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That was one of the worst Wrestlemanias I can remember seeing. Wrestlemania 27 also springs to mind as a particularly bad one.
After Wrestlemania 27 in 2011 I skipped Wrestlemania for the next six years. I decided to watch last year's and found it surprisingly enjoyable, so I ordered this one too on the spur of the moment (I don't have WWE network).
But tonight I was reminded of all the reasons I gave up *regularly* watching wrestling way back in 2002, around the time of Eddie Guerrero and Steve Austin's aborted feud and a broken down Undertaker beating an even more broken down Hulk Hogan for the title.
My judgement may be clouded regarding WM35 because I was already bored by the time of the Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio "match", if it can be called that, but I forced myself to keep watching anyway since I had already paid the €25 to do so (I don't have a laptop to stream it for free).
I miss the days of three hour PPVs. Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio started at around the three hour mark, which seems to be my cut off point. I would have streamlined the card by about three matches. Turn the IC and US title matches into a joint ladder match with both titles hanging above the ring, for example. 12 matches is too many, especially when three or four of them went for six minutes or less, which just feels like a waste of time.
I'd take six 15-20 minute matches and three 25-30 minute matches instead, so there's time to actually tell a story rather than everyone in the shorter matches just rushing through their spots in six or seven minutes.
The Revival vs Hawkins and Ryder had more time on the pre-show to tell a story than Balor/Lashley, Angle, Samoa Joe, and the Smackdown tag guys had.
I hate the forced "feel good" stuff too. Like when Kofi won and the commentators start gushing about how "this is for everyone who has been told they can't reach the top because where they come from or what they look like", or whatever other vomit-inducing tripe they were coming out with. It's especially annoying because it doesn't sound the least bit genuine, and WWE is the last company that should be getting preachy about that kind of thing.
After Wrestlemania 27 in 2011 I skipped Wrestlemania for the next six years. I decided to watch last year's and found it surprisingly enjoyable, so I ordered this one too on the spur of the moment (I don't have WWE network).
But tonight I was reminded of all the reasons I gave up *regularly* watching wrestling way back in 2002, around the time of Eddie Guerrero and Steve Austin's aborted feud and a broken down Undertaker beating an even more broken down Hulk Hogan for the title.
My judgement may be clouded regarding WM35 because I was already bored by the time of the Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio "match", if it can be called that, but I forced myself to keep watching anyway since I had already paid the €25 to do so (I don't have a laptop to stream it for free).
I miss the days of three hour PPVs. Samoa Joe vs Rey Mysterio started at around the three hour mark, which seems to be my cut off point. I would have streamlined the card by about three matches. Turn the IC and US title matches into a joint ladder match with both titles hanging above the ring, for example. 12 matches is too many, especially when three or four of them went for six minutes or less, which just feels like a waste of time.
I'd take six 15-20 minute matches and three 25-30 minute matches instead, so there's time to actually tell a story rather than everyone in the shorter matches just rushing through their spots in six or seven minutes.
The Revival vs Hawkins and Ryder had more time on the pre-show to tell a story than Balor/Lashley, Angle, Samoa Joe, and the Smackdown tag guys had.
I hate the forced "feel good" stuff too. Like when Kofi won and the commentators start gushing about how "this is for everyone who has been told they can't reach the top because where they come from or what they look like", or whatever other vomit-inducing tripe they were coming out with. It's especially annoying because it doesn't sound the least bit genuine, and WWE is the last company that should be getting preachy about that kind of thing.