BRM Reviews Wrestlemania 27

[Big Red Machine]

Wrestlemania XXVII (4/3/2011)- Atlanta, GA

What is the point of letting the Spanish announcers talk in Spanish for a while on the English broadcast? The only people who care that they are there are the people watching the Spanish broadcast… where they have been hearing already them the whole time!

I really don’t like them starting off with a World Title match. I get the concept of separating the huge matches, but I think they should all be in second half of the show (I would be okay with Gabe-style “1st half main event, but WWE doesn’t have an intermission).

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Edge(c) (w/Christian) vs. Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez & Brodus Clay)- 7/10. I am extremely disappointed with Edge retaining. This was Del Rio’s night, and I was sure that this was going on first because Del Rio was winning and they didn’t want the heel going over at the end of the show.
WTF? Then Edge and Christian destroy Del Rio’s car for no reason. I am with Cole. This IS ridiculous, and stupid. The babyfaces are committing vandalism for no reason! Edge already beat Del Rio. He won the feud. What the hell was the point of this?
And yes, the car costs a lot of money, but as we have seen, he has a whole bunch of other cars, so it is really just an inconvenience. Then Del Rio cries over a car, which it has been established that he has a lot of. Your Royal Rumble winner and next big star, ladies and gentlemen. WWE crushes the best heel in the company. If they had given the time they spent on this BS to the match, it definitely could have reached 7.5. But instead we got this sh*t.

CODY RHODES vs. REY MYSTERIO- 6.5/10
YET ANOTHER instance of the babyface acting like a heel! Rey jumps Cody. WTF? And then Rey rips off Cody’s mask and uses it as a weapon. If Cody had done been using it as a weapon, that would be one thing… BUT HE DIDN’T! This is just Rey cheating! I would have given this a for the other good psychology, but this babyface cheating BS ruined it for me!
Marvel Comics should sue. Captain America has more than 8 moves. On a side note, my first CAW (all the way back in Just Bring It!) was Cap from the Ultimate Universe.

SNOOP DOGG SEGMENT- not going to lie, but Regal was funny and Zach Ryder singing Friday was hilarious! Then the three most useless people on the WWE roster (the Bella Twins and H*********e make me hate this segment again.

CORRE vs. BIG SHOW, KANE, SANTINO, & KOFI KINGSTON-DUD! WTF? THEY JUST SQUASHED THE CORRE! THIS IS MORONIC! The entrances should never be longer than the f*cking match!
Is there going to be a single heel with his or her dignity intact at the end of the night?

ROCK-EVE-MAE YOUNG SEGMENT- Mae Young is old. Mae Young wants the People’s strudel. This is nothing new. This segment is a complete and total waste of tim-WHOA! IT’S AUSTIN! Never mind. They didn’t do anything. I was right about this being a waste of time.

CM PUNK vs. RANDY ORTON- 7.75/10. Great match with a great story!

JERRY LAWLER vs. MICHAEL COLE (w/Jack Swagger)- Stone Cold is the Special Guest Referee- PERFECT SEGMENT. It was even an entertaining match!
Why isn’t Austin wearing a referee’s shirt?
What was the point of stunning Matthews? Or reversing the decision? And if it doesn’t become a major factor on Tough Enough, stunning Booker T will be a waste of time, too.

TRIPLE H vs. UNDERTAKER- 9.25/10. Holy sh*t. I absolutely LOVED. We got to see Taker look weak, which is something that we rarely ever get to see, and it worked on so many levels. WOW!

LAY-COOL & DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. JOHN MORRISON, TRISH STRATUS, & SNOOKI- 4.5/10. This match was very short, and I am disappointed that JoMo and Ziggler got no time at all. You have to give them credit here, as Snooki definitely pulled a Papa Briscoe (meaning that she actually looked semi-competent). Trish still has it.

WWE TITLE MATCH: The Miz(c) (w/Alex Riley) vs. John Cena- 7/10. This would have been a lot better if they had just let them wrestle the whole time and had Rock come out during a ref bump or while Riley distracted the ref to cost Cena the title.

Overall, this show was pretty darn good in the ring, but I hated it from a booking point of view, as some parts of it were terrible wastes of time.

Stupid Announcer Quotes:
1. Matthews (at the beginning of Orton’s entrance)- “Randy Orton has just taken the psychological advantage back from Randy Orton”- How? All he has done is show up!

2. Matthews (while Punk has Orton in the tree of woe)- “Sick and twisted; and you’re seeing it from CM Punk right here”- All he is doing is working over an injury!

[yourcrapsweak]

The biggest thing that irked me was that it didn't feel like a WrestleMania to me. Like I didn't think it was the biggest show of the year. It didn't live up to the hype from what I saw.

[KILLdozer]

The biggest thing that irked me was that it didn't feel like a WrestleMania to me. Like I didn't think it was the biggest show of the year. It didn't live up to the hype from what I saw.

probly cuZ everyone knew the streak wasnt in jeapordy

[Rabid619]

I missed most of the show and the only stuff i saw was King/Cole & part of the Triple H/Undertaker match. King/Cole worked out different from what i expected & Triple H/Undertaker was too slow for my liking.

[badnewzxl]

I missed most of the show and the only stuff i saw was King/Cole & part of the Triple H/Undertaker match. King/Cole worked out different from what i expected & Triple H/Undertaker was too slow for my liking.

these two matches collectively took up about an hour an a half of the show with a VERY inadequate amount of action; this is what I was VERY disappointed with. You watch the Rise and Fall of WCW and everybody's coming down on the Jay Leno having Hogan in an armwrench forever; last nite, HHH and Cole opped for the cameras WAAAAY too much. Those matches were SOOO friggin slow! Cole at least added a bit of humor; I'd say he made up for it a good amount. But HH v. Taker was just dragged out for WAAAAY too long; it was obnoxious at too many points and the match wasn't amazing at all.

And I'm really surprised by the reaction Snooki got before and after her match. I don't see why everyone was booing her one minute, then cheering for her just bc she did a few flips. Seriously, she's a 4"11' rich, attractive girl: Is it really that amazing to think she might have been a cheerleader at some point in her life?

In that same vein, while HH/Taker and Cole/King was dragged on for too long; the Corre match and the Snooki match didn't even get any time to develop. Cody v. Rey, Punk v. Orton, and Edge v. Del Rio were damn good matches (though, I really don't understand why the World title match had to be FIRST; doesn't have to be the main event, but shouldn't be FIRST at Mania). Cena v. Miz was WHACK AS HELL! The Rock being involved really didn't even save it for me; esp since he restarted the match only to immediately screw Cena. Miz gets away with not doing ANYTHING yet again!

[KILLdozer]

yea i still havent figured out why it became a battle royal,,and for what its worth,,the corre match got left out of the results too,,(On WWE.com) (o avoid confusion) then again not much to say about it but still

[Big Red Machine]

And I'm really surprised by the reaction Snooki got before and after her match. I don't see why everyone was booing her one minute, then cheering for her just bc she did a few flips. Seriously, she's a 4"11' rich, attractive girl: Is it really that amazing to think she might have been a cheerleader at some point in her life?

Because everyone expected her to be a botchfest, but she didn't botch anything. As I said, she pulled a Papa Briscoe.
They worked very smart, and didn't give her anything that she couldn't already do.