs Shiek/Volkoff-most of Wrestlemania 3's card was fine TBH

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Reader Review: Wrestlemana 2

Wrestlemania 2:"What The World Has Come To"
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Card=Paul Orndorff & Don Muraco fought to a double countout in a match
that was actually quite good until the pathetic, throwaway ending. 4/10-A
potential show stealer ruined! What a terrible way to start the show! Jake
Roberts beat George Wells in a poor match 2/10. The Funks beat JYD & Tito
Santana in a terrible tag team match 1.5/10. Ricky
Steamboat beat Hercules in an average match, unsurprisingly carried by
Steamboat 4/10. Adrian Adonis beat Uncle Elmer in one of the worst matches
i've ever endured. 0.5/10(Adonis at least tried to get the crowd into this
one by bumping around the ring abit but Elmer was simply uncarryable!).
Andre The Giant won an entertaining battle royal that featured WWF stars
including
The Hart Foundation and Big John Studd as well as NFL stars including
William Perry and Bill Fralic 6/10. (Flag Match)Corporal Kirschner beat
Nikolai Volkoff in a match that redefines the term atrocious! 1/10 (I-C
Title)Randy Savage beat George Steele in a poor bout, that even the great
Macho Man couldn't save 3/10. (Boxing Match)Mr T beat Roddy Piper by
DQ in a horrible gimmick match. 1/10 (Womens Title)Moolah beat Velvet
Mcentyre in a dire, waste of a match, where the talented Velvet should have
won and saved the title! 0/10 (WWF Tag Titles)British Bulldogs beat Dream
Team in an excellent match and for the second year running the tag title
match has
stolen the show at Wrestlemania. 9/10-Even Beefcake looked decent here(or
that could just be the Bulldog's selling LOL). (WWF Title/Cage Match)Hulk
Hogan beat king Kong Bundy in a surprisingly decent cage match. Fair
enough, it's proberbly one of the least memorable Wrestlemania
main events but it's a pretty solid affair and had this match been a
regular singles match, i'm sure it would have been one of the worst
Wrestlemania main events of alltime. 6/10

Overall=Oh dear, this is a very strong contender for worst Wrestlemania of
alltime with so many terrible matches. Still, i think that, as bad as this
PPV is on a whole, it does warrant a watch for the must see Bulldogs/Dream
Team match. As for the concept of hosting the show from three different
cities, i thought it was a rather novel idea and i think it would work much
better today than it did back in 1986. Just imagine a Wrestlemania, held
from three different cities, one city would host the Raw matches, one city
would host the Smackdown matches and the third city would host the
inter-promotional matches. Anyway overall this was a piss-poor show, apart
from the decent main event, the fun battle royal and the classic tag team
title match. Vince also made a big mistake by hiring celebrities including
Elvira, Cathy Lee Crosby and Susan ST James to do commentary! 2/10. Best
Match=Bulldogs/Dream Team. Worst Match=A tie
between Elmer/Adonis & Moolah/Velvet

My WM-2 Card=[WWF Title]Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper(They should
have kept the Piper/Hogan feud going and not built a Piper/Mr T boxing
program! Mr T was fine as Hulk's tag partner last year as he had crowd
reactions, not to mention other wrestlers to carry him through but to stick
him in a boxing match with the company's top heel at the time was damaging
to all involved). [I-C Title]Randy Savage vs Tito Santana(i'd have saved
the match where Savage beat Tito for Wrestlemania). [WWF Tag Titles]Dream
Team vs British Bulldogs(match was fine as it was). NFL/WWF Battle
Royal(match was fine as it was). Paul Orndorff vs Don Muraco(i'd have just
given them alot longer and a better finish!). Ricky Steamboat vs Jake
Roberts(these two were feuding and should have faced off here!). Hart
Foundation vs Killer Bee's(i'd have taken both teams out of the battle royal
and put them against each other cause these two teams actualy had several
outstanding
bouts together in the 80's-check out the Bret Hart DVD for an excellent
Harts/Bee's match).

