Wrestlemania 36 is this weekend. Sorta. If you're reading this in real time, you don't need the explanation, but if this blog is all that remains amidst the smoldering embers of the United States (we elected a fascist game show host President and now there's a global pandemic and things are a little dark) each match is being taped to be aired over two days. Probably by the time the event airs most of the results will be leaked, probably not every taped match will air as a "Wrestlemania" match; probably there will be editing to improve otherwised challenged work.
Nonetheless. It's the signature event of the professional wrestling year and I'm a professional wrestling fan and so here we are. As of right now, here is the apparent card. 16 matches. 2 nights.
1. WWE Title: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
This is the lineal World Wrestling Federation championship. This title matters (in a world where you accept that any wrestling title matters) and Brock matters. Here's every WWF/E title match in Wrestlemania history:
Result: McIntyre took the belt in that super short, all big move, match that he does a lot now. I think I've gotten all I need from the genre.
II-Hulk Hogan d. King Kong Bundy
III-Hulk Hogan d. Andre the Giant
IV: Randy Savage d. Ted DiBiase (tournament final)
V: Hulk Hogan d. Randy Savage
VI: Ultimate Warrior d. Hulk Hogan
VII: Hulk Hogan d. Sgt. Slaughter
VIII: Randy Savage d. Ric Flair
IX: Yokozuna d. Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan d. Yokozuna
X: Bret Hart d. Yokozuna
XI: Diesel d. Shawn Michaels
XII: Shawn Michaels d. Bret Hart
XIII: Undertaker d. Sid
XIV: Steve Austin d. Shawn Michaels
XV: Steve Austin d. The Rock
XVI: HHH d. The Rock/Mick Foley/Big Show
XVII: Steve Austin d. The Rock
XVIII: HHH d. Chris Jericho
XIX:Kurt Angle d. Brock Lesnar
XX: Eddie Guerrero d. Kurt Angle
XXI: John Cena d. JBL
XXII: John Cena d. HHH
XXIII: John Cena d. Shawn Michaels
XXIV: Randy Orton d. John Cena/HHH
XXV: HHH d. Randy Orton
XXVI: John Cena d. Batista
XXVII: John Cena d. Miz
XXVIII: CM Punk d. Chris Jericho
XXIX: John Cena d. The Rock
XXX: Daniel Bryan d. Randy Orton/Batista
XXXI: Seth Rollins d. Roman Reigns/Brock Lesnar
XXXII: Roman Reigns d. HHH
XXXIII: Randy Orton d. Bray Wyatt
XXXIV: AJ Styles d. Shinsuke Nakamura
XXXV: Kofi Kingston d. Daniel Bryan
So, it's just Brock's second lineal WWF title match at Mania, he is the 136th WWF/E Champion, squashing Kingston in a TV match in October. McIntyre won the Rumble and here we are. Normally here I offer some sort of prediction about result and quality, that doesn't make a ton of sense under the circumstances. I would say a switch is less likely than might it otherwise be.
2. WWE Universal Title: Goldberg (c) vs.
This is currently the Smackdown belt; Bray Wyatt was given a monster heel push but they backed out
of it in favor of a flash title switch to Goldberg in Saudi Arabia. At "press" time, Goldberg/Reigns is
still the advertised match, but Roman has acknowledged that he, in fact, did not/will not work
Wrestlemania given his underlying medical condition. Meltzer has Strowman as the replacement.
Hard to imagine amatch less appealing than Goldberg v. Strowman. Unless it were something like...hell, I don't know
say...Corbin against Elias. Can you imagine? On Wrestlemania? In a promotion that employs
Ricochet?
Result - It was Strowman, it was short, he went over.
3. IC Title: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
Bryan/Gulak worked a fairly short, really good mat based match a month ago, as long as this match isn't overly booked (at it might be, Bryan and Gulak were thrown together in a way that might suggest a Gulak turn at some point) it's the high point of my night. Cesaro and Nakamura are here; they just took my favorite guys and threw them in a pile.
Result - They didn't do much, really a forgettable TV match; Zayn kept.
How about a look at every IC match in Mania history, while we're here.
I: JYD d. Greg Valentine
II: Randy Savage d. George the Animal Steele
III: Ricky Steamboat d. Randy Savage
IV: Brutus Beefcake d. Honky Tonk Man
V: Rick Rude d. Ultimate Warrior
VI: Ultimate Warrior d. Hulk Hogan
VII: Big Boss Man d. Mr. Perfect
VIII: Bret Hart d. Roddy Piper
IX: Tatanka d. Shawn Michaels
X: Razor Ramon d. Shawn Michaels
XI: Razor Ramon d. Jeff Jarrett
XIII: Rocky Maivia d. The Sultan
XIV: The Rock d. Ken Shamrock
XV: Road Dogg d. Goldust/Ken Shamrock/Val Venis
XVI: Chris Benoit d. Chris Jericho/Kurt Angle
XVII: Chris Jericho d. William Regal
XVIII: RVD d. William Regal
XXV: Rey Mysterio d. JBL
XXVIII: Big Show d. Cody Rhodes
XXIX: Miz d. Wade Barrett
XXXI: Daniel Bryan d. Bad News Barrett/Dean Ambrose/Dolph Ziggler/Stardust/Luke Harper/R-Truth
XXXII: Zack Ryder d. Kevin Owens/Dolph Ziggler/Miz/Sami Zayn/Sin Cara/Stardust
XXXIII: Dean Ambrose d. Baron Corbin
XXXIV: Seth Rollins d. Miz/Finn Balor
XXXV: Finn Balor d. Bobby Lashley
4. WWE Raw Women's Title: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Shayna Baszler
As reflected in her being brought out to drink show closing beer with Austin a couple of weeks ago,
the promotion perceives Lynch as their top act (their...lynchpin...see what I did there?)...she's had the
belt a year, taking it from Rousey at last year's Mania. Baszler is a former shootfighter and projects
toughness well. A switch makes the most sense going forward, but as a "let's celebrate the babyface
during a time of incredible darkness" Saturday's show ending with Becky doing the Hogan end of PPV
posing sounds like Vince.
