WrestleMania 22

Illuminattile · Apr 2, 2006

WrestleMania 22 *SPOILERS*

Kane and The Big Show [c] def. Carlito and Chris Masters to retain the World Tag Team Titles.

Rob Van Dam def. Matt Hardy, Lashley, Finlay, Shelton Benjamin and Ric Flair in the Money In The Bank Ladder Match to earn a WWE Title shot.

JBL def. Chris Benoit [c] to win the United States Title.

Edge def. Mick Foley in a Hardcore Match.

The Boogeyman def. Booker T and Sharmell in a Handicap Match.

Mickie James def. Trish Stratus [c] to win the WWE Women's Title.

The Undertaker def. Mark Henry in a Casket Match

Shawn Michaels def. Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match

Rey Mysterio def. Kurt Angle and Randy Orton to win the World Heavyweight Title

Torrie Wilson def. Candice Michelle in a Playboy Pillow Fight

John Cena [c] vs. Triple H for the WWE Title

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The Money in the Bank match was incredible, especially Benjamin (again), RVD and Flair's bumps. A man of his age shouldn't even think about doing things like that.

Edge/Foley was definitely Big Time. Lots of barbed wire, Edge took a big thumbtack spot (props to him) and then both men went through a flaming table. Incredible.

Mickie/Trish was good, up until the finish. Don't like the fact that the fans Cena'd Trish for no reason. Mickie is awesome.

Predictably the fans are booing Cena. I don't know why, and neither do most of them.

2pacnbiggie · Apr 2, 2006

i was just coming to post this lol beat me to it

2pacnbiggie · Apr 2, 2006

Undertaker beat mark henry

HBK beat vince

mickie james is the new champ

two187pac · Apr 2, 2006

is it me or was ric flair to old to be wresting when i used to follow it..... back in the early 90's

bigmack · Apr 2, 2006

oh my god.wrestlemania 22 was the biggest,and i mean biggest piece of shit i have ever watched.The end just fuckin ruined it even more for me.John cena winning again,cmon,nobody likes this fruitcake.Mysterio as champ? thats just too fuckin stupid. the match wasnt even that good,and it was too short.the shawn michaels mcmahon match was just gay.the women matches were too boring.undertaker henry match i almost fell asleep.the jbl benoit match was the best one.mick foley fell off,the match was garbage.money in the bank was ok,it was obvious who was going to win so no excitement whatsoever.tag team titles match was horrible. i give this wrestlemania 3/10.i feel sorry for the people that payed for it.luckily i dont pay for this shit,i steal it./

2pacnbiggie · Apr 2, 2006

damn cena keeps the title again and rey shouldnt be heavyweight champ hes to small i dont see him keepin the belt for long, sadly i think they're gonna milk the whole "eddie would be proud of rey" thing on smackdown, let eddie r.i.p. please

Illuminattile · Apr 2, 2006

prince mack said:

You're in the minority with that opinion, from what I've seen.

The end just fuckin ruined it even more for me.John cena winning again,cmon,nobody likes this fruitcake.[/quote]
Nobody likes Cena but, like I said, people are booing him without a real reason. Nobody boos Hogan for showing up every few months, burying young stars and putting on shitty matches. It's irrational. It's just a bunch of trendwhores jumping on the Cena-hating bandwagon.

Was the match bad? Hell no. Probably Cena's best match to date. It was incredibly exciting, I refuse to believe that anyone watching it wasn't drawn in to the action.

Was it badly booked? Yes, in my opinion. I wouldn't have given the belt to Triple H (when they do, people will remember that they hate him and start bitching about him again) but I would have turned Cena heel.

I agree that the match was too short, BUT you can't criticise Cena for having the WWE Title saying that he's not popular, then criticise the decision to give the World Title to one of the most popular guys in the company.

Blood, barbed wire, thumbtacks, fire...I don't see what more you could have hoped for. It was brutal, and it helped elevate Edge AND gave Mick back some credibility.