PPV Review Wrestlemania 1

From : Reader The Antichrist


Wrestlemania I:"Beginning A Tradition Of Excitment & Glamour

Card=Tito Santana beat The Executioner in a pretty average match but the
crowd was well into it. Perhaps it would have been better if The
Executioner was not the overweight grappler Buddy Rose! Santana and the
crowd carried this one to "watchable" status. 4.5/10-Average-ish match to
start the show. King Kong Bundy beat Special Delivery Jones in an abysmal
squash
that Gorilla and Jesse claimed lasted 9 seconds when it clearly lasted alot
longer! Something like 20 seconds longer-1/10(that 1 point is for the
hilarious OTT interview SD Jones gives before the match LOL). Ricky
Steamboat beat Matt Bourne in a decent match that would have been a better
choice to open the show than the earlier Tito/Executioner match-6/10.
Brutus Beefcake and David
Sammartino fought to a double countout, in an acceptable bout that had some
good mat wrestling moments from Bruno's son David but the match eventually
started to drag and was
proberbly abit overlong too-4/10 (Body Slam Match)Andre The Giant beat Big
John Studd and the match was as poor as expected-1/10 (I-C Title Match)Greg
Valentine beat Junkyard Dog in a disgrace to the I-C Titles history
2/10-Valentine obviously deserved a better opponant and one can only wish
that Vince had
put him against Steamboat or Santana here-two men Valentine had some
classic I-C Title matches with! (Womens Title Match)Wendi Richter beat
Lelani Kai in a very poor encounter-2/10. The match featured quirky popstar
Cyndi
Lauper in Wendi's corner and the "ancient even then" Fabulous Moolah in
Lelani's corner. (WWF Tag Team Title Match)The Iron Sheik & Nokolai Volkoff
beat Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo in the show stealer of the night.
7.5/10-A solid tag team match with great crowd responses
throughout. Hulk Hogan & Mr T beat Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff and
surprisingly
this was not a bad match at all. Everyone involved did a great job here and
Mr T was proberbly the best "celebrity/wrestler" experiment ever. 7/10-Not
a great wrestlng match but a very entertaining tag team bout with plenty of
crowd pleasing moments.

Overall=5/10-Ok it wasn't the "greatest wrestling extravaganza of alltime"
but back in the mid 80's it proberbly seemed like it was to the folks who
watched it. No "must see" matches but quite a few solid
bouts(Rotundo/Windham/Shiek/Volkoff, Hogan/T/Piper/Orndorff,
Steamboat/Bourne) and a few clunkers(Bundy/Jones, Richter/Kai), but even
they don't feel out of place here since this was 1985 after all! Best
Match=Rotundo/Windham vs Volkoff/Shiek.
Worst Match=Bundy/Jones.

My WM-I card=(WWF Title/Cage Match)Hogan(with Mr T & Sunka in his corner)
vs Orndorff(with Piper & Orton in his corner).(Hogan and Orndorff had a
great feud in the mid 80's that actually produced some quality matches,
most notably a cage match which ranks as one of the best of Hogans career.
It would have been a perfect Wrestlemania main event!) [I-C
Title/Submission Match]Valentine vs Santana(figure 4 vs figure 4!)
(WWF Tag Titles)Rotundo & Windham vs Shiek & Volkoff(match was fine as it
was). (Womens Title) Wendi Richter vs Lelani Kai(let them actually wrestle
though!). Ricky Steamboat vs Matt Bourne(match was fine, but have it as the
opener instead!). Roddy Piper & Bob Orton vs Jimmy Sunka & Mr T. A 20 man
battle royal featuring Andre, Studd, Bundy and others(Andre would obviously
win). Hart Foundation vs British Bulldogs(number 1 contenders
match-Potential classic!).