Cole hypes up the main event before a video package with HHH's WELCOME TO WRESTLEMANIA being the new one in lace of Vince. Coco Jones sings the national before we get the annual EVERYONE LOVE HHH NOW bit. Becky is out in an insane outfit before Rhea's theme band plays her to the ring to really make this feel like 1998. Did WWE bring in Impact's production team? What's up with Samantha Irvin being all echoey?
Cole talks about Becky having strep throat and a 102 degree fever. Becky works the arm over before an exploder into the barricade. Triangle by Becky is met with a rampage bomb. Standing Uranage hits for Becky and gets 2! Riptide hits for 2 and the fans boo Becky again badly wanting that to be the end! Superplex into a cross armbar and then the disarmer. Electric chair into a victory roll into an EC drop on the floor by Rhea! MAMI HITS A FROG SPLASH FOR 2! Rhea avoids a super manhandle slam with a riptide into the buckle and a mid-ring one to win. Good - Becky felt like this was the end.
Netflix ad. WHEN WE COME BACK!? We just had an ad! Pretty Deadly wacky comedy skit. Tons of Photoshop - not much actual comedy. Tag title ladder match time with New Catch Republic having the most boring theme ever while Woods is out in Consequences Creed gear and the Judgment Day is out looking like gimps.
Tyler does the Terry Funk ladder spin with an airplane spin on Balor too. Dunne and Bate hit stereo moonsaults off a ladder outside. New Catch Republic aren't exactly the Eliminators with their stereo offense. Truth does Cena spots on Balor and he pins Balor with an AA on the ladder. A-Town Down Under get the SD tags. Waller eats a double powerbomb through a ladder bridge.
"IT'S THE PRIME HYDRATION STATION!" Flair's Last Match needed this. AND HEYMAN WASN'T THE FOUNDER OF ECW, COLE! Woods hit a limit break elbow on a ladder bridge! Dunne finger break to Theory before a double burning hammer. White Noise off the ladder by Ciampa! JD hits the Devil Inside off a ladder on Truth! JD gets flipped off a ladder and thank God hit the second of two tables after nearly missing the first completely.
Priest and Miz fight for the Raw belts and Priest...sorta hits a South of Heaven and goes for a new ladder. TRUTH HITS AN AA TO PRIEST TO THE FLOOR! Truth wins it! This was a fun moment but wow has this been a blah first hour overall. Insane spots all for a meh match. Escobar and Dom vs. Andrade and Rey is up next.
Dom has La Parka-inspired gear up top and Art Barr on the bottom. Lots of not much here. Andrade gets the fakeout moonsault for 2. Wilde Thing slingshot dive! Goons help Rey and Andrade win with the frog splash. Travis Kelce and Lane helped Rey get the win here.
Usos are out and it really feels like that match should have been an opener instead of the women's world title. vTHE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL-TIME LIL WAYNE!? That's about on-par with THE WWE'S FAVORITE BAND IN THE WHOLE WORLD, LIMP BIZKIT! It does make Jey feel bigger tho. Jey dives on Jimmy on the floor twice. We get some slow-mo strong style impersonation Fye-Akyama shots. Jey whoops ass and Jimmy begs off and Jimmy superkicks him! Main event Jey splash and the Uso splash ends it.
bEST vs. Damage CTRL is up. CTRL gets a geisha entrance because it's WWE and the faces get...WHY THE FUCK IS NAOMI A COWGIRL!? 10 count corner punches didn't look fake enough to one person - DO THEM TO TWO PEOPLE. Sure what the fuck why not. Noami is dreadful and Bianca feels like her star has freefalled. Bianca hits a sloppy backdrop and a good Michinoku driver for 2 on Dakota. Jaded ends it. God that was terrible and I can't believe how much Bianca's star has fallen - feels like she's being set up for a tag title run with Jade to teach Jade more on the job.
Sami vs. Gunther is up to hopefully give us a good match. Sami is shown with his family. Gnther is in red and white tiny trunks that look like Dashing Cody's. Big chops back and forth to start. Blue thunder gets 2 and Gunther gets an RNC! Sami wants the helluva kick, but the shotgun dropkick and powebromb gets 2.9! ANOTHER POWERBOMB. ANOTHER KICKOUT! Gunther slaps and chops him on the mat before kicking him around. POWERBOMB RIGHT ON THE PRIME LOGO! A PAIR OF SPLASHES OFF THE TOP! Helluva kick while Gunther's up top! OH MY GOD SAMI ZAYN RIPPED OFF EL GENERICO'S TOP ROPE BRAINBUSTER! HELLUVA! DESPERATION WINS GETS IT SAMI WINS IT!
With all the ads, this feels like a really long TV show. Really nothing beyond a couple of intros makes this feel like Mania yet. OH GOD MORE SELF-CONGRATULATIONS! Glad to see Pearce on Mania, and Aldis fits in nicely. They say over 72,000 people are here - THANK YOU! WM Sunday is hyped. The main event of night one is up and boy does it not feel like a main event for this show due to how down it's been. A LONG video recaps this feud, and also Seth is there. Cody is out in his Homelander gear while Seth has a hat on his shoulder and says IT'S MAIN EVENT TIME!
Rock gets an insane warbly lightning intro and a brahma bull fire logo alongside his People's Champion title belt. Rock is out in a nice vest and workout gear - so it's a good look for the character without exposing him too much body-wise. WOAH ROCK'S IN TRUNKS!
Sluggish action to start from Seth and Roman before Roman and Cody plod it out. Rock chucks Seth around a bit before being shown-up with a go-behind. Rock walks around and does the JUST BRING IT to Cody. Walk and brawl time with Seth and Rock doing battle at the PRIME HYDRATION STATION! "YOU KNOW THE ROCK - I DON'T FUCK AROUND!" LOL at the censorship there. THEY WALK! AND BRAWL! AND WALK AND WALK AND BRAWL!
Rock whoops that ass and the knee of Seth. Roman comes in after Rock does the bulk of the match before locking on a long half crab. I think I need to watch some of the FOUR DISC BEST OF JEFF JARRETT DVD SET to appreciate a good walk and brawl. Rock shoves Seth's back into the steps twice. Rock hits the ballshot punch and just throws himself back into the buckle for some reason. Well that was terrifying. Rock's sharpshooter has gotten better with age!
Cody and Roman are in and a Cody cutter gets 2. Frog splash gets 2 after a Superman punch to Rhodes. Cody and Seth get 2 off a superkick to Roman when Rock pulls the ref off. Cody eats a spear for 2.9! Roman gets the guillotine on and Rock grabs the feet before Seth stomps Roman! Rock WHIPPING HIMSELF WITH THE BELT to fuck with Mama Rhodes - love it! PEOPLE'S ELBOW BUT CODY GETS THE CUTTER!
Seth moves and ROCK EATS A SPEAR AND A STEREO SHITTY PEDIGREE GETS 2! OH MY GOD WHY IS ROCK DOING ANNOUNCE TABLE SPOTS!? Seth grabs Rock and CODY ROCK BOTTOMS ROCK THROUGH THE OTHER TABLE! ROMAN SPEAR TO SETH through a barricade! DRIVE BY TO CODY! Rock tags out and tells Roman to GET THAT PIECE OF SHIT! CROSS RHODES and a belt shot from Rock to the back leads to a spear to Cody! Rock wants the tag and gets it and A ROCK BOTTOM HITS! PEOPLE'S ELBOW WINS IT!
Well this was a really underwhelming show overall, but Rock was outstanding and far better than expected. The whole show was lackluster, but the main event and semi-main were good - great at points, but largely two good matches.
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