Wrestlemania 32 Review

Some pre show thoughts, Not gonna break it down just give some thoughts.
Corey Graves may have the worst suit I have ever seen.
Where does this loss put Ryback? He didn't look real great and he doesn't seem like a natural heel. everything he does is feeling forced.
A championship match should never be a pre-show match. If you have a champ that you don't think is good enough to be highlighted on the main card then he shouldn't be champ. To have the US title defended on the pre-show just reinforces how far the mid card has fallen.
The Diva's put on an ok match. nothing to write home about but it was decent non the less. They went a long way to give Brie the spotlight.
The fact that the Uso's got boo'd out of the stadium when they put the super kicks to the Dudley's shows just how stale they are. And someone tell Mauro Ranallo that not every win is a Wrestlemania moment.

Time for KOmania

Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship

Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Sami Zayn, Stardust, Sin Cara, Zach Ryder and Kevin Owens

Highlights:

Everyone leaves the to get a ladder leaving Owens alone in the ring.

Zach Ryder is sporting a really creepy beard

Sami Zane through the ladder over the top rope onto 5 of the competitors

Sin Cara gets pushed of the ladder and springboards onto the 4 guys on the floor

Stardust pulls out a yellow polka dot black ladder

Owens and Ziggler hit a super kick on each other

KO with a frog splash onto Zayn on a ladder

Sin Cara with a splash from the top of the ladder onto the floor where Stardust was laying on a ladder drapped from the ring to the barricade

Winner: Zach Ryder?????

Grade: 2 stars

Thoughts:

What the Hell did I just see? The match itself was weak with to many high spots and not enough original drama. Zach Ryder winning the belt is more proof that the WWE just really doesn't care about the mid-card. What a terrible swerve.

AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho

Highlights:

Styles with a kip up into a head scissors take down.

Styles with a Jericho like springboard drop kick on Jericho off the apron

Jericho with a neck breaker on the second rope to the floor

Styles with a drop kick on Jericho. Styles and Ziggler have the best drop kicks in the business

Styles with a front flapjack of the top rope

Jericho caught the Pele kick and turned into the Walls of Jericho

Jericho fights out of a Styles Clash

Jericho tries to do a Styles Clash that Styles fought out of

Jericho kicks out of a Styles Clash 

Styles with a springboard 450 splash

Jericho counters a Phenominal Forearm in to a Code breaker

Winner: Jericho by pinfall after a code breaker

Grade: 3 Stars

Thoughts:

I expected a lot more out of these two. They had a match of the year contender at Fastlane and then not so much here. I like how they sold The kick out of the Code Breaker by having Jericho take his time. Having Jericho kick out of the Styles Clash was a bad decision.  I really love the fact that they are showing Styles as a tough guy. He always seems to fight out of submission moves. But this was again a bad decision. Having Jericho win AJ's first feud was a poor decision. Two matches in and two really bad decisions.

New Day vs League of Nations

Highlights:

New Day busts out of a Big box of Booty o's 

Xavier has a tail and they are wearing Dragon Ball Z costumes.

Rusev angerly kicked Booty O's out of the way

6 man Tag Team Match? I thought it was a 4 on 3 handicapped match. Why is Barrett not wrestling

Unicorn stampede by all three of the New Day

Kofi with a boom drop on both Sheamus and Rusev

Big E dives through the ropes to take out Sheamus, Rusev and Barrett, Big E looks like he landed on his neck funny

Winner: League of Nations by Pinfall on Xavier Woods after a Brogue Kick

Grade: 2 1/2

Thoughts:

Another interesting call here but predictable. Yet another championship that the WWE didn't feel comfortable with having a title defense. The match was pretty lackluster, really not a Wrestlemania quality match but I think it was done just to set up the after match segment

Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley and Stone Cold interrupt a post match promo by League of Nations

The Three Hall Of Famers clear the ring by hitting their finishers Wade Barrett took all three finishers to end the beat down. New Day comes in to dance with the Hall Of Famers and Austin stuns Xavier Woods. The after match antics couldn't save what was really a run of the mill tag match.

Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar

Highlights

Suplex City Count 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13

JBL calls Ambrose the Energizer Dummy 

Ambrose with a low blow and then a suicide dive onto Brock

Ambrose hit Brock with a lap top

Lesnar with a belly to belly suplex from the top rope

Ambrose with a hesitation dropkick to a chair on Lesnar in the corner

Lesnar kicks out of a Dirty Deeds onto a chair

Winner: Lesnar by Pinfall after an F5 onto a pile of chairs

Grade: 2 1/2

Thoughts:

Making Dean look weak leading into this really didn't help sell the match and the fact that he got very little offense in the match made it worse. This was a match that should've stolen the show and it was really underwhelming. I never once felt that Ambrose had a chance in hell. So far this has been a very poor Wrestlemania  with a few very questionable decisions.

Charlotte vs, Sasha Banks, vs Becky Lynch

Highlights

Blown spot where Sasha missed a sunset flip.

