Wrestlemania XXV Thread

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Im kinda confused as to what story you wanted told in the MITB match that was just a bunch of guys thrown into a spotfest, like you said. I thought it was a pretty solid spotfest, too. They came with a couple things ive never seen before, which I always enjoy.

I thought the Taker/HBK match was phenomenal. Again.. what do you mean by a story? The story was that HBK damn near broke his streak a few times and they also got pretty creative with the finish and the Skinning the Cat into the Tombstone, which I also thought was awesome. You got a little bit of everything in that match. Definitely will be match of the year.

The MitB match - There are plenty of ways to tell the story...the little guys taking out the two big guys...you can start a feud in the match and let it carry over to the next show/ppv/etc...there are plenty of ways to tell a story, the older MitB matches did so in some way...hell, they incorporated Hardy last year into the match with MVP. This was just a spotfest with a good number of botched spots. Meh.

As for the Taker match...yes, it was phenomenal...I thought the front end of the match could have told a better story. The back end was great and kept you on the edge, but I thought the front end could have done a better job at telling the story that they tried to portray leading up to it...HBK not being intimidated by the Taker or his streak or the event. It was still good, just a hair shy of epic...the internet is kind of overreacting to it, similarly to the way that they overreacted to Angle/Benoit a few years back. It was the GOAT at the time (because the internet is always about GOAT and WOAT) but its not talked about much at all, now.

We'll see how it holds up historically.

At this point, after only seeing it once, not sure I'd say it was better then two of Shawn's matches...Iron Man match and his Ladder Match v. Razor.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I noticed that at the event. didn't know Shammy was tight with Rourke. Is Micky making an MMA movie next, perhaps?

Rourke brought back up in case anyone tried to double cross him during the angle.

Seriously.

[Bigpapa42]

Rourke brought back up in case anyone tried to double cross him during the angle.

Seriously.

You know, as paranoid as that sounds, I don't blame him. He's not part of the business and I doubt he really "knows" most of these guys that well. Its not Vince has never done if before, either.

[EmpireWF]

Rourke is pals with Shamrock, some how.

He was cageside the week after for Shamrock's fight w/ Diaz.