Result: Not much to see here, Becky keeps in a forgettable match.
5. WWE SmackDown Women's Title: Bayley (c) vs. Lacey Evans vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks vs. Tamina Snuka
Bayley and Charlotte have switched off as champs a couple times over the past year, Bayley's held it since October; the other worker in the match is Banks; she and Bayley are aligned and you could see the value in having Banks either take the belt or somehow screw Bayley out of it. This is a promotion where Lacey Evans is on the Wrestlemania card and Ricochet is not.
Result: Night 2 had a bunch of 2 star matches, this was one of them. Bayley went over.
6. NXT Women's Title: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair
NXT, as you're aware, is the developmental arm of the promotion; consistently for several years now
beingeasily the top "brand" in WWE. They're doing a crossover here; Flair won the Rumble and chose to
go after Ripley's belt. None of these women's matches will be as good as you'd want them to be given
their profile.
Result: Only match (word used intentionally) on Night 2 worth seeing; 3 1/2 stars, Flair took the belt.
7. Smackdown Tag Titles: TBD
The Smackdown tag title was going here, but Miz got sick, so even though it
s still being advertised, apparently it's a Morrison/Uso/Someone in the New Day ladder match configuration. Might still be for the tag titles (something's got to hang above the ladder)
Result: This was Morrison/Jimmy Uso/Kofi in a ladder match for the tag titles and it was really good; 4 stars, not hindered at all by the environment.
Something I like to mention, because it's bizarre and reflective of what the promotion does not value, is that neither these belts nor the RAW belts are the lineal WWF tag titles, those belts were deactivated in 2010 (Tyson Kidd and Davey Boy Smith's son were the final champs and that's a helluva trivia question). These belts have only existed since 2016. Morrison returned to the promotion early in the calendar year after many years away; he reunited with former partner Miz and they took these belts from the New Day in Saudi Arabia.
8. WWE Raw Tag Team Titles: Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) vs. Angel Garza and Austin Theory (with Zelina Vega)
The RAW belts are older than their counterparts; they were launched in 2002 (Angle and Benoit were
the initial champions, so that lineage is unlikely to ever get a lot of screen time). The Street Profits are
still pretty green; they took the belts from Rollins and Buddy Murphy on TV a month ago; Andrade has a
secondary singles belt and was supposed to defend it against Mysterio...but Rey's in quarantine and
then Andrade got hurt so this was thrown together. Speaking of green, Austin Theory. Yikes.
Result: Another one of the Night 2 two star specials, Street Profits kept the belts.
9. Women's Tag Tag Titles: The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) (c) vs. Alexa Bliss
and Nikki Cross
-Asuka's shrieking gimmick is a rough watch in 2020. She's in the category of really good worker who
doesn't have many really good main roster matches along with most of the other really good workers
in this endlessly frustrating promotion.
Result: 3 stars, they switched the belts, its fine - about 15 minutes which is as long as Zayn/Bryan
and the pre-show match of Cesaro/Gulak combined.
10. Edge vs. Randy Orton
This match might be the main event; it's certainly the best built program. Edge returned at the Rumble after a 9 year layoff, the following night his former partner Orton left him laying, ostensibly to keep him from further harming himself by pursuing an active wrestling career. Orton subsequently laid of Edge's wife Beth Phoenix and here we are. It's a match that really will miss the lack of crowd heat.
Result: Bizarrely, they gave this match 36 minutes and it just never came together; Orton matches never disappoint me because my expectation is so low, but this should have been cut in half.
11. John Cena vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt
Cena is a very seldom used part timer now; he's returning here to put Wyatt over. This is ice cold.
Result: There's going to be a tremendous amount of variance in opinion of this one; this
wasnt actually a match; it was a fairly interesting collection of highlights. If it were a heat up
segment
of Firefly Funhouse on the go home Smackdown, it would have been effective. But that's not
what it was - what it was is a wrestling match at Wrestlemania and that means it was 13 minutes
of not wrestling. For me, that "exposes the business" in a way that a billion spotfest matches do
not. It's not wrestling; it's wrestling parody. I enjoyed the Edge and Christian show on the
Network. I enjoyed that Road Dogg/Josh Matthews youtube MST3K show they did years ago.
