How Would You Rate and What Did You Eat for WRESTLEMANIA XL?

[ChristmasFnatic]

Did you enjoy it? Was it lame?

And what was your feast like?

[mrdot]

snoop dogg was the highlight of wrestlemania again

I think almost everyone could of predicted that cody would have legends come help him at the end I was really hoping roman would of won

i ate pizza

rate- 8/10

[Murph0408]

i thought night 1 dragged a bit and night 2 delivered

[Roldz]

Night 2 blew 1 out of the water and it wasn't even closer

It was cool to see MIW do Rhea's intro live though

and I ate chinese takeout

[Deathstroke]

I made artichoke chicken over rice for night one which I demolished 4 bowls of.
I made double chicken Burgers for night two which I made 4 for myself and had 3 of them with 1 left over.
Otherwise just diet Sunkist, diet iced teas, and a 16 Oz glass of milk with ice cubes during the main event of both nights.
Needed a cigarette after Iyo vs. Bayley.

[nettripper]

Advertmania you mean?

Replayed it on the app and went to the end for the rocks segment

The whole ring apron, turnbuckle pads, ring posts, outside wall barrier, the ring mat is all advertising for some home shield thing and then I read about the girls match had wings everywhere and another match had dude wipes just lol

Somebody should fix that same exact wall spot they keep using for tackling somebody through it over and over in back to back days lol, looks pretty cringe and ruins the authenticity

The rock is now wrestling older than when hulk hogan went against the rock at x8 mania by 2 years and he didn’t do as good as hogan

Since I haven’t been watching I don’t know if they for years have been trying to mimic things from the past but them trying to make this some epic match and turning to the crowd for their responses wasn’t popping

This product is very cheesy and up there with this cringe act of supreme niceness and wholesome that Rhodes tries to portray

It was 110% all rock for hyping this up

[Deathstroke]

My top 5 moments or matches:

Gunther vs. Sami Zayn and the interactions between Gunther and Mrs. Zayn. The pre match stuff involving Chad Gable, KO, and Sami telling his little boy to remain backstage for the match.

Bayley vs. Iyo Sky was maybe the best women’s matches in years. And it felt good after the Damage Control betraying bayley storyline.

Snoop Dogg on commentary. The Final Testament vs. Lashley and the Street Profits wasn’t very special but few high spots from Montez Ford delivered. Never seen him so motivated before. Scarlet and B-Fab’s involvement was pretty much underwhelming though.

Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns I thought was a great match and story.

Rhea Ripley’s entrance. I’m was happy to see her retain.

[JustiNtense]

Is Cody Rhodes the first person in history who needed 5 people to interfere in his match so he could win?

[robreynolds1234]

Is Cody Rhodes the first person in history who needed 5 people to interfere in his match so he could win?

4 interferences for the face Cody and 3 interferences for the heel Roman...strange...when in multi man interferences it's usually the heel interferences that outnumber the face interferences or at least are on equal terms...I think it's the first such instance...

Anyways WM40 was a huge success and I enjoyed everything especially the main event of Night 2.

[LinuxJon]

Great booking and great execution. 9/10 easy.

The Seth/Drew/Priest thing did a good job of cleaning up multiple plot messes.

Sami winning was unexpected but a good call.

The Cody/Roman match was great even if everyone could guess the rough outline. The legit emotion from the whole production crew and other wrestlers after was legit powerful. LA Knight being out there to party with all of the other HOF guys right after was lulzy.

I wish they had used Stone Cold instead of Taker for that spot, but it still worked.

I'm legit excited for the build to Summer Slam.

[andyray]

I wish they had used Stone Cold instead of Taker for that spot, but it still worked.

it was supposed to be austin but he wanted more money

[robreynolds1234]

it was supposed to be austin but he wanted more money

The whole tale behind Austin and Rock was done and dusted at WM 19, they didn't want to touch it further...or maybe they felt it would highly overshadow Cody and Roman match/story...so they felt Taker was the right guy..it was exciting moment anyways..but yeah Austin could have generated even higher pops..just too much booking wise...and Austin would have to come by his mini car...with Taker you could instantly generate a moment with light going off and on.

[BigElephant]

Excellent show and well done all around.

