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  1. cactus
    Probably the only weak match on this legendary card, and it wasn't even awful by any means. Right To Censor had well ran it's course by this point and it makes this feel like a complete afterthought designed to get the APA and RTC on the show. Bradshaw cuts an impassioned promo about Texas history in a backstage skit before this starts and looks fired up during this short six man tag. Everyone else looks like they were just going through motions and Godfather's (sorry, Goodfather) Ho Train looks extra dumb when he's doing it as a heel. ★★
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    The story going into this is that Regal has hurt Jericho's shoulder. It's a major factor of this match and Jericho's selling of his arm is consistent. Regal is super physical here and brings out the big spots for Wrestlemania, including a nasty release german suplex and a double underhook superplex. Regal tries to cheat by using an exposed turnbuckle to take out Jericho, but it ends up biting Regal on the arse as he ends up going head first into it instead. Regal might not known for having many all-time classics during his WWE tenure, but he would always put in a excellent performance like he did here. ★★★
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    Man, this is horrible news. Seriously talented man with a heart of gold. No one had a bad word to say about him.
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    I skimmed though this and I thought it looked like a good show. The McIntyre/Styles opener was rife with great limb selling and I have no idea how Styles can bump as well as he can for a man of his age. Miz cashing in felt like an afterthought. Think it's time they bin off the MITB for a few years. I couldn't take my eyes of Style's manager. Guy looks like he could be a main event player if he knows how to work. I'm glad to see Charlotte back. Between the two singles titles, he women's division feels stretched thin since her, Lynch and Rousey left. I enjoyed the match. I hope the pairing of Jax and Baszler continues. If Reigns popped back a few months earlier, he'd easily be my WOTY. Guy continues to shine as an arrogant heel. Owens fighting from underneath worked well and the structure of this reminded me of that great Undertaker/Hardy ladder match from 2002. Owens refuses to stay down, despite all the punishment he's taken. I genuinely thought that Owens was going to win this at some point. One of my favourite matches of the year. The Firefly Inferno match was certainly ...something. Not sure if I thought was an entertaining spectacle or complete WrestleCrap. Wyatt burning made for a cool visual to end the show on, mind.
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    Even though 2000 was one of WWE's best ever years, the Wrestlemania main event was a sure misfire. Foley is back one month after his retirement and his heart is not in this at all and his entire appearance feels like such an afterthought. Show is eliminated quickly after a triple team attack, signalling the end for his main event run. Clocking in at over 36 minutes and with a Mcmahon in the corner for each wrestler, this was way too long and the overabundance of Mcmahon involvement hindered what could of been a great match between Rock and Triple H. ★★¼
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    Although they had the two falls nonsense and the tired crowd working against them, these three went at it with a lot of speed and intensity. They absolutely worked their arses off. Everyone involved in this would all eventually have better matches with each other, but this was a fine showcase of probably the three best pure wrestlers in the company at the time. Angle would lose both falls, but he's about to go to much bigger things. ★★★
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    The story goes that X-Pac turned down a programme with Chris Jericho so that he could finally wrap up his long dead rivalry with Kane. This didn't feel like a conclusion to a months long blood feud, but instead a perfectly acceptable filler match where Kane could get his hands on Pete Rose for the third year running. Rikishi is over as rover and the crowd go mental for the stinkface, especially when he's doing it to Rose. Still, X-Pac should of taken up the chance to work with Jericho instead. ★★
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    Guerrero was such a treat to watch in this. Of course he could keep up with Too Cool doing their cruiserweight sequences, but he was fantastic at doing the character stuff with Chyna and walking that thin line between charming and sleazy. Chyna wasn't good at all here, but she was mainly relegated to cleaning house after getting the hot tag and following Eddie's lead when he tried to flirt with her. Guerrero does the honours for Chyna, but he wasn't hurt by this lose and would carry on his program with Chyna. ★★½
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    Val Venis is the special guest referee and he's wearing his infamous shirt with the font that's made to look like sperm. Who brought that bit of merch? Moolah and Mae are at ringside as managers. Anyways, this was your typical bit of Attitude Era smut, but I won't hate on it too much as some of the comedy with Val, Moolah and Mae was halfway entertaining. Mae screws up her interference spot but I'm not going to pretend that I care. ½★