But those aren't wrestling matches. Neither was this.
12. The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles
Undertaker is a very seldon used part timer now; he's returning here to go over Styles.
Result: 3 stars; they did a Broken Universe cinematic match; it was a solid enough brawl.
13. Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins
Look, even under normal circumstances, this is a bad card - other than Bryan/Zayn the only match
from a work perspective that I have any interest in is this one (whatever that ladder match winds
up being could be good) Rollins and Owens have been feuding
for months and months, they're both good workers and now they meet and it's a pretty hot match
(in a world where any match is a hot
match and any promos from the last two weeks count in any quantifiable way; really what I'm saying
is the match feels hot to me based on the last two weeks of promos)
Result: 3 3/4 stars; I liked this quite a bit, crisp, athletic, Owens took a pretty good bump (and he went over).
14. Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley
Black's pretty good. Lashley's big.
Result: Solid stuff, Black went over.
15. Dolph Ziggler vs. Otis
Otis is a comedy wrestler. Ziggler is not, they're fighting over a hot girl. Like George the Animal Steele and Savage feuding over Liz.
Result: What you'd expect. Otis gets the girl.
16. Elias vs. King Corbin
Hey, wait a second...
Result: I've already forgotten who won. Elias? Lets say it was Elias.
So - there we go. It's going to be a happening. Apparently it's already happened.
I'm not old enough to have seen every Super Bowl, but I was 14 for the first Wrestlemania - the build for which was right in my not yet critical of corporate homogeneity brain.
I've seen every Wrestlemania match multiple times. This is, I believe, all of them. Ranked in order of quality, for whatever reason. Match times are rounded; the Wrestlemania at which the match took place is in parentheses; there's a star rating for every *** and up match.
Now updated through WM34
1 IC Title: Razor Ramon d. Shawn Michaels 19 min (10) 5
2. Owen Hart d. Bret Hart 20:30 (10) 5
3. Bret Hart d. Steve Austin 22 min (13) 4 ¾
4. IC: Ricky Steamboat d. Randy Savage 14:30 (3) 4 ¾
5. World Title: Chris Benoit d. HBK d. HHH 24:30 (20) 4 ½
6. WWF Title: Kurt Angle d. Shawn Michaels 27:30 (21) 4 ½
7. Undertaker d. Shawn Michaels 30:30 (25) 4 1/2
8. WWF Title: Shawn Michaels d. Bret Hart 62 min (12) 4 ½
9. Tags: Edge/Christian d. Hardys d. Dudleys 22 min (16) 4 ½
10. Tags: Edge/Christian d. Hardys d. Dudleys 15:30 (17) 4 ½
11. WWF Title: Randy Savage d. Ric Flair 18 min (8) 4 ¼
12. WWF Title: Seth Rollins d. Brock Lesnar/Roman Reigns 16:30 (31) 4
13. WWF Title: Brock Lesnar d. Kurt Angle 21 min (19) 4
14. Undertaker d. Shawn Michaels 24 min (26) 4
15. WWF Title: Steve Austin d. The Rock 15 min (15) 4
16. Kurt Angle d. Chris Benoit 14 min (17) 4
17. Eddy Guerrero d. Kurt Angle 21:30 (20) 4
18. HHH d. Brock Lesnar 22:30 (29) 4
19. Money in the Bank 15 min (21) 4
20. IC: Bret Hart d. Roddy Piper 14:00 (8) 4
21. Shawn Michaels d. Chris Jericho 22:30 (19) 4
22. Daniel Bryan d. HHH 26:00 (30) 4
23. WWE Title: Kofi Kingston d. Daniel Bryan 24 min (35) 4
23. WWE Title: Kofi Kingston d. Daniel Bryan 24 min (35) 4
24. Undertaker d. CM Punk 22 (29) 4
25. Ultimate Warrior d. Randy Savage 20:30 (7) 4
26. RAW Tags: Hardys d. Cesaro/Sheamus d. Cass/Enzo d. Anderson/Gallows 11 min (33) 4
27. Undertaker d. HHH 29 min (27) 4
28. WWF Title: Steve Austin d. Rock 28 min (17) 4
29. WWF Title: CM Punk d. Chris Jericho 22:30 (28) 4
30. IC: Seth Rollins d. Finn Balor/Miz 15:30 (34) 4
30. IC: Seth Rollins d. Finn Balor/Miz 15:30 (34) 4
31. Undertaker d. HHH 30:30 (28) 4
