How do you go that long without doing the normal version? Kane is back up with a leapfrog into a dropkick and it’s off to Show for the loud chops in the corner. Masters shoulders Kane down to start as JR says this is the first tradition two on two tag match for these titles since Wrestlemania XV. Show/Kane are defending and we get the always awesome visual of the city set being on fire during Kane’s entrance. Raw Tag Team Titles: Carlito/Chris Masters vs. The posters of wrestlers around the top of the arena are a nice touch. That’s a nice mix that they tend to do well most years. They switch over to another song and the matches for this year’s show. I like the song so this is a pretty good combination. The opening video looks at some great Wrestlemania moments over I Dare You by Shinedown. You know they’re getting in those American visuals every year and this is no exception. Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child sings America the Beautiful. Post match Viscera kisses Lilian, who doesn’t seem thrilled. Not that it would have mattered as it would have been one of the pops of the night, but it’s not worth getting annoyed about in the first place as it was a six minute battle royal before the feature presentation begins. I’m not sure on the logic of having the Chicago guy get all the way to the final three and then have him lose for the sake of Viscera, but I guess they don’t want a heel winning to open the show. Yeah this was horrible but the whole point was to get the undercard on the roster. Cole: “I was hoping that would go on for another 15-20 minutes!” Tazz: “One of the best battle royals I’ve ever been a part of!” They’re bringing the Wrestlemania level snark this year. Snitsky misses a running big boot though and Viscera wins without touching Snitsky at all. A big boot to Animal lets Viscera get rid of him, much to the crowd’s annoyance. Snitsky kicks Tomko out by mistake and the LOD chants start back up. It gets even worse as Viscera tosses MNM to get us down to four. That means a double Visagra (Cole: “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand!” What in the world could that possibly mean in this context?) and Melina is nearly sick. Viscera misses a charge in the corner but beats up MNM without much trouble. We’re down to Viscera, MNM, Snitsky, Tomko and Animal with Viscera and Animal being the targets for the other four. Smackdown showdown and Murdoch and Psicosis go out back to back. Snitsky gets rid of Regal and MNM dumps Eugene after a Snapshot. Striker is out too and there go Crazy and Goldust as the ring is cleared out in a hurry. There goes Cade, followed by Goldust getting rid of Richards. Richards gets rid of Conway and Funaki goes out as well. Dean tries to do his intro and gets kicked in the face for the immediate elimination. Half from Raw and half from Smackdown, so yes they are wearing the designated shirts. Let’s get to it.Įugene, Viscera, Goldust, Snitsky, Rob Conway, Tyson Tomko, Lance Cade, Trevor Murdoch, Matt Striker, Super Crazy, Psicosis, Funaki, Steven Richards, Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro, Animal, William Regal, Simon Dean Booker T., a match which hadn’t taken place in over a year at this point, you can kind of tell that they aren’t caring all that much) and it’s also the last one to date in a regular arena. This is one of the more forgotten Wrestlemanias (given that the image on the poster was of John Cena vs. The Raw side has been a heck of a build while the Smackdown side has been hit and miss at best. It’s time for the biggest night of the year and this time around it has been rather fun. Location: Allstate Arena, Chicago, IllinoisĬommentators: Michael Cole, Tazz, Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross
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