Wrestlemania XXIV

Well had been late getting back home from shopping so missed the 24 man brawl. Initially when I saw that it was going to be $55 to order it, I was going to do my usual thing and watch it at Silver City. Until I saw that a ticket is $30. So w/ D and I watching it, it's more sense to just order. And no screaming or spilling idiots around either.

Missed part of the Belfast Brawl b/c we'd ordered the wrong version of the PPV. When ordered it on the Shaw digital menu, only gave 1 option. Ended up getting the HD version, so the Shaw tech had to credit it back. It seemed too short w/ no blood :( But it wasn't bad, went at each other w/ authenticity. Some of the camera angles weren't good. Like when JBL threw the trash can against Hornswoggle, and we didn't really see what happened. But the shot of Findley diving thru the ropes and getting smacked w/ the garbage can lid was aweseome0

Money in the Bank was pretty good, not that long though. Awesome moves by Morrison and Benjamin. Poor Benjamin going thru the ladder like that, though love the look on on Carlito's face. I think they got cheaper ladders this year though, w/ the ladder twisting out under Benjamin. Predicted that CM Punk would win, and I was right. That was so blatantly obvious that Jericho gave Punk his leg, so that he could hang there. MVP also did a good show. Run in by Matt Hardy was so cool. Kennedy was ok. Jericho wasn't as good as he's been in the past, but he still put on a good show. Carlito did pretty well too, but I wouldn't say that it's enough to put him in the A-list.

Yeah, I missed the Festus/Santino thing. Don't really care about the Jesse & Festus team. Just not interesting. But D says that Mick Foley was on. So I'm sad I missed that.

Expected the Flair vs Michaels match after they showed the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but it's the Batista vs. Umaga instead. *off to watch* Well that wasn't too bad. Really the match to give Batista something to do in Wrestlemania. Though I think he threw out his back trying to powerbomb Umaga. And really, that's all anyone needs to do to stop the Samoan spike, just block the arm. It was still pretty good. Nice to see the wheel kick from Umaga.

Oh, they showed the 24 man Battle Royale. I was trying to see the end of it on the WWE website, but their stupid thing doesn't work half the time. Wonder if they'll still have it on the website. Well Kane hasn't had a title shot in a long time. And his style does sorta work more for ECW. Yeah, I'm predicting he'll win. Unless it's a DQ. ...and it's already over. That was completely lame. Totally retarded. "outsmarted"? OUTSMARTED? What's so smart about doing a chokeslam on someone?!! Completely denigrates Chavo's abilities as a wrestler and champion.

And they're showing the Ric Flair flashback, so it's time to catch up on my post here. Off to watch! ...Wow, that was a truly awe-inspiring match. Excellent spots from both, and truly great show. Flair did moves that he hasn't done in a while, and they told a great story. The first moonsault from HBK was a rib-cruncher. 2nd one was pretty but completely wiffed past Flair. Well, that was definitely the way to go for a final match. And so classy of Flair not to stay in the ring for a couple mins listening to the fans. Just quietly left. I wonder if they also told them to make the match long b/c the prev matches were too short.

Oh, the crappy womens' match. Not looking forward to it. Probably be playing my DS. Playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue. Yeah, I have Mystery Dungeon Time too, but I'm still not finished Blue. Gotta take the story line missions, not just accumulate money and rankings. I'm already gold. Yeah, whatever Snoop Dogg. Guess I'll go watch now....And yahoo, Beth Phoenix won! Cause really, Melina and Beth can wrestle, whereas Maria and Ashley can't. In fact, it really doesn't look like Maria and Ashley even practiced. They were pretty darn bad. And Maria, you should choose a hairstyle that looks good while you're wrestling, not just when you come down to the ring. And why were they showing Santino when Melina was doing cool moves w/ the feather fans?! Lumberjacks were useless. That was funny when the lights turned off and Lawler goes "is the Undertaker coming out early?"

Wait, they're doing the review of the HHH vs. Orton vs. Cena match. It's only 7:17 MST. Show started at 5. Doesn't seem like it's going to be a 3 1/2 hr. B/c there's only this match and then Edge vs. Undertaker. Grrr. Okay, I was wondering why the marching band was playing "God save the Queen" until D explained it to me. I bet "God save the ___ " came first. Ugh Cena. Well at least we don't have to listen to his entrance though. *off to watch* Woohoo! Cena didn't win!!!!! Yaay yaaay yaaah! Not as good as if HHH won, but still Cena didn't win!!! It was pretty good, although we were both screaming at the TV that they'd better not tap out to Cena's STFU. HHH put on a great show, Orton was kinda out of most of it. Cena did his usual schtick.

Oh yeah, there's still Big Show's match. I still don't know who this Mayweather guy is, really I'm no boxing fan. Yeah, boxers box, but worth 20 million for a match? That's just obscene. And especially when they show his place and the piles of cash around. I dunno if he's a philanthropist but doesn't seem like it. That seems to be the problem w/ that culture, is just promoting the bling and nothing else. Not expecting every celebrity to be like Angelina and Brad, but some charity would be nice. *off to watch* Wow, they really got their $20 mill or however much they paid for Mayweather to show up. Floyd did a great job and took a lot of hits. Quite impressed. And it didn't seem the Big Show was easy on him or anything. I was throughly entertained.

Who the heck was that chick they have on anyways as guest announcer?

*waiting thru the lead up to the Edge vs. Undertaker match* That was a really good match! There were some slow parts, and some of it felt like a TV match instead of a PPV. But they ended really strong. And of course Taker winning was awesome. I was wondering why Vicky wasn't there when they had the Batista vs. Umaga match. And wondered where the 2 Edge clones were when they didn't come out w/ Edge. Also wondered why they had the Smackdown title as the last match when it's usually RAW. But w/ Taker winning that makes sense.

And they actually ran the show until 8:55 when it's scheduled to 9:00, so that's really good. Usually the show ends anywhere from 15-30 min early. Overall, it was definitely worth it to buy it, if only to initially see Flair's retirement match, Money in the Bank match. But turns out everything but the women's match was good!