32. Edge d. Mick Foley 14:30 (22) 3 ¾
33. IC Ladder Match 15:30 (32) 3 3/4
34. IC Ladder Match 14 min (31) 3 3/4
35. MITB: 14 min (24) 3 ¾
36. WWF Title: Steve Austin d. Shawn Michaels 20 min (14) 3 ¾
37. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Randy Savage 18 min (5) 3 ¾
38. WWF Title: Daniel Bryan d. Randy Orton/Batista 23:30 (30) 3 3/4
39. WWF Title: AJ Styles d. Shinsuke Nakamura 20:30 (34) 3 3/4
39. WWF Title: AJ Styles d. Shinsuke Nakamura 20:30 (34) 3 3/4
40. AJ Styles d. Shane McMahon (33) 3 ¾
41. Smackdown Women's Title: Charlotte Flair d. Asuka (34) 13:30 3 3/4
41. Smackdown Women's Title: Charlotte Flair d. Asuka (34) 13:30 3 3/4
42. Women's Title: Charlotte d. Sasha/Becky 16 min (32) 3 3/4
43. IC/Euro: Chris Jericho &Chris Benoit d. Kurt Angle 13:30 (16) 3 ½
44. WWF/IC Titles: Ultimate Warrior d. Hulk Hogan 23:30 (6) 3 ½
45. WWF Title: Diesel d. Shawn Michaels 20:30 (11) 3 ½
46. World: Undertaker d. Batista 16 min (23) 3 ½
46. World: Undertaker d. Batista 16 min (23) 3 ½
47. World: Rey Mysterio d. Kurt Angle d. Randy Orton 9:30 (22) 3 ½
48. Rock d. Steve Austin 18 min (19) 3 ½
49. Christian d. Chris Jericho 15 min (20) 3 ½
50. MITB 19 min (23) 3 ½
51. MITB 12:30 (21) 3 ½
52. Undertaker d. HHH 18 min (17) 3 1/2
53. Randy Orton d. Seth Rollins 13:30 (31) 3 1/2
54 WWF Title: HHH d. Rock d. Mick Foley d. Big Show 36:30 (16) 3 ½
55. Shawn Michaels d. Ric Flair 20:30 (24) 3 ½
56. World Title: Undertaker d. Edge 24 min (24) 3 ½
57. Brainbusters d. Tito Santana/Rick Martel 9 min (5) 3 ½
58 MITB 13:30 (26) 3 ½
59. MITB 14:30 (25) 3 ½
60. WWF Title: John Cena d. Shawn Michaels 27:30 (23) 3 ½
61. Rock d. John Cena 30:30 (28) 3 ½
62. John Cena d. Rock 24 min (29) 3 1/2
63. US Title: Kevin Owens d. Chris Jericho 16:30 (33) 3 1/2
64. Smackdown Tags: The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) d. Aleister Black and Ricochet, Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura (with Lana), and The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) 10 min (35) 3 1/4
65. Brock Lesnar v. Dean Ambrose 13 min (32) 3 1/4
66. Ric Flair/Randy Orton/Batista d. Mick Foley/Rock 17 min (20) 3 ¼
67. Rey Mysterio d. Eddie Guerrero 12:30 (21) 3 1/4
68. Chris Jericho d. AJ Styles 17 min (32) 3 1/4
69. Tags: Cactus Jack/Chainsaw Charlie (Terry Funk) d. New Age Outlaws 10 min (14) 3 ¼
70. Matt Hardy d. Jeff Hardy 13 min (25) 3 ¼
71. World Title: Chris Jericho d. Edge 15:30 (26) 3 ¼
72. Undertaker d. Diesel 16:30 (12) 3 ¼
73. Randy Orton d. CM Punk 15min (27) 3 ¼
74. US: John Cena d. Rusev 14:30 (31) 3 1/4
75. John Cena d. Bray Wyatt 23 min (30) 3 1/4
76. World Title: Edge d. Alberto del Rio 11:30 (27) 3 ¼
77. Tags: Nastys d. Hart Foundation 12 min (7) 3 ¼
78. Rockers d. Haku/Barbarian 10:30 (7) 3 ¼
79. Kurt Angle/Ronda Rousey d. HHH/Stephanie 21 min (34) 3 1/4
79. Kurt Angle/Ronda Rousey d. HHH/Stephanie 21 min (34) 3 1/4
80. World: Alberto del Rio d. Jack Swagger 12:30 (29) 3 1/4
81. Steve Austin d. Savio Vega 10 min (12) 3 ¼
82. Hart Foundation/Danny Davis d. British Bulldogs/Tito Santana 9 min (3) 3 ¼
83. Tags: British Bulldogs d. Greg Valentine/Brutus Beefcake 12 min (2) 3 ¼
84. Terry Funk/Dory Funk d. Tito Santana/Junkyard Dog 11:30 (2) 3 ¼
85. Tags: Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas d. Eddie Guerrero/Chavo Guerrero d. Chris Benoit/Rhyno 8:30 (19) 3
86. Tags: Vader/Mankind draw Owen Hart/British Bulldog 16 min (13) 3
87. Jr. Title: Taka Michinoku d. Aguila 6 min (14) 3
88. IC: Chris Jericho d. Steve Regal 7 min (17) 3
89. Mr. Perfect d. Blue Blazer (Owen Hart) 6 min (5) 3
90. Greg Valentine d. Ricky Steamboat 9 min (4) 3
91. LOD/Ahmed Johnson d. Farooq/Savio Vega/Crush 11 min (13) 3