Rhea vs Becky - Decent match although I noticed a botch or two. Right call having Rhea win here. Aside from initially beating Charlotte and her win over Nia in Perth, Rhea's title reign has been filled with sparse defenses against mostly jobbers and needing sneak attacks and/or Dom to beat said jobbers. Beating Becky at WM is a big and needed notch on her belt for this reign, and I expect her to hold the title for a while. Not sure who should take it off her either. Really the only person on the roster positioned to do that in a fair fight is Bianca, or maybe Jade if she can actually wrestle. The other option is Liv winning MITB and cashing in on a wounded Rhea.

Ladder tag match - Great match with some awesome spots. I love that they used this match to separate the tag titles. Not crazy about A Town Down Under winning the SD belts, but I have a feeling both them and Awesome Truth will have short transitional reigns. And I don't have a problem with Awesome Truth winning the Raw belts for a feel good WM story, and Truth deserves this.

Rey/Andrade vs Santos/Dom - Good match, but I was disappointed by the outcome. I feel like Rey should have put his son over here and shenanigans could have been used to diminish Dom's victory and necessitate a WM rubber match between father and son sometime down the road, where Rey finally puts over Dom whenever he is ready to retire. I was surprised by the lack of swerves at WM, I expected Carlito to possibly turn on Rey and cost him the match, or for Rhea to appear and cost Dom the match.

Jey vs Jimmy - Decent match, but probably the weakest of the 2 day event. Didn't have the intensity that I'd expect, and I wanted a Rikishi appearance, either have him as a straight down the middle guest referee or have him featured at ringside.

Jade/Bianca/Naomi vs Damage CTRL - Good match but seemed pointless other than to debut Jade on a huge stage and in a low pressure situation where the other wrestlers in the match were more than capable of carrying it for her. I guess I'm just sick of the tired rhetoric around Damage CTRL matches where Bianca and friends are like "we need to win this to put an end to Damage CTRL!" Except nothing changes regardless of the outcome. They beat Damage CTRL at War Games and literally nothing changed. There were no stakes to either match so it just kind of diminished the importance. I would have liked to see some implications, like a future tag team title shot if Team Bianca won, or barring Damage CTRL from ringside for Iyo's title match (I'll get to that later).

Sami vs Gunther - Excellent match, but didn't like the outcome. Sami doesn't need another IC reign, and ending Gunther's run on 666 days kind of sucks. If they wanted it to end this weekend, it should have been Gable to beat him, and it should have been on Night 2.

Bloodline vs Cody/Seth - Great match, excellent storytelling. Absolutely the right call to have the Bloodline win this match. Rock needed to win his return to the ring after 10 years. Well ok he had that one squash match a few years back but he still needed to win this match. Great choice having him claim the pin as well. Sets up a future match with Cody, as well as future tension with Roman, as Rock can say "I got the pin Night 1, you failed on Night 2" and we can finally get Rock/Roman down the road.

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Drew vs Seth - Great match but a lot of finisher/signature spam. I really don't like that Drew's moment got cut so short, but Priest's MITB status had to be fulfilled at some point and his contract only lasts until the next MITB PPV, so this needed to happen soon anyways. This continues to build heat between Drew and Punk, and will make Drew even more irate and erratic. IMO this should be a short postponement though, and Drew should get a massive coronation and win the title in convincing fashion at Clash at the Castle in a couple months. I don't know what the status of Punk is (he took his arm brace off) but if he's healthy then it would be a good idea to have him win the title between now and then, and then Drew finishes his own story by exercising the Punk demon in the UK.

Hurt Profits vs Final Testament - Fun and physical match with a satisfying payoff for Bobby and the Profits after being tormented for months by Kross and Co. Nice involvement from Bubba Ray Dudley, and while I generally find Snoop Dogg annoying, his commentary brought some lols.

LA Knight vs AJ Styles - Great match that saw LAK showcase his skills and show that he can wrestle with the big boys. I know people were disappointed that he wasn't in a title match at WM, but I'm hopeful that him shining in a match with a trusted and skilled vet like AJ on the grandest stage makes creative give him the green light for a title run in the near future. I expect AJ to beat him in their rematch on Smackdown on Friday, because let's be honest the winner of that match is losing to Cody Rhodes. But the draft is coming up and whoever beats Logan Paul for the US title will get a nice rub, so there are opportunities ahead for LAK.