No excitement? It was the perfect spotfest. Benjamin was the MVP again, with the senton to the outside, the springboard onto the ladder and his bump at the end. RVD was awesome too, with the Van Daminator on Lashley. Flair also went out of his way to make the match interesting, taking a couple of big bumps.

8/10, minimum. I feel sorry for the people who, for whatever reason, couldn't enjoy the action.

bigmack · Apr 3, 2006

Illuminattile said:

There is a reason.They are booing him because he's been holding the title for so goddamn long and people are sick of him. Why were fans cheering for carlito? are they a bunch of trendwhores jumping on the carlito-loving bandwagon?

Illuminattile said:

My point isnt that cena isnt popular take the belt off him.I just think he's a poor wrestler.He does nothing exciting in the ring.He pumps his shoes,he waves his hand across his face,those are his biggest moves.I've never liked cena from the first time i've seen him wrestle.When he was really over with the fans,i was booing him at events.The ending of this match was terrible.I dont think anyone was on the edge of their seats.

Now with rey,he just isn't championship material.He's a small cruiserweight type wrestler,that's it.He doesnt have any power moves,he looks like a joke wrestling the bigger guys.Enjoy watching him go on about eddie's involvement with his title win on smackdown.I'm sure that will be real exciting.Seriously,him always mentioning eddie makes me sick.We know he was your friend,but come the fuck on.

Illuminattile said:

All that is old.We've seen the thumbtacks over and over and over again. Compare this match to the sabu vs abyss match at TNA turning point.it looked like a rookie match.

Illuminattile said:

How many times have you seen shelton do all those moves.He did the same shit he did in the previous ladder match.How am i supposed to get excited to see it again? It was exciting the first time he did it,no doubt.RVD was great,and i think that's why the match was good.Flair was good too,but none of this is omg exciting.

The wrestlemania theme was big time,it fits because it sucked BIG TIME.I would have loved to see someone unexpectedly appear,like they used to do in the old days.Let me ask you,do you enjoy undertakers unbreakable wrestlemania streak? do you enjoy shawn michaels wrestling a 60 year old man? do you enjoy seeing the same old shit at the biggest event of the year?do you enjoy a 100 pound wrestler winning the championship?do you enjoy watching the boogeyman eat worms? i sure as hell don't. do you enjoy watching a bunch of women, who cant wrestle, in their undergarments in the ring?if i wanted to see that kind of shit,i would turn over to the porn channels.how you rate this 8/10 i dont know

Rahim · Apr 3, 2006

So Triple H is in the main event spot? Im glad to see that acctually..he's always been one of my favorite wrestlers.

tHuG $TyLe · Apr 3, 2006

I thought Wrestlemania was decent.

Rey winning the title was a surprise so i take that as a good thing, Cena retaining the title.. ..i wanted him to win at the end to shut the fans up lol.

MITB was good.

Taker v Henry -no-one can make Henry look good

Trish vs Mickie was a good female match, the end got fucked over but it wasn't all that bad.

From what ive seen on other sites, many people seemed to have liked this event, with the lowest being a 6/10.

Illuminattile · Apr 3, 2006

prince mack said:

They cheered him on SmackDown when he won the belt, they cheered him when he first came to RAW with the belt. They booed him when he dropped the title to Edge and they would have boo him if he'd dropped the belt to Triple H.

You boo someone because you don't like them, and you boo them more if you don't like them and they have the title. You don't boo them purely because they have the title.

Because Carlito is awesome.

Just as raising his eyebrow and taking his elbow pad off were The Rock's biggest moves.

Look at the shots of the crowd they showed, everyone was into the match.

It's not all about size. I think I mentioned it before, the height difference between Rey and Angle is about the same as between Angle and Lesnar or Eddie and JBL. It's not as if Rey's manhandling The Big Show or Kane. He's using his speed and agility to his advantage, he doesn't need to do big power moves to beat people. Nobody thought RVD using speed to beat Gene Snitsky was unrealistic.

I agree that WWE are milking Eddie's death, but that has nothing to do with Rey himself and it doesn't make him less credible as a champion.