92. Too Cool/Chyna d. Eddie Guerrero/Perry Saturn/Dean Malenko 9:30 (16) 3
93. IC: RVD d. Steve Regal 6:30 (18) 3
94. Kurt Angle d. Kane 11 min (18) 3
95. Orient Express d. Rockers 7:30 (6) 3
96. Cody Rhodes d. Rey Mysterio 12 min (27) 3
97. US: Chris Benoit d. MVP 9 min (23) 3
98. AJ Styles d. Randy Orton 16 min (35) 3
98. AJ Styles d. Randy Orton 16 min (35) 3
99. WWF Title: HHH d. Chris Jericho 18:30 (18) 3
100. WWF Title: Randy Orton d. HHH d. John Cena 14 min (24) 3
101. Euro: Shane McMahon d. XPac 8:30 (15) 3
102. Euro Title: HHH d. Owen Hart 11:30 (14) 3
103. WWF Title: HHH d. Booker T 18:30 (19) 3
104. WWF Title: Randy Savage d. Ted DiBiase 9 min (4) 3
105. WWF Title: John Cena d. Batista 13:30 (26) 3
106. WWF Title: John Cena d. HHH 22 min (22) 3
107. HHH d. Sheamus 12 min (26) 3
108. IC: Razor Ramon d. Jeff Jarrett 13:30 (11) 3
109. RAW Womens Title/Smackdown Womens Title: Becky Lynch d. Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair 21:30 (35) 3
110. Universal Title: Brock Lesnar d. Bill Goldberg 5 min (33) 3
111. Universal Title: Brock Lesnar d. Roman Reigns 16 min (34) 3
109. RAW Womens Title/Smackdown Womens Title: Becky Lynch d. Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair 21:30 (35) 3
110. Universal Title: Brock Lesnar d. Bill Goldberg 5 min (33) 3
111. Universal Title: Brock Lesnar d. Roman Reigns 16 min (34) 3
112. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Sgt Slaughter 20:30 (7) 3
113. Tatanka d. Shawn Michaels 18:00 (9) 3
114. Steiners d. Headshrinkers 14:30 (9) 3
115. Shawn Michaels d. Tito Santana 10:30 (8) 3
116. Ted DiBiase d. Jake Roberts 12 min (6) 3
117. Seth Rollins d. HHH 25:30 (33) 3
118. Undertaker d. Shane McMahon 30 min (32) 3
119. Shawn Michaels d. Vince McMahon 18:30 (22) 3
120. Shane McMahon d. Vince McMahon 14 min (17) 3
121. World Title: HHH d. Randy Orton 23:30 (25) 3
122. Brutus Beefcake d. Mr Perfect 8 min (6) 3
123. Tags: Demolition d. Rick Martel/Tito Santana 8 min (4) 3
124. Rey Mysterio d. CM Punk 6:30 (26)
125. Jr. Title: Matt Hardy d. Rey Mysterio 5:30 (19)
126. Jr. Open 10:30 (20)
127. Undertaker d. Ric Flair 19 min (18)
128. Vader/Owen Hart/British Bulldog d. Yokozuna/Ahmed Johnson/Jake Roberts 11:30 (12)
129. World Title: Batista d. HHH 21:30 (21)
130. US Title: JBL d. Chris Benoit 10 min (22)
131. Brock Lesnar d. Undertaker 25:30 (30)
132. WWF Title: Roman Reigns d. HHH (27 min (32)
133. Undertaker d. Bray Wyatt 15 min (31)
134. JBL d. Fit Finlay 8:30 (24)
135. IC: Rick Rude d. Ultimate Warrior 9 min (5)
136. Boss Man/Akeem d. Rockers 8 min (5)
137. Universal Title: Seth Rollins d. Brock Lesnar 2:30 (35)
138. Daniel Bryan/Shane d. Kevin Owens/Sami Zayn 15:30 (34)
137. Universal Title: Seth Rollins d. Brock Lesnar 2:30 (35)
138. Daniel Bryan/Shane d. Kevin Owens/Sami Zayn 15:30 (34)
139. Fandango d. Chris Jericho 9 min (29)
140. Randy Savage d. Crush 9:30 (10)
141. IC The Rock d. Ken Shamrock 5 min (14)
142. IC: The Demon Finn Balor d. Bobby Lashley 4 min (35)
143. Undertaker v. Roman Reigns 23 min (33)
142. IC: The Demon Finn Balor d. Bobby Lashley 4 min (35)
143. Undertaker v. Roman Reigns 23 min (33)
144. Hardcore Title: Kane d. Raven d. Big Show 9 min (17)
145. Hardcore Title Battle Royal 15 min (16)
146. WWF Title: Bret Hart d. Yokozuna 10:30 (10)
147. Bret Hart d. Bob Backlund 9:30 (11)
148. Roddy Piper d. Goldust 12 min (12)
149. Shane McMahon d. Miz 15:30 (35)
149. Shane McMahon d. Miz 15:30 (35)
150. WWF Title: John Cena d. Edge d. Big Show 14:30 (25)
151. Euro: Eddie Guerrero d. Test 8 min (17)
152. IC: Boss Man d. Perfect 10:30 (7)
153. The Shield d. Sheamus/Randy Orton/Big Show 10:30 (29)
154. Roddy Piper d. Adrian Adonis 7 min (3)
155. Randy Savage d. Greg Valentine 6 min (4)