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    Blackman and Snow are an odd couple comedy tag team called Head Cheese and they are joined by a little person in a cheese suit. Blackman wants to Snow to be serious, where Snow can't help himself from being goofy. The actual wrestling here wasn't terrible, but not one soul in the audience seems to care. This felt like it went on forever. After a decisive loss, Snow agrees to get serious and announces that it's time to cut the cheese before taking out their mascot. It seems that this entire match and angle solely existed to make a fart joke. A complete waste of everyone's time. ★
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    After the 15 minute time limit has expired, whoever scored the last decision is announced as the winner. This was a complete mess. Pete Gas and Crash Holly end up bleeding like pigs in what looks to be a botch, as who's going to tell Pete Gas of all people to go out there and get colour? Most of this match was just 13 guys brawling around the ring and hitting each other with things like cookie sheets. The botched finish in infamous, but it doesn't affect my overall enjoyment is hampered too much as this wasn't exactly Flair Vs Steamboat in the first place. A crap match, but I can't say that parts of this wasn't entertaining. ★½
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    Godfather is one of the most over undercard acts during this period. The crowd eat up all his signature spots and it makes this opener so much more palatable. Bull Buchanan might not be very charismatic, but he impressed me with his surprising athleticism. He launches himself up to the top rope without using his hands as he hits D'Lo with a springboard clothesline. The air he gets on his leg drop was also incredible. Initially I questioned the logic of sending out two teams that are barely scraping the midcard to open Wrestlemania, but the fans loved this and it was better than it had any right to be. ★★½
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    I might be sick of seeing big car-crash spotfests every few months on modern WWE and AEW shows, but this is still a blast to watch as it felt fresh and the crowd can't believe what they are viewing. It's no wonder that they keep using Jeff's Swanton off the ladder in video packages two decades on as it's really quite a moment. The Dudleys placing a table between two ladders to create a makeshift platform was a creative way to work out some new high spots. Although they would later top this formula with TLC 1 & 2, this laid the groundwork and put all three teams on the mainstream map. This is still an incredibly influential spotfest and it's fingerprints are still all over future TLC, Ladder and Money In The Bank matches. ★★★★
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    Rock has finally caught up to Austin's level and these two put on one of the best matches of the year, with both guys at the top of their games. Austin works with his physical limitations and pads this out with plenty of crowd brawling. With multiple ref bumps and finishers being kicked out of, this was overbooked to hell. Despite it being overbooked, it never gets silly and the crowd up every second. Everything great about the Attitude Era perfectly encapsulated into one neat package. If this match bombed, this would of easily be one of the worst 'Manias ever. ★★★¾
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    I wanted to give this a fair chance, I really did. It's not even so-bad-it's good. Bossman tries to handcuff Undertaker to the cell, but the cuffs break and made everyone involved in this look like complete idiots. There is never a point that it feels like Bossman could win this. This was ten minutes of aimless and dull brawling. Both guys end up bleeding to try and improve this, but it's no use. The fans start audibly booing this once they realise they are not going to get another 'Taker/Mankind. The post-match hanging of Bossman felt like it was being shocking for the sole point of being edgy. DUD
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    I have to tip my non-existent hat to Shane McMahon. This is his sixth match ever and he looks like a natural due to some padding and X-Pac leading the charge. Unlike the Shane of the 2010's, he works this as a non-wrestler and not as someone who can go toe-to-toe with the actual wrestlers. Test is in Shane's corner and the Mean Street Posse are front-row and they all get involved. Triple H and Chyna return and end up turning on X-Pac. A good match until yet another swerve ending soured things. ★★¾
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    Utterly dreadful. Sable cuts an incredibly wooden promo which sees her awkwardly grinding. Tori has worked a tour with All Japan Women's and it still looks like she can't work a lick, although though that could be because Sable was working as the heel and controlling the action. Although Sable is technically a heel, but there's nothing that indicates that just by looking at this match as she doesn't change anything up about her character and she gets the exact same reaction as she did when she was a face. Nicole Bass makes her debut her in a run-in. Someone in the crowd heckles Bass by asking to see her penis. Ergh, everything awful about the Atttitude Era perfectly encapsulated into one neat package. DUD