We've seen them before, but that doesn't make them less entertaining. Besides, when's the last time you saw a flaming table bump? (ECW One Night Stand, and everyone loved that.)

No, in the last MITB he did the ladder run.

Me too, but in this day and age it's not easy. Only Jericho or Lesnar would have been big, surprising returns and neither of those were possible. Just be thankful that they didn't debut Dalip Singh durinh the Casket Match.

No. It's only useful if they let someone break it, which hopefully they will.

Carlito/Masters vs. Kane/Big Show was decent, apart from the result.

The Money in the Bank match was thrilling through out, and althought the result was predictable (when Flair came back out I wondered if he'd win it, as was rumoured beforehand) it was the right decision.

JBL/Benoit was decent, and I don't mind JBL getting the belt back.

Foley/Edge was also thrilling. Everything you could wish for from a WWE Hardcore match.

Booker/Boogeyman didn't take up much time, so you can't complain too much. Booker's reaction are still hilarious, even if the match wasn't five-star.

Mickie /Trish was a very good Women's match, apart from the botched finish. It was a solid in-ring performance, and the storyline behind it was the best WWE have done for some time.

Undertaker/Henry was garbage, as expected. At least Henry didn't win and Giant Singh didn't debut.

HBK/McMahon was an entertaining squash match. The elbow drop at the end was great, and it was a good blow-off to the feud (hopefully).

Angle/Orton/Rey was too short, but a good match. I don't mind about the result, since the win was booked well enough. Rey didn't dominate for long periods and got a quick win from a hurricanrana. A realistic, if rushed, finish.

The Playboy Pillowfight was just to let the crowd come down from the previous match.

Cena/Triple H was a very good match, and they both played to the crowd really well. They told a story in the ring with the whole old school vs. nu skool thing. Good match, though I don't agree with the finish. HHH jobbed clean, which was surprising, but I would have liked to see a Cena turn.

Overall, two bad matches (Pillow Fight doesn't count) out of 10 and four very good matches.

Wade Keller's ratings:
Money In The Bank II ***1/4
Hardcore Match ***3/4
Triple Threat Match ***1/4
Main Event ****

tHuG $TyLe · Apr 3, 2006

I wouldn't want Undertaker to lose his streak to Mark Henry, probably shouldve been Randy Orton last year.

I find it funny people were saying WWE is too predicatable then Rey wins the title...and people start hating again. Personally i think it's a nice change.

Boogeyman apparently tore his bicep so the match with Booker T went into safe mode (though i doubt it would've been good anyway)

The womens title match was great, lol at Trish getting Boo's btw.

The crowd were awesome, they were into every match apart from the Playboy Pillow match.

And they were on their feet in the Cena/HHH match, the reaction from the crowd was great.

bigmack · Apr 3, 2006

Illuminattile said:

I guarantee you if he lost the title awhile back,nobody would be booing him now.

Illuminattile said:

Well,when its the main event,and when its wrestlemania,of course you're going to be into the match,even when theres nothing to be into.They were going nuts when someone threw a punch.How exciting is a punch? How can you rate this match based on crowd reaction when they were going nuts for a punch? Plus,this isnt the crowds opinion,its mine and your opinion,i can careless what the crowd thought.they are only a small part of all wrestling fans.Usually the crowd is filled with women and children who do nothing best but scream.not to mention alot of people there are not wrestling fans so they just go along with whatevers happening.

Illuminattile said:

did you forget on smackdown when rey was manhandling bigshow? it looked like he was going to win before kane came in.its called HEAVYWEIGHT for a reason.heavyweight isnt just a word thrown in there for the hell of it,it has a meaning,well had a meaning until wm22.

Illuminattile said:

Of course rey has something to do with it,he took eddie's spot.thats why they gave him the belt.He was always whining about how much a friend eddie was to him.Do you see chris benoit do that? No.and what happened? chris benoit lost the u.s title.i think its safe to say that Rey is a charity case

Illuminattile said:

This was a good opportunity to break the streak.They pimped henry to hell with how tough he is,but since taker is a specialty wrestler,theres no way in hell he was gonna lose.Even in an interview with taker,he said hed never lose at wrestlemania unless it was to angle.I guess thats never happening.