156. Tags: Daniel Bryan/Kane d. Dolph Ziggler/Big E Langston 6:30 (29)
157. Women's Title: Mickie James d. Trish Stratus 8:30 (22)
158. Hulk Hogan d. Vince McMahon 20:30 (19)
159. HHH d. Batista 24:30 (35)
159. HHH d. Batista 24:30 (35)
160. Islanders/Bobby Heenan d. British Bulldogs/Koko B Ware 7:30 (4)
161. Hart Foundation d. Greg Valentine/Honky Tonk Man 7:30 (5)
162. Hulk Hogan/Mr. T d. Roddy Piper/Paul Orndorff 13 min (1)
163. Tags: Money Inc d. Hulk Hogan/Brutus Beefcake 18:30 (9)
164. Hardcore Title: Bob Holly d. Al Snow d. Billy Gunn 7 min (15)
165. Undertaker d. Randy Orton 14 min (21)
166. Hulk Hogan d. Rock 16:30 (18)
167. Edge d. Booker T 6:30 (18)
168. IC: Road Dogg d. Ken Shamrock d. Goldust d. Val Venis 8:30 (15)
169. Lex Luger d. Mr Perfect 11 min (9)
170. Roman Reigns d. McIntyre 10 min (35)
170. Roman Reigns d. McIntyre 10 min (35)
171. WWF Title: Undertaker d. Sid 21:30 (13)
172. Ricky Steamboat d. Hercules 7 min (2)
173. Hercules d. Haku 6:30 (5)
174 US Title: Jinder Mahal d. Randy Orton/Bobby Roode/Rusev (34) 8 min
174 US Title: Jinder Mahal d. Randy Orton/Bobby Roode/Rusev (34) 8 min
175. HHH d. Goldust 14:30 (13)
176. Tags: Owen Hart/Jeff Jarrett d. DLo Brown/Test 4 min (15)
177. Tags: Owen Hart/Yokozuna d. Smoking Gunns 9:30 (11)
178. Mankind d. Big Show 7 min (15)
179. Headbangers d. Doug Furnas/Phil Lafon d. Godwinns d. New Blackjacks 10:30 (13)
180. Goldust/Luna Vachon d. Marc Mero/Sable 9 min (14)
181. Euro: DDP d. Christian 6 min (18)
182. Randy Orton d. Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes 9 min (26)
183. Bobby Lashley d. Umaga 13 min (23)
184. Undertaker d. Kane 17 min (14)
185. Baron Corbin d. Kurt Angle 6 min (35)
185. Baron Corbin d. Kurt Angle 6 min (35)
186. HHH d. Sting 18:30 (31)
187. Women: Trish d. Victoria d. Jazz 7 min (19)
188. Chris Jericho d. Jimmy Snuka/Roddy Piper/Ricky Steamboat 9 min (25)
189. WWF Title: Miz draw John Cena 15 min (27)
190. WWF Title: Yokozuna d. Bret Hart 9 min (9)
191. RAW Women’s Title: Bayley d. Charlotte d. Sasha d. Nia 12 min (33)
192. League of Nations d. New Day 10 min (32)
193. Floyd Mayweather d. Big Show 11:30 (24)
194. APA/Taz d. Goodfather/Val Venis/Bull Buchanan 4 min (17)
195. Rick Martel/Ton Zenk d. Don Muraco/Bob Orton 5:30 (3)
196. 12 Man Tag 11:30 (28)
197. RVD/Sabu/Sandman/Tommy Dreamer d. Elijah Burke/Matt Striker/Marcus Cor Von/Kevin Thorne 6:30 (23)
198. Undertaker d. Mark Henry 9:30 (22)
199. IC: Big Show d. Cody Rhodes 5 min (28)
200. Bill Goldberg d. Brock Lesnar 13:30 (20)
201. Steve Austin d. Scott Hall 10 min (18)
202. Tags: Natural Disasters d. Money Inc 8:30 (8)
203. Tags: Billy Gunn/Chuck Palumbo d. Hardys d. Dudleys d. APA 14 min (18)
204. British Bulldog/Lex Luger d. Blu Brothers 6:30 (11)
205. Tags: Men on a Mission d. Quebecers 7:30 (10)
206. Boss Man/Bull Buchanan d. D Lo Brown/Godfather 9 min (16)
207. Kane d. HHH 11:30 (15)
208. Tags: RVD/Booker d Dudleys d. La Resistance d. Mark Jindrak/Lance Cade 8 min (20)
209. Smackdown Tags: Luke Harper/Eric Rowan d. Usos/New Day 6 min (34)
209. Smackdown Tags: Luke Harper/Eric Rowan d. Usos/New Day 6 min (34)
210. IC: Rocky Maivia d. The Sultan (Rikishi) 9:30 (13)
211. US: John Cena d. Big Show 9 min (20)
212. Rikishi/Kane d. XPac/Road Dogg 4:30 (16)
213. Ted DiBiase draw Brutus Beefcake 10 min (5)
214. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. King Kong Bundy 10 min (2)
215. Tags: Kane/Show d. Carlito/Chris Masters 6:30 (22)
216. Boss Man/Virgil/Slaughter/Duggan d. Mountie/Repo Man/Nastys 6:30 (8)
217. Demolition d. Tenryu/Kitao 4:30 (7)
218. Tags: Demolition d. Powers of Pain/Fuji 9 min (5)
219. Lawrence Taylor d. Bam Bam Bigelow 11:30 (11)
220. Greg Valentine/Brutus Beefcake d. Rougeaus 4 min (3)
