Wrestlemania XVII at the Georgia Dome,Atlanta was awwwweeeeessssssooooommmmeeee!!!
Results
Edge (with Christian) vs Alberto Del Rio (with Brodus Clay) for World Heavyweight Championship
Edge and Alberto Del Rio come out both 'all guns blazing' , strike after strike they are matched. Alberto Del Rio gets the better of Edge at times and gets him to his knees and pushes him against the rope neck first before letting go for the 5 count. While this is happening, outside of the ring Christian hits Brodus with multiple strikes until Brodus throws him overhead and backwards. Back in the ring, Alberto Del Rio attempts a Cross Armbreaker on Edge but Edge manages to get out of it and grab the rope. Edge then manages to get Del Rio into the Edgecator but Del Rio manages to break free. Outside, Christian jumps off of the ring and hits Clay with several punches,Clay attempts a Suplex and both wrestlers topple outside of the ring!!! Back in the ring, Alberto Del Rio attempts to launch an attack after breaking free of the Edgecator but gets Speared instead!
1...2...3-EDGE WINS AND RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP!
After the match, Edge and Christian take a crowbar to Alberto's Rolls Royce and smash the windows and scar the doors. Poor Del Rio cries at the sight! :'(
Edge and Alberto Del Rio come out both 'all guns blazing' , strike after strike they are matched. Alberto Del Rio gets the better of Edge at times and gets him to his knees and pushes him against the rope neck first before letting go for the 5 count. While this is happening, outside of the ring Christian hits Brodus with multiple strikes until Brodus throws him overhead and backwards. Back in the ring, Alberto Del Rio attempts a Cross Armbreaker on Edge but Edge manages to get out of it and grab the rope. Edge then manages to get Del Rio into the Edgecator but Del Rio manages to break free. Outside, Christian jumps off of the ring and hits Clay with several punches,Clay attempts a Suplex and both wrestlers topple outside of the ring!!! Back in the ring, Alberto Del Rio attempts to launch an attack after breaking free of the Edgecator but gets Speared instead!
1...2...3-EDGE WINS AND RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP!
After the match, Edge and Christian take a crowbar to Alberto's Rolls Royce and smash the windows and scar the doors. Poor Del Rio cries at the sight! :'(
Winners: Edge
Match Rating: 7.5/10-a good match and a step up from Edge's usual performance. However, the battle outside of the ring was weak.
Match Rating: 7.5/10-a good match and a step up from Edge's usual performance. However, the battle outside of the ring was weak.
Cody Rhodes vs Rey Mysterio
A scarred Cody Rhodes enters to his usual 'Dashing' theme but his titantron video shows headlines reporting how his face was disfigured from the 619; to add to the effect, he is wearing a towel on top of his mask to cover his shame. Rey Mysterio however, enters wearing a costume similar to that of Captain America.
Rey and Cody go all out, Rey Mysterio hits Rhodes with multiple punches and jumps on his shoulders to pull of one of his moves. Cody however, has none of it and uses his superior strength to reverse Rey's spinning and throws him off. As the fight continues, you can see the emotion in Cody and he matches Mysterio blow for blow; he then begins to use his mask as a weapon to headbutt Rey with. Rey Mysterio manages to land some hits again and sets Cody up for the 619 after a dropkick but he's stopped before it connects! Rhodes manages to get Mysterio to the ropes and suplexes him off of the ringpost. The fight continues and Mysterio manages to use another 619 that is successful. Eventually, Rhodes loses his mask and Mysterio manages to use this against him in a momentary headbutt. Mysterio however, loses his leg brace and after kicking Rhodes out of the ring, he dives at him but ends up falling into a huge strike from Rhodes and the leg brace! Rhodes then gets back in the ring,successfully pulls off a Cross Rhodes and pins Rey for the 3 count!
A scarred Cody Rhodes enters to his usual 'Dashing' theme but his titantron video shows headlines reporting how his face was disfigured from the 619; to add to the effect, he is wearing a towel on top of his mask to cover his shame. Rey Mysterio however, enters wearing a costume similar to that of Captain America.
Rey and Cody go all out, Rey Mysterio hits Rhodes with multiple punches and jumps on his shoulders to pull of one of his moves. Cody however, has none of it and uses his superior strength to reverse Rey's spinning and throws him off. As the fight continues, you can see the emotion in Cody and he matches Mysterio blow for blow; he then begins to use his mask as a weapon to headbutt Rey with. Rey Mysterio manages to land some hits again and sets Cody up for the 619 after a dropkick but he's stopped before it connects! Rhodes manages to get Mysterio to the ropes and suplexes him off of the ringpost. The fight continues and Mysterio manages to use another 619 that is successful. Eventually, Rhodes loses his mask and Mysterio manages to use this against him in a momentary headbutt. Mysterio however, loses his leg brace and after kicking Rhodes out of the ring, he dives at him but ends up falling into a huge strike from Rhodes and the leg brace! Rhodes then gets back in the ring,successfully pulls off a Cross Rhodes and pins Rey for the 3 count!