Logan Paul vs KO vs Orton - Another excellent match that exceeded expectations. The interference of whatever random twitch streamer was hilarious when Randy RKO'd him on the table. Logan continues to impress in ring, and I think him winning here was the right call. KO doesn't need the title, and at this point the US title is beneath Randy. Creative did the best they could providing justification for Randy being in this match, and IMO they did a pretty good job with him basically caring more about hurting Logan. But Logan winning was definitely the right call. And hopefully he will drop the title to someone who can really run with that kind of rub.

Bayley vs Iyo - Fantastic match and I agree that this was the best women's match in years. I though Rhea/Charlotte was good last year, but not deserving of the praise that people generally heap on it (some are hailing it as best women's match ever lmao) and I could name 10 better matches that that one. Bayley/Iyo however was better than that match though IMO and had a great story behind it to boot. My one gripe is that it didn't make sense to have Iyo out there without Damage CTRL interference. I realize they were kind of booked into a corner on that one, especially if they were set on Bayley winning. If Damage CTRL interferes, Bayley has no one to help her but Naomi, and the Asians would still have the numbers advantage even if Naomi got involved. IMO they should have done a better job building to this. Maybe have Bayley come out to help Naomi and Bianca a couple times in the previous weeks. Bianca still wouldn't be willing to help Bayley from a beatdown, but maybe it would be enough for her to agree when Naomi suggests the stakes for the 6 woman match on Night 1 include a stipulation that if Damage CTRL loses then they are barred from ringside for Iyo's title match.

Cody vs Roman - Tremendous finale to one of the best WrestleManias in recent memory. Lots of shenanigans and interference, but they made it work in a way that didn't diminish Cody's win, as he kicked out of a whole lot of schit and he even turned the tables on Roman at the end when it was just those 2. I get the disappointment at Stone Cold not being there, but supposedly he wanted to be with family and WWE didn't offer him enough to change his plans. I'm fine with the Undertaker pick too because with him everyone in that match had a history with Roman (remember Roman beating Taker at Mania then coming out the Raw after to a chorus of boos, then finally only speaking the words "this is my yard now"). The only thing I would have changed would be to make Roman's attack on Seth more brutal. He should have lost it and gone after Seth with malice. It worked the way they did it anyways, but this would have exaggerated how Roman let his rage and revenge cost him the title, and how Seth ended up being Cody's "Shield" from the Bloodline in the end after all. Regardless, they can still tell that story going forward and Heyman already went into that a little bit on Smackdown so again that's just a very miniscule change I would have liked to see on my part.

9/10 show IMO, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it gave me hype and feeling that I haven't felt since Brock beat Taker and before that the Taker matches with Shawn and Triple H.

Didn't have anything too crazy to eat. Saturday my dad did some brats and burgers on the grill (burgers were cooked rare of course), and I had baked beans, broccoli, and some BBQ chips with it, and just had leftovers of that on Sunday. Oh and my mom had made some dark chocolate brownies like on Friday so I had a couple of those.

[mrdot]

it was supposed to be austin but he wanted more money

this is what i don't understand - he was literally turning down free money

[mrdot]

Jey vs Jimmy - Decent match

what are you smoking? How is 100 combined super kicks a good match

[Bwallace189]

this is what i don't understand - he was literally turning down free money

How is it "free" money. He would have to leave his house and travel to ****feldelphia for the whole weekend and take a ass bump. He can pretty much name his price if he wants to. He did and they said no. I don't think he really cares.

[SmithMachineGuy]

Night 1 was garbage.
Night 2 was pretty great.

So overall and average show.

I wanted to Roman to win. I'm not a big Cody guy, but they did put on a fun shenanigans filled show.
Other thoughts:
Jade Cargill sucks
IYO and Bayley had the best match of the show
Snoop Dogg was pretty funny on commentary
Jimmy and Jey had the worst match of the show
If you are going to have "celebrity interference" do better than a twitch streamer and some football players no one knows
Rock's cardio was better than I thought it would be