221. Tags: Nikolai Volkoff/Iron Sheik d. Barry Windham/Mike Rotundo 7 min (1)
222. Killer Bees d. Iron Sheik/Nikolai Volkoff 6 min (3)
223. The Shield d. Kane/NAO 3 min (30)
224. IC Randy Savage d. George The Animal Steele 7 min (2)
225. Batista d. Umaga 7 min (24)
226. Kane d. Randy Orton 11 min (28)
227. Undertaker d. Big Boss Man 10 min (15)
228. Undertaker d. Jake Roberts 6:30 (8)
229. Roddy Piper draw Bad News Brown 7 min (6)
230. Rick Rude d. Jimmy Snuka 4 min (6)
231. Ted DiBiase d. Jim Duggan 5 min (4)
232. Ted DiBiase d. Don Muraco 5:30 (4)
233. Tatanka d. Rick Martel 4:30 (8)
234. Randy Savage d. Butch Reed 4 min (4)
235. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Andre the Giant 12 min (3)
236. Battle Royal 12:30 (30)
237. Battle Royal 10 min (4)
238. Battle Royal 9:30 (32)
239. Battle Royal (2)
240. Tag Team Battle Royal 8:30 (14)
241. Razor Ramon d. Bob Backlund 4 min (9)
242. Virgil d. Ted DiBiase 8 min (7)
243. Barbarian d. Tito Santana 4:30 (6)
244. Rick Martel d. Koko B Ware 6 min (6)
245. Honky Tonk Man d. Jake Roberts 7 min (3)
246. IC Title: Brutus Beefcake d. Honky Tonk Man 9 min (4)
247. Tito Santana d. Executioner (Buddy Rose) 5 min (1)
248. IC Title: Junkyard Dog d. Greg Valentine 7 min (1)
249. Undertaker d. Kane 8 min (20)
250. Ricky Steamboat d. Matt Borne 4:30 (1)
251. Rick Rude draw Jake Roberts 15 min (4)
252. British Bulldog d. Warlord 8 min (7)
253. Mark Henry d. Ryback 8 min (29)
254. Hercules draw Billy Jack Haynes 8 min (3)
255. Harley Race d. Junkyard Dog 3:30 (3)
256. Tags: Big Show/Miz d. John Morrison/Truth Killings 3:30 (26)
257. Randy Savage d. One Man Gang 4 min (4)
258. Women: Victoria d. Molly Holly 5 min (20)
259. RAW Women: Nia Jax d. Alexa Bliss
259. RAW Women: Nia Jax d. Alexa Bliss
260. Undertaker d. Jimmy Snuka 4:30 (7)
261. Tags: Rikishi/Scott Taylor d. APA d. Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin d. Bashams 6 min(20)
262. Hardcore: Spike Dudley d. Maven d. Goldust 3:30 (18)
263. Undertaker d. John Cena 3 min (34)
263. Undertaker d. John Cena 3 min (34)
264. Bushwackers d. Rougeaus 5 min (5)
265. Paul Orndorff draw Don Muraco 4:30 (2)
266. Doink d. Crush 8:30 (9)
267. Women's Tags: The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) d. The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) (c), Nia Jax and Tamina, and Beth Phoenix and Natalya 10:30 (36)
267. Women's Tags: The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) d. The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) (c), Nia Jax and Tamina, and Beth Phoenix and Natalya 10:30 (36)
268. John Cena/Nikki Bella d. Miz/Maryse 9:45 (33)
269. Butterbean d. Bart Gunn 30 sec (15)
270. Mr. T d. Roddy Piper 10 min (2)
271. Hulk Hogan d. Sid 12:30 (8)
272. WWF Title: John Cena d. JBL 11:30 (21)
273. Women: Jazz d. Lita d. Trish 6:30 (18)
274. WWF Title: Yokozuna d. Lex Luger 14:30 (10)
275. Bret Hart d. Vince McMahon 11 min (26)
276. Don Muraco d. Dino Bravo 5 min (4)
277. Butch Reed d. Koko B Ware 3:30 (3)
278. One Man Gang d. Bam Bam Bigelow 3 min (4)
279. Earthquake d. Greg Valentine 3 min (7)
280. 8 Man 1:30 (27)
281. Ultimate Warrior d. Hercules 4:30 (4)
282. Paige/AJ d. Bellas 6:30 (31)
283 Big Moss Man d. Akeem 2 min (6)
284. Women: 14 Divas Match (30) 6:30
285. Smackdown Women: Naomi d. Alexa/Becky/Carmella/Mickie/Natalya 5:30 (33)
286. John Morrison/Trish Stratus/Snooki d. Dolph Ziggler/Layla/Michelle McCool 3:30 (27)
287. Kelly Kelly/Maria Menounos d. Beth Phoenix/Eve 7 min (28)
288. Women: Chyna d. Ivory 2:30 (17)
289. Women: Wendi Richter d. Lelani Kai 6 min (1)
290. Beth Phoenix/Melina d. Maria/Ashley 6:30 (24)
291. Women: Trish d. Christy Hemme 4:30 (21)
