WWE WrestleMania 39 Venue: SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, WWE WrestleMania 39 Tickets Distributed: 66,113, WWE WrestleMania 39 Tickets Available: 555. Stars: Kane clashes with Triple H. Road Dogg, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and Val Venis See full summary, Director: Dino Bravo. Stars: Austin was supposed to simply make an appearance on the Kevin Owens Show to follow the main event, but when he came to the ring in his wrestling attire (complete with knee braces) fans knew they were in for a treat. The pattern of low rated Hogan matches continues here. 1 star rating. ins.style.minWidth = container.attributes.ezaw.value + 'px'; At the time, this match had a lot of hype, but in hindsight, that was probably because it was the opening match of WrestleMania 39, not because it was necessarily good. The Cena sucks chants were probably 20% of SoFi Stadium. Therefore, his "surprise" return after six years wasn't all that shocking. Logan Paul Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus and. From there Sid, Hogan, and Sids manager Harvey Wippleman had to improvise a DQ finish to set up for the return of the Ultimate Warrior. Action, Sport. 314 min Ashley Fliehr, The Undertaker puts The Streak on the line when he See full summary, Director: I write about men in tights and the money they make for men in suits. Everything leading to that moment worked and reflected the heavy-hitting, throw-everything-at-each-other main event this should have been. In the main event, Stone Cold Steve Austin ended up competing in his first match in 19 years. Mark Calaway, TV-14 var alS = 1002 % 1000; WWE Champion AJ Styles defends his title against Shinsuke Nakamura. Apr 12, 2021 April 12th, 2021. Sport. Sometimes that leads to epic encounters that stand the test of time. Brock Lesnar, Happy Corbin. Too often it felt like Edge and Styles were working for an epic, rather than letting the match develop into one. Heres Dave Meltzers star ratings for Night 1 of WrestleMania 39: Heres Meltzers star ratings for Night 2 of WrestleMania 39: You can keep up with all your wrestling news right here on eWrestlingNews.com. However, that didn't stop the crowd from exploding when Rhodes' "The American Nightmare" theme hit. All this and more. Once again, Pat McAfee made a surprise appearance, and once again, Michael Cole seemed legitimately caught off guard by it. The Big Boss Man, WWF Tag Team Titles: The Hart Foundation vs. 324 min Joe Anoa'i, The Undertaker faces Diesel. Mark Calaway, Instead of being a classic, an epic befitting their talents, it was a good match that figures to propel the feud forward. And that is where things went a little haywire. | Bianca Blair, John Cena, Two of the biggest superstars of all time The Rock and John Cena collide for the very first time ever at the grandest stage of them all. | Anything minus more likely than not involves The Fiend. The wild brawl saw Austin pin Kevin Owens, dishing out Stunners to everyone within arms reach in the process. WrestleMania 38 was the first WrestleMania event back at capacity since 2019, and the two night spectacular delivered shock returns, title changes and grudge matches. Director: Bryan Danielson, | North Carolina Tar Heels. Styles, Paul Levesque, TV-14 Below, you'll find a look at all seven of Saturday's matches, with star ratings for eachbased on factors like in-ring performances, storytelling, crowd response and overall impact. 0% 2 stars. Any pay-per-view needs a banger to kick it off, and the Fiend is perfect in the spot. | Dwayne Johnson, The injury appears to be legitimate. Stars: Stars: Kevin Dunn There was a more deflating pop for when Jey Uso kicked out of the Stunner. Now, think about Kevin Owens kicking out of a double-Uso splash and imagine how loud that reaction was. Jay Reso, TV-14 | A referee bump teased shenanigans from The Usos and/or Paul Heyman, but the match remained a one-on-one encounter for its entirety. 286 min Full WrestleMania VII results. | There have been 224 matches awarded 5 or more stars; Mitsuharu Misawa and Will Ospreay are tied for the most individual matches with 25 apiece. Stars: Austin worked hard, overcoming early hesitation to deliver a damn fun, Attitude Era brawl with Kevin Owens in a match most assumed they would never see. Its the biggest event in WWE history: WrestleMania 31! The fans struggled to get invested early, if for no other reason than being burned out by the previous two encounters.Flair, in particular, won them back. Eight matches got 4.25 stars, including the Savage-Warrior retirement match from Wrestlemania VII, the Ironman match from Wrestlemania XII, and