Illuminattile said:

I don't know what you found good in this match.

Illuminattile said:

That was the only good part.You can't tell me the "match" if you want to call it that,was good.

Illuminattile said:

Triple H's back must have hurt after the match after carrying cena through the whole match.I didn't see cena do anything exciting.The ending was a big insult to submission wrestlers.Triple H giving up to the STF?yet he kicked out of the FU? the world is filled with wannabes and wiggers so everyone is gonna buy cena merchandise. lets keep the belt on him forever.im going right now to wwe.com and im gonna buy a triple H shirt.

Jim ross wouldnt shut up about the old school new school crap.Did you notice how many times he fucked up?Also,him and lawler were trying to play down the cena booing and making excuses for it.As if only the people in the arena were booing him.Raw and smackdown both had face announcers,they should have put coach in there between them to make it more exciting,rather than what it was,weak.

tHuG $TyLe · Apr 3, 2006

Wait wait...you want the Coach in there? the fake Rock wannabe? Hell no. Im glad he wasn't annoucning he's as wack as Michael Cole, maybe even worse.

Michael mentioned Angle was a wrestling machine like 50 billion times.

Henry is the worst wrestler on the card, him beating Taker would be wackest thing ever.

Trish/Mickie was good, so different to a normal diva match.

Snowman · Apr 3, 2006

from what i read WM 22 sounded average.

Mack is right Cena should have lost the title. there booing him cause there tired of the same bullshit monday after monday, PPV after PPV. HHH will win the title at backlash. WWE needs to have there selfs a meeting on what to do with Cena's character which is obivious a heel turn.

Cena fans are under the age of 18, COME ON NOW. people in chicago were disgusted when cena kept the belt. all wrestling fans were tuned in to see HHH win it for the 11th time. the chicago fans wished it was a WCW PPV they would have thrown there pop an water at cena like they did with the NWO. (Just wondering if they'll have a draft like last year).

Surprising Rey won the title, i figured he would get moved to RAW an they'd put the IC belt on him before the heavyweight title. like you guys said there milking Eddies death, Rey had eddies spirit in him.

Undertaker 14-0 what else can you say? he should think about calling it quits. how many handicap matches can WWE put him in? He's not the same like he was.

I defintely thought Carlito/Masters were gonna win the Tag team titles. Now those 2 Possible at backlash. Kane an Big Show tag champs is getting boring like Cena being champ. they need to change that soon. (i look for Kane to get moved to SD ) there aint nothing for him to do on RAW anymore.

You called that right Illuminattile RVD winning money in the bank. they should have let Lashley won but thats the WWE for ya.

Edge an Foley sounded like the best match of the night. i wanna see that when the DVD finally gets released

Mickie winning the title which is obvious. Hope they let poor Melina come over to Raw an compete for the Womens title.

(THE DIVA ROSTER) ones that can fight>> Trish, Mickie, Melina, Victoria, an Lita. the rest of them

"garbage".

HBK/Mcmahon, like you said Mack it was just Gay. that match could have used a Bret interference. screw HBK an Vince winning the match. (but you can only dream).

JBL/Benoit>>> Whats next Booker/JBL for the U.S. title. **Yawn**

looks like they'll be dropping the Mama gimmick for Shelton he's got himself a different character.

I'll buy the DVD when it comes out in May

Illuminattile · Apr 3, 2006

You said you didn't think anyone was on the edge of their seat.

If the arena had been full of women and children, they wouldn't have been booing Cena. Chicks and kids still love him.

I didn't hear this argument when Jericho, Benoit and Guerrero all won the title.

You're acting as if Rey isn't told to go out there and talking about Eddie. And yes, Benoit still plays up the Eddie thing. See; the Three Amigos and chest-slapping taunt against JBL last night.