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Match rating:7.5/10 a surprisingly good match from Rhodes and a shocking result! It was fast paced and exciting the whole way!
Randy Orton vs CM Punk
A well matched fight, even all the way! Matched blow for blow, Orton and Punk go at it until Punk manages to wriggle out of Orton's RKO attempts and strikes him with multiple Muay Thai kicks both before and after getting him into the corner,jumping on him and punching him. He even attempts a Go to Sleep on Orton. However, the battle reaches its end when CM Punk climbs the ringpost to finish off a stunned Randy Orton and jumps off; this however, was the big mistake since Orton hits CM Punk with a mid-air RKO and gets the three count!
Winner: Randy Orton
Match Rating: 8/10 Lots of athleticism in this match and very close. The best match between these two!
The Corre vs The Big Show,Kane,Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston
The Corre enter the ring-Heath Slater,Justin Gabriel,Ezekiel Jackson and Wade Barrett. Upon getting there, we hear the infamous opener "WEEEELLLLL IT'S THE BIG SHOW!" and suddenly the pyro begins and Kane's theme begins to play, together we see the entrance of the 'Bear' and the Big Red Monster! Side-by-side;these two alone would be a scary site for the Corre. Next up we have Santino Marella enter, but where is Vladamir Koslov? He was attacked by The Corre at Axxess so we eagerly await his replacement. Who could it be? Is he as big and bad as Koslov? NO! It's none other than Kofi Kingston!!!
The Corre enter the ring-Heath Slater,Justin Gabriel,Ezekiel Jackson and Wade Barrett. Upon getting there, we hear the infamous opener "WEEEELLLLL IT'S THE BIG SHOW!" and suddenly the pyro begins and Kane's theme begins to play, together we see the entrance of the 'Bear' and the Big Red Monster! Side-by-side;these two alone would be a scary site for the Corre. Next up we have Santino Marella enter, but where is Vladamir Koslov? He was attacked by The Corre at Axxess so we eagerly await his replacement. Who could it be? Is he as big and bad as Koslov? NO! It's none other than Kofi Kingston!!!
Just before the bell rings, Santino jumps in to the Corre's corner to taunt them, unfortunately, the bell rings in the middle of his taunting and the 'One Man Rock Band' Heath Slater begins to lay into him. The referee pulls Slater off of Santino and as he charges in again, Santino uses his patented front-splits to duck from the incoming attack and hip throws Slater! On comes The Big Show! Slater is thrown around like a rag doll and just before Big Show attempts a chokeslam, Big Zeke intervenes and knocks down Big Show! Kane evens out the playing field and jumps off of the ringpost to stun Zeke and then attempts to chokeslam Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater! Chaos ensues! On comes Wade Barrett who delivers a power punch to Kane but that is short lived as Kofi Kingston hits Barrett with Trouble in Paradise and does the same to Justin Gabriel and Big Zeke! It's chaos as all but three of the eight wrestlers are outside of the ring and brawling! All that remain are Heath Slater, Santino Marella and Big Show. Santino stings Slater with the Cobra before Big Show knocks out,slams and pins Slater for the 3 count!!!
Winners: The Big Show,Kane,Santino Marella and Kofi Kingston in under 2 minutes!!
Match Rating: 6.5 out of 10. Kofi Kingston seemed out of place in this match up and it wasn't explained why The Corre attacked Koslov (yes he's big and powerful and has technical abilities but nobody said that). The biggest downside of this match was that it was so quick!
Jerry 'The King' Lawler vs Michael Cole (with coach Jack Swagger) and special guest referee: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Michael Cole comes out in his orange singlet and ear guard on to show he's ready to take on Jerry Lawler. Then out comes Jack Swagger, the 'All-American American'. As Swagger charms the audience and does the push ups, we hear a "SMASH!" of glass... AUSTIN 3:16!!! Swagger turns around and sees Stone Cold driving down the ramp in a Quad Bike! Swagger jumps out of the way and Cole literally runs for his life and into the "Colemine"! Austin waits outside the "Colemine" so he can commence the match but Michael won't leave! Jerry Lawler is ready and prepped and orders him to come out! As Cole appears to make peace by offering his hand of friendship and requesting they just become announcers again, Jerry pulls Cole's arm and tries pull him through the "Colemine"! He then climbs on top, jumps in and starts beating him silly! Cole manages to escape and Jack Swagger stands in Lawler's way-even before the match starts! Lawler beats Swagger aside and the match commences!