Rude Awakening from Charlotte on Lynch off the top turnbuckle

Sasha has spent a little to much time on the floor selling moves that weren't that painful

Sasha with a suicide dive on Charlotte who was on the floor

Ric Flair and Banks in a WHOOOOO contest

Charlotte with a moonsault of the top turnbuckle onto Banks and Lynch on the floor

Double Natural Selection on both Lynch and Banks

Winner: Charlotte by Submission with a figure 8 on Lynch and the new WWE Woman's Champion

Grade: 2 3/4

Thoughts:

This was a tough match to buy into, Sasha Banks spent way to much time on the floor in the beginning making this a one on one match between Charlotte and Lynch. Very little of this match was between all three and the person we all wanted to see spent the majority of the match on the floor and selling injuries. Flair keeping Banks from entering the match drew some more cheap heat. Another match that had match of the year potential that really disappointed

Shane McMahon vs The Undertaker

Hghlights:

Shane no sold the Snake Eyes and hit a flying elbow

Shane turns a Hells Gate into a Sharpshooter

Shane pulls out an aluminum garbage can from underneath the ring. Where does the WWE get aluminum garbage cans? I never see them when I am shopping

Shane goes Coast to Coast and now has officially had more offense then Dean Ambrose did

Shane took out bolt cutters and clipped some bolts holding the cell together, then the Undertaker drove Shane through the wall. Seemed like a blown spot where we weren't supposed to see Shane doing that

Undertaker cleans off multiple announce tables

Shane counters a Tombstone into a sleeper

Undertaker dives into the French announcers table to break the sleeper hold

Shane hits the Undertaker with a tool box

Shane misses an elbow on the Undertaker who was lying on an announce table from the top of the cell. Taker rolls out of the way and Shane crashes through the table.

Winner: Undertaker by pinfall after a Tombstone 

Grade: 2 3/4 stars

Thoughts:

Awkward placing for the match that should have been the main event. I'm not really sure why the WWE thinks that we want to see Underdogs get their asses handed to them but that is exactly what we saw twice tonight. Shane fought out the Hells Gate, you know the same move that made Brock Lesnar pass out at Summer Slam. Truly makes no sense why you would make a 46 year old business man look stronger then the Beast. Maybe it's just me but I can't get into a match that is so ridiculously unrealistic

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Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Highlights

Shaquille O'Neil is a surprise entrant in the match

Kane gets a double chokeslam from Shaq and Big Show

Fandango dances in between Shaq and Show and was eliminated by Show

The Sandow tries to get in the middle and Shaq eliminates Sandow.

Shaq and Big Show are both eliminated by the remaining guys in the match

Halfway through the match they finally point out that Tatanka and DDP are in the battle royal. Very horrible job by the WWE not pointing it out earlier that a couple old school guys were in the match.

Social Outcasts do a victory lap inside the ring that is stopped by Kane. They reverse it and are caught by Baron Corbin.

Winner: Baron Corbin

Grade: 1 1/2 Stars

Thoughts:

It's nice that they went with an NXT guy to win the match which makes them look more legit but I would have rather seen anyone but Corbin. The WWE should be ashamed of themselves for not letting people know that DDP and Tatanka were in this match. What was the point of the Big Show/ Shaq standoff? very disappointed in this Wrestlemania so far. 

The best part of the night so far was watching Bray Wyatt and the Rock. Bray proved that he is on par with the Rock as far as mic skills

The Rock vs Eric Rowan

Highlights:

The Rock beat Eric Rowan in 6 seconds

Winner: The Rock

Grade: 4 Stars (this grade is a cumulative grade for the pre-match weirdness, microphone stand off between Bray and the Rock, 6 second match and return of Cena)

Thoughts:

So far this is the best part of the night. Bray Wyatt is a superstar and it was nice to see the fans agree with the Rock's assessment of Bray. I don't understand what they are doing with Eric Rowan, why is he always the one sent to the wolves. He's the first thrown out of battle royals he's the first eliminated in survivor matches. and here he lost to the rock with no offense in 6 seconds. He really does come across as the weak link. John Cena coming back injected some much needed life into this show. 

Triple H vs Roman Reigns

Highlights:

Reigns is getting boo'd out of the stadium as soon as his music hits
Terrible spot with him cocking and loading the punch to the floor. Took way to long after he hit the floor for the fireworks to go off. What was the reason for the fireworks around the outside of the closed stadium? People that were on the street got a fun little thing.
Wow!!!! I have a feeling if Reigns wins people will riot. Trips is getting more cheers the Reigns during the introduction.
Reigns is getting boo'd every time he has an offensive move
"Roman Sucks" chant. WWE you are really risking this kids future if he wins here
It's almost like Reigns does't hear the fan's booing. He plays to the audience that is booing him after every big move
Triple H with a low blow that made the audience cheer
Reigns speared Trips through the barricade
Triple H counters a superman punch into an armbar
Steph pulled the ref out of the ring to break the count and the fans cheered
The only cheer of the night Reigns got was when he speared Stephanie
Running knee by Triple H to counter a spear attempt
Stephanie hands Trips a sledgehammer and the fans cheer 

Winner: Roman Reigns by pinfall after a spear to a chorus of boo's

Grade: 2 1/4 Stars

Thoughts:

Having this match last is risky, you are threatening to send the fans home on a down note. The entire show has been lackluster and this match has been predictable since the Survivor Series. I have never heard a guy get boo'd the way that Reigns was throughout this match. Every big spot he had he was boo'd. The match relied to much on making Reigns look tough and people weren't buying it.

Final Thoughts:

I realize the WWE is more about entertainment now then wrestling but why did anyone think some of this would be entertaining. The Rock with a Flamethrower? Underdogs getting their butts kicked? The fan favorites loosing the majority of the matches? Wrestlemania went more than 45 minutes over time which means between the pre-show and main event and post show's the WWE expected us to commit 7+ hours for this show and they really failed to deliver. This show was really disapointing. I realize it was going to be tough to beat what NXT did on Friday night but it was almost like the WWE just threw in the towel. There were a lot of matches that should have been amazing and just under performed. The fireworks outside the stadium was a little much especially since the people on the inside didn't even see them.

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