If he loses it needs to be to a young up-and-comer. Orton would have been perfect, even though I'm not a huge fan of his. Can't think of anyone on who I'd want to break his streak now.

Everything Mickie did, except the botched finish. It's not surprising the crowd loved her.

Technically, no. But a good match is as much about the psychology as it is the wrestling. The story had been built-up well to this point, and the reason people wanted to see the match was because they wanted to see HBK finally get his hands on McMahon. Seeing Michaels revert back to his old self was what made the match entertaining.

Wrestling matches can be exciting without having a 720 tornado Phoenix Splash from a balcony through three flaming tables and a bed of lightbulbs. The match was exciting because people didn't know who was going to win. It was exciting because it was a back and forth match with near falls and false finishes.

The only people on the planet who wanted to see Coach there were you and Coach's mother.

Illuminattile · Apr 3, 2006

Snowman said:

lol @ being tired of the repetitiveness of RAW, then talking about HHH getting the belt back.

Melina and Mickie have genuine personal heat dating back to their time in OVW.

tHuG $TyLe · Apr 3, 2006

Lol^ Btw Snowman wanted Lashley to win the Money in the Bank? Why? The dude is no way as over with the fans as RVD and has only been in wrestling for what? 6 months? RVD deserved to win it, every "smart" wrestling fan i know wanted the same thing.

Lashley will be a star in 2 years time, until then RVD needs and deserves a shot. No Doubt.

Cena winning the title, how unexpected was that? especially after they ran the Backlash segment. HHH will win the title at Backlash im guessing and won't job for RVD, resulting in RVD moving to smackdown.

bigmack · Apr 3, 2006

Illuminattile said:

male voices are generally deeper,hence the dominant booing effect.you could still pick up the annoying girls and children screams though.

Illuminattile said:

for jericho,benoit and guerrerro,they were pushin it.there really isnt such a huge height difference to the bigger guys,and they really arent that smaller either.i think this size is the limit,maybe even exceeding the limit ,anything smaller is a joke.

Illuminattile said:

you're acting as if rey isnt enjoying doing it.i never heard anything about rey complaining about it,like you read about orton awhile back.

Illuminattile said:

well,they had a chance last year,randy orton,the legend killer.if randy didnt beat him, who the fuck is gonna beat him?

Illuminattile said:

yea,true,but the wrestling was horrible,so no matter how great the psuchology was,it was not a good match.

Illuminattile said:

When cena won did you just out of your chair? the match didnt even climax,it went like halfway,then dropped when triple h submitted.lets not forget this was wrestlemania,not any regular PPV,so i would expect something extreme,not the same shit i see every month.

Illuminattile said:

lol.i dont see whats so bad about coach.he's pretty cool

Snowman · Apr 4, 2006

they got a few weeks left until Backlash, this past monday night on Raw was not a good night for Cena. they do have a problem its gonna continue til the PPV. kids are the only fans Cena has left.

What a dumb ass Cena thinking he shake HHH's hand. an at the end Not paying attention to HHH, an what did he Get? a Pedigree. wonder who wrote Cenas script Monday?

Lashley can get a fast push like Goldberg. they should consider it, since Smackdown is Lame week after week. SD is lacking superstars they could make Lashley one in a matter of a few months. IF NOT move Kane over.

Melina can go to Raw, her in the Womens divison would be nice to see instead of MNM. there getting tiring already. (her an mickie can put there differences aside) JBL an the blue meanie can do it why not them.

Spirit Squad winning the tag belts Monday is a Disgrace to the history of the WWE. Let someone else win the tag belts, bring Charlie Haas back, him an Benjamin win. Shelton have the IC an tag team belts. (if you wanna go off the wall let Coach or Maria win against John Cena an become WWE champ). that would be just as bad as Those gay ass Cheerleaders winning gold.

Im sorry Spirit Squad is the dumbest thing Raw has ever had in their History. Vince's dad is rolling over in his grave with those ass clowns being champs.

How bout the return of Jamal, beating up the Nature Boy. its too Bad Rosey's done with the WWE.

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