Most Disappointing WM?
By Scott Keith on February 3, 2014
The question is: What is
the most disappointing WM that you remember seeing live? Obviously, that means
you cannot pick WM 1 if you weren’t born until 1992.
the most disappointing WM that you remember seeing live? Obviously, that means
you cannot pick WM 1 if you weren’t born until 1992.
My selection is a no
brainer, Wrestlemania 27. I was really looking forward to this show, and it
ended up being just utter garbage. Most of the matches had strong build going
into the event. Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole had an extremely heated feud that
felt straight out of Memphis. Randy Orton and CM Punk had a good narrative
going, in which Orton went through all of Nexus until the leader was the only
one remaining. Undertaker and Triple H had a gigantic showdown vibe to it. Cody
Rhodes was awesome in his feud against Rey. And the Rock made his homecoming
and said things about Cena that nobody thought WWE would allow anyone to say.
brainer, Wrestlemania 27. I was really looking forward to this show, and it
ended up being just utter garbage. Most of the matches had strong build going
into the event. Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole had an extremely heated feud that
felt straight out of Memphis. Randy Orton and CM Punk had a good narrative
going, in which Orton went through all of Nexus until the leader was the only
one remaining. Undertaker and Triple H had a gigantic showdown vibe to it. Cody
Rhodes was awesome in his feud against Rey. And the Rock made his homecoming
and said things about Cena that nobody thought WWE would allow anyone to say.
Edge and Del Rio’s World Heavyweight title bout ended up certain-jerking after
a pointless as well as long-winded Rock promo that did not translate well onto
TV. They had a fine match, but it about Smackdown standards at best. Plus, this
appeared to be Del Rio’s breakout moment, but ended up being one of the worst nights
of his career. Not only did he lose the match, Edge and Christian vandalized
his car, too.
Rhodes and Mysterio had
a match that bored the death out of the crowd and myself. Back-to-back matches
that were more suited for Smackdown.
a match that bored the death out of the crowd and myself. Back-to-back matches
that were more suited for Smackdown.
CM Punk and Orton had
possibly the best match of the night, but it still came across a bit soft and light
hitting for a feud that was heated.
possibly the best match of the night, but it still came across a bit soft and light
hitting for a feud that was heated.
Jerry Lawler and Michael
Cole put the nail into the coffin by killing the entire arena. Lawler should
have delivered a few moves, did some spots that humiliated Cole, and then hit
the pile driver to end it. Instead, Cole was performing terrible looking
offense to Lawler, who sadly had to sell it, and the heel that bullied the
babyface for months leading up to this ended up having the last laugh. Out of all the Wrestlemania’s I’ve seen, this left the second biggest
sour taste in my mouth, with HHH going over Booker T being number one of
course.
Cole put the nail into the coffin by killing the entire arena. Lawler should
have delivered a few moves, did some spots that humiliated Cole, and then hit
the pile driver to end it. Instead, Cole was performing terrible looking
offense to Lawler, who sadly had to sell it, and the heel that bullied the
babyface for months leading up to this ended up having the last laugh. Out of all the Wrestlemania’s I’ve seen, this left the second biggest
sour taste in my mouth, with HHH going over Booker T being number one of
course.
HHH and Undertaker had a
disjointed match that had five minutes of slow build, no middle, and then
shifted into 20-something minutes of fabricated drama, filled with finishers,
near-falls off the finishers, hitting each other’s finishes, and all that forced
drama bullshit. It was not bad per se, but it did come off disjointed and tried
to force its “epicness” down our throats. And they ended up having a much
better structured match the following year.
disjointed match that had five minutes of slow build, no middle, and then
shifted into 20-something minutes of fabricated drama, filled with finishers,
near-falls off the finishers, hitting each other’s finishes, and all that forced
drama bullshit. It was not bad per se, but it did come off disjointed and tried
to force its “epicness” down our throats. And they ended up having a much
better structured match the following year.
And then the main event
was a total disaster. The Miz actually developed a great heel persona leading
up to this, but he wasn’t good enough in the ring to put on a long Wrestlemania
quality main event match, and Cena wasn’t the guy that could disguise his imperfections.
They wrestled for about 15 minutes and nobody cared. They did a double count
out finish, which made both wrestlers look pathetic. Rock restarted the match
only to screw Cena and then killed Miz’s heat by beating him up as well.
was a total disaster. The Miz actually developed a great heel persona leading
up to this, but he wasn’t good enough in the ring to put on a long Wrestlemania
quality main event match, and Cena wasn’t the guy that could disguise his imperfections.
They wrestled for about 15 minutes and nobody cared. They did a double count
out finish, which made both wrestlers look pathetic. Rock restarted the match
only to screw Cena and then killed Miz’s heat by beating him up as well.
There you have it, the
night where I thought WWE’s booking committee and road-agents lost their minds.
night where I thought WWE’s booking committee and road-agents lost their minds.
I’m curious to see if anyone saw an earlier WM that they were looking forward to and it ended up being the drizzled shits.
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