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    With the exception of Kane doing a running plancha and chokeslamming Trips crotch-first onto the barricade, this had nothing to bite into. Triple H and Kane looked like they have no idea on how to construct a compelling match here. Kane can't sell as well as the Undertaker can when he's in sympathetic monster babyface mode. Anyways, Chyna comes out and turns on Kane. Yet another swerve, bro. ★
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    The winner of this goes onto referee the main event. Paul Wight really had a disastrous first year with the WWE. He's used as an enforcer to the Corporation and he's made to look like a complete idiot who can't get the job done. Mankind is way too beaten-up to get anything good out of Show. After some soulless brawling, the best part of this match was when Show gets out of a Mandible Claw by jumping backwards and squashing Foley like a bug. Even though Show uses a steel chair twice in front of the referee, he's finally disqualified when Show chokeslams Mankind onto two standing chairs in a gruesome spot. ½★
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    Shamrock and Goldust have both signed out mentally by this point. Goldust has put on weight and Shamrock is missing that spark that he had when he was ripping Rock to shreds at the last Wrestlemania. Being in a awful storyline with Ryan Shamrock will do that to you. Speaking of storylines, there are way too many of them connected to this. The action was decent enough, with Road Dogg being the most over guy by a country mile. Venis and Shamrock are counted out, and Dogg pins Goldust when Ryan accidentally trips up Goldust. ★★
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    D'Lo and Test got their title shot by being the last two survivors in a battle royal. A truly Russo bit of booking, that. Not even clocking in at four minutes, this was way too short to be anything decent. D'Lo, Jarrett and Hart wrestle a frantic pace and get all their stuff in as well as they can and Test doesn't stink up this match too much. Ivory and Debra are here as valets and end up having a catfight, which distracts the makeshift team and costs them the titles. It's such a shame that Owen's last Wrestlemania sees him have such a nothing match. ★½
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    We've finally entered the age of the Hardcore title, with plenty of mindless weapon spots to boot. This was the first time that we see random stuff getting pulled out of the ring to be used as weapons, despite their being no logical reason for that item being there. They start wailing at each other with a hockey stick to pop the NHL loving crowd. Snow takes a Fame-Asser on a chair, and Holly sneaks the win by laying out Gunn with a chair shot and steal the win. Although there was a severe lack of workrate here, this was an entertaining way to open the PPV if you don't take it too seriously. ★★
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    Poor Bart Gunn. Now I'm not saying that he could of been a top star, but he's a good-looking guy with plenty of experience and they could of done at something with his Brawl For All win instead of having his career killed by being fed to Butterbean. What makes this even more baffling is that the Brawl For All wrapped up over six months ago. At least this was quick and the kill shot was truly devastating. Seeing a frail Gorilla Monsoon getting a huge ovation when he's introduced as a guest judge was a very touching moment.
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    Shamrock rushes the ring and they brawl all over the place. They get as much as their shit in as they can during the four minutes that this lasts. Rock just brains Shamrock with a chair shot, but it's not enough to keep him down. Rocky taps out to the ankle lock, but Shamrock doesn't release the hold and the decision is reversed. The Nation try to save Rock, but Shamrock fights them off and brawls with the officials as well. Faarooq comes down to the ring, but decides to let Rock suffer instead signalling the end of his time in the Nation Of Domination. Shamrock snapping will never not be entertaining, and this made both wrestlers look like total stars. This was more of an angle than a match. ★★¾
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    Easily Sable's best match, but that's more on the great talents that she was working with rather than Sable's individual performance. Mero and Goldust deal with the workrate and Luna is able to carry Sable through her spots. Mero and Goldust both tease their finishers. Mero has a beautiful spinning moonsault. Sable gets the hot tag and the fans go apeshit for her clearing house. She even gets involved with Goldust too. I'm surprised that Luna was allowed to kick out of the Sablebomb. Mero isn't happy that his wife is getting all the attention, but Sable wins this one for her team by using the TKO. I wasn't expecting this to be as good as it was. ★★★
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