Angle-Lesnar for the WWE Championship from Wrestlemania XIX. Ed Leslie, TV-PG | Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Joe Anoa'i, Read our Privacy and Data Policy. Action, Sport, WWF Title: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant, WWF Intercontinental Title: Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper vs. Adrian Adonis, The Hart Foundation and Danny Davis vs. Street Profits win the Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match, Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus and Lita def. Goodness, that feels a bit high, right? #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/aZfOrOZYHi. The team of @RondaRousey & @QoSBaszler WIN at #WrestleMania! Hogan was never a wizard between the ropes, and Andre was already limited greatly by his size and health issues. 223 min container.style.maxWidth = container.style.minWidth + 'px'; The match itself sucked because of course it did. The Viking Raiders - WrestleMania Showcase *** 3/4 Seth Rollins vs Logan Paul **** 1/2 Trish Stratus, Lita & Becky Lynch vs. Damage CTRL **3/4 240 min John Cena, Trident Digital Media Limited. ins.style.height = container.attributes.ezah.value + 'px'; is an amazing, mind-blowing or incredibly productive/momentous match that isn't quite on the immortal level. In the same city that he had his first match, Austin capitalized on an errant steel chair swing from Owens and dropped him with a Stone Cold Stunner to win the match and send the fans home happy. Given the quality of its predecessors, it was going to be difficult for the SmackDown Women's Championship Match between Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey to live up to the bar set by Rhodes vs. Rollins and Belair vs. Lynch, but it certainly tried. Rhodes and Rollins capitalized on the emotion in the air and delivered a match that put an exclamation point on the former's homecoming. Lynch defeated Belair in a matter of seconds at SummerSlam, but there would be no repeat of the squash here. Which ones were they, and what star ratings did the rest of the 13-match card earn along the way? Also, both entrances were also absolute fire and had the crowd really hyped up. ins.className = 'adsbygoogle ezasloaded'; Shane McMahon, TV-14 With a win over Sheamus and Drew McIntyre, Gunther not only retained his run as the Intercontinental Champion but also became the sole holder of the most five-star matches as a member of the WWE Universe at five. HUGE Stable Split Upcoming In 2023 WWE Draft?! Every Dave Meltzer 5-Star Rating Of 2023. However, social media star and boxer Logan Paul was surprisingly competent in the ring and worked well with The Miz as the heel team. Kevin Dunn Stars: Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Bayley received huge heat for mocking the Hardy Boyz while trolling Lita. The match started out hot, the fans popped when Solo Sikoa was ejected likely because they assumed it meant a clean finish and even when The Usos emerged to give Reigns the upper hand, the emergence of the new WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, came out to equal the score and got folks out of their seats and screaming for joy. While fans have seen several matches between these two, Corbin has done a tremendous job of painting himself as an unlikable heel, which kept the crowd invested here. Sasha Banks claimed her first-ever WrestleMania win as she teamed with Naomi to win the Womens Tag Team Titles, and Roman Reigns became the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Stars: Kevin Dunn Nothing spectacular here, but a good ending helped get the crowd back into things after a so-so opener. An ugly encounter that exposed Omos while leaving fans questioning what Lashley did to take on such a challenge, it was mercifully quick and saw The All-Mighty pick up the win after a pair of spears. 11861. Really smart to book the Fiend in the hot opener. The two actually had a fairly decent match in all truth, but after some underhanded tactics by Mr. Fuji left Hart blinded Hogan came to ringside to help Hart, and Fuji issued a challenge to Hogan. If this match was solely The Miz versus Shane McMahon, this match would have topped out as a zero and may have actually dipped into the negative star range, depending on how WWE was able to deal with Shane-O-Macs torn quad. Action, Sport, Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns battle in a Universal Championship Match. | 181 min After turning in a fantastically entertaining Fatal Four-Way Tag Team match on Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, this match attempted to catch that very same lightning in a bottle twice to not quite the same results. A match contends for Match of the Year. Reigns attempted to cheat, using a low blow and a title to the face, but Lesnar continued to fight. Dave Bautista, Well, you've come to the right place, brother. Louisville Cardinals. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. 240 min 214 min | | This match was just so gosh darn fun. Lil Uzi Vert played The Usos out and Im sure half of the Internet Wrestling Community called the police thinking he broke into WrestleMania 39. Dwayne Johnson, This was a weird match. Trish Stratus hit a great Stratusphere to the outside on the field. Roddy Piper, The 33rd edition of the show of shows - WrestleMania. Undertaker and Shawn Michaels deliver an epic clash for the ages. This match produced one of the most iconic moments in wrestling history as we will see the clip of Hogan slamming Andre every year around WrestleMania season. Dwayne Johnson, | The usual signatures were no-sold, and the Fiend lost via distraction because Alexa Bliss turned on him. Rousey switched between strikes and attempts to lock in her patented armbarand Rousey worked a far cleaner match than she has at times in the past. Mark Calaway, Diesel battles Shawn Michaels for WWF Championship while former gridiron great Lawrence Taylor squares off against Bam Bam Bigelow. However, WWE set up enough animosity for it to make sense when Austin accepted Owens' challenge of a no-holds-barred match to cap opening night. 232 min Action, Sport. Director: Shawn Michaels, Action, Sport, WWF Champion Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage, WWF IC Champion Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart, WWF Tag Team Champions Money Inc. vs. Heading into WrestleMania 39, there wasnt a more intriguing non-title match on the card than Rey Mysterio versus Dominik Mysterio. Shawn Michaels, Read about our, New Writer Brought In For Bray Wyatt As WWE Absence Continues, NFL Super Bowl Champion In Talks With The Miz Over WWE Appearance, Gunther Marries Former WWE NXT UK Star [Photo], Controversial WWE Hall Of Famer Planned For WWE Raw, Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs 1.5*, Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kevin Owens 3.5*, Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville (No rating given at time of writing), Sheamus & Ridge Holland vs. | John Cena, This was a weird match. Because of the success that was Bret Hart and 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's iconic WrestleMania 13 outing, the remainder of the card being a stinker often goes unnoticed.Cagematch rated Hart vs. Austin a superb 9.67, but for other clashes, they weren't quite as . A multifaceted writer who can be read at Heavy, Fansided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. The "match" that followed it between the commentator and McMahon was not so great, but "Stone Cold" Steve Austin arrived on the scene, rectified that situation and stood tall one last time on the WrestleMania stage. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); John Cena and The Rock clash one more time in the main event for the WWE Championship. Which Current Male WWE Superstar Are You? Chad Gable hit his patented rolling German Suplex and it elicited holy st chants. Boston College Eagles. Stars: Wrestlemania X-7 is often quoted by fans and critics alike as the greatest entry of all time. There was a glitch with the big screen when Cena went for the Attitude Adjustment, and the action was not aired on the big screen for the remainder of the match. Imagine acquiring a wrestler's license in hell. Win/Loss Records. An RKO is more lethal than fire, and somebody in WWE creative really, really likes the idea of coating the face of Alexa Bliss - who is playing a child - in liquid. Stars: A core of critically-acclaimed matches would be witnessed at this event. The Rock defends the Intercontinental See full summary, Director: With that, here's a review of Night 1 of WrestleMania 39. Action, Sport, WWF Title (Cage Match): Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy, WWF Tag Team Titles: Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine vs. Owens and Austin brawled in and out of the ring, through the crowd and up the entrance ramp. On a card with intrigue and incredible spots in (almost) every other bout, this one feels like it might go down as the weakest match on the card. With all of that in mind, a four feels fair. John Cena looks to dethrone WWE Champion The Miz. It began during daylight, which dimmed down the impact of the openings ever so slightly, the match was long, but not overly long, and oh yeah, Balor had to be worked on for what