Jerry Lawler has complete control throughout the match until Swagger intervenes several times, once even throwing in the towel on Cole's behalf! Cole and Swagger both attempt to submit Lawler through Ankle Lock but Lawler manages to kick them away. Finally, Cole argues with Stone Cold and pushes him; Austin retaliates with a bigger push and disposes of Jack Swagger and his towel throwing by good old-fashioned Stone Cold Stunner! That gives Lawler the opportunity to finish the match one and for all and he does so via customised Ankle Lock submission!
The match is over and Austin and Lawler celebrate by good-old beer brawl! Booker T then comes up to celebrate and does the old Spin-a-Roonie. After being given a beer from Stone Cold, he's hit with the Stone Cold Stunner!
Finally, a message from the Raw GM appears, Michael Cole wins by disqualification since Austin pushed him over! Out of frustration, Jerry Lawler punches Josh Matthews for reading the message and hands him over to Stone Cold who delivers a Stone Cold Stunner to him and knocks him out!
Michael Cole comes out in his orange singlet and ear guard on to show he's ready to take on Jerry Lawler. Then out comes Jack Swagger, the 'All-American American'. As Swagger charms the audience and does the push ups, we hear a "SMASH!" of glass... AUSTIN 3:16!!! Swagger turns around and sees Stone Cold driving down the ramp in a Quad Bike! Swagger jumps out of the way and Cole literally runs for his life and into the "Colemine"! Austin waits outside the "Colemine" so he can commence the match but Michael won't leave! Jerry Lawler is ready and prepped and orders him to come out! As Cole appears to make peace by offering his hand of friendship and requesting they just become announcers again, Jerry pulls Cole's arm and tries pull him through the "Colemine"! He then climbs on top, jumps in and starts beating him silly! Cole manages to escape and Jack Swagger stands in Lawler's way-even before the match starts! Lawler beats Swagger aside and the match commences!
Jerry Lawler has complete control throughout the match until Swagger intervenes several times, once even throwing in the towel on Cole's behalf! Cole and Swagger both attempt to submit Lawler through Ankle Lock but Lawler manages to kick them away. Finally, Cole argues with Stone Cold and pushes him; Austin retaliates with a bigger push and disposes of Jack Swagger and his towel throwing by good old-fashioned Stone Cold Stunner! That gives Lawler the opportunity to finish the match one and for all and he does so via customised Ankle Lock submission!
The match is over and Austin and Lawler celebrate by good-old beer brawl! Booker T then comes up to celebrate and does the old Spin-a-Roonie. After being given a beer from Stone Cold, he's hit with the Stone Cold Stunner!
Finally, a message from the Raw GM appears, Michael Cole wins by disqualification since Austin pushed him over! Out of frustration, Jerry Lawler punches Josh Matthews for reading the message and hands him over to Stone Cold who delivers a Stone Cold Stunner to him and knocks him out!
Winner: Michael Cole via Jerry 'The King' Lawler being disqualified due to Stone Cold Steve Austin hitting Michael Cole and Jack Swagger with the Stone Cold Stunner
Match Rating: 6/10 not the most entertaining of matches since it kept on getting interrupted by Swagger BUT the fact that it was Stone Cold refereeing the match meant it got some more brownie points!
Aftermath on RAW:Michael Cole reappears in his orange singlet to boast how he was undefeated at Wrestlemania. Jerry 'The King' Lawler challenged him to a rematch but ended up facing Jack Swagger instead. Lawler still won when he submitted Swagger and attacked Cole at ringside.
Match Rating: 6/10 not the most entertaining of matches since it kept on getting interrupted by Swagger BUT the fact that it was Stone Cold refereeing the match meant it got some more brownie points!
Aftermath on RAW:Michael Cole reappears in his orange singlet to boast how he was undefeated at Wrestlemania. Jerry 'The King' Lawler challenged him to a rematch but ended up facing Jack Swagger instead. Lawler still won when he submitted Swagger and attacked Cole at ringside.
Triple H vs The Undertaker
The lights go out,various lights thud to the beat of the music;quick flashes of green,blue,red and white here and there. The walkway's edges light up, Metallica's "The Bells Toll" starts to play and on come soldiers with swords and shields.Spotlights focus on the soldiers, they disband and lights focus on Triple H as he enters dressed in a similar manner to a crowned Conan the Destroyer. Suddenly, it starts "IT'S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME!" and Triple H unrobes, "IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAME!" starts playing,the titantron video appears and Triple H walks out to the ring.