292. Torrie Wilson/Sable d. Stacy Keibler/Jackie 2:30 (20)
293. Women: Alundra Blayze d. Lelani Kai 3:30 (10)
294. Women: Sable d. Tori 4:30 (15)
295. Women: Melina d. Ashley 3 (23)
296. LOD d. Power&Glory 1 min (7)
297. Owen Hart d. Skinner 1 min (8)
298. Ultimate Warrior d. HHH 1:30 (12)
299. Tags: Demolition d. Andre the Giant/Haku 9 min (6)
300. Test/Albert d. Al Snow/Steve Blackman 7 min (16)
301. RAW Tags: Braun Strowman/Underaged Child d. Cesaro/Sheamus 4 min (34)
301. RAW Tags: Braun Strowman/Underaged Child d. Cesaro/Sheamus 4 min (34)
302. Jim Duggan d. Bad News Brown 4 min (5)
303. Earthquake d. Hercules 5 min (6)
304. Jim Duggan d. Dino Bravo 4:30 (6)
305. Dino Bravo d. Ronnie Garvin 4 min (5)
306. Jake Roberts d. George Wells 3 min (2)
307. The Mountie d. Tito Santana 1:30 (7)
308. Andre the Giant draw Hulk Hogan 5:30 (4)
309. King Kong Bundy/Lord Littlebrook/Little Tokyo d. Hillbilly Jim/Little Beaver/Haiti Kid 4:30 (3)
310. Gimmick Battle Royal 3 min (17)
311. Undertaker d. Big Show d. Albert 10 min (19)
312. Torrie Wilson d. Candice Michelle 4 min (22)
313. US Title: Samoa Joe d Rey Mysterio 1 min (35)
313. US Title: Samoa Joe d Rey Mysterio 1 min (35)
314. Akebono d. Big Show 1 min (21)
315. Kerry Von Erich d. Dino Bravo 3 min (7)
316. Undertaker d. King Kong Bundy 6:30 (11)
317. Adrian Adonis d. Uncle Elmer 3 min (2)
318. Rock d. Eric Rowan 30 sec (32)
319. King Kong Bundy d. SD Jones 30 sec (1)
320. IC: Rey Mysterio d. JBL 30 sec (25)
321. Hart Foundation d. Bolsheviks 30 secs (6)
322. WWF Title: Hulk Hogan d. Yokozuna 30 secs (9)
323. Earthquake d. Adam Bomb 30 secs (10)
324. Red Rooster (Terry Taylor) d. Bobby Heenan 30 sec (5)
325. ECW Title: Kane d. Chavo Guerrero 30 sec (24)
326. Sheamus d. Daniel Bryan 30 sec (28)
327. Corporal Kirschner d. Nikolai Volkoff 1:30 (2)
328. 10 Woman Tag 3:30 (26)
329. Women: Fabulous Moolah d. Velvet McIntyre 1 min (2)
330. Brutus Beefcake draw David Sammartino 12:30 (1)
331. WWF Title: Randy Orton d. Bray Wyatt 10:30 (33)
332. Great Khali d. Kane 5:30 (23)
333. Andre the Giant d. Jake Roberts 9:30 (5)
334. Bodyslam Match: Andre the Giant d. John Studd 6 min (1)
335. Boogyman d. Booker/Sharmell 4 min (22)
336. Dusty Rhodes/Sapphire d. Randy Savage/Sherri Martel 7:30 (6)
337. Bam Bam Bigelow/Luna Vachon d. Doink/Dink 6 min (10)
338. Terri Runnels d. The Kat 2:30 (16)
339. Miss Wrestlemania Battle Royal 6 min (25)
340. Jake Roberts d. Rick Martel 8:30 (7)
341. Undertaker d. Giant Gonzalez 7:30 (9)
342. Michael Cole d. Jerry Lawler 14 min (27)
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Johnny Largemeat was such good shit.
Wordplay isn't workrate. Here's my premise about the decline of interest in the promotion - their general ethos is that nothing really matters. Wins and losses, titles, just not that important. It's not a sport, it's just fun. That's not always true (especially in NXT) but were I to offer a 30 second synopsis of the reasons for the declining interest in the promotion, that would be my top line. And that's what this is. It's sold as the semi-main of Wrestlemania - with your signature star for the past 15 years and the heel you've spent lots of capital trying to heat up - and the takeaway is Johnny Largemeat. And even then - if its a tv segment like Austin attacking Vince in the hospital with a bedpan, then that's one thing - but if they made that the main event of Wrestlemania, no one at the time would have understood how that makes any sense at all. And that's this. It's not a wrestling match - you can have things that aren't wrestling matches. But they promoted this as a wrestling match and it just was not one, it was a clip package with jokes.
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