Wrestlemania XXV: The Good, The Bad, and The Tweeners

The Good
- Undertaker def. Shawn Michaels to advance streak to 17-0. Neither 'Taker or HBK have never had a bad Wrestlemania performance, when facing formidable opponents at least. The countless near falls kept the fans on the edges of their seats and their hearts at the top of their throats. The ending was also a hit as many 'Taker endings (how many ways can Undertaker reverse into a Tombstone!) Anyway, this match should have been booked as the main event; however, Triple H got himself in the main event instead, wonder how that happened? Five-star match. Bottom line.
- Chris Jericho def. Jimmy Snuka, Roddy Piper, and Ricky Steamboat, gets knockout punch from Mickey Rourke. Wow, a 56-year old Steamboat is better than most 26-year olds. "The Dragon" was the best performer in the match despite not having wrestled in an actual contest in over a decade. At his age, he was doing an effecient top rope "Crossbody" and taking leaps over the top rope to the outside. With J.R. on commentary and Ricky being a star of the show, you would think it was 1989 not 2009. I believe WWE fans or just wrestling fans for that matter should draft a movement for Steamboat to give it one last run before hanging up the boots (*Note: Steamboat never officially had a retirement match, he never returned from an injury in 1994.) Piper was better than expected to, espeacially when shouting obscenties at the beginning of the match. Snuka was 64. That pretty much sums it up, 64 isn't really a mobile age unless you're one of the Funks. Jericho took the knock-out punch from Mickey Rourke, a former boxer, after the match yo seal the deal. Flair, too!
- Jim Ross. He was on fire last night. Taking jabs at Cole, cursing, having a good time...the whole nine yards! When is JR ever bad?
The Tweeners
- Money in the Bank won by CM Punk. Punk claims the briefcase for the second consecutive year. The ending wasn't all that expected and not very accepted by the fans. There were a lot of boos for CM; it seems as the fans' fondess is starting to wear off as they've stuck Punk as a constant heel. Christian very easily should have won it. All in all, everyone got their spots, even Hornswoggle. On personal performances: Kofi Kingston- very athletic, Kane- too big for comfort in the match, Shelton Benjamin- energetic as always, Christian- very agile and on the top of his game, Finlay- spry for a 52-year old mat expert, CM Punk- good but not winner material, MVP- hidden most of the match, and Mark Henry- powerful.
- Extreme Rules: Matt Hardy defeats brother Jeff. I'm glad Matt won, this lets the feud progress. Do I really want that though? They didn't do a very good job in build for this bout. Too much of spot-to-spot to be good. Not bad enough to be bad. It was just there.
- John Cena defeats Edge and Big Show for the World Title. Average match. They shouldn't try to match the Wrestlemania triple threat that happened five years ago when Chris Benoit def. HHH and HBK. Big Show was pretty much obselete through the match's majority. He got tied up in the ropes and almost never got out. The match was only average. Hard to say where they will go with Cena as Champ, probably another Orton feud. John's leaving to shoot a film in a couple of months. Who knows? Plus it followed Taker-HBK which is a hard task.
The Bad
- 25 Diva Battle Royal. The most uncoordinated match ever booked. They completely skipped entrances of returning stars and came out during Kid Rock's performance of "So Hott." Returning stars like Sunny, Molly Holly, Torrie Wilson, and Victoria were basically cast aside in favor of 15+ minutes of a pointless mini-Kid Rock concert. Santina ended up winning, Santino dressed as his twin sister. He last eliminated girlfriend Beth Phoenix. Just plan sloppy. Next time WWE tries to bring back former stars maybe they should make the fans aware that they're even there. Plain wierd.
- JBL loses his IC Title in 21 seconds to Rey Mysterio, Jr. 21 seconds?! In apparently JBL's last WWE match and possibly his grand hurrah in pro wrestling, he gets made a fool of. It seems as though they'd give a bit more to someone who's stayed loyal to the company for over 10 years. Also, Mysterio couldn't have looked more ridiculous as he was poorly dressed as Heath Ledger's adaptation as the Joker. More poor booking. (*Note: JBL said if he couldn't retire to the late Eddie Guerrero, that he wanted to retire to his good friend Rey Jr.)
- Triple H def. Randy Orton to retain WWE Title. The ending sucked, the booking sucked, Triple H sucked. Not a Wrestlemainia main event. In Triple H's attempt to steal the show, the fans couldn't have been less excited. There were no run-ins even though Orton's Legacy and HHH's family, the now beloved McMahons, were just as crucial to the storyline. The ending was out-of-nowhere but it wasn't one of those unexpected endings that leave you completly shocked. It was one of those endings where the fans just sat on their fans and stared at each other saying, "That can't be it....That can't be it!!" Yes, Trips could have won if there would have also been a big angle such as Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley turning on her husband. Randy wasn't a showstopper, but Triple H wasn't either even though he thought he was. Maybe one of the worst Wrestlemania main events ever. Just bad booking by none other than....HHH and Stephanie.
OVERALL: Poorly booked show. It had its highspots though. Quick mention about "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's beer bash during the Hall of Fame inductees' intros. Good to see the ATV back. You can tell Steve and the fans are dying for one more match. Could have been better (WM 20) or worse (WM 11.)