The lights dim again, purple and white lighting bolts appear on and around the titantron and near the catwalk, the bells ring, "There ain't no grave that can hold my body down" are the immortal words of Johnny Cash as Undertaker makes his way to the ring in all of his apparel. Upon entering the ring the lights slowly rise and Undertaker and Triple H staredown as Undertaker derobes and takes off his hat.
When the starting bell rings, Triple H charges at the Undertaker and lets loose a flurry of punches, Undertaker does the same to counter and then charges at Triple H; Triple H ducks at pushes Undertaker over his head and out of the ring. A stunned Undertaker gets up from the ground before Triple H tackles him into the "Colemine",destroying it in the process. Hunter then tears off all of the equipment off of the table and attempts a Pedigree on Undertaker. Undertaker and Triple H get back to the ring. Undertaker manager to land a few shots on Triple H and grabs his arm when he jumps onto the top rope before slamming down. Slam after slam the brawl continues before Undertaker hits him with a Tombstone Piledriver. Triple H kicks out of the pin attempt and Undertaker gets mad; he whips out the steel chair but before he can land anything, Triple H tackles him and takes the chair for himself. Triple H punishes Undertaker with the shots before doing another Pedigree to him-Undertaker STILL kicks out of the pins! Triple H tells Undertaker to "STAY DOWN!" before he nails him some more with the chair and does a THIRD Pedigree to Undertaker! Undertaker manages to kick out AGAIN! Triple H taunts Undertaker and kicks him away when Undertaker grabs his throat when trying to get up. As Undertaker gets up, Triple H does the infamous "cut throat" sign to Undertaker who actually looks worried! Triple H grabs Undertaker's shoulder and leg and hits him with Undertaker's own TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! Surely this was it, 1...2...KICK OUT! The crowd erupts! Triple H doesn't know what to do until a sinister thought comes to mind; the sledgehammer! As Triple H gets out the sledgehammer and taunts Undertaker, he gets caught in HELL'S GATE! He drops the hammer and scrambles to get it but when he does, he's too weak to hold it, slowly the oxygen is drawing away from his brain, Triple H gets more and more limp until he taps!
UNDERTAKER WINS!!! Both men are exhausted and Triple H gets up before Undertaker (who seems to be legitamately injured as he's stretchered off).
The lights go out,various lights thud to the beat of the music;quick flashes of green,blue,red and white here and there. The walkway's edges light up, Metallica's "The Bells Toll" starts to play and on come soldiers with swords and shields.Spotlights focus on the soldiers, they disband and lights focus on Triple H as he enters dressed in a similar manner to a crowned Conan the Destroyer. Suddenly, it starts "IT'S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME!" and Triple H unrobes, "IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAME!" starts playing,the titantron video appears and Triple H walks out to the ring.
The lights dim again, purple and white lighting bolts appear on and around the titantron and near the catwalk, the bells ring, "There ain't no grave that can hold my body down" are the immortal words of Johnny Cash as Undertaker makes his way to the ring in all of his apparel. Upon entering the ring the lights slowly rise and Undertaker and Triple H staredown as Undertaker derobes and takes off his hat.
When the starting bell rings, Triple H charges at the Undertaker and lets loose a flurry of punches, Undertaker does the same to counter and then charges at Triple H; Triple H ducks at pushes Undertaker over his head and out of the ring. A stunned Undertaker gets up from the ground before Triple H tackles him into the "Colemine",destroying it in the process. Hunter then tears off all of the equipment off of the table and attempts a Pedigree on Undertaker. Undertaker and Triple H get back to the ring. Undertaker manager to land a few shots on Triple H and grabs his arm when he jumps onto the top rope before slamming down. Slam after slam the brawl continues before Undertaker hits him with a Tombstone Piledriver. Triple H kicks out of the pin attempt and Undertaker gets mad; he whips out the steel chair but before he can land anything, Triple H tackles him and takes the chair for himself. Triple H punishes Undertaker with the shots before doing another Pedigree to him-Undertaker STILL kicks out of the pins! Triple H tells Undertaker to "STAY DOWN!" before he nails him some more with the chair and does a THIRD Pedigree to Undertaker! Undertaker manages to kick out AGAIN! Triple H taunts Undertaker and kicks him away when Undertaker grabs his throat when trying to get up. As Undertaker gets up, Triple H does the infamous "cut throat" sign to Undertaker who actually looks worried! Triple H grabs Undertaker's shoulder and leg and hits him with Undertaker's own TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! Surely this was it, 1...2...KICK OUT! The crowd erupts! Triple H doesn't know what to do until a sinister thought comes to mind; the sledgehammer! As Triple H gets out the sledgehammer and taunts Undertaker, he gets caught in HELL'S GATE! He drops the hammer and scrambles to get it but when he does, he's too weak to hold it, slowly the oxygen is drawing away from his brain, Triple H gets more and more limp until he taps!