felt like 10 minutes because he split his head open so bad he needed 14 staples to close the wound after the match. Slaughter WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Legacies will be defined, and legends will be born in part one of The ONLY WrestleMania Too Big for Just One Night. Colby Lopez, @AngeloDawkins & @MontezFordWWE are victorious in the Men's #WrestleMania Showcase Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match! Kevin Nash, TV-PG After the match Steve Austin came to the ring, delivering Stunners to McMahon, Theory and McAfee. Hulk Hogan, The match itself was fairly run-of-the-mill, with McIntyre and Corbin trading big moves and momentum swings. | Almost too lofty. There was a huge pop when the screen came back on, which actually elevated the energy of this match, as if there wasnt enough already. | Paul Levesque, container.style.maxHeight = container.style.minHeight + 'px'; Action, Sport. This was the province of WrestleMania, with McAfee, Logan Paul, McMahon, Johnny Knoxville and most of the crew from Jackass. Unfortunately, then Sikoa returned to the ring area, hit Thodes with the Samoan Spike, and set Rhodes up to end the match on the wrong side of the pin next to a rubber chicken. Seth Rollins and Logan Paul both received grand entrances, with Rollins incorporating a music conductor while Paul descended from the rafters like Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 12. pic.twitter.com/BsMmOsZBfL. With a year of frustration with The Authority, Daniel Bryan seeks to win it all on the grandest stage of them all, Bray Wyatt looks to get into John Cena's head and Brock Lesnar does the unthinkable. Action, Sport. What a match! Yokozuna, They did not, and the result was one of the wildest, most fun matches in WrestleMania history. From Logan. Stars: is a banger with a botch or something, like a weird sense of pacing or a reliance on tropes, that positions it just below must-see. Congratulations to @reymysterio! Sport, The Rated-R Superstar Edge attempts to do the unthinkable by becoming the first man to ever defeat the Undertaker at WrestleMania. This was no technical masterpiece, which wasn't a surprise seeing as how Austin is 57 years old. but WWE's star figure has been near-perfect. Natalya and Shayna Baszler, Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan, Queen Zelina and Carmella were all game to deliver something a bit more special. It was the coolest thing he's ever done, and the fans still resented it because that infernal red light returned months after everybody, even Vince, realised it was awful. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. It wasn't a bad match, as Rousey and Flair traded big blows and submission attempts. Hulk Hogan, 180 min Designed and Developed by Arren Marketing, Current WWE Stars Expecting Their First Child, Update On Big WWE Targets Contract Status, Incredible Videos Of WWEs Gunther Out-Of-Character, Dancing With New Wife Jinny, AEW Star So Happy For WWEs Baron Corbin, Ex-WWE Name On Why He Called CM Punk A Bitch After Raw Backstage Return, Young Bucks Pitch Dream Match Against Top WWE Stars, Did NXT Stars Know About Call-Up Plans Ahead Of WWE Draft Revealed, Potential Spoiler On Where Top WWE Stars Are Set To Be Drafted, All Draft Picks Confirmed 2023 WWE Draft Night 2 Results, AEW Star Has Hilarious Response To WWE Stars Tweet, NXT Star Reacts To Being Drafted To WWE Main Roster, WWE Name Says Company Has Hired A New Writer To Work With Top Star. Showcasing his athleticism and charisma as a performer, McAfree grabbed hold of the WWE Universe's attention and did not let go for the entirety of his battle with Austin Theory. CM Punk Turns Up Backstage At Another Major Wrestling Company, WWE Announces Additional Draft Picks Between SmackDown And Raw, AEW Star Was On "Handshake Deal" During Debut. Writer, podcaster and editor. window.ezoSTPixelAdd(slotId, 'adsensetype', 1); Bundy and Hogan faced off in the main event of WrestleMania 2 in a steel cage match. Kurt Angle, Worse, the same team that had dominated the story to this point went over again, leaving some to question why WWE did not just stick it on the WrestleMania edition of SmackDown and call it even. Stars: The first match on the card that felt like a WrestleMania-worthy bout saw Bianca Belair defeat Becky Lynch to capture the Raw Women's Championship. Way to go, @WWERollins! The referee was knocked down by Flair's spear and was unaware of her tapping to Rousey's armbar. The Usos def. Sid Eudy, We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.. Slaughter. Every WWE & AEW Dave Meltzer Star Rating Of 2022. ins.dataset.adClient = pid; by Michael Sidgwick. Stars: #WrestleZaynia, #KOMania nothing but love! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-All-Elite-powerful-Wrestling/dp/B09MYSNT71. Meanwhile, Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Womens Championship narrowly missed out on the perfect star rating. She repeatedly attacked Rousey's legs in an attempt to set up her Figure Eight submission. Dave Bautista, Why did Trish Stratus, Lita, and Becky Lynch wrestle Damage CTRL at WrestleMania 39 instead of running some sort of tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championships? pic.twitter.com/uoaNiE4wts. Debateable. | Kevin Dunn A. Kevin Nash, Paul Levesque, TV-PG The suddenness of the finish led to somewhat of an anticlimactic end in a match that deserved an emphatic and decisive one. Mark Calaway, Outside of the KSI Prime Energy Drink spot, which was a classic "your mileage may vary" moment, it's hard to find too much wrong with this match, which is probably why Meltzer gave it a 4.5-star. 30 Greatest British/Irish Guitarists of All Time, 30 Greatest American Guitarists of All Time, Top 10 Most Badass TV Characters of All Time. The Undertaker takes on Sycho Sid in a No Disqualification Match with the WWF Championship up for grabs. Mick Foley, A box-like-structure-assisted diving clothesline! | Florida State Seminoles. Was it even technically a match? Meltzer got this one right too. | Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, That is the best way to describe the battle between Drew McIntyre and Happy Corbin that took to the squared circle second Saturday. 211 min Mercedes Varnado, Copyright 2019 IWNerd.com. We are NOT associated with the WWE in any way. WrestleMania 13 - Bret Hart vs. 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin - No Holds Barred Submissions Match. 240 min Although the biggest moment of the night was Vince McMahon returning to the ring to face Pat McAfee after the announcer had already seen off Austin Theory. Hey @TheRock, @SnoopDogg just delivered a #WrestleMania style People's Elbow to @mikethemiz and it was AWESOME!!! Mark Calaway, TV-14 | How the match was supposed to end is unknown, but it feels unlikely that Nakamura and Boogs were meant to go over. Much like the inaugural WrestleMania, however, this match was one of the foundational moments for the then-WWF. Randy Orton, TV-PG There were dueling lets go Rhea/lets go Charlotte chants as this match progressed. Sport, The Grandest Stage of Them All came back to the former Rosemont Horizon outside Chicago for WrestleMania 22, which featured John Cena defends the WWE Championship against Triple H. Kurt See full summary, Director: Action, Sport. 234 min Hulk Hogan, To his credit, Meltzer gave this match a perfect five-star rating, and based on the reactions online and in the arena, that rating is perfectly apt. Action, Sport, The 10th annual WrestleMania saw a return to the place where it all began: New York City's Madison Square Garden. Though it wasnt a universally popular decision, placing Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn versus The Usos in the main event of Night 1 was a perfect way to close out one of the best days of wrestling WWE has promoted in years. Christ, what a load of absolute b*llocks. After the match, McIntyre put a little fear into Moss when he cut through the top two ropes with his sword, Angelawhich I have to admit, was pretty cool. Last weeks broadcast of WWE Raw averaged 1.843 million viewers. Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Steve Austin, Adam Copeland, Jay Reso Votes: 2,391 2. 1 across all television. Shinsuke Nakamura, TV-14 Jack Simon Randy Savage, Randy Orton, somehow the heel in a feud with a hell-spawned demon, was wearing white. However, Belair survived Lynch's early outburst and eventually took over with her strength and athleticism, hitting the KOD for a clean win after both competitors traded pin and submission attempts. The Undertaker battles Kane. Here was a match so significant that it was cut for time one night and shoved into the middle of a card, with minimal time allotted, the next. Kevin Dunn Rhodes went over, Rollins still looked damn good in defeat, and WWE had another tremendous match on its hands. pic.twitter.com/YeRDMePPC7. Bret Hart, Congratulations to Gunther and his lovely bride after tying the knot over the weekend! Rhodes outlasted Rollins, winning with a Bionic Elbow and a third Cross Rhodes. Scott Hall, TV-PG 166 min One's opinion of Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn is dependent upon their ability to accept a fun, inoffensive garbage wrestling match.
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