UNDERTAKER WINS!!! Both men are exhausted and Triple H gets up before Undertaker (who seems to be legitamately injured as he's stretchered off).
Winner: The Undertaker
Match Rating: 9/10 (would've been a 10/10 had the climax not been so weak and the fact that both are out of shape-Triple H looks bigger both muscularly and fat-wise while Undertaker's been looking thin the past year).
Aftermath on RAW: Triple H wants a rematch with The Undertaker when both are healed and ready.
Match Rating: 9/10 (would've been a 10/10 had the climax not been so weak and the fact that both are out of shape-Triple H looks bigger both muscularly and fat-wise while Undertaker's been looking thin the past year).
Aftermath on RAW: Triple H wants a rematch with The Undertaker when both are healed and ready.
John 'Nitro' Morrison,Trish Stratus and Snooki vs Dolph Ziggler and Laycool
John Morrison and Trish Stratus enter seperately with their own titantrons respectfully, then comes Snooki in her little black top and dress with cute cloth headband and sweatbands. Not hot but cute nontheless ;p.
LayCool and Ziggler enter alongside Vickie 'EXCUSE ME' Guerrero. First to fight are Trish Stratus and Layla;shockingly, Michelle McCool enters the ring and pushes Layla out of the way, indicating she wants to go first (dissension in the ranks?). Michelle McCool gets a few hits on Trish but Trish keeps her composure and counters; the tags are made and John Morrison and Dolph Ziggler get it on! As they continue fighting, the match leaves the ring and Trish re-enters to take out Layla! Left in the ring are Snooki and Michelle McCool, Michelle McCool gets taken down and Snooki somersaults several time before landing on her and pinning her for the three count.
Winners:John 'Nitro' Morrison,Trish Stratus and Snooki
Match Rating: 4/10 Don't know whether it was too short or not short enough! Surprised at Snooki's athleticism though.
John Cena vs The Miz for WWE Championship
The Miz enters with
Surprisingly, Miz and Cena are pretty well matched here. Has the Miz been practising and eating his fruity pebbles? Anyway, Miz hits Cena with some pretty decent hooks but Cena hits back just as much and slams Miz. Miz hits Cena with Skullcrushing Finale,Cena attempts an STFU on Miz but fails when Miz grabs the ropes. The fight continues outside of the ring and Miz gets thrown over the barricades by Cena, Cena collapses from exhaustion and both men are counted out. However, The Rock restarts the match and completely disregards the message from the Raw GM. Before Cena can renenter the ring however, The Rock hits him with the Rock Bottom and Miz takes this chance and gets the three count to retain the title. This is short lived though since a helpless Miz is also hit with the Rock Bottom AND The People's Elbow!
Winner: The Miz after The Rock hits John Cena with the Rock Bottom before doing the same to The Miz
Match Rating: 5/10 It's dissapointing John Cena couldn't finish the Miz quickly and how the Miz is getting a push in the first place!!
Aftermath on RAW: John Cena called out the Rock and challenged him to a match. The Rock agrees but says Cena will have to wait until WRESTLEMANIA XVIII.After they fend off an attack from The Corre, both shake hands and agree they will wrestle each other next year.
Match Rating: 5/10 It's dissapointing John Cena couldn't finish the Miz quickly and how the Miz is getting a push in the first place!!
Aftermath on RAW: John Cena called out the Rock and challenged him to a match. The Rock agrees but says Cena will have to wait until WRESTLEMANIA XVIII.After they fend off an attack from The Corre, both shake hands and agree they will wrestle each other next year.
Conclusion
This Wrestlemania was really not that bad. Ok, so the last two matches were pretty lame BUT the Triple H vs Undertaker match shows that even the older wrestlers can put on a great show that is unpredictable. The anti-heroes (Randy Orton,Edge,CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio) also show that: not being the good guy, not bragging about your awesomeness, and wrestling your heart out, are the keys to success.
The fact that The Rock,Stone Cold Steve Austin,Trish Stratus,Booker T and Mae Young were there shows that WWE has some tricks up its sleeve-especially when you could see the tension between The Rock and Austin,and the fact that Booker T got stunnered! Attitude Era returning? Hope so!
Finally, the fact that we got to see the Bella Twins doing their sexy dance in matching skimpy dresses also made the night a little bit better ;o)
FeetUp rating: 7.5/10
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